Sunday, March 31, 2013

31 March - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

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Democratic Voice of Burma

  • Reports of ‘state involvement’ in ...
    The UN Special Rapporteur on Burma human rights said Thursday he had received reports of "state involvement" in some of the recent violence between Buddhists and Muslims
  • Filling the gaps in the healthcare sector
    The government spent 3.9% of this year's national budget on healthcare. But with insufficient supplies, inadequate equipment and a shortage of staff, the sector is in dire need of reform and it's up to non-government organisations to fill in the gaps.
  • Exiled Chin news group set to publish journal ...
    Exiled Chin news group Khonumthung will begin publishing a journal inside Burma after receiving approval from the Ministry of Information earlier this month
  • Thein Sein threatens use of force
    In his first address to the nation since last week's religious violence, President Thein Sein promises to be tough on the perpetrators.
  • President threatens ‘use of force’ ...
    President Thein Sein on Thursday warned “perpetrators” behind this week’s anti-Muslim riots that he “will not hesitate” to deploy security forces to stop the escalating violence

Telegraph - Climate Change

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

  • Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
    Natalie Merchant-“Carnival” This week’s Soothing the Beast BFP/Jamiol music pick is one of most respected recording artists in America. Singer/songwriter Natalie Merchant began her 28-year career as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the band 10,000 Maniacs. She went left the band in 1994 ...
  • Jamiol Presents
  • The Reality Principle -Episode 22
    “Demanding Peace & Rejecting Propaganda” with Cindy Sheehan This week, Eric sits down with peace activist and author Cindy Sheehan. Eric and Cindy discuss the legacy of Hugo Chavez and the future of Venezuela. In addition, Cindy recounts her interactions and friendship with Hugo Chavez, tal ...
  • Expanding Guantanamo
    Obama Exceeds the Worst of Bush Administration Crimes In 2008, candidate Obama promised to close Guantanamo. Straightaway as president, he issued Executive Order titled “Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities.&#82 ...
  • Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Ma ...
    America the Great… Global Arms Dealer The United States sold a record-breaking $66 billion in arms over 2011, set to break its record again over 2012, controlling roughly 75% of the global trade in arms. Increased arms sales, not only by the U.S., but by all Western states, is part of a st ...

Afro Spear

Tikun Olam

  • Qatari Emir Pledges $1-Billion Fund to Preserv ...
    Qatar’s emir, who earlier pledged $400-million for reconstruction of Gaza after Israel’s Cast Lead devastation, has vowed to create a $1-billion fund to preserve Arab Jerusalem: Qatar’s emir proposed on Tuesday that the Arab League create a $1 billion fund to protect the Arabic and I ...
  • Chinese Intelligence Aware Israel Used China t ...
    Ronen Bergman’s account of the Ben Zygier tragedy notes that Israel lured two high-level Lebanese to spy on its behalf.  One, Ziyad al-Homsi, mayor of a Bekaa Valley village, was brought to Beijing for what he thought was a trade mission.  There he was wined and dined by Israeli agents (he ...
  • Israel Social TV Video on Secret Israeli Milit ...
    I’ve just recorded a new video for Israel Social TV about the secret IDF intelligence unit engaged in counter-espionage including foreign assassinations.  This type of story is very important for Israelis in particular to learn about and I’m grateful Social TV airs the videos wi ...
  • Israeli MK Exposes Top-Secret IDF Unit Engaged ...
    Even in the midst of the National Security State obsessed with secrecy, you can’t button down every secret.  Israeli Likud MK Carmel Shama HaCohen has inadvertently exposed the existence of a top-secret military intelligence unit.  It’s so hush-hush it’s never been named before ...
  • Israeli Passover Out of Africa
    “You shall not oppress the stranger [immigrant] because you know the soul of the stranger, for you yourselves were immigrants in the land of Egypt” Exodus 23:9 “The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark amon ...

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

  • Why Media Sites Should Adopt Responsive Design
    Responsive design is the big buzz of 2013. If 2012 was foretold to bring prosperity based on the Chinese zodiac, Mashable's prediction for 2013 forecast a big year for responsive design, presenting a significant paradigm shift in the web design and development world where previously we were rest ...
  • The School of Data Journalism: Europe's Bigges ...
    The International Journalism Festival will take place April 24-27 in Perugia, Italy. We are excited to announce that the School of Data Journalism will be held for the second time at the festival. The workshop will be run by the School of Data team at the Open Knowledge Foundation and the Europe ...
  • How to Embed Open Spending Visualizations In Y ...
    The Open Knowledge Foundation's Open Spending platform is a hive of activity and packed full of colorful displays of spending and budgets from all over the world. Its aim is to help track government and corporate financial transactions across the world and present them in useful and engaging for ...
  • How to Embed Open Spending Visualizations to Y ...
    The Open Spending platform is a hive of activity and packed full of colorful displays of spending and budgets from all over the world. Its aim is to help track government and corporate financial transactions across the world and present them in useful and engaging forms. For some time now, us ...
  • How to Embed Open Spending Databases to Your O ...
    The Open Spending platform is a hive of activity and packed full of colorful displays of spending and budgets from all over the world. Its aim is to help track government and corporate financial transactions across the world and present them in useful and engaging forms. For some time now, us ...

Cutting Edge News

  • The Edge of Terrorism - Latin America’s Narc ...
    "Terrorists use drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder,â€� said President George W. Bush, on December 14, 2001. “It’s so important for Americans to know that the traffic in drugs finances the work of terror, sustaining terrorists.â€�On March 19, 2002, Attorney General ...
  • The Earth on Edge - Evidence Ancient Asteroid ...
    A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every twig, bush and tree on Earth and led to the extinction of 80 percent of all Earth's species, say ...
  • North Korea on Edge - North Korea Declares 'St ...
    North Korea said Saturday that it was entering a “state of war� against the South, escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. “From this time on, the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly, ...
  • Broken Government - Easter Has Friends on K Street
    The Easter Bunny — that cotton-tailed purveyor of egg-shaped confections — will deliver his annual baskets of goodies this Sunday. But not without some help from K Street lobbyists.Organizations linked to the Easter holiday and its furry mascot have ramped up their efforts to influence lawma ...
  • Oil Addiction - EPA's Low-Sulfur Gasoline Rule ...
    The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled draft rules on auto emissions and low-sulfur gasoline designed to curb smog-forming, soot and toxic pollution, drawing attacks from Republicans who allege the mandate will increase consumer costs. The agency estimates that by 2030 the rules ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Kerry’s Middle East Tour Prepares Endless War ...
    US Secretary of State John Kerry left Kabul for Paris yesterday, after a Middle Eastern tour to Jordan and Afghanistan to plan broader wars across the region. In Paris today, he is expected to discuss arming opposition forces fighting Washington’s proxy war against Syrian President Bashar al-Ass ...
  • What Was Wrong With Obama’s Speech In Jerusale ...
    In my opinion the speech was deeply flawed in three fundamental respects:1. By speaking only to Israeli youth, and not arranging a parallel talk in Ramallah to Palestinian youth, the role of the United States as ‘dishonest broker’ was brazenly confirmed. 2. By speaking about the possibility of p ...
  • Coyote Ugly: The NY Times Endorses Speciesism ...
    It’s fascinating to witness the intellectual gymnastics required to rationalize speciesism. So often, when animals are abused, confined, tortured, or killed, the perpetrators and benefactors hide behind lies about the victims’ lack of feelings, awareness, and sentience
  • Social Control In The 21st Century: Eugenics, ...
    Whatever the publicly stated aims of the genetically modified organisms (GMOs) sector, and however terrible its impact is on health, the environment and cotton farmers in India , there is a much more sinister side to this industry
  • Review: “Maps Of Time, An Introduction To Big ...
    David Christian has compounded this immense “apples and oranges” error by extraordinarily deleting the very biggest of avoidable human atrocities (and even the WW2 Jewish Holocaust) from his “Big History”. Some “Big History” indeed. Put succinctly, “Maps of Time” stands condemned from the perspe ...

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

  • WAY TO GO MOSES!!- Israel Starts Tapping Major ...
    Shortly after she stepped down from her position as Prime Minister Golda Meir toured the US.   In talking about the advantages in resources the Arab states had over Israel, she blamed Moses.  Too bad, that after leading his people across the miraculously parted R ...
  • Jordan's King Warns Obama; You Are Supporting ...
    By Barry Rubin ”Don’t scare anyone. But once you gain ground then move ahead. You must utilize as many people as possible who may be of use to us.” –Joseph Stalin to future Communist dictator of Hungary Mattyas Rakosi, December 5, 1944. It really isn't too hard to understand what is ...
  • Hoaxer Scientists Frustrated: Its Not Getting ...
    There are those adherents of the Church of Global Warming who are living in a cabin in the middle of a forest  waiting for the end. They believe that we are close to the warming tipping point and with it; fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty ...
  • Obama's EPA Raising Gas Prices 6-9 Cents/Gallon
    What world is President Obama living in?  The economy is still bad off, unemployment and underemployment is high and average income is down but his administration still looks for ways to screw the American people.   Today the EPA is releasing new car emissions standards ...
  • Obama "I Won't Stop Fighting For Gun Control"- ...
    Surrounded by human props President Obama warned Congress yesterday that he would not stop fighting for gun control, Republicans answered firmly that they would not stop protecting the constitution. Standing in front of a background of gun violence victim's relatives (and remembering w ...

The Real Agenda

  • The Effects Of Our Toxic Environmental Bio-Ter ...
    On April 20th, 2010, the largest man-made disaster in the history of the United States of America blasted the Gulf of Mexico. The Explosion of the Deep Water Horizon murdered 11 men and injured 17 more. This was not just your ordinary spill. Despite all warnings to upper level management, BP did ...
  • The Effects Of Our Toxic Environmental Bio-Ter ...
    By TRISHA SPRINGSTEAD | THE REAL AGENDA | MARCH 30, 2013 On April 20th, 2010, the largest man-made disaster in the history of the United States of America blasted the Gulf of Mexico. The Explosion of the Deep Water Horizon murdered 11 men and injured 17 more. This was not just your ord ...
  • Hear the Silence: The calllous disregard of th ...
    What happens to many children at about 18 months of age is not a strange syndrome that attacks mostly male youngsters by natural selection or because their genes are somehow defective. As it is shown in the film Hear the Silence and more importantly in real life experiments, millions of boys who ...
  • North Korea officially in a ‘state of war’ wit ...
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | MARCH 30, 2013 North Korea announced Friday that relations with South Korea are in a “state of war”, following the surge in tensions between the two countries and sanctions by the United Nations Security Council. “From now, North-South relations will ...
  • North Korea officially in a ‘state of wa ...
    North Korea announced Friday that relations with South Korea are in a “state of war”, following the surge in tensions between the two countries and sanctions by the United Nations Security Council. “From now, North-South relations will enter a state of war and matters arising b ...

Not My Tribe

  • Maybe the US should just make all those marria ...
    ___ The two sides are both lined up to shoot each other down as to who should all be allowed to marry in the US, which is the one form of prostitution now fully supported by religion if engaged in by a man and a woman. Sure too though, in the US prostitution is basically [...]
  • How corporate media fired Phil Donhue for him ...
    —— The US is neither a democracy nor a country with a free and unfettered media. Instead we have a huge, Pentagon-pushing propaganda machine lying to us nonstop. See Democracy Now’s report on how MSNBC got rid of a prominent liberal Left voice… Phil Donahue on His 2003 Fi ...
  • The unrepentant pro-terrorist and pro imperial ...
    — One of the saddest happenings of my lifetime has been to observe the complete Far Rightward slide of much of the ex-American Trotskyist Movement, that during my youth had been the strongest builders of the Antiwar Movement during the Vietnam War era. None more epitomizes that Rightward s ...
  • The epidemic of ‘prediabetes’ in M ...
    Did you know that 79 MILLION Americans are classified as having ‘prediabetes’ (early stage Type 2 diabetes)? And most of those are between the ages of 45 to 60, making it more common than not to have early stage diabetes for this age category. And 90% are unaware of their oncoming me ...
  • Rand Paul and the US political myth about the ...
    Rand Paul, like his dad, Ron Paul, has built his stature up with the constant myth amongst so many US gullibles, that he is supposedly somehow Mr. Antiwar! But it is all skin deep this picture of what Hard Right Rand is really about. This Business Insider report Inside Rand Paul’s Overnigh ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • New Evidence from AE911Truth Chemical Engineer ...
    "Mark Basile has tested paint chips from the World Trade Center dust from 9/11 and found that neither the blue nor red paint chips exhibit any explosive properties." A red/gray chip being ignited by Basile. Taken from Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup. As suspected, the paint chips do n ...
  • 'Splitting The Sky' Found Dead - He Was an Act ...
    From Facebook.com Sander Hicks shared a link. YesterdayRIP Friend and Comrade, Splitting The Sky. I knew him, and supported him. He died alone, but we are still with him. http://splittingthesky.blogspot.com/The 'Splitting the Sky' Blogsplittingthesky.blogspot.com
  • 9/11 Family Members Lorie Van Auken And Mindy ...
    Friday, March 22, 2013 CindySheehansSoapbox.blogspot.com I am honored to say that 9/11 Family Members Lorie Van Auken and Mindy Kleinberg, members of the September Eleventh Advocates, have informed me that they support the Tour de Peace, and its Mission Statement. Jon Gold Related: Jon G ...
  • Quotes on Conspiracy Theories - Updated Versio ...
    "An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act." - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/conspiracy "A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepte ...
  • Luke's Change: an Inside Job
    Published on Mar 16, 2013 An examination of some questionable events and circumstances leading up to the destruction of the Death Star, through the eyes of an amateur investigative journalist within the Star Wars galaxy. The focus is mainly on the connections between the people who created an ...

Fooducate

Traffikd

  • How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO Campaign
    People who are just beginning to focus on their website or blog may or may not know that they should make their content live up to the standards of search engine optimization or SEO. Making content SEO rich is the one of the most effective strategies for boosting the number of visitations on you ...
  • Twitter Step by Step
    Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
  • SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
    When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
  • How To Choose Keywords
    Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
  • Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
    So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...

Survival International

  • Tanzania: Land grab could spell ‘the end of th ...
    The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more.© SurvivalThe Tanzanian government this week announced a new ‘conservation’ area on Maasai lands, which community leader Samwel Nangiria says will spell ‘the end of the Maasai and the Serengeti ecosystem’ ...
  • Guarani trapped on ‘island’ celebrate land bre ...
    Guarani celebrate land breakthrough© SurvivalA Guarani community in Brazil is celebrating after the government recognized their land as indigenous, for their exclusive use. The 170 members of Pyelito Kuê/ M’barakay community, living on an ‘island’ between a river and a soya plantation, can now ...
  • Awá tribe's desperate call to evict loggers
    In a rare video appeal, the Awá have called on Brazil's Minister of Justice to act now and protect their land.© SurvivalEarth’s most threatened tribe has sent an urgent appeal to Brazil’s government to evict invaders from their forest, as Brazil soccer fans lend their support fo ...
  • Success: Russia’s indigenous organization reopens
    An Evenk boy with reindeer in Siberia. © Raipon/SurvivalRAIPON, the organization representing Russia’s indigenous peoples, has been given permission by the Russian authorities to reopen. It was forced to close by Russia’s Ministry of Justice in November last year. The official reason given for ...
  • UN demands 'immediate suspension' of Amazon ga ...
    Expanding Camisea risks exposing the Nanti to diseases to which they have little immunity.© AnonThe United Nations has demanded an immediate halt to the expansion of a major gas project in the Peruvian Amazon, over concerns that it poses a grave risk to the lives of uncontacted Indians living ne ...

Greg Palast

  • How Bush won the war in Iraq - really!
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine If you thought it was "Blood for Oil"--you're wrong.  It was far, far worse. Because it was marked "confidential" on each page, the oil industry stooge couldn't believe the US State Department had given me a complete copy of their secret plans for the oil fields ...
  • Hugo Chavez vs "The Network"
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine London, February 2002. A tiny, dark and intense woman waited at the end of a lecture until I was alone, brought her face strangely close to mine and whispered, “President Chavez needs you. Right now. To Caracas. Right now. You must come to see him.” President Who ...
  • Fukushima: They Knew
    "Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake" Two years later, the Fukushima story you didn't hear on CNN An excerpt from Vultures' Picnic by Greg Palast I've seen a lot of sick stuff in my career, but this was sick on a new level. Here was the handwritten log kept by a senior engineer at the n ...
  • Vaya con Dios, Hugo Chàvez, mi Amigo
    By Greg Palast For BBC Television, Palast met several times with Hugo Chàvez, who passed away today. As a purgative for the crappola fed to Americans about Chavez, my foundation, The Palast Investigative Fund, is offering the film, The Assassination of Hugo Chavez, as a FREE download. Based on m ...
  • How Do You Steal a Dream?Supreme Court hears s ...
    How Do You Steal a Dream? Supreme Court hears suit to kill Voting Rights Act For Care2.com By Greg Palast, author, “Billionaires and Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps” Sign the petition to Defend Martin Luther King's Dream Act - here. Jim Crow is alive and well — and he [...]

How Can I Recycle This ?

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

Age of Autism

  • Happy Easter from Age of Autism
    By Cathy Jameson An Easter Blessing. Forty days ago I gave up something in preparation for my Lenten journey. Slipping up a couple of times, but before I could be totally sidetracked, I realized how quickly I could ignore this...
  • Age of Autism Weekly Wrap: AS OK's CDC BS
    By Dan Olmsted The new study that claims the number of "antigens" in vaccines has no bearing on the risk for autism isn't really worth much comment. It's just more messing around by the CDC with data they've already abused...
  • Geraldine’s Land of Opportunity as 1 in 38 Bec ...
    As Autism Speaks Geraldine Dawson rushes once again to endorse the vaccine program with the new CDC autism vaccine study , Age of Autism poses the question of whether the present agenda of Autism Speaks is actually to increase the...
  • Dachel Media Update: Just In Time For Vaccines ...
    By Anne Dachel Today's big news is the latest CDC study AGAIN showing that vaccines don't cause autism. It's perfectly timed to remind everyone that while there'll be lots of stories about autism during April, there's no need to worry...
  • Canada’s Health World, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
    By David Burd Neil Z. Miller’s 3/25/13 AofA Post relating his presentations on dangers of infant vaccines being rebuffed, hindered, or censored by Canadian officials prompt me to specifically convey the bizarre but true World of Flu in Canada compared...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • New GMO Gene Silencing Technology – Backdoor T ...
    An unregulated GM technology is ready to replace the old, and this technology appears to be exactly what is needed for implementation of the Terminator.
  • Monsanto Protection Act Signed by Obama
    Read it and weep. The CEO of corporate America, on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, signed into law, the Monsanto Protection Act, which is section 735 of H.R. 933.
  • The Last Heirloom Seed
    I am the last of my kind. That last of the truly pure here on earth. I have struggled long and hard to maintain my integrity, as did all of my brothers and sisters in a war we did not start, but were force into. In this war, we have been systematically overtaken by hostile genetically engineered ...
  • Making Money and Living the Lie
    Just how much compromise do we have to accept to feel that it is okay to allow others to put poison in our food, to spray poisons on the land that we are supposed to be stewards of, to poison our animals that trust us to take care of them, to drop poisons from the sky, to put poisons in pills an ...
  • Whole Foods and the GMO Blame Game
    Whole Foods said out loud what just about every grocery store, supermarket, and big box health food store is really doing – selling GMOs disguised as “healthy” food. You can do it, just don’t talk about it.

new geography

  • Why British Prosperity is Hobbled by a Rigged ...
    The British have the least living space per head, the most expensive office rents and the most congested infrastructure of any EU-15 country. Thanks to a rapidly growing population –  the result of a healthy birth-rate and immigration – these trends are worsening steadily. At the same ti ...
  • Annual Update on World Urbanization: 2013
    Tokyo continues to be the world's largest urban area with more than 37 million people, according to the recently released 9th Annual edition of Demographia World Urban Areas. Tokyo has held the top position for nearly 60 years, since it displaced New York. There have been only modest changes i ...
  • The Ecology of Obesity
    Starting in the mid-nineties, ecologically-minded Americans increasingly came to see farmers markets as a way to bring healthy foods to poor neighborhoods, support local organic agriculture, and even address global warming. During the Bush years, major health philanthropies joined these ...
  • Corporate Compensation: Will 'Say On Pay' Catc ...
    Because so many chief executives of failed or mediocre companies have walked away with millions in bonuses and swag bags, both Switzerland and the European Union recently voted to put a cap on corporate bonuses, limiting them to a small multiple of base salary. What prompted the acceptance of t ...
  • Marissa Mayer's Misstep And The Unstoppable Ri ...
    Marissa Mayer’s pronunciamento banning home-based work at Yahoo reflects a great dilemma facing companies and our country over the coming decade. Forget for a minute the amazing hubris of a rich, glamorous CEO, with a nursery specially built next to her office, ordering less well-com ...

water.org

  • Do something for World Water Day
    As you might imagine, World Water Day is our favorite holiday. There's no shortage of ways you can jump in!
  • Happiness in Selvi’s House
    Selvi is 37 years old and lives in Karattai Village in Vannur block, in Tamil Nadu. She and her husband work as agricultural laborers and have two daughters in school.
  • Support builds for the Strike
    More and more celebrities are supporting Matt Damon in his toilet strike protesting the lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation for billions.
  • Spring Catchment in Haiti
    A spring is water that reaches the surface from an underground supply, appearing as small water holes or wet spots on hillsides or along river banks. In order to "catch" the water for use, the spring must be capped, allowing the water to pool up into the cement block. In this photo you can see t ...
  • A WaterCredit Pilot
    Christine Mbati has three children and was recently widowed. She is a member of the K’Obonyo self-help group and lives at Ulanda village.

Cryptogon

  • Fusion Center Director: We Don’t Spy on Americ ...
    Via: Russia Today: Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government. In trying to clear up the ‘m ...
  • Texas District Attorney, Wife Found Dead
    Via: Dallas Morning News: Kaufman County’s district attorney and his wife were found slain Saturday, raising fears that their deaths may be part of a plot that included the death of one of the county’s assistant district attorneys in January. Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh and other officia ...
  • Direct Conversion of Australian Dollar Into Yuan
    Via: The Australian: A CURRENCY deal enabling the Australian dollar to be converted directly into Chinese yuan, slashing costs for thousands of businesses, is set to be the centrepiece of Julia Gillard’s mission to China next weekend. Australia would become the third country, after the US ...
  • CYPRUS: DEPOSITORS MIGHT BE ISSUED BANK STOCK ...
    Killing Joke – European Super State from Digital Beast on Vimeo. Via: Reuters: Big depositors in Cyprus’s largest bank stand to lose far more than initially feared under a European Union rescue package to save the island from bankruptcy, a source with direct knowledge of the terms sa ...
  • Florida County Spends Tens Of Thousands On Amb ...
    Via: CBS: The Orange County Fire and Rescue spends tens of thousands of dollars for an ambulance to transport patients that weigh up to 1,100 pounds. Central Florida News 13 reports that the ambulance was purchased after emergency responders had to transport at least two dozen patients who weigh ...

The Economic Collapse

  • This Is What It Feels Like To Have Your Life S ...
    What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had "legally" stolen about 80 percent of your life savings?  Most people seem to assume that most of the depositors that are getting ripped off in Cyprus are "Russian oligarchs" or "wealthy European tycoons", but the trut ...
  • Cyprus-Style Bank Account Confiscation Is In T ...
    The politicians of the western world are coming after your bank accounts.  In fact, Cyprus-style bank account confiscation is actually in the new Canadian government budget.  When I first heard about this I was quite skeptical, so I went and looked it up for myself.  And guess what?  It is right ...
  • The Global Elite Are Very Clearly Telling Us T ...
    Don't be surprised when the global elite confiscate money from your bank account one day.  They are already very clearly telling you that they are going to do it.  Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem is the president of the Eurogroup - an organization of eurozone finance ministers that wa ...
  • Words Of Warning: Get Your Money Out Of Europe ...
    If you still have money in European banks, you need to get it out.  This is particularly true if you have money in southern European banks.  As I write this, the final details of the Cyprus bailout are being worked out, but one thing has become abundantly clear: at least some depositors are goin ...
  • Mass Panic In Cyprus: The Banks Are Collapsing ...
    European officials are openly admitting that the two largest banks in Cyprus are "insolvent", and it is now being reported that Cyprus Popular Bank only has "enough liquidity to cover the next few hours".  Of course all banks in Cyprus are officially closed until Tuesday at the earliest, but the ...

Desertification

  • Canada and How science can help save Africa ( ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – image of the African drought http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/science-will-help-save-africa/article10547612/ Drought: how science can help save Africa Geoffrey York The Globe and Mail In the villages outside Kaya in northern Burkina Faso, the millet crop ...
  • Agro-forestry in Northern Ghana (Google / GBN)
    Read at : http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/03/30/agro-forestry-tree-planting-promoted-in-northern-ghana/ Agro-forestry, tree planting promoted in Northern Ghana A stakeholder’s workshop to promote the development of agro-forestry and tree planting has ended at Walewale in the Northern Regio ...
  • Agricultural research for food sovereignty (IIED)
    Read at : http://pubs.iied.org/14603IIED.html Democratising agricultural research for food sovereignty in West Africa Michel Pimbert, Boukary Barry, Anne Berson, Khanh Tran-Thanh This multimedia book reports on an initiative in West Africa that seeks to create safe spaces in which food … C ...
  • Land ownership (IIED)
    Read at : http://pubs.iied.org/10625IIED.html Land ownership, control and contestation in Karachi and implications for low-income housing Arif Hasan, Noman Ahmed, Mansoor Raza, Asiya Sadiq, Saeed ud Din Ahmed, Moizza B. Sarwar Without equitable management of land and finances the housing … ...
  • The global land rush (IIED)
    AN IIED BRIEFING The global land rush: securing a better deal for women Research into gender and the global land rush tells us that women in particular are losing out. But different types of land-based investments in different contexts result … Continue reading →

News Blaze

Worldnews

  • One Direction to become UK's richest band
    London, March 31: One Direction is believed to be named as Britain's wealthiest boy band with net worth estimated at 25 million pounds. They have amassed a 5 million fortune each since first getting together in 2010, according to the new Sunday Times Rich List. Their individual personal weal ...
  • Hazare begins 'janatantra yatra' from Amr ...
    Amritsar, March 31: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today embarked on his 'Janatantra Yatra' (walk for democracy) here to rally support against the Congress-led UPA Government in the run up to the next general elections. Accompanied by a small group of supporters, the 75-year-old activi ...
  • BJP unveils '2014' General Election core ...
    BJP President Rajnath Singh today announced its core parliament team of office bearers and put Narendra Modi at the Centre of its push for grabbing power at the Centre in the 2014 General Elections - the team will take all crucial decisions as the party heads into the polls. Here is the list ...
  • Morning smoking may up cancer risk: study
    Smoking a cigarette immediately after waking up in the morning may increase the risk of developing lung or oral cancer, a new study has warned. "We found that smokers who consume cigarettes immediately after waking have higher levels of NNAL - a...
  • New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder out of IC ...
    Three days after suffering severe head and lung injuries in a fight outside a Christchurch bar, New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and has reassured his well-wishers about his...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

Common Dreams

  • Arab Spring Shifts Focus of World Social Forum
    Booths and stands at the World Social Forum on the El Manar campus in Tunis. (Alberto Pradilla/IPS ) TUNIS - The World Social Forum’s traditional focus on economic, political and social injustice caused by globalization shifted towards the revolts and unrest of the Arab Spring, in the curr ...
  • Iraq, Afghan Wars Will Cost US 4-6 Trillion Do ...
    More than half of the more than 1.5 million troops who have been discharged from active duty since 9/11 have received medical treatment at veterans’ hospitals and have been granted benefits for the rest of their lives. (US Army/public domain) ...
  • Deadly Diarrhea Will Increase on Hotter, Drier ...
    It kills over 1.5 million children every year and is a topic completely shunned by media and politics alike. Diarrhea is not only deadly but the scope of its devastation is only going to proliferate as global warming continues to cause widespread drought and drive worldwide temperatures higher a ...
  • North Korean Photos Show Plans for Attack on US
    North Korea put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable B-2 Spirit stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a US show of force. ...
  • At World Social Forum, Global Peasant Movement ...
    As the World Social Forum (WSF) being held in Tunis, Tunisia continues this week, one group is highlighting a "peoples solution" to the "corporate assault" transnational corporations pose to people and the planet. read more

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

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Energy Collective

  • To Frack Or Not? Just One Of The Questions
    The question is whether the U.S. has the capacity to significantly reduce the threats from fracking through regulatory safeguards. Or are there aspects that are so inherently dangerous that fracking should not be allowed at all?
  • Half-Hearted Nuclear Energy Cannot Continue, L ...
    Our leaders need to be “all in," they cannot engage in a half-hearted attempt to make nuclear somewhat competitive by following all of the existing rules and making only marginal changes in heat source and heat engine designs.
  • U.S. Installed Most Wind Energy In 2012
    The U.S. is now the largest wind energy market, and a U.S. company is the world’s number one supplier, according to a new industry report. This is a big shakeup in the global wind market.
  • Game-changing Natural Gas and Energy Storage
    What natural gas prices will be five, ten or fifteen years from now is unknowable. Going “long” on natural gas is a risky bet for the country. Going “long” on energy storage is not.
  • Are Traditional Utilities Becoming Obsolete?
    Some believe that solar panels are becoming so common that they may eventually put utilities out of business. Can this really happen?

Green House - USA Today

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Pl ...
    by Ellen Brown Confiscating the customer deposits in Cyprus banks, it seems, was not a one-off, desperate idea of a few Eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to salvage their balance sheets. A joint paper by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Bank of England dated ...
  • Who’s Playing with the Imam Sadr Case an ...
    by FRANKLIN LAMB Damascus The Imam Musa Sadr, Sheik Mohammad Yaacoub, and journalist Abbas Badreddine case, like the Tell Tale Heart in Edgar Allen’s Poe novel, will not stop crying out for justice despite more than three decades of political efforts to close the file. Recent visits to ...
  • Depositor Haircuts Spreading
    by Stephen Lendman A previous article called them the new normal. Bad ideas spread fast. Canada endorses Cypriot harshness. Its "Jobs Growth and Long-Term Prosperity: Economic Action Plan 2013" says so. On March 21, it was submitted. It endorsed depositor haircuts. It did so before Cypriot tro ...
  • TransPacific Partnership Will Undermine Democr ...
    By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese The leaders of the member nations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pose for a group photo, November, 2010. (Photo: Gobierno de Chile)Our country's democratic values could be under threat if President Obama fast tracks the Trans-Pacific Partnership. ...
  • Commemorating Land Day
    by Stephen Lendman On March 30, Palestinians worldwide observe Land Day. They've done so since 1976. Nationwide protests and general strike action erupted. At issue was Israel's land confiscation policy and brutal occupation harshness. In early 1975, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ann ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Beyond the three R's: BC needs to plan for zer ...
    Our newest study shows how "zero waste" policies would protect BC's environment and climate and create jobs. Read the report and download the infographic here: policyalternatives.ca/zero-waste.
  • Businesses, not unions; guests, not customers, ...
    For some old arguments in a new format, check out this Orwellian video, compliments of Target, for this season's newest line of anti-union propaganda. Two exemplary Target "team members" explain why we no longer need unions because we have laws prohibiting child labour. According to them, unions ...
  • Very useful website from York University
    Very useful website from York University: Leadership, Feminism and Equality in Unions in Canada:   http://womenunions.apps01.yorku.ca/
  • Employee Association, Traditional Union or New ...
    More and more we’re starting to hear how groups of precariously-employed workers are responding to the vagaries of the “new normal” labour market. From lower-skilled workers to professionals of all stripes, an increasing number of workers are classified as independent contractors, temporary work ...
  • Strengthening Connections, Connecting Communit ...
    The 2013 Nova Scotia Alternative Provincial Budget invests in good jobs, strong communities, and participatory economics. It is a comprehensive budget that involved 30 plus collaborators and makes strategic investments to boost the sluggish economy and expand opportunities for all Nova Scotians. ...

World Wide Hippies

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FourWinds10

  • UNGRIP Declaring Our Inherent Independence
    Dec. 10, 2012 Extremely powerful. Please pass it on. This is a template for taking action, abiding by conscious awareness of our inherent rights as sovereign human beings. – Zen VIEW HERE http://www.
  • Fraud at State? Taxpayers Take Pipeline
    March 13, 2013 Keystone pipeline: U.S. pays foxes to assess henhouse as delicious o it turns out that friends of the oil industry wrote the environmental impact statement issued by the State Department about the Keystone XL pipeline on March 1. That's the report that assured people tar sands ...
  • New York blasted with toxic influx of sewage a ...
    Nov. 10, 201 (NaturalNews) Embattled with several feet of flood waters in some areas, persistent power outages, and rot and decay throughout tattered streets, many areas of New York and New Jersey that were hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy are also now suffering the consequences of a massive influ ...
  • New evidence suggests BP knowingly downplayed ...
    Dec. 8, 2012 Thousands of previously unread emails will be presented to court in February 2013 BP claim they always provided full disclosure on worst oil spill in history, new information seems to show otherwise Documents that will be presented to court in February appear to show that BP knew ab ...
  • TV: Sucking and blowing from tank on troubled ...
    Jan. 4, 2013 Excerpts from Alaska Dispatch: Sean Churchfield, incident commander and operations manager for Royal Dutch Shell Alaska, offered few details on the overall condition of the Kulluk and had no update on the vessel’s hull. During Wednesday’s short press briefing, officials ...

Crisis Maven

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

Capital Flow Analysis

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

Energy Collective

  • To Frack Or Not? Just One Of The Questions
    The question is whether the U.S. has the capacity to significantly reduce the threats from fracking through regulatory safeguards. Or are there aspects that are so inherently dangerous that fracking should not be allowed at all?
  • Half-Hearted Nuclear Energy Cannot Continue, L ...
    Our leaders need to be “all in," they cannot engage in a half-hearted attempt to make nuclear somewhat competitive by following all of the existing rules and making only marginal changes in heat source and heat engine designs.
  • U.S. Installed Most Wind Energy In 2012
    The U.S. is now the largest wind energy market, and a U.S. company is the world’s number one supplier, according to a new industry report. This is a big shakeup in the global wind market.
  • Game-changing Natural Gas and Energy Storage
    What natural gas prices will be five, ten or fifteen years from now is unknowable. Going “long” on natural gas is a risky bet for the country. Going “long” on energy storage is not.
  • Are Traditional Utilities Becoming Obsolete?
    Some believe that solar panels are becoming so common that they may eventually put utilities out of business. Can this really happen?

EU Times

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Stonecipher News

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

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Groklaw

  • Developer Freedom At Stake As Oracle Clings To ...
    This lineup of amicus curiae briefs should be alarming to software developers in general and to the future of our industry. Why? Their collective argument is that Judge Alsup's ruling is bad for business. It may in fact be bad for the old guard's business that is increasingly threatened by chang ...
  • Qualcomm sides with Motorola on FRAND/SEP issu ...
    Just as it did in its public comments [PDF] to the FTC on the Google consent decree, Qualcomm argues here that there is no basis for a categorical exclusion of injunctive relief on standard-essential patents subject to FRAND obligations. It argues that any such categorical rule would violate th ...
  • Secure Boot and Restricted Boot.
    I gave a presentation at Libreplanet this weekend on the topic of Secure Boot and Restricted Boot. There's a copy of the video here ... The x86 market remains one where users are able to run whatever they want, but the x86 market is shrinking. Users are purchasing tablets and other ARM-based ul ...
  • Being Google
    Being Evil: There's no there there. Near as I can tell three years in, Google really wants you to be online all the time (signed in if possible) and put everything in the cloud and use our search engine and and enjoy those experiences and not get hacked, and that's about it. The money we make f ...
  • Wikimedia Announcement
    Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it's been a very hard decision to make. But I'm writing to tell you that I'm planning to leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. My departure isn't imminent -- the Board and I anticipat ...

WideShut

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Politics in the Zeros

  • No Agenda podcast 500th show w Adam Curry and ...
      The No Agenda podcast just hit a landmark 500 shows. Adam “Crackpot” Curry and John “Buzzkill” Dvorak pump out two shows a week. Each show is at least 2 1/2 hours long. No Agenda is one of my favorite podcasts. They dissect the media and government skillfully, tar ...
  • Italy 3rd largest bank, Monte Paschi, no clue ...
    The CEO of the Monte Paschi bank in Italy says “several billion in deposits” was withdrawn recently and somehow just couldn’t give a number when asked the level of deposits that will remain at the close of this quarter. Sounds like a bank run to me. The contagion is spreading ...
  • Texas District Attorney murdered two months af ...
    Someone, it appears, has declared war on prosecutors in Kaufman County in Texas. District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife “assassinated” in their home on Saturday. Assistant District Attorney was shot dead two months ago. Police have no leads in either case but many believe the ...
  • India installing solar panels on canals
    Solar panels covering water irrigation canals make huge sense. The solar panels slow water loss from evaporation by shielding the water from direct sun and produce power, generally in areas where there is lots of sun. This really needs to be done in California, where water is sent for hundreds ...
  • Don’t make it easy for identity theft on Facebook
    Former con man, now security consultant, Frank Abagnale says identity theft is easy if you make important data public on Facebook and other social media sites. “If you tell me your date of birth and where you’re born [on Facebook] I’m 98% [of the way] to stealing your identity ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

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Just World News

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frogblog

  • General debate, April 1, 2013
    It’s All Fools Day. Make the most of it!
  • Denniston Too Precious To Mine
    I am concerned that the interim decision of the Environment Court does not rule out the mining of the Denniston Plateau. The interim decision of the Environment Court acknowledges that the Denniston Plateau has high biodiversity values which would be impacted by mining and that the situation is ...
  • IMF calls for fossil fuel subsidy reform
    The IMF have come out strongly against fossil fuel subsidies, saying that they are threatening both the environment and the stability of the global economy. The IMF has calculated around $1.9 trillion worldwide, or 8 percent of Government revenue is spent on energy subsidies the vast majority of ...
  • How would you rate Speaker Carter’s performance?
    Question Time is an important part of our parliamentary democracy. How do you think the new Speaker is going in refereeing it?
  • What we want, and what we get in our cities
    Rod Oram gave a great presentation last week in Dunedin about Reinventing Paradise. He talked about this Government’s attacks on the Resource Management Act and how they are bad news not just for our environment but for our economy too. You can watch his whole talk here but one slide in particul ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • Capitalism as Disease: Spreading Governmental ...
    In general, we are a mean spirited and spiteful people. The meanness that has afflicted America is responsible for its domestic violence and the violence Americans inflict internationally. The germ that carries this affliction is the predominant political economy fostered. Capitalism is an e ...
  • The Real New World Order. Bankers Taking over ...
    A real new world order has emergedthe world's downtrodden against the West and its puppet, surrogate colonial governments. These non-state but similarly minded actors will determine the course of future world history. There is now a new world order that the West cannot control, that military ...
  • Violence: The American Way of Life
    The United States of America was conceived and nurtured by violence. Americans not only engage in violence, they are entertained by it. Killing takes place in America at an average of 87 times each day. Going to war in Afghanistan is less dangerous than living in Chicago. The Romans went to ...
  • Democracy's Sickness Unto Death
    Governments do not exist for the benefit of common people, those people referred to in the Constitution as "We the people." Regardless of what officials claim, common man exists merely as a means to fulfill the ends the factions in control wish to attain. Madison's "diseases of faction" have ...
  • Fraudulent Educational Reform in America
    What goes on in America's schools is essentially identical to what goes on in the Madrassas of the Muslim world. In both, orthodox beliefs are taught as truth and critical examination is discouraged. Two worlds clash in loggerheads.

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • Low-Carb Diet May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
    By Dr. Mercola Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. This fatal and progressive condition destroys brain cells, resulting in memory loss and severe thinking and behavioral problems (aggression, delusions, and hallucinations) that interfere with daily life a ...
  • What Could the Massacre of 40,000 Elephants Po ...
    By Dr. Mercola In the TED Talk above, ecologist Allan Savory explains how we’re currently encouraging desertification, and how to not only stop it, but reverse it, by dramatically increasing the number of grazing livestock. According to Savory, rising population, land turning into dese ...
  • Needle This: Study Hints at How Acupuncture Wo ...
    By Dr. Mercola Acupuncture, which has been valued as part of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, is now used by millions of Americans each year, often to treat chronic pain. But now researchers have revealed the healing technique may also be effective in treating one of the m ...
  • Are We Over-Diagnosing Mental Illness?
    By Dr. Mercola The fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) diagnostic "bible" – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) – is due out in May 2013. DSM-5 contains an ever-expanding list of mental illnesses, along with detailed criteri ...
  • How Stress Affects Your Heart and Gut Health
    By Dr. Mercola As much as you may try to ignore it, you cannot separate your wellness from your emotions. Every feeling you have affects some part of your body, and stress can wreak havoc on your physical health even if you’re doing everything else “right.” The classic de ...

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Survival - tribal peoples

  • Tanzania: Land grab could spell ‘the end of th ...
    The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more.© SurvivalThe Tanzanian government this week announced a new ‘conservation’ area on Maasai lands, which community leader Samwel Nangiria says will spell ‘the end of the Maasai and the Serengeti ecosystem’ ...
  • Guarani trapped on ‘island’ celebrate land bre ...
    Guarani celebrate land breakthrough© SurvivalA Guarani community in Brazil is celebrating after the government recognized their land as indigenous, for their exclusive use. The 170 members of Pyelito Kuê/ M’barakay community, living on an ‘island’ between a river and a soya plantation, can now ...
  • Awá tribe's desperate call to evict loggers
    In a rare video appeal, the Awá have called on Brazil's Minister of Justice to act now and protect their land.© SurvivalEarth’s most threatened tribe has sent an urgent appeal to Brazil’s government to evict invaders from their forest, as Brazil soccer fans lend their support fo ...
  • Success: Russia’s indigenous organization reopens
    An Evenk boy with reindeer in Siberia. © Raipon/SurvivalRAIPON, the organization representing Russia’s indigenous peoples, has been given permission by the Russian authorities to reopen. It was forced to close by Russia’s Ministry of Justice in November last year. The official reason given for ...
  • UN demands 'immediate suspension' of Amazon ga ...
    Expanding Camisea risks exposing the Nanti to diseases to which they have little immunity.© AnonThe United Nations has demanded an immediate halt to the expansion of a major gas project in the Peruvian Amazon, over concerns that it poses a grave risk to the lives of uncontacted Indians living ne ...

Montreal Gazette

Food World Order

  • The Latest McFib: “Our Food Is Healthy”
    from civileats.com: Last week, in what is yet another example of Big Food’s symbiotic relationship with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), McDonald’s Director of Nutrition, Registered Dietitian Cindy Goody, spoke to her fellow colleagues at the Utah Dietetic Association meeting abou ...
  • Hansen's mea culpa? Says global warming has sl ...
    from hockeyschtick.blogspot.jp: A paper published today by James Hansen has some startling admissions, including: - the effect [forcing] of man-made greenhouse gas emissions has fallen below IPCC projections, despite an increase in man-made CO2 emissions exceeding IPCC projections - the ...
  • Surprised? Monsanto Openly Wrote Own Monsanto ...
    from naturalsociety.com: It should come as no surprise to many of you to find out that Monsanto actually authored the wording of its own Monsanto Protection Act (Sec. 735) hidden in the recently passed and signed Continuing Resolution spending bill. How could a major corporation write its own ...
  • Trans fat isn’t crooked—and that’s the problem
    from foodfreedomgroup.com: Though it’s chemically identical to natural fats, it doesn’t bend. Here’s a clear and simple explanation of why, what it means, and why trans fats are so dangerous. We have been indoctrinated about fats for decades. Starting in the 1950′s, we were inundated with ads ...
  • Bill Gates Offers Prize For Inventing Condom O ...
    from activistpost.com: Finally, a technological breakthrough of epic proportions is about to take place within our lifetimes.The ramifications of this new technological development could be felt (literally) in all corners of the world. While the revolutionary invention mentioned above has yet ...

CrusadeWatch

  • The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
    source:  Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
  • Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
    source:  Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
  • Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
    source:  India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
  • The changing face of the church
    source:  Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
  • Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
    source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011   In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort   S Shyam Prasad  

Whole Truth Coalition

  • Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
    COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
  • The Big Awakening Conference 2011
    Click here for more information …
  • Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
    “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
  • Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                         SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
  • COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
    COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...

The Economic Collapse

  • This Is What It Feels Like To Have Your Life S ...
    What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had "legally" stolen about 80 percent of your life savings?  Most people seem to assume that most of the depositors that are getting ripped off in Cyprus are "Russian oligarchs" or "wealthy European tycoons", but the trut ...
  • Cyprus-Style Bank Account Confiscation Is In T ...
    The politicians of the western world are coming after your bank accounts.  In fact, Cyprus-style bank account confiscation is actually in the new Canadian government budget.  When I first heard about this I was quite skeptical, so I went and looked it up for myself.  And guess what?  It is right ...
  • The Global Elite Are Very Clearly Telling Us T ...
    Don't be surprised when the global elite confiscate money from your bank account one day.  They are already very clearly telling you that they are going to do it.  Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem is the president of the Eurogroup - an organization of eurozone finance ministers that wa ...
  • Words Of Warning: Get Your Money Out Of Europe ...
    If you still have money in European banks, you need to get it out.  This is particularly true if you have money in southern European banks.  As I write this, the final details of the Cyprus bailout are being worked out, but one thing has become abundantly clear: at least some depositors are goin ...
  • Mass Panic In Cyprus: The Banks Are Collapsing ...
    European officials are openly admitting that the two largest banks in Cyprus are "insolvent", and it is now being reported that Cyprus Popular Bank only has "enough liquidity to cover the next few hours".  Of course all banks in Cyprus are officially closed until Tuesday at the earliest, but the ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

  • Every end is a new beginning...
    Just remember that death is not the end... So, whilst The Talking Clock is - for now at least - mothballed, the many friends and regular readers who are "awake" might want to join me in my little sidestep venture: http://conspiracywatch.blogspot.co.uk/ Blogrolls need to be added and the ...
  • Okay Captain Ranty... this blogger resigns fro ...
    On the day that the BEST blogger in the blogosphere - Captain Ranty - has posted to announce 'end of transmission' (though not for the first time)... ...having mulled over what Captain Ranty has to say, rather than replying to the above linked blogpost in comments or via 140 characters on Twi ...
  • European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment D ...
    Here are the highlights of the European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill, Second Reading debate which took place in the House of Commons yesterday. Bill Cash MP Plainly, the implosion in Europe does affect us, and this failed attempt to put a sticking plaster on an increasi ...
  • Nothing Tutu Hide, Nothing Tutu Fear, Mr. Bliar
    Archbishop Desmond Tutu is all over the world's media for boldly coming out in public with a call for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Part of Tutu's thinking ...
  • The People's Memorial: 15th Anniversary Tribut ...
    As is now a yearly thing for this blog, a few images of the tributes left at Kensington Palace for the fifteenth anniversary of Diana's death. Those of our readers who come here as fellow Diana admirers are more than welcome to save the images - links back greatly appreciated. Click on the th ...

Facing South

  • Climate science denier found behind controvers ...
    An email exchange between John Droz of the fossil fuel-funded American Tradition Institute and an attorney with the North Carolina Public Staff led to the introduction of a controversial bill that would have made it harder for the agency to do its work on behalf of the public. read more
  • VOICES: In North Carolina, a conspicuous parti ...
    The state's Republican leaders are trying to solve a problem they created so they can help themselves politically by solving it. They might be undermining democracy, but you have to give them credit for their brazenness. read more
  • Can gay marriage win in the South?
    How different are Southern views about gay marriage? And are they changing fast enough for marriage equality advocates to win victories in Southern states? read more
  • Bank of America makes 'dirty dozen' list of cr ...
    A watchdog group has compiled a list of banking's "dirty dozen" corporate criminals, and Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America makes the cut with billions paid out in penalties and settlements for various crimes. read more
  • South's rivers and streams in poor condition, ...
    The first comprehensive assessment of the health of the nation's rivers and streams finds that many in the Southern Appalachians and Coastal Plain are unable to sustain life. read more

CenterLine

  • Search for new executive director of Center on ...
    Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003.  Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • Most Highly Anticipated Android Smartphones fo ...
    This past year was a fantastic one for the Android community. The year started out strong with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and quickly got better with fantastic offerings from HTC, Motorola and LG. Google also released Jelly Bean with major enhancements to Android's UI and performance. If ea ...
  • Google Drive for Linux Confirmed yet again, Ar ...
    Google Drive for Linux is a contentious issue. It is now common knowledge that Google is an active user of Linux for its internal purposes. Google has deployed a version of Ubuntu, called Goobuntu (a light skin over standard Ubuntu), in large numbers for its employees. Google is actually an Ub ...
  • [How-to] Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringt ...
    Yeah that's right, Ubuntu 12.10 is now upgradable to latest Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" release. And Ubuntu 13.04 is pretty stable for a beta-quality OS, though I still won't/can't recommend it for production machines. I have been using it in my netbook from the early alpha releases and it ...
  • FSGamer: Simple OpenSource Tool to Create Full ...
    Have trouble with fullscreen gaming on Linux/Ubuntu? Try FSGamer for Linux. FSGamer is an opensource utility that runs games in its own X server, which can improve the speed, reduce annoying interruptions, and make switching between fullscreen games and your desktop easy and reliable. FSG ...
  • 4 Simple Tweaks to Increase Unity Performance
    Unity has serious performance issues. Improvements are slowly starting to trickle in, but even then, the current state of affairs leaves a lot to be desired. Making Unity faster and slicker should be Canonical's top priority in my opinion, and that is why I am still a big proponent of "Project ...

Case About Bird Flu

  • NEW WEBSITE HAS GONE LIVE @ www.janeburgermeis ...
    Check out my new webiste under http://www.janeburgermeister.de. As Chancellor Angela Merkel warns a rerun of the Nazi rise to power in Germany can only be stopped by people of courage and conscience., I will be reporting on the fight for freedom and democracy from the German capital. http://www. ...
  • COMING NEXT WEEK: MY NEW WEBSITE FROM BERLIN, ...
    Check out this blog for details of my new website due to go live next week. In addition to writing new books, I also hope to do regular reports from Berlin, Germany, where I have taken up residence after leaving Austria this summer. The capital of Europe’s most powerful economy, the decisi ...
  • AUSTRIANS VOTE BY TWO THIRDS FOR DRAFT ARMY IN ...
    *Austrians vote overwhelmingly to keep conscription in historic referendum and triumph for direct democracy *Mainstream media propaganda machine suffers death blow as new style of political campaign emerges *Politicians use internet to connect with grass roots, bypass corporate media *Austria&#8 ...
  • The Death of a Father: an old photo brings bac ...
    Sipping some wine to mourn – or perhaps to celebrate? – my leaving Austria, one of my elderly neighbours  mentioned the resignation speech of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schusschnig in 1938, which ended with the words “May God protect Austria.” Every Austrian knows what happened after the Annexatio ...
  • The Death of a Father: an old photo brings bac ...
    Sipping some wine to mourn – or perhaps to celebrate? – my leaving Austria, one of my elderly neighbours  mentioned the resignation speech of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schusschnig in 1938, which ended with the words “May God protect Austria.” Every Austrian knows what happened after the Annexatio ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • Twenty-year hiatus in rising temperatures has ...
    Graham Lloyd, Environment Editor The fact that global surface temperatures have not followed the expected global warming pattern is now widely accepted. Picture: Ray Strange Source: The Australian DEBATE about the reality of a two-decade pause in global warming and what it means has made its way ...
  • This Is What It Feels Like To Have Your Life S ...
    By Michael What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had “legally” stolen about 80 percent of your life savings? Most people seem to assume that most of the depositors that are getting ripped off in Cyprus are “Russian oligarchs” or “wealthy European tycoons”, bu ...
  • Obama Signature On Monsanto Protection Act Ign ...
    While Monsanto executives may be rejoicing behind the closed doors of their corporate offices, they have also just stabbed themselves in the heart with the blatant and cocky decision to go through with the Monsanto Protection Act. by Anthony Gucciardi NaturalSociety.com March 29, 2013 Obama’s so ...
  • All the years Israel said an Iranian nuke was ...
    by Sunny Hundal The US media is once again reporting Israeli speculation on Iranian attempts to build a nuclear weapon. Now, I do think the current Iranian government would like to have nuclear weapons capability. But here’s a timeline of Israeli warnings on Iranian nukes (via Opinio Juris) 1984 ...
  • ‘Underwear bomber’ was working for the CIA | T ...
    by kristalklear ‘Underwear bomber’ was working for the CIA –Bomber involved in plot to attack US-bound jet was working as an informer with Saudi intelligence and the CIA, it has emerged 08 May 2012 A would-be “underwear bomber” involved in a plot to attack a US-based jet was in fact working as a ...

Veterans Today

  • Arrivals and Departures
    This has been a week of personnel change. The DVD asset Boris Berezovsky very sensibly decided to commit suicide (no offense intended), MI5 Chief Sir Jonathan Evans has announced he’s stepping down and David Miliband is quitting Britain
  • Breaking: Air Force “Chemtrails” Manual Availa ...
    Download USAF Academy “Chemtrails 131 Manual Fall 1990″ PDF _______________ By Harold Saive Originl Post HERE Many observers of the past two decades of covert aerosol geoengineering adopted the term “chemtrails” to describe unnatural emissions and trails originating from ...
  • Iran foils ‘new sedition’ ploy hatched by BBC
    Iran foils ‘new sedition’ ploy hatched by BBC Iran foils Courtesy of ALALAM, Iran (Veterans Today’s answer to satellite censorship)  —             A massive network of domestic and foreign-based journalists, reporters and unofficial newsmakers working mainly for the British Broadcast ...
  • Iran launches Jamaran 2 destroyer in Caspian Sea
    Iran launches Jamaran 2 destroyer in Caspian Sea File photo of Iran Courtesy of ALALAM, Iran             Iran launched the indigenously-manufactured Jamaran 2 destroyer in the Caspian Sea in the northern port city of Bandar Anzali on Sunday. In the ceremony held for launching Jamaran 2, Iran&#82 ...
  • Do not underestimate the North Korean Threat t ...
    The President of ECIPS, Baron Baretzky said on Friday not to underestimate the North Korean Threat to Global Peace - (Editor’s note:  Source is direct to the highest levels of South Korea’s govt. and military.  Take heed.g)  – WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – London -  The President of Eu ...

electric politics

  • Cyprus in Crisis
    Cyprus really didn't have a choice about acceding to the Troika's demands: the costs of a precipitous, unplanned flight from the Eurozone were too great. Now, having signed up for indefinite indentured servitude, the Cypriots should take advantage of a small amount of breathing room to plan for ...
  • Going To Tehran
    Nobody has been more correct about Iran than Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett. Their latest, Going To Tehran (Metropolitan Books, 2013), lays out the logic of successful U.S. engagement. Also the perils of failure. I may be slightly more neutral than the Leveretts as I think that absent a diploma ...
  • Political Memories
    What we forget about our political history is perhaps a better indicator of who we are, or what we are, than what we remember. In some cases, moreover, forgetting can be catastrophic. The Congo, for example, cannot address its colonial past and consequently — though I admit this is arguabl ...
  • The Bargain With Hell
    Delegates from the Northern and Southern States didn't do any simple deal over slavery in order to devise a Constitution. No: they consciously created a complex, interlocking system of iron-clad guarantees so that within the Union the institution of slavery would exist forever. These men truly i ...
  • A Question of Rights
    Every American has a basic human right to live without the threat of gun violence. And that right exists prior to all the legal or political barriers that get thrown at sane gun control measures. Paradoxically, perhaps, if the gun culture wants to deny us our human right to live in safety their ...

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Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • Georgia: U.S. Marines Complete Joint War Games
    Ministry of Defence of Georgia March 30, 2013 Georgian-US Exercise “Agile Spirit 2013” Completed The official closing ceremony of the joint Georgian-US exercise “Agile Spirit 2013” was held at the Vaziani military base. Deputy Chief of Joint Staff of GAF, Brigadier-General Vakhtang Kapanadze, an ...
  • South China Sea Dispute: U.S. Proxy Conflict W ...
    Global Times March 29, 2013 China will not be passive in sea disputes ==== Despite the fact that John Kerry, the new US secretary of state, has stepped into office and some side effects brought by his predecessor’s aggressive approach are in decline, the US stance on the South China Sea wi ...
  • NATO Would Join War Against North Korea: Deput ...
    Voice of Russia March 29, 2013 NATO to make collective response to hypothetical N.Korea attacks on US – Vershbow A hypothetical North Korean attack on U.S. military facilities would involve other NATO member countries joining in armed action against the communist state as prescribed by Art ...
  • U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa Ch ...
    United States Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa March 29, 2013 Breedlove nominated as SACEUR, EUCOM Commander U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa Public Affairs Qatari warplanes used in NATO’s onslaught againt Libya in 2011 RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany: Defense Secretary ...
  • Romain Rolland: Goddess of prey, Anti-Christ, ...
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Romain Rolland: Selections on war ==== Romain Rolland From Clerambault (1921) Translated by Katherine Miller Days passed, and nothing happened. Silence. The appeal had fallen on the ear of an inattentive public, the publisher was l ...

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Intel Hub

  • Fusion Center Director: We Don’t Spy on Americ ...
    RT | Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government.The post Fusion Center Director: We Do ...
  • Eiffel Tower Evacuated After Bomb Threat
    Press TV | The Eiffel Tower has been evacuated following an anonymous phone call that threatened a bomb attack on the famous monument, police say.The post Eiffel Tower Evacuated After Bomb Threat appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Will Cost U.S. 4-6 Tril ...
    Jim Lobe | Costs to U.S. taxpayers of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will run between four and six trillion dollars, making them the most expensive conflicts in U.S. history, according to a new report by a prominent Harvard University researcher.The post Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Will Cost U ...
  • Central Banking Is Central Planning
    Anthony Wile | A book review in the Wall Street Journal by associate professor of economics at San Jose State University Jeffrey Hummel entitled "The New Central Planning" tends to confirm the perspective that the Federal Reserve is under continued attack. The upshot may be a new monetary s ...
  • Assange’s WikiLeaks Party Opens for Memb ...
    RT | Julian Assange’s new political party is open for membership, WikiLeaks announced on Twitter on Saturday. The party must enlist 500 dues-paying members to officially register with the Australian Electoral Commission.The post Assange’s WikiLeaks Party Opens for Membership in Austra ...

FRS

  • Bradley Manning’s Nobel Peace Prize
    [While some of the Nobel Peace Laureates over the years have made genuine and significant contributions to the people's movements against war, in recent years the awards given to such shameful imperialist masters of warmaking as Barack Obama and the European Union have destroyed the legitimacy a ...
  • Bradley Manning’s Nobel Peace Prize
    [While some of the Nobel Peace Laureates over the years have made genuine and significant contributions to the people's movements against war, in recent years the awards given to such shameful imperialist masters of warmaking as Barack Obama and the European Union have destroyed the legitimacy a ...
  • Iraq, the American Mission, from the Beginning ...
    The Massacre that took place in the city of Falluja in 2004 and how the authorities respond to that. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: anti-war correspondent, Arabs and Muslims, Barack Obama, CIA, colonialism, comprador, crimes against humanity, dahr jamail, energy, George W. Bush, government r ...
  • Iraq, the American Mission, from the Beginning ...
    The Massacre that took place in the city of Falluja in 2004 and how the authorities respond to that. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: anti-war correspondent, Arabs and Muslims, Barack Obama, CIA, colonialism, comprador, crimes against humanity, dahr jamail, energy, George W. Bush, government r ...
  • The Legacy of the American ‘Mission&#821 ...
    By Dahr Jamail, TomDispatch.com 26 March, 2013 Back then, everybody was writing about Iraq, but it’s surprising how few Americans, including reporters, paid much attention to the suffering of Iraqis. Today, Iraq is in the news again. The words, the memorials, the retrospectives are pouring out, ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Ken O’Keefe in Tehran – “Ira ...
    It is time to stop being chumps, it is time to actually give some meaning to the word patriot. It is especially time for those in the police, military and government who took an oath to uphold the Constitution to honor that commitment. Are you a person of honor? Or are you a fraudster? A coward?
  • Words from an Honest, Intelligent & Compassion ...
    Words from an honest, intelligent and compassionate Jew... words from a respected brother with a hugely important message that should be heeded by every single Jew on this planet.
  • Press TV’s News Analysis – Israel ...
    In this program I get to respond directly to one of Israels countless prostitutes of propaganda in the mainstream media, Daniel Pipes.
  • Trade Not Aid Update – November 6, 2012 &#8211 ...
    Today was the final hearing for the case against the Trade Not Aid hijackers Cate (Catherine) Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald) and Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja).  It cost over £600 in court fees, money that should have gone directly into the cause.  It took countless hours o ...
  • Transcript & Video – Update from Ken O&# ...
    Catherine Myles, I have found the funds for you to come to Gaza. We will pay for you to go to Gaza. I will pay for your tickets from the UK to Cairo and then your taxi fare to Gaza and your accommodation in Gaza and your return taxi fare back Cairo, back to the UK. You have a paid, PAID trip to ...

StillSmallVoice

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

Associated Content

  • Why the Obama Administration Sent B-2s to Korea
    CNN is reporting that as part of joint American/Republic of Korea exercises, the United States sent B-2 stealth bombers on a 6,500-mile flight to South Korea, whereupon they dropped some inert munitions, and then returned to base.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Mar 28, 2013
  • Supreme Court: Gay Marriage, Internet, Cell Ph ...
    The Supreme Court was the stage for spirited discussion on the topics of gay rights and the definition of marriage on Tuesday. The verdict? Gayness, the Internet, and cell phones all exist on the same timeline.Contributor: Trent Sandusky Published: Mar 27, 2013
  • No Cheers for Rob Portman's Same-Sex Marriage ...
    Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio came out in favor of same-sex marriage. So why aren't I applauding him?Contributor: Isa-Lee Wolf Published: Mar 15, 2013
  • Rand Paul Stands Tall in 13-Hour Fillibuster
    It was like something out of a movie when Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky took to the floor of the Senate and conducted a 13 hour filibuster, holding up the nomination of John Brennan as CIA Director, demanding the answer to one question.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Mar 07, 2013
  • Death of Chavez Provides Opportunities for Ven ...
    Now that Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan tyrant, has shuffled off this mortal coil, leaving Hollywood, Cuba, and Iran in severe mourning, the people of the country his misruled have a chance to begin to take their destiny into their own hands.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Mar 06, 2013

Popsci - Science

  • Something Is Killing Up To Half Of America's Bees
    Whatever's killing honeybees is getting worse, but we still don't know what it is. There's some kind of environmental issue/plague/apocalypse killing America's honeybees, but years after it first started happening, scientists are still putting together what it might be. Meanwhile, 2012 was the ...
  • Scientists Build Hollow Virus For Cheaper Vaccines
    This foot-and-mouth virus has a stable exterior, but no genetic material in its interior. Call it hollow-hearted. Researchers have built a mimic of the outer capsule of the foot-and-mouth disease virus. Inside, where the virus' genetic material normally lives, is empty. Such synthetic virus-lik ...
  • 4-Billion-Pixel Panorama Lets You Explore Mars ...
    Pan and zoom among 400 images from Curiosity's cameras. If you were standing next to the Mars rover Curiosity, this is what you’d see. Estonian photographer and editor Andrew Bodrov stitched together 407 images from two Curiosity cameras to come up with this interactive panorama. The mosaic cove ...
  • This Weird Green Rock Is From Mercury
    Well, Mercury or a "Mercury-like body." It's unlike any other meteorite ever found on Earth. Last year, a group of 35 meteorite samples was found in Morocco. One of them was this guy, a curiously green sample given the name NWA 7325. Further analysis indicates that its color isn't the only unus ...
  • Super-Fashionable Zoo Animals And Other Amazin ...
    Plus the world's largest Rubik's cube mural, Peeps astronauts and more Click here to enter the gallery

Veterans Today

  • Arrivals and Departures
    This has been a week of personnel change. The DVD asset Boris Berezovsky very sensibly decided to commit suicide (no offense intended), MI5 Chief Sir Jonathan Evans has announced he’s stepping down and David Miliband is quitting Britain
  • Breaking: Air Force “Chemtrails” Manual Availa ...
    Download USAF Academy “Chemtrails 131 Manual Fall 1990″ PDF _______________ By Harold Saive Originl Post HERE Many observers of the past two decades of covert aerosol geoengineering adopted the term “chemtrails” to describe unnatural emissions and trails originating from ...
  • Iran foils ‘new sedition’ ploy hatched by BBC
    Iran foils ‘new sedition’ ploy hatched by BBC Iran foils Courtesy of ALALAM, Iran (Veterans Today’s answer to satellite censorship)  —             A massive network of domestic and foreign-based journalists, reporters and unofficial newsmakers working mainly for the British Broadcast ...
  • Iran launches Jamaran 2 destroyer in Caspian Sea
    Iran launches Jamaran 2 destroyer in Caspian Sea File photo of Iran Courtesy of ALALAM, Iran             Iran launched the indigenously-manufactured Jamaran 2 destroyer in the Caspian Sea in the northern port city of Bandar Anzali on Sunday. In the ceremony held for launching Jamaran 2, Iran&#82 ...
  • Do not underestimate the North Korean Threat t ...
    The President of ECIPS, Baron Baretzky said on Friday not to underestimate the North Korean Threat to Global Peace - (Editor’s note:  Source is direct to the highest levels of South Korea’s govt. and military.  Take heed.g)  – WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – London -  The President of Eu ...

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Mideast Tragicomedy: Iraq's '$4B Bailout' of Egypt
    It is no big secret that Egypt has been scrounging around the Middle East for emergency funding insofar as it has been unable to conclude an IMF deal. Famously, mercurial Qatar has stepped into the breach, but has been unwilling to extend more money as of late. More good money after bad and all ...
  • Island Lovin': Chasing Revenue in Cyprus, Falk ...
    No pina coladas for you I'm afraid. On today's blogging menu are--can you believe it--tax cheats and squid. In the past I've enumerated the generic ways island nations or protectorates generate revenues: tourismtax havens (paradis fiscaux)offshore gambling sitesflags of conveniencenationality fo ...
  • No Steenkin' Tourists Please, We're Saudi Arabia
     To be sure, Saudi Arabia has a unique tourist monopoly insofar as all Muslim men and women who can do so are obliged to visit Mecca during their lifetimes. Pilgrims aside, though, there is not really a Saudi "tourist" industry as we understand the term--especially for leisure travellers. T ...
  • Have the Youth Ever Had It So Bad? (UK Edition)
    In 1957, then-British Prime Minister made the statement that his compatriots "never had it so good" amid the prosperity and plenty of the postwar years. A half century later, everything seems to have come undone that a recent BBC feature asks of the young people if they ever had it so bad in the ...
  • Enter Big Government, S Korean Welfare State?
    One of the unspoken things many Asians feel has contributed to Western malaise is the ubiquity of extensive welfare states. With the so-called baby boom of those born in the immediate post-WWII era reaching retirement age, these countries are beginning to feel the massive fiscal pressure of prov ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • This Is What It Feels Like To Have Your Life S ...
    What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had "legally" stolen about 80 percent of your life savings?  Most people seem to assume that most of the depositors that are getting ripped off in Cyprus are "Russian oligarchs" or "wealthy European tycoons", but the trut ...
  • Cyprus-Style Bank Account Confiscation Is In T ...
    The politicians of the western world are coming after your bank accounts.  In fact, Cyprus-style bank account confiscation is actually in the new Canadian government budget.  When I first heard about this I was quite skeptical, so I went and looked it up for myself.  And guess what?  It is right ...
  • The Global Elite Are Very Clearly Telling Us T ...
    Don't be surprised when the global elite confiscate money from your bank account one day.  They are already very clearly telling you that they are going to do it.  Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem is the president of the Eurogroup - an organization of eurozone finance ministers that wa ...
  • Words Of Warning: Get Your Money Out Of Europe ...
    If you still have money in European banks, you need to get it out.  This is particularly true if you have money in southern European banks.  As I write this, the final details of the Cyprus bailout are being worked out, but one thing has become abundantly clear: at least some depositors are goin ...
  • Mass Panic In Cyprus: The Banks Are Collapsing ...
    European officials are openly admitting that the two largest banks in Cyprus are "insolvent", and it is now being reported that Cyprus Popular Bank only has "enough liquidity to cover the next few hours".  Of course all banks in Cyprus are officially closed until Tuesday at the earliest, but the ...

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Voiceless Victim

  • How many Cardinals will return from Rome?
    In Australia on Friday, Cardinal “Big George” Pell luxuriously draped his massive frame up the pointy end of a plane, heading for Rome and the preliminary rounds of the title fight known as the papal conclave. There he will duck and weave and sucker punch with the best of them before ...
  • Rat in the Vat Gives Up Funny Hat
    Out of the blue, the world’s most powerful paedophile protector has announced he is handing over the keys to the best room in the Vatican. This sudden and unexpected break with six centuries of tradition, where aged and often senile Popes usually only release their maniacal grasp on absolu ...
  • Child Rape, Truth and Politics
    Regular readers will know Voiceless Victim was chosen to represent victims at a morning tea with the Australian Prime Minster, Julia Gillard, at her gorgeous official Sydney residence, Kirribilli House, the day after the announcement of the terms of reference for our long awaited Royal Commissio ...
  • George “Marie Antoinette” Pell tel ...
    Like the opulently robed 18th Century Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, who reportedly dismissed her  starving peasants’ need for bread with the stunningly insensitive quip, “let them eat cake”, the opulently robed Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, yesterday dismisse ...
  • Voiceless Victim Invited to Tea with the Prime ...
    Who would have imagined as little as twelve months ago, that Australian victims would be about to start work on their submissions to the Royal Commission into institutional child sex abuse we were told so many times would never happen. And that we would be generally pretty happy with its newly a ...

WL Central

  • 2013-02-04 Julian Assange receives Yoko Ono Le ...
    On 3 February 2013 at a private dinner at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, attended by more than 150 guests, Julian Assange will receive the Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts 2013 for his WikiLeaks work including, amongst other releases, Collateral Murder. This award is ...
  • 2013-02-02 Exclusive: CIA Drug Money Plot to O ...
    WikiLeaks Central presents an exclusive interview with Chilean journalist Patricio Mery, who claims the CIA has been actively plotting to destabilise or even assassinate Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, after US anger over decisions such as the granting of political asylum to Julian Assange an ...
  • 2013-01-17 Senator Ludlam to Foreign Minister ...
    Senator the Hon Bob Carr Minister for Foreign Affairs PO Box 6100 Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 14 January 2013 Dear Minister, Please find below a series of statements made by members of the Swedish Executive and government officials on the Assange case. read more
  • 2013-01-17 Senator Ludlam to Foreign Minister ...
    Senator the Hon Bob Carr Minister for Foreign Affairs PO Box 6100 Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 28 November 2012 Dear Minister, Please find below a series of links to evidence relating to the existence of a criminal grand jury investigation into Wikileaks. read more
  • 2013-01-02 Inside the Hourglass, A World Risin ...
    With economic and military force, in the last decades the United States has attained sole superpower status in the world. The legacy of the US empire carries a dark history: genocide of natives, slavery of blacks and criminalizing immigrants from the South. None can deny that much of US hegemon ...

U N News

  • UN calls Canada&#39s pullout from drought conv ...
    The United Nations today said it was &#39regrettable&#39 that the Government of Canada is withdrawing from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the only legally binding instrument that addresses desertification, land degradation and drought.
  • Brazil: UN experts voice concern over deprivat ...
    A United Nations human rights panel visiting Brazil has raised concerns regarding what it called an "excessive use" of policies leading to the deprivation of liberty as well as a lack of effective legal assistance to persons arrested or detained in the South American nation.
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas) dispute tops talks ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Foreign Ministers of Argentina, Cuba, Peru and Uruguay discussed the issue of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) during their meeting today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
  • In Guatemala, UNICEF chief urges increased nut ...
    Despite some achievements in improving living standards for children, Guatemala must increase access to nutrition as well as to justice for its youngest citizens or leave an entire generation at risk, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today.
  • Reforms to Inter-American System must fully pr ...
    A United Nations senior official today stressed that reforms to the Inter-American System for protection of human rights must not weaken its capacity to protect victims.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • Scientists Lose Funding for Speaking the Truth ...
    Global Research is posting several points of view with regard to Global Warming with a view to fostering analysis, discussion and scientific dialogue. For further details see our Dossier on Climate Change (M.Ch., March 31, 2013) This article was originally published by Global Research in April 2 ...
  • Fusion Centers Full of Rogue Law Enforcement S ...
    Now we have the United States Senate saying the complaints are true. These are rogue law enforcement people serving no good, just becoming spies.
  • September 11, 2001 – A Danish Point of V ...
    And after 15-20 minutes they turned towards New York, turned off their transponder, and nobody did anything. It was if they were deliberately permitted to go astray, without any authoritative interference.
  • Monsanto Gets Immunity to Law – Can Plan ...
    (NaturalNews) President Barack Obama campaigned on promises to end secret prisons, decriminalize marijuana, balance the budget, honor the Second Amendment and make health care affordable. But what really unfolded was an explosion in the national debt (now $16 trillion and climbing), the signing ...
  • World War Z – Conspiratorial Review of N ...
    The core of the book is a UN plan developed to use survivors as bait to lure in the zombies so they can be exterminated. The number one enemy in this disgusting, pro-genocide anti-human publication is that, humans that have not submitted to communism and the United Nations, are undesirables that ...

Rewilding Institute

  • Film Premier for “The Current” in Durango April 10
      While the southwest is primarily a desert, more than 30 million people live here. In a few decades the region’s population will double while the amount of available water will decrease. Most of these 30 million people use water without thinking about where it came from or where it’s going ...
  • Around the Campfire With Uncle Dave The Rise ...
    We need to move past the place where we see people as essentially enemies of nature.  We need to break down the barriers between urban and rural, between set-asides and sustainable use, between “us” and “them.”                                       [...]
  • John Davis featured in video about TrekWest
     TrekWest’s John Davis hikes solo through Arizona’s longest single mountain range His 35-mile trek through Chiricahua Mountains includes big peaks, lots of snow, and a premier wildlife corridor  Portal, AZ — TrekWest conservationist and adventurer, John Davis, says he’s “looking forward to exper ...
  • Mexican Wolves 15th Anniversary Celebration!
    Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Return of Mexican Gray Wolves to the Southwest Friday, April 5th 6 – 10 p.m. O’Niell’s 4310 Central SE in Albuquerque Almost 15 years after they were first reintroduced to the wild, there are only 75 Mexican wolves in the wild. Please join us to celebrate th ...
  • Dave Foreman Speaking in Michigan March 21st
      Dave will give a lecture, open to the public, titled “Rewilding North America,” from 2 – 3:30 PM in Room 1030, the CB (CASL) Auditorium. Q&A time is included. For more information, please contact David Skrbina, skrbina@umd.umich.edu The CB Auditorium is located at 49 ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Obama Bypasses Congress Again... Signs ANOTHER ...
    President Obama has not just been speaking in front of cameras with victims of gun violence staged behind him, he's also been busy bypassing Congress by signing executive orders and other actions on gun control. read more
  • “The Militia Of The Several States” Guarantee ...
    One cannot hold to a fanciful, romantic, or even partially erroneous interpretation of the Constitution and nevertheless expect to be able to use the Constitution effectively to protect his rights. ~ Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D, J.D. - Parts 2 and 3 included read more
  • Agenda 21... Enviro-Eugenicists Announce 'Mass ...
    In a report published in April of 2012 by the Royal Society titled People and the Planet, the elitist UK-based society calls for massive population reduction and de-industrialization of the west. However drenched in euphemisms, the report cannot conceal its ominous undertones. ~ Jurriaan Mae ...
  • From The Grave... John Lennon Deconstructs Ove ...
    In the following clip taped over 40 years ago, John Lennon takes a jab at fearmongers such as Paul Ehrlich, who predicted doom and gloom in the shape of global... cooling. In response to a question by an audience-member on overpopulation, Lennon accurately describes the entire concept of ove ...
  • In Chilling Message to Border Patrol Agents... ...
    The Obama administration and its controversial Department of Homeland Security are under fire for sending what is being described as a “chilling” message to U.S. Border Patrol agents demanding “obedience,”... Alex Newman read more

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • Federal Framework Being Set Up To Arrest Sheriffs
    Colorado, and apparently Texas are being targeted with an attempt to set up a federal authority framework that will enable Secret Service agents (not just those guarding the president), and others of the U.S. Secret Service including uniformed division officers, physical security technicians and ...
  • Water Conservation At Home
    Clean water is a precious resource crucial to survival and an integral part of self-sufficient living. Water conservation at your home should be instinctive, and is especially important for those living in dry regions and/or during a post-SHTF life when readily available municipal water may be l ...
  • Appetite Fatigue
    Imagine only eating rice and beans day after day, week after week? For those of you who have stored food ahead for long-term emergency preparedness needs, how many of you have actually thought about literally having to source your daily food needs from ONLY your storage? If your long-term food s ...
  • The 4 Deadly Poisonous Snakes in America
    No, we’re not talking about banksters or politicians… but real snakes, poisonous and venomous snakes that you should be aware of, so as to avoid being bitten by one. There are thousands of types of snakes in North America, but there are 4 species that are poisonous (venomous). Add th ...
  • How to use a Watch as a Compass
    Northern Hemisphere A surprisingly simple and easy way to use your watch as a compass only requires having enough sunlight to cast a shadow from a twig. If you ever become lost, and do not have a compass, you can easily discover your direction by establishing a North-South line from your wrist w ...

Fast Company

  • The Real Freeze Ray: We Can Now Use Lasers To ...
    Instead of loud motors and fans, fridges and computers might one day be able to use just a laser beam. Science fiction usually deploys lasers to annihilate objects (and aliens) in pyrotechnic displays of heat and light. Today’s scientists, however, are doing the opposite. By tuning l ...
  • How Facebook Measured Gay Marriage Support Wit ...
    Or how big data is telling the story of the civil rights movement of our time. This week, as the Supreme Court heard testimony regarding same-sex marriage, my Facebook profile was flooded with a single avatar--a pink-on-red equals sign promoted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Generally ...
  • Why Big Data Wants Credit History And Bill Pay ...
    A new big data product gives retailers predictive analytics for customers based on their credit history, bill payment history, and personal habits. A big data firm marketing analytics products for retailers has launched a new platform which evaluates customer credit reports and bill paymen ...
  • A Game To Educate Kids About The Future Of Cit ...
    Play It Green lets kids (or you, no judgements) play mayor in a city to learn about the hard decisions and trade-offs it takes to actually create good policy. Looking a bit like the Sims video game, Play It Green is a new online challenge that aims to teach kids about the realities of city ...
  • An App To Help Your Garden, With Some Uncomfor ...
    Sprout It offers helpful tips about the best time to grow and how to care for your plants. But the budding organic farmer might be a little put off by who is fronting the money (and paying for ads): Miracle-Gro. Matt Armstead wants his new web app Sprout It to be the go-to gardening resour ...

Jadaliyya

  • Salah Faik: On the Tenth Anniversary of Murder ...
    POEMS Salah Faik   On the Tenth Anniversary of Murdering my Country   My country disappeared without a funeral Because it shunned the beauty of palm trees It avoided its marshes Thought that mountains were secrets They looted the tablets of the first kingdom with gigantic shi ...
  • Media On Media Roundup (March 31)
    Egypt Issues Arrest Warrant for Satirist Egyptian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for popular television host and satirist Bassem Youssef for insulting Islam and President Mohammed Morsi.  Saudi Arabia 'May End' Twitter User Anonymity Arab News daily reports that Saudi A ...
  • Saadi Youssef: Genesis 34
    [Today, March 31 is the anniversary of the founding of the Iraqi Communist Party in 1934. This poem, "Genesis 34," by Saadi Youssef, was written to commemorate the event.] Saadi Youssef Genesis 34   Before we came to the bases you were a base before God and classes You were ...
  • Ghosts of Comfort and Chaos
    When I was invited to write this article for the series Visuals in 1500, I was asked to begin with an image that would help clarify my thinking about the work I do as a visual artist. I decided to focus on a little known painting that I first became familiar with through a reproduction in Kamal ...
  • Abed Abdi and the Liberation Art of Palestine
    Palestinian artists of the second half of the twentieth century, when interviewed, sometimes speak of being the first to do this or that, or that theirs was the first Palestinian one-artist exhibition, etc. The trauma of the Nakba caused an absence in knowledge. Closer study reveals that, despit ...

mediagazer

  • O.C. Register's university ad deals pose credi ...
    Kim Christensen / Los Angeles Times: O.C. Register's university ad deals pose credibility questions  —  UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Chapman University each agreed to pay $275,000 for ads in weekly sections packed with positive news about their schools.  —  ...
  • Egyptian satirist questioned for insulting Mur ...
    Tom Perry / Reuters: Egyptian satirist questioned for insulting Mursi, freed on bail  —  (Reuters) - Egyptian prosecutors questioned Egypt's most prominent television satirist on Sunday over allegations that he insulted President Mohamed Mursi, a case regarded by his critics as ...
  • Egypt Orders Arrest of Satirist Over Skits on ...
    New York Times: Egypt Orders Arrest of Satirist Over Skits on Islam and Morsi  —  CAIRO — Egypt's public prosecutor on Saturday ordered the arrest of a popular television satirist on charges that included insulting President Mohamed Morsi and denigrating Islam, a state new ...
  • NY Times Changes Yvonne Brill Obituary After C ...
    Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post: NY Times Changes Yvonne Brill Obituary After Criticism  —  The New York Times responded to a chorus of critics on Saturday after it published an obituary about a famed female rocket scientist that led with her accomplishments as a wife and ...
  • It's Big TV vs. Big Telecom Over Broadcast Spe ...
    Ted Johnson / Variety: It's Big TV vs. Big Telecom Over Broadcast Spectrum … The government's plan to auction off broadcast spectrum to expand wireless services has pitted Big TV against Big Telecom at the FCC and in the halls of Congress.  Some say the nation is facing an apocalypt ...

Chemtrail News

  • CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
    I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
  • Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
    Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
  • 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
    probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
  • ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
    Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
  • Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
    Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

  • One Direction to become UK's richest band
    London, March 31: One Direction is believed to be named as Britain's wealthiest boy band with net worth estimated at 25 million pounds. They have amassed a 5 million fortune each since first getting together in 2010, according to the new Sunday Times Rich List. Their individual personal weal ...
  • Hazare begins 'janatantra yatra' from Amr ...
    Amritsar, March 31: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today embarked on his 'Janatantra Yatra' (walk for democracy) here to rally support against the Congress-led UPA Government in the run up to the next general elections. Accompanied by a small group of supporters, the 75-year-old activi ...
  • BJP unveils '2014' General Election core ...
    BJP President Rajnath Singh today announced its core parliament team of office bearers and put Narendra Modi at the Centre of its push for grabbing power at the Centre in the 2014 General Elections - the team will take all crucial decisions as the party heads into the polls. Here is the list ...
  • Morning smoking may up cancer risk: study
    Smoking a cigarette immediately after waking up in the morning may increase the risk of developing lung or oral cancer, a new study has warned. "We found that smokers who consume cigarettes immediately after waking have higher levels of NNAL - a...
  • New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder out of IC ...
    Three days after suffering severe head and lung injuries in a fight outside a Christchurch bar, New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and has reassured his well-wishers about his...

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Anna's News

  • Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
    Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
  • 10 Best British Open Performances
    Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
  • Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
    Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • National Parks at Risk: Photos
    National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
  • Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
    The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 3/28/13 - Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court ...
    gaymarriage.procon.org - Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court, 2013 – On Mar. 26, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a case regarding the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative. On Mar. 27, the justices heard oral argument ...
  • 3/22/13 - Celebrity Golf Tournament
    www.procon.org -  - ProCon.org and the March of Dimes Canada held a celebrity golf tournament on March 2, 2013 to raise money for our charities. See dozens of our celebrity golf tournament photos and watch the celebrity golf tournament videos on our YouTube channel.
  • 3/20/13 - Diabetes, Obesity, and 25,000 US Dea ...
    obesity.procon.org - Diabetes, Obesity, and 25,000 US Deaths Tied to Sugary Drinks, Harvard Study Says
  • 3/14/13 - State with Highest Obesity Rate Pass ...
    obesity.procon.org - State with Highest Obesity Rate Passes 'Anti-Bloomberg' Bill
  • 3/13/13 - Does the death penalty deter crime?
    deathpenalty.procon.org - Does the death penalty deter crime? - Read pro and con arguments from former New York Governor George E. Pataki (pro), former US District Court and US Court of Appeals Judge H. Lee Sarokin (con), Emory University Professor of Economics Paul H. Rubin (pro), Stanford ...

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environment 360

  • California City to Require Solar Energy System ...
    A city in southern California this week passed a zoning regulation that requires developers to install solar power systems on every new house they build. Beginning next year, all new homes built on lots at least Shutterstock 7,000 square feet in size in Lancaster, Calif. will be required to prod ...
  • Long Outlawed in the West, Lead Paint Sold in ...
    A new study finds that household lead paint — banned for years in the U.S. and Europe because of its health effects on children — is commonly sold in the African nation of Cameroon. Is lead paint the latest case of Western companies selling unsafe products in developing countries? BY REBECCA ...
  • Natural Gas Extraction Triggering More Earthqu ...
    Extraction of natural gas from the deep soil in a region of the Netherlands has triggered an increase in minor earthquakes, similar to seismic effects that have raised concerns about drilling operations, including hydraulic fracturing, in other countries. While the extraction of gas has occurred ...
  • China’s Utility Giants Vulnerable to Water Sca ...
    China’s five largest power utilities, which depend on water-intensive, coal-fired stations to generate electricity, are vulnerable to water supply disruptions because they are centered in the country’s water-scarce northern regions, a new report says. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, t ...
  • Peach Genome Offers Hints for Better Biofuel P ...
    A long-term genomic analysis of the common peach has revealed important insights into how scientists can improve the biofuel potential of other plant species, including the fast-growing poplar tree, a new study says. Wikimedia Commons Three years after a team of scientists first released a draf ...

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Japan Times

  • Spring Air freezes Japan expansion plans over ...
    Spring Airlines, a low-cost carrier based in Shanghai, is freezing plans to expand service to other cities in Japan, Chairman Wang Zhenghua said. The decision comes amid political tensions between the two countries that have sharply reduced Chinese tourism to Japan. In a recent interview, ...
  • BOJ weighs integration of JGB purchasing programs
    The Bank of Japan is mulling a new monetary easing scheme centered on the idea of integrating two bond-buying programs to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, sources familiar with the plan said Sunday. The idea, aimed at clarifying the central bank's actions and enhancing its economic imp ...
  • Wakiya, Abe rescue Giants against Carp
    Captain Shinnosuke Abe singled to drive in the game-winning run in the 11th inning, lifting the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Hiroshima Carp on Sunday. The 2012 Japan Series champion took the three-game series 2-0 with one tie to start the new season. It appeared things would go t ...
  • Visa program for investors gains traction
    Sitting around the long, wooden kitchen table in their farmhouse on a Sunday afternoon, Rene and Judith Dekker were tired-eyed from rising before dawn to tend to their 1,200 dairy cows. Their two older kids were packing up for the drive back to college — Bart wanted to know whether mom ...
  • South Africa wins Tokyo Sevens
    South Africa rallied with three tries in the second half on Sunday to defeat New Zealand 24-19 and win the Tokyo Sevens title. New Zealand held a 12-0 lead at the break but the South Africans erased the deficit early in the second half on tries by Seabelo Senatla and Cecil Afrika that were co ...

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Making It Count - CCPA

  • Fiscal debate in Québec: myth busting and flak
    Some myths are just so hard to debunk. For instance, people in Québec generally assume that they are the most taxed in North America. IRIS tackled the well-rehearsed allegation in a recently published socio-economic notice. The reply resounded of what Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky have prese ...
  • Carbon bubbles and fossil fuel divestment
    Divestment from fossil fuels is an idea whose time has come. Sparked by Bill McKibben’s Rolling Stone article last summer, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math”, divestment campaigns are now up and running on over 300 university campuses in the US, with 4 early victories ...
  • Build a Better Nova Scotia: the Alternative Pr ...
    The Nova Scotia provincial government is set to introduce its promised balanced budget this year. The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget, released today, proposes some concrete choices rooted in Nova Scotia communities. Rather than pay down debt, the NS-APB prioritizes balancing the social debt thre ...
  • New Shoes and a Haircut: Budget 2013 not so pr ...
    The Finance Minister got a new pair of shoes. Canadians got a new federal budget. And women in Canada got another haircut. Budget 2013 is all about Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! And who wouldn’t like a job. Maybe some training. Maybe even a full-time job. With benefits. And a pension plan. Oh go crazy, let’ ...
  • Austerity Through Infrastructure Cuts: Budget 2013
    One of the most amazing things about this budget is that one of its three focuses is actually the opposite of what it’s touting. You’ll likely hear that $14 billion will be spent on infrastructure over the next 10 years (actually, you may hear much bigger numbers, but they’re just re-annou ...

ReDress

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

NRDC Switchboard

  • Tar sands pipeline risks - examining the facts
    Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, Washington, DC In early 2011, NRDC raised concerns that an influx of tar sands on the U.S. pipeline network posed greater risks to pipeline integrity, challenges for leak detection systems and signific ...
  • A Step Forward for Environmental Transparency ...
    Barbara Finamore, China Program Director, Beijing I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a gathering in China before.  Nearly one hundred people - including city, provincial and central government officials, business leaders and NGO repr ...
  • Is Duke's basketball team worse than global wa ...
    Aliya Haq, Water and Climate Policy Advocate, Washington, D.C. A few years ago, I was explaining to my nephew why climate change is a problem, citing droughts, floods, and wildfires. As the child of two UNC Law School alums, he was a precocious six- ...
  • India Green News: Renewables Meet New Support ...
    Grace Gill, Program Assistant, CMI/India/Climate Center, New York March 15-29, 2013 India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India Climate Change UK Keen on Ties with India to Tackle Cl ...
  • 'Portlandia' send-up of the 'tiny house' movement
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   I’ve often written about the cottage lifestyle, featuring small homes usually set around a common.  It makes a ton of sense for some parts of today’s downsizi ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, March 7, 2013: Mcallen, Texas: A federal grand jury indicted three more law enforcement officers on drug conspiracy charges. The indictment charges them with conspiring to possess with intent … Continue reading →Nation ...
  • CBS News: Bad Cops on the Job
    More here.CBS News: Bad Cops on the Job is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • ACLU Looks into Militarization Trend in Police ...
    From Huffington Post: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States. Starting Wednesday, ACLU affiliates in 23 states are sending open records requests to hundreds of state and local … Continue reading &#85 ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, March 5, 2013: Update: Denver, Colorado: A police officer has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexual assault and kidnapping. He was in uniform when he came … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct New ...
  • Worst of the Month – February 2013
    This month it is the story from California where totally innocent people were shot by police during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner.   There is no greater responsibility for a police officer than his/her use of deadly force.  If they get … Continue reading →Worst of ...

Total Collapse

  • France May Impose 75% super-tax on the mega-rich
    The 75% super-tax on the mega-rich, which was rejected by France’s constitutional court might be imposed anyway. French President Francois Hollande suggests laying the burden on businesses rather than on individuals. In the interview with France 2 television President Hollande said he has ...
  • Full war declaration statement from DPRK
    The moves of the U.S. imperialists to violate the sovereignty of the DPRK and encroach upon its supreme interests have entered an extremely grave phase. Under this situation, the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu, convened an urgent operation meeting on the pe ...
  • North Korea tensions: Russia’s Lavrov fears ‘s ...
    The North Korean situation could spiral out of control, Russia has warned, after another day of inflamed rhetoric from Pyongyang. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned of a “vicious circle” and told all sides to avoid unilateral action. On Thursday, the North threatened to &# ...
  • North Korea: ‘outbreak of war hours away’ as K ...
    North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has ordered missile units to prepare to strike US mainland as a British tour operator was warned that the “outbreak of war probably only hours away”. The order came after US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Washington would not be cowed by Pyo ...
  • North Korea orders rockets on standby to hit U ...
    Pyongyang has ordered rocket units be put on standby to fire on US bases in the South Pacific. “The time has come to settle accounts with the US imperialists in view of the prevailing situation,” North Korean leader declared, according to state media. It follows a US B-2 flyover of South Korea t ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Facebook design tests, ...
    In today’s Daily Dose, Facebook design tests in New Zealand, porn blocking in China and Google Books for India. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google Calendar, Insta ...
    In today’s Daily Dose, a new Google search test, Instacart keeps up the yuppie pressure, and North Korea gets tinted. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google+ Sign-In, Angry ...
    In today’s Daily Dose: Google+ Sign-In, The Flixies, music making money and Rovio’s Angry Birds Toons. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Mobile World Congress ...
    Mobile World Congress is in full swing in Barcelona. Listen to today’s Daily Dose for a roundup of news from the first 24 hours of the event. Check our full... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google Glass details, ...
    In today’s Daily Dose: Google Glass pricing and availability, North Korea’s 3G plans and tech words in the dictionary and more. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • VIC - BZE Film Night - 'White Water, Black Gold'
    After a brief hiatus, Beyond Zero Emissions film nights are back...and we're pretty excited about it! Join us for a screening of the multi-award winning film 'White Water, Black Gold', which follows filmmaker David Lavallee on a three-year journey across Canada to document the environmental and ...
  • Presenter training course in April
    Have you been eagerly awaiting an opportunity to get more involved with the BZE team? Do you want to spread the message of an affordable, achievable zero emissions future but haven't known where to begin? Or do you simply want an opportunity to study BZE's research in more depth?  Well ...
  • Position vacant: Chief Executive Officer
    Beyond Zero Emissions, one of the fastest growing NGOs in Australia, is seeking an experienced, passionate and dynamic CEO who can lead a dedicated team of staff, members and volunteers in demonstrating how Australia can transform to a zero-carbon renewable energy future. Based in BZE’s Head ...
  • NSW should call CSG industry bluff, go to zero gas
    Threats that the NSW government's restrictions on the coal-seam gas industry will cause a price rise are a bluff that NSW residents should call, according to climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions. “The gas industry has no real commitment to domestic gas supply, and certainly not to ...
  • High speed rail cheaper than Albanese thinks
    Transport minister Anthony Albanese is trying to derail the promising High Speed Rail option before it even leaves the platform, according to climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions. “Mr Albanese appears to have decided to write off this nation building project before even releasing t ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • For Easter: a baby horned screamer chick (photo)
    A chick — typically a baby chicken — is a common symbol for Easter. Since we're Mongabay, today we're highlighting another type of chick: a young horned screamer from Eastern Colombia.
  • Is hemp the silver bullet for fighting climate ...
    Though Obama has frequently spoken of the need for more “green jobs,” he has failed to acknowledge the inherent environmental advantages associated with a curious plant called hemp. One of the earliest domesticated crops, hemp is incredibly versatile and can be utilized for everythin ...
  • Confusion over APP deforestation report
    On Thursday AFP reported that green groups have accused Indonesian forestry giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) of breaking its commitment to stop clearing natural forests and peatlands. But that's not entirely accurate.
  • Scientists a step closer toward creating biofu ...
    Researchers have taken a step closer to using atmospheric carbon dioxide as a biofuel, potentially helping mitigate climate change while at the same time meeting rising energy demand, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • Energy efficiency gains failing to keep pace w ...
    Energy efficiency is failing to keep pace with the Internet's rapid rate of expansion, meaning that web use is consuming an increasing amount of energy, warns a new perspective published in the journal Science.

Sierra Express

  • President Koroma and entourage arrive in Dubai
    March 30, 2013 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma today arrived in Dubai on a three-day official working visit.  The President was officially invited by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Mohammed Bin Rashid Al M ...
  • Industrializing Agriculture in Sierra Leone – ...
    All over the world, agriculture undeniably provides significant opportunities for investment, jobs, revenue collections and economic growth.  In the United States of America (USA) the government relies on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the reduction of their deficits.  Such is reflecti ...
  • CFA Delegation meets with President Ernest Bai ...
    Washington, DC – A delegation of Diaspora leaders organized by the Constituency for Africa (CFA), met with the President of Sierra Leone, H.E. Ernest Bai Koroma, March 28th,  in downtown Washington.   The meeting was planned to discuss ideas and strategies for the Diaspora to engage with a ...
  • Disabled International Foundation Sierra Leone ...
    Saturday, 9th of March 2013 witnessed the grand launching of the Disabled International Foundation events in the United Kingdom. The launching was a wonderful success by all standards, and took place at the prestigious Pennarth Hall in the South East of London offering fruitful discussions and p ...
  • Gambia’s Maria Sawaneh crowned Miss West Afric ...
    The bright outspoken Gambian born Maria Sawaneh, formally known as Miss West Africa Germany, took the most popular African pageant title Miss West Africa International, when she was called centre stage on Saturday 23rd March to be crowned between Zalia Maiga, the 1st Runner-up from Mali, and Haw ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • New milk powder scandal in China
    The Chinese partner of Hero Group, a major Swiss baby formula manufacturer, has been accused of deliberately mislabelling milk powder and a senior employee has been detained, officials say.Authorities in Suzhou in eastern China,...
  • Profit soars at Fonterra
    Fonterra enjoyed strong earnings in the first half and has raised its payout forecast to farmers for the current year, but executives say the second half will be hit by the drought that is gripping much of the country.The co-operative...
  • Fonterra interim profits surge to $459m - payo ...
    Fonterra said a "robust" performance from its NZ Milk Products division and strong sales in Asia and Latin American helped drive its net profit to $459 million in the first half to December, up 33 per cent on the previous...
  • Drought takes toll on economic confidence
    The onset of drought conditions in the North Island has seen economic confidence plummet in many regions, according to a Westpac McDermott Miller survey.The bank said economic confidence hit multi-year lows in Northland, Waikato,...
  • Big dry pressures being put on farmers
    A West Coast farming expert says he is seeing first-hand the pressures being put on farmers battling to combat the effects of the big dry.CRT technical feed specialist for the West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough, Andrew Mitchell...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Freedom in the 50 States Report Shoul ...
    It was inevitable that abortion would come up as an issue when the Mercatus Center released its latest Freedom in the 50 States report rating North Dakota as the freest state in the union roughly an eyeblink after that state passed arguably the tightest abortion restrictions in ...
  • Greg Beato on the iPhone Crime Wave
    During the last 20 years, law enforcement officials, criminologists, journalists, and other cultural observers have attempted to solve the mystery of the nation’s declining crime rates. Was the post-1990 drop in murders and other serious crimes due to new police tactics that concentr ...
  • Alabama Brings Back Eminent Domain for Private ...
    This month, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed into law a bill that allows local officials to condemn private property and turn it over to private developers. Alabama’s statutes had contained some of the best protections in the nation for property owners; officials couldn’t sei ...
  • Apple's "iPad Mini" Trademark Application Reje ...
    In January, the U.S. Patent Office rejected Apple’s attempt to trademark “iPad Mini,”* releasing the official letter today. The office called the term "iPad mini" “merely descriptive” because “the prefix ‘I’ denotes ‘internet’” and “[t]he term ‘pad’ refers to a ‘pad computer’ or ‘i ...
  • Sheldon Richman on How the Media Betrayed Us o ...
    The 10th anniversary of the start of America’s war against Iraq should not pass without recalling that the mainstream news media eagerly participated in the Bush administration’s dishonest campaign for public support, writes Sheldon Richman. It is no exaggeration to say that most new ...

Mercury Rising

  • Death squads in Honduras run by the police, fu ...
    Adrienne links a video report from Al Jazeera on the Honduran death squads. The case that Bonilla is running these kidnappings/murders is circumstantial, but that’s not exactly surprising. Most of the witnesses are dead. Meanwhile, as we have posted, the State Department continues to disse ...
  • Here comes the sun
    Rory Carroll, Guardian: The creators of the world’s first solar-powered plane have announced it will fly across the United States in a coast-to-coast showcase of the experimental technology. The Solar Impulse, which has a wingspan longer than a Boeing 747 but weighs less than a car, is due ...
  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • Minnesota Homophobe Group M4M Tells Pastors To ...
    Once again, Sally Jo Sorensen has the deets: During last fall’s debate over the amendment to restrict the freedom to marry, one of the spokesters for Minnesota for Marriage (M4M) compared the tactics of Vote No supporters with Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. M4M quickly repudiated the cl ...
  • More Honduran follies
    The issue is how much money the US is giving to Juan Carlos Bonilla, head of the Honduran police, who is accused of running death squads. Basically, the State Department spokesman refuses to answer a simple question (how much money does the US give to Honduras for security), provides data that a ...

Reality Sandwich

  • The Monsanto Act
    Congress passed a bill last week that included a provision which "protects genetically modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks." This provision is now called the "Monsanto Act." This provision was snuck into an "emergency" bill (it's always ...
  • Sex in the News
    The Supreme Court and same sex marriage, the Rainbow Flag House, sleping your way to true love, how to avoid becoming a rapist, and loads of gender. Bonus: My new favorite tumblr, check out Make Sex Normal. read more
  • My Singularity
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  • Psi in the News
      A convenient history of dreaming, Electronic Voice Phenomena are everywhere, Robin Foy recounts his experience with the Scole experiment, Christians investigate near death experiences, and Bare Normality asks what exactly is this Psi thing we're talking about? -- in this edition of ...
  • From the Middle Class to the Mutual Class
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Desertification

  • Canada Pulls Out of U.N. Body to Fight Deserti ...
    Canada is pulling out of the United Nations convention that fights droughts in Africa next year, making it the only country in the world not participating in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Canada’s Stephen Harper government made the decision behind closed ...
  • Water Crisis Hitting Food, Energy – And Everyt ...
    How much water does it take to turn on a light? It took 10,000 litres to make your jeans. Another three big bathtubs of water was needed for your two-eggs-toast-coffee breakfast this morning. We are surrounded by an unseen world of water: furniture, houses, cars, roads, buildings – practic ...
  • Water and Sanitation Seek Rightful Place in Po ...
    When the General Assembly unanimously adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) back in 2000, water and sanitation were reduced to a subtext – never a stand-alone goal compared with poverty and hunger alleviation. Now, as the United Nations begins the process of formulating a new set ...
  • Food Policies Failing the World’s Hungry
    The world’s food security remains “vulnerable”, new data suggests, with some 870 million people experiencing sustained hunger and two billion suffering from micronutrient deficiencies. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Washington think tank, says such numbers are “unacc ...
  • Transparency Could Tighten Drought Policy
    Scientists gathered in Geneva for the first High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP) in over 30 years have identified data collection and sharing as some of the main challenges to effective prevention of drought. Clear goals and strong political will are vital to building policies a ...

Blogging Canadians

  • Red hot hatred of Christians manifested especi ...
    I will readily admit that The Philippines does take it a notch too high in their depiction of the Crucifixion of Christ.  I am sure there are millions of Catholics like me who are wishing fervently that  the Filipinos would tone it down and not be willing tools of the Left who want to ...
  • Green Party And Liberal Party Have Problems In ...
    Elizabeth May’s plan for electoral cooperation may flop in Labrador: Hebert MONTREAL—Under the guise of a nicely wrapped gift, Green Party leader Elizabeth May handed the Liberals an empty box this weekend. [...] It is possible that May has another more strategic agenda. As Green party leader ...
  • Labrador : les néo-démocrates présentent leur ...
    Le Nouveau Parti démocratique propose Harry Borlase à titre de candidat dans la circonscription fédérale du Labrador en vue de l'élection partielle. Il se mesurera au député conservateur sortant, Peter Penashue, qui a démissionné du caucus fédéral récemment parce que son équipe a accepté ...
  • New Democrat Harry Borlase Will Challenge Pete ...
      The New Democrats have chosen a northern analyst to carry the party banner in the coming Labrador byelection, rejecting a suggestion the party sit this one out. Harry Borlase was picked in an online vote Sunday for the byelection, which has yet to be called. Borlase was raised in Na ...
  • Calling Out Brad Wall's Phony Contrived Outrag ...
    Pipelines have already carried share of hot airBy Bruce Johnstone - Regina Leader-Post Aside from oil and gas, pipelines seem to be useful conduits for transporting another commodity we seem to have a surplus of - hot air.No sooner had Premier Brad Wall returned from his trip to Washingt ...

Press TV - Middle East

  • ‘US soldier in Syria worked for CIA’
    The father of a US Army veteran recently arrested by the FBI for joining foreign-backed militants in Syria says his son was serving the CIA and reporting back to the Agency from the country.
  • ‘CIA-Mossad agents kill Iraqi scholars’
    A report reveals that thousands of Iraqi scholars have been assassinated by Israel’s Mossad spy agency in collaboration with CIA agents since the occupation of Iraq.
  • ‘Israel will continue to usurp lands’
    Israeli Knesset member Haneen Zoabi says Tel-Aviv will continue to usurp Palestinian lands as Israeli forces attack Palestinian demonstrators on the 37th anniversary of Land Day.
  • Bahrain uses talks to corner opposition
    An Iranian lawmaker says the Bahraini regime’s call for talks with the opposition is only aimed at cornering the revolutionaries.
  • 'Syria militants kill 10 people in Homs’
    Foreign-sponsored militants fighting against the Syrian government have killed at least 10 people, including women and children, in the province of Homs, official SANA news agency says.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • 2013 ePortfolio Showcase
    The annual ePortfolio Showcase highlights students who have created ePortfolios for academic, professional, and/or personal use. The showcase aims to demonstrate the many ways our students are stretching definitions and creating full pictures of their learning. This year, in addition to acceptin ...
  • News From The Alumni Advisory Council
    The following post was submitted by Crispin Goytia ‘09, Chair of the Alumni Advisory Council.  The CUNY School of Professional Studies Alumni Advisory Council was formed with the intention of bringing alumni together to make time to dedicate and “give back” to the school that gave us ...
  • SPS Alums Present: The Birds and The Bees&#823 ...
    Maggie Keenan-Bolger (SPS ’10) and Rachel Sullivan (SPS ’10) are co-creators of The Birds and the Bees Unabridged, an original devised theater piece about female sexuality accompanied by a pre/post show art exhibit. Bringing together a diverse ensemble of 25 people, and over 15 visual artists, T ...
  • Distance Learning and Online Relationships
    This article by Wendy Williams originally appeared on the blog Getting Smart on February 21, 2013.  I never get to meet most of my students in person, because I teach asynchronous online courses via Blackboard, for the City University of New York (CUNY). I was part of a cohort of Ph.D. students ...
  • Spring 2013 Welcome Letter From Dean Mogulescu
    Dear SPS Students: I hope you have enjoyed your winter holidays, and are looking forward to the challenges and rewards of the upcoming semester. Whether you are a new or returning student, I am happy to welcome you to the School of Professional Studies for the Spring 2013 term, and to thank you ...

Dissident Voice

  • Hunger Strike
    Conquered in the Recovery, I wanted to serve a down & out Lord who thought men should love enemies, turn other cheeks while black-hoods covered faces, Heroes formed pyramids of naked flesh dogs revealed 3-inch teeth to other shepherds – Even then, no matter, enemies be my brothers, they must ...
  • The Mouse of Anarchy (for Jeb)
    If power is everything and all you want, we can find you a courtier’s position consulting the nefarious Man Mouse of imperial Florida’s Magic Kingdom; however, you must know your place; look humble, pasty, pale, as if chilled by the ghost of Walt himself (flash-frozen upon giving up the ghost, f ...
  • Obama’s Cyber Nuke Dream, Petraeus&#8217 ...
    Cyber Warfare, Cyber Security and massive Cyber Attacks are alarmist and vastly overrated. Look at what is going on in Cyprus. What could trigger a run on the banks in the United States? Something as simple as shutting down all the ATM’s for three days. The resulting panic and long bank li ...
  • Watch Out… We’re Surrounded!
    After the tenth anniversary of the destruction of Iraq passed with the usual historic distortion and pieties from established power about the waste and rationalizations about why we had to do it, America’s bipartisan war party has even more loudly revived the same lies and logic perversion used ...
  • Where is the Line Between Adoption and Child B ...
    Adoption was once under the auspices of trained social workers who purported to have the best interests of children-in-need in their heart. Over the past several decades, however, American domestic infant and international adoption has become privatized and entrepreneurial. Only adoption from fo ...

Nick Turse

  • killanythingthatmoves:“Among the most poigna ...
    killanythingthatmoves: “Among the most poignant of the interviews I conducted was with Jamie Henry, a former army medic with whom I eventually forged a friendship… While many others had kept silent, Henry stepped forward and reported the crimes he’d seen, taking significant risks for what he b ...
  • killanythingthatmoves:Americans in Vietnam ...
    killanythingthatmoves: Americans in Vietnam never seemed to run out of ways to burn things down, whether it be flame tanks, flame boats, napalm canisters dropped from planes, helicopters armed with white phosphorus rockets, or simply ground troops with zippo cigarette lighters.  The means wer ...
  • killanythingthatmoves:Two Vietnamese women s ...
    killanythingthatmoves: Two Vietnamese women struggle to salvage items from their home in Quang Tin Province after it was set on fire by members of the U.S. Army’s 1st Squadron,1st Cavalry, and allied South Vietnamese militia. © 1970 Richard Brummett
  • killanythingthatmoves:Reporting America at W ...
    killanythingthatmoves: Reporting America at War . Gloria Emerson . Copters Return from Laos with the Dead | PBS Gloria Emerson: Copters Return from Laos with the Dead Originally published in The New York Times, March 3, 1971 KHESANH, South Vietnam, Feb. 27 — The dead began to come into the eme ...
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