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Five Best Mind Mapping Tools
Mind mapping is a great way to brainstorm, make a plan, or turn
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tools out there to help you build mind maps, organize them, and save
them for later. Here's a look at five of the best, based on your
nominations.Read more...
Israel airlines strike over 'open-skies' plan
Hundreds of workers burn tyres outside PM's office in protest against approval of reform to liberalise air travel.
Surprised That Freaks And Kooks Like Glenn Beck Are Selling Conspiracy Theories About The Boston Tragedy?
Most of my blogger friends told me that the whole mess around the
Boston Marathon was driving traffic in a big way. We don't sell ads and
I couldn't see what I could possibly add to the tsunami of
information-- and misinformation-- about the bombing and subsequent
manhunt, resulting in the death of Tamerlane and the eventual capture of
Dzhokhar. Yesterday, when looking at the shredding of the Constitution
Lindsey Graham was hysterically screeching about, we had our first
mention of the Boston tragedy. And there's even worse out there than
Lindsey.All week long I watched the bloodthirsty tweets
blogger-following
'Green News Report' - April 16, 2013
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Some good news for a change: U.S. inks climate
agreements with China and Japan; Another oil company quits the Arctic
(for now); California sets wind energy record; Lax state regs
contributed to Chevron refinery fire; Go underdogs: scrappy
InsideClimateNews.org wins a Pulitzer; PLUS: Florida invaded by giant
slimy snails ... All that and more in today's Green News Re
Ex-Wife Accuses Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford of Trespassing at Her Home
If South Carolina used anything but the exact same 100%
unverifiable voting machines that previously resulted in the
inexplicable election of Alvin Greene as their 2010 Democratic U.S.
Senate nominee, I'd say Stephen Colbert's sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch
has just won her upcoming May 7th Special Election for the U.S. House
over former Gov. Mark "Appalachian Trail" Sanford.
From AP tonight...
C
Eliot Coleman’s Guide to Great Compost
Compost is the key to a lush, abundant garden. Do you know how to
turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into fragrant, crumbly, plant food?
If not, your garden is missing out, and you are missing out on one of
the most exciting and profound lessons organic gardening has to teach:
the simple fact that [...]
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Five Best Mind Mapping Tools
Mind mapping is a great way to brainstorm, make a plan, or turn
ideas into the steps needed to make it real. Thankfully, there are great
tools out there to help you build mind maps, organize them, and save
them for later. Here's a look at five of the best, based on your
nominations.Read more...
Israel airlines strike over 'open-skies' plan
Hundreds of workers burn tyres outside PM's office in protest against approval of reform to liberalise air travel.
Surprised That Freaks And Kooks Like Glenn Beck Are Selling Conspiracy Theories About The Boston Tragedy?
Most of my blogger friends told me that the whole mess around the
Boston Marathon was driving traffic in a big way. We don't sell ads and
I couldn't see what I could possibly add to the tsunami of
information-- and misinformation-- about the bombing and subsequent
manhunt, resulting in the death of Tamerlane and the eventual capture of
Dzhokhar. Yesterday, when looking at the shredding of the Constitution
Lindsey Graham was hysterically screeching about, we had our first
mention of the Boston tragedy. And there's even worse out there than
Lindsey.All week long I watched the bloodthirsty tweets
blogger-following
'Green News Report' - April 16, 2013
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Some good news for a change: U.S. inks climate
agreements with China and Japan; Another oil company quits the Arctic
(for now); California sets wind energy record; Lax state regs
contributed to Chevron refinery fire; Go underdogs: scrappy
InsideClimateNews.org wins a Pulitzer; PLUS: Florida invaded by giant
slimy snails ... All that and more in today's Green News Re
Ex-Wife Accuses Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford of Trespassing at Her Home
If South Carolina used anything but the exact same 100%
unverifiable voting machines that previously resulted in the
inexplicable election of Alvin Greene as their 2010 Democratic U.S.
Senate nominee, I'd say Stephen Colbert's sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch
has just won her upcoming May 7th Special Election for the U.S. House
over former Gov. Mark "Appalachian Trail" Sanford.
From AP tonight...
C
Eliot Coleman’s Guide to Great Compost
Compost is the key to a lush, abundant garden. Do you know how to
turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into fragrant, crumbly, plant food?
If not, your garden is missing out, and you are missing out on one of
the most exciting and profound lessons organic gardening has to teach:
the simple fact that [...]
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BP Spill: Three Years On Oil Still Lingers in the Gulf Coast
Most people have lost faith the in the recovery process, says photojournalist Julie Dermansky
( The recovery process was poisoned. Wasn't that clever ? )
No Discussion on Rio Tinto’s Two Infamous Operations at Company’s Annual Meeting
Mining giant should address pollution and human rights abuses at its mines in West Papua and Papua New Guinea, say critics
Rio Tinto Officials Avoid Talk of Company’s Two Infamous Operations at Shareholder Meeting
Mining giant should address pollution and human rights abuses at its mines in West Papua and Papua New Guinea, say critics
No Discussion On Some Of Rio Tinto’s Most Notorious Operations At Shareholder Meeting
Mining giant should address pollution and human rights abuses at its mines in West Papua and Papua New Guinea, say critics
The Corbett Report
The FBI Fosters, Funds and Equips American Terrorists
by James Corbett
GRTV.ca
April 17, 2013
People around the world watched in horror this week as explosions rocked
the finish line of the Boston Marathon, turning a day of sportsmanship
and celebration into one of shock, grief and outrage. As with all such
events, the desire to discover who was behind this cowardly act has
driven many into a speculative frenzy. And, in a sad reminder of the
indoctri
Episode 266 – The Terrorists Have Been Identified
The specter of terror is once again being raised to haunt the
collective consciousness of the American psyche. But as the terror meme
rears its ugly head, we see an understanding of false flag terrorism
creeping into the mainstream discourse. Join us this week on The Corbett
Report as we explore the real terror paradigm and examine who really
hates you for your freedoms.
For those with limited ban
The Terrorists Have Been Identified
The specter of terror is once again being raised to haunt the
collective consciousness of the American psyche. But as the terror meme
rears its ugly head, we see an understanding of false flag terrorism
creeping into the mainstream discourse. Join us this week on The Corbett
Report as we explore the real terror paradigm and examine who really
hates you for your freedoms.
For those with limited ban
Interview 653 – Deadline Headlines with Jack Blood
Jack Blood joins James Corbett for their monthly conversation on
the latest news and headlines from the United States and around the
world. This month’s discussion centers around the Boston bombing
situation and the latest on the fertilizer facility explosion.
Craig Murray
India and Women
Since the horrific bus rape case, the problems of rape in India
have been firmly on the western media agenda. Today BBC World is
carrying two different and terrible stories – one of the rape of a five
year old girl in Delhi, and one of the death of a rape victim in a
botched abortion.
I spent several weeks last year researching in archives in India. I had
expected to love the country and its c
The Tsarnaev Conundrum
Cui Bono? Putin. The alleged actions of the Tsarnaev brothers
are a massive setback to the cause of Chechen nationalism. The Russian
government have been trying for a decade to conflate the repression of
Chechen nationalism with the western construct of “the global war on
terror”, with very limited diplomatic success. Now expect to hear
continually about “Al Qaeda in the Southern Caucasus” in
Altered States
I avoided the Thatcherfest yesterday by flying to Accra, and
landed slap in the middle of a State Visit by President Ahmadinejad.
Any number of levels of irony there. I am however pleased to see
President John Mahama – an old friend of mine – giving out a fairly
clear signal he is not going to be a US puppet. That was reinforced
yesterday by a high profile announcement from the Ministry of Fina
Crass
In the week they took hundreds of pounds from people in severe
poverty, MPs and Lords claim up to £3,750 each to return from their
luxury holidays to spout off in honour of Margaret Thatcher. Meantime
the media are busy classifying any potential protest or expression of
opinion at the taxpayer funded funeral jamboree as “potential
terrorism”.
Whether protest at the funeral is tasteful or not is a
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“Museveni abhorring Impunity! Phew!” by Nkwazi Mhango
I will be shocked if the legal fraternity in Kenya and East Africa in
general won’t react towards recent salvos leveled by Ugandan Strong man
Yoweri Museveni. I still wonder how Museveni talks about legal matters
without consulting with his lawyers if he happens to use them.
Museveni’s recent attacks on the International Criminal Court (ICC) must
be condemned. During the swearing-in of Kenya’s ne
The Black El Dorado
I am following an informative and interesting 4-part documentary
series on Al Jazeera called The Secret of the Seven Sisters. It reveals
the details of a secret pact that was made by the seven biggest oil
companies in the world to control the industry to maximize their
profits. To achieve this goal these comapanies: Exxon, Royal Dutch
Shell, Mobile, Chevron, Gulf, British Petroleum (BP) and Texaco
African Leadership Academy
Greeting’s Everyone! I first have to say that the post Rant from a
BlackYo Da! is a good article. Education is the key. America is already
behind in Math and Science. We need to be competitive and it starts
with parent’s getting involved. The story hit home for me because I
don’t know where I would be without my parent’s involvement.
I barely made it out of high school and my undergraduate degre
The Arabist
Impunity
I took over from Issandr this week to pen a post for the New York
Times' Latitude blog about the so far unreleased (but now partly
leaked) fact-finding report into the deaths and abuses of protesters,
ordered -- but so far buried -- by President Morsi.
Last week, the British paper The Guardian published leaked chapters and
several articles about the report that was written -- but not released
-- b
Blind Ambition
I'm sitting in the beautiful old Radio movie theatre in Downtown
Cairo, watching a black and white movie filmed on a cell phone. On
screen, people (all so familiar I feel I crossed them once in the
street) are complaining, arguing, not listening to each other while
charging forward in endless linguistic loops. The dialogues, as one
audience member suggest afterwards, are as frusrating as unresolve
The Bassem Youssef case
A lot of ink has been spilled already over the charges that have
been filed (by individuals absolutey not formally affiliated with the
Freedom and Justice Party) against Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef of
insulting the president, and religion, and Pakistan.
I was (I think) the first English-language journalist to profile Bassem,
back when he was filming his show in a room of his appartment (and I
Islam, politics and academia
Sitting on a curb outside the college where she was recently expelled,
Eman is defiant.
"I did it for the sake of God," the 21-year-old Tunisian history
student—who asked to be identified only by her first name—said of her
insistence on wearing the niqab, the full-face veil. Such a display of
piety is banned in the classrooms of the University of Manouba's Faculty
of Arts and Letter
Pesticide Action Network
Support for local food systems? Brilliant.
There's plenty of Farm Bill news from DC these days. Hopeful
proposals are in the works that support local food economies, family
farms and conservation. But we still have lots of work to do to protect
the good programs won in the 2008 Farm Bill — most were "stranded"
without funding at the end of last year.
Here's a brief rundown of what bits of legislation are moving, what last
Don't worry, GE labeling will not cause world hunger
The U.S. movement to label genetically engineered (GE) foods is
gaining ground. More states introduced GE labeling bills this year than
ever before. And word from D.C. is that a federal labeling bill will be
announced in the next week or so. Whether or not these initiatives pass
in 2013, this much seems clear: we will win labeling of GE foods. It’s
just a matter of time.
Naturally, the pesticide a
ADHD & autism rates up, again. Prevention anyone?
Experts at CDC recently released another round of data on how
many kids in the U.S. are affected by autism and ADHD. The numbers are,
once again, dramatically up.
One in five boys are now diagnosed with ADHD by the time they reach high
school. And one in 50 kids are on the autism spectrum, up from 1 in 88
just last spring. Interestingly, some of the news stories on these
latest trends are — finall
Towards fumigant-free fields
After cancer-causing methyl iodide was pulled from the U.S.
market last year, California state officials convened a panel to
investigate ending reliance on all fumigant pesticides (like methyl
iodide) in strawberry fields.
Yesterday, the Department of Pesticide Regulation released the panel's
report detailing current research to help strawberry growers transition
away from using fumigant pesti
* That's the same sort of brilliance that led to the Gulf mess. While I don't agree with 'climate change' the Earth will FRY! ( no Virginia, the sky is NOT falling ) hoo-haw, I can think of insane and dysfunctional ongoing 'control' over anything from fisheries to fertilizer, with spreading radioactive coal ash and sewage on crops right up there with overwhelming kids' immune systems with repeated simultaneous insults...injected 'germ warfare.' That 'herd immunity' noise makes great cover for ignoring damage done in achieving mythical progress while producing sicker people.
Phronesisaical
Bits and Pieces - April 17, 2013
This is pretty interesting. Global Military Spending Falls For
First Time Since 1998. Except in the United States. Check out this chart
showing relative spending by country.Every war must end.
Bits and Pieces - April 2, 2013
Nature's drone, pretty and deadly. Dragonflies. Not really
drones, they know what they're doing. Some very nice videos.When we
loved Form 1040. When it was possible to fill it out without computer
aid. Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.Is this a pandemic
being born? I've been wondering that about those dead pigs in
China.Michael Eisen and Richard van Noorden on the future of scholarly
Same-Sex Marriage in the Supreme Court
Today and tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments for and
against California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in
California and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).This Court is famously
conservative. But the Court is not totally isolated from public
opinion. Its decision could be on broad or narrow grounds; previous
decisions have tended to be broader than expected.The concer
Bits and Pieces - March 24, 2013
Ronald Dworkin on what makes a religion.Bringing development and
sustainability goals together.The most important thing that has been
written in the past few years on cancer care.How the "job creators"
think about themselves.A treaty to regulate trade in conventional
arms.Crappy security on the internet.Looking at the future of energy
with BP and Exxon Mobil.
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INFRASTRUCTURIST
How Cul-de-Sacs Are Killing Your Community
The Harvard Business Review has a piece this month on research by
Lawrence Frank, Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation at the
University of British Columbia, on the effects of cul-de-sacs in
neighborhoods in King County, Washington. He found that residents in
areas with the most interconnected streets travel 26% fewer miles by
automobile than those in areas [...]
How Much Gas Does Your State Use Per Person?
Now I know how can I pass a drug test. CLICK TO ENLARGE While
states with the highest populations unsurprisingly tend to use the most
gas, the real fuel efficiency picture comes when you examine each
state’s fuel consumption per capita. With that factor added, a very
different scenario emerges: High-use states like New York [...]
Gallery: North Korea’s Secret Infrastructure
Last year, two Austrian tourists managed to enter North Korea by
train at a border crossing that has been closed to foreigners since
1994. Lucky for us, they took lots of pictures. Below are a few samples
from their extensive documentation of their trip (see the full visual
and narrative account here, here and here). They also hit Pyongyang–a
[...]
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Did You Know
Data leak exposes offshore financial secrets A world wide problem
This will be a long ongoing story. Reporters have a couple of
million document to sift through. This is just a tiny sample of what has
been found so far.
Added an update for April 5th at the bottom.
April 4 2013
They sought the utmost secrecy in offshore tax havens. But now some of
the world’s wealthiest citizens are having their undisclosed financial
records laid bare.
An unprecedented leak of do
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Texas Liberal
This Place Is A Pit—I’m Still Here
Above you see a picture of a mining pit of one kind or another that I
saw from the airplane when I was flying back home to Houston from Los
Angeles last week.
Here are recent articles about mining from the great British newspaper
The Guardian.
I’ve not been posting much on Texas Liberal of late, but I am working on
a new project.
I’m working on a new website that I plan to have up and running soo
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NolanChart.co
Cold War victory changed the world - DOD thanks those who served
by Mark Vogl: Did you serve in the US Armed Forces between
Sep. 2, 1945 and Dec. 26, 1991? If yes, did you receive your DOD Cold
War Certificate?
Rubio is wrong on Immigration Reform!
by Mark Vogl: Rubio is talked about as a possible Presidential nominee, he is for amnesty...no matter what he says.
God absent again...
by Mark Vogl: Mark Stein on Rush Limbaugh says that the core
values of being American are not taught, or lauded in today's society.
Thus the bombers.
China setting pace for 21st Century economic development and more
by Mark Vogl: Will western nations follow China's lead, or
remain mired in globalism? Is the world's most populated nation
reclaiming its future?
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red
Like The Wild Geese In The West
Filed under: Eros, Into The Light, La Musica, Outer Limits, Sunday Services, Variations In B-Flat, What's Good
So Glad You Made It
Filed under: Eros, Into The Light, La Musica, Outer Limits, Sunday Services, Variations In B-Flat
Every Little One
when the day goes down on watertown
when the sun sinks low all around
that’s when i know i need you now
yes you’re what i miss
every little kiss
every little one
I come from a place that is all light.
I know: because, even, grounded, here, I’ve seen it. Multiple times.
I see it now.
But here, on this planet, it is most commonly believed that there cannot be light, without darkness.
Nah.
There is
In Which We Regard Two Proofs That Thought Is Alien To The Male Brain
Previously here on red we referenced the work of my colleague—a
Science Man who is a woman—that determined that there are striking
differences in the brains of male homo sapiens, as compared to those of
females.
Here is some of what we then reported:
Women, their brains contain many folds, storing a dazzling array of
information: from how to clean lampshades, to the ways and means of
compacting mo
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They gave us a republic... - Front Page
I Understand The Strategy, But Obama May Be Making Worst Mistake Of His Career
I've taken a lot of time to weigh the pros and cons of President
Obama's proposal for a "chained CPI" to bring about cuts in Social
Security, etc. I've read a piece in defense of it, from the Democratic
perspective. And, of course, it's not hard to find plenty of
excoriations from the left.
I've decided that my sentiments are more with the left. I can appreciate
that Obama is a practitioner of "re
Winning a ringside seat to terror attack
(Note: The following story on the traumatic experience of my
wife's employees during the attack on the Boston Marathon on Monday
appeared in one of our local newspapers, The Attleboro Sun Chronicle,
yesterday. My wife was also interviewed on the day of the attack by
phone by my brother, Bob Frier, who is news anchor at FOX 35 in
Orlando.)
BY JEFF PETERSON SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Thursday, April 18,
They Messed With The Wrong City
By @TedFrier
The phone rang a little before 3:00. "Are you watching the news?" asked
my mother-in-law, frantically. I wasn't. "Then turn on the TV. Two bombs
just went off near the finish line at the Boston Marathon."
There was good reason for my mother-in-law's tone of urgency. Though my
wife was away on a field trip to the Nation's Capital with our son, her
entire four-person office was in a sui
New Pope Airing Out Stuffy Catholic Church
By @TedFrier
In all my years of church-going, I do not ever recall hearing what I
heard at Easter Mass last Sunday: a congregation putting its hands
together, not in prayer, but to applaud a priest for his sermon.
The surprise ovation might have been due to the homily's decidedly
political message, delivered by a visiting priest, Father Sean McCarthy,
who told us he'd once been reprimanded by an u
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Obsidian Wings
A poem
This NYTimes piece about the Chinese student killed in the Boston
Marathon bombing brings to mind this:
The Diameter Of The Bomb
by Yehuda Amichai
The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimetersand the diameter of its
effective range about seven meters,with four dead and eleven wounded.And
around these, in a larger circleof pain and time, two hospitals are
scatteredand one graveyard. But the youn
some historical notes
by Fiddler
In the first Boston Massacre, on March 5, 1770, British troops fired
into a rioting crowd of civilians on King Street in Boston, without
being ordered to do so; four people died immediately, one soon after,
and six were injured. The British governor asked John Adams, who was
known for his views on independence from England but who was also an
excellent lawyer, to defend the British s
How we make progress Friday open thread
by liberal japonicus
Not sure if this is good for an open thread, but Atul Gawande's New
Yorker piece about how the Boston area hospitals handled the recent
bombing opens with this observation
The bombs at the Boston Marathon were designed to maim and kill, and
they did. Three people died within the first moments of the blast. More
than a hundred and seventy people were injured. They had thei
"nonconsensual warrantless blood draw"
by Ugh
This week SCOTUS decided MISSOURI v. MCNEELY, opinion available here,
essentially saying that the "natural dissipation of blood-alcohol" did
not, on its own, constitute an exigent circumstance, one of the current
exceptions to the warrant requirement of the 4th Amendment. Hence, the
ensuing blood test showing that McNeely was clearly above the legal
limit could not be used as evi
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Politicol News
Rubio Doesn’t Support A Path to Citizenship for Latinos
Rubio offers no path to Immigration Green cards for undocumented
Latinos, although his own parents received full benefits as undocumented
arrivals from Cuba.
Policeman Fired for Using Trayvon Martin’s Picture For Target Practice
Sgt Ron King, fired from Pt Canaveral Police Dept for presenting
photos of Trayvon Martin to be used as target practice to his fellow
officers, Trayvon family attny Benjamin Crump responds.
Arrested Bomber To Face Terrorist Charges
Terrorist charges, miranda rights all come down today as the feds
decide how to charge the terrorist suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the
Boston Marathon bombing.
Boston Bomb Suspect Captured
The aftermath of the Boston bombing, the capture of Dzhokar, the
damage, the death, the possible radicalization of the suspect arrested
in Watertown, Boston.
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In These Time
Blood on the Tracks
The 19th-century railroad boom enabled not only the settling of the
American West, the industrial revolution and the growth of American
cities, but also the creation of a new class of corporate owners. The
railroad magnates of the 19th and early 20th centuries amassed such
wealth and wielded such political clout that they seemed almost
omnipotent. The 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case Santa Clara Cou
Leaning In While Black
James Brown may have left this mortal coil, but one of his most famous
pronouncements is as true today as in 1966: “This is a man’s world.”
Only 17 of the world’s 193 countries are led by women; in the United
States, women hold just 14 percent of executive officer positions and 18
percent of congressional seats.
Numerous researchers have looked into why this glass ceiling persists.
In a 2003 s
Margaret Thatcher’s Ghost
Iciness is the defining feature of Margaret Thatcher, the United
Kingdom’s first and only female prime minister, who died last week. She
was the cold-as-steel Iron Lady. President Obama, warm, friendly,
shaking hands, hugging the bereft, is the opposite.
It’s the same with their philosophies. President Obama, who worked as a
community organizer, believes in the power of consensus and collectiv
The Gay Old Party
How far has same-sex marriage come this year?
Just consider that Karl Rove, the man who allegedly masterminded the
2004 Republican strategy to churn out anti-gay state referendums as a
“wedge” to stoke evangelical turnout and propel George W. Bush to a
second term, told ABC’s This Week on March 24 that he could see a 2016
GOP presidential candidate supporting same-sex marriage.
Sure, Rove is
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The Truth is Where
Storm Thorgerson: Pink Floyd album cover designer dies.
By Andrew Hough 18th April 2013. Find Full Article Here:-
Storm Thorgerson, the British graphic designer responsible for some of the greatest album covers of all time, has died aged 69.
Tributes were tonight paid to the artist, whose feature for Pink Floyd’s 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon,
is widely viewed as one the greatest album covers of all time. Photo: PA
The artist, who over
The British Government Has Decided To Censor The Entire World’s Press And Media.
By Tim Worstall 19th March 2013. Find Full Article Here:-
This isn’t what they think they’ve done, this is true. And it’s also not
what they intended to do (or at least I hope they didn’t mean to do
this) but it is still what they’ve done. They’ve passed a law which
effectively censors the entire world’s media. And they’ve done this
simply because they are ignorant of the very laws they’re try
UK Snoopers’ laws could be used to ‘oppress us’, says David Cameron technology adviser.
By Rowena Mason 19th April 2013. Find Article Here:-
Ben Hammersley, a Number 10 adviser to the Tech City project, said the
draft Communications Data Bill could be turned from a force for good
into something more sinister under future governments.
The main aim of the Bill is to give security services like MI5 and GCHQ
the ability to monitor email traffic, without actually looking at its co
UK Town halls join rush to use the snoopers’ charter.
By Robert Watts 13th April 2013. Find Article Here:-
UK Council staff, health and safety inspectors and even Royal Mail want
to harness the Government’s proposed “Snoopers’ Charter” to monitor
private emails, telephone records and internet use.
It had been thought that only police, intelligence agencies and the
taxman would be able to use the Communication Data Act, which will also
allow scr
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Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center
Extremists Blame Favorite Bogeymen for Boston Bombings
Who was responsible for the deadly Boston terrorist attack?
The Muslims did it. No, it was an illegal immigrant. Think again – it
was a gay guy. Wait, you missed the key signs: Our own government once
again pulled off an act of covert terror to promote its nefarious aims.
Fingers have been pointed in all of [...]
In Wake of ID of Boston Bombers, a Look at Jihadist Terror
With the news that the Boston Marathon bombers may have Chechnyan
roots, attention is turning to the threat of “self-radicalized” Muslims
in the United States. In the fall of 2011, the Intelligence Report ran a
cover story and several sidebars on that phenomenon that may be useful
to readers.
Our lead story explored the changing nature [...]
Judge Sentences Mosque Arsonist, Likens Crime to Boston Bombings
The “American psyche” was damaged when an armed arsonist set fire
to a Toledo mosque, much like the impact of Monday’s bombings in
Boston, a federal judge said in sentencing an Indiana man to 20 years in
prison.
Randolph Linn, 52, of St. Joe, Ind., was also ordered to pay restitution
of more than $1.4 million. [...]
White Supremacists Arrested in Tennessee Murder of Fellow Racist
Two white supremacists are in custody and two more are being
sought in the beating death in Tennessee of a volunteer firefighter who
authorities say was affiliated with the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations.
At least one of the four suspects is reportedly a member of the Aryan
Brotherhood, a prison-based, “whites-only” gang that is known as one
[...]
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Centauri Dreams
Archaeology on an Interstellar Scale
Dyson spheres — technology wrapped around an entire star to
maximize energy use — would be unimaginably big. But the idea of
maximizing the light from a central star certainly makes sense. Imagine a
sphere with a radius at the distance of Earth’s orbit. Now you’ve got a
surface area more than 100 million times what’s available on our
planet, a sensational venue for science fiction if nothing else.
Starship Century Symposium May 21-22
The Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination is launching in May
with what it describes as a ‘series of perspectives’ on what we can
expect in the coming century. Its inaugural symposium begins on May 14
at the University of California at San Diego with discussions on design,
artificial intelligence, synthetic life and science studies and
thoughts from writers Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley
Water Worlds in the Habitable Zone
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Thus Cassius speaking to Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, trying
to convince him that what happens to us comes not from some malign fate
but from our own actions. I’m sure he’s right, too, but I admit there
are days when I wonder. For the stars seem aligned in such a way that
whenever there is a signific
Finding ET in the Data
As we saw yesterday, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS)
has been the source of data for a number of searches for unusual
infrared signatures. The idea is to look for the artifacts of advanced
extraterrestrial civilizations, under the assumption that a sufficiently
advanced culture will be capable of engineering projects that could be
detected from light years away. A Dyson sphere, existing
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MJ, the 123, and the SLA
[Title rendered into English, by reader request: Chung Mong-joon
("MJ"), the U.S.-South Korean nuclear cooperation agreement ("123
agreement"), and the State-Level Approach (SLA) for International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. -Ed.]
On the occasion of Chung Mong-joon’s appearance at the 2013 Carnegie
Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington last week, I doubt that Dr.
Chung had scheduled
North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal: Guide for the Perplexed
So, has North Korea’s Sputnik moment arrived at last?
After Pyongyang’s first successful space launch in December, its third
nuclear test in February, and a barrage of threats — including the
recent matter of a map purporting to show targets in the United
States – at least some Americans do seem to be getting the intended
message, or some sort of message. The Pew Research Center’s recent poll
of
Every War Must End
Every war must end, but few end well. Fred Charles Iklé has written a
slim but essential book on this subject. Fred’s bottom line: government
leaders that make momentous decisions to go to war, or decisions that
could lead to war, are obliged to have military and diplomatic
strategies to end hostilities on favorable terms.
In the preface to the first revised edition to Every War Must End
(1971),
FYRP: Keep Calm and Carry On
Another installment of your new favorite post!
National Journal | It’s starting to feel like Fall 2001 all over again,
says George Condon, Jr., what with terrorism and all in the USA. I may
be young, George, but it’s really nothing like then.
Korea Herald | North Korea is not poised to attack the South, says
senior U.S. military official, notwithstanding all the sound and fury.
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