Wednesday, April 24, 2013

24 April - RSS SnapShot! II

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Media Co-Op

  • Responding With Defiance: When the Cops Knock
    This is a really short primer for what to do if you get a knock on the door from the shitty's finest.  It was written in response to reports of people in the community*** being pestered and nagged by the po-po as of late.  It ...
  • Entrevue avec Arij et Bruno, participantEs d'u ...
    Lien à la publication Mauvaise Herbe mentionnée dans l'entrevue : http://anarchieverte.ch40s.net/la-mauvaise-herbe/ Vous pouvez aussi trouver nos publications sur notre site Internet (en construction) qui sera officiellement lancé jeudi le 25 avril 19h à La Déferle, 1407 Valois dans Hochelaga
  • Reporters Notebook: MAG Silver in Benito Juáre ...
    I was recently in Chihuahua and had the chance to visit Benito Juárez, an ejido/town between Chihuahua City and Juárez. The feature story I wrote about what I saw there is in this issue of The Dominion. Click here to read the story. There were a couple tidbits, particularly around the ...
  • Punching Holes in the Desert
    Mine exploration by Canadian company spotlighted in double murder BENITO JUÁREZ, MEXICO—It was a day he'll never forget, but it began like any other for Erick Sol ...
  • Full Bulk Society?
    By Jen Stotland Imagine a society where you could get up in the morning, with your milk delivered to your step and your empties taken away. After putting your milk in your solar powered fridge you stash some empty plastic and glass contain ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • Boston and the dilemma of "homegrown" terrorism
    David Seaton's News LinksAs the Spanish and British can attest since the Madrid and London attacks of 2004 and 2005, homegrown terrorism is tougher to anticipate than plots from outside. Edward Luce - Financial TimesThe word "homegrown" is not really applicable to Islamic terrorism. Islam even i ...
  • The bombs and bombers of Boston
    David Seaton's News LinksFederal investigators are hurrying to review a visit that one of the suspected bombers made to Chechnya and Dagestan, predominantly Muslim republics in the north Caucasus region of Russia. Both have active militant separatist movements. Members of Congress expressed conc ...
  • Bombs in Boston
    I live in Madrid, Spain, and at this moment we are enjoying a (momentary?) respite from nearly 40 years of constant terrorist attacks, mostly by Basque separatists, with the one monumental attack by Al Qaeda in March 2004 with nearly 200 dead.I remember once, many, many years ago, being in an of ...
  • Thoughts on the New technology and privacy in ...
    David Seaton's News Links When I was a child, back in the 1950s, I spent many a summer in my grandmother's tiny village about 1/2 hour's drive from Hannibal Missouri on the Illinois side of the Big Muddy.Neighbors would come into your house without knocking... they'd suddenly be there without a ...
  • Maggie
    David Seaton's News LinksMy private theory of Margaret Thatcher is not as kind as most of the opinions expressed in the media. Cutting to the chase. I believe that British industry (Britain "invented" industry and was once the "workshop of the world") if properly reformed and restructured could ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Washington Post Wastes $125! News at 11!
    Here's the lead headline at the Washington Post right now: Feds spend at least $890,000 on fees for empty accounts This kind of stuff drives me crazy because it preys on the innumeracy of the general public. Should agencies be more careful about shutting down bank accounts they no l ...
  • House Republicans Introduce Yet Another Cunnin ...
    Ed Kilgore points us today to the latest state-of-the-art healthcare thinking from conservatives. House Republicans have a plan to take money away from Obamacare implementation and shift it to a high-risk pool that's currently underfunded. Some conservatives are apparently objecting to this be ...
  • Sunnis Are Awakening Once Again in Iraq
    The latest from Iraq: Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead. The unrest led two Sunni officials to resign from the government and risked pushi ...
  • SEC Asked to Require Companies to Disclose Pol ...
    The New York Times reports today on a petition asking the SEC to require public companies to disclose their political donations. Needless to day, business lobbying groups are unamused: Earlier this month, the leaders of three of Washington’s most powerful trade associations — ...
  • Would You Rather Walk a Mile or Walk For 30 Mi ...
    Aaron Carroll reports today on a recent study about the effect of calorie labeling on restaurant menus. Four different menus were randomly assigned to different diners: (1) a menu with no nutritional information, (2) a menu with calorie information, (3) a menu with calorie information an ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 392: Manly Shit
    Good Sci-Fi The problem with Defiance Patt Oswalt’s awesome idea for Star Wars Episode VII White weddings are awesome Gender Roles can be fine Doing manly shit Some people deserve to die Pulling guns for chicken Share with your friends:
  • IC 391: Morning Wood Syndrome
    Rod from The Black Guy Who Tips joins Kriss & Kev Laughing at mental illness….until its not funny Being offensive Rick Ross outrage revisted The difference between Eminem & Rick Ross Going all in with being offensive Bringing awareness to Morning Wood Syndrome Women’s MMA B ...
  • IC 390: Bitter Bitch Nigga Music
    Bachelor life Bad food tastes so good Context matters The real problem with Rick Ross’ rape lyrics Why Eminem’s music might be offensive but not like Rick Ross’ Art can be offensive but not the cause of society’s problems Obama’s Kamala Harris comment’s weren& ...
  • IC 389: Double Agent
    NWFO back together Trolling relationship experts on Twitter Operation Make AskCheyB quit Tiger Woods is a black double agent Hating on Tiger because of adultery Openly gay in the NFL in between homophobia and full support of gays the Fallon Fox/Transgender issue North Korea gotta go The Wolverin ...
  • Best of The Insanity Check: Side Chicks Don’t ...
    The 2nd “Best of the Insanity Check”. Side Chicks Don’t Have Rights: Gloria Allred thinks Tiger Woods owes his side chicks apologies Mel Gibbson’s mixtape,Whoopi Goldberg defends Mel & the “Rules of Ryce” More Mel Gibbson Share with your friends:

Simple Climate

  • Probabilities reveal shape of climate change
    David Stainforth from the London School of Economics and his colleagues have developed a new way to analyse weather data and understand whether temperatures have warmed evenly on a local level, showing European trends with less than a 2% chance of happening at random.
  • Alternate histories back unique modern warmth ...
    Creating and averaging thousands of slightly different historic temperature records shows that Northern hemisphere 21st century temperatures are almost certainly unique in the last 600 years, according to Harvard University’s Martin Tingley.
  • Temperature patterns produce perplexing Plioce ...
    Failure to model a climate fingerprint from 5 million years ago thought to be similar to what we can expect in the warmer future must be resolved, say Lafayette College’s Kira Lawrence and University College London’s Chris Brierley
  • Diving deep into ocean data uncovers ‘missing ...
    Ocean warming is speeding up below 700m, where most previous studies haven’t been able to reach, say Kevin Trenberth from NCAR and his colleagues, which helps explain current surprisingly slow surface warming, and invalidates simple climate models.
  • Climate change set to bring Western Europe mor ...
    Models show that a warmer eastern tropical Atlantic at the end of the 21st century spawns hurricanes that are more likely to head to Europe, with the current western Atlantic origin seemingly becoming less active, with possible consequences for North America.

e!Science News

  • Tinkerbella nana -- a new representative from ...
    Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies, are one of about 18 families of chalcid wasps. Fairyflies occur worldwide, except in Antarctica. They include the world's smallest known winged insect -- Kikiki huna, the body length of which is only 155 μm, and the smallest known adult insect -- the w ...
  • Discovery of wound-healing genes in flies coul ...
    Biologists at UC San Diego have identified eight genes never before suspected to play a role in wound healing that are called into action near the areas where wounds occur. read more
  • Cleveland Clinic research shows gut bacteria b ...
    A microbial byproduct of intestinal bacteria contributes to heart disease and serves as an accurate screening tool for predicting future risks of heart attack, stroke and death in persons not otherwise identified by traditional risk factors and blood tests, according to Cleveland Clinic research ...
  • Just what makes that little old ant… change a ...
    Ants play a variety of important roles in many ecosystems. As frequent visitors to flowers, they can benefit plants in their role as pollinators when they forage on sugar-rich nectar. However, a new study reveals that this mutualistic relationship may actually have some hidden costs. By transmit ...
  • The microbes you inhale on the New York City s ...
    The microbial population in the air of the New York City subway system is nearly identical to that of ambient air on the city streets. This research, published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, establishes an important baseline, should it become necessary to m ...

unEarthed

  • Victory: Court Upholds EPA Authority to Protec ...
    Unanimous panel of judges rule for EPA in coal industry lawsuit Yesterday, citizens in Appalachia celebrated a huge victory in their fight to protect their families and communities from harmful mountaintop removal mining. In a sh ...
  • Arctic Athabaskans Urge Black Carbon Reduction ...
    Grand Chief Ruth Massey shares eyewitness account of climate change "We are witnessing the strangest of weather patterns." Chukchi Sea, Alaska. (Florian Schulz / visionsofthewild.com) ...
  • EPA's Mixed Bag of Options on Power Plant Wate ...
    One option protects waters from toxic pollution; other options fall far short Power plant water discharges are filled with toxic pollution.  (EPA) Coal-f ...
  • Devil's Slide Was No Tunnel of Love
    It took one tough attorney and many years to finally build tunnel solution An aerial shot of the new tunnel bypass near Devil's Slide. (© 2010 California Department of Transportation) ...
  • Unplugged: Improving Energy Efficiency a Gray ...
    DOE releases new distribution transformer standards Although the electricity used by any one transformer is small, the losses add up on a national scale.  (iStockphoto) ...

Brave New Climate

  • Can household solar photovoltaics provide a pr ...
    Guest Post by Graham Palmer. Graham is an industrial engineer and energy commenter from Melbourne. For another BNC post featuring his work, see Does energy efficiency reduce emissions and peak demand? Click the above image to download the PDF (full version is free – Open Access) With decli ...
  • Counting the hidden costs of energy
    By Martin Nicholson and Barry Brook. This article was first published on The Conversation. A response was then published on Business Spectator. It is worth reading both pieces, and the comments that followed them (for instance, Martin’s reply). A recent Bloomberg press release got wide cov ...
  • 81,000 truckers for solar!
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy. What’s a solar atlas? The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently released its World Solar Atlas report reckoning th ...
  • Worrying about global tipping points distracts ...
    In a paper published last week in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, I (Barry Brook) and my colleagues argue against the idea of an ecological global-scale “tipping point”. Here, I outline the paper’s core argument, while Professor Corey Bradshaw (not an author on the study) explains what it means ...
  • Two decades and counting…
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy. While the French have been generating electricty for ~80 grams of CO2 per kWh for two decades, the Germans are still ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • Mortgage Repayment Calculator and Extra Mortga ...
    On the average, the typical mortgage can last from 15 to 30 years. Most of the repayments made for these mortgages go to the interest of the loan. It will only be after a couple of years before the payments actually affect the principal amount of the loan. If you’re looking for a quicker way to ...
  • Thinking About a Loan? Try a Reverse Mortgage ...
    Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) remain popular with seniors interested in making the most of their home equity during retirement. While many of the requirements necessary to qualify for an HECM are clear, others are somewhat hazy. Seniors who are interested in these loans often wonder i ...
  • Advantages of Tankless Water Heaters
    How typically did you are taking a shower and also the water began to run cold before you were finished? do not you hate that? With a standard warmer this is often invariably a haul. And if another person needs to use predicament when you, simply forget it! shopping for a warmer with a humble pl ...
  • REAL ESTATE MARKET CALIFORNIA
    California real estate market trends, while having their own changes periodically, tide, remain more in sync with the current market across the nation and many people might not even think to buy a house now given the real estate market and the state of california things to buy. California real ...
  • LONDON PROPERTY AGENCIES
    If you are thinking of buying property in London is important to use all the resources available to you. Check out every Estate Agent in London as well as the local press for private property advertising. A search for "Estate Agents London" or "Agent Real London" on Google or MSN should prov ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Republicanism Is A Disease
    You didn’t hear it here first. “So Republicanism is a disease” from Daily Kos. - So Republicanism is a disease -
  • Fuck You Bill O’Riley
    Hey Bill, suck my dick. Cut spending, cut spending, cut spending is all you rich bastards say. To hell with the poor, the elderly, and the struggling. Just cut services. Let them starve, or die from working themselves to death for an ever smaller paycheck. Billo spewed “It’s almost l ...
  • Will Texas And Arizona Be Blue In 2016?
    According to a study done by The Center For American Progress - Study - between now and the 2016 elections 185,000 white voters will become eligible to vote in Texas, and 900,000 Latinos will also become eligible. Man, that is a lot of new Democrats in Texas. No wonder the Republicans are crappi ...
  • Woodward Trying To Make Nice
    Bob Woodward will be remembered for two things. Watergate, and not reporting the identity of the Valerie Plame leakers before the 2004 election when he knew who they were. I am assuming “they” told Woodward who the leakers (traitors) were because they knew ‘ol Bob was a Bush su ...
  • Ann Romney Happy To Blame Media Bias
    It appears that Ann Romney thinks the media was biased during the campaign, and treated President Obama better than her husband. Here is a transcript from a Fox Lies interview: “Do you think the media was in the tank for Barack Obama?” the Fox News host wondered. Ann’s response: “Anytime y ...

Appalachia Rising

  • May 8th: Day of Action
    Dear friends of Appalachia: Will you join us in Washington DC on Wednesday May 8th to tell the EPA that millions of people across the country stand with Appalachia? Please meet us at the EPA Headquarters at 9am, and be … Continue reading →
  • More Actions in Atlanta!
    Actions at EPA Region 4 offices at Atlanta!
  • A Crowd Gathers in Philly at EPA Region 3 Offices
    Dustin White of Boone County explaining mountaintop removal to a group of 4th graders outside the EPA Dist 3 office in Philadelphia — at Appalachia Rising: Stand Up and Demand EPA End Mountaintop Removal.
  • Join Appalachia: Call EPA Region 3!
    Take action with Appalachia–Call EPA Region 3 now: (215) 814-5000. Appalachians and their allies are taking action right now in Philly at EPA region 3 Headquarters! The EPA has the power to ban the dumping of mine waste into our … Continue reading →
  • Appalachia Locked to Dirty Water–EPA has ...
    Contact: Delta Merner For Immediate Release Phone: 304-896-9437 Email: organizeapprising@gmail.com COMMUNITIES LOCKED TO DIRTY WATER The EPA Holds to Key to Clean, Healthy Water for Communities in TN, WV, VA & KY April 15, 2013– Appalachian citizens and allies from … Continue re ...

Amped Status

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

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  • The Right’s latest invention: ‘Gaz ...
    The birth and growth of an utterly baseless, extremely damaging claim.  If you Google “Gazans celebrate Boston Marathon bombings” or variations of that entry, you will have your reading cut out for you. Such a scene was reported by Pamela Gellar, possibly America’s best-known M ...
  • Bethlehem and Boston: That amazing thing calle ...
    In Boston, the bombings brought out the most generous community spirit among strangers torn apart by violence. In Bethlehem, Israel restricted who could participate in the marathon. But as Gisha’s Sari Bashi writes, dozens of Israeli runners expressed support for letting Gazans participate ...
  • Israel’s justice system fails to protect ...
    Many Palestinians have despaired of complaining about violations against them. Yesh Din’s new report, “The Road to Dispossession,” shows why. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz April 14, 2011 was a special morning for the Hizme family from the village of Turmusaya: it was on ...
  • Report: Samer Issawi accepts deal to end his h ...
    After staging an intermittent hunger strike for some nine months, hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi has reportedly agreed to start eating again, pending the signing of a deal later in the day. The deal would see him released to his home in Jerusalem in eight months. Palestinian h ...
  • Report: Samer Issawi accepts deal to end his h ...
    Palestinian hunger striking prisoner Samer Issawi has agreed to end his hunger strike, and will be released to his home Jerusalem in eight months’ time, Reuters reported late Monday night. The details of the deal were not immediately clear, but Issawi has insisted all along that he would n ...

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Matt Weidner Blog

  • Debt Collection: The Ugly Side of Foreclosure
    As the banks, credit card companies, and the debt collectors obtain judgments against Floridians, debt collection becomes an increasingly important and potentially costly battle. Unfortunately, not all of these companies play by the same rules. In its infinite wisdom, the Florida Legislature pas ...
  • Forgiveness of Mortgage Debt in Foreclosure Ca ...
    Often in foreclosure cases, there is forgiveness of debt, and after that “forgivness” there is tax liability from that foreclosure case….. But all that “forgiveness” may not be taxable after all…… The issue remaining for decision is whether petitioners h ...
  • Foreclosure Is Fascism- The SEC Allows The Ban ...
    From Washington On Parade: Yesterday, Mary Jo White, the new Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, announced that a law partner from the firm she just left, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, would become the new Co-Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement – the unit that decides who ...
  • FASCISM ALERT: Mayor Bloomberg Decrees, &#8220 ...
    I wish I were being overly dramatic with that headline.  But I’m not.  Read exactly what he said: “Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. ” Bloomberg said Yeah, no shit like the entire US Government wantsRead the Rest...
  • FORECLOSURE IN THE BOOM TIMES…..REAL EST ...
    Talk about a tale of two cities…Tampa, St. Petersburg, Manatee, Sarasota home of both an explosion in foreclosures and an explosion of real estate transactions….From Sarasota Tribune: Home sales and prices across Southwest Florida in March hit their strongest stride since the height ...

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The Parallel Parliament

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Vaccine Awakening

  • Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity
    Posted 1/24/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot. Defending Freedom of Consc ...
  • IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
    Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...
  • Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & ...
    Posted: 11/20/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in America.[1] Each year du ...
  • Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
    Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5  ...
  • Turning Vaccine Exemptions Into Class Warfare
    Posted 9/14/2012  by Barbara Loe Fisher   It is getting uglier and uglier out there, as angry, frustrated doctors inside and outside of government work overtime to foster fear and hatred of parents making conscious vaccine choices for their children. The latest political dirty tri ...

2020 Science

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

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War Resisters League

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

Center for a Livable Future

k2p blog

  • Light blogging
    I’m off on an assignment in Asia and blogging will be light for the next week or so.    
  • Light blogging
    I’m off on an assignment in Asia and blogging will be light for the next week or so.    
  • The climate is a-changin
    The winds of climate are changing direction - again. Forty years ago "climate scientists" were sure we were entering a new ice age and even that we could have triggered the end of the current inter-glacial. For forty years we have seen the growth of the global warming meme and the demonisation ...
  • The climate is a-changin
    The winds of climate are changing direction - again. Forty years ago "climate scientists" were sure we were entering a new ice age and even that we could have triggered the end of the current inter-glacial. For forty years we have seen the growth of the global warming meme and the demonisation ...
  • Climate forcing: Missing water must be hiding ...
    NASA data shows quite clearly that water vapour in the atmosphere has been decreasing quite significantly especially since about 1998 while carbon dioxide has continued rising. The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of water in the atmosphere and it is a travesty that we can’t.

Left Foot Forward

  • Putin launches ‘witch hunt’ agains ...
    Repression, violation of human rights and legislation preventing freedom of expression have been the emblem of the regime of Vladimir Putin, Amnesty International has said in a new report.
  • Once again on Labour’s ‘out of con ...
    Some things are worth repeating because they are that important and some things should be repeated because they were not heard, or listened to, the first time. Some fall under both categories.
  • David Cameron’s dodgy money
    David Cameron was asked during PMQs today whether or not he would continue hosting dinners at Downing Street with a man named Ian Taylor. He was also urged to return the money Mr Taylor has donated to the Conservative Party.
  • Want more people to cycle? Then crack down on ...
    A report by MPs and peers which came out yesterday called for a quarter of all journeys to be made by bicycle by 2050, saying a "fundamental cultural shift" is now needed in how we think about travel.
  • Coalition presides over 1000% increase in numb ...
    The number of people using food banks to make end meet has skyrocketed this year, according to new figures released today by the Trussell Trust.

Consumerist

  • IRS Issued $11 Billion In Improper Refund Paym ...
    Someone’s got some explaining to do: the Internal Revenue Service sent out about $11.6 billion in payments it shouldn’t have, through the Earned Income Tax Credit program last year, according to a report by the inspector general. This isn’t going over well with its parents at t ...
  • MetroPCS Shareholders Give Their Blessing For ...
    May yours be a long and happy marriage: MetroPCS’s shareholders blessed the union of the company with T-Mobile. All it took was a bit of a sweetened dowry on behalf of T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission last mon ...
  • Walmart Worker Allegedly Prostituted Himself I ...
    A Walmart employee in upstate New York allegedly made very productive use of his time during overnight shifts in the store. Unfortunately, he did so by advertising his services online as a prostitute, then meeting clients in a store bathroom during his breaks. Great efficient use of time, but al ...
  • Would You Pay For A Checking Account If You Ha ...
    The “pay whatever you want” way of doing things has often worked for music groups, museums and other artistic institutions, mostly because while some people will pay nothing, others will pony up cash in appreciation for the benefits they receive from the product or art. But one new o ...
  • Coming Soon To A Billfold Near You: New $100 Bills
    Attention currency fans, and fans of images that shift as you move them! New $100 dollar bills with exciting counterfeiting-proof features are coming soon from the Federal Reserve. The good news is that they probably will not melt, but they look a little different from bills currently circulatin ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Don't Confuse Truth-Tellers with Traitors: Dai ...
    Washington Post: Don't Confuse Truth-Tellers with Traitors Today is the 10th anniversary of the Ridenhour Prizes, an event that celebrates truth-telling in the public interest. This op-ed explains the importance of rewarding whistleblowers rather than punishing them, which has unfortunately b ...
  • Watch the Ridenhour Prizes Today, Live!
    GAP client Eileen Foster at 2012 Ridenhour PrizesToday is the closest equivalent to a "National Whistleblower Appreciation Day" as there is in this country. That's because the annual Ridenhour Prizes are being held in Washington, DC today at 12:30 p.m. at the National Press Club. We've previousl ...
  • Corexit – A Solution Worse than the Problem: D ...
    TakePart: Corexit – An Oil Spill Solution Worse than the Problem? The article profiles Steve Kolian, one of many divers told by the federal government it was safe to dive where oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill had been treated with dispersant. Kolian, who submitted an affidavit to GAP as ...
  • GAP Reports Health Problems Resulting from Oil ...
    The Times–Picayune: Watchdog Group Reports Health Problems from Dispersant Use During BP Oil Spill This article highlights the findings in a GAP investigation released last Friday. Our report, Deadly Dispersants in the Gulf: Are Public Health and Environmental Tragedies the New Norm for Oil S ...
  • WAPO Ignores Privacy Concerns In Rallying Cry ...
    The Washington Post features an editorial singing the praises of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), an innocent-enough sounding law that passed the House last week, but permits private corporations unprecedented sharing of Americans' private data (such as internet activit ...

UK Progressive

  • The Boston Marathon Bombers and the Theory of ...
    by Tina Dupuy My working theory—you could call it a philosophy, or a freestanding reason of how the world works—is what I call the Theory of Relative Laziness. It goes like this: Never attribute anything to conspiracy, coordination or planning when laziness could explain it. Call it Occam’s Armc ...
  • Six Claims on Detainee Torture, Skewered
    by Christie Thompson ProPublica Among the news that ended up being buried in the events last week: A nonpartisan think tank, the Constitution Project, released a scathing, 577-page report on the U.S.’s treatment, and torture, of detainees in the aftermath of 9/11. The investigation began in 2009 ...
  • Illegal Abortion and ‘The Way of the World’
    by Tina Dupuy The Women’s Medical Society in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell was one of the few places in the state to provide late-term abortions. From witness accounts the clinic smelled of cat urine. There was a free-roaming, flea-infested feline that reportedly def ...
  • The Dis-Uniting of America (2): Social Issues ...
    by Robert Reich My first reaction on hearing of the Senate’s failure to get 60 votes for even modest measures to regulate the flow of guns into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, such as background checks supported by 90 percent of Americans, was to be furious at the spinelessness of t ...
  • Boston Strong!
    by Janet Landry-Borden On March 5, 1770 three men were killed on the streets of Boston in what came to be known as the Boston Massacre. Two more died later from their injuries, and several more were wounded. It took five years for the British to begin to feel the tremors of the outrage of that [...]

NewsAlert

  • EPA: We’re not spying on people
    The Hill reports:The acting chief of the Environmental Protection Agency sparred with GOP senators Wednesday over the use of aerial surveillance to help guide enforcement of water pollution laws in farm country. How often does the EPA lie?
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  • Washington Post Reporter Upset that Koch Broth ...
    Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson , an outwardly socialist leader of the Democratic Socialists of America is in a panic about the Koch brothers buying Tribune company newspapers.The bankers’ men on the Tribune board likely view the sale of the papers as a financial transaction, pure and ...
  • Texas congressional representatives invite gun ...
    The Dallas Morning News reports: A dozen Texas lawmakers sent a letter to three Connecticut gun manufacturers urging them to relocate to the Lone Star State.Because some places want jobs.
  • NEA awards $26.3 million in arts grants despit ...
    McClatchy reports:The National Endowment for the Arts announced Tuesday that it was awarding $26.3 million in grants, continuing federal support for the arts despite the automatic 5 percent federal budget cuts that are in force. Just a reminder the next time you heard about flight delays because ...

JoNova

  • Bugs produce diesel on demand
    The irony: the answer to “clean” energy might not be the glossamer sun or the lilting breeze, but an infectious germ. [Science Daily] …a team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand. While the tech ...
  • Australian conservatives going Labor lite &#82 ...
    What were they thinking? Tony Abbott has a plan to try to convince China and the US to sign up for the “global climate change deal.” As if the world’s number one and two economies, with a population of 1.6 billion combined, will be waiting for instructions. And as if the global ...
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  • The free market strikes back. Renewables Inves ...
    What the government giveth, the government can take away. So it came to pass that the glory of green investments fell over its peak and started to slide — a slide we hope will continue forthwith with speed until such day that Renewables Actually Work. Weakest quarter for clean energy inves ...
  • Game Changer? EU carbon price hits “Junk ...
    The EU is a basket-case, teetering, so when the European Parliament had the chance to “fix” the carbon market yesterday, they surprised everyone and chose not to. Being unfixed, it’s free to collapse, which it did and by 40%. The Economist headline today is “Carbon Tradin ...

ReNew America

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

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2012 Blog

  • Satellites at Risk from Mega Space Storm
    We are protected from solar storms by a cloud of charged particles, or plasma, that normally surrounds Earth out to a distance of four times the planet’s radius. Each Earth-directed solar outburst damages the cloud to some degree, and with time it repairs itself. A 2003 storm reduced the c ...
  • Further Evidence for a Dec 2012 End Date
    I find it a little odd, but not at all surprising, that 2012 debunkers are now seizing on evidence that Dec 21 2012 was the end of the Long Count calendar (now that the world didn’t end). Of course last year that were latching on to anything that suggested 2012 was not the year. For me tho ...
  • Fancy Living in Belize?
    Many people don’t even know where Belize is, so look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize (hint: it borders Mexico and Guatemala, and the Maya live there) So, why would you want to live there? Well, if you are happy with your current life, family and employment – and you have fa ...
  • 2012 Sex / Model Story
    I’m sure I missed lots of stories during those last, hectic weeks of 2012 – like this one: A sexy swimsuit model and countless other lusty New Yorkers say tomorrow’s predicted Mayan apocalypse is a great reason to have sex, and are turning to social media and doomsday-themed parties ...
  • Solar Explosion Cycle: Hitting us in 2071?
    Although almost every 2012er focused on the end date of the Long Count calendar, few considered that it might be related to a cyclical phenomena. Even though every ancient Meso-American calendar is/was cyclical… It has become muddled, but according to the ancient Maya and Aztec peoples, we ...

Facing South

  • A turning point for mountaintop removal?
    There were two big developments this week in the fight to end mountaintop removal, with a federal appeals court upholding the EPA's authority to revoke permits for such coal mining operations, and a group of scientists calling for a moratorium on the practice. Is the end of blowing up Appalachia ...
  • Three years after the BP disaster, an urgent c ...
    More than 30 Gulf Coast advocates have signed a letter sent to six federal agencies outlining ongoing human health problems from the Deepwater Horizon disaster and calling for immediate action. read more
  • The South, still ruled by 'the handful'
    As the South's hard-right pols block expanding Medicaid to a population in need, they show that civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer's description of the region's government as "with the handful, for the handful, by the handful" remains true today. read more
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: Three years into the BP disaster
    Saturday, April 20, marks the third anniversary of the deadly BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We take a by-the-numbers look at the still-unfolding disaster today. read more
  • VOICES: North Carolina's arrogant and vindicti ...
    A comment made this week by a North Carolina senator to a constituent illustrates a culture of arrogance that has taken hold in the state legislature. read more

One News Page

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

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Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Forget Pueblo, remember the 52,246 dead Americ ...
    In mid April, when the English protestors were celebrating the death of Margret Thatcher, singing, “Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is Dead” – the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Beijing, humming, ‘Pyongyang, Pyongyang! Kim Jong Un’ is damned’ – discussing with the top Chinese ...
  • Boomerang Effect
    Those who are acquainted with the life in the United States have no doubt that the Big American Show is on. The perpetrators of the Boston tragedy are known. According to official reports, they are the Tsarnaev brothers of Chechen origin. It’s a long time they live in the United States. One of t ...
  • Evolving Strategic Competition in the Indian Ocean
    “The Indian Ocean area will be the true nexus of world powers and conflict in the coming years. It is here that the fight for democracy, energy independence and religious freedom will be lost or won.”             (Robert D. Kaplan) The Indian ocean once regarded as a ‘neglected ocean’ has, today ...
  • Boston Highlights the Illusion of Terror & Sec ...
    Sometime before 1775, American Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin wrote: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Across much of the West, after September 11, 2001, we have indeed given up our essential liberty, and more ove ...
  • Why Washington Doesn’t Like Russia Expor ...
    The world is becoming more multipolar. But the United States is only one of its poles. It has a huge navy, and it is striving desperately to gain control over all of the world’s oceans and, therefore, the major cargo routes. The United States is also the world’s financial center. The US dollar f ...

BlogHer

  • I'm Sick of Apologizing for My C-section
    Did you know that April is Cesarean Awareness month? I didn’t. I didn’t even know such a thing existed. A little over two years ago I had a scheduled C-section. When I found out that my primary method of delivering Els was by C-section I was upset. I cried and felt like a failure. My body i ...
  • DIY Ninjago Themed Birthday Party
    [Editor's Note: Ninjago is apparently all the rage for kids these days. Good luck popping into a toy store and not spotting these Lego looking ninjas. If you are lucky enough to have a kid that is a fan then planning this year's birthday party will be a crafty breeze. Sarah from Live, Laugh, ...
  • The Voice Recap: Week Two of the Battle Rounds
    It's Week Two of the Battle Rounds on The Voice, and by the end of last night's show, every coach was down to eight contestants. A couple of great singers had to go, and a lot of great singers are still in the competition.Image via embedded videoThe best thing about these Battle Rounds? They kic ...
  • Too Fat To Cheer? CBS Houston Polls Readers On ...
    Kelsey is a dancer for the OKC Thunder Girls with an enviable physique. But this week, she's not getting press for her moves between quarters. Rather, she's the subject of ridicule by the CBS Houston (who alleges that they're simply reporting the 'word on the streets of OKC') for being too chunk ...
  • Kids and Privacy: Where Do You Draw the Line?
    It all started with a post on Huffington Post. A mother, Kim Bongiorno, admitted that she read her five-year-old child's diary because she was worried that her child was struggling with child-sized fears and she wanted to be able to assuage her child's mind.  What she found instead was lov ...

Health Freedom Alliance

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

Live News Wire

  • Best Xbox Games on 360
    With all the hype in advertising for video games today, it is hard to know how the games features really hold up to the fancy phrases and images in the ads. That’s why you need the experience of an unbiased, expert who is a fellow consumer like you! I’ll give you the best of the [...]
  • Pick Six Lotto and Mega Millions Are New Jerse ...
    New Jersey Lottery offers many terminal-based games for the residents of the state to play (Terminal-based games are the ones you buy from the lottery machine where the numbers are drawn, as opposed to instant scratch games where you know immediately if you’re a winner). But with all the g ...
  • 2 Best Options to Download New Games For PSP
    It is beyond understandable for avid gamers to want to download new games for PSP. This is especially true when you are one of the many lucky gamers who own the latest Sony PlayStation Portable. A great thing about this video game console is the fact that you do not really have to purchase games ...
  • 5 Best Upcoming Games of 2013
    2013 looks set to become one of the biggest year in gaming history with some big name titles already announced for the first half of the year. Below is a list of some of the best upcoming games of 2013: 1. The Last of Us: Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is the most anticipated [...]
  • How to Find the Best Hunting Games Online
    Line up the hairline and click the mouse button to shoot at the prey. A sound of despair escapes your lips as the hunted runs away to freedom as you miss the target. Well, there is no need to worry since more targets will be presented to you. By the time you have missed the [...]

Coal Tattoo

  • Sen. Rockefeller reintroduces mine safety bill
    This just in: Senator Jay Rockefeller today reintroduced his landmark mine safety legislation aimed at fixing the glaring safety issues revealed in the wake of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster on April 5, 2010, which claimed the lives of 29 miners in Montcoal, West Virginia. Senator Joe Manchi ...
  • More of the same: Politicians and the Spruce Mine
    Well, it wasn’t especially surprising when the comments started to roll in yesterday following the major legal victory for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  A federal appeals court had found that EPA has clear authority to veto Clean Water Act dredge-and-fill permits — like ...
  • Appeals court sides with EPA over Spruce Mine veto
    This just in: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has reversed a lower court ruling that overturned EPA’s veto of the Spruce Mine mountaintop removal permit in Logan County, W.Va. I’ve posted a copy of the ruling here, and we’ve posted a news story on the Gaz ...
  • Appeals court rebukes Corps’ mining perm ...
    There’s a significant ruling out this morning from a federal appeals court in Kentucky, involving a challenge to the streamlined permitting process for mountaintop removal used by the federal Army Corps of Engineers.  The ruling comes from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and you can ...
  • Friday roundup, April 19, 2013
    This April 4, 2013 photo shows an 80-foot thick coal seam at Cloud Peak Energy’s Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont.  From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel’s price gets marked up ...

Daniel Miessler

  • New Artificial Intelligence Approach Based on ...
    The new research proposes that entropy is directly connected to intelligent behavior. "[The paper] is basically an attempt to describe intelligence as a fundamentally thermodynamic process," said Wissner-Gross. The researchers developed a software engine, called Entropica, and gave it mo ...
  • Dear Conservatives: 1984 Was Written by a Soci ...
    Image by Ronald Grant If I hear another right-wing idiot with a book phobia talking about how 1984 was a warning and not a user guide, I’m going to fucking bite someone. George Orwell was a socialist. His novel promoted the human right to privacy. He was against out of control nationalism ...
  • So Happy I Could Die
    I’ve always been about “becoming”, striving, trying to shed what I didn’t like about myself in order to become that better person and experience the good life. Well, It occurred to me the other day that I’ve lived a great life already, and I can officially change mo ...
  • Boston: Authorities Missed Intelligence Opport ...
    The senior law enforcement official said the Russians feared he could be a risk, and “they had something on him and were concerned about him, and him traveling to their region.” Chechen extremists pose a greater threat to Russia than they do to the United States, counterterrorism specialists say ...
  • Why the Response to the Boston Bombing Was a F ...
    Many are celebrating the outcome of the Boston bombing standoff that happened yesterday. They shouldn’t be. One of the two suspects was captured alive, and on the surface that appears to be a victory, but to any trained eye both the handling of the event, and its outcome, were a colossal f ...

Fitwatch

  • Why we need dissenting voices to ruin the stat ...
    Thatcher has been given a state ceremonial funeral. Our ruling class want to show the world how much she was loved and respected. They desperately don’t want any dissenting voices ruining the show. Fitwatch truly hopes that they do not get their wish. Thatcher was a prime architect of repressive ...
  • PLO block hits the streets at Sussex
    The following report is from PLO block, operational at Sussex university on Monday... A large banner and a small group of people (it can work well with just 3 people) is all you need for PLO blocking. PLO block turned out for the Sussex National Demo against Privatization. Although the group hav ...
  • Vauxhall Squat Raids
    These pictures were taken during the eviction of squats in Vauxhall tonight. The eviction was resisted, and it took a reported eight and a half hours to finally clear squatters from the building and the roof. From what we have been told, the buildings are being torn down for redevelopment. There ...
  • New Years Eve Prisoner Solidarity Demo
    Does exactly what it says on the tin. Lets be honest, this year has been a disheartening one. State and security forces have repositioned themselves with guns towards us (quite literally, in some cases) and scored significant victories against the dissenting population. Next year looks set to be ...
  • Plain clothes cop at Fridays demo
    Cops turning up to demos in plain clothes seems to be a regular occurence these days. These pics were taken at the Fight for Sites demo on Friday. Although he appears to have forgotten his uniform, the man pictured is Constable Mark Stoddart. A number of cops in plain clothes have been pictured ...

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reference frame

  • Lee Smolin: Time Reborn
    An incredible pile of unscientific gibberish There's one aspect in which Lee Smolin's newest book is less irritating than his previous book, The Trouble With Physics: the main purpose of the new book isn't to mindless attack and lie about the best results of the modern theoretical physics r ...
  • Online and collaborative TeX: ShareLaTeX
    A handy tool for people who write papers in \(\rm\TeX\) This blog entry is just a very short reference to ShareLaTeX.com (click) You must register (ten seconds, no confirmations) but once you do, you will have the opportunity to start with \(\rm\LaTeX\) in the most pedagogical way possi ...
  • Minds and machines
    Let me say a few words on the fourth chapter of Scott Aaronson's book, Minds and Machines. It's about complexity of problems as well as the differences (or equivalence) between human brains and artificial thinking machines. When one reads this fun stuff, he may see how these complexity ...
  • Scott Aaronson: a prototype of some confusion ...
    Quantum mechanics is natural, not plagued by problems; maths relevant for physics worships the rules that are natural for continuous, not discrete, structures I received my copy of Scott Aaronson's book – thanks to him – and I sometimes find some time to read a chapter or two. So let me pos ...
  • Pilsen wins 1st Czech Stanley Cup
    Many people in Pilsen follow soccer as well as ice-hockey; our teams were great in recent years. A flag of HC Škoda Pilsen... Just minutes ago, HC Škoda Pilsen, the local ice-hockey club, defeated HC Zlín in the last, seventh match. At 96:15 (!!!), the captain and playing 40-year ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • Joe Oliver slams scientist’s oilsands claims a ...
    A leading climate change activist and former NASA scientist is “crying wolf” with his “exaggerated” comments about the effects of oilsands development on the environment, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver charged Wednesday. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with ...
  • Again, Reuters Compares Central Bankers to Sup ...
    from The Daily Bell: Banker steps into the role of superhero … In other ages, we have called on shamans or saints in times of crisis when the usual remedies have not worked. In the stagnant world economy today, we have designated central bankers as our superheroes, and we are relying on th ...
  • Again, Reuters Compares Central Bankers to Sup ...
    from The Daily Bell: Banker steps into the role of superhero … In other ages, we have called on shamans or saints in times of crisis when the usual remedies have not worked. In the stagnant world economy today, we have designated central bankers as our superheroes, and we are relying on th ...
  • Does al-Qaeda have a network in Canada?
    Security experts say a thwarted plot to derail a passenger train on a route between Toronto and New York is proof of the lingering influence of al-Qaeda in Canada. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: Via terror plot probe tracking br ...
  • SILVER CRASH! What Now? $800 SILVER & $8000 GO ...
    from Unconventional Finance: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote – Silver, Gold, Truth, Liberty, & Freedom earn money watching videos Related posts: GOLD & SILVER CARTEL RAID – “I’ve NEVER seen anything like it” – Bill Murphy from Unconventional Finance: SGTrep ...

Truth About Our World

Bloomberg

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

Enviroblog

Quick Hits

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

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Views & News from Norway

  • Pressure grows on ‘au pair’ program
    A television documentary on the exploitation that often faces foreigners arriving in Norway on “au pair” contracts was setting off more alarms this week over what’s supposed to be a cultural exchange program. The plight of several young women from the Philippines, who ended up ...
  • Oil fund questions oil giant’s ethics
    The state-appointed ethics council that oversees investments made by Norway’s huge oil-fueled sovereign wealth fund is questioning whether operations by US oil giant ExxonMobil in Equatorial Guinea violate “fundamental ethical norms.” If so, the fund may need to sell off its Ex ...
  • Food hall reopening after gas leak
    Food vendors and restaurant operators at one of Oslo’s most popular new meeting places, Mathallen, were in the process of getting back to business on Wednesday, after firefighters and a large crew of investigators finally found the source of a gas leak at the site and stopped it. The gas l ...
  • Foreign aid ‘buys influence’ in the US
    The Norwegian government has been sending large amounts of money earmarked for foreign aid to several US organizations commonly known as “think tanks.” Some of the money was passed on to foreign aid projects in developing countries, but opposition politicians and the foreign ministry ...
  • Breivik’s defender back in the news
    Geir Lippestad, the Norwegian defense attorney who represented terrorist and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik last year, has been back in the news over the past week after releasing a new book and making a political appearance as a local Labour Party leader. He doesn’t think it was any ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • A Visit to Rak Tamachat Farm (Thailand)
    The Rak Tamachat farm was a great introduction to motivated, intelligent permaculturists, and the beginnings of a robust permaculture farm in the works. Jake (Australia) and Mark (Texas) gave me a grand tour of the farm. The first thing we saw was the grey water system, here the tap water used f ...
  • PDC in Austria: May 9-20, 2013
    Bliss Permaculture is happy to announce that it will be giving a Permaculture Design Course in the beautiful rolling foothills of the Austrian Alps in May 2013. In this PDC you will learn all the major topics of Bill Mollison’s A Designers’ Manual and you will be equipped with the ...
  • The Self-Hating State
    Devolving policy to “the market” doesn’t solve the problem of power. It makes it worse. by George Monbiot In other ages, states sought to seize as much power as they could. Today, the self-hating state renounces its powers. Governments anathematise governance. They declare their role redundant ...
  • Forests Keep Drylands Working (John D. Liu video)
    John D. Liu of the EEMP, who has partnered with us in spreading the permaculture message, has created yet another excellent documentary — this time focussing on drylands, their past function and their present dysfunction through a broadscale loss of forest cover, and its impact on soi ...
  • “Stunning” Difference of GM from non-GM Corn
    A comparison of US Midwest non-GM with GM corn shows shockingly high levels of glyphosate as well as formaldehyde, and severely depleted of mineral nutrients in the GM corn. by Dr Mae-Wan Ho The results of a comparison of GM and non-GM corn from adjacent Midwest fields in the US that first appea ...

Pointman's

  • The difficult kind.
    My woman teaches the difficult young children. She does what’s called special needs and I think she was born to do it. She takes all the ones who’re a bit behind the pack and perhaps will always be, the ones who’re a bit lost, the silly hearts who’re still determined to s ...
  • The difficult kind.
    My woman teaches the difficult young children. She does what’s called special needs and I think she was born to do it. She takes all the ones who’re a bit behind the pack and perhaps will always be, the ones who’re a bit lost, the silly hearts who’re still determined to s ...
  • A postcard from warmer climes.
    As I write this, I’m in the middle of a brief holiday in southern Spain, in Seville to be exact. It is warmth, sunshine, the unlikely smell of Orange trees in the air, Spain at its over easy best and a complete break from the snow and bitter cold us hardy souls in the northern … ...
  • A postcard from warmer climes.
    As I write this, I’m in the middle of a brief holiday in southern Spain, in Seville to be exact. It is warmth, sunshine, the unlikely smell of Orange trees in the air, Spain at its over easy best and a complete break from the snow and bitter cold us hardy souls in the northern … ...
  • Optimism, blogging and the big green killing m ...
    I’ve been writing this blog for a number of years now. Before that, I used other and much less effective means to resist the rising tide of climate alarmism and its lethal political baggage. Canute would have slapped his thigh and laughed in delight at my ineffectual but earnest efforts. T ...

Journalists' Toolkit

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

Justice Roars - Louisiana

  • Tulane University to Host Notorious White Supr ...
    Tulane University is sponsoring an event featuring notorious racist David Horowitz this Wednesday. Horowitz is a nationally-known right wing extremist who denies that racism exists, calling institutional racism a "fantasy of the left." He has also said that the fact that Oprah Winfrey– ...
  • Activist Profile: Marie Aubrey of VOTE-NOLA
    This profile is republished from our friends at VOTE-NOLA: How did you get involve with VOTE? In June of 2012 I was listening to the WBOK morning show and Norris Henderson was on the radio talking about how to get prisoners released, and it was interesting to me. I remembere ...
  • 14-Year-Old New Orleans Youth Held in Israeli Jail
    According to an article in today's Haaretz newspaper, a 14-year-old youth with roots in New Orleans is currently being held by the Israeli military. The paper says the child was accused of "throwing rocks." The case highlights Israel's system of military detention for Palestinian minors, which h ...
  • World Social Forum Highlights Shock Doctrine i ...
    An earlier version of this article appeared at truthout.org: An estimated 50,000 people from 5,000 organizations in 127 countries spanning five continents participated in the World Social Forum in Tunisia over the past week. By choosing to come together in Tunis, this year’s Forum evoked the sp ...
  • New Orleans Police Department Blames Victims
    The New Orleans Police Department recently released a statement on "women and safety," that has outrage across the city and furthered the perception that this police department does not get it. They are more interested in blaming the victim than preventing assault. With absurd advice like "don't ...

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Verbs, nouns, grammar
    Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch Constance Hale I wanted really to understand the relationship between nouns and verbs. Another question that I had: Why do linguists look so scathingly at grammarians? And why do grammarians look so scathingly at the history of English? Why is there a divide? And why is t ...
  • V. Bush
    Vannevar Bush This has not been a scientist’s war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It has been exhilarating to work in effective partnership. No ...
  • The Killing of the Liberal Arts
    JOSEPH EPSTEIN In a loose definition, the “liberal arts” denote college study anchored in preponderantly Western literature, philosophy, and history, with science, mathematics, and foreign languages playing a substantial, though less central, role; in more recent times, the social science subjec ...
  • Tyrants and Art
    Culture thrives on conflict and antagonism, not social harmony – a point made rather memorably by a certain Harry Lime, says philosopher John Gray. "In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vin ...
  • Barthes in China
    Adrian Versteegh “It will be necessary to start off with the major fact,” writes Roland Barthes in Travels in China, “the absolute uniformity of clothes.” That this should count as a “major fact”—partway through a journal that opens with a gripe about freshly stained trousers—ought to provide so ...

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NAU Resistance

  • End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
    Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
  • Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
    "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
  • The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
    "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
  • Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
    We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
  • Paving The Way For A North American Union
    By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

  • Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
    WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
  • Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
    LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
  • Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
    SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
  • Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
    WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
  • How sex hormones influence right heart function
    WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...

TruthNews Australia

  • Anatomy of a terrorist attack: the Boston Mara ...
    Remains of the pressure cooker bomb believed to been packed with ball bearings Today's show focusses on the recent terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. Our aim is to understand the underlying "message" behind this attack, and to deconstruct the MSM propaganda which seeks to portray this a ...
  • Introducing Nicole Bijlsma: building biologist ...
    Today it is my pleasure to welcome to the show Nicole Bijlsma, a best selling author with extensive knowledge on many health issues related to the toxic effects of ordinary things found in your home. Nicole joins us in the 2nd hour of today's show. Nicole's website provides information on th ...
  • Full body scanners now in full operation at Sy ...
    In today's show we re-visit the thorny issue of full body scanners and what they signal for your rights, your privacy, your health and human freedom generally. Full body scanners (millimitre wave) are now in operation at all international airports in Australia. The devices deployed in Australi ...
  • An unprecedented assault on media freedom
    In today's show we are joined by Josh Jackson to discuss highly controversial media reforms proposed by the Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy. We also take a look at the implications of the Cyprian crisis for internatinal banking, and the alternate non-centralised currency bitcoin. ...
  • Live show with current news and some callers - ...
    In today's show we take calls from TNRA listeners, as well as covering news and current topics of interest, including reflections on the death of Hugo Chavez. Related links What happens when you refuse a search in Parramatta

Beacon

  • A Deaf Whale is a Dead Whale: Keep the Atlanti ...
    The government estimates seismic testing in the Atlantic will injure 22,809 common dolphins. ©Oceana Imagine living next to a construction zone, where every ten seconds, every day, for days to weeks on end, you are subjected to loud, disruptive explosions while you’re trying to eat, sleep and ...
  • Victory! Offshore Oil Drilling Stopped in Belize
    Belize's Great Blue Hole. Contracts to drill on reef like this declared null and void. Photo: USGS Yesterday, Belize’s Supreme Court declared offshore drilling contracts issued by the Government of Belize (in 2004 and 2007) null and void, providing a dramatic and potentially definitive s ...
  • CEO Note: Maryland Takes the Lead
    Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless If you’re a Marylander like me, this is a time to be proud. The Old Line State has stepped forward, making ocean conservation a priority and providing an example that other states would be wise to follow. First, Maryland became a leader in developing offshore wind e ...
  • The Taiji Dolphin Slaughter: A Scientific Issue
    © OCEANA The dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, Japan has been at the center of animal activism for many years and now it has finally come to the center of science. The dolphin drive in Taiji involves the corralling of dolphins into a cove for slaughter or to be removed and then sold to representa ...
  • NOAA declares “Unusual Mortality Event” for Ca ...
    Sea Lions in rehab. Photo: Pacific Marine Mammal Center Beginning in January 2013, unusually high numbers of stranded California sea lion pups have been observed on the Southern California coast. Marine mammals naturally come ashore along our beaches if they are sick, wounded, or injured. Thi ...

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Taylor Marsh

  • Queer Talk: Rhode Island Is 10th State to Appr ...
    The Rhode Island Senate voted today to approve marriage equality. The state becomes the 10th in the nation, plus D.C., to allow same-sex couples to legally marry, and becomes the last of the New England states to do so. Chris Geidner, at Buzzfeed: The Rhode Island Senate approved a marriage equa ...
  • Tamerlan Tsarnaev Listed on “Highly Classified ...
    WHAT GOOD is it if you’ve got a dangerous individual on a watch list of “potential terrorists” if it’s so “vast” law enforcement agencies can’t keep track of who’s on it? From Reuters: The name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerl ...
  • Keystone XL: EPA Challenges State Dept. Impact ...
    The State Department’s draft environmental impact statement regarding TransCanada’s Keystone XL is challenged by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EcoWatch reports that the EPA based its challenge to State’s environmental impact statement, … objecting to its conclusion that the Ke ...
  • Guns in the U.S.A.: The Public, the NRA, and O ...
    A recent Pew Poll about guns in the U.S.A., or more specifically, about the recent Senate vote; and Occupy the NRA’s “Silent No More” actions, scheduled for tomorrow, provide two indications of how the public is thinking and feeling about the gun arguments. They don’t change much, those argument ...
  • Republican “Benghazi Report” is a Joke
    “In 2011 they [GOP controlled House] came in and passed a continuing resolution for the remainder of that fiscal year. The House proposed $70 million cut in the WSP [Worldwide Security Program for the State Department] and they proposed a $204 million cut in Embassy security,” says Mr. Lil ...

Hudson New York

  • The Honey-Trap of Moral Equivalence
    Today, in an age that often seems of pragmatism and managerial-ism in politics, if there is a way not just to honor the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's memory but to continue her legacy it should be to encourage and praise those rare individuals
  • Britain's Sharia Courts: "You Cannot Go Agains ...
    A new documentary secretly filmed inside several of the 85 Islamic Sharia Law courts operating in Britain has exposed the systematic discrimination that many women are suffering at the hands of Muslim jurists. The documentary, Secrets of Britain's Sharia
  • The Nice Muslim Family Next Door
    The neighbors of the Chechnyan Muslim family whose sons were responsible for the Boston Marathon terror attack said they were stunned by the news and that this nice Muslim family was known for its generosity and kindness. Many Americans often ask, "What
  • The Siege of Egypt's St. Mark Cathedral
    What really happened on Sunday, April 7, 2013, during the St. Mark Cathedral attack in Cairo, where two Christians were killed and dozens wounded by Egyptian forces? As usual, different reports gave different versions, but now that the smoke has settled,
  • Belgium vs. Islamic Jihadists
    Belgian police have carried out dozens of raids and arrested six Islamists -- including the pugnacious ringleader of a Belgian Salafist group called Sharia4Belgium -- suspected of recruiting foreign fighters for the war in Syria. The crackdown reflects

Urban Survival

  • National Sales Tax Coming
    Harry Reid and crew are at it again…trying to get more money out of your wallet and the way to do it will be an Internet Sales Tax.  But effectively, it will be a national sales tax since internet use … Continue reading →
  • Coping: GCE (Getting Close Enough?)
    I’d like to be really, precisely, clear on something:  For more than a decade I’ve played to role of John Watson, who wrote up the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, except I’ve been on the periphery of developing technology which can … Continue reading →
  • Papering the "Made-Up" Economy
    First thing I need to do this morning is to alert you to the fact that the “made up” economy is about to get larger.  How much larger?  Well, about $500-billion larger which pencils out to about 3.3% if stories … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Global Coastal Event & Quake Spotting
    I awoke this morning knowing (not sure how this works) but just call it knowing that this Wednesday’s and Saturday’s Peoplenomics report would have to focus on the possibility of Clif’s Global Coastal Event.  If you don’t subscribe to Peoplenomics, … Continue r ...
  • Good Police Work Pays Off
    According to reports out of Massachusetts, one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing case is dead and there’s a man hunt on for the other (right).  This is one of several photos of the purported perp released early … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • WOULD MEN HAVE LESS SEX IF THEY WERE CAPABLE O ...
    Men are without a doubt the most promiscuous of the two sexes. Women can go significant periods of time without needing to experience sexual relief; and episodes such as periods, giving birth and menopause play a role in limiting or changing their desire to do so in any case. Men really don&#821 ...
  • MURDER BY MEDIA 13: Addiction To Recognition
    It’s always good advice to be told to question every desire, because its easy to forget that deceiving ones self is the easiest form of deception. The media has helped to create a world where recognition has become a not so subtle addiction that we feed on and hunger for everytime we are s ...
  • IS A MARRIAGE FOR LOVE TOO UNREALISTIC?
    Love has come to be the proud and somewhat reluctant owner of many definitions; one of which likens it to a ‘fairytale’. In today’s world the reality is that there are quite a number of other things to think about before love is even considered. After all, love doesn’t pu ...
  • A WHOLE TOWN SHIFTS EXAMS CAUSE OF A JUSTIN BI ...
      It is difficult enough these days to convince teenagers of the relevance of education. With the amount of uneducated people who end up as stars or reality show celebrities it is no surprise that dropping out and hoping for the best has become an attractive option. It becomes even more int ...
  • WAKING UP IN THE WRONG PLACE, AT THE WRONG TIME
    My vision was blurry. There were people standing above me but I couldn’t clearly make out who they were. I could hear faint voices but they were too far away to bring any recognition. Where am I? I made a failed attempt to lift myself up, but my body wasn’t responding the way it was ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Oil Industry's Slippery Accounting Includes Wi ...
    Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco It’s not a surprise that EPA and the oil industry disagree about the cost of cleaning up gasoline to meet proposed “Tier 3” low sulfur standards. EPA estimates less than ...
  • EPA Rates Environmental Review for Keystone XL ...
    Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its comments on the deficient environmental review for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that the State Department published on March 1, 2013. EPA rates ...
  • Earth Day 2013 - Pebble Mine Opposition Outlas ...
    Joel Reynolds, Western Director, Senior Attorney, Santa Monica, CA Today is Earth Day -- a day to celebrate and strengthen our year-round commitment to protecting the world's great endangered places.  These are natural gems -- biogems -- that e ...
  • No Longer Lost: A Roadmap for State Climate Ch ...
    Theo Spencer, Senior Advocate, Climate Center, New York If you’re lost in the wilderness, stumbling on a map that someone dropped could be a life-saver. Unfortunately, when it comes to preparing for the impacts of climate change, most sta ...
  • Week of 4/15: Greening sports, national oceans ...
    NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide The April-May issue of Poder Magazine featured Frances Beinecke’s article on greening the sports industry through sustainable, energy-efficient, and low-impact facilities as well as through rec ...

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

  • Hackers Hijack CBS To Claim Obama Involvement ...
    Hacktivists expose media’s refusal to report on private operatives at Boston bombings. The mainstream media’s refusal to report on images showing private military operatives on the scene of the Boston bombings carrying heavy backpacks prompted hacking group the Syrian Electronic Army to take mat ...
  • Obama Deports Top Saudi Terrorist After Boston ...
    The Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) is reporting today that President Barack Obama [photo top left bowing to Saudi king] has deported from the United States the top Saudi-linked terrorist responsible for the Boston Marathon Bombing citing “national security reasons” for the swift expulsion o ...
  • US deploys troops to Jordan, prepares to invad ...
    In testimony before the US Senate Armed Forces Committee on Wednesday, top US defense officials announced that they are deploying 200 troops of the 1st Armored Division to Jordan. They will establish headquarters near the Syrian-Jordanian border and plan for a rapid build-up, involving 20,000 or ...
  • North Korea issues ‘ultimatum’ to the South, w ...
    North Korea’s military supreme command has issued an ultimatum to South Korea demanding apologies for “all the major and minor hostile actions.” It has also threatened an immediate military response to any “insulting” action the South undertakes. “The supreme command of the Korean People’s ...
  • Two Explosions at Boston Marathon
    Two explosions have been reported in Boston, Massachusetts where thousands of runners are participating in the annual Boston Marathon. Preliminary reports suggest two explosions occurred near the finish line of the 26.2-mile event shortly before 3 pm local time, and the Boston Globe is reporting ...

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

  • Earth to moon in 8 years, Melbourne to Brisban ...
    By Gerard Drew When John F. Kennedy saw a challenge worth taking he decided to get on with it as quickly as humanly possible, and in eight years Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon. On the other hand, our federal transport minister would have us believe building a high-speed railway from ...
  • Electricity prices fall: renewable energy des ...
    By Dylan McConnell Dylan McConnell is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne Let’s be honest: the relationship between renewable energy and the electricity market is complex. So what does the latest report from Australian energy research firm RepuTex tell us? Well, for a start, coal-fi ...
  • High-speed rail cost and timeline “laughable”
    April 11, 2013 Researchers who have performed their own analysis of the high-speed rail link from Melbourne to Brisbane have today questioned the governments announced 45-year timeline and $114 billion costing. “When John F. Kennedy saw a challenge worth taking he decided to get on with it as ...
  • Solar panels reduce everyone's power bills
      May 10, 2013 Australia's one million (and counting) solar powered households could be keeping everyone else's power bills down, by suppressing wholesale electricity prices. That conclusion is drawn from a peer-reviewed paper recently published in the Journal of Energy Policy. The paper ...
  • True size of solar subsidies exaggerated, rese ...
    By Peter Hannam The true cost to consumers of subsidies to solar energy has been “somewhat exaggerated” because regulators have excluded the full benefits of solar photovoltaic panels, according to energy researchers. While feed-in tariffs and upfront rebates have been criticised by officials a ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • China to phase out super greenhouse gas
    Some eight billion tonnes of greenhouse gases could be kept out of the atmosphere if China sticks to a deal with the United Nation's Montreal Protocol to eliminate the production of hydro-fluorocarbons (HCFCs). In return for phasing out HCFC production by 2030, the Multilateral Fund of the Montr ...
  • Bizarre, little-known carnivore sold as illega ...
    Few people have ever heard of the Javan ferret-badger, but that hasn't stopped this animal—little-known even to scientists—from being sold in open markets in Jakarta according to a new paper in Small Carnivore Conservation. The Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) is one of five ...
  • China 'looting' Africa of its fish
    Just 9% of the millions of tonnes of fish caught by China's giant fishing fleet in African and other international waters is officially reported to the UN, say researchers using a new way to estimate the size and value of catches. Fisheries experts have long considered that the catches reported ...
  • Frequent understory fires change rainforest co ...
    Frequent understory fires change the composition of rainforest plant communities, potentially altering the capacity of forests to regenerate, finds a study published in special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
  • Burned rainforest vulnerable to grass invasion
    Rainforests that have been affected by even low-intensity fires are far more vulnerable to invasion by grasses, finds a new study published in special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. The findings are significant because they suggest that burned forests may ...

Sierra Express

  • President Koroma’s November victory in Sierra ...
    I am told that one of the opposition parties has petitioned the election results of the last November elections which saw His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma re-elected overwhelmingly as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. After the results were announced on Friday, 23rd November, 2012 b ...
  • Healing the Political Divide in Sierra Leone: ...
    A Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Conference of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, 12 April 2013, By Dr Ibrahim Abdullah I guess we have to agree that there is a political divide in Sierra Leone for there to be any discussion on the subject. We also have to agree that the divide i ...
  • Airtel signs definitive agreement to fully acq ...
    New Delhi/Kampala, April 23rd , 2013: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today said that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Warid Group (“Warid”) to fully acquire Warid Telecom U ...
  • African Development Bank to Host SE4ALL Initia ...
    41 African countries have joined the Initiative WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – During the first Advisory Board Meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.o ...
  • Interview with Mr. Ibu
    John Okafor is one of Nollywood`s foremost film actors. He has starred in over 300 films and won major international awards.  Okafor is popularly known as Mr. Ibu, a name he got from one of his most popular films.  He recently breezed into Freetown for a movie tentatively titled: ‘ Ibu in Sierra ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Ben Dalton: Maori land bursting with farm pote ...
    Primary industries generate over 70 per cent of New Zealand's merchandise exports.You'd be forgiven then for thinking that every last hectare of rural land is producing at its maximum. But you'd be wrong.It has been known for...
  • China baby food story upsets NZ exporters
    A stoush has erupted in the lucrative infant formula export industry after Chinese media outlets published articles stating the only "genuine" New Zealand-made formula brands were those belonging to members of a newly formed export...
  • Farmers hope for good growth
    Rain has fallen in most of the nation's dairying areas over the last week or so, but Fonterra chairman John Wilson said it would take six weeks to determine whether the drought that hit most of the country had caused any lasting damage.He...
  • New A2 infant formula ready for China
    NZX-listed alternative milk company A2 Corporation says the first consignment of its new infant formula brand will be shipped to the lucrative Chinese market next month, followed by distribution in New Zealand and Australian supermarkets...
  • Peak tipped for soaring dairy prices
    International dairy product prices may be close to their peak after an explosive run over the last 12 months, say economists.Prices rose 0.6 per cent on a trade-weighted basis at yesterday's GlobalDairyTrade auction, and are 86...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • New Yorkers Win Right to Stop Having to Wave D ...
    There’s a win this week for consumers of taxi services in New York City. A judge has ruled companies can move forward with creating mobile apps to allow people to hail a cab with a touch of a button. The New York Post reports: A plan allowing taxi riders to hail yellow cabs with ...
  • Nick Gillespie on HuffPost Live Now, Talking I ...
    Check it out now, right here!
  • Scaremongerers Unite!: Genetically Engineered ...
    It's introduced today by a bipartisan group of Congresscritters on behalf of rent-seekers in the organic foods industry and anti-science mystificationists posing as consumer activists. Unfortunately, as the press release from Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) notes, polls show that most ...
  • Obama Tags Middle Class With Tax Hikes, Congre ...
    People poking through President Obama's proposed budget noticed that it very definitely breaks his promise to not hike taxes on those making less than $250,000 per year. Members of Congress want to know if federal agencies may have once again failed to connect the dots when it ...
  • Cops Demand (and Get) Two Bad Amendments to Co ...
    Today the Colorado House of Representatives is holding its first hearing on a bill establishing guidelines for regulation of the state-licensed pot shops that are supposed to start opening early next year, and already the legislation has been changed for the worse in response to c ...

Mercury Rising

  • The dissipation of the Pax Americana
    Reuters, in The Guardian: China will build a second, larger aircraft carrier capable of carrying more fighter jets, the official Xinhua news service has reported, quoting a senior officer with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. … China is also building up other forms of militar ...
  • A good deed from an unexpected corner
    Jim Jelter, Marketwatch: SAN FRANCISO (MarketWatch) — General Electric Co(GE)’ financial unit, GE Capital, is cutting off lending to guns shops, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal that cited letters sent by the company to several gun shop owners. “Indust ...
  • Tribune Co. Reporters Horrified At Koch Takeov ...
    How much do the Tribune Company reporters and other writers fear the prospect of a Koch Brothers Takeover? They’d prefer Rupert Murdoch. Seriously: Chicago Tribune columnist Page compared his feelings about a potential Koch purchase to the response of legendary Chicago columnist Mike ...
  • Here is the America of the future
    Via Adrienne, Belén Fernández has an essay in Jacobin on what it is like to live under constant threat, as in Honduras: The most harrowing event took place one night when I awoke to discover that a man had gotten into my second-story pension room after cutting away the screen and removing the gl ...
  • CP Best Blog: Sally Jo Sorensen’s Bluest ...
    For years and years and years and years now, I’ve been telling anyone I can run down and force to listen to me that Sally Jo Sorensen of Bluestem Prairie is the best blogger in Minnesota and one of its five best journalists. Now, it looks like she’s finally getting some long-overdue ...

Reality Sandwich

  • Aligning Minds: My Heart is Love
    Aligning Minds’s newest album, My Heart Is Love, has been described as an ethereal future city. They say it wasn’t a conscious construction, but listening to the album now, I feel myself floating in a dream; swimming through a Miyazaki film or a Philip K. Dick novel—underwater undulating breat ...
  • You Are what You Drink
    Join Daniel Vitalis for the Evolver interactive video webinar "Why Wild Water: Water Shamanism and the Healing Secret of Ethno-Hydrology" on Thursday, May 16. Health and nutrition strategist Daniel Vitalis has spent years making a study of water. What he has learned will fascinate you ...
  • Scientists Intervene in TED Controversy
    There was a stunning intervention in the TED controversy by 19 leading scientists. In brief it looks like TED Curator Chris Anderson opened Pandora's Box -- further details below -- when he authorised the removal of talks by myself and Rupert Sheldrake from the TEDx Youtube channel.read more
  • The Red Herring of Astrology
    Someone on Reality Sandwich recently asked me the question, "Is astrology a fact, or is it mere interpretation?... What makes astrology different than palm reading or gazing into a crystal ball?" The short answers are, "No, astrology is not a fact," and, "Nothing real ...
  • Sex in the News
    George Takei offends strippers, legal sex assistants, a strap-o-string for his ding-a-ling, are bras bad for boobs, and more in this week's update.  Plus, this week's tumblr, DearCisPeople.  George Takei, prostitutes and parenting. (titsandass) Is legalizing sex assistants wrong if it ...

Desertification

  • OP-ED: Letting Nature Take Its Course?
    Is sustainability still possible? Yes. Is it still probable? No. With bold action today, tomorrow, and in years to come, we could succeed in creating a sustainable and prosperous society. But what does bold action actually mean? First and foremost, we have to start living within Earth’s boundari ...
  • U.N. Chief Singles Out Monaco for Raising Clim ...
    When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Kiribati in 2011, he had “an unexpected insight” into the fear that stalks the Pacific Island nation. Along with toiletries, the hotel room “had an additional item that is not your typical amenity: a life jacket,” he said. The ro ...
  • 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 ...

Blogging Canadians

  • Coalition Government Cure For what Ails Quebec
    The PQ's inauspicious eight-month tenure as government hasn't exactly inspired a rousing vote of confidence from the public, even amongst supporters, who like the rest of us are somewhat dismayed by the amateur hour performance of those charge with directing the ship of state. Watching Pauline ...
  • "Reality"
    Some People find it distasteful to be talking about US bombings in other countries at a time like this. I say welcome to reality. by "Anonymous" As originally posted on: trutherbot (trutherbot) on Twitter April 15, 2013
  • Canadian feminist activist receives death thre ...
    Reblogged from man boobz: And so the MRAs have found yet another woman to hate. Earlier this month, as many of you no doubt know, a Men’s Rights group sponsored a lecture at the University of Toronto. The event drew protesters, and the protesters drew MRAs with video cameras. One of the MRAs fil ...
  • The Crazy Day After
    Today is going to be kind of a busy day for Liberals across the country, as there are several relatively big events going on at the same time. I'll be covering at least a couple of them in at least some capacity. First off, of course, is figuring out what we do now. With Justin elected as our n ...
  • Justin's not so positive acceptance speech
    The full text of Justin Trudeau's speech can be found here. I wanted to highlight the section talking about the Conservatives and Stephen Harper. It is the first major section after thank you's, and while there are many positive things that come after this lengthy section, the gloves sure came ...

Press TV - Middle East

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • From Victim to Survivor
    Let me tell you about the first time someone mentioned domestic violence and me in the same sentence. Over ten years ago during what I thought was an innocent conversation with an acquaintance from my kids’ school she dropped the bomb. She missed my son’s birthday party but not the gossip that f ...
  • Tanya Fields Introduces The Veggie Mobile Market
    Tonight, the CUNY SPS 2013 Commencement keynote speaker, Tanya Fields will discuss The BLK Projek’s latest plans for a new mobile food market, and you have an opportunity to join her. The BLK Projek was founded in 2009 to empower women and youth with the resources to rise out of poverty through ...
  • All-Star Celebrity Apprentice and the Day Trac ...
    Ever have one of those days? You know the kind. Roll out of bed after hitting the snooze 11 times. Run out of coffee. Run out and buy coffee. Make coffee and think ah that was the worst of it only to realize no cream! And then something incredible happens and no not the kind [...]
  • Nominations Now Open for SPS Governing Council ...
    We are now accepting nominations for students to join the School of Professional Studies Governing Council.  The Governing Council considers proposals for new courses, degrees, certificates and programs that will be offered by the School.  Two students and two alternates are needed to serve on t ...
  • CUNY Disability Awareness Month
    April is officially Disability Awareness Month throughout CUNY and to celebrate our commitment to enabling students, faculty, and staff with disabilities to excel in their studies, research, and work there are a series of events throughout the university. Whether you are interested in learning m ...

Dissident Voice

  • Pity the Fairy Prince
    He’s so busy riding around in his big airplane from the scene of the latest bombing to the newest shooting spree Leading the nation in mourning and shedding tears for the victims of “this cowardly assault” and “this senseless act of terrorism” So busy he hardly has ...
  • America the Cargo Cult
    ‘E look like you. ‘E got white face. ‘E tall man. ‘E live ‘long South America. – a description of John Frum During the Second World War, the United States established military bases and outposts throughout the Pacific. Some of these bases were placed on remote islands such as Tanna (Vanuat ...
  • Moo-ving a Product with Little Demand
    Despite 20 years of “Got Milk?” mustache ads, milk consumption in the US falls more every year. The National Dairy Promotion and Research Program and the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Program cite competition from calcium-fortified and vitamin-enhanced beverages, milk’s lack of av ...
  • US Steps up Regime Change Bid on Iran
    American secretary of offence Chuck Hagel kicked off his Middle East tour this week with outrageous warmongering threats towards Iran, while at the same time giving a license for more state terrorism from Washington’s Israeli rogue regime. Hagel’s cozying up to Israeli partners-in-crime nails th ...
  • Drones, Sanctions and the Prison Industrial Co ...
    In the final weeks of a six month prison sentence for protesting remote control murder by drones, specifically from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, I can only reflect on my time of captivity in light of the crimes that brought me here. In these ominous times, it is America’s officials and j ...

Nick Turse

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  • killanythingthatmoves:Americans in Vietnam n ...
    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. ...
  • "We have returned to class war in conflicts ar ...
    “We have returned to class war in conflicts around the world — including the Chicago...
  • SUBWAY CAR: 08/1973 (NARA)
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    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • BOOKS: A History of the Search for Justice in ...
    It’s no wonder that Egypt has floundered in its efforts to create a more democratic system from the ruins of the Mubarak regime. A sweeping new history of Middle Eastern political activists shows that the search for justice has deep roots in the region but has often been thwarted by the interven ...
  • Krill Super-Trawlers Pushing Penguins Toward E ...
    Everyone loves penguins, but few will know today is World Penguin Day. Fewer still are those who know penguins are threatened with extinction by climate change and giant fishing trawlers from Europe and Asia stalking the oceans around Antarctica. Penguins are a protected species, but the factory ...
  • Homeschoolers Want Legal Vacuum Filled in Spain
    Isabel Rodríguez decided to pull her then nine-year-old son Ulises out of the school system and homeschool him instead – an alternative chosen by more than 2,000 families in Spain, who are calling for a law that would overcome the legal vacuum surrounding the growing phenomenon. “I don’t think s ...
  • Caribbean Tourism Stakes Salvation on Greener ...
    Tourism, widely regarded as the mainstay of Caribbean economies, is being challenged to remain sustainable in an era of climate change and its impact on beaches, rivers and other attractions. Carlos Vogeler, regional director for the Americas United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), sp ...
  • U.S., Others Wrangle over Future Arctic Governance
    With climate change rapidly opening up new opportunities for shipping and resource extraction across the once permanently frozen Arctic, the United States and other northern countries are being compelled to re-examine their policies, both national and collective, towards this region of growing g ...

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Flynt Leverett: U.S. is Engaged in a Dirty Wa ...
    Summary: I hope that my country will not engage in overt military aggression against the Islamic Republic. If, however, the United States is so foolish as to launch another war in the Middle East, to disarm yet another Middle Eastern state of weapons of mass destruction it does not have, I be ...
  • A Dangerous Delusion: Why the West is Wrong Ab ...
    Summary: In 2013 it is possible that Israel, backed by the United States, will launch an attack on Iran. This would be a catastrophic event, risking war, bloodshed and global economic collapse. In this passionate, but rationally argued essay, the authors attempt to avert a potential global ca ...
  • Hagel: Israel Has Right to Decide to Attack Iran
    Summary: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has arrived in Israel on a high profile visit, and right off the bat insisted that the US and Israel both feel “exactly the same” about Iran’s civilian nuclear program, adding that Israel has a “right” to attack Iran whenever it decides it wants to. ...
  • How the West missed a chance to make peace wit ...
    Summary: It is reasonable to conclude that the EU states were not interested in devising “objective guarantees that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes”. So what is going on? Why all the anger, the endless barrage of rhetoric and the ruthless drive to isolate Iran, ...
  • Iran’s Nuclear Odyssy by Vaez and Sadjadpour
    Summary: My critique of "Iran’s Nuclear Odyssy", by Vaez and Sadjadpour published by the Carnegie Endowment: -- this was posted but in a highly edited form on the Gulf200 Listserve so I thought people should have a chance to read the full version. source: Iran Affairsread more

The Daily Galaxy

  • New CERN LHC Experiment --"Clues to the Domina ...
                   The Bullet Cluster shown above, located about 3.8 billion light years from Earth, has been used to search for the presence of antimatter leftover from the very early Universe. Antimatter is made up of elementary particles that have the same masses as their corresponding m ...
  • "ET Calling" --NASA Launches Three 'Smartphone ...
                     Three “PhoneSats” rode to space Sunday aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. The goal of NASA‘s PhoneSat mission is to determine whether a consumer-grade smartphone — such as the Nexu ...
  • Extreme Galaxy! Observed Forming Stars 100 Tim ...
                    The tiny red spot in the image above is one of the most efficient star-making galaxies ever observed, converting gas into stars at the maximum possible rate. The galaxy is shown here in an image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which first spotted ...
  • Water: 140-Trillion Times Earth's Oceans Surro ...
                 In 2011, two teams of astronomers discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean, surrounds a huge, feeding black hole, called quasar APM 08279+5255, ...
  • Origin of Jupiter's Water Solved --The Massive ...
                   ESA's Herschel space observatory has solved a long-standing mystery as to the origin of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, finding conclusive evidence that it was delivered by the dramatic impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in July 1994. During the spectacular week-l ...

Natural News

  • Scary new H7N9 bird flu strain leaps from Chin ...
    The H7N9 bird flu strain is on the rise, having already killed 22 people in China while infecting 108. That's a kill rate of 20% -- among the highest ever witnessed in a bird flu strain. It has also spread outside of China, infecting a Taiwan national who brought the...
  • Boston bombing: citizen video-analysts creatin ...
    (NaturalNews)You're a reporter for a TV news outlet. You've become aware of a disturbing trend. Thousands of private citizens are now analyzing video and photographs of crime scenes and posting their findings. They're hounds, and they can't be stopped. They' ...
  • More biotech industry deceit (opinion)
    (NaturalNews)Let me preface this by saying; thank God there are people in the world that are willing to expose the endless deceit of the biotech industry. Much of this article was taken from a piece written by Thomas A. Anderson, a Wall Street correspondent, in his article entitled...
  • Marijuana - A cure for cancer?
    If you're over 21, marijuana is legal to smoke and have in possession (under 1 ounce) here in the state of Washington. Many users do so for the effects the THC found in marijuana has on the body. THC is the substance in marijuana that gets you "felling high". But recently...
  • Fast food workers across America strike over ' ...
    Workers at some of America's most iconic fast food joints are banding together and collectively demanding higher wages, according to new reports. Employees from McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Domino's and various other fast food restaurants across the New York City...

Threat Level

  • Man Convicted of Hacking Despite No Hacking
    Culminating a two-week trial in which no hacking in the traditional sense occurred, a California man was convicted Wednesday under the same hacking statute internet sensation Aaron Swartz was accused of before he committed suicide in January.
  • How to Prevent the ‘Do Not Track’ Arms Race
    If people don’t want to be tracked across multiple sites, then they should be able to indicate that choice through their browser settings: “Do Not Track.” Sounds simple enough. But it’s not. The devil lies in the details of implementation, ...
  • Caught in the System, Ex-Hacker Is Stalked by ...
    Before the suspects were identified in the Boston Marathon bombings, a U.S. probation officer and his supervisor visited the Manhattan apartment of programmer Stephen Watt with a question: Did Watt happen to know anything about the attack? They told Watt ...
  • Twitter Now Has a Two-Step Solution
    Twitter has a working two-step security solution undergoing internal testing before incrementally rolling it out to users, something it hopes to begin doing shortly, Wired has learned.
  • Here’s a Good Reason to Encrypt Your Data
    There's many reasons to password-protect -- or encrypt -- one's digital data. Foremost among them is to protect it during a security breach. Another top reason to encrypt is to keep the government out of your hard drive.

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Eric Rudolph and the Rights of American Terrorists
    The Attorney General of the United States branded him a "terrorist," and with good reason. His bombings killed two people and wounded over 150 others. "Radicalized" as a child, his acts of terror were motivated by his extremist religious ideology. Armed and dangerous, he eluded a massive fede ...
  • Rick Perry: Use Texas Rainy Day Fund to Pay fo ...
    Two weeks ago, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his state would forego billions of dollars in expanded federal Medicaid funding that could help provide health insurance for 1.5 million of his lower-income residents. Rejecting an estimated $90 billion over the next decade for his 46th ranked ...
  • Scarborough, Burnett Attack Obama over Tax Return
    Just in time for Tax Day, President Obama released his 2012 return to the IRS. And right on cue, conservative commentators blasted the President for paying only 18.4 percent ($112,000) of his $609,000 in income to Uncle Sam. Predictably, while CNN's Erin Burnett slammed Obama's payment to the ...
  • Raising Payroll Tax Cap is the Best Fix for So ...
    The United States may have serious longer-term fiscal problems, but Social Security is not chief among them. After all, the Social Security Trust Fund has a $2.7 trillion surplus and will continue to grow until 2021. Even though the population of Americans over 65 will grow by a third over the ...
  • Bush, Obama Tax Cuts Five Times Larger Than Pr ...
    Despite slashing the national debt by an additional $1.8 trillion over the next decade, President Obama's proposed fiscal year 2014 budget was received with two predictable talking points by Republican leaders. House Majority Eric Cantor, who previously complained about being called a "hostage ...

Blackspot News Feed

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

Consortium News

TruthOut

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

Planetsave

  • Freedom for some.
    More on Guns and Soda From Mother Jones: Too Big Too Chug: How Our Sodas Got So Huge From Yes! Magazine: Could Our Deepest Fears Hold the Key to Ending Violence? From Planetsave: Loaded Breasts and Loaded Guns From ElephantJournal: Guns: The Cartoon Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings ...
  • Lunar Eclipse On Thursday April 25 2013
    A partial lunar eclipse will be occurring on Thursday April 25th, right around 20:00 UT. The lunar eclipse, the first of the year, will be highly visible to observers in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia. The eclipse will not be visible from North America at all. When it’s said that the ...
  • See Three Years Of Solar Dynamics Compressed I ...
    Today, NASA released onto the WWW what is sure to be one of its most popular videos of all time…Three years worth of time-lapsed video of our sun capture by the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO)… How it was made and what to look for… Every 12 seconds, SDO captures an image of our ...
  • Cancer Therapy News: Radioactive Microbes, Alt ...
    Two recent successes in cancer treatment are reported here. Researchers Use Weakened Bacteria to Deliver Radiation Directly to Cancer Cells The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is a rod-shaped bacterium that can by-pass a cell’s defenses and penetrate its interior, potentially causing seve ...
  • Comet ISON, Comet Of The Century Imaged By Hub ...
    Comet ISON, the potential “comet of the century”, was recently photographed by NASA’s famous Hubble Space Telescope. The image, taken on April 10, depicts the bright comet making its way into the solar system. At the time, Comet ISON was about the distance from the Sun that Jup ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

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

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Cheney the Interrogator
  • I Understand The Strategy, But Obama May Be Ma ...
    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 ...
  • Winning a ringside seat to terror atttack
    (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 Frie ...
  • 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 w ...
  • The Crisis of Zionism, Conservatism
    By @TedFrier Before there was Governor Rick Scott's defiance of the US Justice Department's order to stop purging Hispanics and other dark-skinned Democrats from the Florida voter rolls, there was Avigdor Lieberman, foreign minister in Israeli leader Bibi Netanyahu's ruling Likud coalition, who ...

Care 2

  • Halt Toxic Dumping in Our Oceans ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
    The U.S. Navy has been using our oceans as a staging ground for target practice for more than 30 years -- leaching highly toxic and cancer-causing chemicals into the sea. This practice, known as SINKEX, is currently exempt from laws that protect marine Submitted by Cher C. to Environment   ...
  • The Arctic Truth ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
    A series of recent incidents in places like Alaska have made it clear that major oil companies are not taking the necessary steps to prevent serious spills and accidents. Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Praise Activists for Destroying Fur Traps in C ...
    Over the course of the last year, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has destroyed 200 fur traps throughout Ontario. The traps were likely intended for beavers and rabbits, and they included several Conibear traps violent contraptions used to grip an Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |&nbsp ...
  • AWESOME NEWS VICTORY Harvard Announces Closu ...
    Harvard Medical School has issued a statement announcing that the New England Primate Research Center will be closing within 24 months. Harvards New England Primate Research Center has been embroiled in an ongoing controversy following the negligent Submitted by Kelly Rogers to Animals   ...
  • Deny Abusive Elephant Entertainment Groups Lic ...
    Deny license renewal to elephant entertainment group Have Trunk Will Travel Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Benghazi Blood is On Hillary’s Hands, She Won’ ...
    As someone who supported Hillary’s campaign for President in 2008, I am not happy to write this. I admired the woman I met in her Washington, DC Senate office when I had the chance to brief her on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the fall of 2007. But I am shocked and ashamed [...]
  • The Bizarre and the Unanswered Issues Surround ...
    A desperate media scrambles for a new story on the terrorism bombing of the Boston Marathon and is coming up with a hefty dose of garbage and misinformation. Example? Spreading the nonsense that this attack was ginned up solely on line by Tamerlane and Dzokhar, who reportedly read Al Qaeda&#8217 ...
  • The Absurdity of the Tsarnaev WMD Terrorism Charge
    We have entered the tortured, Orewellian world of Animal Farm with the charges filed today against Dzokhar Tsarnaev in Boston: The Justice Department said Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. It sa ...
  • Terrorist Targeting and Anti-Muslim Hysteria–U ...
    The hysteria bandwagon is up and running. Leading the crazy crowd are the likes of Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham. They are all for foregoing Constitutional protections in the name of fighting terrorism. See, in their bizarre world, the threat posed by Hitler’s Germany, Stalin&#82 ...
  • Boston Marathon Was a Revenge Attack
    It is now clear why Tamerlane planned and carried out the attack in Boston–he was angry over the rejection of his application for US Citizenship. While he sought solace and training in the ranks of Chechen muslim extremists, the triggering event came in the aftermath of being charged with ...

Futurismic

  • Consequences
    I do keep saying that futurism isn’t about making predictions, don’t I? Well, that’s because I really believe it. Prediction — in the sense of declaring with great certainty that [x] will come to happen — is a waste of time, because you have no way of accurately det ...
  • The (contested) street, finding new uses for t ...
    From a photo-essay/collection thingybob at The Atlantic: Syrian rebel fighters and their homebrew military hardware. There are lots of shots of chaps lathing mortar shells, as well as crude hand-welded onagers made from shelving and rebar; that’s your continuity verification, a through-lin ...
  • Science fiction and science, part II: smashing ...
    So, last week saw me take the train down to London in order to give a presentation on science fiction narratives as strategic planning tools to the Strategic Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management. (That’s neither a topic or audience I’d have ever expected to add ...
  • Science fiction and science, part I: you’re do ...
    *blows dust off microphone* I’ve been absent from here for a while because I’ve been working on other things, but those things are very much related to Futurismic as a project, both in terms of what it has been, and what it will be. More on that later, though. I want to get things ba ...
  • Hope for a Global Spring?
    Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • Physicians and scientists call for moratorium ...
    WFPL Physicians and scientists call for moratorium on mountaintop removal - CoalGuru CoalGuru.com Mr Steven B Wing Wing commission member is associate professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina said that "The evidence shows that mountaintop ...
  • Federal court backs EPA regulation of mountain ...
    Environment News Service Federal court backs EPA regulation of mountaintop removal Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court unanimously backed the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate a controversial form of coal mining called mountaintop removal, overturnin ...
  • Quakers protest PNC mountaintop removal financ ...
    Quakers protest PNC mountaintop removal financing Businessweek PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Quaker group and other protesters on Tuesday asked PNC Bank to stop funding projects that use mountaintop removal to produce coal and, if it doesn't, asked investors to divest from the sixth-largest bank in Am ...
  • Protestors Again Hit PNC on Mountaintop-Remova ...
    Protestors Again Hit PNC on Mountaintop-Removal Coal-Mining PGH City Paper (blog) In mountaintop-removal coal-mining, the peaks of mountains are blasted away to get at the coal inside, and the rubble is shoved into nearby valleys. The process, especially common in states including West Virginia, ...
  • Scientists Call For Moratorium on Mountaintop ...
    WFPL Scientists Call For Moratorium on Mountaintop Removal Mining WFPL Scientists who have both affirmed and denied connections between mountaintop removal coal mining and serious health problems have intensified their efforts to bring public attention to their work recently. Today, a commission ...

Memeorandum

  • Former suspect happy to be free, but who is be ...
    CNN: Former suspect happy to be free, but who is behind ricin letters?  —  (CNN) — FBI agents on Wednesday searched the former martial arts studio of a Tupelo man in connection with the investigation into ricin-tainted letters sent to President Barack Obama and other offic ...
  • 'ARMED AND DANGEROUS': BECK'S LATEST REVELATIO ...
    Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com: ‘ARMED AND DANGEROUS’: BECK'S LATEST REVELATIONS ON SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE A ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ IN BOSTON BOMBINGS  —  Editor's note — We'll be discussing this story and all the day's news during our live BlazeCast at 1pm E ...
  • Ayotte faces backlash over gun vote (Tom Jense ...
    Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling: Ayotte faces backlash over gun vote  —  Gun show background checks are pretty universally popular in New Hampshire...and Kelly Ayotte is facing some serious backlash from voters in the state for voting against them last week.  —&nbs ...
  • Here Comes Amazon's Kindle TV Set-Top Box (Bra ...
    Brad Stone / Businessweek: Here Comes Amazon's Kindle TV Set-Top Box  —  Amazon (AMZN) is making e-readers and tablets and will likely soon introduce a smartphone.  As it works to build all types of connected devices, that leaves a natural next step: a television set-top bo ...
  • 44 calls 43 'gracious,' 'patriotic' (Donovan S ...
    Donovan Slack / Politico: 44 calls 43 ‘gracious,’ ‘patriotic’  —  President Obama says that while he had some deep disagreements with George W. Bush about policy, the former president was gracious, patriotic and very nice.  —  “Well, ...

Energy & Environment News

5+ quakes - 7 days

  • M 5.3, eastern Sichuan, China
    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 22:10:31 UTC Thursday, April 25, 2013 06:10:31 AM at epicenterDepth: 12.00 km (7.46 mi)
  • M 5.3, Vanuatu
    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 14:08:57 UTC Thursday, April 25, 2013 01:08:57 AM at epicenterDepth: 231.10 km (143.60 mi)
  • M 5.3, Solomon Islands
    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 14:07:01 UTC Thursday, April 25, 2013 01:07:01 AM at epicenterDepth: 72.10 km (44.80 mi)
  • M 5.6, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan
    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 09:25:29 UTC Wednesday, April 24, 2013 01:55:29 PM at epicenterDepth: 62.10 km (38.59 mi)
  • M 5.2, Izu Islands, Japan region
    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 06:21:19 UTC Wednesday, April 24, 2013 03:21:19 PM at epicenterDepth: 223.70 km (139.00 mi)

China Dialogue

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    全球在环境上的期望和中国所面临的现实问题是一对不可避免的矛盾，在环境外交上 ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Chicago's Fast Food and Other Low Wage Workers ...
    The "Fight for 15" (dollars per hour, a.k.a., a living wage) hits the windy city.  Demanding a hefty raise and a fair chance to form a union, workers in Chicago’s growing fast food and retail sectors are to walking off the job this morning. The one-day walkout began at 5: ...
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  • Tamerlan Tsarnaev Was an Alex Jones Fan
    The elder brother and alleged mastermind of the Boston bombings read InfoWars, according to a relative.  In a bizarre twist befitting a Hollywood conspiracy theory movie, the AP reports today that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was influenced by conspiracy th ...
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    Has catastrophe become a kind of emotional catnip for us? You know, the kind of stuff we love to hate?  Is it too soon to ask this question?Or is it about time someone did?I don't know. You tell me.I fear we have become addicted to this stuff; the drama, the pathos, the tragedy. the tears ...

Threat Level

  • Man Convicted of Hacking Despite No Hacking
    Culminating a two-week trial in which no hacking in the traditional sense occurred, a California man was convicted Wednesday under the same hacking statute internet sensation Aaron Swartz was accused of before he committed suicide in January.
  • How to Prevent the ‘Do Not Track’ Arms Race
    If people don’t want to be tracked across multiple sites, then they should be able to indicate that choice through their browser settings: “Do Not Track.” Sounds simple enough. But it’s not. The devil lies in the details of implementation, ...
  • Caught in the System, Ex-Hacker Is Stalked by ...
    Before the suspects were identified in the Boston Marathon bombings, a U.S. probation officer and his supervisor visited the Manhattan apartment of programmer Stephen Watt with a question: Did Watt happen to know anything about the attack? They told Watt ...
  • Twitter Now Has a Two-Step Solution
    Twitter has a working two-step security solution undergoing internal testing before incrementally rolling it out to users, something it hopes to begin doing shortly, Wired has learned.
  • Here’s a Good Reason to Encrypt Your Data
    There's many reasons to password-protect -- or encrypt -- one's digital data. Foremost among them is to protect it during a security breach. Another top reason to encrypt is to keep the government out of your hard drive.

Equality Trust

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

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

Marler Blog

  • Class Action Lawsuit Filed after 450 Alta Rest ...
    Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, and Underberg & Kessler filed a class action lawsuit today against Alta Restaurant.  The lawsuit was filed... Continue Reading
  • Farm Rich E. coli O121 Linked to 27 Illnesses ...
    The CDC[1] is expected to up an E. coli O121 outbreak linked to Farm Rich brand frozen food products.  So far a total of 27 persons infected with the outbreak... Continue Reading
  • Foster Farms still linked to 128 person Salmon ...
    Since June 2012, the CDC reports[1] that a total of 128 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 13 states. The number of ill... Continue Reading
  • Dakota Premium Foods Linked to Jouni Meats and ...
    A great thing about having a blog is getting interesting information.  I got this email a few weeks ago: “Jouni Meats and Gab Halal Foods both purchased meat from one... Continue Reading
  • CSU’s Cantaloupe Safety Symposium Seems to Ski ...
    The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports that Colorado State University will host a Cantaloupe Safety Symposium that will compare findings from recent multistate outbreaks of Listeria and Salmonella. “The Cantaloupe Safety... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500e
    Filed under: Hatchback, First Drives, Electric, FiatCinquecento's Electrifying One-Price Strategy Is A Gas America's electric vehicle segment is getting crowded, but sales remain tiny compared to the overall market. Listening to EV pitchmen, a key phrase heard over and over is "no comprom ...
  • New York: 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid fina ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Crossover, Subaru For a company that does a pretty great job of tying its vehicles to the environment - or, better said, to people who like to actually get out into the environment - Subaru hasn't exactly been a leader in green vehicle production. In f ...
  • New York: 2014 BMW 328d ready to burn oil in j ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Sedan, BMW, Diesel Despite showing off the new 328d sedan in New Jersey yesterday, BMW though it only fair to bring the first four-cylinder diesel it will ever sell in the US to the New York Auto Show today as well. Unfortunately, the company remains vague abo ...
  • Official: 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hatchback, Mercedes-Benz, Electric Despite the fact that Daimler's press release doesn't mention this company by name, we have to assume that the 28-kWh lithium-ion battery in the upcoming 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive comes from Tesla Motors. What ...
  • Geneva: Exagon Motors golden-orange Furtive-eG ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Geneva Motor Show, Electric The previous version of the Exagon Motors Furtive-eGT was a subtle - in color, not design - silver. At the Geneva Motor Show this week, Exagon took the wraps off a beautiful copper version of the carbon fiber and honeycomb body. We're not quite ...

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Invisible Opportunity

  • Visible Origami | The Dung Beetles from Armage ...
    by Visible The alternative news is filled with the outrageous and transparent doings of the criminal and fascist nation which attacked the Boston Marathon, under the direction and control of Israel. Yet one more time they ran a training exercise. during an obvious false flag event, whose intent ...
  • Activist Post: Aluminum in Vaccines Linked to ...
    Kenny Valenzuela Activist Post When examining the cornucopia of toxic chemicals that saturate the environment in which all human life exists, aluminum has become the weapon of choice for the current population reduction program being facilitated by vaccinations and immunizations. Aluminum, liste ...
  • Principia Scientific Intl | New Discovery: NAS ...
    Written by H. Schreuder & J. O’Sullivan A recent NASA report throws the space agency into conflict with its climatologists after new NASA measurements prove that carbon dioxide acts as a coolant in Earth’s atmosphere. NASA’s Langley Research Center has collated data proving ...
  • Nestle CEO seeks to control the world’s ...
    by: Lance Devon (NaturalNews) Gun control may be a hot topic, but what about water control? Recent comments from Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck imply that the world’s water will soon come under the control of corporations like his. Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water is not a human ri ...
  • The America We Thought We Lived In No Longer E ...
    Friends, patriots, I came to a realization today. I heard the photo of a naked and tortured elder Chechen boy, Tamerlan, had been circulating on the Internet. I didn’t want to see it. While on my ‘net travels I inadvertently glimpsed a tiny thumbnail, and I looked away. I didn’t want to see it. ...

Global Insights

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

Twilight Earth

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

Fabius Maximus

  • Peak Oil as seen through the eyes of Arab oil ...
    Summary: One of the world’s great energy experts reports on the view from a energy conference in Qatar. Oil is the fountain of their prosperity, and they well understand how brief the Age of Oil will be. . Reflections by Robert Hirsch on the Conference “Peak Oil: Challenges and Opportuniti ...
  • Thatcher said that we have no alternatives. Pr ...
    Summary:  The people in Europe’s periphery suffer from a lack of alternatives. This locks them into two ugly choices: suffer years of austerity (with no end in sight), or futile (perhaps nihilistic) protests. In fact, the West as a whole has a lack of alternatives. Here we discuss that pro ...
  • The Truth and Beauty of Madrid and Lombardia ( ...
    Summary: The fate of Europe depends on many factors, not least on the support of the people in Europe’s periphery for the European Union. Today we have an excerpt from Truth & Beauty that gives an accurate picture of conditions in this pivotal region, with a comparison to Russia’ ...
  • The March jobs report shows continued slow gro ...
    Summary:  The news media focuses on the month-to-month changes in the jobs report, which consist mostly of noise. Strong months confirm the optimists; weak months confirm the pessimists. The trend of growth remains the real story, with the US economy near stall speed — supported only (like ...
  • Should we expect another war in Korea?
    Summary:  Our military and national security gurus love crises for like that now in Korea. As does the news media, which overflows with fear-mongering laced with war-mongering. Both feed modern America’s defining characteristic: bellicose insecurity. Here we review some general lessons fro ...

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: A Changing Nebula
    The Universe is rarely static, although the timescales involved can be very long. Since modern astronomical observations began we have been observing the birthplaces of new stars and planets, searching for and studying the subtle changes that help us to ...
  • Consciousness After Death: Strange Tales From ...
    Sam Parnia practices resuscitation medine. In other words, he helps bring people back from the dead -- and some return with stories. Their tales could help save lives, and even change scientific ideas about the nature of consciousness.
  • Photographer Captures Dramatic Battle Between ...
    If killer whales lived on land, we’d be in trouble. Highly intelligent and social, the black-and-white marine mammals hunt in packs, launching coordinated attacks on other whales and sharks, and even wave-wash seals off Antarctic ice floats. On April 18, ...
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Jupiter’s Impact ...
    This mosaic of WFPC-2 images shows the evolution of the G impact site on Jupiter (the 21 comet fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 were each assigned a corresponding letter to identify the impact site; G represents the 7th fragment to strike ...
  • Radioactive Microbes Nuke Tumor Cells
    A group of researchers has hit upon a novel way to halt cancer's spread: delivering radiation directly to the cancer cells using genetically modified bacteria.

PakAlert

  • Obama: Don’t form opinions on Boston attacks u ...
    Americans should not decide their opinions about the Boston terror attacks until the government decides its own opinion, President Barack Obama told the nation late Friday night. “There’s a temptation to latch on to any bit of information, sometimes to jump to conclusions,” Obama warned durin ...
  • Executive Action: Obama To Ban Importation of ...
    Over the course of the last month, while Americans were distracted with the threat of nuclear war on the Korean peninsula and the devastation wrought by the Boston bombings, President Obama was quietly working behind the scenes to craft laws and regulations that will further erode the Second Ame ...
  • Boston Terror – Another Red Pill / Blue Pill M ...
    Americans love to be entertained, and we love watch other people’s lives unfold in chaos, scandal and violence. We love narratives about conquering evil with overwhelming firepower. We love scripts and adventures, and swashbuckling gun battles, underdogs, dead bad guys and heroic gunfighters. We ...
  • This McDonald’s burger looks the same as the d ...
    IF you need another reason to kick the junk food habit this should do it. David Whipple is the proud owner of a 14-year-old McDonald's hamburger. And it looks exactly the same as the day he bought it.
  • Web censorship: the net is closing in
    Across the globe governments are monitoring and censoring access to the web. And if we're not careful millions more people could find the internet fractured, fragmented and controlled by the state

Andy Worthington

  • “It is Indisputable that the United Stat ...
    “It is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practise of torture.” These powerful words are from “The Report of the Constitution Project’s Task Force on Detainee Treatment,” a 600-page report involving a detailed analysis of the treatment of prisoners f ...
  • Photos: A Bright Morning on Chesil Beach in Dorset
    A Bright Morning on Chesil Beach in Dorset, a set on Flickr. From April 9 to 12, 2013, I escaped London for a brief but thoroughly refreshing family holiday in Dorset, on England’s south coast, far enough away from London to escape the greed and pretension that is sadly so dominant in the ...
  • Guantánamo Authorities Respond to Hunger Strik ...
    I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activiti ...
  • Calling for Shaker Aamer’s Release from ...
    The case of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo, is one that has taken up much of my time since the other British residents were released in 2007 and 2009, and I feel I have got to know him through his accounts from the prison — some made available to me last year [...]
  • Save the NHS: Urge the Lords to Fight Privatis ...
    Wednesday April 24 may be the day that the NHS dies — or that it lives on. On April 1, largely unnoticed by the people of England, the most popular institution in the land, the NHS (the National Health Service), was privatised by the Tory-led government, in regulations relating to Article ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Pale Blue Dot
    The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft (launched 1977) when it reached 6 billion kilometres (3.7 billion miles) from Earth in 1990. In the photograph, Earth is shown as a tiny dot (0.12 pixel in size) against the vastness of space. Th ...
  • Getting the garlic blues
    Pickler Andrew Dalby responded to one of my recent tweets about not cooking asparagus in lemon juice because it discolours it. He had found that his garlic cloves turned blue when he pickled them in spiced malt vinegar. The discolouration doesn’t mean that the pickles are inedible. Now pla ...
  • What if Greg House MD were on twitter?
    What if Dr Gregory House were on twitter? Hungardian doctor Berci Meskó MD PhD ‏knows his medical communities and uses the internet like a pro in his practice: “We must include digital literacy in the medical curriculum,” he tells TEDxNijmegen ;-) What if Greg House MD were on twitte ...
  • Get Deceived Wisdom audio book free
    You can grab a copy of my book Deceived Wisdom, as narrated by actor Kris Dyer (Radio 2, Nice Mum, Edinburgh Fringe etc), for free with the Audible introductory offer. Sign up for a free trial here, download my book and listen on your iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone or any of more than 500 ...
  • Science mob to attack austerity
    Austerity measures – cutbacks in other words – are taking their toll on science. A special issue of The Euroscientist brings together an analysis of the impact of austerity on scientists and their research and the growing brain drain. The magazine is also encouraging other scientists ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Privatized Water System is 'Sowing Death' in C ...
    Major water shortages in Chile are a direct result of the free reign given to mining and logging companies by the Chilean government over the country's dwindling water supplies, protesters urged in Santiago this week. read more
  • Senator's Proposal a Nudge, Not an Assault, on ...
    A new bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) on Wednesday is designed to curtail—though by no means end—the possibility of future taxpayer bailouts of Wall Street financial firms like the ones that followed the financial collapse in 2008. ...
  • 'More Industrial Mass Murder' as Scores Dead i ...
    (AFP)A large building that houses several garment factories in Bangladesh collapsed on Wednesday, leaving at least 87 people dead, and more than a thousand injured, with the final death toll yet to be told. read more
  • Report: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive as Sur ...
    The great wealth divide in the United States has only become more exacerbated since the recession, as national policies have buoyed only the wealthiest Americans while the remainder have been left adrift. read more
  • Low Wage Workers Strike in Chicago for 'Dignit ...
    Twitpic: @Molly_O / Molly O'Gorman Developing... Low wage fast food and retail workers have joined forces in Chicago on Wednesday in an unprecedented strike calling for $15 an hour and the freedom to form unions without retaliation. read more

Lifehacker

  • Shorter Naps, Imgur Galleries, and the Evernot ...
    Readers offer their best tips for waking up quickly, downloading galleries from Imgur, and saving new things to Evernote.Read more...    
  • Unpakt Compares Moving Companies to Help You F ...
    If you've moved before, you've experienced the difficulty of finding a good and reputable moving company that offers a decent price. Unpakt can alleviate your frustration by comparing various companies and pricing out their services specifically for your move.Read more...    
  • Do people actually read Out of The Office mess ...
    Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more ...
  • Turn an iPad Retina Display Into a High Resolu ...
    The iPad's retina display offers one of the most pixel-dense screens you can buy, but unfortunately it's attached to your iPad and can't double as a high-resolution display for your PC. That is, unless you buy the part and convert it like Andrzej, an engineering student in Warsaw.Read more...&nb ...
  • Four Realistic Ways to Cut Your Commuting Costs
    Last week as I pulled into the gas station, I felt a series of heart palpitations as I read the prices of gas: $4.09, $4.19, $4.29. While I realize this is lower than some people are currently paying in other parts of the country, I couldn’t help but think of the millions of people who are work ...

Water Wars

  • Michael T. Klare: Entering a Resource-Shock Wo ...
    By Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author of The Race for What's Left . Originally published in TomDispatch. Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the U.S. intelligence community, the ...
  • Water Wars: Court ruling may affect hundreds o ...
    After seven years of litigation, a state water court judge has issued a ruling finding that the Pondera County Canal and Reservoir Co. has been trading, selling and exchanging water rights inappropriately for 40 years.
  • HART: Water Wars: Don’t mess with Tennessee
    Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 17:29 PM. “It is feared that if today they come for our river, tomorrow they might come for our Jack Daniel’s or George Dickel.”
  • Saturday letters to the editor
    As a senior citizen who has lived through many an Orange Crush on the south end of Tybee Island, I feel I am qualified to comment on Dick Smith's Letter to the Editor on April 17, "Protecting our town.
  • Editorial: Accelerating Corpus Christi water r ...
    Anyone who thinks the city is jumping the gun by imposing stage 3 water restrictions a month early needs to Google “water wars.” It’ll reveal a history of serious skirmishes — between ranchers and the city of Los Angeles in the early 20th century, between Georgia and Tennessee now

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

The Wonk Room

  • Federal Appeals Court To Georgia: Go Ahead And ...
    The Constitution forbids executing intellectually disabled people. As the Supreme Court explained in Atkins v. Virginia, using an unfortunate and antiquated term, “death is not a suitable punishment for a mentally retarded criminal.” Moreover, Georgia death row inmate Warren Lee Hill ...
  • Freshman Republicans Push For The Chance To Ca ...
    As some Republicans in Congress have recently considered a bill to expand an Obamacare program — an initiative that ended up being scrapped on Wednesday afternoon because the party could not secure enough votes from conservative members — some of the newest members of the GOP caucus ...
  • New Mexico GOP Official Calls 19-Year-Old ‘A R ...
    Steve Kush, executive director of the Bernalillo County Republican Party in New Mexico, took to Twitter on Tuesday to verbally abuse a 19-year-old Working America volunteer who testified in favor of raising the minimum wage. Bernalillo County, the largest county in New Mexico, was considering a ...
  • Judge Guarantees Legal Representation For Immi ...
    In a court ruling filed on Tuesday, a federal judge granted immigrants with mental disabilities the right to a court-appointed lawyer. Whereas there is a lawyer to always represent the government, about 84 percent of detained immigrants have to represent themselves. With the issuance of the ruli ...
  • Breaking: North Carolina ALEC-Modeled Bill To ...
    North Carolina’s renewable energy industry is safe from legislative threats, for now. Republicans and Democrats in the sponsor’s own committee voted down his bill that would have repealed the state’s clean energy standard. This bill mimicked “model legislation” from ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • thwap's mail-sack and (maybe) etc.,
    Back when blogs used to be a more hep, groovy and "with it" kinda scene, the used to attack more idiots. So I really filtered the old comments section. As a result, I've gotten a couple of emails from people not registered with google. Here they are - - - "Kip" writes: Good evening Thwap,I rea ...
  • Oh Yeah; Cooperation, Followed by Proportional ...
    The not-anti-democratic, constitutional parties should cooperate to defeat harper, hold him accountable, and implement proportional representation. After that, they can get back to hating each other all they want. [I think I'll stick to posting silent-screen starlets for my ironicalist "eye-ca ...
  • First-past-the-post + divided opposition = har ...
    This sanctimonious, falsehood-filled, ethically bankrupt article is good for something. harper will probably win the next election if things continue as they are going. And, no. I don't want to go to a street corner somewhere and pointlessly protest something for an hour or so. I wish we spent ...
  • Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Obama Liberals
    President Obama expanded the war in Afghanistan (like he said he would), attempted to prolong the occupation of Iraq past the exit date negotiated by bush II, supported the TARP bail-outs, presides over the torture of Bradley Manning, failed at his promise to transfer the prisoners at Guantanamo ...
  • Remember Afghanistan? It Was In All the Newspa ...
    I wouldn't begrudge Canada's paying over one-billion dollars a year to free a country of 30 million people from tyranny. Seriously. But I do kinda resent Canada's having spent almost $20 billion since 2001 in Afghanistan to impose one brutal tyranny on that country, rather than another one. S ...

Science Express

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

End Homelessness | Change.org

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

Ceasefire.ca

  • Canada and missile defence
    Canadian missile defence supporters are back in the news, arguing once again that Canada should join the U.S. missile defence system to protect against the North Korean Nuclear Threat.
  • Get rid of the nukes!
    A delegation from the Abolition 2000 network visited the Clyde Naval Base in Faslane, Scotland on April 19th and released the Faslane Declaration, which calls on the UK to remove the nuclear weapons based in Scotland, abandon nuclear deterrence, and join negotiations for global nuclear abolition.
  • How would you spend the money?
    Today is the Global Day of Action On Military Spending. How would you spend the money wasted wasted on weapons and war?
  • Arctic ships a titanic blunder
    A new report examining the government’s plans to build Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
  • Responses from political parties
    On March 3rd Ceasefire.ca supporters and allies responded en masse to Be Heard – No Attack Drones! Nearly 6,000 letters have been sent so far! Ceasefire.ca has received responses from the Green Party and the NDP.

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 10-27-12
    Today, Kevin exposes the drug and dietary supplement industries and gives you the four factors that are causing illness and disease in your life. Plus, get Kevin’s top recommendations to improve your health and happiness! Self Help: Success Secrets Neutralize Electromagnetic Chaos Positively Enh ...
  • The Flu Season Is Upon Us
    Here are a few of my personal recommendations for avoiding the flu this holiday season. These recommendations are also the best way to slow, or potentially reverse, the aging process, making you look and feel younger than you have in years. In general terms the way to eradicate any and all illne ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 12-1-12
    Today, Kevin gives you an inside look into what is really wrong with America and what you can do to fix it! Self Help: Turn Your Health Around Show KT You Stand With Him Health: The FDA Is Not Protecting You! Sunscreen May Actually Accelerate Cancer Birth Defects Caused By World’s Top-Selling We ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 12-22-12
    Today, Kevin exposes the truth behind Subway’s false and misleading advertising, body scanner radiation vs. airplane radiation, and even Your Wish Is Your Command! Self Help: Protect You & Your Family Grass Fed Beef & Dairy Change The Way You Think Health: Your PC, TV or Cell Phone May B ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 11-3-12
    Today, Kevin gives you more proof that the FDA is only protecting the profits of big corporations and that the government is hiding documentation revealing the link between sunscreens and skin cancer! Self Help: Turn Your Health Around Show KT You Stand With Him Health: The FDA Is Not Protecting ...

Armies of Liberation

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

Dark Politricks

  • Sen. Sessions struggles to explain Biblical ba ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comSen. Sessions struggles to explain Biblical basis of his anti-immigration views Raw StoryBy Eric W. Dolan   Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama on Monday attempted to explain why his views on immigration were n ...
  • Was Boston Bomber Radicalized at U.S.-Sponsore ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comWas Boston Bomber Radicalized at U.S.-Sponsored Workshop? By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Who Radicalized the Boston Bomber? Just as the U.S. supported Bin Laden and the precursor of Al Qaeda in order to fight the ...
  • Tina Turner claims Swiss citizenship
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRawStory.comBy Agence France-Presse Tina Turner, the US-born singer famed for hits such as “Private Dancer” and “What’s Love Got to Do With It”, has become a Swiss citizen, the Swiss newspap ...
  • Alex Jones speaks to Howard Stern about his li ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comHoward Stern- Alex Jones Interview 02/26/13 By Dark Politricks youtube.com Alex Jones calls in to the Howard Stern show to talk to him about all of the following: The real story between juice boxes making your kids gay a ...
  • Secret Service tried to block press from bombi ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comBidondi has told Infowars on record he was threatened before and after the press conference Adan Salazar Prison Planet.com April 24, 2013 Before the FBI’s rescheduled Thursday press conference, where they for the f ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Noam Chomsky: We Have Huge Institutions Devote ...
    Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky LeMatt87n – Apr 23, 2013 Recorded at MIT on March 26, 2013 We visited Noam mostly because we’re fans and decided to ask a few questions in a non-structured format. Apologies for the difference in volume between speakers. see The Propaganda System Tha ...
  • Dandelion Salad’s Blog Posts Are Not Spa ...
    by Lo Editor, Dandelion Salad April 23, 2013 Apparently someone posted a link to a blog post from Dandelion Salad onto their Facebook Wall and one (or more) of their friends marked it as “Spam”. When that happens anyone who now posts a link to a blog post from Dandelion Salad or shar ...
  • F1 Race Rage: Bahrain Police Use Teargas In Cl ...
    Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Apr 23, 2013 Sam Husseini interviews Said Yousif al-Muhafda, who was jailed for his twitter activism, about arrests, mass teargassing and use of shotguns to suppress peaceful protest. *** F1 Race Rage: Bahrain police use teargas in clashes with protesters RussiaTod ...
  • Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe: “Huma ...
    by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com April 23, 2013 In the 2005 documentary, We Feed the World, then-CEO of Nestlé, the world’s largest foodstuff corporation, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, shared some of his own views and ‘wisdom’ about the world and humanity ...
  • US Steps Up Regime Change Bid On Iran by Finia ...
    by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV April 22, 2013 American secretary of offence Chuck Hagel kicked off his Middle East tour this week with outrageous warmongering threats towards Iran, while at the same time giving a license for more state terrorism ...

Your New Reality

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

Wired - Science

  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: A Changing Nebula
    The Universe is rarely static, although the timescales involved can be very long. Since modern astronomical observations began we have been observing the birthplaces of new stars and planets, searching for and studying the subtle changes that help us to ...
  • Consciousness After Death: Strange Tales From ...
    Sam Parnia practices resuscitation medine. In other words, he helps bring people back from the dead -- and some return with stories. Their tales could help save lives, and even change scientific ideas about the nature of consciousness.
  • Photographer Captures Dramatic Battle Between ...
    If killer whales lived on land, we’d be in trouble. Highly intelligent and social, the black-and-white marine mammals hunt in packs, launching coordinated attacks on other whales and sharks, and even wave-wash seals off Antarctic ice floats. On April 18, ...
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Jupiter’s Impact ...
    This mosaic of WFPC-2 images shows the evolution of the G impact site on Jupiter (the 21 comet fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 were each assigned a corresponding letter to identify the impact site; G represents the 7th fragment to strike ...
  • Radioactive Microbes Nuke Tumor Cells
    A group of researchers has hit upon a novel way to halt cancer's spread: delivering radiation directly to the cancer cells using genetically modified bacteria.

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Chris Hedges: The persecution of Lynne Stewart
    Lynne Stewart, in the vindictive and hysterical world of the war on terror, is one of its martyrs. A 73-year-old lawyer who spent her life defending the poor, the marginalized and the despised,... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
  • Palestine Studies TV: In-depth conversation on ...
    Palestine Studies TV host Omar Baddar sits down with Dr. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University, and editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, to discuss... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
  • The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo ...
    The “Land of Israel” is barely mentioned in the Old Testament: the more common expression is the Land of Canaan. When it is mentioned, it does not include Jerusalem, Hebron, or Bethlehem. Biblical... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • Amira Hass discusses her article defending Pal ...
    Journalist Amira Hass drew heavy criticism from Israeli media about her op-ed in last week defending the right of Palestinians to throw stones, and was accused of incitement to violence by the Yesha... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • APJP: Petition to Eduardo Souto de Moura to re ...
    [W]e were saddened to hear that you have been awarded the 2013 Israeli Wolf Prize for Architecture, not because you are not deserving of such awards, but that it is being offered to you by the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...

Ria Novosti - Military

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

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Natural Health News

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

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

  • Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey Clashes have escalated on the Syria-Lebanon border, causing worries that Lebanon will be pulled further into the Syrian conflict.   The French Parliament passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and extended the right to adopt children to same-sex couples ...
  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium: Closing Avenues for Relief
    by Beth Stephens by Beth Stephens [Beth Stephens is a Professor at Rutgers Law] As a late-arrival to this Insta-Symposium, I find that many of my thoughts about the Kiobel opinion have already been expressed. Corporate defendants won an important victory in Kiobel, at least for foreign corpora ...
  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium:The Pyrrhic Victory of ...
    by William S. Dodge by William S. Dodge [William S. Dodge is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. From August 2011 to July 2012, he served as Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of ...
  • The ICJ’s One Clear Advantage over the U.S. Su ...
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Longtime readers know that I have often criticized (unfairly in many readers’ eyes) the snail’s pace of dispute resolution before the International Court of Justice.  I respect the ICJ as an institution, but I have never thought it has lived up to its pote ...
  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium: Piracy – Not Just Kiob ...
    by Roger Phillips [Roger L. Phillips is an international criminal law practitioner. He also maintains Communis Hostis Ominum, a blog about maritime piracy. This post is cross-posted there.] The majority opinion in Kiobel precludes Alien Tort Statute claims for foreign conduct against foreign v ...

Public News Service

  • Hiking Season Tips: Maps, Hats and Matches
    Hiking Season Tips: Maps, Hats and Matches PHOENIX - Hiking season is in full swing in Arizona's high country, and a professional hiking guide advises planning now to prevent problems. Put together a permanent "hiking kit" with 10 essentials that can be used for day hikes or multi-day adventure ...
  • Recent Study: Time Outdoors Can Make You a Bet ...
    Recent Study: Time Outdoors Can Make You a Better Thinker PHOENIX - Some time spent in the great outdoors can improve a person's creativity and problem-solving ability, according to the findings of a recent study. Professor David Strayer with the University of Utah said those tested after four d ...
  • Earth Day 2013: More than 3 Million Americans ...
    Earth Day 2013: More than 3 Million Americans Work 'Green' Jobs PHOENIX - Over the years, since that first Earth Day in 1970, some people have tried to paint environmentalists as "radicals" who didn't really understand the economy. But according to Howard Learner, president of the Environmental ...
  • AZ Border Groups Say “Gang of Eight&#822 ...
    AZ Border Groups Say “Gang of Eight” Bill Promising PHOENIX – Immigrant rights advocates in Arizona say there's a lot to like about the so-called Gang of Eight immigration reform proposal, but also several areas for concern. Tucson immigration attorney Mo Goldman calls the me ...
  • Helping AZ Children Feel Safe After Boston Tragedy
    Helping AZ Children Feel Safe After Boston Tragedy PHOENIX - In the wake of the Boston tragedy, parents are being reminded how such events can emotionally traumatize young children. The images and stories splashed everywhere can have a negative impact on a child's well-being, said psychologist ...

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