Monday, April 08, 2013

8 April - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

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Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Oh, the Humanity
    “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, “look at that, you son of a bitch.” – Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut Five years ago, the eminent astrophysicist [...]
  • Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
    Annie Lennox – “Walking on Broken Glass” This week’s Soothing the Beast BFP/Jamiol music pick is singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist Annie Lennox performing Walking on Broken Glass at the Prince’s Trust Concert at the Tower Of London on May 20, 2006. Lennox has b ...
  • The Reality Principle -Episode 23
    “Imperialism & Islamophobia” with Dr. Chandra Muzaffar This week, Eric sits down with Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, scholar, academic, and President of the International Movement for a Just World. Eric and Dr. Muzaffar discuss the current political landscape in Malaysia as the country moves toward ...
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Corporate Pow ...
    TPP – Wall Street’s Wet Dream & Washington’s Answer to its Own Dwindling Economic Performance One of the least discussed and least reported issues is the Obama administration’s effort to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement to the forefront, an oppressive plurilateral US-led free tr ...
  • The EyeOpener- Whistleblowers: The Silenced Heroes
    When faced with the overwhelming evidence of the widespread, systemic conspiracies that take place at the very highest levels of government, the general public has been pre-programmed to respond with the all-too-familiar retort: “But someone would have talked.” This reasoning is suff ...

Afro Spear

Tikun Olam

  • Top-Secret IDF Training Drives Female Recruit ...
    An 18 year-old IDF recruit with outstanding educational credentials was assigned (Hebrew) to a top-secret air force training program.  During the course, instructors warned the students that they must guard the secret materials they were studying, not lose them, not divulge their contents to any ...
  • Palestinian Singer, Reem Kelani Performs in Se ...
    Palestinian musician, Reem Kelani, will be in Seattle this week doing a series of concerts, talks and workshops that will culminate in an appearance at Town Hall on April 12th.  Her schedule: Saturday,  April 6th: children’s workshops at the Town Hall (at 11am and 1pm):  . Monday, April 8th: a m ...
  • IDF Lies About Deaths of Palestinian Youths
    In the aftermath of the death of Palestinian prisoner, Maissara Abu Hamdiyeh, from cancer, unrest spread throughout the West Bank, leading to youth protests against Occupation forces.  In one of those protests outside Tulkarem, several teenage boys were throwing rocks at an IDF “pillbox.&# ...
  • Anat Kamm Sues Uri Blau and Haaretz
    In a most embarrassing climax to the Anat Kamm-Uri Blau saga, Kamm announced she would sue Uri Blau and Haaretz for $600,000 for revealing her as the source for the reporter’s articles about IDF assassinations. While I sympathize with her plight, and believe Haaretz’s then-editors be ...
  • Hamas Hardliner, Al-Zahar, Voted Off Leadershi ...
    Shlomi Eldar reports at AI Monitor that Mahmoud al-Zahar, Hamas’ former foreign minister and a member of the group’s top leadership, has been removed from that body in recent voting.  This was the same election process that reaffirmed Khaled Meshal as Hamas’ top leader.  Accord ...

If Americans Knew

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

David J. Gregory

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

Unsuitable Blog

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

Subalternate Reality

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

Idea Lab | Technology

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

Cutting Edge News

  • The Edge of Healthcare - Finding Genes for Chi ...
    Researchers have identified four genes newly associated with severe childhood obesity. They also found an increased burden of rare structural variations in severely obese children.The team found that structural variations can delete sections of DNA that help to maintain protein receptors known t ...
  • The Prehistoric Edge - Power Behind Primordial ...
    Researchers at the University of Leeds may have solved a key puzzle about how objects from space could have kindled life on Earth.While it is generally accepted that some important ingredients for life came from meteorites bombarding the early Earth, scientists have not been able to explain how ...
  • Book Review - America's Open-Door Policy for N ...
    When new employee John Loftus first arrived at the Office of Special Investigations, a component of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice formed to track down some of the thousands of war criminals who had entered the country after World War II, his supervisor greeted him -- so ...
  • The Darkest Edge - Gun Control May Have to Wait
    No matter what gun control bill passes the Senate, and it is highly unlikely one will, the National Rifle Association has already won this round. An assault weapons ban is off the table. There is no hope for restricting high-capacity magazines. Now even the once bipartisan idea of expanding back ...
  • The Economy on Edge - It's the Jobs, Stupid
    On Thursday, the weekly jobless claims number ballooned to an unacceptable 385,000. On Friday the monthly jobs report showed a collapse in job creation to an anemic and unacceptable 88,000. The actual unemployment rate went down to 7.6 percent because the labor participation rate collapsed to th ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Toward Liberation: For Animals And Language B ...
    Surrender the privilege of speciesism, embrace empathy for all sentient beings, and allow compassion to guide your choices
  • Climate Crisis Threatens Urban Food Security
    Policies that focus on rural food production alone will not tackle the rising food insecurity in urban areas, says a report published by the International Institute for Environment and Development
  • Most Vulnerable People Need Protection From Ge ...
    Controversial geoengineering projects that may be used to cool the planet must be approved by world governments to reduce the danger of catastrophic accidents, British scientists said. Met Office researchers have called for global oversight of the radical schemes after studies showed they could ...
  • The Great Afghan Corruption Scam By Dilip Hiro
    How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated into Operation Enduring Corruption
  • Manipulating The World To Destruction By Dan L ...
    The "exodus" did not free the Jews - just the opposite - it has been used to keep Jews in perpetual bondage to a false sense of history and given them a conscience that sees themselves as eternal victims, and distracts them from realizing that they may also play a role in the injustices done to ...

Contagious Love Experiment

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

Yid With Lid

  • The Real Truth About Pamela Geller
    Pamela At a Rainy Pro Israel Rally in 2008 Its incredible how one Jewish woman speaking to one Long Island synagogue’s men’s club can generate the wrath of so many progressive-first “Jewish” organizations. As soon as the word spread that Pamela Geller, blogger and fighter of radical ...
  • Will Egypt's Economic Crisis Cause Military Ac ...
    Therefore, my Harry, Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out, May waste the memory of the former days.” –William Shakespeare, “King Henry IV, Part Two.” By Barry Rubin There’s no doubt about the growing crisis in Egypt, a co ...
  • FDR's Antisemitism Doomed Thousands of Jews To ...
    Typically when one asks a member  of the "Greatest Generation" about FDR they immediately develop a sense of awe that reminds me of those little green aliens (undocumented space men?) in Toy Story every time they see Buzz Lightyear. I've never understood the reverence for Franklin ...
  • Unemployment Report Suggests Economy is Sloooo ...
    Despite what you will hear from the mainstream media the monthly unemployment report issued today by the Department of Labor shows signs of economic slowdown. The average unemployment rate fell from 7.7% in February to 7.6% in March that's the good news, but behind that number is t ...
  • Why Western Leaders Are Ignorant About Iran
    By Barry Rubin An op-ed piece by former UK foreign affairs secretary Jack Straw reveals on how high-level Western statesmen think about international affairs and the Middle East. Before beginning I want to make clear that my problem with Straw’s analysis is not his opposi ...

The Real Agenda

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Not My Tribe

  • Barbaric USA- our society is in love with Pent ...
    Afghan Children Reported Among Dead in U.S. Strike… Do any of your neighbors really even care? Sure, they like to pretend that they ‘support life’ and such, and that they are Christians… but do they really oppose the use of their government’s terrorism abroad? Very ...
  • Media conference misses inconvenient lesson: c ...
    DENVER, COLO.- It’s day three of the 2013 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDIA REFORM and I haven’t heard one mention of perhaps the media story most pertinent to this gathering: the tar sands oil spill in Mayflower Arkansas that is and isn’t in the headlines. Because the media is bein ...
  • How many Black and Hispanic men have been robb ...
    Manhattan DA keeps high-profile murder conviction intact after review …Too many.
  • Spread the morning after pill around the plane ...
    A court ruling has now overturned the US Obama Adminstrations’s, the Pope’s, and all the other Right Wing Christian groups’ legal restrictions blocking the increased use of the morning after pill inside the US. It will now be sold over the counter in the US and made more easily ...
  • Bill Clinton’s Haitian ‘aid’ ...
    How many times did Bill Clinton pose himself as wanting to save the US made impoverished Haiti? I lost count. Well now a study shows it was all a big fraud, with most of the so called US aid to Haiti going to US companies, and only 1% of it to Haitians themselves! Yes, that’s [...]

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Petition: The US President and US Congress: En ...
     www.tourdepeace.org WAY PAST TIME TO ACT:To End Wars To End immunity for US War Crimes To End Suppression of our Civil Rights To End the use of Fossil Fuels To End Persecution of Whistle blowers  To End Partisan Apathy and Inaction Please sign the Petition  Related: 9/ ...
  • MP3 Download - 4/30/2009 - Chemical Engineer M ...
    Chemical Engineer Mark Basile discusses with Empire Watch's George Corrette and Pat Riot his scientific analysis of 9/11's WTC dust as of 4/30/2009. Basile is currently looking to oversee a definitive study where those doing the experiments will be workers from an independent lab that have no id ...
  • Debunking the REAL 9/11 Myths: Why Popular Mec ...
    I am happy to announce that my latest article is finally available online! My newest work, titled Debunking the REAL 9/11 Myths: Why Popular Mechanics Can't Face Up to Reality, is a point-by-point refutation of Popular Mechanics' weak arguments regarding the controlled demolition of the three WT ...
  • New Evidence from AE911Truth Chemical Engineer ...
    "Mark Basile has tested paint chips from the World Trade Center dust from 9/11 and found that neither the blue nor red paint chips exhibit any explosive properties." A red/gray chip being ignited by Basile. Taken from Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup. As suspected, the paint chips do n ...
  • 'Splitting The Sky' Found Dead - He Was an Act ...
    From Facebook.com Sander Hicks shared a link. YesterdayRIP Friend and Comrade, Splitting The Sky. I knew him, and supported him. He died alone, but we are still with him. http://splittingthesky.blogspot.com/The 'Splitting the Sky' Blogsplittingthesky.blogspot.com

Fooducate

Traffikd

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

Survival International

  • Maori journalists make unprecedented trip to w ...
    The Guarani are fighting to return to their ancestral land.© F. Watson/SurvivalA team of indigenous Maori journalists from New Zealand has visited the Guarani Indians of Brazil, to investigate their plight. Their 2-part report, entitled ‘Silent Genocide’, was broadcast last week on Maori Televi ...
  • Nasa Indian killed as Colombian violence continues
    Nasa Indians have been attacked from all sides of Colombia's civil war © Francisco PedroA 57-year-old Nasa Indian man has been shot dead in an alleged army attack in Colombia. Álvaro Chocué was shot in the head on Saturday, 30th March in the Caldono Indian Reserve in Colombia’s south-east ...
  • Salgado's 'Genesis' showcases photos of threat ...
    Zo'é children playing in a waterfall.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalAs London’s Natural History Museum prepares for the opening of renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado’s new exhibition ‘Genesis’ on April 11, Survival International has highlighted the plight of some of the ...
  • Tanzania: Land grab could spell ‘the end of th ...
    The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more.© SurvivalThe Tanzanian government this week announced a new ‘conservation’ area on Maasai lands, which community leader Samwel Nangiria says will spell ‘the end of the Maasai and the Serengeti ecosystem’ ...
  • Guarani trapped on ‘island’ celebrate land bre ...
    Guarani celebrate land breakthrough© SurvivalA Guarani community in Brazil is celebrating after the government recognized their land as indigenous, for their exclusive use. The 170 members of Pyelito Kuê/ M’barakay community, living on an ‘island’ between a river and a soya plantation, can now ...

Greg Palast

  • Bradley Manning & The Deepwater Horizon
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine Three years ago this month, on the 20th of April, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizondrilling rig blew itself to kingdom come. Soon thereafter, a message came in to our office's chief of investigations, Ms Badpenny, from a person I dare not name, who was floating some ...
  • How Bush won the war in Iraq - really!
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine If you thought it was "Blood for Oil"--you're wrong.  It was far, far worse. Because it was marked "confidential" on each page, the oil industry stooge couldn't believe the US State Department had given me a complete copy of their secret plans for the oil fields ...
  • Hugo Chavez vs "The Network"
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine London, February 2002. A tiny, dark and intense woman waited at the end of a lecture until I was alone, brought her face strangely close to mine and whispered, “President Chavez needs you. Right now. To Caracas. Right now. You must come to see him.” President Who ...
  • Fukushima: They Knew
    "Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake" Two years later, the Fukushima story you didn't hear on CNN An excerpt from Vultures' Picnic by Greg Palast I've seen a lot of sick stuff in my career, but this was sick on a new level. Here was the handwritten log kept by a senior engineer at the n ...
  • Vaya con Dios, Hugo Chàvez, mi Amigo
    By Greg Palast For BBC Television, Palast met several times with Hugo Chàvez, who passed away today. As a purgative for the crappola fed to Americans about Chavez, my foundation, The Palast Investigative Fund, is offering the film, The Assassination of Hugo Chavez, as a FREE download. Based on m ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

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

Age of Autism

  • Autism By The Numbers
    By Anne Dachel On April 4, 2013, I found a news report from WZZM 13, a TV station in Grand Rapids, MI. The title of the story was "Autism by the Numbers." And the numbers are stunning in Michigan. I...
  • The Vaccine Myth: An Issue of Trust Featuring ...
    This interview aired on The Vaccine Myth on March 31st, 2013 with host Shawn Seigel. The guest is Mark Blaxill, editor-at-large of the Age of Autism. The issue of trust will be the recently-announced studies finding no correlation between the...
  • Alison MacNeil on Fox & Friend Leading the Thi ...
    Thank you to Alison MacNeil to speaking out on behalf of our children on Fox & Friends. Thanks to Fox & Friends for taking the risk of airing the "controversial" side of autism when other networks hide behind blue buildings...
  • The Little Things
    By Cathy Jameson Gosh, that smile of yours. I miss it. I miss that happy baby grin. And those sparkling eyes. And your husky voice and those perfectly round, oh-so-pinchable cheeks. Where did they go? You lit up every part...
  • Jenny McCarthy Interviews Kim Stagliano on Aut ...
    Thanks to Jenny McCarthy for allowing me to share a real life glimpse of what life is like for our family - during autism action month - in the hopes that it will educate people outside our community a bit...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • Terminator Seeds and the Boy Who Cried Wolf
    Why is it that people are spreading the word that the Terminator seed is being marketed by Monsanto? Could it possibly be that the “Boy Who Cried Wolf” strategy is being used to pave the way for Monsanto to release this technology on a complacent populace?
  • New GMO Gene Silencing Technology – Backdoor T ...
    An unregulated GM technology is ready to replace the old, and this technology appears to be exactly what is needed for implementation of the Terminator.
  • Monsanto Protection Act Signed by Obama
    Read it and weep. The CEO of corporate America, on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, signed into law, the Monsanto Protection Act, which is section 735 of H.R. 933.
  • The Last Heirloom Seed
    I am the last of my kind. That last of the truly pure here on earth. I have struggled long and hard to maintain my integrity, as did all of my brothers and sisters in a war we did not start, but were force into. In this war, we have been systematically overtaken by hostile genetically engineered ...
  • Making Money and Living the Lie
    Just how much compromise do we have to accept to feel that it is okay to allow others to put poison in our food, to spray poisons on the land that we are supposed to be stewards of, to poison our animals that trust us to take care of them, to drop poisons from the sky, to put poisons in pills an ...

new geography

  • Progessives, Preservation & Prosperity
    Conservatives often fret that Barack Obama is leading the nation toward socialism. In my mind, that's an insult to socialism, which, in theory, at least, seeks to uplift the lower classes through greater prosperity. In contrast, the current administration and its core of wealthy supporte ...
  • Green Office Towers Cast Shadow Over Sydney
    Known for her spiky hair, studded-collar and heels, Sydney’s Lord Mayor is the epitome of progressive chic. For a green activist, though, Clover Moore attracts some surprising company. Landlords owning 58 per cent of the CBD’s office space have rushed to join her Better Buildings ...
  • Tokyo Dust: The Geography of Pollen
    TOKYO – The weather here is turning warmer, the cherry trees are blossoming and the waiting rooms in clinics that specialize in nose and eye problems are filling up with people suffering from runny noses, sneezing and bloodshot eyes. Tokyo is known for many things: the Imperial Palace gardens, ...
  • The Evolving Urban Form: Athens
    Around the fifth century BCE, Athens may have been the most important city in the West. Like China's Chang'an (modern Xi'an), the "on and off" capital of China, Athens has experienced many severe "ups and downs" throughout its remarkable history. At its ancient peak, Athen ...
  • Does the Post Office Deliver in Today's Urban ...
    The postal service has been ravaged by enormous deficits and massive layoffs. It will inevitably see the closing of thousands of buildings. Planners have taken notice. Countless journalists have lamented the loss of post-office buildings, praised their often remarkable architecture and called ...

water.org

  • Feeling Good in India
    It is a known fact that children learn and absorb knowledge better than adults. Because of this, the ASOMI WSH Project, a partner of Water.org’s, initiated the Children Health Club Programme to teach good hygiene practices to rural school children.
  • Jeanne Jacque's Story
    Once her town rallied together, and worked with Water.org to dig a well, everything changed for Jeanne Jacque and her children.
  • Do something for World Water Day
    As you might imagine, World Water Day is our favorite holiday. There's no shortage of ways you can jump in!
  • Happiness in Selvi’s House
    Selvi is 37 years old and lives in Karattai Village in Vannur block, in Tamil Nadu. She and her husband work as agricultural laborers and have two daughters in school.
  • Support builds for the Strike
    More and more celebrities are supporting Matt Damon in his toilet strike protesting the lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation for billions.

Cryptogon

  • Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87
    Via: BBC: Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died “peacefully” at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. Successor David Cameron called her a “great Briton” and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death. Lady Thatcher was Conservative ...
  • USD Bitcoin Exchange Rate
    Current Bitcoin Rate: Mt. Gox (USD) Related: Bitcoin.org
  • The Nonsense About iMessage Supposedly Frustra ...
    I think I’m making progress. Readers who submitted this DEA / iMessage nonsense knew it was bullshit. Congratulations. You guys get it. Via: TechDirt: In reading over this, however, a number of people quickly called bullshit. While Apple boasts of “end-to-end encryption” it&#82 ...
  • Biden: “Create a New World Order”
    Via: CSPAN: Vice President Joe Biden calls for the creation of a “new world order” at the Export Import Bank conference in Washington on April 5, 2013. Flashback: 1992 Biden Speech: “On the Threshold of the New World Order: A Rebirth for the United Nations”
  • After Cyprus, Is Slovenia Next Euro Zone Domino?
    Via: Reuters: Successive Slovenian governments have refused to privatize the country’s banks, which made disastrous loans to politically connected business interests and now threaten to drag the country center stage in the euro zone debt crisis. A span of unfinished apartment blocks in the ...

The Economic Collapse

  • More Than 101 Million Working Age Americans Do ...
    The jobs recovery is a complete and total myth.  The percentage of the working age population in the United States that had a job in March 2013 was exactly the same as it was all the way back in March 2010.  In addition, as you will see below, there are now more than 101 million [...]
  • 21 Statistics About The Explosive Growth Of Po ...
    If the economy is getting better, then why does poverty in America continue to grow so rapidly?  Yes, the stock market has been hitting all-time highs recently, but also the number of Americans living in poverty has now reached a level not seen since the 1960s.  Yes, corporate profits are at lev ...
  • ALERT: All Of The Money In Your Bank Account C ...
    What would you do if you logged in to your bank account someday and it showed that you had a zero balance and your bank had no record that you ever had any money in your account?  What would you do if all of the money in your bank account suddenly disappeared in a single [...]
  • The Big Banks Are Recklessly Gambling With Our ...
    Have you ever wondered how the big banks make such enormous mountains of money?  Well, the truth is that much of it is made by gambling recklessly.  If they win on their bets, they become fabulously wealthy.  If they lose on their bets, they know that the government will come in and arrange for ...
  • This Is What It Feels Like To Have Your Life S ...
    What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had "legally" stolen about 80 percent of your life savings?  Most people seem to assume that most of the depositors that are getting ripped off in Cyprus are "Russian oligarchs" or "wealthy European tycoons", but the trut ...

Desertification

  • An uncertain future of development projects (W ...
    Once upon a time, as a scientific consultant for a UNICEF project to combat child malnutrition, I was dreaming about a kitchen garden for every family in the refugee camps of S.W. Algeria. We successfully created some 2.000 in 2005-2007 … Continue reading →
  • JRC at UNCCD CST-3/2nd Scientific Conference a ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/news/446/155/IES-helping-to-combat-desertification.html IES helping to combat desertification The IES is a major contributor to the UNCCD CST-3/2nd Scientific Conference and CRIC 11, which will be held on April 9 to 19, ...
  • Effects of Climate Change (Google / Dissident ...
    Read at : Google Alerts / desertification http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/04/top-ten-dreadful-effects-of-climate-change/ Top Ten Dreadful Effects of Climate Change Minus One Not Dreadful Effect by Robert Hunziker / April 6th, 2013 Our planet is already showing the stress of radical climate change ...
  • Desertification of Lake Chad (Google / The Star)
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/06/when_the_desert_devours_the_lake.html When the desert devours the lake Desertification is a growing problem in Africa and other parts of the world, and will cause more conflict and food insecurity as cli ...
  • Desertification is too important (David Suzuki ...
    Read at : http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/science-matters/2013/04/desertification-is-too-important-for-canada-to-ignore/ Desertification is too important for Canada to ignore Nature doesn’t heed human borders, and global problems like drought and desertification require global solutions. ...

News Blaze

  • City of Patterson Goes Green With Chevron
    This collaboration will save taxpayers an estimated US$6 million over the life of the project. It will also make neighborhoods in the city safer by replacing streetlights with more efficient LED fixtures.
  • US Stays 'Calm' Amid Hot War Rhetoric From Nor ...
    With the war rhetoric reaching an unprecendented level from North Korea against US and South Korea, the United States of America responded with calmness and reiterated its readiness of defending itself and its allies.
  • As Prices of Corn Fall, Ethanol Producers See ...
    The corn market took off nearly $1 a bushel since the March 28 USDA Grain Stocks report that put March 1 corn stocks at 5.40 billion bushels in all positions. The inventory numbers were significantly higher than the expected 4.99 billion bushels.
  • United Nations and Turkcell Partners in Techno ...
    The technology partnership is due to Turkcell's network initiatives and its employees dedicated efforts during the 2011 earthquake that took place in the City of Van in Easter Turkey.
  • US Increasing Role of Women in The Arab World
    She says the US government must continue to work to support democratic, peaceful and prosperous outcomes for women everywhere.

Worldnews

  • Obama accused of lying on Bill Ayers political ...
    On Monday, conservative blogs accused Barack Obama of lying about his previous campaign financing as a local politician in Illinois. An April 7 article by WND alleges that the president held a political fundraiser in 1995 at former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers' house in Chicago, an even ...
  • John Kerry lays wreath at Israel's Holocaust R ...
    related articles Israel commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day By Ofer Aderet | Apr.08,2013 | 2:19 PM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday morning at the wreath-laying...
  • Montolivo: Milan's approach against Fiorentina ...
    The Italy international believes that the Rossoneri did not show the right attitude on Sunday and has set his sights on victory against Napoli next weekend Riccardo Montolivo feels that AC Milan's poor attitude cost them two points in Sunday's Serie A match...
  • Sri Lanka to probe mass grave with 150 skeletons
    By Charatha Mallawarachi Associated Press Comments Colombo, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan presidential commission will be appointed to investigate a mass grave where more than 150 skulls and bones, most likely of Marxist rebels killed decades ago, were found last year, a government spokesman sa ...
  • Obama State of the union promise U.S. drone us ...
    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is still struggling with how to make good on the president’s promise to ensure that its counterterrorism programs, including drone strikes, are “even more transparent to the American people and to the world.” After President Obama& ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • Watch: Remote Area Medical Serves Forgotten Am ...
    Two thousand patients get free health care in three days.
  • You’ll Be Surprised by Common Things Not ...
    Have you been surprised by an unexpected medical bill for services that you thought your health insurance covered? Unfortunately, it happens more often than you'd like to think. The story usually goes something like this: you get healthcare services, sign some forms, maybe make a copayment, and ...
  • Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill Expected To Become ...
    Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins "at fertilization" while blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex.
  • With Plan B Ruling, Judge Signs Off On Years O ...
    It's unclear if the Obama administration will appeal the ruling that allows the morning-after pill to be sold to women of all ages, without restriction. It's a fight that's been going on for a dozen years, and the ruling may not end it.
  • Hepatitis A Vaccine Urged for Diners at West V ...
    The New York City health department has advised patrons who had dessert at Alta between March 23 and Tuesday to be vaccinated.

Common Dreams

  • Big Businesses Beef Up on 'Revolving Door' Lob ...
    As Congress members prepare a rewrite of the nation's tax code, the New York Times reports Saturday that tax-evading corporations are taking advantage of the endless revolving door between government and big business by beefing up their arsenal of former aides turned lobbyists to ensure thei ...
  • 'All Risks, No Reward': New Ad Campaign Calls ...
    A coalition of environmental groups in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline launched a new national TV ad campaign on Sunday morning, hitting many of the morning talk shows, to tell a broad audience that Keystone is “putting us at risk, while big oil gets the rewards." ...
  • 11 Afghan Children Among Dead in Latest US/NAT ...
    NATO has not confirmed any civilian casualties, many of them children, resulting from its latest air strike. (Photo: Reuters)At least ten children are among the dead in easteren Afghanistan, according to officials in the country, following a NATO bombing overnight. ...
  • Activists Take Protest to the Heart of the 'Dr ...
    Anti-drone protesters made their presence known in one of the epicenters of the drone technology industry, San Diego, Calif., over the weekend—protesting in several locations including the home of Neal Blue, chief executive officer of General Atomics which manufactures the Predator drone. ...
  • Teachers Signal 'War Cry' Against Corporate Reform
    Teachers and education activists from near and far descended on the Department of Education in Washington D.C. this weekend to announce their "war cry" against the corporate-based school reform movement currently enacting a stranglehold on public education. Following a march to the Whi ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

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Energy Collective

  • How Oil Exporters Reach Financial Collapse
    In general, oil exporters with declining production face worrisome situations. If oil prices do not keep rising rapidly, oil exporters will need to cut back on social programs–something that will not be well-accepted by citizens.
  • Planetary Boundaries as Political Power Grab
    For the proponents of planetary boundaries as political authority, issues of legitimacy and accountability are easily dealt with through the incontestable authority of science.
  • Shell Eco-Marathon Fuel Efficiency Race Kicks ...
    More than 1,100 students from 112 schools in the United States and four other countries converged on Houston to show it’s possible to design and drive vehicles that use far less fuel than cars on the road today.
  • Fisker Files: Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines
    Fisker has been struggling amidst a very public set of troubles, including production delays, storm-related losses, bad reviews and recalls of its $100,000-plus Karma plug-in sports car.
  • Collaboration on Shale Gas Development A Step ...
    Whether the collaborative will produce meaningful advances in production practices remains unknown. But the center's formation is a significant step toward much-needed political and social pragmatism in shale development.

Green House - USA Today

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • Anonymous launches cyber attack on Israel; maj ...
    Posted by Michael Collins From Al Akahbar English, Beirut Creative Commons Published Sunday, April 7, 2013 Updated at 2:45pm: Dozens of Israeli websites were hacked in early hours Sunday, including pages of the prime minister's office and the Tel Aviv stock exchange, in the largest cyber o ...
  • Pakistan in quest of Navigational Change
    Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD. “the United States simply could not stand by as a nuclear-armed Pakistan descended into the abyss,” and that, “we need to think — now — about our feasible military options in Pakistan, should it really come to that….The most likely po ...
  • Another Dismal Jobs Report
    by Stephen Lendman Putting lipstick on this pig doesn't wash. One analyst said March data was miserable from every angle. Economist David Rosenberg called it "one soft US jobs report." It "quash(ed) the consensus view of economic re-acceleration." It "adds validity to the view that the s ...
  • Permanent War: Longstanding US Policy
    by Stephen Lendman Wars define America. They reflect longstanding policy. They're permanent. They've been waged every year in the nation's history. They target enemies at home and abroad. When none exist, they're invented. Peace is a non-starter. It's always been that way. It never had a ...
  • BOJ Increases QE
    by Stephen Lendman On April 4, the Financial Times headlined "Bank of Japan follows the Fed, on steroids." Pedal-to-the-metal reflects new governor Haruhiko Kuroda's policy. At a news conference he said: "This is an entirely new dimension of monetary easing, both in terms of quantity an ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

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

World Wide Hippies

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FourWinds10

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

Crisis Maven

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

Capital Flow Analysis

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

Energy Collective

  • How Oil Exporters Reach Financial Collapse
    In general, oil exporters with declining production face worrisome situations. If oil prices do not keep rising rapidly, oil exporters will need to cut back on social programs–something that will not be well-accepted by citizens.
  • Planetary Boundaries as Political Power Grab
    For the proponents of planetary boundaries as political authority, issues of legitimacy and accountability are easily dealt with through the incontestable authority of science.
  • Shell Eco-Marathon Fuel Efficiency Race Kicks ...
    More than 1,100 students from 112 schools in the United States and four other countries converged on Houston to show it’s possible to design and drive vehicles that use far less fuel than cars on the road today.
  • Fisker Files: Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines
    Fisker has been struggling amidst a very public set of troubles, including production delays, storm-related losses, bad reviews and recalls of its $100,000-plus Karma plug-in sports car.
  • Collaboration on Shale Gas Development A Step ...
    Whether the collaborative will produce meaningful advances in production practices remains unknown. But the center's formation is a significant step toward much-needed political and social pragmatism in shale development.

EU Times

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Stonecipher News

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

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Groklaw

  • Do Patents Promote Innovation? The Market is ...
    In my opinion the best way to judge the success or failure of the patent system is by looking broadly at the type of competition it enables or disables in the marketplace. And that doesn't mean focusing solely on patent litigation statistics - of course there are going to be fights when such a ...
  • Meet the nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per ...
    So how does it all work? Bringing in the patent payoffs is a lawyer-driven business. The top lawyer behind the new scanner-trolling enterprise is Brian Farney, a Texas IP lawyer who is senior partner at Farney Daniels. Farney won't reveal who he's working for; he simply refers to whoever is behi ...
  • Chinas Great Leap Forward in Patents
    Nor is Apple alone. French company, Schneider Electric lost a $48 million patent infringement verdict in China and Samsung lost one for $7.4 million. Sony, Phillips, Canon and Dell have all had their battles and GooPhone sells knockoffs of other smartphones in China with apparent impun ...
  • Grace Hopper : The Rear Admiral who changed th ...
    Up until this point Hopper had worked on punch card programming, but with the move she now began to program in C-10, which required her to learn octal, the base-8 number system. But it wasn't a great solution and she wanted to simplify the programming system. To this end, in 1952 she invented t ...
  • 60 Minutes or Less: Poetry readings on SoundCloud
    Chicago-based Poetry Foundation invites the public to read and record a poem via SoundCloud, an audio social-networking site. The poems can be classics, obscurities or even something written by the readers themselves. Poetry fans not interested in contributing can log on and listen to the posted ...

WideShut

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Politics in the Zeros

  • Stealth Wear: new designs for countersurveillance
    Building off previous work with CV Dazzle, camouflage from face detection, Stealth Wear continues to explore the aesthetics of privacy and the potential for fashion to challenge authoritarian surveillance. Presented by Primitive at Tank Magazine are a suite of new designs, made in collaboration ...
  • Jim Klinge, ‘Hunter Thompson of Real Estate’, ...
    Jim Klinge, Jim The Realtor, in San Diego first got noticed during the real estate crash with his gonzo videos of homes for sale, drolly and sarcastically pointing out flaws in homes that often had been trashed by the foreclosed. Things have calmed out a bit since then, with the San Diego marke ...
  • Slaughter of horses
    The ban on killing horses in the US has expired. Will Congress re-enact it? Salon explores the bloodbath. Horses do not go willingly to their deaths. The legions of horses that are purchased at auctions and elsewhere are now shipped across the borders to Mexico and Canada, often in trucks that a ...
  • Small farm saves milking cow, imagines idyllic ...
    Keeping the Farm chronicles in a delightful manner how getting Thistle, a milking cow, didn’t turn out exactly as planned. Like so many other prospective cow owners, I imagined that perfect relationship with an affectionate, motherly cow who wanted nothing more than to nourish me and my f ...
  • Lot of companies want to change the world. Hom ...
    Credit: you-are-here.com Father Gregory Boyle founded Homeboy Industries in 1992 as a way to rehabilitate gang members. It has grown into a $12 million a year business with a bakery, clothing line, farmer’s market, catering, and more. He has helped thousands leave their pasts and start new ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

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Just World News

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frogblog

  • Japan’s worst whaling season ever
    Japan has just had its worst whaling season ever and I’m hoping it’s the last. It’s testimony to the brave protest actions of the Sea Shepherd activists who went into this whaling season with more boats than ever and put their bodies on the line to protect the whales.
  • General debate, April 7, 2013
  • Southern Sojourns of a ‘mostly rational& ...
    I have spent much of this recess week  in (sometimes) sunny Otago and Southland, and despite being about as far from my own rohe as it is possible to be without leaving the country, I found plenty to admire and enjoy. I made my first visit to a South Island  prison,  the Otago Correctional Facil ...
  • Environmental certification for New Zealand Ki ...
    New Zealand King Salmon (NZKS) recently withdrew sponsorship support for the Tui Nature Reserve Wildlife Trust after the Trust opposed NZKS’ plans for new salmon farms in the Pelorus Sounds. This punishment contributes to doubt about the merits of NZKS’s recently gained Global Aquaculture Allian ...
  • Reflections from the ‘False Economy&#821 ...
    Below is a presentation that was part of our ‘False Economy: The high cost of a low wage economy’ meeting in Auckland this week. I was really moved by what Darryl had to say and wanted to make sure that other people had a chance to see what he shared with us. Please have a [...]

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

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

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • Leafy Greens Essential for Immune Regulation a ...
    By Dr. Mercola Only about one-quarter of American adults eat three or more servings of vegetables a day. If you are in the majority who does not, you are missing out on major benefits, as consuming fresh vegetables is one of the key cornerstones to optimal health. Although I am convinced v ...
  • 22 Things Happy People Do Differently
    By Dr. Mercola Many people spend their lives waiting to be happy.  You may think, “if only I had more money,” or “could lose weight,” or you fill in the blank, then I would be happy. Well here’s a secret: you can be happy right now. It’s not always ea ...
  • Oral Myofacial Therapy—A Breakthrough Techniqu ...
    Click HERE to view the entire interviewBy Dr. Mercola Orofacial myofunctional therapy is a profoundly useful treatment that may help treat the symptoms of a a wide variety of health issues, from opening airways to headaches, temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ), to poor digestion, just ...
  • A River Of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Fa ...
    By Dr. Mercola There’s a good chance you’ve never personally seen a factory farm or CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operations) — and there’s a reason for this. CAFOs are traditionally hidden from public view. Certain states (like Iowa, where big agriculture rule ...
  • Study: Chewing Gum No Good for Weight Loss
    By Dr. Mercola Chewing gum has been suggested as a simple tool to help you reduce food cravings and eat less, ultimately helping with weight loss. There is even some research bearing this out.1 However, if you’re currently looking to lose a few (or more than a few) pounds, relying on a ...

JAMA

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Survival - tribal peoples

  • Maori journalists make unprecedented trip to w ...
    The Guarani are fighting to return to their ancestral land.© F. Watson/SurvivalA team of indigenous Maori journalists from New Zealand has visited the Guarani Indians of Brazil, to investigate their plight. Their 2-part report, entitled ‘Silent Genocide’, was broadcast last week on Maori Televi ...
  • Nasa Indian killed as Colombian violence continues
    Nasa Indians have been attacked from all sides of Colombia's civil war © Francisco PedroA 57-year-old Nasa Indian man has been shot dead in an alleged army attack in Colombia. Álvaro Chocué was shot in the head on Saturday, 30th March in the Caldono Indian Reserve in Colombia’s south-east ...
  • Salgado's 'Genesis' showcases photos of threat ...
    Zo'é children playing in a waterfall.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalAs London’s Natural History Museum prepares for the opening of renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado’s new exhibition ‘Genesis’ on April 11, Survival International has highlighted the plight of some of the ...
  • Tanzania: Land grab could spell ‘the end of th ...
    The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more.© SurvivalThe Tanzanian government this week announced a new ‘conservation’ area on Maasai lands, which community leader Samwel Nangiria says will spell ‘the end of the Maasai and the Serengeti ecosystem’ ...
  • Guarani trapped on ‘island’ celebrate land bre ...
    Guarani celebrate land breakthrough© SurvivalA Guarani community in Brazil is celebrating after the government recognized their land as indigenous, for their exclusive use. The 170 members of Pyelito Kuê/ M’barakay community, living on an ‘island’ between a river and a soya plantation, can now ...

Montreal Gazette

Food World Order

  • New study: Fukushima meltdown correlates to hy ...
    from fukushimaupdate.com: Via Grist.org: Fallout from that Fukushima meltdown thing a couple years back? It’s not just the Japanese who are suffering, though their plight is obviously the worst. Radioactive isotopes blasted from the failed reactors may have given kids born in Hawaii and along ...
  • Canadian Scientists Charged with Smuggling Dan ...
    from http://www.cryptogon.com: Via: AFP: Canadian federal police on Wednesday charged two former government scientists with allegedly trafficking in dangerous and highly contagious germs. Klaus Nielsen and Wei Ling Yu, former researchers at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), are accus ...
  • Nearly Every Mass Shooting In The Last 20 Year ...
    from ammoland.com: The overwhelming evidence points to the signal largest common factor in all of these incidents is the fact that all of the perpetrators were either actively taking powerful psychotropic drugs or had been at some point in the immediate past before they committed their crimes. ...
  • Stanford creates biological transistors, the f ...
    from extremetech.com: Bioengineers at Stanford University have created the first biological transistor made from genetic materials: DNA and RNA. Dubbed the “transcriptor,” this biological transistor is the final component required to build biological computers that operate inside living cells. ...
  • Low-Carb Diet May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
    from mercola.com: Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. This fatal and progressive condition destroys brain cells, resulting in memory loss and severe thinking and behavioral problems (aggression, delusions, and hallucinations) that interfere with daily life and a ...

CrusadeWatch

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

Whole Truth Coalition

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

The Economic Collapse

  • More Than 101 Million Working Age Americans Do ...
    The jobs recovery is a complete and total myth.  The percentage of the working age population in the United States that had a job in March 2013 was exactly the same as it was all the way back in March 2010.  In addition, as you will see below, there are now more than 101 million [...]
  • 21 Statistics About The Explosive Growth Of Po ...
    If the economy is getting better, then why does poverty in America continue to grow so rapidly?  Yes, the stock market has been hitting all-time highs recently, but also the number of Americans living in poverty has now reached a level not seen since the 1960s.  Yes, corporate profits are at lev ...
  • ALERT: All Of The Money In Your Bank Account C ...
    What would you do if you logged in to your bank account someday and it showed that you had a zero balance and your bank had no record that you ever had any money in your account?  What would you do if all of the money in your bank account suddenly disappeared in a single [...]
  • The Big Banks Are Recklessly Gambling With Our ...
    Have you ever wondered how the big banks make such enormous mountains of money?  Well, the truth is that much of it is made by gambling recklessly.  If they win on their bets, they become fabulously wealthy.  If they lose on their bets, they know that the government will come in and arrange for ...
  • This Is What It Feels Like To Have Your Life S ...
    What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had "legally" stolen about 80 percent of your life savings?  Most people seem to assume that most of the depositors that are getting ripped off in Cyprus are "Russian oligarchs" or "wealthy European tycoons", but the trut ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

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

Facing South

  • NC attorney general asked to probe possible fr ...
    The environmental advocacy group Food & Water Watch has called on North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper to investigate apparent financial conflicts of interest involving state officials responsible for fracking oversight. read more
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: The South under the gun
    With a new study showing that weak gun laws lead to higher levels of gun violence, what does that mean for the South, which has some of the nation's loosest gun regulations? read more
  • Will hog farmers save renewable energy in Nort ...
    An effort to kill North Carolina's renewable energy law is meeting resistance from a politically powerful rural constituency. Listen to this story via SoundCloud:  read more
  • Art Pope-backed lawmaker leads push for new vo ...
    Over the last week, GOP lawmakers have unleashed a flurry of bills that would make sweeping changes to North Carolina elections. They share a common message -- and a common sponsor, backed by one of the state's biggest political donors. read more
  • The nationwide war on state renewable energy s ...
    A hearing is set for tomorrow on legislation to repeal North Carolina's renewable energy standard -- part of a nationwide attack on such laws being mounted by groups with fossil-fuel industry ties. read more

CenterLine

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

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • Upgrade to Firefox 21 in Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring ...
    Firefox 20 has all the goodies and it is already available for stable Ubuntu releases such as Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 12.04. But what about Ubuntu 13.04? Ubuntu "Raring Ringtail" is already on beta and the final release will happen in a few weeks time. And it is yet to receive Firefox 20 updat ...
  • 10 New Features and Changes in Ubuntu 13.04 Ra ...
    There were some confusions regarding the release of next Ubuntu release. But overtime, all the apprehensions were laid to rest. Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" will be released as per schedule. User Interface Freeze is already a done deal. Final beta release should also be arrived by now. And t ...
  • Most Highly Anticipated Android Smartphones fo ...
    This past year was a fantastic one for the Android community. The year started out strong with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and quickly got better with fantastic offerings from HTC, Motorola and LG. Google also released Jelly Bean with major enhancements to Android's UI and performance. If ea ...
  • Google Drive for Linux Confirmed yet again, Ar ...
    Google Drive for Linux is a contentious issue. It is now common knowledge that Google is an active user of Linux for its internal purposes. Google has deployed a version of Ubuntu, called Goobuntu (a light skin over standard Ubuntu), in large numbers for its employees. Google is actually an Ub ...
  • [How-to] Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringt ...
    Yeah that's right, Ubuntu 12.10 is now upgradable to latest Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" release. And Ubuntu 13.04 is pretty stable for a beta-quality OS, though I still won't/can't recommend it for production machines. I have been using it in my netbook from the early alpha releases and it ...

Case About Bird Flu

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

Invisible Opportunity

  • The great recycling con trick: How your carefu ...
    By Steve Doughty PUBLISHED: 16:01 EST, 5 April 2013 | UPDATED: 04:30 EST, 6 April 2013 Comments (584) Share Millions of tons of household rubbish painstakingly sorted by families for recycling is being dumped abroad. Whitehall has admitted that waste from recycling bins is being shipped to ...
  • Police Tie Up Tourist And Kill Him With Pepper ...
    by Alton Parrish No doubt you’ve heard the adage: a picture is worth a thousand words. A picture of 62-year-old Nick Christie could be worth thousands of dollars when a jury sees it. The photo shows the Ohio man restrained inside the Lee County Jail with his body covered in pepper spray. “This p ...
  • One drug to rule them all! Scientists find tre ...
    New York Post Researchers might have found the Holy Grail in the war against cancer, a miracle drug that has killed every kind of cancer tumor it has come in contact with, the New York Post reported. The drug works by blocking a protein called CD47 that is essentially a “do not eat” signal to [...]
  • Report: Authorities Seize $50 Million In Gold ...
    Mac Slavo April 6th, 2013 SHTFplan.com After the theft of up to 40% of deposit accounts in Cyprus, a move that was approved and applauded by EU finance ministers, many Europeans who understand that the government will soon be coming for their savings as well are rapidly moving to extricate thems ...
  • Quote of the Day – It is no measure of h ...
    It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Veterans Today

  • Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – Apri ...
    Local broadcast news station discussing the recent resignation of Arizona’s Veterans Affairs head over comments made by a controversial hire.
  • Scientology for Agent Orange Victims
    The phrase "adding insult to injury" is no doubt being redefined in several online dictionaries this week following news of a U.S. effort to sneak one of our dumber religions (and that's saying something) into the minds of Vietnamese suffering from Agent Orange.
  • “This Day in History”
    The Circle of Life goes round and round. Same-o, Same-o, yet we expect different results
  • Israel Admits Nuclear Cancer Cases
    It depicts an area south of Tel Aviv. On the seashore, the Palmahim air base is marked. At the top, is Rishon LeTziyon (First to Zion), one of Israel's largest cities.
  • Why abortion is right for America
    by Jim Fetzer   “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence”–William Clifford   The latest development in the abortion debate has North Dakota challenging the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs. Wade by declari ...

electric politics

  • (Re) Discovering Democracy
    'The internet is anti-democratic.' 'The computer never should have been invented.' 'The solution is for government to subsidize the news.' No, wait, that's all wrong... The fact is, if you want to learn something about the convergence of the media, the internet, and democracy, you should forget ...
  • Cyprus in Crisis
    Cyprus really didn't have a choice about acceding to the Troika's demands: the costs of a precipitous, unplanned flight from the Eurozone were too great. Now, having signed up for indefinite indentured servitude, the Cypriots should take advantage of a small amount of breathing room to plan for ...
  • Going To Tehran
    Nobody has been more correct about Iran than Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett. Their latest, Going To Tehran (Metropolitan Books, 2013), lays out the logic of successful U.S. engagement. Also the perils of failure. I may be slightly more neutral than the Leveretts as I think that absent a diploma ...
  • Political Memories
    What we forget about our political history is perhaps a better indicator of who we are, or what we are, than what we remember. In some cases, moreover, forgetting can be catastrophic. The Congo, for example, cannot address its colonial past and consequently — though I admit this is arguabl ...
  • The Bargain With Hell
    Delegates from the Northern and Southern States didn't do any simple deal over slavery in order to devise a Constitution. No: they consciously created a complex, interlocking system of iron-clad guarantees so that within the Union the institution of slavery would exist forever. These men truly i ...

PR News

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Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • NATO Air Raid Kills 11 Afghan Children, Wounds ...
    Pajhwok Afghan News April 7, 2013 11 kids killed, 7 women injured in Kunar raid By Khan Wali Salarzai ASADABAD: Nearly a dozen children have been killed and a number of women wounded in an International Security Assistance Force airstrike in the Shigal district of eastern Kunar province, officia ...
  • Leo Tolstoy: The Beginning of the End
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Leo Tolstoy: The Law of Love and the Law of Violence Leo Tolstoy: Two Wars and Carthago Delenda Est Leo Tolstoy: Patriotism or Peace Leo Tolstoy: Murder and vengeance are not the will of the people ==== Leo Tolstoy The Beginning of ...
  • Interview: Korean crisis and related matters
    http://prn.fm/category/archives/progressive-radio-news-hour/#axzz2PcS6izTP Progressive Radio News Hour April 5, 2013 Host Stephen Lendman interviews Rick Rozoff on Korean crisis and related matters Audio: http://prn.fm/category/archives/progressive-radio-news-hour/#ixzz2PcStZfjY
  • Anatole France: No one has right to kill, just ...
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Anatole France: Selections on war ==== Anatole France From The Red Lily (1894) Translated by Winifred Stephens “The life of the people is not in the laws, made by the powerful and rich for the preservation of power and wealth ...
  • NATO Chief Stresses Heightened Military Cooper ...
    Trend News Agency April 5, 2013 NATO Secretary General: Azerbaijan has committed significant contributions to international peace effort in Afghanistan A. Gasimova Baku: Azerbaijan has committed stronger and longer contributions to the international peace effort in Afghanistan, Anders Fogh Rasmu ...

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Intel Hub

  • Wikileaks Releases PlusD and The Kissinger Cables
    Courtney Harrop | “The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer.” — Henry A. Kissinger, US Secretary of State, March 10, 1975.The post Wikileaks Releases PlusD and The Kissinger Cables appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • MD Residents to Pay New “Rain Tax” ...
    JG Vibes | The Maryland government, under direct order of Obama and the EPA will now begin taxing the state's 10 largest counties according to the rain that falls on their property and the "impervious surfaces" on their land.The post MD Residents to Pay New “Rain Tax” For Rain T ...
  • TED Censorship Gets Mainstream Coverage as Gra ...
    JG VIbes | The TED conference is now under public scrutiny for censorship and possibly scamming their patrons.The post TED Censorship Gets Mainstream Coverage as Graham Hancock Prepares Live Web Presentation appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Human Rights Groups Against Human Rights
    Nathan Goodman | Recently, best-selling author Chris Hedges announced his resignation from PEN, a prominent international writers’ organization. That resignation was partially motivated by the fact that while PEN purports to speak on behalf of dissidents, it’s been completely silent regardi ...
  • Creating a Secure Personal Cloud Community
    John Light | The research has been done and the results are in: people want to share, but they also want control of their privacy. Right now, these two desires are almost impossible to attain on the same platform. Well today, I would like to tell social media users that they can have their ...

FRS

  • New Annual Report reveals that 313 Black Peopl ...
    [Last year, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement released, in the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin in Florida, a report revealing that every 36 hours, a Black man, woman, or child is murdered or protected by the US government.  As if this were not shocking enough, ongoing research is revealing ...
  • Political Prisoner News: Stand in Solidarity w ...
    by the Democratic Student Union, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 6 April 2013 Stand in solidarity with the members of Kabir Kala Manch! Resist the branding, persecution and witch-hunt of people’s artists and activists! Nausea served in the plate , the untouchable nausea  The disgust grows in the be ...
  • Political Prisoner News: Stand in Solidarity w ...
    6 April 2013 Stand in solidarity with the members of Kabir Kala Manch! Resist the branding, persecution and witch-hunt of people’s artists and activists! Nausea served in the plate , the untouchable nausea  The disgust grows in the belly, the untouchable disgust  It’s there in the flower b ...
  • Political Prisoner News: Naxal prisoners in In ...
    [Amid estimates of 100,000 political prisoners in India, and an additional 70,000 Kashmiri political prisoners, ongoing waves of the prison movement across India is rarely reported.  Here, an incident this week broke into the news. -- Frontlines ed.] ——————&#8 ...
  • Political Prisoner News: Naxal prisoners in In ...
    [Amid estimates of 100,000 political prisoners in India, and an additional 70,000 Kashmiri political prisoners, ongoing waves of the prison movement across India is rarely reported.  Here, an incident this week broke into the news. -- Frontlines ed.] ——————&#8 ...

Ken O'Keefe

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

StillSmallVoice

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

Associated Content

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

Popsci - Science

  • This Video Of A Blossom Bat Will Convince You ...
    Is your idea of a bat something scary like a vampire bat or weird like a leaf-nosed bat? Meet the blossom bat. Even its name is adorable! So the first thing to know about bats is that there are two different suborders, which vary in geographic location and behavior but most importantly, for our ...
  • Jurassic Park 4's Dinosaurs Will Not Have Feathers
    Which means the movie about cloning legions of dinosaurs from preserved DNA will be unrealistic. There's going to be a Jurassic Park 4, and there's some super-vague details coming out about what it's like. (Some kind of "scary" dinosaur will make a cameo?) The director is Colin Trevorrow, and ...
  • Watch Raspberries Shatter In Slow Motion
    A dramatic way to garnish PopSci is pleased to present videos created by ChefSteps, the free-to-learn culinary school started by alumni of the creative team behind Modernist Cuisine. These original videos explore the art and science of cooking, as well as provide a glimpse into unseen or unnotic ...
  • Scientists Can Pluck Images Out Of Your Dreams
    A new method can visualize with 60 percent accuracy what you're seeing while you sleep. With just an fMRI, an algorithm, and the internet, researchers from Kyoto, Japan predicted with 60 percent accuracy what a person was dreaming about, Smithsonian magazine reports. The idea, like the process ...
  • Plan B Must Be Available OTC For Women And Gir ...
    The Food and Drug Administration ordered to comply within 30 days A federal judge ruled today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraception—often called the "morning after pill" or by its brand name, "Plan B"—available over-the-counter for girls and women of all a ...

Veterans Today

  • Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – Apri ...
    Local broadcast news station discussing the recent resignation of Arizona’s Veterans Affairs head over comments made by a controversial hire.
  • Scientology for Agent Orange Victims
    The phrase "adding insult to injury" is no doubt being redefined in several online dictionaries this week following news of a U.S. effort to sneak one of our dumber religions (and that's saying something) into the minds of Vietnamese suffering from Agent Orange.
  • “This Day in History”
    The Circle of Life goes round and round. Same-o, Same-o, yet we expect different results
  • Israel Admits Nuclear Cancer Cases
    It depicts an area south of Tel Aviv. On the seashore, the Palmahim air base is marked. At the top, is Rishon LeTziyon (First to Zion), one of Israel's largest cities.
  • Why abortion is right for America
    by Jim Fetzer   “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence”–William Clifford   The latest development in the abortion debate has North Dakota challenging the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs. Wade by declari ...

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Loser's Lament: Delta Air Sues US Ex-Im Bank
    The hapless and pathetic US carrier Delta Airlines seems less interested nowadays in running a viable business than in taking on quixotic wild goose chases. A few months ago it made the headlines by buying an oil refinery to help bring its costs under control. Nevermind that it's the cost of cru ...
  • Obama's Anti-China Free Trade Area of Free Peo ...
    Question: What do you get when you cross the EU-US FTA with the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Answer: The Free Trade Area of Free People (FTAFP)[sic] During the Cold War, older readers will remember that the United States began funding pro-democracy propaganda via Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asi ...
  • Mideast Tragicomedy: Iraq's '$4B Bailout' of Egypt
    It is no big secret that Egypt has been scrounging around the Middle East for emergency funding insofar as it has been unable to conclude an IMF deal. Famously, mercurial Qatar has stepped into the breach, but has been unwilling to extend more money as of late. More good money after bad and all ...
  • Island Lovin': Chasing Revenue in Cyprus, Falk ...
    No pina coladas for you I'm afraid. On today's blogging menu are--can you believe it--tax cheats and squid. In the past I've enumerated the generic ways island nations or protectorates generate revenues: tourismtax havens (paradis fiscaux)offshore gambling sitesflags of conveniencenationality fo ...
  • No Steenkin' Tourists Please, We're Saudi Arabia
     To be sure, Saudi Arabia has a unique tourist monopoly insofar as all Muslim men and women who can do so are obliged to visit Mecca during their lifetimes. Pilgrims aside, though, there is not really a Saudi "tourist" industry as we understand the term--especially for leisure travellers. T ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • More Than 101 Million Working Age Americans Do ...
    The jobs recovery is a complete and total myth.  The percentage of the working age population in the United States that had a job in March 2013 was exactly the same as it was all the way back in March 2010.  In addition, as you will see below, there are now more than 101 million [...]
  • 21 Statistics About The Explosive Growth Of Po ...
    If the economy is getting better, then why does poverty in America continue to grow so rapidly?  Yes, the stock market has been hitting all-time highs recently, but also the number of Americans living in poverty has now reached a level not seen since the 1960s.  Yes, corporate profits are at lev ...
  • ALERT: All Of The Money In Your Bank Account C ...
    What would you do if you logged in to your bank account someday and it showed that you had a zero balance and your bank had no record that you ever had any money in your account?  What would you do if all of the money in your bank account suddenly disappeared in a single [...]
  • The Big Banks Are Recklessly Gambling With Our ...
    Have you ever wondered how the big banks make such enormous mountains of money?  Well, the truth is that much of it is made by gambling recklessly.  If they win on their bets, they become fabulously wealthy.  If they lose on their bets, they know that the government will come in and arrange for ...
  • This Is What It Feels Like To Have Your Life S ...
    What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had "legally" stolen about 80 percent of your life savings?  Most people seem to assume that most of the depositors that are getting ripped off in Cyprus are "Russian oligarchs" or "wealthy European tycoons", but the trut ...

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Voiceless Victim

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

WL Central

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

U N News

  • UN human rights chief urges US to close Guantá ...
    The United Nations human rights chief today urged all branches of the United States Government to work together to close the Guantánamo detention centre, stressing that the indefinite incarceration of detainees is a clear breach of international law.
  • Secretary-General voices sadness at loss of li ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his sadness at the loss of life and the damage to homes and infrastructure in Argentina as a result of the torrential floods in the capital, Buenos Aires, and in the city of La Plata.
  • Drought and tropical storms hinder food supply ...
    A growing number of people in Haiti do not have enough to eat, according to the United Nations relief wing, mostly as a result of drought and the impact of recent tropical storms.
  • The majority of poor in Mexico are children - ...
    More than 20 million children and adolescents in Mexico are estimated to live in poverty, and five million of them in extreme poverty, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today reported in a joint study with the Mexican Government.
  • UN calls Canada&#39s pullout from drought conv ...
    The United Nations today said it was &#39regrettable&#39 that the Government of Canada is withdrawing from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the only legally binding instrument that addresses desertification, land degradation and drought.

Conspiracy Reality TV

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

Rewilding Institute

  • Wrenched: A Feature Documentary by ML Lincoln
    Watch the trailer for “Wrenched,” coming soon. “Wrenched captures the passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation who will carry Abbey’s legacy into the 21st century. The fight continues to sustain the last bastion of the American ...
  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – The Rise ...
    Nature reserves [are] the little fragments of landscape where Man expects to preserve nonhuman life…. Nature reserves are the most valuable weapon in our conservation arsenal. –Michael Soulé and Bruce Wilcox  Steve McCormick, the President of TNC in 2005, wrote, “We need to move past the p ...
  • Film Premier for “The Current” in Durango April 10
      While the southwest is primarily a desert, more than 30 million people live here. In a few decades the region’s population will double while the amount of available water will decrease. Most of these 30 million people use water without thinking about where it came from or where it’s going ...
  • Around the Campfire With Uncle Dave The Rise ...
    We need to move past the place where we see people as essentially enemies of nature.  We need to break down the barriers between urban and rural, between set-asides and sustainable use, between “us” and “them.”                                       [...]
  • John Davis featured in video about TrekWest
     TrekWest’s John Davis hikes solo through Arizona’s longest single mountain range His 35-mile trek through Chiricahua Mountains includes big peaks, lots of snow, and a premier wildlife corridor  Portal, AZ — TrekWest conservationist and adventurer, John Davis, says he’s “looking forward to exper ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

Tarpley

  • Tarpley in Denver This Sunday
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net April 5, 2013 Webster G. Tarpley will be the featured speaker at the panel on “The State of the Alternative Media” in Denver on Sunday April 7, 2013 1:30pm–4:30pm at the: Mercury Cafe Theater 2199 California St. Denver, Colorado 80205 Strea ...
  • Stockton, Harrisburg, Detroit Show that Obama ...
    Webster G. Tarpley on The Jeff Rense Program rense.com April 3, 2013 [download audio]
  • Detroit Under Austerity Dictatorship
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV April 1, 2013 To the extent that the modern world thinks at all about the problem of fascism, there is a tendency to regard this form of bankers’ totalitarian dictatorship as something which happens suddenly and all at once. Historians can remember Mussolini’s ...
  • While Media Peddle Wedge Issues, Detroit Goes ...
    Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D. TARPLEY.net – World Crisis Radio March 30, 2013 [download audio]
  • Italian Reactionary Demagogue Beppe Grillo Exp ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV March 27, 2013 It has been about a month since the Italian elections, and no new government has been formed to replace the hated IMF austerity regime of economics professor and Goldman Sachs consultant Mario Monti. The power vacuum is largely the work of the r ...

Modern Survivalism

  • It’s Official, Biden Calls For New World ...
    Vice President Biden: “The affirmative task we have now, is uh, is to actually um, create uh, uh, a New World Order, because the global order is changing again…” Is this treasonous? You decide… The definition of treason includes the following…   Disloyalty or t ...
  • NOAA Weather Radio Basics
    NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is an ‘all-hazards’ public warning system. The broadcasts included local weather, weather watches and warnings, and other emergency information. NWR broadcasts all across the country, 24 hours a day, and is updated about every 5 minutes. There are more than 1 ...
  • Find North At Night
    To find your direction at night, you only need to find the north star (Polaris) to know the direction of “true north”. The north star is not the brightest star at night (some people unknowingly assume this); it is actually of average brightness. If you can find the Big Dipper in the ...
  • Find Your Direction With A Stick And The Sun
    To find your direction, all you need is a stick and the sun. This tip how to find east-west, north-south, will be useful if you find yourself without a compass, with or without a map. Here’s how…   1. Place a stick upright into the ground. 2. Use a small stone or object to mark ...
  • Labor Force Participation and Unemployment Pro ...
    The now painfully grotesque propaganda that the US unemployment rate is “improving” has become laughable to those who understand the real numbers, the numbers prior to sifting through propaganda filters and then fed to the press… A soaring stock market? An ongoing recovery? Bew ...

Fast Company

  • Buy Some Stylish Socks, Through In Some Microf ...
    Cole and Parker wants to keep your feet and lower legs looking good. In exchange for letting them be your sock outfitter, they’re giving 20% of their revenue to Kiva. It’s not buy-one-give-one, it’s one-for-many. Real estate investor Jeff House loves socks. He thinks, in ...
  • Codepink To Fly Drone Over Predator Manufactur ...
    Activists from anti-war group Codepink are attempting to fly a UAV over the home of General Atomics' CEO. Activists at anti-war organization Codepink are attempting to fly a--hot pink, of course--drone over General Atomics CEO Neal Blue's home. General Atomics manufactures the Predator dro ...
  • Where Is Spring And Why Is It Still So Goddamn ...
    It has nothing to do with the groundhog. It’s because--you guessed it--the climate is messed up and this cold spring is just another extreme weather event. If you live in certain parts of Europe or North America, you may have noticed that this spring has been a chilly one, full of la ...
  • “Times Haiku” Turns Newspaper Stories Into Poetry
    An algorithm/Turns great ponderous stories/Into nice haikus. You’d probably never guess that this Haiku poem… was culled from an article in the New York Times Magazine.Read Full Story    
  • How Facebook Home Is (And Isn't) An OS
    “We’re not building a phone, and we’re not building an operating system," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the Facebook Home event yesterday. "But we are building something that’s a whole lot deeper than an app. You don’t need to fork Android to do this. You don&rsquo ...

Jadaliyya

  • بدرخان علي: "الانتخابات الحرّة" ليست شيئاً عظي ...
    ‫يأخذنا الباحث الكردي السوري بدرخان علي في هذه المقابلة في جولة نقدية حول الثورة السورية ودروبها المتشعبة، خصوصاً في المناطق ذات الأغلبية الكردية، التي تقع تحت سيطرة أحزاب كردية متعددة، تتضارب في المصالح والأهداف. ويتطرق إلى طبيعة العلاقة التي تربط حزب الإتحاد الديمقراطي PYD بالنظام السوري ...
  • Two Saints and a Sinner
    The name Ahmad Lutfi Ibrahim does not, for most people, evoke any particular memories. It would hardly surprise me if a few friends thought I had meant to type Ahmad Lutfi Al-Sayyid, the renowned and sometimes reviled leader of the Egyptian Constitutional party of nearly eighty years ago.&n ...
  • The Necessity of Revolutionary Violence in Egypt
    “All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.” - C. Wright Mills Violence is related to notions of justice. In Egypt there are two forms of justice that we have been fighting for since 25 January 2011: social and retributive. Their absence has been compou ...
  • تمام سلام رئيساً للحكومة اللبنانية: شركة غير ت ...
    أن تعود رئاسة مجلس الوزراء إلى بيروت ليس بالأمر المستغرب. أما أن تعود إلى "دار المصيطبة"، دار آل سلام، التي كانت محوراً للسياسة اللبنانية منذ ما قبل الاستقلال العام ١٩٤٣، فهذا ما يطرح العديد من الأبعاد التي ربما تكون فقدت معانيها التقليدية ويساهم في المقابل بتقديم تفسيرات جديدة حول واق ...
  • The Kurdish Question and Turkish-Israeli Relat ...
    In his Nowruz message on 21 March, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, declared a ceasefire and called on armed militants to withdraw from Turkish territory. He said, “Today we are waking up to a new Middle East, a new Turkey, and a new future” and adde ...

mediagazer

  • A Fox News Reporter Could Be Jailed For Protec ...
    Hunter Schwarz / BuzzFeed: A Fox News Reporter Could Be Jailed For Protecting Her Sources, And Nobody Seems To Care  —  Jana Winter refuses to reveal who leaked information about the Aurora, Colorado shooter.  Judith Miller is “surprised and disappointed” at how ...
  • Deeper data dive finds $5.5 billion in uncount ...
    Rick Edmonds / Poynter: Deeper data dive finds $5.5 billion in uncounted newspaper industry revenue  —  Years of negative reports on ad revenue losses could leave the newspaper industry muttering, “I demand a recount.”  The Newspaper Association of America has j ...
  • Newspaper revenue fell 2 pct to $38.6B in 2012 ...
    Associated Press: Newspaper revenue fell 2 pct to $38.6B in 2012  —  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The newspaper industry's revenue declined at its slowest pace in six years, as publishers turned to new businesses and raised more money from online subscriptions.  The industry ...
  • Why Google Should Rethink Its Approach to Spon ...
    Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: Why Google Should Rethink Its Approach to Sponsored Content  —  Native advertising is changing the economics of digital journalism, offering publishers an alternative to the ever-more-devalued display ad.  And Google doesn't want any part of it.&nbs ...
  • BitTorrent Taps A Bigger Role For Books In Its ...
    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: BitTorrent Taps A Bigger Role For Books In Its Content Push  —  Last year, author Tim Ferriss turned to BitTorrent to market his newest book, the Four-Hour Chef, when the biggest bookseller in the U.S., Barnes & Noble, refused to stock the Amazon- ...

Chemtrail News

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

World News - Top Stories

  • Obama accused of lying on Bill Ayers political ...
    On Monday, conservative blogs accused Barack Obama of lying about his previous campaign financing as a local politician in Illinois. An April 7 article by WND alleges that the president held a political fundraiser in 1995 at former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers' house in Chicago, an even ...
  • John Kerry lays wreath at Israel's Holocaust R ...
    related articles Israel commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day By Ofer Aderet | Apr.08,2013 | 2:19 PM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday morning at the wreath-laying...
  • Montolivo: Milan's approach against Fiorentina ...
    The Italy international believes that the Rossoneri did not show the right attitude on Sunday and has set his sights on victory against Napoli next weekend Riccardo Montolivo feels that AC Milan's poor attitude cost them two points in Sunday's Serie A match...
  • Sri Lanka to probe mass grave with 150 skeletons
    By Charatha Mallawarachi Associated Press Comments Colombo, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan presidential commission will be appointed to investigate a mass grave where more than 150 skulls and bones, most likely of Marxist rebels killed decades ago, were found last year, a government spokesman sa ...
  • Obama State of the union promise U.S. drone us ...
    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is still struggling with how to make good on the president’s promise to ensure that its counterterrorism programs, including drone strikes, are “even more transparent to the American people and to the world.” After President Obama& ...

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Anna's News

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

Medical Marijuana

  • 4/3/13 - Is marijuana an effective treatment f ...
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org - Can marijuana help people with Chron's disease, ulcerative colitis, or other inflammatory diseases? Read pros and cons from several physicians as well as the official not clearly pro or con response from the Chron’s & Colitis Foundation of America.
  • 3/28/13 - Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court ...
    gaymarriage.procon.org - Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court, 2013 – On Mar. 26, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a case regarding the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative. On Mar. 27, the justices heard oral argument ...
  • 3/22/13 - Celebrity Golf Tournament
    www.procon.org -  - ProCon.org and the March of Dimes Canada held a celebrity golf tournament on March 2, 2013 to raise money for our charities. See dozens of our celebrity golf tournament photos and watch the celebrity golf tournament videos on our YouTube channel.
  • 3/20/13 - Diabetes, Obesity, and 25,000 US Dea ...
    obesity.procon.org - Diabetes, Obesity, and 25,000 US Deaths Tied to Sugary Drinks, Harvard Study Says
  • 3/14/13 - State with Highest Obesity Rate Pass ...
    obesity.procon.org - State with Highest Obesity Rate Passes 'Anti-Bloomberg' Bill

Truth About Our World

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Probing the Reasons Behind The Changing Pace o ...
    A consensus is emerging among scientists that the rate of global warming has slowed or stalled over the last decade. While they are still examining why, many researchers believe this phenomenon is linked to the heat being absorbed by the world’s oceans. BY FRED PEARCE
  • South Africa Game Reserve Poisons Rhino Horns ...
    Officials at a private game reserve in South Africa say they have injected into the horns of more than 100 rhinos a parasiticide that will make humans sick if they ingest the horns. As the rhinos’ death toll continues to escalate in South Africa, where nearly 700 animals were Rodger Bosch/AFP/Ge ...
  • U.S. Company Shelves Solar Thermal Plant as Ut ...
    U.S.-based BrightSource Energy has shelved its second major solar thermal project this year as the company and Pacific Gas and Electric terminated the utility’s contract to buy power generated by the plant in south-central California. In an email, a BrightSource spokesman said the $2.9 billion H ...
  • Blocked Migration: Fish Ladders On U.S. Dams A ...
    Fishways on rivers in the U.S. Northeast are failing, with less than 3 percent of one key species making it upriver to their spawning grounds, according to a new study. The researchers’ findings provide a cautionary tale for other nations now planning big dam projects. BY JOHN WALDMAN
  • Arctic Air Pressure System Causes Unusual Marc ...
    A pronounced shift in Arctic air pressure systems has triggered unusually cold temperatures across North America, Europe, and northern Asia, while allowing a Click to enlarge NASA Surface temperature anomalies, March 2013 flood of warmer air into Greenland and northeastern Canada, accor ...

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Daily Beast

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Energy News

Japan Times

  • Afghan children ‘killed in airstrike’
    A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said Sunday. The fighting Saturday along a main infiltrat ...
  • Portugal’s prime minister says deeper spending ...
    Despite two years of corrosive austerity measures since it needed an international financial rescue, Portugal's prime minister told his country Sunday to brace for even harder times after a court ruling forced his government to find more savings through steep spending cuts. ...
  • After days of escalating threats, China makes ...
    Responding to regional worries over North Korea's bellicose threats, China on Sunday expressed concern and what appeared to be veiled criticism of its longtime ally. "No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gains," said Chinese President Xi J ...
  • Tepco finds second pit leaking in Fukushima
    A second underground storage pool is leaking radioactive water at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 power plant, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday. The first pool, No. 2, was found to have leaked 120 tons of highly radioactive water on Friday. The size of the leak at the secon ...
  • Japan, Australia achieve FTA breakthrough on f ...
    Japan and Australia have reached a broad agreement on how to deal with farm products as they continue negotiations on a bilateral free-trade agreement, government sources said Sunday. Under the deal, Japan will be allowed to retain high tariffs on imports of some of its most "sensitive" farm ...

Alexander Higgins

Macleans - Central

Making It Count - CCPA

  • Climate justice and BC’s political moment
    The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the fourth in a series of intergenerational dialogues from Gen Why Media, and was co-sponsored by the CCPA, Get Your Vote On, LeadNow and Vancity credit union. I was asked to set ...
  • Fiscal debate in Québec: myth busting and flak
    Some myths are just so hard to debunk. For instance, people in Québec generally assume that they are the most taxed in North America. IRIS tackled the well-rehearsed allegation in a recently published socio-economic notice. The reply resounded of what Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky have prese ...
  • Carbon bubbles and fossil fuel divestment
    Divestment from fossil fuels is an idea whose time has come. Sparked by Bill McKibben’s Rolling Stone article last summer, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math”, divestment campaigns are now up and running on over 300 university campuses in the US, with 4 early victories ...
  • Build a Better Nova Scotia: the Alternative Pr ...
    The Nova Scotia provincial government is set to introduce its promised balanced budget this year. The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget, released today, proposes some concrete choices rooted in Nova Scotia communities. Rather than pay down debt, the NS-APB prioritizes balancing the social debt thre ...
  • New Shoes and a Haircut: Budget 2013 not so pr ...
    The Finance Minister got a new pair of shoes. Canadians got a new federal budget. And women in Canada got another haircut. Budget 2013 is all about Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! And who wouldn’t like a job. Maybe some training. Maybe even a full-time job. With benefits. And a pension plan. Oh go crazy, let’ ...

ReDress

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

NRDC Switchboard

  • Impressive public-private-NGO partnership begi ...
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   Because the American legal system provides little in the way of actual authority to solve regional issues, collaboration of one sort or another is often the best available sub ...
  • A new transportation option
    Kristin Eberhard, Legal Director, Western Energy and Climate Projects, Santa Monica Right now, you really only have two levels of transportation options: high cost, high flexibility, high comfort, high pollution OR low cost, low flexibility, low ...
  • The Kids Aren't Alright
    Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Beijing                                &n ...
  • Green cities explained in a fun cartoon video ...
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   Two days ago, I published Lee Epstein’s summary of the essential elements of green cities.  Many of those are on display in the fast-moving cartoon video below, cre ...
  • NBA Teams Play Green In Celebration of Green W ...
    Alice Henly, Research Fellow, New York The NBA stands alone as the only major professional sports league in the world to host an annual weeklong celebration of environmental stewardship —NBA Green Week, April 4th to 12th. The league and many o ...

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

  • Russian bomber conducts practice strikes on US ...
    A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks. According to U.S. officials, a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber on Feb. 26 simulated firing air-launched cr ...
  • US provokes two Koreas to besiege China: US expert
    Washington’s provocative moves against North Korea are conducted with the ultimate aim of encircling US arch-rival China, a political analyst tells Press TV. “Clearly US officials, the administration of Pentagon, [and] the elite in the United States see China as a competitor of the United States ...
  • Korean crisis to cause global thermonuclear wa ...
    An American expert has warned of a global thermonuclear war due to the ongoing brinkmanship between the two Koreas, Press TV reports. Mike Billington said North Korea’s “extreme rhetoric” and South Korea’s “tit-for-tat response” are likely to trigger a “global thermonuclear war which has to be s ...
  • Euro Bailouts: Savers Be Warned – Your Money’s ...
    Germans are right to be worried about their savings because the euro bailouts will make most of them poorer in the long term — through higher inflation and lower payouts from life insurance and pension schemes. Why can’t crisis-hit nations follow the Cypriot example and make rich dep ...
  • Mexican Assassins Kill US Prosecutors, Police ...
    A truly chilling Federal Security Services (FSB) report circulating in the Kremlin today says that the Mexican Drug War, that since 2006 has killed nearly 85,000 and displaced 1.6 million, has spilled over the border into The United States “in a deadly vengeance” with the killing by cartel assas ...

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

  • Clean electricity makes fossil gas redundant
    Climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions have today published a briefing paper on the use of gas as a fuel in buildings. The evidence shows that fossil gas' reputation as a clean, safe and cheap fuel needs to be re-considered. Beyond Zero Emissions have criticised the fossil gas ind ...
  • Position vacant: Chief Executive Officer
    Beyond Zero Emissions, one of the fastest growing NGOs in Australia, is seeking an experienced, passionate and dynamic CEO who can lead a dedicated team of staff, members and volunteers in demonstrating how Australia can transform to a zero-carbon renewable energy future. Based in BZE’s Head ...
  • NSW should call CSG industry bluff, go to zero gas
    Threats that the NSW government's restrictions on the coal-seam gas industry will cause a price rise are a bluff that NSW residents should call, according to climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions. “The gas industry has no real commitment to domestic gas supply, and certainly not to ...
  • High speed rail cheaper than Albanese thinks
    Transport minister Anthony Albanese is trying to derail the promising High Speed Rail option before it even leaves the platform, according to climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions. “Mr Albanese appears to have decided to write off this nation building project before even releasing t ...
  • Don't waste solar energy on coal
    Port Augusta is the ideal location in South Australia for a solar thermal power plant, due to its very good direct annual solar radiation and its proximity to a strong piece of grid infrastructure that services the old lignite burning power plants that are located there, owned by Alinta. The ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Yum! Brands announces 'greener' paper policy
    After a prolonged campaign by environmental activists, the world's largest fast food company has announced a new sourcing policy that will shift it toward greener packaging materials.
  • Nordic energy giant launches 'no deforestation ...
    Neste Oil, a Finnish energy giant, has announced a new 'no deforestation' policy for sourcing palm oil. The company, which is one of the world's largest buyers of palm oil, had faced criticism from environmentalists for purchasing palm oil potentially linked to rainforest and peatland destructio ...
  • Japan killed record low number of whales
    Japan blamed environmental activists for a "record low" take during this year's whaling season in the Southern Ocean, reports Kyodo News.
  • U.S. CO2 emissions fall to lowest level since 1994
    Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption in the United States during 2012 fell to the lowest level since 1994, finds a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a branch of the Department of Energy.
  • 30% of Brazil's emissions from deforestation a ...
    2.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions or 30 percent of the carbon associated with deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2010 was effectively exported in the form of beef products and soy, finds a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The resea ...

Sierra Express

  • Unsurprisingly… President Koroma Boycotts Conv ...
    His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Chancellor of the University, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, is reported to have boycotted this year’s convocation of the University of Sierra Leone, USL, held past Saturday on the Fourah Bay College, FBC, campus. Reports say the president ...
  • Knowledge Exchange Survey for Freetown… Magburaka
    With funds from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Society for Knowledge Management-Sierra Leone (SKMSL) has successfully trained data enumerators in Freetown to embark on a knowledge exchange survey of civil society organizations in Magburaka, in the Tonkolili District, and in ...
  • 2013 Revenue… FCC Targets Aberdeen
    Freetown City Council (FCC) is expected to be in Aberdeen, Western Freetown, today to collect this years city rates and business licenses. FCC’s Public Relations Officer, Cyril Mattia, told Sierra Express Media that the routine tax collection exercise will involve the mayor, Franklyn Gibson, the ...
  • Behind the President’s Historic Boycott
    His Excellency the president of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, has made the history of being the first elected president and the first Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) to premeditatedly boycott the University’s convocation. His historic and intentional boy ...
  • Professor Parrot – Parrot vies for SLAJ presidency
    With only a few days to the eagerly awaited election for the presidency of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Parrot has deemed it wise and necessary to join the race to help reform journalism and solve the multi-faceted problems members of the fourth estate are facing in this r ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Fonterra's new China plan
    A year ago, Fonterra's Theo Spierings was wooing Shanghai Pengxin over potential multi-regional partnerships to develop milk pools in China. Now it is Spierings' turn to be courted by powerful China Inc: major SOEs like China Investment...
  • Front-foot approach best on public safety issues
    Well, in the wake of this newest Swiss milk crisis, perhaps the biggest lesson is that you're only in trouble for as long as it takes some other unfortunate company to get in more trouble than you. If it's not another company facing...
  • Simon Page: NZ dairy can win back its reputati ...
    The discovery of traces of the toxic agricultural substance DCD in New Zealand dairy products sold in China has sparked a major reputation crisis for our products in that country but also presented an historic opportunity.Dicyandiamide...
  • Liam Dann: Technology key to global expansion
    We're putting the focus on agriculture this week in the Business Herald .It is not that we ignore the sector and like to grab any opportunity we can to wow people with the enormous scale on which the sector operates in this country.Despite...
  • Fonterra's new China push
    Fonterra will launch its own infant formula brand in China this year as it looks to grab a slice of the booming market for the product in the Asian superpower.And a top economist has described the news as one of the most positive...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • "The Meritocracy As We Know It Mostly Works To ...
    Heaven knows I have my disagreements with Ross Douthat, but he's the one opinion columnist at The New York Times who is regularly willing to step outside the paper's ideological comfort zone—that tiny distance, if it is a distance at all, that separates the white-man's-burden libera ...
  • Reforming Boston's Corrupt Taxi Cartel
    Boston, like many cities, arbitrarily limits the number of taxicabs on the streets via a medallion system. Lest the resulting lack of competition tempt cab companies to overcharge passengers, the city also imposes rigid price controls. This system has its drawbacks. According to Har ...
  • Vid: Vernon Smith and Steve Gjerstan on Housin ...
    "All [economic] recoveries are associated with recoveries in housing...except for the Great Recession, this last one," says behavioral economist and Nobel Prize winner Vernon Smith. "Vernon Smith and Steve Gjerstan on Housing and the Never-Ending Recession" is the latest o ...
  • Is Bill Maher Right That "Libertarians Have to ...
    On a recent episode of his HBO show, Bill Maher created a "new rule" concerning libertarians: Libertarians have to stop ruining libertarianism! Or at least do a better job of explaining the difference between today's libertarian and just being a selfish prick. Now, many y ...
  • Vid: Can Computers Replace Teachers?: Reason's ...
    "Can Computers Replace Teachers?: Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward" is the latest offering from Reason TV. Watch above or click on the link below for video, full text, supporting links, downloadable versions, and more Reason TV clips. View this article.

Mercury Rising

  • Even The Financial Times Has Nice Things To Sa ...
    You could have knocked me down with a feather when I saw this article in the Financial Times (registration required) saying very nice things about the Mondragon Corporation in the Basque region of Spain. What seems to have impressed Miles Johnson, the author of the FT piece, was the speed with w ...
  • An end to the Vatican Bank? Or just better moo ...
    One of our commenters, Jim, provided three links on the issue of Pope Francis. Two (here and here) have to do with Cardinal Bergoglio’s sincerity in confronting the abuses of the Argentine Dirty War. The third has to do with the source of these comments, Father Campbell-Johnston. Meanwhile ...
  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • Maybe the $32T in assets hidden offshore could ...
    David Leigh, The Guardian: Millions of internal records have leaked from Britain’s offshore financial industry, exposing for the first time the identities of thousands of holders of anonymous wealth from around the world, from presidents to plutocrats, the daughter of a notorious dictator ...
  • States Starting To Run Surpluses Again
    Thanks in large part to the growing number of states realizing that revenues must be raised, many states are starting to show surpluses: This spring, budget surpluses are blossoming across America. We’ve noted that the combination of employment growth and tax increases is boosting federal revenu ...

Reality Sandwich

Desertification

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

Blogging Canadians

  • Redfords Keystone messaging could lead to fail ...
    Tom Harris has a message for Alberta Premiere Allison Redford in his article: Smart messaging needed to avoid pipeline lobbying failure.  Harris laments Alberta's Keystone pipeline messaging saying "a supposedly conservative government feeds the fire that threatens to destroy the ...
  • Bishop Sheen Gala – Live Blogging
    LIVE STREAMING TONIGHT — CLICK HERE! Here we go! From the thriving Metropolis of Kitchener, Ontario….. 1:00PM – Got in from Ottawa just now.  I fly about 3-4 times a year on business. But I never flew Bearskin Airlines before.  Now I know why they call it “Bearskin&#8221 ...
  • Google Goes Way To Far!
    After using a pic of Cesar Chavez as their doodle for an April Fool's joke, Google has now outraged many. After pointless Panda updates, paying Adsense publishers a declining share of the profit, and trying to compete with Facebook, they have come out with the dumbest thing I've ever seen. It's ...
  • It's A Crazy Muslim World!
    This past week in Islam... An Egyptian satirist who models himself after Jon Stewart of the Comedy Network's, 'Daily Show,' is in a lot of trouble. Bassem Youssef has been arrested and is now out on bail. His crime? Making jokes about the countries president. It looks like Youseff may be in and ...
  • Red hot hatred of Christians manifested especi ...
    I will readily admit that The Philippines does take it a notch too high in their depiction of the Crucifixion of Christ.  I am sure there are millions of Catholics like me who are wishing fervently that  the Filipinos would tone it down and not be willing tools of the Left who want to ...

Press TV - Middle East

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • Featured Student: Denise Lewis
    Denise Lewis is a current student at The CUNY School of Professional Studies, enrolled since Spring 2010 in the Online Bachelor’s Degree in Business. As a single parent she raised three children, often working two jobs to support her family, while maintaining an excellent GPA. Each of her childr ...
  • Following Up With The MAAT Lab Conference
    Current student, T.J. Black (’14) contributed the following recap of the inaugural Master of Arts in Applied Theater Lab Conference that was held in mid-March: On March 17, 2012, students and alumni of the Master of Arts in Applied Theatre program gathered for the inaugural MAAT Lab Conference.  ...
  • 2013 ePortfolio Showcase
    The annual ePortfolio Showcase highlights students who have created ePortfolios for academic, professional, and/or personal use. The showcase aims to demonstrate the many ways our students are stretching definitions and creating full pictures of their learning. This year, in addition to acceptin ...
  • News From The Alumni Advisory Council
    The following post was submitted by Crispin Goytia ‘09, Chair of the Alumni Advisory Council.  The CUNY School of Professional Studies Alumni Advisory Council was formed with the intention of bringing alumni together to make time to dedicate and “give back” to the school that gave us ...
  • SPS Alums Present: The Birds and The Bees&#823 ...
    Maggie Keenan-Bolger (SPS ’10) and Rachel Sullivan (SPS ’10) are co-creators of The Birds and the Bees Unabridged, an original devised theater piece about female sexuality accompanied by a pre/post show art exhibit. Bringing together a diverse ensemble of 25 people, and over 15 visual artists, T ...

Dissident Voice

  • Toothless Federal Reserve “Enforcement A ...
    In October 2005, at the height of the speculative financial bubble that eventually cost taxpayers trillions of dollars and devastated millions of lives, Citigroup Equity Strategy analysts Ajay Kapur, Niall Macleod and Narendra Singh published their provocative, though accurate portrayal of bourg ...
  • The Lessons of the Global South
    Vijay Prashad is fast becoming the historian of the Global South. His books and articles discussing the relationships between the oligarchs of global capitalism and the people and institutions of those it manipulates into its money pit of debt are detailed discussions of the intricacies of those ...
  • Anonymous Vows to Wipe Israel off Cyberspace
    Israeli websites have come under massive cyber attacks in solidarity with Palestinians following a warning by the hacker group Anonymous that threatened to ‘erase’ Israel from the internet. Websites including the sites owned by the Bank of Israel, Tax Authority, and the Central Bureau of Statist ...
  • Under
    And yet another dumb protagonist, all inner life, asocial, dwells in tunnels built for trains the City has outgrown. Forgotten. In darkest sanctuary He considers.  Tunnels above him.   The City above  tunnels.  Sky above the City. Then what? Space. Darkness. Infinities of Nothing beyond the sun, ...
  • Raghead the Fiendly Neighborhood Terrorist: Th ...
    Kim Chi with Mushroom Cloud? Or just a side of rice and drone? Hot and spicy — or so the Menu claims…  

Nick Turse

  • pulitzercenter:On Monday, a front-page New Y ...
    pulitzercenter: On Monday, a front-page New York Times article profiled a Afghan man who sold his daughter into child marriage to repay a debt (The man now says an anonymous donor repaid the debt was paid before the article ran).  Every year, throughout the world, millions of young girls are f ...
  • The Early Jobs of 24 Famous Writers
    The Early Jobs of 24 Famous Writers : strandbooks: A little perspective is always...
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  • pulitzercenter:PRI’s The World put together ...
    pulitzercenter: PRI’s The World put together a great Facebook chat on #globalcancer on Wednesday. Pulitzer Center grantee Joanne Silberner talked about her reporting series, and several experts from Partners in Health, Uganda Cancer Institute, Fred Hutchinson Center Cancer Alliance, Harvard Me ...
  • Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Actor ...
    Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Actor Lena Horne: a close-up view.]: 08/28/1963 (NARA)
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