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Consumerist

  • A Rodent In Sheep’s Clothing?: China Cra ...
    We thought our European brethren had it bad with the horsemeat brouhaha, but over in China, the meat scandal bar has been raised: Police have made 904 arrests as part of a crackdown on a crime ring that was allegedly selling rats and other small mammals as mutton. Cue intense shudder. According ...
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
    Here are ten of the best photos that readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for usability in a Consumerist post or just plain neatness. Our Flickr Pool is the place where Consumerist readers upload photos for possible use in future Consumerist posts. Want to see your pict ...
  • Restaurant Has 44 Requirements For Wannabe Lin ...
    As someone who has never worked professionally in a kitchen but who has watched plenty of restaurant reality TV, let me be the first to say that being a cook/chef seems like an incredibly tough and demanding job. Customers want to be fed tasty things and restaurants want them to be happy. But th ...
  • House Fire Teaches Couple Not To Put Shiny Met ...
    Before you go running out of your house to purchase an all new set of plastic pet bowls, let’s be realistic here — it’s probably not likely that your dog’s metal dish will catch the sunlight in just such a way as to spark a house fire, but anything is possible. One couple in Ca ...
  • Dad Complains To LEGO About Leering Minifig, T ...
    When a dad noticed a set of licensed LEGO stickers with a catcalling construction worker minifigure on it, he was “stunned” and posted a photo on Tumblr.. Street harassment isn’t the most pressing issue facing women today, but it can be a problem, and certainly isn’t appr ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

UK Progressive

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

NewsAlert

JoNova

  • Human body parts made to order (Windpipes, and ...
    Australia could be leading the world in research that will save lives and earn money. Instead we lead the world in gullible obedience to an absurd scheme to change the weather. Making human body parts from off-the-shelf or customized cells is a vast improvement on waiting for healthy people to d ...
  • Fourier Analysis reveals six natural cycles dr ...
    Thermometer circa 1790 Lüdecke, Hempelmann, and Weiss found that the temperature variation can be explained with six superimposed natural cycles. With only six cycles they can closely recreate the 240 year central European thermometer record. There is little “non-cyclical” signal lef ...
  • Imaginary solar panels rort renewables scheme ...
    The Australian ALMOST 150 suspected rorts of the Gillard government’s Renewable Energy Target scheme were reported to the regulator last year, with NSW and federal authorities assisting with the execution of two search warrants as a part of the probe. The Clean Energy Regulator yesterday ...
  • Royal Society calls Lewandowsky “outstan ...
    Professor Stephan Lewandowsky Over Easter, psychologist Stephan Lewandowsky moved from Perth to Bristol  (lucky UK). He’s the psychologist who is expert in an imaginary group of humans called “Climate deniers”. Neither he, nor anyone else has ever met one but he discovered thei ...
  • The Stem Cell revolution: growing brain cells ...
    Voting closes on Tuesday. Look for “Jo Nova“. Click “next” until you get the chance to click Finish, or Submit. Thanks! Overseas votes welcome. This week in stem cell news one research group announced they’d accidentally figured out a way to easily convert human bon ...

ReNew America

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

Truth Offering

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2012 Blog

  • 15% Chance of X-Flares Today
    Usually  NOAA forecasters tells us that the odds of an X-flare (the highest category of solar flares) is less than 1%, even at what is supposedly the peak of the solar cycle. Today they say 15%, and 40% chance of a lesser M-Flare, due to a very large sunspot pointing at us. Read more at SpaceWea ...
  • Satellites at Risk from Mega Space Storm
    We are protected from solar storms by a cloud of charged particles, or plasma, that normally surrounds Earth out to a distance of four times the planet’s radius. Each Earth-directed solar outburst damages the cloud to some degree, and with time it repairs itself. A 2003 storm reduced the c ...
  • Further Evidence for a Dec 2012 End Date
    I find it a little odd, but not at all surprising, that 2012 debunkers are now seizing on evidence that Dec 21 2012 was the end of the Long Count calendar (now that the world didn’t end). Of course last year that were latching on to anything that suggested 2012 was not the year. For me tho ...
  • Fancy Living in Belize?
    Many people don’t even know where Belize is, so look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize (hint: it borders Mexico and Guatemala, and the Maya live there) So, why would you want to live there? Well, if you are happy with your current life, family and employment – and you have fa ...
  • 2012 Sex / Model Story
    I’m sure I missed lots of stories during those last, hectic weeks of 2012 – like this one: A sexy swimsuit model and countless other lusty New Yorkers say tomorrow’s predicted Mayan apocalypse is a great reason to have sex, and are turning to social media and doomsday-themed parties ...

Facing South

  • UN human rights group calls for investigation ...
    The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights recently visited West Virginia communities affected by the controversial mining practice and said allegations of health damage, water pollution, failure to protect cemeteries, and harassment of opponents should be investigated and add ...
  • Reversal of fortune: A prosecutor on trial
    In the world of abusive prosecutors, Ken Anderson stands out: Anderson, a Texas prosecutor who abused his authority to help send an innocent man to prison for decades, now faces 10 years behind bars for his misconduct. read more
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: Wal-Mart goes green?
    The Arkansas-based retail giant aims to become a renewable-energy giant. But can Wal-Mart's business model ever really be considered sustainable? read more
  • Death in Bangladesh and Texas: Will bottom-fee ...
    How many tragedies will it take before industry stops its relentless search for the world's cheapest wages and decides fair labor costs and safe working conditions are a part of doing business? read more
  • Ad campaign puts Arkansas oil spill images bef ...
    An ad campaign featuring images of Exxon Mobil's Arkansas oil spill disaster targets the federal regulators in charge of approving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project. read more

One News Page

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

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Digging out the American Terror Code from a H ...
    The Marathon and finish line kept ringing in my mind after listening to the news of the twin blasts at Boston. After a couple of days, I saw a child wearing a t-shirt with a “swoosh” and “there is no finish line” printed on it. This was probably the clue I was looking for. Coincidentally, [...]
  • Boston Echoes in Finland
    What happened in Boston is still rather opaque, but new facts are being revealed. The terrorists from «Iranian branch» of Al Qaeda are on the wanted list in Canada for allegedly trying to do the same thing there. The Tsarnaev brothers have hit the pages of world media. The messages are coming in ...
  • Washington’s «Civil Society» and CIA Financing ...
    Through a myriad of «civil society» organizations, the United States has been financing Chechen groups inside the autonomous republic, in Russia, and abroad. However, large portions of U.S. assistance money has «bled» over to support Chechen and other North Caucasus terrorist groups, which the U ...
  • Boston Bombers: Cherished to Kill
    A week ago the US public discovered that the Russians were fighting terrorism in Chechnya. Mass hysterics and righteous indignation over a commonplace criminal episode which would hardly draw as much attention if happened somewhere in Makhachkala, have somewhat shaded the fact that brothers Tsar ...
  • The Ties That Bind Washington to Chechen Bombers
    To scan the list of major American supporters of the Chechen secessionist movement, which at some points can hardly be distinguished from Chechen terrorists financed by U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is to be reminded of some of the most notorious U.S. Cold War players. Evidence is mounting ...

BlogHer

  • Gasparilla: Pirate Party in Tampa
    Editor's Note: Ever heard of Gasparilla? Me neither - been out of the Pirate Party loop and feeling a bit scurvy-ish too. No more. Here's a dastardly date to put on your calendar for 2014. --HeatherFor yet another year, Tampa was pillaged and plundered by pirates. And of course, every year ...
  • Melissa Ford on Sequels, Writing and 'Measure ...
    As an avid reader, I find myself frequently fascinated by the writing process. How do authors create these worlds that I get to visit? Series intrigue me even more. How much does the author plot out in advance? Luckily for me, BlogHer's Blogging and Social Media Editor Melissa Ford is also a pub ...
  • Kentucky Derby Pie with Bourbon Whipped Cream
    Editor’s note: The Kentucky Derby is tomorrow, and for many of us, that gives us an excuse to don a fancy hat and drink a mint julep. This year, I’m going to make this Kentucky Derby Pie from Stephanie at Plain Chicken. With a dollop of bourbon whipped cream on top and all. --Jane I am not a h ...
  • Mothers Deserve to Be Celebrated
    Editor's Note: Today I bring you a great guest post from Erin Falagan, as part of our Mother's Day Eve series. To learn more about how you can participate on Saturday, May 11, check out Elke Govertsen's kick-off post. My first Mother's Day Eve Bash. New Mom. Breast feeding exclusively. Need I s ...
  • 5 High Tech Home Security Devices to Keep You Safe
    A dog really is a great home security device. If you can't have a real dog right now, you might consider a Barking Dog Alarm, one of the home security gadgets mentioned in 5 Cool Home Security Gadgets You Never Thought Would Materialize at Technology for Moms. Home Security System by Katesheet ...

Health Freedom Alliance

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

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

  • Alpha: Appalachian coal’s decline is &#8 ...
    It’s earnings time, and the latest report out in the coal industry is from Alpha Natural Resources, which reported this morning: Alpha recorded a net loss of $111 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, during the first quarter of 2013, compared with a net loss of $29 million, or $0.13 per di ...
  • A little bit of news on power plant sales
     FirstEnergy’s Harrison Power Station near Haywood is among the state’s largest coal-fired power plants. Ohio-based FirstEnergy wants to sell the plant to a West Virginia subsidiary, and Mountain State customers would fund the purchase through increased electricity bills. (FirstEnergy photo) The ...
  • CRS: Nobody happy with EPA on MTR
    There’s a new report out from the Congressional Research Service called Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies. As many of you know, the CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House an ...
  • Big hearing starts in Patriot Coal bankruptcy case
    Photo via UMWA’s Fairness at Patriot campaign There was action in the streets and in the courtroom today in St. Louis. A key hearing began on Patriot’s effort to use its bankruptcy reorganization to throw out its contract with the United Mine Workers of America. And plenty of UMWA me ...
  • Friday roundup, April 26, 2013
    In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, photo, a Norfolk Southern Railroad train pulls transport cars full of coal near Goodfield, Ill. Norfolk Southern Corp. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) This week started with still more ...

Daniel Miessler

  • My Current Opinion on Women in Technology
    There are many opinions on why there are so many fewer women working in highly technical IT jobs than men. Here I’ll take each of the main arguments I’ve heard and summarize it forcefully in my own words–as if it were my own argument. Then I’ll give my own short analysis ...
  • Increasing Creativity By Clearly Separating Yo ...
    Image from Fanpop I think a lot about creativity and how to maximize it, and one of my latest ideas has been to clearly define time you’re taking in ideas versus time you’re creating and exploring them. Consuming news sources like Reddit, Hacker News, etc. is the worst kind of input, ...
  • The Reason Google is Terrified of Facebook
    Image from achievedstrategies.com Most who follow the tech industry know that Google and Facebook are in the throes of mutual combat, but few seem to see the strategic reason that Google is so deathly afraid of Facebook. Google is Google, right? They’re invincible! Who could possibly threa ...
  • An Interesting Approach to Contract Negotiation
    In general, you can use this approach unilaterally but you are going to have to teach the other side how to give in the context of negotiation.Think about what you would want if you were on the other side and ask them to think about the same thing.Write down the most you are willing to [...]Rela ...
  • New Artificial Intelligence Approach Based on ...
    The new research proposes that entropy is directly connected to intelligent behavior. "[The paper] is basically an attempt to describe intelligence as a fundamentally thermodynamic process," said Wissner-Gross. The researchers developed a software engine, called Entropica, and gave it mo ...

Fitwatch

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

Worldwide Hippies

Empty newsfeed.

reference frame

  • Will you help John Cook "quantify the consensus"?
    Climate fearmonger and kook John Cook sent me, because of this "one of the more highly trafficked climate blogs on the web" you are just reading, the following link: Survey of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Research (University of Queensland) I suppose that the gibberish characters at the end of t ...
  • Two dark matter papers
    When it comes to the existence of dark matter, I have two news – good and bad. Let me begin with the bad news. We often discuss provoking statements by some of the dark matter direct search experiments that claim that they see evidence of a dark matter particle under the ground. But there's ...
  • Aaronson's anthropic dilemmas
    If you read my previous observations on Scott Aaronson's book including all the comments, you will see my remarks about all the chapters up to Chapter 15 about the quantum computation skeptics – where I agree with almost everything Aaronson writes although he seems to focus on the dumb criticism ...
  • Genus 5+ supermoduli space is not split
    In multiloop diagrams, superstring theory is more than bosonic string theory with a cherry on a pie Three weeks ago, I discussed the possible shapes of the two-dimensional torus. They were parameterized by the parameter \(\tau\in\CC\) with an extra symmetry, "modular invariance" \(SL(2,\ZZ) ...
  • Herschel retires
    ...and other events and anniversaries... The Herschel Space Observatory lost its ability to see after four years: Science World Report, Google News, Herschel on TRF. The life expectancy, 4 years, is pretty short, isn't it? What was the reason why Herschel had to end its mission? ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • 100-year-old woman rescued after falling into ...
    A 100-year-old woman who fell down a 15-metre embankment in Rimouski yesterday waited more than six hours at the bottom of a ravine before she was spotted by a friend. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: Toronto court rules woman mus ...
  • New video shows Harvard’s creepy quarter-sized ...
    by Madison Ruppert, End The Lie: Harvard’s tiny “RoboBee” flying robot is shown in flight in a new video released by the school, flapping its translucent wings 120 times per second, emitting a creepy persistent buzz. The RoboBee, which is around the size of a quarter, is part of an increasingly ...
  • Hockey world divided over hard hit
    Dirty play or just good, physical hockey? NHLers sound off after a scary moment in Thursday’s Ottawa-Montreal playoff game. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: Hockey world divided over hard hit Dirty play or just good, physica ...
  • Hockey world divided over hard hit
    Dirty play or just good, physical hockey? NHLers sound off after a scary moment in Thursday’s Ottawa-Montreal playoff game. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: Hockey world divided over hard hit Dirty play or just good, physica ...
  • Spiritual Prepping
    from Bigdad06: Dr. Lee Warren of PLIM.ORG speaks about mental and spiritual preparedness in this ongoing financial collapse. SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote – Silver, Gold, Truth, Liberty, & Freedom earn money watching videos Related posts: God Invented Preppin ...

Truth About Our World

Bloomberg

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

Enviroblog

Quick Hits

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

Capital - NYC

Views & News from Norway

  • 100 years of women’s right to vote
    Norway is today a world leader in sexual equality and tops international charts for women’s position in the workplace. So it’s surprising to think that it’s only 100 years since Norwegian women were finally granted the universal right to vote, after a political battle that lasted 27 years. ...
  • Høyre cultivates farmers’ vote
    As prime minister hopeful Erna Solberg gathered her Conservative Party (Høyre) for its national meeting at Gardermoen this weekend, the party seemed to be gaining new support from an unlikely source. Even though Høyre advocates free market, anti-protectionist principles and wants to restructure ...
  • State agencies caught in map deal
    Schools, government agencies and hospitals across Norway complain they’ve been lured into uncharted financial territory by a company selling them digital maps. They admit they’ve been paying large sums of taxpayers’ money for marketing services they didn’t need, didn’t realize ...
  • Oslo mayor sent to hospital
    Oslo’s popular mayor Fabian Stang was sent to hospital on Thursday after suffering an acute attack of dizziness while leading an awards ceremony at Oslo City Hall. He was later said to be recovering at home. Stang was due to award the city’s annual culture and art prizes when he fell ...
  • Town fails to drum up organizers for 17th of M ...
    A small community in northern Norway may become the only township in the country without an official celebration of Constitution Day on the 17th of May. Township officials have simply failed to find local residents willing to form and serve on an organizing committee for the annual event. The co ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • The Free “Cold Climate Permaculture” Video is ...
    Geoff Lawton and Bluey Photo © Craig Mackintosh Hi guys, it’s Geoff here. I know there are lots of questions about Permaculture in cold climates, so I put up an interview with a student of mine, Ethan Roland, who now works as a Permaculture designer in cold climates. We talked abou ...
  • International Permaculture Day at the PRI’s Za ...
    The graphic says it all. It’s now only a few days away — we hope to see you here!
  • Cows and Plows: Transformation Solutions
    Though too often vilified, both ‘cows’ and ‘plows’ have proven to be among our most effective and available tools for restoring healthy ecological and eco-agricultural systems in our landscapes. Bucking the trend in conservation that has denounced these tools from early ...
  • The Organic Bubble – Permaculture in El Salvador
    In El Salvador Mauricio and Gloria have bought an abandoned Hare Krishna complex. With this they have created something very special. They are growing an organic garden and teaching children from their local community about living sustainably, as well as English. This project has the opportunity ...
  • The Providential Principle
    Amazingly, the UK government has not defined the precautionary principle and appears to have no idea what it is. by George Monbiot Click for larger view Here’s something remarkable I stumbled across while researching my column on Monday, but did not have room to include. I hope you’ll agree th ...

Pointman's

  • The big green killing machine: They sit with G ...
    It was a hellishly hot African day. Mac stood behind the young Danish girl, who sat at a table in the open air. He’d rigged a tarpaulin shade over them to give some relief from the midday sun. They’d never quite worked Mac out. What he didn’t appear to have in terms of any obvi ...
  • It’s an ill wind.
    This is a guest post by one of our regular commenters, Graeme No.3 —-<0>— Electricity is available to many people at the touch of a button, so more people live in greater comfort and security than ever before in mankind’s time on earth.  Without electricity life is very basic ...
  • The difficult kind.
    My woman teaches the difficult young children. She does what’s called special needs and I think she was born to do it. She takes all the ones who’re a bit behind the pack and perhaps will always be, the ones who’re a bit lost, the silly hearts who’re still determined to s ...
  • The difficult kind.
    My woman teaches the difficult young children. She does what’s called special needs and I think she was born to do it. She takes all the ones who’re a bit behind the pack and perhaps will always be, the ones who’re a bit lost, the silly hearts who’re still determined to s ...
  • A postcard from warmer climes.
    As I write this, I’m in the middle of a brief holiday in southern Spain, in Seville to be exact. It is warmth, sunshine, the unlikely smell of Orange trees in the air, Spain at its over easy best and a complete break from the snow and bitter cold us hardy souls in the northern … ...

Journalists' Toolkit

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

Justice Roars - Louisiana

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

Gyrovague's Raves

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

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NAU Resistance

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

Gaea Times

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

TruthNews Australia

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

Beacon

  • Victory! Maryland Becomes First East Coast Sta ...
    Governor Martin O'Malley signs bill into law banning possession, sale, and distribution of shark fins in Maryland Maryland made history today by becoming the first East Coast state to ban the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins throughout the state. They join the entire West Coast ...
  • Delaware Sends Shark Fin Ban to Governor
    Less than one week after passing the state Assembly, the Delaware state Senate has signed on to a bill banning the trade of shark fins within the state’s borders.  The states spanning the entire West Coast, plus Hawaii and Illinois, already have shark fin bans in place.  In Maryland ...
  • Record-Setting Water Temps Changing Marine Eco ...
    Map showing shifts in distribution of many fish stocks in the Northeast U.S. (Credit: Janet Nye, NEFSC/NOAA) The oceans are heating up, and marine ecosystems are changing because of it. Long before climate scientists realized the extent of impacts from carbon dioxide emissions, ocean scientis ...
  • Delaware House Takes Action for Sharks
    Delaware, Let's keep shark fins where they belong -- On sharks, not in soups. Source: Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, the Delaware House of Representatives took a huge step forward for shark conservation efforts worldwide when they passed a bill that would prohibit the trade of shark fins within ...
  • Success on South Beach!
    Team Oceana poses victorious after setting dual performance records in raising funds for the oceans! Every spring, the Nautica South Beach Triathlon gives us reason to smile. There’s the energetic crowds, the celebrity entrants, and the warm-but-not-too-brutally-hot April weather on Miami Bea ...

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Taylor Marsh

  • Jim Porter, New NRA President: Obama a “Fake P ...
    “We’re whipping their ass everywhere we can go, right and left, up and down.” – Jim Porter, new (unpaid) NRA president THE NEW president of the NRA, James “Jim” Porter II, is some piece of work as you’ll see in the video over at Gawker. But his claims of ...
  • A Brit’s View: The Saville Avalanche Effect is ...
    Nothing has quite usurped the Jimmy Saville sex abuse revelations, not yet anyway. But the Saville case has caused an avalanche of allegations against members of the entertainment industry in Britain, which today yielded its first guilty plea. Stuart Hall, until recently a respect octogenarian w ...
  • Tina Brown Drops Howard Kurtz After Collins Bl ...
    The Daily Beast has retracted a May 2, 2013, blog post by Howard Kurtz titled “Jason Collins’ Other Secret.” The piece contained several errors, resulting in a misleading characterization of NBA player Collins and the story he co-wrote in Sports Illustrated in which he came out as gay. [Daily Be ...
  • West Explosion: No Authority to Enforce Regula ...
    While investigations continue regarding the deadly and destructive explosion in West, Texas (population about 2800), hearings held by state lawmakers saw agency after agency saying they had no authority to enforce regulations of, in this case, a fertilizer plant located near a residential area. ...
  • Partisanship on the Rise Among Millennials
    A recent poll from Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) shows partisanship increasing among younger (13 to 29 years of age) Americans. In fact, the results reveal the age group is not only “more divided” along Republican and Democratic lines, but the divisions are “hardening.” Independent voter ...

Hudson New York

  • "Different and Threatening": Most Germans See ...
    More than half of all Germans view Islam as a threat to their country and believe it does not belong in the Western world, according to a major new study on religious attitudes in Germany. The findings confirm the results of dozens of other surveys, and
  • High Stakes in Iran
    In Iran almost nothing is what it seems to be. Iranian culture is formal; it places a premium on politeness and manners. By violating both principles, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been mesmerizing Iranians, to the delight of the masses and
  • Israeli Checkpoints Stop Terrorists, not Elections
    Is it true that Palestinians cannot hold new elections because of Israeli security measures? This is a claim, often made in the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe, is that the Palestinians have not been able to hold new presidential and parliamentary
  • Guilty in Perpetuity: Where Does Western Self- ...
    Ken Livingstone, the twice-defeated former Mayor of London, cropped up again this week. His return is not entirely welcome. Livingstone cropped up on Iranian television to blame America for the Boston bombings. Yes, you read that right. Livingstone
  • Britain's Arabists
    In March 2012, British MP Douglas Carswell accused William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, of being "under the thumb of pro-Arabist" diplomats in the Foreign Office. In response, a furious Hague denounced Carswell as a "fantasist". Britain has certainly

Urban Survival

  • Jobs Report: Disaster Over Easy
    The latest from the Labor Department has just been released this morning:   “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 165,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Credit Where Comets Are Due
    Hmmm…had an email from our friendly Nostradamus expert G.A. Stewart who writes…(I’ve highlighted the most important part)… “George,   Had one of my readers flag me about Ed Dames’ interview on Coast to Coast AM and his “new Remote Viewing of &# ...
  • ECB Rate Cut!
    Well, if the Europeans were really out of the woods, demand would be growing again and birds would be chirping and green shoots would…Aw, forget it.  Ain’t happening, as any damn fool (me) can see.  So as a result, the … Continue reading →
  • Coping: More EMP Notes…
    A couple of readers were asking about EMP protection and several asked me to draw up a schematic diagram so they could install their own devices. Well, OK, but… USE THIS DIAGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK! The idea is that … Continue reading →
  • Housing: Recovery?
    The newest US housing price data is just out in the the Case-shiller/S&P monthly study.  Here’s the top of the press release… New York, April 30, 2013 – Data through February 2013, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

  • Homelessness on the Rise in America
    Three years ago President Barack Obama promised... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • NWO: The Vatican, Martial Law, the Mark of the ...
    NWO: the Vatican, martial law, the mark of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • The Dramatic Rise of China
    After centuries of Western dominance, the world's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • Benghazi Cover Up, Obama Care "Train Wreck", G ...
    The President was asked about State Department... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • The War You Don't See - Why We Must Challenge ...
    A powerful and timely investigation into the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Radical Chic

  • BODY HOSTAGE
     A gun wasn’t held to my head. No, this was a threat that was entirely different. It was 9a.m. I had just finished a grueling maths class and I was dreading going for the next lecture. Exams were coming up and there was a lot I needed to learn. While I struggled to gather my [...]
  • MURDER BY MEDICINE 5: Short Term Advantages vs ...
    Most of us never really stop to consider the long term effects of some of the drugs we take. We are eager to attain short term relief without taking into account the many effects these drugs may have further down the line. Aspirin is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with over [...]
  • WOULD MEN HAVE LESS SEX IF THEY WERE CAPABLE O ...
    Men are without a doubt the most promiscuous of the two sexes. Women can go significant periods of time without needing to experience sexual relief; and episodes such as periods, giving birth and menopause play a role in limiting or changing their desire to do so in any case. Men really don&#821 ...
  • MURDER BY MEDIA 13: Addiction To Recognition
    It’s always good advice to be told to question every desire, because its easy to forget that deceiving ones self is the easiest form of deception. The media has helped to create a world where recognition has become a not so subtle addiction that we feed on and hunger for everytime we are s ...
  • IS A MARRIAGE FOR LOVE TOO UNREALISTIC?
    Love has come to be the proud and somewhat reluctant owner of many definitions; one of which likens it to a ‘fairytale’. In today’s world the reality is that there are quite a number of other things to think about before love is even considered. After all, love doesn’t pu ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Latin America Green News: Impact of mining rev ...
    Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. April 26-May 3, 2013 Chile Executives from Barrick Gold—the Tor ...
  • Huge Triumph for NY Towns Fighting Fracking's ...
    Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City Yesterday, in a tremendous victory for local governments in NY, an intermediate appellate court affirmed two lower court decisions that held that municipalities have the right to exercise their tradi ...
  • China Environmental News Alert
    Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing April 26, 2013- May 2, 2013 NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green su ...
  • Home Rule Victory in New York! - First NY Appe ...
    Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York For those keeping score, today’s ruling  by the state Appellate Division in the Dryden and Middlefield cases marks the fifth and sixth victories in an undefeated winning streak for the right of New Y ...
  • Good news amidst the unappetizing: turkey rais ...
    Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York The independent product testing organization Consumer Reports, which regularly tests and rates a raft of consumer products—from lawnmowers, to washing machines, to baby monitors, to cars—recently fo ...

Injustice Everywhere

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

Total Collapse

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

Daily Dose

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

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • 100% renewable energy advocates validated by n ...
    The authors of Australia’s first significant study into providing 100% renewable energy have welcomed the new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), which has found that it is technically feasible and affordable to run the National Electricity Market with 100% renewable energy ...
  • Earth to moon in 8 years, Melbourne to Brisban ...
    By Gerard Drew When John F. Kennedy saw a challenge worth taking he decided to get on with it as quickly as humanly possible, and in eight years Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon. On the other hand, our federal transport minister would have us believe building a high-speed railway from ...
  • Electricity prices fall: renewable energy des ...
    By Dylan McConnell Dylan McConnell is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne Let’s be honest: the relationship between renewable energy and the electricity market is complex. So what does the latest report from Australian energy research firm RepuTex tell us? Well, for a start, coal-fi ...
  • High-speed rail cost and timeline “laughable”
    April 11, 2013 Researchers who have performed their own analysis of the high-speed rail link from Melbourne to Brisbane have today questioned the governments announced 45-year timeline and $114 billion costing. “When John F. Kennedy saw a challenge worth taking he decided to get on with it as ...
  • Solar panels reduce everyone's power bills
      May 10, 2013 Australia's one million (and counting) solar powered households could be keeping everyone else's power bills down, by suppressing wholesale electricity prices. That conclusion is drawn from a peer-reviewed paper recently published in the Journal of Energy Policy. The paper ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Mekong region has lost a third of its forests ...
    The Greater Mekong region of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam will lose a third of its remaining forest cover by 2030 unless regional governments improve management of natural resources and transition toward a greener growth model, warns a new report issued by WWF.
  • Hibernating primates: scientists discover thre ...
    Bears do it, bats do it, and now we know lemurs do it too: hibernate, that is. Since 2005, scientists have known that the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates, but a new study in Scientific Reports finds that hibernation is more widespread among lemurs than expected. At least two additional ...
  • Drill baby drill! The fate of African biodiver ...
    Equatorial Guinea is not a country that stands very large in the American consciousness. In fact most Americans think you mean Papua New Guinea when you mention it or are simply baffled. When I left for Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, I also knew almost nothing about the island, the nation, o ...
  • Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out ...
    What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species ...
  • Is it possible to reduce the impact of oil dri ...
    Oil extraction in the Amazon rainforest has been linked to severe environmental degradation — including deforestation and pollution — which in some areas has spurred violent social conflict. Yet a vast extent of the Colombian, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Bolivian, and Brazilian Amazon is c ...

Sierra Express

  • In Sierra Leone – financials show 2012 was a y ...
    Describing 2011 as a year of transition and 2012 as “a year of delivery” for Sierra Rutile Limited, CEO John Sisay highlights an impressive list of achievements in the company’s 2012 financial results for the year ended 31 December 2012 (published April 25).  (Photo: Mr. John Sisay, CEO, Sierra ...
  • Patriotic Sierra Leoneans Moving Forward
    Patriotic Sierra Leoneans (PSL), an organization set aside to boost the patriotism of Sierra Leoneans, is moving forward in achieving its goals. At a press conference held at May Deks Restaurant, Siaka Stevens Street, the Executives and President told journalists of their aim and objectives. Cha ...
  • In Sierra Leone 93,665 candidates for NPSE tom ...
    A total of 93,665 pupils nationwide will sit the National Primary School Examination (NPSE) tomorrow, Saturday 4th May, 2013.  According to the Head of National Office (HNO) West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr. Sheriff M. Sapateh (in photo), the examination will be conducted in 220 centr ...
  • Sierra Leone’s First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma in ...
    The Network of HIV Positives, (NETHIPS-SL), is today laying the foundation for the construction of a massive multi-purpose vocational and skills training complex in Grafton to be named after Her Excellency, the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone Sia Nyama Koroma in recognition of her rem ...
  • Professor Parrot – Ten Commandments of Papa Mi ...
    I am Papa Minkhailu, thy only Education Minister, thou shall have no other Education Minister before me for I am a jealous minister. Thou shall never use school subsidies in vain, some embezzlement must follow, and otherwise you are not a sober head teacher. Honour thy union dues and thy mission ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • World dairy prices drop 7.3pc (+graphic)
    Prices of dairy products fell for the first time in 10 online global auctions, led by the whole and skim milk powder as the volume on offer gained for a second session from a two-year low.The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 7.3...
  • Crafar owner searching for new deals
    Chinese billionaire Jiang Zhaobai, who now owns the Crafar dairy farming empire, is back in New Zealand forging a relationship with Maori and looking for further deals in the dairy and hotel industries and in Christchurch.Mr Jiang,...
  • Fonterra to cut 300 jobs
    Shares in the Fonterra Shareholders Fund rallied by 2.5 per cent to their highest ever point today after the cooperative announced plans to cut 300 jobs to save up to $65 million a year.By 1 pm the shares were trading at $8.01 a...
  • Three-layer milk bottle: We are first, says Fo ...
    Light-proof bottles claimed as a world first by Fonterra have been used by dairy companies overseas for more than a decade.But Fonterra has defended the claim, saying the packaging is used overseas for UHT or flavoured milk, rather...
  • Fonterra unveils new farmer milk plan
    Fonterra said it would introduce a pilot scheme aimed at providing more certainty for farmers over the price they are paid for their milk.The pilot will mean farmers can choose to lock in a milk price announced at the beginning...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Friday Funnies: Internet Sales Tax
  • Brickbat: Out of Order
    A Kuwaiti court has sentenced Ayyad al-Harbi and Rashid Saleh al-Anzi to two years in prison for using Twitter to insult the country's emir.
  • Poll: Millennials Increasingly Distrust the Go ...
    Young Americans are increasingly divided on a host of issues, but they do agree on one thing: They have damned little use for government institutions. Oddly, the one institution likely to get millennials — specifically, those between 18 and 29 years of age — killed, the military, is ...
  • U.S. Mulls Arming Syrian Rebels, Employers Cut ...
    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S. is again considering arming Syrian rebels. Kansas is among several states that have passed or are trying to pass laws nullifying federal gun regulations in their jurisdictions. Employers are cutting employee benefits costs ahead of O ...
  • Colorado Legislators Drop Plans to Cancel Mari ...
    The Denver Post reports that talk of making marijuana legalization in Colorado contingent on voter approval of cannabis-specific taxes has died down in the state legislature, which has less than a week left in its current session. Because the proposal involved erasing part of the ...

Mercury Rising

  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • Further destabilization of Pakistan
    This is just purely depressing. Jon Boone, The Guardian: A lawyer leading the effort to prosecute Pakistan’s former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, over the murder of Benazir Bhutto has been shot dead in Islamabad as he was driving to court. Pakistan’s former prime minister Bena ...
  • Gag reflex
    Obama showers praise on Peña Nieto Barack Obama discusses business and the drug war with Mexican president US president plays down war on drugs and praises Enrique Peña Nieto for his boldness over economic reforms … The two presidents announced the formation of a high-level working group t ...
  • Upside Of A Cold, Wet Spring: Drought Has Dimi ...
    So the National Drought Monitor tells me: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_midwest.htm The map used to have nasty reds and browns; now it’s mostly yellows and slightly burnt oranges, with even some white (drought-free) areas. I’m watching the trees starting to leaf out. Everything wi ...
  • A medley of meddling: US undermines democracy ...
    The first link is actually from 2010, but it’s an important one that I had missed. Mark Weisbrot: The United States actually intervened in Brazilian politics as recently as 2005, organizing a conference to promote a legal change that would make it more difficult for legislators to switch p ...

Reality Sandwich

  • The Believer vs. Disbeliever Cycle
      The general perception is there's got to be good reasons for all the bad blood between materialists and survival of consciousness camps. And consequently, even better reasons for all the energy being dumped into this endless feud too. There's a gap here, we're told, a sprawl ...
  • Psychic Savants
    Modern science and collective society are too quick to label cognitive conditions, and as a result, dismiss the potential for understanding and exploration. Parapsychological phenomena amongst savant syndrome individuals is a severely affected area. What is going on in the human mind when defe ...
  • This Week in Psychedelics
      1,800 people convene for Psychedelic Science 2013, the Psychedemia documentary hits YouTube on Bicycle Day, and red tape holds up UK psilocybin studies in this week's psychedelic news. Note: After two years of This Week in Psychedelics (since the first post on 4/26/11), Neşe Deven ...
  • The New Science of Psychedelics
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  • A Darker Milky Way
    The first results from a dark matter detector indicate that the universe could have a dark side, complete with its own unique force. Some physicists believe there could be shadow versions of all galaxies, including our own Milky Way. read more

Desertification

  • The Clock Is Ticking on Koala Conservation
    Australia’s iconic marsupial is under threat. Formerly hunted almost to extinction for their woolly coats, koalas are now struggling to survive as habitat destruction caused by droughts and bushfires, land clearing for agriculture and logging, and mining and urban development conspire against th ...
  • OP-ED: Letting Nature Take Its Course?
    Is sustainability still possible? Yes. Is it still probable? No. With bold action today, tomorrow, and in years to come, we could succeed in creating a sustainable and prosperous society. But what does bold action actually mean? First and foremost, we have to start living within Earth’s boundari ...
  • U.N. Chief Singles Out Monaco for Raising Clim ...
    When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Kiribati in 2011, he had “an unexpected insight” into the fear that stalks the Pacific Island nation. Along with toiletries, the hotel room “had an additional item that is not your typical amenity: a life jacket,” he said. The ro ...
  • Canada Pulls Out of U.N. Body to Fight Deserti ...
    Canada is pulling out of the United Nations convention that fights droughts in Africa next year, making it the only country in the world not participating in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Canada’s Stephen Harper government made the decision behind closed ...
  • Water Crisis Hitting Food, Energy – And Everyt ...
    How much water does it take to turn on a light? It took 10,000 litres to make your jeans. Another three big bathtubs of water was needed for your two-eggs-toast-coffee breakfast this morning. We are surrounded by an unseen world of water: furniture, houses, cars, roads, buildings – practic ...

Blogging Canadians

  • "Corporate Spies" and "the Government"
    CISPA is about the government stripping away your personal privacy using corporate spies. #EndCISPA #CISPABlackout by "Anonymous" As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on Twitter April 20, 2013
  • "Corporations and Govts"
    CISPA puts whistleblowers and journalists in the sights of corporations and govts. #StopCISPA #CISPABlackout by "Anonymous" As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on Twitter April 20, 2013
  • Coalition Government Cure For what Ails Quebec
    The PQ's inauspicious eight-month tenure as government hasn't exactly inspired a rousing vote of confidence from the public, even amongst supporters, who like the rest of us are somewhat dismayed by the amateur hour performance of those charge with directing the ship of state. Watching Pauline ...
  • "Your Congress"
    Your congress doesn't even read the bills they vote for! #voteharder by "Archibald Bareassol" As originally posted on: Archibald Bareassol (mantis8585) on Twitter January 30, 2013
  • "Reality"
    Some People find it distasteful to be talking about US bombings in other countries at a time like this. I say welcome to reality. by "Anonymous" As originally posted on: trutherbot (trutherbot) on Twitter April 15, 2013

Press TV - Middle East

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • Kids and Cursing
    To all my new moms: kids cursing is pretty much a regular stage that all kids go through. One of my favorite movie moments of all time is from “A Christmas Story” when Peter Billingsley’s character Ralphie gets busted saying the “f dash, dash, dash word.” His father who regularly curses around t ...
  • From Victim to Survivor
    Let me tell you about the first time someone mentioned domestic violence and me in the same sentence. Over ten years ago during what I thought was an innocent conversation with an acquaintance from my kids’ school she dropped the bomb. She missed my son’s birthday party but not the gossip that f ...
  • Tanya Fields Introduces The Veggie Mobile Market
    Tonight, the CUNY SPS 2013 Commencement keynote speaker, Tanya Fields will discuss The BLK Projek’s latest plans for a new mobile food market, and you have an opportunity to join her. The BLK Projek was founded in 2009 to empower women and youth with the resources to rise out of poverty through ...
  • All-Star Celebrity Apprentice and the Day Trac ...
    Ever have one of those days? You know the kind. Roll out of bed after hitting the snooze 11 times. Run out of coffee. Run out and buy coffee. Make coffee and think ah that was the worst of it only to realize no cream! And then something incredible happens and no not the kind [...]
  • Nominations Now Open for SPS Governing Council ...
    We are now accepting nominations for students to join the School of Professional Studies Governing Council.  The Governing Council considers proposals for new courses, degrees, certificates and programs that will be offered by the School.  Two students and two alternates are needed to serve on t ...

Dissident Voice

  • Postcard from the End of America: San Jose
    As every story is a meandering road, each road is also a story, or, more accurately, an infinity of stories. An abandoned trail that leads from nowhere to nowhere, with no wayfarers, only a rare roadrunner, snake or javelina, would still be an endless source of human-interest tales, or, more lik ...
  • Terrorist Bombing
  • Putting People and the Planet Before Profits
    This past week of economic news reveals both the ruthlessness of big finance capitalism on people and the planet and that people are working for alternative, more just and sustainable, solutions. At the top of the list is more research on austerity. The Reinhart and Rogoff study relied on by adv ...
  • EU Renews Its Drive to Steal the People’s Water
    In the United Kingdom, profiteering water companies are raising charges in excess of inflation at a time when they are already recording high rates of profit, claiming that their profits are down because so many customers can’t pay their bills. I am not the first to point out that raising the co ...
  • The Pursuit: Letter to a Young Tennis Mother
    To: gro.eciovtnedissidnull@yrubelpamkahztiy From: ude.orrazzi&#x62 ...

Nick Turse

  • Woolworth Building (Cass Gilbert), 233 Broadwa ...
    Woolworth Building (Cass Gilbert), 233 Broadway, Manhattan. (March 26, 1938)
  • nwkarchivist:August, 1977- NYC Police Finall ...
    nwkarchivist: August, 1977- NYC Police Finally Apprehend Son of Sam Killer For months, New York police tracked Son of Sam, an apparently psychotic killer who terrorized the city, fatally shooting six people and wounding seven.  Last week, police arrested David Berkowitz, 24, a postal cler ...
  • TomDispatch.com: The Downwinders, Fracking Our ...
    TomDispatch.com: The Downwinders, Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania: tomdispatch: Today,...
  • mediterraneenne:An Algerian woman protecting ...
    mediterraneenne: An Algerian woman protecting her children as a patrol of French soldiers pass, 1960
  • gettyimages:Autumn Colors In KyotoA man fer ...
    gettyimages: Autumn Colors In Kyoto A man ferries tourists under maple trees on the Katsura river in Arashiyama on November 19, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. Thousands of tourist come to enjoy the autumn colors of the maple leaves every year. Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images

    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Sudanese Rebels Prepare for War
    A rebel coalition in Sudan has declared war on the government less than a week after it attacked Sudanese forces. “Now there is a fully-fledged war in the new south of the north,” Yasir Arman, a leader of one of the armed groups in the alliance, told IPS, adding that the rebels now control a [...]
  • Beefing Up Disaster Response in Nicaragua
    Nicaragua, which is prone to natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes and flooding, is confronting them with prevention measures and community drills and training in high-risk areas. The army’s civil defence unit and different government agencies began to put in place a permanent plan for ...
  • Rohingyas At Home and Nowhere
    Rendered the nowhere people in their own homeland, thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are fleeing inhuman living conditions, lack of humanitarian aid and rising sectarian tensions in their country. And the very state that is supposed to protect them now stands accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ ...
  • Hamas ‘Talibanising’ Gaza
    The Islamist resistance group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, is being accused by its Palestinian Authority (PA) rivals in the West Bank of Talibanising Gaza and turning the coastal territory into a new Muslim Brotherhood neighbourhood. Earlier in the year Hamas launched a “virtue campaign ...
  • Preserving the Soil and Reaping Greater Harvests
    Smallholder farmer Peter Mcharo, from Morogoro Region in eastern Tanzania, has a reason to smile. His fields are full of green, healthy maize plants, he has richer soil and he spends less time farming now than he did two years ago. Viewed as one of the major solutions to food insecurity and as a ...

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • The Real Reason America Can't Make a Nuclear D ...
    Summary: The outlines of a nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran have long been obvious: Western recognition of Iran's nuclear rights in return for more intrusive monitoring and verification of Iranian nuclear facilities. With agreement so readily at hand, the Obama administration's refusal ...
  • I, too, am responsible for sanctions on Iran
    Summary: "Sometimes I wonder where the uproar is over "crippling sanctions" imposed on almost 80 million people? What has happened to all Iranian expatriates (activists, university professors, "experts", etc) who rushed to American and European television channels in the aftermath of the la ...
  • Syria descending into hell aided and abetted b ...
    Summary: The alliance of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, Jordan and the western powers has in its sights the taking out of Syria as a key ally of Iran, and with it Hezbollah in Lebanon. source: Stop The War Coalitionread more
  • Chorus grows against Obama administration's sa ...
    Summary: America’s nuclear negotiators with Iran got it all wrong, according to a growing chorus of critics arguing that over-reliance on pressure and sanctions may be jeopardizing a diplomatic deal. The Obama administration has implemented a host of crippling sanctions on Iran targeting its ...
  • Flynt Leverett: U.S. is Engaged in a Dirty Wa ...
    Summary: I hope that my country will not engage in overt military aggression against the Islamic Republic. If, however, the United States is so foolish as to launch another war in the Middle East, to disarm yet another Middle Eastern state of weapons of mass destruction it does not have, I be ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • Alien Planets of Red Dwarf Stars --"If Life is ...
                              In 2010 a team of planet hunters from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington announced the discovery of a planet with three times the mass of Earth orbiting a nearby star at a distance that places it squarely in ...
  • Saturn's Naturally Occurring Radio Signal --Ne ...
                      Researchers working with data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered one way the bubble of charged particles around Saturn -- known as the magnetosphere -- changes with the planet's seasons. The finding provides an important clue for solving a riddle about th ...
  • A Spectacular Interstellar Cloud --The Thermon ...
                  The Danish 1.54-metre telescope located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a striking image of NGC 6559, a cloud of gas and dust located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, showcasing the anarchy that reigns when stars form inside an inters ...
  • Globular Clusters & the Enigma of "Blue Stragg ...
                   Spectacular globular star cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. Globular clusters are among the oldest objects in the Universe. The many yellowish stars in the cluster hav ...
  • Image of the Day: Sunset on Osiris (Exo-Planet ...
                   The amazing image above of a sunset on exo-planet HD209458b 150 light years away, was reconstructed by Frederic Pont of the University of Exeter using data from a camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. Pont used his knowledge of how the color of light changes based on ...

Natural News

  • Weather radicalization worsening, global food ...
    If you live in the USA, you're probably experiencing some of the effects of a cold weather front and multi-state blizzard that's sweeping across much of North America. While the weather felt like summer just a few days ago, suddenly much of the upper Midwest is blanketed...
  • Triceps exercises for a complete workout
    The triceps are an often misunderstood muscle group. Despite "tri" being in the name, few people know that there are three heads. To fully work the triceps, you must do exercises that emphasize the different heads. It's impossible to isolate one head completely, but...
  • India considers banning captive dolphin entert ...
    The Indian Minister of Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan, is currently considering a nationwide ban on dolphin and whale, collectively known as cetaceans, captivity. Other governing bodies in India have already assumed anti-captivity stances, reflecting a growing...
  • Include these seven brain superfoods in your d ...
    You probably know enough about neurological excitoxins such as aspartame and MSG to avoid them, right? If not, plug in those terms in the NaturalNews search window at the top of the site's page and explore NaturalNews archives. Those are the bad guys. Let's proceed...
  • Shifting from being a consumer to a producer
    Confucius said that the health of a nation could be determined by the integrity of its homes. If we apply that standard, we're in trouble. Culturally, most Americans don't even have homes anymore. They have houses, not homes. Homes are something that are made, not bought...

Threat Level

  • Secretive Spy Court Approved Nearly 2,000 Surv ...
    A secretive federal court last year approved all of the 1,856 requests to search or electronically surveil people within the United States “for foreign intelligence purposes,” the Justice Department reported this week.
  • Hacker Breached U.S. Army Database Containing ...
    A hacker breached a government database that contains sensitive information about vulnerabilities in dams across the country.
  • Use a Software Bug to Win Video Poker? That’s ...
    On Monday, July 6, 2009, two engineers from Nevada’s Gaming Control Board showed up at the Silverton Casino Lodge. The off-the-strip South Las Vegas casino is best known for its mermaid aquarium, but the GCB geek squad wasn’t there to ...
  • Government Seeks to Fine Companies for Not Com ...
    A government task force is pushing for legislation that would penalize companies like Google, Facebook and Skype that fail to comply with court orders for real-time internet wiretapping, because they say they don't have the technical capability to do so. ...
  • How a Serial-Killing Night Nurse Hacked Hospit ...
    Nurses deal with drugs every day. Most do so professionally, safely, reliably. A very few abuse them, getting high or selling them for a profit, mostly opiates. And a tiny minority — a handful in the history of nursing — ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Medicaid, ER Studies Make Strong Case for Obam ...
    This week, the New England Journal of Medicine published a major study of Medicaid in Oregon which has rapidly emerged of a Rorschach test of sorts. That is, partisans on either side of the political divide tend to see what they want to see in its results. While conservatives claim Medicaid ex ...
  • Republican Bills Declare Numbers, Science Enem ...
    "Reality," Stephen Colbert famously lamented to President Bush in 2006, "has a well-known liberal bias." It is conservatives' perpetual fear that the truth will not set them free that is the driving force behind two House Republican proposals announced this week. For starters, Lamar Smith (R-TX ...
  • GOP Pushes for More Tanks Pentagon Doesn't Want
    If you had any doubts that Republicans believe in government stimulus spending to create jobs, look no further than the Pentagon budget. Two years after House Speaker John Boehner sought $450 million in funding for a second F-35 jet engine that the Defense Secretary and Presidents Bush and Obam ...
  • Thanks W!
    This week, the Republican Party asked Americans to join in the celebration marking the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. In addition to offering "Thanks W" stickers (fittingly available only in black and white), visitors to the GOP.com web site can sign an e-card thanking Pres ...
  • Government Cutbacks Holding Back U.S. Economic ...
    Friday's news that U.S. gross domestic product grew by only 2.5 percent came as a disappointment. After all, that performance not only fell short of the consensus expectation of three percent GDP growth, but was aided by a one-time bump for inventory expansion deferred from the last quarter of ...

Blackspot News Feed

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

Consortium News

TruthOut

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

Planetsave

  • Pamela Anderson Wants Philippine Elelphant Rel ...
    Mali is an elephant living by herself in a small pen in the Philippines. She is the only captive elephant at the Manila Zoo and has been kept there for 35 years. (She has a FaceBook page where people can make comments about freeing her.) PETA is running a campaign to free Mali, so she can spend ...
  • Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend, ...
    The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will be reaching its peak this weekend, during the very early morning hours of Sunday, May 5, 2013. The meteor shower will put on a beautiful show for those watching for a few days before and after though, so get out when you can. While the Eta Aquariids are one of ...
  • Veganism And The Ethics Of Local Food
    As vegans living in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, which is in many ways centered around animal agriculture, my wife and I are constantly facing the realities of our modern food system from the point of production to the point of consumption — what many refer to as “farm to table ...
  • Six Foot Robot Invades Greenland, For Science
    There is nothing better in life than a good robot story, and what’s even better is when that robot is named GROVER. GROVER stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research — which must have just really made the NASA scientists day, wh ...
  • Oregon Wolf Dies In Idaho (Sister Of Californi ...
    The Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife keeps a fascinating Web page on their site to track the events in the lives of the Imnaha wolf pack. The December 29, 2011 entry says OR-7, a male, entered California. So far the page has not been updated to reflect the death of OR-5, the sister of OR-7. She ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

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

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Your Morning Quad Shot
    By@BGinKC Don't act all shocked and surprised. People are supposed to be confused. That was the point of the "death panels" nonsense and disinformation campaign in the first place. "As the Obama administration girds for "glitches and bumps" along the path to full implementation of the health-car ...
  • Don't Be Too Sure of O'Connor's Mea Culpa in B ...
    By @TedFrier Maybe Congress should enact a new Judiciary Act and create a Supreme Court of Appeals Emeritus composed of ex-Supreme Court justices whose only qualification would be that they deeply regret some past decision and wish to correct the record and make amends before they die. First up ...
  • Neo-Fascism and the American Right
    By @BGinKC Contrary to popular belief, right-wing authoritarianism is not a desire by the people with that personality type to tell other people how they should behave; instead it is a fervent desire to be led and to submit to authority, and that said authority be harshly imposed on those with t ...
  • Let the George W. Bush Legacy Project Begin
    By @TedFrier Joseph Curl, who was Washington Times White House reporter for 10 years and is now editor of the Drudge Report, says he hates incivility and divisiveness. And he says so in a Washington Times column under the headline: "W Outclasses Barack and Bill, Without Even Trying." Republicans ...
  • License Bureau Blues

Care 2

  • Help protect the Bering Sea ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
    Help create protections for the Bering Sea Canyons. From California to Colorado to the Carolinas - we all have a stake in these waters. Let fishery managers know that we expect them to protect the canyons to ensure fish and fishing for the future. Submitted by Cher C. to Environment   ...
  • Ban Whale Oil as Fuel in Iceland ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
    Iceland's leading whaler, (Chief Executive Officer Kristjan Loftsson of whaling company, Hvalur), is fueling his whaling vessels using oil from endangered Fin whales and calls it "green biofuel". Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Tell President Obama to make Arctic drilling ' ...
    Take action today and join our campaign to protect the Arctic. Tell President Obama to make Arctic drilling off limits. Forever. Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Study Shows: U.S. East Coast Sea Temperatures ...
    NOAAs Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) has reported that the U.S. east coast sea surface temperatures had the warmest year in 2012 in the past 150 years. Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Demand an end to sea turtle cruelty at the Cay ...
    Take action today to urge the Cayman Turtle Farm to end sea turtle farming and transition to a safe and animal-friendly education center. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • The Flawed Accountability Review Board
    Yes sir. Leave it to the blind, deaf and dumb supporters of Barack Obama to lead with their chin. It is an easy punch in the puss for me. Our resident troll, writing under the nom de stupidity of Owen Von Richter III provided the following ignorant rebuttal to my earlier piece regarding the fail ...
  • Obama Refuses to Pull the Trigger On Libyan Te ...
    Why did the Special Ops guy agree to an interview with Adam Housely? Last night’s report on Fox makes it clear–Barack Obama is not doing his job as President and is turning a blind eye to the terrorist responsible for the death of Ambassador Stevens and the other three Americans last ...
  • Benghazi, Ain’t Going Away
    The news on Benghazi keeps coming and it is not good for Obama. After months of trying to cover up the truth of what happened, courageous men and women are coming forward. Fox News reported last night (accurately, I will add), that three career State Department personnel have obtained legal coun ...
  • Tamerlane, Russian Agent Off the Rails?
    I was the first to write about the high likelihood that Tamerlane Tsarnaev was radicalized by his mother and trained to make bombs somewhere in the Chechnya/Dagestan region. While the FBI continues to keep its investigation under wraps, emerging details point to the following sequence of events: ...
  • Miranda Rights Hysteria
    If you ever wondered the effect of emotional distress upon intellect, simply gaze at the visage of John McCain or Lindsey Graham or the myriad of Fox anchors fuming and sputtering over the audacity of a Federal judge to impose the 4th Amendment protection on a suspected terrorist who also just h ...

Futurismic

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

Mountaintop Removal

  • UN human rights group calls for investigation ...
    Facing South UN human rights group calls for investigation of mountaintop removal mining in ... Facing South After visiting West Virginia communities affected by mountaintop removal coal mining, the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights is calling for an investigation into al ...
  • Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa's Ico ...
    Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa's Iconic Sand Bluffs in New Form of ... Truth-Out In order to extract the frac sand, mining corporations have adopted a method of newfangled mountaintop removal of sorts, blasting away entire hills laced with this frac sand to access this new “prize.” ...
  • David Cooper ends his Mountaintop Removal Road ...
    The Courier-Journal (blog) David Cooper ends his Mountaintop Removal Road Show The Courier-Journal (blog) In the spirit of Al Gore's climate change slide show that inspired the movie “An Inconvenient Truth,” or Bill McKibben's Do the Math Climate Change Road Show, Lexington resident Davi ...
  • The New Mountaintop Removal - CounterPunch
    The New Mountaintop Removal CounterPunch In order to extract the frac sand, mining corporations have adopted a method of newfangled mountaintop removal of sorts, blasting away entire hills laced with this frac sand to access this new “prize.” While devastating the landscape, it's justified b ...
  • Students Organize Mountaintop Removal Awarenes ...
    Students Organize Mountaintop Removal Awareness Festival Wesleyan Argus On April 25, an Environmental Justice and Mountaintop Removal Awareness discussion panel was held at Earth House, followed by the University's first Mountaintop Removal Awareness Festival. The festival took place on Foss ...

Memeorandum

  • This Is The World's First Entirely 3D-Printed ...
    Andy Greenberg / Forbes: This Is The World's First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Photos)  —  The 3D-printed gun that Cody Wilson calls the “Liberator.”  Click to enlarge.  (Credit: Michael Thad Carter for Forbes)  —  Eight months ago, Cody Wilson ...
  • Ed Markey up by only 4 over Gabriel Gomez in M ...
    Emily Schultheis / Politico: Ed Markey up by only 4 over Gabriel Gomez in Massachusetts  —  A new poll puts Democratic Rep. Ed Markey ahead of his Republican rival Gabriel Gomez by just 4 percentage points in the Massachusetts Senate race.  —  Markey leads Gomez, ...
  • Square sets its sights on Foursquare: 'We can ...
    Casey Newton / The Verge: Square sets its sights on Foursquare: ‘We can do something better’  —  Data on what you buy and where you bought it could be the holy grail of ad targeting  —  Square is using its trove of payment data to build an engine for ...
  • RRH/PMI SC-1 Poll: Sanford 46, Colbert-Busch 4 ...
    Shamlet / Red Racing Horses: RRH/PMI SC-1 Poll: Sanford 46, Colbert-Busch 46  —  If you have questions on this poll or would like a PDF copy, please e-mail redracinghorses at yahoo dot com with the subject “Poll”.  —  Less than a week before the conte ...
  • US employers add 165K jobs, rate falls to 7.5 ...
    Associated Press: US employers add 165K jobs, rate falls to 7.5 pct.  —  US employers added 165K jobs in April, lowering unemployment rate to 4-year low of 7.5 pct.  —  Associated PressBy Christopher s.  Rugaber, AP Economics Writer |  Associated Press ...

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China Dialogue

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    作为国际社会的积极一员，中国有责任公开其在西非等地海外捕鱼作业的影响。众所 ...
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    成功摘掉“雾都”帽子的伦敦，是许多中国人心目中治理空气知耻而后勇的典型。但&# ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Drone Victim: U.S. Strikes Boost al-Qaida Recr ...
    A young Yemeni whose village was targeted by a U.S. drone strike tells Salon about the experience, and its effects. On April 17, a 23-year-old Yemeni activist and journalist named Farea Al-Muslimi tweetedabout a U.S. drone strike on his village, Wessab, which he describes as “the Ye ...
  • Why Clean Air and Worker Justice Are in Peril ...
    The air in Los Angeles is the cleanest it's been in decades, but it may be a matter of time before backsliding begins. Published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org. Los Angeles has long had the worst air quality in the nation, and one major cause of that in recent decades ha ...
  • 6 Brave Govt. Whistleblowers Charged Under the ...
    The Espionage Act had only been used three times in its history to try government officials accused of leaking classified information — until the Obama administration came along. The Obama administration has been carrying out an unprecedented crackdown on whistleblowers, parti ...
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    Some reviews are surprisingly glowing. Prisoners are turning to the online consumer review site Yelp to discuss their treatment within US prisons.Jack Beck, who heads the prison inspection group for the legislatively sanctioned Correctional Association of New York, told the Washington Post th ...
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    U.S. and UK financial firms are pretending they haven't been deeply involved in the dark side of banking. Money-laundering issues at U.S. and UK financial firms shed light on role of rich nations and elite banks in the offshore world.In the summer of 2009, Jennifer Sharkey was moving in s ...

Threat Level

  • Secretive Spy Court Approved Nearly 2,000 Surv ...
    A secretive federal court last year approved all of the 1,856 requests to search or electronically surveil people within the United States “for foreign intelligence purposes,” the Justice Department reported this week.
  • Hacker Breached U.S. Army Database Containing ...
    A hacker breached a government database that contains sensitive information about vulnerabilities in dams across the country.
  • Use a Software Bug to Win Video Poker? That’s ...
    On Monday, July 6, 2009, two engineers from Nevada’s Gaming Control Board showed up at the Silverton Casino Lodge. The off-the-strip South Las Vegas casino is best known for its mermaid aquarium, but the GCB geek squad wasn’t there to ...
  • Government Seeks to Fine Companies for Not Com ...
    A government task force is pushing for legislation that would penalize companies like Google, Facebook and Skype that fail to comply with court orders for real-time internet wiretapping, because they say they don't have the technical capability to do so. ...
  • How a Serial-Killing Night Nurse Hacked Hospit ...
    Nurses deal with drugs every day. Most do so professionally, safely, reliably. A very few abuse them, getting high or selling them for a profit, mostly opiates. And a tiny minority — a handful in the history of nursing — ...

Equality Trust

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

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

Marler Blog

  • Lawsuit to be Filed against Firefly in Las Veg ...
    For those who thought I would be focused on the Food Safety News booth and helping Jeff Benedict sell “Poisoned” while I worked on my speech for the Food Safety... Continue Reading
  • Nearly 40 Sickened at Las Vegas Firefly – Marl ...
    According to Las Vegas press, an inspection report on Firefly on Paradise Road released Wednesday was cited for employees handling food without gloves and preparing food next to cleaning chemicals. Signs... Continue Reading
  • Salmonella at Firefly in Las Vegas and Staphyl ...
    Setting up the Food Safety News booth today in Baltimore and reconnecting with food safety friends from around the world made me forget for a moment that perhaps food poisoning... Continue Reading
  • Confidential Settlement Reached in Minnesota E ...
    In December 2009 the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) uploaded results of molecular testing by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) of an E. coli O157:H7 isolate cultured from a patient stool... Continue Reading
  • Canadian Family to Sue Tanimura & Antle for Ro ...
    In August 2012, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) isolated E. coli O157:H7 in a sample of Tanimura & Antle romaine lettuce collected on August 8, 2012.  This finding prompted... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • Shanghai: Detroit Electric, Geely announce str ...
    Filed under: Shanghai Motor Show, Electric, MISC The revived Detroit Electric company will be partnering with China's Geely, but the mission is not to cooperate on bringing the all-electric Tesla Roadster-like SP:01 to market. Instead, Detroit Electric and Geely will co-develop more normal p ...
  • First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500e
    Filed under: Hatchback, First Drives, Electric, FiatCinquecento's Electrifying One-Price Strategy Is A Gas America's electric vehicle segment is getting crowded, but sales remain tiny compared to the overall market. Listening to EV pitchmen, a key phrase heard over and over is "no comprom ...
  • New York: 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid fina ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Crossover, Subaru For a company that does a pretty great job of tying its vehicles to the environment - or, better said, to people who like to actually get out into the environment - Subaru hasn't exactly been a leader in green vehicle production. In f ...
  • New York: 2014 BMW 328d ready to burn oil in j ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Sedan, BMW, Diesel Despite showing off the new 328d sedan in New Jersey yesterday, BMW though it only fair to bring the first four-cylinder diesel it will ever sell in the US to the New York Auto Show today as well. Unfortunately, the company remains vague abo ...
  • Official: 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hatchback, Mercedes-Benz, Electric Despite the fact that Daimler's press release doesn't mention this company by name, we have to assume that the 28-kWh lithium-ion battery in the upcoming 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive comes from Tesla Motors. What ...

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Invisible Opportunity

  • Book Burning | The SPPI Blog
    The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism is the first book on climate change that is fun to read. Using figures, cartoons, and whimsical sidebars, Steve Goreham describes our crazy world, which is far down the primrose path of global warming fantasy. Contrary to popular consensus, global warming is ...
  • Antarctica ice increasing because of global wa ...
    Scientists from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute have offered their explanation of why the sea ice in Antarctica is expanding: global warming is the reason. They believe the paradoxical shift is caused by water melting from beneath the Antarctic ice shelves and re-freezing back on ...
  • Boston Bombers Uncle Aided Chechan Terrorists ...
    By Alexander Higgins (Reporter) (Before It’s News) Further investigation into the Boston Bombers ties to the CIA reveal a shell company used to funnel funds to overseas terrorists was set up by Uncle Ruslan at the home of a top CIA official. As details continue to emerge about the connecti ...
  • Boston Bombings: Police Fired At By Other Poli ...
    By Alexander Higgins (Reporter) The police involved the manhunt for the alleged Boston Bombers are now under investigation for unprovoked shootings at other officers which until now have been blamed on the alleged bombing suspects. For those who listened to the live radio transcripts this is jus ...
  • Princeton University – A sweet problem: ...
    by Hilary Parker A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was t ...

Global Insights

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

Twilight Earth

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

Fabius Maximus

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

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • A Psychedelic Science Advocate Takes His Case ...
    Growing up in the 60s, Rick Doblin embraced the counterculture and protested the Vietnam war and the military-industrial complex behind it. Wednesday he visited the Pentagon to try to persuade military medical officials to permit a clinical trial that would ...
  • Virtual Reality Stunts Rat’s Sense of Space
    If you were a rat living in a completely virtual world like in the movie The Matrix, could you tell? Maybe not, but scientists studying your brain might be able to. Today, researchers report that certain cells in rat ...
  • This Week’s Oddest Interactions Between Humans ...
    A weekly roundup of odd ways humans and wild animals crossed paths this week compiled by Jon Mooallem, author of the upcoming book Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America.
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Morphological Ma ...
    This image covers many shallow irregular pits with raised rims, concentrated along ridges and other topographic features. How did these odd features form?
  • Back From Far Side of the Sun, Curiosity Rover ...
    After a long period of silence, NASA has reestablished its link with the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers and is getting ready to resume science operations on Mars.

PakAlert

  • The End of the United States
    The fifty-state union is over. Nothing remains but a criminal mafia pretending to hold office, stealing every last aspect of wealth they can identify in order to accomplish three things: 1) make payment to the banksters who have paid their bribes; 2) secure payment to themselves to ensure their ...
  • Eric Holder Threatens Kansas in Letter on Gun ...
    On Thursday, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback received a letter from Federal Attorney General Eric Holder threatening action against the state should it enforce SB102 which Brownback signed into law last month
  • Obama Continues His War on the Fourth Amendment
    White House wants legislation enacted that will punish Internet service providers who fail to cooperate with FBI requests and court orders
  • The Eight Unfolding Stages of the Great Americ ...
    Is America following down a path which could culminate in the government carrying out acts of genocide against select members of its population? There is increasing internet “chatter” which addresses this topic and many are beginning to discuss the possibility for the first time. I began to wond ...
  • Bill Gates Dodges Questions on Why He Owns 500 ...
    Bill Gates is primarily known as the multi-billionaire who created Microsoft, the company behind the most popular computer operating system known as Windows

Andy Worthington

  • Editorials Call for the Closure of Guantánamo ...
    As the prison-wide hunger strike in Guantánamo continues (sign the petition calling for its closure here!), nearly three months since the majority of the 166 prisoners still held began refusing food, it is abundantly clear that, after several years in which, frankly, almost everyone had forgotte ...
  • Please Sign the Petition to President Obama: C ...
    Please sign the petition to President Obama, asking him to close Guantánamo now. With a prison-wide hunger strike raging at Guantánamo, the world’s media — and people all around the world — have woken up to the fact that a chronic injustice is still ongoing at Guantánamo, and t ...
  • Andy Worthington Discusses the Guantánamo Hung ...
    Yesterday — April 30 — was a big day for Guantánamo coverage, as the BBC decided to provide extensive coverage of the ongoing hunger strike, now on its 84th day — and the ethical problems regarding the force-feeding of mentally competent prisoners — across a number of TV ...
  • Former US Navy Judge Advocates General Call fo ...
    I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activiti ...
  • The Prisoners Speak: Reports from the Hunger S ...
    On Friday, I received an alarming message from inside Guantánamo, from a reliable source who described the impact of the prison-wide hunger strike, now nearing the three-month mark, by stating that the the guards were “putting people in isolation and all day long making lots of noise by speaking ...

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The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • How did feathers evolve?
    Carl Zimmer offered some insights at TED-Ed into how dinosaurs got their plumage and evolved into the flying birds, excellent birds, we see today. This is witty animation plucks up the courage to fill in the gaps. On an entirely unrelated note, I wrote a song about flight, which you can hear on ...
  • Win #DeceivedWisdom in our 10k competition
    My publisher just added up all the sales of my book Deceived Wisdom including hardback sales since November, Kindle and ePub downloads and the Audible editions. The grand total so far…drum roll please…is 10,000 copies, which ain’t bad for a popular science book (although it was ...
  • We’ve got a lot of grounds to cover
    Next time you’re sipping on your skinny, frothy mochachocafrappalatteccino with maple syrup and cinnamon at the local Costabucksorthree coffee shop and surfing on their EasyHack(TM) wireless internet spare a thought for the grounds. The burnt out and scalded fragments of beans gone by that ...
  • Pale Blue Dot
    The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft (launched 1977) when it reached 6 billion kilometres (3.7 billion miles) from Earth in 1990. In the photograph, Earth is shown as a tiny dot (0.12 pixel in size) against the vastness of space. Th ...
  • Getting the garlic blues
    Pickler Andrew Dalby responded to one of my recent tweets about not cooking asparagus in lemon juice because it discolours it. He had found that his garlic cloves turned blue when he pickled them in spiced malt vinegar. The discolouration doesn’t mean that the pickles are inedible. Now pla ...

Common Dreams -News

  • 'Killer Robots' on the Rise, UN Warns
    Beware. "Killer robots" are on the rise, and not to be taken lightly, warns the U.N. Human Rights Commission in a draft report announced this week, which highlights the ongoing development of autonomous robots for use in combat by the world's leading military powers. ...
  • 'Worse Than Syria'? Civil War in Iraq 'Has Alr ...
    “It is wrong to say [Iraq is] getting close to a civil war... The civil war has already started.” read more
  • 1,856 to Zero: Secret Spy Court Authorizes 100 ...
    A secret federal court last year did not deny a single request to search or electronically spy on people within the United States "for foreign intelligence purposes," according to a Justice Department report this week. read more
  • Profits Over Water: 'State of Seige' Declared ...
    In a crackdown on mining protests, Guatemala declared a 30-day "state of siege" on Thursday in four areas of the country, suspending people's constitutional rights and sending in hundreds of police officers and thousands of soldiers following weeks of violence. Reuters reports that ...
  • 'Things Could Get Ugly': Fracking Set to Escal ...
    A new study released Thursday shows that a "significant portion" of fracking, a water intensive process, is happening in already water-stressed regions of the United States—most prominently Texas and Colorado, "which are both in the midst of prolonged drought conditions.&quo ...

Lifehacker

  • Why I Gave Up Job Security to Go Freelance
    When I was a child, dreaming about being a veterinarian, I believed that my career would be determined by my passions. I thought that whatever made me the happiest would be the way I spent my days. By the time I got to high school, I was considering business management or marketing—I thought th ...
  • UndergroundMusic.fm Streams New Tunes from Up ...
    Plenty of music services hit you with music your friends like, or find music based on what you already like, but UndergroundMusic.fm has a different mission: To deliver new, fresh music from up and coming bands that put their music on the web for free, hoping fans like you will fall in love with ...
  • The Peace of Mind Desktop
    Reader InTheSkies submitted this week's featured desktop to our desktop showcase, offering a minimal but functional setup for his dual displays. It's not fancy or busy, but it definitely gets the job done.Read more...    
  • Are You More Worried About Companies or Govern ...
    You know that your privacy is important and is worth protecting. We've even shown you how to do it. Still, who exactly are we protecting our privacy from? Are you more concerned about disreputable companies looking to steal and sell your data, hackers and identity thieves, or tap-happy governmen ...
  • The Best Antivirus App for Mac
    While it's unlikely you'll ever run into malware for the Mac, you may want to consider an antivirus tool anyway—if not to protect yourself, but to protect your Windows-using friends from any malware you may inadvertently send their way. We think that Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac is the best choice, ...

Water Wars

  • ‘Water Wars’ warning issued to Bernardsville p ...
    BERNARDSVILLE – A water-gun elimination game that has gained popularity among high school students in recent years is apparently making some waves in the Somerset Hills Regional School District.
  • Wimberley Water Wars
    Community activists protest Needmore Ranch development
  • Capital Tonight: Water legislation a priority ...
    Funding the state's water future took center stage in both chambers of the Texas Legislature, today. On the House side, a bill to pull $2 billion dollars for water from the Rainy Day Fund was at the center of a contentious floor fight. Meanwhile, in the Senate, lawmakers took a big step towa ...
  • Church leaders, non-profits oppose changing wa ...
    Chicago churches and non-profits are concerned that paying more for city water will impact the work they're able to do. But they may reach a compromise with the city after Tuesday.
  • New Central Basin Municipal Water District gen ...
    COMMERCE -- The new general manager for the Central Basin Municipal said Monday that he hopes to bring peace in the ongoing wars between cities, water utilities and others in this area.

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The Wonk Room

  • NY Times Criticizes Itself For Touting Myth Th ...
    Part 1 took on a NY Times essay that pushed the myth “We already know it’s too late” to stop climate catastrophe. In fact, many recent studies have concluded that aggressive action now to curtail carbon pollution could keep us at the low end of warming, where impacts are far more manageable. Her ...
  • Biden: ‘There Should Be Two Senators From The ...
    The conservative Weekly Standard flags a pool report where Vice President Joe Biden is quoted saying “there should be two senators from the state of D.C.,” a possibility the conservative magazine likely finds very concerning because, as they point out, “[t]wo new U.S. senators ...
  • California Insurance Commissioner Blasts Insur ...
    California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday slammed UnitedHealth Group — the nation’s largest private insurance company — over its decision to cut benefits and raise premiums for health plans used by close to 5,000 California small businesses. The combination of c ...
  • Budget Office: Principal Reductions Would Save ...
    Giving government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the authority to allow homeowners to reduce the amount of principal they owe on their mortgages would save taxpayers billions of dollars while reducing the number of foreclosures and delinquencies, according to a new report f ...
  • Big Oil Profits—and Tax Breaks—Remain High Des ...
    Daniel J. Weiss is a Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress. Jackie Weidman is a Special Assistant to the Energy team at the Center. Thanks to Jessica Goad, Manager of Research and Outreach for the Public Lands Program at the Center for American Pr ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Two Random Things
    Almost a decade ago, I spoke to a group of socialist academics and activists. I said that if we were to move forward we needed to come up with something big but nevertheless doable with the political system as we know it. I proposed utilizing small-l liberal values about democracy and human rig ...
  • wut d kidz r list n 2 deez daze
    Stuck standing on the GO bus becauz all d yung-ass punx wanted to hear deez muther-fukkerz: sut=vevah
  • Economic Wisdom
    Just want to point out something quickly. This Glob n' Mall article about PBO's Page vs. Dimbulb-Jimbo Flaherty's jobs forecasts says the following: The PBO does not comment on whether the finance minister’s approach is appropriately balanced. Governments and citizens around the world are deba ...
  • Bleah
  • Torture is Still a Crime
    Just in case anyone has forgotten. Just in case the shamelessness of our current political culture has caused you to lose your moral and legal bearings. Beating people until they answer questions, driving people mad through sleep deprivation, systematically humiliating powerless human beings, mu ...

Science Express

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

End Homelessness | Change.org

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

Ceasefire.ca

  • How to spend the defence budget
    On April 15, we asked Ceasefire.ca supporters how they would better spend the money wasted on weapons and war.
  • Get rid of the nukes, part two!
    According to a recent New York Times report, the United States is "quietly urging" Britain to abandon its "independent nuclear deterrent".
  • Canada and missile defence
    Canadian missile defence supporters are back in the news, arguing once again that Canada should join the U.S. missile defence system to protect against the North Korean Nuclear Threat.
  • Get rid of the nukes!
    A delegation from the Abolition 2000 network visited the Clyde Naval Base in Faslane, Scotland on April 19th and released the Faslane Declaration, which calls on the UK to remove the nuclear weapons based in Scotland, abandon nuclear deterrence, and join negotiations for global nuclear abolition.
  • How would you spend the money?
    Today is the Global Day of Action On Military Spending. How would you spend the money wasted wasted on weapons and war?

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 12-22-12
    Today, Kevin exposes the truth behind Subway’s false and misleading advertising, body scanner radiation vs. airplane radiation, and even Your Wish Is Your Command! Self Help: Protect You & Your Family Grass Fed Beef & Dairy Change The Way You Think Health: Your PC, TV or Cell Phone May B ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 1-12-13
    Today, Kevin gives you the solutions to your economic woes and explains why you absolutely cannot put a price tag on your health! Self Help: Inflation Cure Stop Eating Tainted Meat Voice Your Political Support Safest Hair Products Health: Genetically Modified Cows Produce ‘Human’ Milk More Recal ...
  • Find alternative ways to stay healthy…
    On my show, I’ve always discussed why you should be using natural cures and remedies on a daily basis. The drug companies’ only goal is to keep you sick, and fill their wallets in the process. They are not looking to cure anyone. Natural remedies have been passed down through generat ...
  • Traveling This Holiday Season? Here Are Some S ...
    Well, the holiday season is here and you know what that means… travel. If you’re traveling a lot this holiday season to see family, friends or just to relax, you need to take the extra precautions to keep yourself from getting sick. Here are my suggestions to protect yourself before ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 12-29-12
    Today, Kevin explains why most people will not be successful in network marketing.  Plus, Princess stops by the show to reveal secrets “Kevin” doesn’t want you to know about! Self Help: Maximize Your Downline Success Training Lose A Pound A Day! Government: Wisconsin Fight: Bill Limiting Unions ...

Armies of Liberation

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

Dark Politricks

  • Rhode Island bishops warns against attending s ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRhode Island bishops warns against attending same-sex wedding ceremonies Raw StoryBy Eric W. Dolan   Bishop of Providence Thomas Tobin, the Roman Catholic leader of Rhode Island, on Thursday warned Catholics that Go ...
  • Why do only ‘stupid’ aliens build flying sauce ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comWhy do only stupid aliens build flying saucers that spin? Neil deGrasse Tyson explains Raw StoryBy Eric W. Dolan   Though classic sci-fi movies often depict extraterrestrial beings visiting Earth in spinning disks, ...
  • Report: U.S. Government and NATO Worked with B ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comReport: U.S. Government and NATO Worked with Bin Laden and His Top Lieutenant 3 Months AFTER 9/11 By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com FBI Translator Alleges that Bin Laden and His Number 2 Worked as Part of Operation G ...
  • Florida cop fired for eighth time after leavin ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comFlorida cop fired for eighth time after leaving police AR-15 with friend Raw StoryBy David Edwards   The Opa-Locka Police Department in Florida on Wednesday argued before an arbitrator that one of their own officers ...
  • Man Drinking Iced Tea In Parking Lot Gets Arrested
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comA can of tea can apparently land you in the can Adan Salazar Prison Planet.com May 2, 2013 A recent YouTube video captured an overzealous security guard accusing a 24-year-old man of drinking alcohol in the parking lot o ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Message of the Day: A New Way of Love
    Dandelion Salad A Daily Spiritual Seed Shalom Place May 2, 2013 Message of the Day Let us beware of rebellion against the Lord. Circumstances are of his choosing, because He wants to bless us, to lead us (even through the wilderness) out of Egypt, that is, out of ourselves. Settle the complaint ...
  • The Big, Blue Banner Ads on Videos Update by Lo
    by Lo Editor, Dandelion Salad May 1, 2013 This is the latest update on the big, blue banner ads that WordPress.com is now running on all videos within our blog posts. The good news is that the ads will not be seen by those of us logged into WordPress. Also, there is now an “X” [...]
  • The Haymarket Riot: “It is a Subterranean Fire ...
    Dandelion Salad Repost by Elizabeth Schulte SocialistWorker.org April 29, 2011 ON MAY 1, 1886–125 years ago this month–hundreds of thousands of workers were taking the streets of cities around the U.S. to demand an eight-hour day. The epicenter of this great labor struggle was Chicag ...
  • Michael Parenti: Make-Believe Media
    with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Michael Parenti Blog www.michaelparenti.org May 1, 2013 SmellsLikePodcast on Apr 30, 2013 Dr. Michael Parenti is an internationally-renowned lecturer and author, most recently of ‘The Face of Imperialism’. In this interview, he discusses t ...
  • Noam Chomsky: Drones Come Home To Roost + Jere ...
    Dandelion Salad Akshay Pahilajani on Apr 29, 2013 Noam Chomsky in a discussion on “Dirty Wars” talks about drones coming home to roost. *** Amy Goodman with Jeremy Scahill and Noam Chomsky, Dirty Wars Book Event Cambridge, MA April 27, 2013 [...] Join investigative journalist Jeremy ...

Your New Reality

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

Wired - Science

  • A Psychedelic Science Advocate Takes His Case ...
    Growing up in the 60s, Rick Doblin embraced the counterculture and protested the Vietnam war and the military-industrial complex behind it. Wednesday he visited the Pentagon to try to persuade military medical officials to permit a clinical trial that would ...
  • Virtual Reality Stunts Rat’s Sense of Space
    If you were a rat living in a completely virtual world like in the movie The Matrix, could you tell? Maybe not, but scientists studying your brain might be able to. Today, researchers report that certain cells in rat ...
  • This Week’s Oddest Interactions Between Humans ...
    A weekly roundup of odd ways humans and wild animals crossed paths this week compiled by Jon Mooallem, author of the upcoming book Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America.
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Morphological Ma ...
    This image covers many shallow irregular pits with raised rims, concentrated along ridges and other topographic features. How did these odd features form?
  • Back From Far Side of the Sun, Curiosity Rover ...
    After a long period of silence, NASA has reestablished its link with the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers and is getting ready to resume science operations on Mars.

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Idan Landau: Israel gives up white phosphorus, ...
    A senior IDF officer: “As we learned during Cast Lead, it [white phosphorus] doesn’t photograph well, so we are reducing the supply and we will not purchase beyond what we already have.” The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in it ...
  • Idan Landau: Israel gives up white phosphorus, ...
    A senior IDF officer: “As we learned during Cast Lead, it [white phosphorus] doesn’t photograph well, so we are reducing the supply and we will not purchase beyond what we already have.” The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in it ...
  • Important update on the international petition ...
    A major milestone has been reached in the struggle for Lynne Stewart's freedom. Lynne Stewart wrote on April 26 to confirm that the Warden at FMC Carswell has recommended Compassionate Release to the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
  • Jonathan Cook: Israeli football, racism and po ...
    Israel’s increasing integration into European competitions, despite its refusal to revive peace talks with the Palestinians, respect human rights and halt illegal settlement, is, according to... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
  • Malaga Statement
    Statement of representatives of 13 Palestinian, Israeli, and international organisations, and a number of international lawyers and legal experts, who held a meeting in Malaga, Spain, to discuss the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...

Ria Novosti - Military

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

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Natural Health News

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

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

  • Samuel Moyn Applauds the Death of the Alien To ...
    by Peter Spiro by Peter Spiro Columbia University historian Samuel Moyn has a tough post up on the Foreign Affairs website on Kiobel and the arc of the Alien Tort Statute, which he sees as having served the narrow constituency of us rather than being true to the historical origins of human rig ...
  • Will the Bangladesh Factory Tragedy Kill Volun ...
    by Peter Spiro by Peter Spiro Probably not. The tragedy in Bangladesh — more than 400 dead — on the heels of a fire there in November, is no doubt casting a negative light on non-governmental certification schemes. But it’s not clear what’s the alternative. Voluntary co ...
  • Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, May 2, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey North Korea has sentenced US citizen Kenneth Bae to 15 years’ hard labor for “crimes against the state.” In a clash on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan that lasted more than two hours, one Pakistani policeman was killed and two Afghan ...
  • Ontario Court Dismisses Ecuadorian Enforcement ...
    by Roger Alford by Roger Alford An Ontario court in Yaiguaje v. Chevron has dismissed the Ecuadorian plaintiffs’ efforts to enforce the Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron Canada. Essentially the dismissal rests on the doctrine of the separate legal identities of parent and subsidiary co ...
  • The Difference Between Art. 49(6) of GC IV and ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I have no desire to get into an argument with Eugene Kontorovich about the “landmark” decision of a French intermediate court — especially because, like him, I am far from fluent in French and the decision strikes me as quite legally co ...

Public News Service

  • One Mexican Wolf Killed; Two Pairs to be Relea ...
    One Mexican Wolf Killed; Two Pairs to be Released into the Wild PHOENIX – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to release a pair of Mexican wolves in both Arizona and New Mexico as part of its Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. And in a separate incident, the service has announced that o ...
  • Decline in SIDS Deaths Plateaus; Safe Sleep Ha ...
    Decline in SIDS Deaths Plateaus; Safe Sleep Habits Urged PHOENIX - After dropping for years, the rate of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the United States has stayed somewhat level for some time, so experts are again reminding parents and providers about the importance of safe sleep habits. Acc ...
  • Advocates: Governor’s Budget the Minimum ...
    Advocates: Governor’s Budget the Minimum for Child Safety PHOENIX - Arizona children's advocates went to the state Capitol on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to fully fund Gov. Jan Brewer's $77 million budget request for Child Protective Services. The money would pay for additional CPS staff an ...
  • Report: Economic Times Taking a Toll on AZ Seniors
    Report: Economic Times Taking a Toll on AZ Seniors PHOENIX - Seniors have not escaped the Great Recession unscathed. A recent report from the AARP Public Policy Institute shows those age 65 and older have lower incomes and higher expenses than they did in 2008. Savings and home equity also have ...
  • Fewer Screens, More “Free-Range Children ...
    Fewer Screens, More “Free-Range Children” PHOENIX - Today is the first day of Screen-Free Week, an annual effort by children's advocates to get kids free from the grip of electronic devices - if only for a few days. Started in 1996 as "TV Turnoff," it's now hosted by the Campaign for ...

Center for Food Safety

  • Center for Food Safety Denounces Dangerous “Bi ...
    Center calls rider “corporate welfare” for Monsanto and other biotech companies The Center for Food Safety (CFS) condemns the inclusion of a dangerous corporate earmark, the “biotech rider,” in the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed today on the Senate floor.  The rider undermines the federal cou ...
  • Top grocery stores: We won’t sell genetically ...
    Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh among stores that will reject GE fish A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups today launched the “Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood” by announcing that several major grocery retailers representing more than 2,000 ...
  • New Publication: Food Safety Review on Genetic ...
    The Center for Food Safety has just released a new short Food Safety Review report, Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Next Generation of Industrial Aquaculture. Download your copy today! Filed under: Aquaculture, GE Food
  • New Infographic Shows Nutritional Differences ...
    What’s the nutritional difference between AquAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon and non-GE salmon? Check out our new “Nutrition Facts” infographic to find out! Download a printable version and use them to talk to your local restaurants and seafood sellers. Filed under: GE Food
  • New Publication: Food Safety Review on Genetic ...
    The Center for Food Safety has just released a new short Food Safety Review report, Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Next Generation of Industrial Aquaculture. Download your copy today! Filed under: Aquaculture, GE Food

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    Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) remain popular with seniors interested in making the most of their home equity during retirement. While many of the requirements necessary to qualify for an HECM are clear, others are somewhat hazy. Seniors who are interested in these loans often wonder i ...
  • Advantages of Tankless Water Heaters
    How typically did you are taking a shower and also the water began to run cold before you were finished? do not you hate that? With a standard warmer this is often invariably a haul. And if another person needs to use predicament when you, simply forget it! shopping for a warmer with a humble pl ...
  • REAL ESTATE MARKET CALIFORNIA
    California real estate market trends, while having their own changes periodically, tide, remain more in sync with the current market across the nation and many people might not even think to buy a house now given the real estate market and the state of california things to buy. California real ...
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