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The internet and its basement full of frightened little boys
Today’s my daughter’s birthday. She’s 23. She’s bright, she’s tough, she’s compassionate and she makes me proud everyday. Today is also day three of Chuck Wendig’s sermon on misogyny, rape culture, and the disgusting tribe of jackass dickweeds who think that the girls getting into their gaming clubhouse is going to get menses all over everything and ruin their fun. I’m old enough that I missed th
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Threatened Species Smoked by Pot Growers
Northern spotted owl and Pacific fisher succumbing to rat poison used by illegal marijuana farms
What India’s Decision to Ban Dolphin Captivity Means
Move indicates a growing understanding that cetaceans are ‘nonhuman persons’
Time for a New Environmentalism
Greens can learn a lot from the successes of missionary religious movements
We’re All in This Together
Communities with strong ethics of the commons most resilient to disasters
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Interview 680 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Snowden, ‘Catch-22′ And The Dehumanization Of Our Nation http://ur1.ca/eb33i NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning: Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar http://ur1.ca/eb33l Interview With #N
NSA Catch-22, Bankster Bail-Ins, Less Peace – New World Next Week
Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Snowden, ‘Catch-22′ And The Dehumanization Of Our Nation http://ur1.ca/eb33i NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning: Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar http://ur1.ca/eb33l Interview With #NS
The Transformation of Society
by James Corbett corbettreport.com June 12, 2013 You can learn a lot about what a society holds dear by the stories it tells itself. Take The Andy Griffith Show. Back in 1967 there was an episode called “The Tape Recorder” in which a suspected bank robber is caught in Mayberry and taken into custody. Opie and Arnold use their tape recorder to record a private conversation between the robber and hi
NSA Spying: False Hope vs. Real Solutions
In this special edition of The Boiling Frogs Post Eyeopener report, James introduces new members of the irate minority to the problem, as well as the false hopes (and real solutions) that are available to address that problem. For more information on the abuses of the NSA, please visit: http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/tag/nsa/ For more information on CALEA, please visit: http://www.corbettreport.c
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Byts and Bytes: Father’s Day – A Day of Honour?
As Father’s Day approaches, the Black/African community in the Diaspora particularly, gears up once again for the yearly conversation… today it’s primarily in the form of tweets and Facebook postings (for at least a weekend)… about the importance of Black fathers and fatherhood in general. I will share a number of articles and videos which I had saved to set the stage for this day of honour. I wi
Sunday Inspirations: African Girl Goes from Poverty to International Chess Star
It is difficult to survive with your siblings by scrounging for food. But that’s the life that was once lived by Phiona Mutesi out of Uganda. Called “the ultimate underdog” by those who admire her, the young woman has risen to become one of the most celebrated and respected chess superstars in the world. In fact, they are planning to make a Disney movie out of her story. When she was three, Mutes
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Safeguards in the Spotlight
When the IAEA’s 35 governors arrived at the VIC last Monday for their quarterly June meeting, the stack of documents they picked up outside Boardroom C included the 2012 version of the Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR). The distribution to the board of the annual SIR happens every mid-year. This report–like every other document distributed by the IAEA secretariat for the occasion–is classifie
FYRP: Like Watching Grain Dry
It’s BBBBBAAAAACCCCCCKKKKK! After a test-and-paper filled odyssey, FYRP has returned! 38 North | Several authors have created an image of life at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear facility. All Things Nuclear | The House Armed Services Committee marked up the Defense authorization bill several days ago. It contains 14 Ground-Based Interceptors, and a substantial East Coast missile defense site. But
More EMP Nonsense
Sorry about not blogging for the past few weeks. I haven’t submitted a Foreign Policy column, either. As some of you may know, things have been pretty tough on both personal and professional fronts for a while now. Am modestly optimistic that things will start sucking less over the next few weeks. Anyway, this little story cheered me up. A couple of weeks back, I posted a little essay at Forei
Dobrynin
Anatoly Dobrynin was the Soviet Union’s Ambassador to the United States for a mere twenty-four years. He arrived in Washington the year of the Cuban missile crisis and left after Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan managed to steer US-Soviet relations away from nuclear danger. Before this major course correction could occur, Washington and Moscow passed through another year of living dangerously i
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Stay Classy, Sun Media
Oops: AM640 ‘s Lou Schizas calls Andrea Horwath a ‘whore’ | canada.com o.canada.com/2013/06/12/and… via @natnewswatch— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) June 13, 2013 @mistervermin @natnewswatch Exactly.— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) June 13, 2013 h/t Justin Stayshyn Filed under: Canadian politics Tagged: AM640, Andrea Horwath, Lorrie Goldstein, Lou Schizas, Ontario NDP, Ontario Politics, Sun Media
AM640 On-Air Personality on ONDP Leader: “I think whore is the operative syllable there”
Via Lucile Barker of the Canuckistan Pink(o) Fringe: Schizas: Just to get back to our previous quick quotes on Andrea Horwath. I think whore is the operative syllable there. Oakley: Well, well let’s not take it that farSchizas: What do you mean? She was bought.Oakley: (in agreement) Alright, bought and paid for. Alright, it’s pejorativeSchizas: Alright, Sorry, I’ll take the hit.Oakley: That’s alri
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Who protects you from TSA Abusers?
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that exercises authority over the security of the traveling public in the United States The TSA was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, sponsored by Don Young in the United States House of Representative and Ernest Hollings in the Senate, passed by the 107th U.S. C
Canada: Father Dan Miller has pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault
Father Daniel Miller pleaded guilty Father Dan Miller has pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault in Pembroke Court this week. He was originally charged with 12 counts involving young boys while he was a priest at several locations in the Ottawa Valley. A pre-sentence report has been ordered and the sentencing phase is set to begin September 17th. Miller remains out of custody pending
Monsanto’s Monopolistic Greed
The Growing Global Challenge to Monsanto’s Monopolistic Greed By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers May 25, 2013 “Information Clearing House” – The common problem we face is the power of concentrated wealth and monopolistic corporate interests. This has created a crony capitalist economy that uses government to further enrich the wealthy at the expense of the people, often threatening our basic nece
Attempted Abduction In Renfrew Bogus
ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION IN RENFREW BOGUS May 15 2013 Police in Renfrew are now saying that a reported attempted abduction Monday (May 13) did not happen. They are not saying who made up the story but a full investigation of the reported attempt to grab a 10 year old girl has led them to determine the incident never happened. Police thank members of the public for their assistance and they are contin
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How Much Does LEED Certification Cost?
With all the recent hubbub about LEED — which has taken a well-publicized beating from Frank Gehry, among others — it’s worth taking a closer look at exactly how much it costs to erect a LEED-certified building. Are the costs really “enormous,” as Gehry claimed? And are they outweighed by the benefits? While the above graph is admittedly [...]
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“The Turkish-Syrian Border Dispute: A View From the Past” – By Meir Zamir
The Turkish-Syrian Border Dispute: A View From the Past With Secret Documents from the Files of the Syrian Foreign Ministry By Meir Zamir A version of this article was first published in the Jerusalem Post, 19 October 2012. We are providing this full version that contains the historical documents that Zamir relied upon for his article. Hafez Asad’s thirty-year rule in Syria (1970-2000) concealed t
Ayman al-Zawahiri Rants about Syria
by Aron Lund for Syria Comment The al-Qaida emir, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, is a grumpy old man, but who wouldn’t be in his position? Like his late predecessor Osama bin Laden, and indeed many grumpy old men, he has a habit of haranguing the world for its faults while angrily wagging his finger. Today, for example, al-Qaida’s al-Sahab media agency issued a 20-minute voice recording of Zawahiri markin
Turkey Engulfed in Protests, Syria Conflict Worries Turkish Alevis, Syrian Turkomen Support Opposition
Turkish riot police spray a woman in the face with tear gas at a demonstration in Istanbul. Photo: Reuters/Osman Orsal 3rd day of demonstrations in Istanbul. AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis See more photos at the following Atlantic article: Days of Anti-Government Protests and Harsh Crackdowns A protest in Istanbul, Turkey, that began as a relatively small event earlier in the week, erupted into mass
Sheikh al-Yaqoubi Elected to the NC—its first non-Brotherhood-aligned religious figure
The Rise of the Sufis by Matthew Barber—This story first appeared on Syria Comment Newly-elected to the Syrian National Coalition, Sheikh Mohammad al-Yaqoubi is moderate, influential, and ready to go to work From the beginning of the uprising, mainstream Syrian Sunni ‘ulema—the traditional scholars who have spoken for Islam for centuries and who most Syrians recognize as the quintessential vo
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Bits and Pieces - June 13, 2013
Godwin's Law or not - the idea that few pregnancies result from rape really does come from the Nazis. And Emily Bazelon raises a good question in that article: why do those male Republican legislators feel it so necessary to keep repeating that?If you're going to Europe, bring lots of cash. Your credit card probably won't work. Kevin Drum seems to be the only financial columnist that finds this st
Woman's Place in Iran and Protests in Turkey
Saeed Jalili sounded like Stokely Carmichael the other day:Based on the interpretations of the supreme leader, the presence of women in society must be combatant and revolutionary in the various fields, and the most important act of cultural resistance for a woman takes place at the home.Carmichael was a bit cruder on women's place in revolution:The only place for women in the movement is prone.An
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Speaking out for safe strawberry fields
The hearing room in Salinas was brimming with people concerned about fumigant pesticides on Monday night. Dozens of concerned residents, farmworkers and farmers showed up to press state officials to protect this Central Coast community from the volatile fumigant chloropicrin — and to make good on the promise of safer strawberry fields. Salinas is in the heart of strawberry country, so the issue hi
Moving the Farm Bill forward
In an unusually bipartisan effort, the Senate passed a version of the Farm Bill Monday with a vote of 66-27. The national farm policy — which comes up every five years for debate — will now be taken up in the House. Republican leadership there said today that it will move forward quickly toward a vote. The Agricultural Reform, Food and Jobs Act, a complex 1,150-page bill, largely replaces direct
You can't put the GE genie back in the bottle
The surprise appearance of Monsanto’s unapproved GE wheat in an Oregon field last month dominated the “bad GE news” cycle of the day, stoking worries among farmers, millers, bakers and eaters about the extent of the contamination. Public outcry and demands to end open-air field testing of experimental GE crops are growing louder. And the discovery of rogue GE wheat in Oregon has driven key tradin
Insecticide use (& Big 6 profits) surge as Bt corn fails
This week the Wall Street Journal took note of a trend farmers have understood for years: Monsanto's Bt corn, genetically modified to protect the plants from rootworm, is no longer working. And as a result, many farmers are now rapidly ramping up use of insecticides to protect their crops. This is not unexpected. When Bt corn was introduced back in 1995, PAN joined organic growers in raising t
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Cut from Haley Camp, CCC Board Member Denies Knowledge of Group’s Racism
Roan Garcia-Quintana is a board member of the Council of Conservative Citizens, which opposes “all efforts to mix the races of mankind.” At 62, Roan Garcia-Quintana is a worldly, retired college professor and longtime South Carolina political operative with deep roots in the Republican Party. That’s why what he recently told the Charleston City Paper sounds [...]
Bomb-Maker Case Highlights Links Between Domestic Extremists and Jihadists
A young man from Clarkston, Wash. – who idolized Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and nearly died exploding a test bomb before becoming interested in radical jihadists – was sentenced Tuesday to 12.5 years in federal prison. The federal investigation and prosecution of Joseph Jefferey Brice shines a spotlight on the antigovernment, anti-Semitic links shared between [...]
Would-be White House Crasher Wanted to Paint ‘Patriot’ Snake Symbol
An unoccupied black Jeep Patriot rolls down the street and crashes into a light pole and steel bollard of a guard booth near the White House shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday. A block of wood had been affixed to the accelerator with Velcro. Inside the vehicle – its motor still running, its airbag deployed – are [...]
Usual Suspects Blamed and Blasted at CCC Conference
“The only people who can be trusted to be in charge are white people.” Keith Alexander at CCC Conference, 2013 What do you call a weekend spent immigrant-bashing, democracy-dissing, race-baiting, Holocaust-death-toll-denying, pistol-packing, and calling for “bigots to come together?” If you guessed two days at the nearest funny farm, you weren’t far off. The correct answer, however, is [...]
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A Budget by the People, for the People
This story is the fourth installment of “Direct Democracy in Chicago’s 5th Ward,” a five-part series supported by a grant from the Local Reporting Initiative of the Chicago Community Trust. Read the first three stories in the series here, here and here. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has squelched any attempt by the City Council to check his power, successfully killing proposals for independent
New Visions from the New Left
From their inception, most New Left movements of the Sixties offered a radically democratic vision of America’s future--critical not only of capitalism, then in its supposed golden age, but also of much about the Old Left, “real existing socialism,” and Cold War liberalism. As both scholars and activists, Staughton Lynd and Gar Alperovitz were two leading proponents of that democratic critique
GOP: Masters of Media
The Republicans may have taken a drubbing in the presidential election, but they’re winning the bigger ideological battle. Neoliberalism—the doctrine of cutting government, reducing social services and then letting market forces run wild—remains the dominant ideology, regardless of its obvious, staggering failures. You have to hand it to them: Republicans stay on message—helped along by the main
Food Stamps on the Chopping Block
On Monday evening, the Senate voted to cut roughly $4 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known by its former name, food stamps. The 66-27 vote on the farm bill—a massive omnibus bill that funds federal agricultural and food policy through the Department of Agriculture—could pave the way for even more substantial cuts to SNAP to take place. By the end
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Steve Bell on David Cameron’s spin of the unemployment figures.
Steve Bell The Guardian, Wednesday 12th June 2013. David Cameron accuses Ed Miliband of talking down the economy as the jobless total dips to 2.51 million.
Steve Bell’s “IF” … on David Cameron’s secretive Bilderberg meeting.
Steve Bell The Guardian, Monday 10th June 2013.
How 30million ‘wi-fi’ credit cards can be plundered by cyber identity thieves exploiting contactless payment technology.
By Ben Ellery 1st June 2013. Find Full Article Here:- Millions of debit and credit card holders are at risk of having their personal data mined by thieves exploiting a loophole in the latest ‘contactless’ payment technology. Card numbers and personal details can be read almost instantly by a remote device such as a mobile phone, according to cyber-crime experts. Contactless cards
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A Sunny Day on a ‘Super-Earth’?
When a distant planet moves in front of its star as seen from Earth, the slight drop in starlight is often enough to allow sensitive instruments to make a detection. We call the degree to which the star’s light is diminished the ‘transit depth,’ and even with transiting gas giants, the figure is usually on the order of one percent. What we’re getting at is the ratio of the area of the planet to th
Testing Out Pulsar Navigation
Tracking spacecraft from Earth is an increasingly cumbersome issue as we continue to add new vehicles into the mix. The Deep Space Network can track a Voyager at the edge of the Solar System, but using round-trip times and the Doppler shift of the signal is a less than optimal solution for accurate tracking. What we’d like is a method that would allow the spacecraft to calculate its position on it
Public Engagement in Deep Space
Congratulations to Icarus Interstellar, which with five days to go has easily surpassed its goal of raising $10,000 on Kickstarter. The campaign supports the Starship Congress to be held in Dallas August 15-18 at the Anatole Hilton Conference Center. It is described on the Kickstarter page as “…a forum where scientists, physicists, engineers, researchers, urban designers, representatives from inte
Iain Banks: An Appreciation
The all too early death of Iain Banks conjures up so many images from his books that I can’t begin to list them all here. Grant his sly word-play, his wit, his deft management of character and you’re still left with a sense of gratitude for the sheer poetry of his landscapes. In Look to Windward, a character named Kabe walks the streets of blacked out city, down along a dark canal whose quayside i
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Boredom and Loathing in Ismailia
The Arabist's secret asset, Nour The Intern, visited Ismailiya last week and wrote this dispatch about an anti-Morsi rally (specifically focused on a proposed Suez Canal development law). Enjoy. “They are as bored as they are politically divided,” I thought as I watched a group of young bearded men walk right past the wooden stage of the anti-MB “Da’ Canaly” (which translates to “Leave my ca
In Morocco
One of the strangest things about traveling from Egypt to Morocco is exiting a news maelstrom and entering a low-news-pressure zone. Egypt is so full of news these days, and so the focus of international media, that it is almost shocking to me to be in a country that, when Google-searched, does not even return any news stories. And yet, of course, things are happening here too. I was also shocked,
More on the Rubik's Cube
In response to a remark on Twitter by Amira Howeidy, Nathan Brown is updating his take on the SCC's rulings we recently published. Here is a (lengthy) addendum.A closer reading of the second (Constituent Assembly) ruling suggests I got one thing absolutely right and one thing absolutely wrong. But this is a very complicated ruling, because the SCC is sorting through all sorts of issues (standing,
Links 27 May - 3 June 2013
World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Activist Sentenced to Prison for Insulting MorsiTwitter a Mirror for the Turkish Press, and the Reflection Isn't Pretty | TechPresidentLisa Goldman on the scandal of Turkish mediaPHOTOS: Demonstrators occupy Istanbul’s Taskim Square | +972 MagazineChina Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom - NYTimes.comQuite a noveltyThe deal for a "new Yemen"AP News: C
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More NHS Awfulness
It s rather humiliating to reveal so much of my personal medical history in order to expose the absolutely dreadful operation of the NHS in Thanet – and this blog is in danger of looking like a medical soap opera sometimes. But as I continue to try to navigate myself through the system with utter disbelief at how awful it is. I thought I would keep you posted. Like all the best soap operas, here
Pre-emptive Policing
I am deeply concerned about pre-emptive policing, or arresting people who might be going to do something wrong. I frankly don’t believe the BBC’s claim that intelligence indicated that anti-G8 protestors in Soho had weapons, or at any rate I do not believe it was honest intelligence. I note there are no reports of these weapons actually having been discovered. The rounding up, arresting and bea
Lack of Intelligence
I am astonished that still none of our pusillanimous media has published the simple fact that NSA and GCHQ share ALL intelligence reports with each other. Every member of the House of Commons who has ever been in the most junior ministerial position knows this – that amounts to hundreds. So do at least fifty thousand current or retired civil service and military personnel. So do the majority of
The Omniscient State
It is not whether the individual had done anything wrong: it is whether the state has done anything wrong. Hague’s plea for the omniscient state is chilling: if you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about. So it is alright for the state to eavesdrop all our social interactions, to follow our every move? Is there to be no privacy from the prying eye of the state, which can
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Job Security
There seems to be a lot of hair-on-fire these days about “jobs.” The burning often concerns the notion that there aren’t enough of them. Small wonder. Jobs are silly. In the history of humans, they’ve only recently been around. And now—as is true of similar nonsense like cities and money—they’re going the way of the dodo. Good riddance. However, for people who have only ever lived in job-world, an
Orwell Endeavors To Annoy The Scots
I must apologize for not writing earlier to thank you for your letter & Caledonia. I liked the latter very much. It is so rare nowadays to find anyone hitting back at the Scotch cult. I am glad to see you make a point of calling them “Scotchmen,” not “Scotsmen” as they like to be called. I find this a good easy way of annoying them. —George Orwell, letter to Anthony Powell, June 1936 Filed und
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Senator Rubio is still wrong on Amnesty!
by Mark Vogl: He just doesn't get it. Senator Rubio wants to pretend the border will be secured, and he is talking about 11 million illegals!
Flyover America, the Heartland, time does not move at the same speed
by Mark Vogl: There is an America in between the two coasts, and outside the concrete of the cities, and life is better there.
Limbaugh is Criminally Nuts
by Joel S. Hirschhorn: Limbaugh has the audacity to assert that right now there is a coup d'etat in the US, and that the Obama campaign used NSA databases.
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The Curious Case of Gene Patents and SC Decision
The Supreme Court rules on the curious case of gene testing, patent claims on the human DNA, risk factor science for profit while cancer cures are ignored.Read more → Related posts: The Curious Case Of Facebook Pubpat Sues Monsanto on GMO Patents Oracle – Google Go to Trial Over Android Java Patents
Rep Sanchez- NSA Leak Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Rep. Loretta Sanchez said she attended a classified briefing where she learned the NSA leaks by Snowden are "only the tip of the iceberg" learning significantly more about the govt and Booz Allen surveillance program.Read more → Related posts: CNN Fires Rick Sanchez for Remarks!! BP Stops Oil Leak July 15, 2010 Oil Leak Update
Edward Snowden Hero or Traitor?
Traitor or Hero, Ed Snowden leaves Hong Kong for parts unknown, with more leaks coming in the near future, Dan Ellsberg calls him a Hero, DOJ opens investigation on NSA leaks.Read more → Related posts: I’m Just Another Guy- Ed Snowden Tyron Johns Guard at Holocaust Museum Dies a Hero Captain Phillips- I am No Hero
Anti-Government Riots Get Ugly in Turkey
Turkey riots turn ugly when police throw tear gas, water cannons at protesters, as PM Erdogan entrenches himself into the same failed tactics as Mubarack in the Arab Spring of Turkey.Read more → Related posts: Ugly Mubarak Thugs Attacking Innocent Egyptians Bahrain Government Kills 4 Protesters Occupy Oakland Turns Ugly Again
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by russell Human genes cannot be patented say the Supremes. Unanimously. OK, so maybe we're not totally screwed. That is all.
Starbucks and the African Savanna
by Doctor Science It was this kind of Monday here in New Jersey: Hiroshige, Two men on a sloping road in the rain, from Eight views of Kanazawa. Rainy and cold, cold and *really* rainy. It reminds me of my theory (need I say it is mine?) about the connection between Starbucks and the African savanna. Suppose humans evolved on the African savanna or something like it. Even in the rainy season,
(Not) Everything Old Is New Again: Part 1
by dr ngo Another advantage of aging is that it helps give us perspective on the world over time, just as travel, especially residence abroad, helps provide perspective on the world across space and ethnicity. Put in terms of academe, both history and area studies point us to alternatives to what it's like all around us. Things don't have to be as they are. (Fiction, particularly science f
National Security Agency Surveillance
by Ugh It seems that there is a bit of a to do about the information the NSA collects on Americans. Whether or not this is "legal" - from a statutory or Constitutional perspective - it's a bit troubling. First, it has been done in complete secrecy outside of government officials (until these reports). Second, it seems it's been done with minimal oversight, other than via the ra
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Oh, Keith.
Seeing as the Dirty Digger won't now be able to leave News Corp in the capable hands of James, it's not exactly the biggest surprise that he's decided Wend won't be getting the rest of his money either. As all "wise" rich men do when getting a trophy wife, we're told he has not just a pre-nupital agreement but also a couple of post ones, meaning he won't be stung as he (deserved
The more things change.
Look who's back.It's fair to say that I am not predisposed to like Tulisa Contostavlos. If you want a handy summation of the musical apocalypse of the past decade, then listening to N-Dubz, Contostavlos's former group, will soon bring you up to speed. Naturally, once N-Dubz split up, Simon Cowell decided that Tulisa would the perfect addition to the X Factor judging panel, having previously g
Film review: Martyrs.
(Spoilers ahead, although I have tried to limit them on this occasion.)One thing worth remembering at a time when the easy availability of pornography (violent or not) and extremist material is being blamed for the actions of individuals, with the Daily Mail wailing that something must be done, even if it doesn't have the slightest understanding of what it's talking about, is that we have been her
Through the prism.
Whenever the security services are criticised, we always get the same boilerplate response. They do amazing work keeping us safe; they have to get it right every time while our enemies only have to be lucky once; we can't possibly be told of everything they're doing to protect us so they often prevent attacks we never even hear about it; and so on. To which the obvious answer is: well, n
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Peruvian ocean conservationist wins top honours in prestigious international award
Jackson Hole, USA: Kerstin Forsberg, a 28-year-old marine conservation biologist and campaigner based in Peru, has been awarded the WWF International President's Award 2013 at a special ceremony during global conservation organization WWF's Annual Conference. As Founder-Director of the non-profit organization "Planeta Océano" since 2007, Kerstin leads community-based marine research, en
Mexico approves measure to save world's rarest marine mammal
The government of Mexico has taken a decisive step to save the vaquita - a porpoise threatened by extinction - and to promote sustainable fisheries in the upper Gulf of California for the benefit of fishers and their families, says WWF-Mexico.The new regulation, called an official norm, comes after over 38,000 people from 127 countries signed WWF's petition to Mexico President Enrique Peña Nie
South China Sea, Mediterranean and North Sea are shipping accidents hotspots
Gland, Switzerland: Some of the world`s most iconic oceans are also the most at risk according to a new study on shipping accidents released by WWF for World Oceans Day.The South China Sea and East Indies, east Mediterranean and Black Sea, North Sea and British Isles were found to be dangerous hotspots for accidents involving ships. "Since 1999 there have been 293 shipping accidents in the South C
WWF calls for major investment in clean and renewable energy with launch of new global campaign
With a global call to action urging governments and financial institutions worldwide to increase investment in renewable energy by at least US$40 billion over the next 12 months, WWF today launched its new international campaign under the slogan Seize Your Power. "We are running out of time. We know that if we continue to rely on fossil fuels we will face a future of worsening air pollution and an
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