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Scoop - NZ

  • UK bankers bonuses hit new record
    Bankers’ bonuses soared to record levels in April as the Government’s cut in the top rate of income tax came into effect, new figures have revealed. The disclosure provoked anger, with Labour accusing David Cameron of giving a “massive tax cut” to millionaires in the City at a time when ordin ...
  • UK teacher fury at plan to work longer hours
    They accused education secretary Michael Gove of plotting to ‘destroy teaching as an attractive profession’ after learning he wants to scrap limits of 1,265 hours a year – or 158 eight-hour days – spread over 195 days. His department has made a submission to the School Teachers’ Review Body, ...
  • Fighting near major Damascus Shiite shrine
    The assault appears aimed at decisively pushing rebels back and securing the suburb, home to the shrine of Sayida Zeinab, the Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter. Before the war, the shrine attracted tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims from around the world. Last year, rebels kidnapped Iranian ...
  • Libertarians Find Their Fantasy Island
    According to their similar global maps of economic freedom, the economically-free countries of the world are by and large the mature, well-established industrial democracies: the U.S. and Canada, the nations of western Europe and Japan. But none of these countries, including the U.S., is anywher ...
  • UK Labour to sack unqualified teachers
    More than 5,000 untrained teachers who have been allowed to work in academies and free schools under Michael Gove's education reforms will be sacked if Labour wins the next election, unless they gain a formal qualification within two years. The proposal is one of several to be announced by th ...

Independent - London

  • Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani: Th ...
    A few years ago, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is reputed to have quipped that while he was running the country, it was his Prime Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, who owned it.Related Stories‘We don’t care who rules us, we just want to live’: After a ...
  • Emergency meeting called and Brazil’s leadersh ...
    Brazil’s President Dilma Rouseff called an emergency cabinet meeting yesterday after nationwide protests that saw more than a million people take to the streets in at least 100 cities.Related StoriesIn pictures: Brazil protests continue to rage across the countryBritish executives cleared of co ...
  • Fears over Bangladesh's 'bank of the poor' Gra ...
    A Bangladeshi commission has recommended splitting-up the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Grameen Bank into 19 segments, sparking fears that the government is attempting to strengthen control over an institution which prides itself on having helped more than eight million impoverished people in the c ...
  • Talks festival of the week: Chalke Valley Hist ...
    Around 13,000 people turned up last year, and looking at the programme for 2013 it's easy to see why this is the country's leading history festival.     
  • Singapore smog: Gas masks stock runs low amid ...
    Singapore’s air pollution reached another all-time high before stabilising, as the Indonesian Government stepped up its efforts to extinguish forest fires on Sumatra.Related Stories50,000 trapped by flooding and landslides in 'Himalayan tsunami'Video: Toddler caught after falling from 5-storey ...

Rogue Government.com

  • UK Energy bills ‘to double in five years’ as ...
    Energy bills are likely to double within five years as the Government drives a move to green power and building nuclear power stations, it is claimed.
  • Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Law ...
    Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton.
  • Government asks Jewish groups to join in anti ...
    For the first time, the federal government is expanding its community-based anti-terrorism campaign to a religious group — the Jewish community, victims of past attacks in the U.S.
  • Analyst: Even Dollar Stores Struggling In ‘Ob ...
    More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid America’s “Great Recession” — and one analyst said on Monday it’s another sign of even deeper downturn. 
  • Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilto ...
    Hackers flying the AntiSec banner claimed today that they compromised a server at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and have released internal data, including about 90,000 military e-mail addresses.

Innovation Canada

  • Safety haven
    If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
  • Small tools, big impact
    Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
  • Innovative, naturally
    For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
  • A very gourd idea
    It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
  • Johne’s happens
    Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...

Signs of the times

  • Strangely like Fiction: Sponsored academics ad ...
    The fight over rbGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) continues, even under new ownership. After acquiring rbGH from Monsanto, Elanco (part of Eli Lilly) has stepped up efforts to convince milk processors and the wider food industry that milk from rbGH-injected cows is safe. Central to their ...
  • UN: Palestinian children tortured, used as hum ...
    New UN human rights agency report claims Israeli forces arbitrarily arrest Palestinian children in Gaza and West Bank, subject them to degrading treatment, exploit them to scope out potentially dangerous buildings and use them as shields to deter stone throwers. A United Nations human rights bo ...
  • 20 signs that the pharmaceutical companies are ...
    If you could get 70 percent of Americans addicted to your drugs and rake in $280 billion a year in the process, would you do it? If you could come up with a "pill for every problem" and charge Americans twice as much for those pills as people in other countries pay, would you do it? If you could ...
  • Thunderstorms knock out power to thousands in ...
    Severe storms producing wind gusts up to 85 mph, heavy rain and lightning strikes in Minnesota and Wisconsin early on Friday, knocked down trees and power lines and at one point left more than 176,000 customers without power. An area stretching from the Dakotas through Wisconsin was bracing for ...
  • 25,000 dead bees found in Wilsonville, Oregon
    Experts are investigating why 25,000 bees were found dead or dying in a parking lot at a Target store in Wilsonville. The strange sight first caught shoppers' eyes a few days ago. It's still there Wednesday, clustered under blooming European Linden trees. "I've never seen an incident on this s ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • The Standing Man . . .
    Erdem Gunduz (center) stands in Instanbul's Taksim Square early Tuesday. — Petr David Josek/AP THAT PROTEST SHALL NOT PERISH, from the creativity of the human spirit embodied in a chap name of Erdem Gunduz, who went to Taksim Square, and just stood there, passively, staring at the Ministr ...
  • Oops . . .
    — Hybrid Sons of Tifton 85 — THE INQUISITR has an article you should check out: “Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle”. Really.  That bears repeating, “Genetically Modified Grass    Begins Releasing Cyanide,    Kills Texas Cattle”
  • Political Science 101 . . .
    Yup, that pretty much sums 'er up.
  • Two years ago . . .
    AS THE PERSECUTION of Julian Assange was getting organized, things were in their early stages, and on 23 of June, 2011 a secret five hour meeting took place between Julian and Eric Schmidt, who is the CEO of Google. Wikileaks has the complete transcript. It gets a bit technical, but you can get ...
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Media Matters for America

  • Right-Wing Media Misuse CBO Report To Attack E ...
    Right-wing media outlets cherry-picked data from a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the Senate's immigration reform proposal to incorrectly claim that the bill would hurt American workers. In fact, the CBO report found that the Senate immigration reform bill would have temporary and s ...
  • Fox News Dismisses Obama's Call For Nuclear Re ...
    Fox News hosts and contributors baselessly stated that cuts to America's deployed nuclear arsenal proposed by President Obama would jeopardize U.S. national security. In fact, nuclear weapons experts assert that reducing nuclear arsenals helps the nation's security and say that the U.S. could ha ...
  • Fox Promotes New O'Keefe Smear Campaign With F ...
    Fox News hosts falsely claimed that a federal program that helps low-income Americans obtain phone access is paid for by individual taxpayers, when in fact the program is funded by fees levied on telecommunications companies. Fox fabricated this falsehood in support of a new smear campaign again ...
  • James Taranto: The WSJ 's "War On Men" Crusader
    Wall Street Journal editorial board member James Taranto defended his recent column that dismissed the epidemic of sexual assault in the military as a "war on men." Taranto has a long history of making sexist remarks.Taranto Claims Military Sexual Assault Epidemic Evidence Of A "War On Men" ...
  • Experts: Fox News' Coverage Contributes To Vio ...
    Fox News' inaccurate, defamatory, and dehumanizing coverage of the transgender community contributes to transphobic violence and discrimination according to several groups working toward transgender equality.Experts: Fox News' Coverage Contributes To Transphobic Violence, Discrimination Fox New ...

Global Research.ca

  • Historical Roots of the Social Crisis in Brazi ...
    Millions of people across Brazil have joined one of the largest protest movements in the country’s history. Ironically, the social uprising is directed against the economic policies of a self-proclaimed “socialist” alternative to neoliberalism led by the Worker’s Party go ...
  • Obama’s Syrian Press Pass: The Media are Loyal ...
    The corporate media are the megaphones of humanitarian death, as dispensed by the U.S. and its allies. If Obama says “Assad must go,” the high-paid press do all in their power to make the public crave his blood. “The media…
  • Leaked “Top Secret Documents”: NSA ...
    Classified top secret documents submitted to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by US Attorney General Eric Holder, published by The Guardian on Thursday, show that US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) judges have approved sweeping general orders authorizing the…
  • Price of Gold Plunged, Panic Deepens on World ...
    Global stocks plunged Thursday in the biggest one-day sell-off so far this year, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the US central bank might consider paring back its cash infusions into the financial markets within the next six months.…
  • Genetically-modified Eggplant Found to be Unsa ...
    Field trials of genetically-modified (GM) Bt eggplant, also known as Bt talong, have officially ceased in the Philippines following a major ruling by the nation’s Court of Appeals. Representing a massive victory for food sovereignty, the Court found that Bt…

TPM Cafe

  • Message to world government: Don't govern the ...
    You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the "light touch" of government on the Internet's operations. M. Touré will be running a majo ...
  • Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing t ...
    The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you can't do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michael's latest column for ForeignPolicy.com is what a differen ...
  • Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?
    Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new "Yale-National University of Singapore" college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvert ...
  • Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll ...
    The right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph. There are dozens of these articles. Here i ...
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Water - AlterNet

  • Northern Over-Exposure: Record Heat Wave Envel ...
    The news is of particular note since the Alaska is one of the fastest warming states. How hot is it up north?It was so hot that Talkeetna, Alaska hit 96°F on Monday — warmer than Miami — blowing past the previous record of 91°F set in June of 1969 (and matched on Sunday ...
  • Fracking Is Already Straining U.S. Water Supplies
    Some of America's most intensive oil and gas development is occurring in drought-prone regions where water is scarce. As the level of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells in the United States has intensified in recent years, much of the mounting public concern has centered on fears t ...
  • Tar Sands Mining Beginning in Utah: Why the U. ...
    The practice that has devastated parts of Canada is already underway in the U.S. and things could get a lot worse. Editor’s Note: Tara Lohan is traveling across North America documenting communities impacted by energy development for a new AlterNet project, Hitting Home. Follow her ...
  • Police Trained to Treat Keystone XL Protesters ...
    Peaceful environmental protesters framed as criminals? Guess who’s scared of people power… It’s often difficult to gauge just how much fear activists instill in the powers that be. But on Wednesday, environmental activists protesting the Keystone XL pipeline saw firsthand ...
  • Police Trained to Treat Keystone XL Protesters ...
    Peaceful environmental protesters framed as criminals? Guess who’s scared of people power… It’s often difficult to gauge just how much fear activists instill in the powers that be. But on Wednesday, environmental activists protesting the Keystone XL pipeline saw firsthand ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Public Citizen’s Legislative Wrap-Up: Where We ...
    With the regular session behind us and energy and environmental issues not likely to find a place in the special session, it’s a good time to look at what we accomplished. Our wins came in two forms – bills that passed that will actually improve policy in Texas and bills that didn&#8 ...
  • Public Citizen bemoans Perry’s veto of Texas E ...
    Texas’ governor is at it again.  Just 15 minutes ago, dozen’s of bills went down in flames under the governor’s veto pen.  This included a bill essential to providing more efficient enforcement of ethics violations in the Texas political process: the Ethics Commission sunset bi ...
  • US Wildfire Season Upon Us Again
    Fire season started early in California this year because the winter rains that usually tide this area over until July or August, barely materialized. Last year, the focus was on wildfires in Colorado and New Mexico. In 2011, Texas was a hotbed of drought and wildfire.  Now, all signs point to a ...
  • San Onofre Nuclear Plant Closing: A harbinger ...
    On Friday, Southern California Edison (SCE) announced that they will retire Units 2 and 3 of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), essentially closing the troubled nuclear power plant which is located between San Diego and Los Angeles. SONGS, which has been in operation for 45 years ...
  • San Onofre Nuclear Plant Closing: A harbinger ...
    Earlier today, Southern California Edison (SCE) announced that they will retire Units 2 and 3 of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), essentially closing the troubled nuclear power plant which is located between San Diego and Los Angeles. SONGS, which has been in operation for 45 y ...

Unexplained Mysteries

Grassroots

  • The World Food Prize Misses the Mark
    Subheadline:  Award given to Monsanto rewards GMOs not farmers Image:  no_farmers_no_food.jpg  read more
  • Haitian-led Response to Earthquake Featured in ...
    faultlinescover.jpg The catastrophic earthquake that shook Haiti in 2010 revealed two parallel stories, although only one has made it into the mainstream. The story most people are familiar with is how the international community swept into ...
  • Shame on TIAA-CREF for Muzzling Shareholder Vo ...
    elbit_kills.jpg Once again, TIAA-CREF has denied its shareholders the right to have their voices heard through the ballot box at this year’s shareholder meeting. read more
  • The Mystique of Las Misticas
    via_campesina-womens_mistica.jpg Ingredients: 183 member organizations. 88 countries. 5 continents. 500 representatives of 200-plus million women and men. Numerous allies from movements of  women, indigenous peoples, fishers, pastorali ...
  • Via Campesina Youth View Staying on the Land a ...
    via_campesina_-_youth.jpg Our Palestinian partners frequently tell us: “To stay – and, frankly, to exist – is to resist.” I heard this same message during the 3rd International Youth Assembly of La Via Campesina (LVC). In a world ...

Climate

  • BP Defends Renewable-Fuel Rule Other Oil Compa ...
    (Bloomberg) As Congress considers scaling back or abolishing U.S. rules that mandate the use of renewable fuels, it has the full-throated support of the petroleum industry -- with one major exception. BP Plc (BP/), one of th ...
  • Pipeline Foes Say Obama's Climate Plan No Trad ...
    (Reuters) Foes of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada to Texas, said on Thursday that an expected White House package of proposals to combat climate change was not an adequate trade-off for approval of ...
  • Enbridge Protesters Hope to Be in 'For the Lon ...
    (CBC Hamilton) A group of protesters has shut down construction at an Enbridge pump station in rural Hamilton, Ont., Thursday. About 80 people interrupted construction at the North Westover site in rural Hamilton but allowed workers t ...
  • Sen. Feinstein Plans Power Plant Carbon Bill
    (The Hill) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she's planning legislation that would impose a fee on carbon emissions from power plants, a measure that's narrower than carbon bills circulated by other Democrats. Feinst ...
  • Fracking Pollution Probe in Wyoming Cast in Do ...
    (Bloomberg) The only finding by U.S. regulators of water contamination from fracking was thrown into doubt yesterday when the federal government halted its investigation and handed the probe over to the State of Wyoming.

GreenBiz

Duly Noted

  • Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the ...
    Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this ...
  • A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
    A new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan
  • Are African governments suppressing art?
    The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
  • Greek debt – remember the goats
    Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
  • Greeks on the street
    Greeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more common in Greece than elsewhere.

Booman Tribune

  • Getting On the Dean Train
    I had a contract with Howard Dean's organization Democracy for America last year. They obviously valued my advice even though I am not a doctrinaire progressive. They hired me even though I didn't even support Howard Dean's presidential run. I am not sure that I would support a second run by ...
  • Joe Manchin's War With the NRA
    I don't really know that much about Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. I know that he was a popular governor. I know that he's probably the most conservative Democrat in the Senate. I know he likes to appear in television ads with a hunting rifle. But where does he really stand? I'm not s ...
  • Casual Observation
    Wait until the Republicans realize that their breakthrough deal on immigration reform will create 20,000 government jobs! Amazing how that works. Never mind that they will be roaming around in the desert along the border with Mexico, they will be employed. But the government doesn't creat ...
  • Anatomy of a Fail
    Take a look at the roll call of today's House vote on the Farm Bill. That's twenty-three votes shy of passing. That's not even close. That's a rout. And they wouldn't have brought the bill up for a vote if they didn't think it would pass. The final tally was delayed for seve ...
  • Casual Observation
    At least in New Hampshire, there really is a point where you are too batshit insane to serve in the legislature. There is no evidence that such a point exists in Washington, DC, however. Discuss

Environmental Graffiti

  • 10 Coolest Links of the Week
    This week, we've got natural wonders and incredible manmade structures for you to check out. Plus: some seriously smart people, amazing dads from nature, and tasty books. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • Hitler and Homicides: The Gruesome History Beh ...
    The abandoned Beelitz-Heilstätten hospital housed thousands of TB victims plus a young Adolph Hitler, and more recently it set the scene of a series of grisly murders. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Ice Diving in the Otherworldly Glow of Russia’ ...
    Beneath the waves of the White Sea, the only natural light is the ghostly green glow shining through the ice above, which makes for amazingly beautiful if unusual photos. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • 10 Coolest Links of the Week
    Don't miss this week's coolest links – perfect for lovers of sculpture, NFL, Star Wars, and animals (including Angry Birds)... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Lost World: Expedition Discovers Amazing N ...
    During a three-week expedition into a remote corner of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, scientists have discovered and rediscovered some incredible new species. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • Follow Our Environmental Coverage
    Where to find continuing coverage of the environment at The Times.
  • An Addendum
    Some longtime contributors to the Green blog will now be posting to the Caucus and Bits blogs instead, and they can be followed on Twitter.
  • A Blog’s Adieu
    The New York Times is discontinuing the Green blog but plans to press on with aggressive energy and environment coverage.
  • Q and A: The Angry Economist
    Because of its natural gas boom, the United States is ahead of Europe in fixing climate change, the Oxford economist Dieter Helm argues.
  • A Snapshot of Drilling on a Park’s Margins
    A photographer seeks to drive home the proximity of fracking to Glacier National Park.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • BREAKING: NSA whistleblower Russ Tice says Oba ...
    Been waiting to hear more material from Russ Tice, one of the earlier NSA whistleblowers. Fortunately one of our ol' underdogs BoilingFrogsPost.com & Sibel Edmonds got Tice to lay out a lot of new stuff. Tice was a major source for NSA revelations including the 2005 NY Times warrantless ...
  • The disgusting world of nuclear power: Pandora ...
    There is some movie called Pandora's Promise which is more-or-less nuclear industry cheerleading in town with a full blown event going on. People will be nibbling on delicious cesium tainted tea leaves straight from Fukushima Prefecture I would assume. [ https://twitter.com/PandorasPromise ] Som ...
  • Careers at Booz Allen Hamilton: Honolulu Junio ...
    There appears to be a vacancy at Booz Allen Hamilton's work site in Hawaii (the NSA.gov site also has lots of jerbs at Honolulu). Glenn Greenwald Destroys MSNBC's Attempted Propaganda - YouTube So the word on the street is that this job has root logins to both the email server AND the web serv ...
  • Adrian Lamo testimony at Bradley Manning trial
    This is worth posting as it is a pivotal section of the case. I can appreciate that Lamo candidly points out Manning did *not* want to funnel this information to foreign powers, which is important to the case. Ugh snitches… Lamo is @6 on Twitter. Locally there is a rally downtown on Thursday Jun ...
  • Drupal 8 & Drupalcon 2013, Open Source content ...
    So North America's Drupalcon 2013 is happening in Portland this week - a lot of people are bringing the A-Game. I got out to the 2011 & 2012 Drupalcons in Chicago & Denver, but can't this year. Regardless here are a bunch of links I quickly slammed together about what's cropping up in th ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • 13-year-old Colorado Wrestler Sodomized with a ...
    A tale straight out of "Lord of the Flies." In tiny Norwood, Colorado, a state high-school wrestling tournament turned into a nightmare for one of the team's youngest members, when the 13-year-old was cornered, bound with duct tape and sodomized with a pencil, in what was called a "h ...
  • Tennessee Official Says Complaining About Wate ...
    The claim was made during a meeting with residents who say the "cloudy, odd-tasting water" is making their children sick. A representative for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation told a group of concerned citizens that complaining about water quality could be con ...
  • Christian School Bans 12-year-old Girl From Fo ...
    Boys might have 'lustful thoughts' school says, also girls should play 'girls sports.' Sometimes girls just want to have fun. And sometimes, they just want to play football. Twelve-year-old Maddy Blythe is one such girl. The middle-schooler was her team's first-string defen ...
  • Goodwill Legally Pays Disabled Workers As Low ...
    Republican Congressman's bill would phase out the exploitative practice. Goodwill Industries, a non-profit whose mission is to “enhance the dignity and quality of life of individuals and families” pays disabled workers as little as 22 cents an hour, NBC reports.Harry Smith&#x2 ...
  • 9 Politicians Busted for Drugs (Even Staunch D ...
    Talk about practicing what you preach against. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has recently found himself struggling to shake off reports that he featured in a home video smoking from a crack pipe, but he’s far from alone. From the rural South to major US cities and beyond, countless l ...

Threat Level

  • In WikiLeaks Probe, Feds Used a Secret Search ...
    The Justice Department used a secret search warrant to obtain the entire contents of a Gmail account used by a former WikiLeaks volunteer in Iceland, according to court records released to the volunteer this week.    
  • U.K. Spy Agency Secretly Taps Over 200 Fiber-O ...
    The British spy agency GCHQ has secretly tapped more than 200 fiber-optic cables carrying phone and internet traffic and has been sharing data with the U.S. National Security Agency, according to a news report.    
  • 5 Fun Facts From the Latest NSA Leak
    After a brief respite, the Guardian newspaper has resumed its publication of leaked NSA documents. The latest round provides a look at the secret rules the government follows for collecting data on U.S. persons. We found a number of interesting ...    
  • Feds Seized 1,700 Online Domains in 3 Years
    Federal authorities said today that, since June 2010, they have seized more than 1,700 domains that allegedly breached intellectual property rights. Seized under a program known as "Operation in Our Sites," the domains hosted material the authorities said illegally streamed ...    ...
  • Aaron’s Law, the Much-Needed Reform of the CFA ...
    Lying about one’s age on Facebook, or checking personal email on a work computer, could violate this felony statute. This flaw in the CFAA allows the government to imprison Americans for a violation of a non-negotiable, private agreement that is ...    

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 ...
  • The Spirit Level Documentary Film
    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...    
  • Act Local = Reduce the Gap
    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

  • Lombard Los Burritos E. coli Outbreak Grows
    The number of E. coli O157:H7 cases tied to west Chicago suburban restaurant, Los Burritos, is growing. The DuPage County Health Department has 11 confirmed cases and 10 additional probable... Continue Reading
  • Hepatitis A – New Numbers: 110 Sick, 48 Hospit ...
    As of June 19, 2013, 110 people have been confirmed to have become ill from Hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Anti-oxidant Blend’ in 7 states: Arizona (15), California... Continue Reading
  • The Reality of a Hepatitis A Outbreak
    I received this email a few moments ago from one of the 62 ill people who have hired me to represent them in this Hepatitis A outbreak: Evening Bill, Thank... Continue Reading
  • Lombard Los Burritos Mexicanos Sickens 17 with ...
    The number of E. coli cases tied to an outbreak at Los Burritos Mexicanos in Lombard, Ill., has risen to 9 confirmed and another 8 probable, according to the DuPage... Continue Reading
  • Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to Townsend Farms ...
    As of June 17, 2013, we are investigating acute hepatitis A illnesses in 118 people in eight states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington. Investigation by... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • First Drive: 2013 Nissan Leaf [w/video]
    Filed under: Hatchback, Nissan, First Drives, ElectricIf It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It Look at the 2013 Nissan Leaf - even one parked next to a 2012 model - and you'll be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Changes and updates have been made, but you have to know the details to tell. It ...
  • Video: Tesla Model S has secret menu that show ...
    Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, Tesla, Electric, Luxury The Telsa Model S may have won just about every automotive award it could last year, but that doesn't mean it's a perfect vehicle. Far from it. Drivers have been asking when the already high-tech vehicle will get somewhat normal ...
  • 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 ...

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Invisible Opportunity

  • Hastings’ 2013 Mercedes could have inste ...
    A team of hackers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington conducted a study which has proven that all cars equipped with antilock brakes sold in the U.S. can be hacked via remote control and have their brakes entirely disabled with the car in motion, throttle revv ...
  • RDR: Hastings likely murdered for what he knew ...
    By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: June 20, 2013 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY – In an violent explosion more conducive to a fire-prone ’75 Ford Pinto, rather than a newer model Mercedes, investigative reporter Michael Hastings, 33, is being mourned following his myst ...
  • Deaths connected to the Obama White House
    Mama Lois” Anderson: 79, and her 52 year old daughter Zelda White: Two US women aid workers were shot dead in Nairobi in Kenya (2008) were the retired Presbyterian Church missionaries of Pennsylvania (USA), known to thousands of Africans.  The suspected killers of the US women, who were travelli ...
  • The American prison system is so massive that ...
    The American prison system is massive. So massive that its estimated turnover of $74 billion eclipses the GDP of 133 nations. What is perhaps most unsettling about this fun fact is that it is the American taxpayer who foots the bill, and is increasingly padding the pockets of publicly traded cor ...
  • The American prison system is so massive that ...
    The American prison system is massive. So massive that its estimated turnover of $74 billion eclipses the GDP of 133 nations. What is perhaps most unsettling about this fun fact is that it is the American taxpayer who foots the bill, and is increasingly padding the pockets of publicly traded cor ...

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

  • Experts now run the world using their theories ...
    Summary: The first few decades of the 21st century appear to be dominated by experts steering public policy using their theories. The rest of the century might be dominated by the effects of their success — or failure. . So far America in the 21st century has driven by theories, in a way s ...
  • The greatest monetary experiment, ever
    Summary: We live in an age of wonders. We have technology that previous generations would consider science fiction or fantasy. Social changes beyond precedent, such as gender equality. Not least, we’re conducting monetary experiments on a scale never before attempted. Success by the Bank o ...
  • Why we have the news media that we deserve
    Summary: Two recent new articles revisit a sad story from our past. Gary Webb had a distinguished career in journalism, until his series in the San Jose Mercury News about the CIA’s involvement in smuggling drugs into America. What happened afterwards tells us much about America. We’ ...
  • Glimpses of the New America being born now
    Summary: Here we look at two stories that powerfully illustrate the trends that are creating a New America on the ashes of the old. It’s not too late to stop this process. Doing so becomes more difficult each day. Soon it will be too late to stop, let alone reverse — it will become o ...
  • Some questions as we march to war in Syria
    Summary: We’re off to war in yet another nation. Little Syria has suddenly become a nation whose fate can shake the foundations of the United States. Rather than again dissect the mad arguments of the hawks, let’s step back to see the larger pattern at work. After all, our opinions o ...

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Watch Live: Adorable Baby Snow Leopards
    On May 31, three snow leopard cubs were born at the Nordens Ark zoo in Bohuslän, Sweden. A webcam in their den is beaming their daily activities around the world to help raise awareness for the endangered cat.    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Saturn’s Colorfu ...
    Images taken during the Cassini spacecraft's orbital insertion on June 30 show definite compositional variation within the rings. This image shows, from left to right, the outer portion of the C ring and inner portion of the B ring. The B ...    
  • Laser Scanning Reveals the Hidden City of Angk ...
    Airborne laser scanning technology, or LiDAR, has revealed the imprint of a vast urban landscape hidden in the jungles and lowlands surrounding Angkor Wat.    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Galaxy Crash
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this vivid image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142. When two galaxies stray too close to each other they begin to interact, causing spectacular changes in both objects. In ...    
  • Super Sugar Keeps Naked Mole Rats Cancer-Free
    Although they are quite ugly and confined to a life underground, naked mole rats have at least one attribute that other animals, even humans, might aspire to: They don't get cancer. Now, researchers have discovered that the secret to this ...    

PakAlert

  • Obama’s Plan to Depopulate the Suburbs
    If you live in the suburbs, you might be wise to advise your children on how to live, work and survive in America’s inner cities because that is where they are likely to be living in the near future in a Warsaw ghetto type of scenario. The mass migration from the suburbs back into densely pop ...
  • Michael Hastings Told Lawyer Hours Before Deat ...
    Investigative journalist Michael Hastings, recently investigating new heightened levels of governmental sponsored surveillance of the American populace, was reported dead Wednesday by his employer. The LAPD said the body recovered from the fiery car crash that ended a single human death after ...
  • A Huge Worldwide Crash Is Coming: Europe Is On ...
    When a central bank like the Federal Reserve turns itself into a hedge fund, you know the lunatics have fully taken over the asylum. leverage is leveraged again. madness is the meme. The Greenspan put has been around at least since 1998 when LTCM was so conveniently bailed out by the Reverend ...
  • Video: This Message Is Vital! Camp FEMA 2013 O ...
    Watch this video, and stop believing the lies that ”the anointed one” tells you. And we encourage the prosecution of African militia leaders for having child soldiers. Is it not ironic
  • New Lexus Ad Campaign Filled With Illuminati S ...
    The marketing people at Lexus are apparently trying to give their brand a new hip and fashion-forward image in order impress their bored and jaded target market. Unfortunately, these days, being hip and fashion-forward means rehashing the same god-awful yet increasingly prevalent Illuminati symb ...

Andy Worthington

  • Memories of Youth and the Need for Dissent on ...
    Please note that my books Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion and The Battle of the Beanfield are both still available, and I also wholeheartedly recommend Travelling Daze: Words and Images from the UK’s New Travellers and Festivals, Late 1960s to the Here and Now, Alan Dearling’s ...
  • TV and Radio: Andy Worthington Discusses the O ...
    On Tuesday evening, I responded to a last-minute request for a brief interview about Guantánamo, and the ongoing hunger strike that is now on its 135th day, with Press TV. That interview is available here, and below is a rather helpful transcript, produced by Press TV, to which I have made a few ...
  • Close Guantánamo: We Still Have Three Urgent D ...
    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 ...
  • US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Pri ...
    So it’s official, then. Eleven and a half years after the “war on terror” prison opened at Guantánamo, the maximum number of prisoners that the US military intends to prosecute, or has already prosecuted, is 20 — or just 2.5 percent of the 779 men held at the prison since ...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Former Guantánamo Prisoner Shamil K ...
    In news that has reached me exclusively via John Walls, an attorney at law in the town of Prinsenbeek, in the Netherlands, it transpires that a former Guantánamo prisoner, Shamil Khaziev, a Russian citizen, is imprisoned in Amsterdam, as the Dutch authorities try to strip him of his right to rem ...

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Sciencebase

  • Science books for summer
    Brian Clegg – Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe. For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because we di ...
  • Guiding pledge 2.0 dismisses God and the Queen
    Apparently, the Guiding Movement is to upgrade its pledge that all members must make when they join. Currently they vow to: "to love my God, to serve my Queen and my country" That obviously only applies to people of faith and those with a female monarch…and indeed compromises the i ...
  • Life on the rocks
    Life on the rocks, unlike love on the rocks, is a surprise… In the beginning… …there was a barren spinning ball of rock, with a hot, molten core, hurtling through space around a distant, but warming fusion reactor. But the spinning ball was not alone on its journey – there were ...
  • What do you do if you’ve got osteoarthritis of ...
    Film director Baz Luhrmann made a spoof graduation speech famous with his hit “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” back in 1999. At the time, I wasn’t particularly worried about the line in that track: “Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.&#8 ...
  • Say my name, say my name
    Successful companies have solid brand names we recognise wherever we are in the world and they rarely change them – Coca Cola, Microsoft, Apple, Gap. Of course, there are successful companies that do re-brand, although usually when bigger companies subsume and split them up, think Imperial ...

Common Dreams -News

  • 'Worse than NSA': UK Spy Agency Amasses 'World ...
    (Image via The Guardian)Always seemingly in lockstep with the United States, new reports reveal that the UK's spy agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has gained covert access to the "world's communications" and has amassed an infinite database, which they ...
  • How Being Disabled Means Your Boss can Suppres ...
    (Photo: Creative Commons/RetailByRyan95)Prominent U.S. charities, businesses, and even high schools, are paying disabled workers far below minimum wage—in some cases a fraction of a dollar per hour—thanks to a long-standing law that says employers can suppress wages because of disabi ...
  • Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Slams Surveilla ...
    Steve Wozniak speaking with Piers Morgan this week. (Screenshot)Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has cheered NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and admonished the rise of the surveillance state. read more
  • Obama's 'Insider Threat' Program a 'Sweeping' ...
    (Image: Danny Dougherty/McClatchy Washington Bureau)A program being implemented by the Obama administration titled "Insider Threat" requires millions of federal employees to keep a close watch on each other—a "sweeping" effort to crackdown on whistleblowers and leakers ...
  • Sketchy Evidence, Zero Transparency Cloud Chem ...
    Protesters demonstrate against western intervention in Syria, outside the US embassy in central London, Saturday, June 15, 2013.(Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis/ AP) The White House's claim of 'proof' that the Syrian government is using chemical weapons faces growing skepticism as many, qu ...

Lifehacker

  • This Week's Most Popular Posts: June 14th to 21st
    This week we discovered how to be a morning person, rethought the eight hour workday, de-wrinkled our clothes without ironing, and got stock Android on unrooted phones. Here's a look back.Read more...    
  • What Moment in Your Life Convinced You to Chan ...
    When great big change happens to us, it usually follows a moment where we truly felt how much we needed it. Tell us about how that happened to you and how it helped you finally achieve a long-desired, difficult goal.Read more...    
  • Make More Money from Your Yard Sales with a Pr ...
    Plan on selling some of your stuff in front of your home this summer? Boost your earnings by turning people into regulars and dropping prices on the last day of the yard sale.Read more...    
  • TripIt, the Must-Have Travel App for iOS and A ...
    Android/iOS: TripIt is an awesome app that scans your email for travel confirmations, then collects all your flight, hotel, and other travel information into one consolidated place. It's a must-have for any traveler, and right now it's on sale for 99¢, down from $3.99.Read more...  &n ...
  • FitDesk Tabletop Standing Desk Raises Your Lap ...
    As its name implies, the FitDesk Tabletop Standing Desk turns any table or desk into a standing one, but it can also be used as a work surface when you're sitting on the couch. Even more interesting: This is a therapeutic desk mate.Read more...    

Water Wars

  • Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?
    So often, we take water for granted. But it's not always where we need it, or there when we need it. Two rivers on opposite sides of the country — the Chattahoochee in the South and the Klamath in the far West — may provide lessons for the inevitable and growing dispute over how we manage our mo ...
  • Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?
    So often, we take water for granted. But it's not always where we need it, or there when we need it. Two rivers on opposite sides of the country — the Chattahoochee in the South and the Klamath in the far West — may provide lessons for the inevitable and growing dispute over how we manage our mo ...
  • Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?
    So often, we take water for granted. But it's not always where we need it, or there when we need it. Two rivers on opposite sides of the country — the Chattahoochee in the South and the Klamath in the far West — may provide lessons for the inevitable and growing dispute over how we manage our mo ...
  • Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?
    So often, we take water for granted. But it's not always where we need it, or there when we need it. Two rivers on opposite sides of the country — the Chattahoochee in the South and the Klamath in the far West — may provide lessons for the inevitable and growing dispute over how we manage our mo ...
  • Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?
    So often, we take water for granted. But it's not always where we need it, or there when we need it. Two rivers on opposite sides of the country — the Chattahoochee in the South and the Klamath in the far West — may provide lessons for the inevitable and growing dispute over how we manage our mo ...

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The Wonk Room

  • Nutrition Programs May Be Driving A Slowdown I ...
    The adult obesity rate only increased by 0.2 percent between 2011 and 2012, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) — the slowest rise in a decade. That may be driven by increased awareness of obesity’s health consequences and nutritional programs aimed at pr ...
  • ‘World War Z’ Abandons Multi-National Source M ...
    World War Z is a terrific argument for continuing to subscribe to print magazines, for flying first class instead of coach, for drinking Pepsi and for skipping interfaith worship services. What it is not, unfortunately, given the vibrant source material, Max Brooks’ multi-national novel of ...
  • Oregon Police Tase Autistic 11-Year-Old Walkin ...
    After a taxi driver spotted an autistic 11-year-old walking naked on the highway early Saturday morning, Oregon State police used a taser to apprehend her. Although police said the move was necessary to stop her from danger, a witness at the scene, Adam Bednar, disputed this account, saying she ...
  • Disney’s ‘Good Luck Charlie’ Will Feature Two- ...
    Joseph Diebold is an intern with ThinkProgress. For the first time in Disney Channel history, one of their shows will feature a family with two mothers. An episode of the children’s show Good Luck Charlie, set to air in 2014, will feature the show’s preschool-age protagonist, Charlie ...
  • Flu Shots Have Prevented Millions Of Illnesses ...
    The flu shot has protected millions of Americans from disease, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between 2005 and 20011, the Americans who vaccinated themselves from the flu likely helped prevent about 13 million illnesses and more than 110,000 hospitaliz ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • A New Direction?
    There's a question mark there not because I'm asking anyone's opinion, but only whether I'm too distracted and lazy and sloppy to stick to it. But, anyway, ... I think instead of having this blog serve as a source of criticism of the system and an occasional call to arms for the left, what with ...
  • Book I Read ...
    Just thought I'd should mention a little gem of a book i recently read. War At Sea: A Canadian Seaman On The North Atlantic, by Frank Curry. In many respects, it's unremarkable. It's a little repetitive and there's not much in the way of broader insights about the effect of the war on Canadian ...
  • I Give "Em Two-and-a-Half Years ...
    The handover of military authority is complete! The Afghans have taken control over security from NATO. NATO forces themselves will move to a supportive and mentoring role, except during battles, where they'll supply air strikes and medical evacuations. In 18 months, NATO forces are supposed to ...
  • Since 2012
    Okay. So, since 2012 we've known about the election fraud (on top of contempt for Parliament, and the cynical abuse of the power of prorogation to a) avoid a vote of non-confidence and b) avoid scrutiny on war crimes). This is a fact. The harpercons' abuses have been monumental since 2009 and t ...
  • Piece of Shit
    Canadians did not have proper respect for their democracy. And so they elected cretins and allowed themselves to be fleeced. Some of us went through the futility of ceremonial protests. And trolls show up here and snicker and giggle like the demented shit-stains that they are.

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

  • We’ve reached 25,000 supporters!
    I wanted to let you know about the progress we are making on our campaign to stop Stephen Harper’s armed drones plan.
  • Celebrities to Obama: Zero nukes!
    Celebrities supporting the Global Zero campaign call on U.S. President Barack Obama to seek further cuts in US-Russian nuclear weapon stockpiles and work towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
  • Future of Canada’s subs in doubt
    That Sinking Feeling: A new report by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives raises questions about the future of Canada’s submarine program.
  • Arms Trade Treaty: Where’s Canada?
    The Canadian government voted in favour of the new U.N. Arms Trade Treaty in April, but it has refused to commit to signing the treaty, arguing that it needs to consult Canadians first.
  • Peacekeeping: Changes and constants
    Steve Staples and Josh Libben discuss what's changed and what hasn't over the history of U.N. peacekeeping and call on the Canadian government to once again become a significant contributor to peacekeeping missions.

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 2-23-13
    Today, the star of Ancient Aliens and publisher of Legendary Times Magazine, Giorgio Tsoukalos, joins Kevin for the entire hour and explains the facts and evidence that aliens have visited Earth.  Find out how the technology that they used surpasses our modern technology and how it would be impo ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 3-2-13
    Today, Kevin explains why America has become the land of free lunches instead of the land of opportunity. Plus, turn off the news and put down the newspapers, Kevin gives you the FACTS behind the HCG Protocol. Self Help: The Weight Loss Cure HCG Weight Loss Miracle Get 3 of KT’s Books FREE! HCG ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 3-9-13
    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 ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 3-16-13
    Today, Kevin explains why HCG drops absolutely do not work and why certain steps will guarantee success in network marketing. Plus, Dr. Theresa Dale stops by to reveal the homoeopathic ways to protect yourself from radiation exposure and how to get your hands on homeopathic vaccines! Self Help: ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 3-23-13
    Today, Kevin contemplates the idea of running for office. What do you think? Help Kevin make the decision that could change America! Self Help: Where’s Your Vote? Boost Your Immune System Cleanses & Detoxes: Mineral Detox One Minute Cure Protocol Miracle Mineral Solution Candida Cleanse Oral ...

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

  • Inflicting Death and Avoiding Taxes
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy Binoy Kampmark For some time it has been a gathering that seemed to be more floral than substantive, a matter of chit chat, sometimes serious, over issues of the day. General ...
  • Bilderberg 2013: British Treasury Admits Chanc ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comTaxpayer will foot the bill for George Osborne’s expenses at secret meeting Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com June 21, 2013 The British government has officially responded to a Freedom of Information Act request regard ...
  • McConnell on White House Culture of Intimidati ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRobert Costa National Review online June 21, 2013 Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell says the IRS scandal has finally woken up Americans to the White Houses effort to intimidate opponents to sit down and shut up. I ...
  • A Former President Suggests Self-Censorship; W ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comA Former President Suggests Self-Censorship; What Does That Mean for America? boilingfrogspost.comBy Linda Lewis A Different America is Being Created By Linda Lewis Recently, at the Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago, ...
  • DEBUNKING The Bush and Obama Administrations’ ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDEBUNKING The Bush and Obama Administrations Justification for Mass Surveillance By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com The Government Actually DID Spy On the Bad Guys Before 9/11 … and the Boston Bombing Preface: T ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Moyers and Company: United States of ALEC: A F ...
    Dandelion Salad billmoyers.com vimeo.com/68835449 June 21, 2013 A national consortium of state politicians and powerful corporations, ALEC — the American Legislative Exchange Council — presents itself as a “nonpartisan public-private partnership”. But behind that mantra lies a vast network of co ...
  • Why the Christ Story is Not a Copycat of Ancie ...
    by Rocket Kirchner Writer, Dandelion Salad Rocket Kirchner (blog) Rocket Kirchner (youtube channel) Originally posted March 6, 2011 Every time I hear someone say that the story of the life of Jesus of Nazareth is nothing more than recycled ideas from mystery religious cults and myths, it just re ...
  • Mumia Abu-Jamal: The Meeting of the Nerds: Cor ...
    Dandelion Salad mumiathemovie on Jun 19, 2013 Stephen Vittoria, director of “Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary”, speaks with Mumia Abu-Jamal on: Edward Snowden; Mumia’s recent visit w/Chris Hedges, James Cone, and Cornel West; the release of “Mumia: Long Distance Revolut ...
  • Thousands Protesting On The Streets In Brazil
    Dandelion Salad RTAmerica on Jun 18, 2013 Nearly 200,000 demonstrators took to the streets of eight cities in Brazil to protest the rising cost of public services and the government’s spending on next year’s World Cup. The protests originated in Sao Paulo where people showed their op ...
  • Noam Chomsky on TPP Secrecy, Terrorism and Goo ...
    Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky Laura Flanders http://grittv.org June 18, 2013 What do Takism Square, Google Glass, Trans Pacific Partnership and NSA have in common? Find out in this interview with Noam Chomsky. On the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the pending trade deal critics are calling &#822 ...

Your New Reality

  • No title
    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.
  • No title
    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 ...
  • No title
    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 ...
  • No title
    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

  • Watch Live: Adorable Baby Snow Leopards
    On May 31, three snow leopard cubs were born at the Nordens Ark zoo in Bohuslän, Sweden. A webcam in their den is beaming their daily activities around the world to help raise awareness for the endangered cat.    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Saturn’s Colorfu ...
    Images taken during the Cassini spacecraft's orbital insertion on June 30 show definite compositional variation within the rings. This image shows, from left to right, the outer portion of the C ring and inner portion of the B ring. The B ...    
  • Laser Scanning Reveals the Hidden City of Angk ...
    Airborne laser scanning technology, or LiDAR, has revealed the imprint of a vast urban landscape hidden in the jungles and lowlands surrounding Angkor Wat.    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Galaxy Crash
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this vivid image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142. When two galaxies stray too close to each other they begin to interact, causing spectacular changes in both objects. In ...    
  • Super Sugar Keeps Naked Mole Rats Cancer-Free
    Although they are quite ugly and confined to a life underground, naked mole rats have at least one attribute that other animals, even humans, might aspire to: They don't get cancer. Now, researchers have discovered that the secret to this ...    

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Noam Chomsky: American University of Beirut co ...
    If Palestine ever does gain independence in something like the terms of the overwhelming international consensus, it is likely that its borders with Israel will erode through normal processes of... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Jonathan Cook: How Israeli apartheid is coming ...
    While Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on the far right were castigating an amusement park called Superland for separating Jewish and Arab children, they were busy backing a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Noam Chomsky on secret trade deals, killing po ...
    Noam Chomsky on the Turkish protests around Taksim Square: The very brave people in Taksim Square are trying to protect the very last remnants of the commons from the wrecking block... That's... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
  • Idan Landau: House demolitions – Zionism’s con ...
    Rabbi Arik Asherman: The demolition of the el-Arabiyeh family home in Anata exceeds all the terrible things I have seen in my 17 years in Rabbis for Human Rights. The sight of a boy or a girl coming... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • Rachel Shabi: These ‘build build build’ commen ...
    Since it all began just after 1967, when Israel seized the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza following the Arab-Israeli war, this country has been committed to settlement expansion – knowing that such a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...

Ria Novosti - Military

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

NewsWise

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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

  • Addressing the Complexity of Climate Change’s ...
    by Hari Osofsky by Hari Osofsky [Hari M. Osofsky is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Law.] Andrew Guzman’s new book, Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change, does an excellent job of explaining in an accessible fashion the devastating consequences of climate ...
  • Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, June 20, 2013
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen After a over a week of negotiations, Mali has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Tuareg rebels who have occupied the northern city of Kidal. The UK Supreme Court has held that sanctions imposed on the Iranian Bank Mellat are invalid because they were imposed t ...
  • Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, June 20, 2013
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen After a over a week of negotiations, Mali has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Tuareg rebels who have occupied the northern city of Kidal. The UK Supreme Court has held that sanctions imposed on the Iranian Bank Mellat are invalid because they were imposed t ...
  • Guest Post: The Calculus of Responsibility
    by Neomi Rao by Neomi Rao “Of course our opinions do not coincide. But all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria,” President Putin said after meeting with President Obama at the G8 summit. A neat summary of the dilemma of responsibility to protect—everyone wants an end to viol ...
  • The Calculus of Responsibility
    by Neomi Rao by Neomi Rao “Of course our opinions do not coincide. But all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria,” President Putin said after meeting with President Obama at the G8 summit. A neat summary of the dilemma of responsibility to protect—everyone wants an end to viol ...

Public News Service

  • NSA “Wants the Capacity to Listen to Eve ...
    NSA “Wants the Capacity to Listen to Everything” PHOENIX – The National Security Agency wants a system that can monitor all electronic communications, according to an expert on the agency. The FBI director and the general heading the NSA are testifying to Congress that keepin ...
  • No Pain Relief for Drug-Makers in Supreme Cour ...
    No Pain Relief for Drug-Makers in Supreme Court Ruling PHOENIX, Ariz. - It isn't a prescription to cure high drug prices, but it may be a start. The U.S. ...(Read More)
  • Farm Bill Amendment Could Affect AZ Animal Tre ...
    Farm Bill Amendment Could Affect AZ Animal Treatment Laws PHOENIX - Lawmakers are putting many "eggs" in the Farm Bill "basket" in Washington, and one amendment could impact the welfare of farm animals in Arizona. Under the amendment proposed by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, only the federal governm ...
  • Pentagon: Climate Change a Threat to National ...
    Pentagon: Climate Change a Threat to National Security WASHINGTON - Global warming is turning up the heat on national security, according to the Pentagon. Factors that military strategists now have to consider include global food and water scarcity. These can lead to populations migrating, with ...
  • Whistle-Blowers Targeted Down on the Farm
    Whistle-Blowers Targeted Down on the Farm PHOENIX – Animal cruelty whistle-blowers have shot undercover video exposing illegal or unethical abuse inside factory farms and slaughterhouses across the country. The meat industry is fighting back by supporting bills in many states that would ...

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

Angry Indian Op-Eds

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

Pensieve

  • Medicine for Bleak Mornings
    Think of the sky A strong wind carries out the dark ominous clouds, the draperies of fog, and the haze. Think of a spring Tinkling out of virgin rock, a clear fountain of water shoots up, dances down steep slopes, and meeting others becomes a roaring waterfall. Its spray and sound wash out the m ...
  • At my work desk remembering the good times at ...
    aaronernestoortizlopez posted a photo:
  • Reduce Entropy: Create New Order
    The following is a brief meditation with echoes of Genesis 1 and the Big Bang. It came to me when thinking about the current US strategy against in the “war on terror” and North Korea. We can fight chaos, but chaos will beat us down with the full force of mathematics and of the entir ...
  • Amanda Palmer, Bravo!
    I admire how brave Amanda Palmer is. I haven’t heard her music, but I have a strong feeling that the ways she conducts her finances will be the way of the future for most musicians. Related posts: Monster Mask – Pomplamoose Pomplamoose is a collaboration between Jack Conte and Natal ...
  • Escape your demons and make art now!
    Often I am frustrated by my feeble attempts at art. My music is good, but perhaps, not grammy worthy. I look in envy on musicians with more pluck than I building successful carrers on easily performed songs, plus the sheer daring of getting on a stage and performing them. In their place I would ...

Green Times

  • Kangaroo cull
    Last week, members of animal welfare groups protested against kangaroo cull! ''A recent survey of 600 Canberrans by Territory and Municipal Services found 79 per cent were supportive of kangaroo culling under some circumstances and 70 per cent were supportive of culling for conservation of smal ...
  • Environmental News 01/06/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Storms hit ahead of sunny long weekend The last day of autumn may have stolen winter’s thunder with a wet storm hitting the city yesterday afternoon. Dark skies covered the metropolitan area and much of the South West from mid-afternoon, with rain an ...
  • Green Capital Australia
    Today is Green Capital Day in Australia. Do you know something about that? Well, Green capital was established in 2002 by The Total Environment Center (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q=the%20total%20environment%20center source=web cd=1 ved=0CF4QFjAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tec.org.au%2F ei=G ...
  • Environmental News 31/05/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill ...
  • Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...
    Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Just One More Unremarkable Arrest
    A friend wrote to us about a young ill Palestinian mother who was recently arrested in the West Bank, and their efforts to free her. This is the kind of ocurrence that happens routinely, yet is rarely covered in the press.  Physicians for Human Rights-Israel documented in 2008 how these kinds of ...
  • Today in Jayyous
    A picture of tear gas being shot by the Israeli army on unarmed protesters in the Palestinian village of Jayyous, who are holding Friday demonstrations to protest their land being taken by Israel. Photo by Mohammed Othman. You can follow what’s happening in Jayyous here.
  • Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But wil ...
    Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, which will take place in only 3 days. In October when the election was announc ...
  • Israeli Elections: Labor party leader pays ste ...
    As events in Egypt, Syria and Palestine heat up… …The nation-state in the middle of all this, Israel, has had its own share of high political drama. True, instead of blood, only tears and virtual ink were shed there. But as usual in Israel-Palestine, it makes for a good story. Earlie ...
  • Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President Obama
    There is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less than 48 hours after its enactment, the first bad sign appeared. In at least two locations near t ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Headline of the Week
    JP Morgan to eurozone periphery: “Get rid of your pinko, anti-fascist constitutions”
  • Student loan rates are set to double
    On July 1st, student loan rates will double. Many young already are debt slaves due to crushing loan burdens which cannot be discharged by bankruptcy. The banksters make billions off this at zero risk, since the loans are guaranteed by the government – just another example of the noxious, ...
  • Whiny ecoalarmists at World Bank say global wa ...
    Just in case you’re feeling overly perky this morning, a World Bank report predicts serious doom and gloom for the planet unless global warming is reversed. It’s way past time to get off fossil fuels, especially coal, and transition to renewable energy or nuclear power (if we have to ...
  • Decline of the nation-state is the reason for ...
    John Robb nails it. The nation-state is crumbling worldwide. Economies everywhere have been stagnant for years. Only a few on the top are prospering. But the natives are getting restless and increasingly mistrust their supposed leaders (who, instead of leading are mostly plundering and corrupt.) ...
  • Google ranking advice changes – build sites us ...
    Google just changed their advice for webmasters wanting to improve rankings. Incoming links are now much less important. Instead, focus on building a site people want to use and share. They appear to be focusing on social media as the driver of rankings which, when you think about it, is a momen ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

  • Official: Water complaints could be ‘act ...
    NASHVILLE — A Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy director warned a group of Maury County residents that unfounded complaints about water quality could be considered an “act of terrorism.” “We take water quality very seriously. Very, very seriously ...
  • The Jack Blood Show – June 20 2013
    Thorsday 6.20.13: Jack Blood breaks down the case of a reporter assassinated by his govt for reporting the truth about Cousin Barry and crew (Chicago style Politics) – callers wiegh in …. Breaking news and opinion.
  • Palestinian children tortured, used as shields ...
    (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields. Palestinian children in the Gaza and the West Bank, captured by Israel in the 1967 war, are rout ...
  • NSA Claim of Thwarted NYSE Plot Contradicted b ...
    Court documents and FBI field reports reviewed by ABC News undercut and contradict the dramatic testimony from senior counter-terrorism officials that the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs thwarted an attack by al Qaeda on the New York Stock Exchange. According to an FBI int ...
  • This Day In History – June 21
    1734 – In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city. 1749 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded. 1768 – James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to ...

The Air Vent

  • NSA – Balancing the Risk
    The NSA has been tracking details of every pone call and email by every American for years.   I have no doubt that this is the case.  Yes, this is in violation of the fourth amendment which states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreas ...
  • My Apologies to Readers
    I have really let this blog go to pieces. I will post useful stuff in the future but allowing Mr Cotton to take it over again was a mistake. It seemed reasonable to allow him to write, because the topic was PSI.   It won’t happen again, even though I am starting to think a […]
  • PSI – Theory Destroyed
    So PSI completely surrendered discussion of a highly emotional topic like…. thermodynamics after only a few days.   It turns out that photons emitted from a cold body which then strike a warmer one, are the Kryptonite of the organization.   A group so cocksure of itself that it would throw ...
  • Problematic Science Incorporated
    Holy crap.  I have realized it isn’t practical to do a half of a blog.  Did you know that the Internet is full of crazy people.   I’ve heard rumors, read other blogs, often commented on the generally high quality of tAV readers but when I don’t blog on science for months, guess ...
  • A Real Challenge to PSI
    This is awesome, the wife is downstairs watching a movie, I’ve finished my work and have a little time for blogging.   Not a lot, but some… There are too many pressures in my head.  Today a commenter, who is anonymous to me, left a slayer-style comment which has none of the Doug Cott ...

Focal Point

  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

  • Instagram’s real estate on Facebook News Feed ...
    Not long after Instagram launched its video features, it appears that Facebook made a change in how Instagram’s stories are shown in the redesigned News Feed. Specifically, stories that showed when a user liked photos on...
  • UPDATED: Facebook’s photo comments returned af ...
    (UPDATE: It appears that the feature was just taken offline for a bit, and has since returned. Facebook told Inside Facebook that it is something the site is still rolling out.) Some Facebook features are obviously...
  • LeBron James, Miami Heat ignite Facebook with ...
    As LeBron James and the Miami Heat won their second consecutive NBA title Thursday night, Facebook was abuzz with posts about the game. The NBA posted behind-the-scenes photos, James thanked his fans, and Nike even utilized...
  • Facebook hires: Public policy, eCrime, product
    Facebook has removed 16 job listings from its careers page including a major position in the manager of Public Policy based out of France. Listings removed from Facebook’s careers page: Manager, Public Policy, France (Paris) Construction Project...
  • Facebook careers: Partners solutions, communit ...
    Facebook has added 17 new job listings on its careers page including a new FBX partner manager position based out of Menlo Park. This person would be working closely with PMDs as Facebook looks to strengthen the program....

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft ...
    [JURIST] The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft [corporate websites] on Friday. This was the fourth decision [FOSS Patents report] in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft to be issued this year, all of which were countersuit ...
  • UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violat ...
    [JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] a draft law [bill 8711 materials, in Ukrainian] that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said that the bill would be open to abuse and that it violates ...
  • UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for ...
    [JURIST] The Queen's Bench Division [official website] on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial Administration in the 1950s. Judge Richard McCombe ruled th ...
  • UK court approves extradition of terror suspec ...
    [JURIST] The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] gave its final approval of the extradition, which it had initially approved [JUR ...
  • Australia High Court upholds tobacco plain-pac ...
    [JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Friday published its reasons [text, PDF] for dismissing a lawsuit brought by several large international tobacco companies challenging the labeling requirements of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (TPP Act) [materials]. The court ori ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

  • Sonic boon
    A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
  • The secret’s in the sauce
    What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
  • Clean water, clean energy
    In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
  • Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
    Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
  • A winter’s tale
    Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

  • The Conscience of Edward Snowden, Courage Is C ...
    This article explores Edward Snowden's motives and their relation to other notable whistleblowers in the US. This shows how Obama's war on whistleblowers is not working and that courage of those who act out of conscience is contagious.
  • An Open Letter to President Obama Inspired by ...
    This article is written to honor of women who are struggling for freedom and equality worldwide, especially in the Islamic world. Today, large numbers of women are getting murdered in the Kurdistan region of Iraq under the rule of Massoud Barzani.
  • Intervention in Syria: Iraq Redux?
    This article proposes questions that should be asked by Congress and the press as the U.S. begins to send military aid to the Syrian rebels.
  • A Little Arsenic Never Hurt Anyone Says US Chi ...
    The National Chicken Council, which represents the firms that produce 95 percent of US meat chickens, dismissed the study as reflecting "very low levels of arsenic," reported the New York Times.
  • One Million Protest in Brazil Last Night - Tro ...
    One million mostly young, mostly college educated, mostly first time demonstrators sent a message in Brazil last night. Govern properly. Stop the graft!

Switchboard

  • Latin America Green News: Turbines start turni ...
    Denée Reaves, Program Assistant, International, Washington, D.C. Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. June 17-21 2013 Chile A new report from the Inter-Ame ...
  • Toll Road Denied Key Permit; Big Win For South ...
    Damon Nagami, Senior Attorney, Santa Monica For the third time in six years, a regulatory agency has put the brakes on an ill-conceived toll road project in Orange County. On Wednesday, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board voted 3-2 ...
  • New Report from Bipartisan Commission on How t ...
    Sarah Chasis, Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative, New York As Americans nationwide pack up and head toward the beach this summer,  a timely new report has been issued about ways of improving the management of our ocean resource ...
  • Climate Change Hits Home: New Tool Shows Extre ...
    Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City The fires burning around Colorado Springs in the past week have been called the worst in the state’s history. Nearly 40,000 people were forced to evacuate their houses and two people lost thei ...
  • In My Family, Food Rarely Goes Wasted
    Christine Xu, Program Assistant, China Program and Energy & Transportation Program , Washington, D.C. “Finish your rice or they’ll turn into pimples!” is how my family used to scare me and my cousins into licking our plates clean w ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • Quick question about moving companies
    How does one go about finding a reputable moving company? Because I feel like a freshmen trying to do academic research for the first time: I don’t know what reviews are authoritative, which companies are scams, how to differentiate between parties vigorously sqabbling over online reviews, ...
  • More on the Internship Scam
    Tim Noah is making sense: Unfortunately, Pauley’s decision didn’t address the biggest moral objection to unpaid internships: they’re starkly inegalitarian. Wealthier kids are in a much better position to work free of charge than non-wealthy kids, especially when you take into account the burden ...
  • Organized Labor: The Missing Piece of George P ...
    It’s fairly unlikely that I’ll read George Packer’s new book, The Unwinding of America. But I did read this excerpt, presumably from the introduction. Packer bemoans the decline of the fabric that held American society together, leading to today’s plutocracy, individual a ...
  • “Mhysa”: an LG&M Game of Thrones p ...
    Due to some foreseen circumstances — my quarter just ended — it took a little longer than usual to produce this podcast. But produced it has been! Enjoy! You can listen to the above podcast here. Our very civilized discussion of the premiere (S03E01). Fancy-talking about “Dark Wings, ...
  • Finally, the Supreme Court Stands Up For the P ...
    Despite the ongoing delay in bringing us “Let’s Destroy the Great Society Day,” there was, alas, a major Supreme Court decision yesterday.  Scalia’s majority opinion in American Express v. Italian Colors was an embarrassment that Kagan shredded like the Republican heroes ...

Desert Research Institute

  • Desert Research Institute contributes to ongoi ...
    Using a dust detection device patented by Desert Research Institute scientists, Dr. Vic Etyemezian and George Nikolich have the ability to identify how “Valley Fever,” a devastating fungus called Coccidioides, spreads.
  • Nyssa Perryman, June 2013 Featured DRI Graduat ...
    Meet Nyssa Perryman, a Ph.D. student working in Atmospheric Sciences as a part of the Climate Modeling Team. Her research focus is understanding how global climate models, when transformed and applied to the complex terrain of the Western U.S., characterize atmospheric rivers and their cons ...
  • DRI Annual Convocation – Honoring our research ...
    Today the Desert Research Institute took time to celebrate the success of its faculty and students during its Annual Convocation event. Eleven awards were presented to scientific researchers and graduate students on behalf of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, DRI’s donors a ...
  • In memory of Carl Young
    The DRI family was saddened to learn over the weekend of the passing of Carl Young, a former graduate assistant at DRI and graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno.
  • Microbiologist at the Desert Research Institut ...
    Dr. Duane Moser, Environmental Microbiologist explores the habitat of the rare Devils Hole Pupfish, a species believed to be somewhere between 10,000 to 20,000 years old.

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • 11 Things You Didn't Know About the 2013 NLJ 3 ...
    The NLJ 350 Regional Report examines attorney headcounts among the nation?s 350 largest law firms in major U.S. and international cities. Here are 11 things you?ll want to know about where lawyers were practicing in 2012.
  • Is Voting Decision the End of the Road for Ari ...
    If this case had been decided a few years ago, there is not much doubt that Arizona would have amended its law to provide for proof of citizenship before voting. But having been slapped down several times in recent years by the Supreme Court, Arizona may think twice.
  • Discovery Practice Before the Patent Trial and ...
    The America Invents Act introduced three new proceedings for challenging the validity of patents.
  • Bolstering Arbitration, Supreme Court Sides wi ...
    Continuing its warm embrace of arbitration and its disdain for class actions, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that agreements between companies and their customers can prohibit class action arbitration, even if that makes it harder for plaintiffs to vindicate their claims.
  • Court Hits Homestretch With Big Cases Still On ...
    As she summarized the first opinion of the day on Thursday, Justice Elena Kagan said it involved the Armed Career Criminal Act and joked that it was "possibly not what you're here for this morning."

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

  • DEP Accountability…Too Late?
    This video with Jude Stiles giving testimony of what her family has dealt with since 2010 at a hearing for the Pennsylvania DEP accountability standards. Her husband is now deceased and she and her children are very sick due to the contamination of there well water from gas drilling. At one poin ...
  • Everything’s a Mess and No One’s R ...
    I received a link to this article from my mother who lives near the Tioga County/Potter County line and keeps tabs on that area for me. Both she and some local friends have been monitoring the smaller creeks in that area for a while now…thank you! So the article found here talks about one ...
  • State Impact PA
    I’ve posted links to the State Impact PA site before but wanted to remind folks that there is a great resource here and even though the gas industries have slowed down for now there is still a lot of good journalism work being done by Chris Amico, Danny DeBelius, Scott Detrow and Matt Stil ...
  • Worried about Water in Blossburg, PA
    Blossburg, PA had a scare the other day of high mercury levels in their water supply. Update info says new tests show the levels are now reading appropriately but folks living in the borough of Blossburg should avoid drinking the water or washing their dishes in it. You can read more details abo ...
  • Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
    The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...

News Blaze

environment 360

  • Singapore Engulfed in Smoke Pollution From Ill ...
    Billowing smoke from illegal fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has engulfed Singapore this week, pushing air pollution to record levelsfor three Click to enlarge NASA Smoke engulfs Singapore consecutive days. The smoke, which is captured in a new NASA satellite image, has create ...
  • Global Reports Underline Rising Threat to Plan ...
    New global research underlines the rising threats facing the world’s bird species, with three reports providing evidence that climate change, overfishing, and unsustainable agriculture are taking a heavy toll on USFWSPuffins along the Maine coast. avian populations worldwide. The U.S. Fish and W ...
  • Megadrought in U.S. Southwest: A Bad Omen for ...
    Scientists studying a prolonged and severe drought in the southwestern U.S. say that extensive damage done to trees in that region portends what lies in store as other forests worldwide face rising temperatures, diminished rainfall, and devastating fires. BY CAROLINE FRASER
  • Mapping Likely Wildlife Migration Corridors as ...
    The southeastern U.S., eastern Canada, and the Amazon Basin could become three of the more heavily used wildlife thoroughfares as species are forced to relocate Click to enlarge University of WashingtonWildlife corridors in the southeastern U.S. in response to warming temperatures in the future ...
  • Interview: Coal-Fired Plants and the Struggle ...
    As the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Director, Jacqueline Patterson often finds her work questioned by constituents of the venerable civil rights Jacqueline Patterson organization. “Some of the communities I work in were like, ‘Well, we’re dealing with double digit unemployment and ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Computer correctly identifies emotions for the ...
    A team in Japan announced that they could identify when a subject was dreaming about different types of objects like a house, a clock, or a husband. Another group of researchers using this technique was able to predict if gadget columnist David Pogue was thinking about a skyscraper or a strawber ...
  • Why the Tomato Was Feared in Europe for More T ...
    In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato. A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which were high in lead co ...
  • Most SUPER supermoon of 2013 on June 22-23
    Full moon falls on June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC (6:32 a.m. CDT in the U.S.). Thus, for many, the moon appears about as full in the June 22 evening sky as it does on the evening of June 23. This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year. It also presents the moon’s ...
  • Fructose can cause liver damage: Study
    The role of dietary fructose in the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases remains controversial, with previous studies indicating that the problems resulted from fructose and a diet too high in calories. However, a new study conducted in an animal model at Wake Forest Baptist Medical C ...
  • Japanese scientists to grow human organs in an ...
    Japanese scientists have developed a process for forming a chimeric embryo by planting a human stem cell into an animal embryo, usually a pig. The organs would then mature inside the animal until scientists harvest and transplant them into a human body. Led by Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi of the ...

Not My Tribe

  • NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is no loser, ...
    Apparently Edward Snowden is a good for nothing high school dropout, but he’s a better man than you. Petty technocrats are splitting hairs to pretend that the NSA whistleblower broke the law while corporate mouthpieces are obfuscating that the public doesn’t care about its privacy. B ...
  • Prince Harry displays British hypocracy to une ...
    Want to know where you can find Prince Harry on his war cheerleading US tour? Half of it is in Colorado. On Friday he’ll be at a UK Consul-General’s reception at the private Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia. Between Denver and Castle Rock, that’s the Castle Pines exit off of I- ...
  • Mother Jones was not a Democrat!
    Mother Jones Magazine sent me an email the other morning, subject: “BREAKING”, first line: “URGENT” so I opened it wondering if it was possibly about more than asking for money, how silly of me. Apparently, Stephen Colbert’s sister stands a chance to beat Republican ...
  • My impatience with not so anti frackers
    I’d tell you I’ve had it up to here with moderate turncoats, but of late I’ve resolved to keep them well underfoot. Take the local fight against FRACKING.   We’ve built a pretty determined group of fractivists in Colorado Springs, with healthy allies statewide, and i ...
  • Israel attacks Syria! Surely Syria will be acc ...
    It’s the pretext Israel uses whenever it strikes Gaza or Lebanon or European cafes or US ships: the right to defend itself. In fact the right to do it preemptively is how Israel justifies bombing Iran or assassinating Iranian scientists. So where do the rights of others begin? Has not Syri ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Why You Should Make a Donation at MarkBasile.org
    9/11: Explosive Material in the WTC Dust Please Donate Dust or Money for an Independent Study to Conclusively Confirm or Refute the 2009 Paper By Harrit et al. Version 1.2 By John-Michael Talboo and Ziggi Zugam Abstract. In April 2009, an international team of scientists published the peer-r ...
  • My Call to C-SPAN on the Free Fall Collapse of ...
    Nothing like starting off your morning by spreading 9/11 truth through the mainstream media! So I was asked by a friend to call in to C-Span this morning to ask a question about the free fall collapse of WTC7, and luckily I made it through! Granted they did cut me off before I finished the whole ...
  • British MPs need to look up the word conspirac ...
    The subject of Bilderberg was discussed in the British House of Commons yesterday, where two members dismissed concerns about it while just about everyone else was laughing non stop. So basically... The Bilderberg conference isn't a "conspiracy" ... It's just a place where public officials me ...
  • Cracked writers puts nine seconds of research ...
    5 Conspiracy Theories That Are Shockingly Easy to Debunk http://www.cracked.com/article_20466_5-conspiracy-theories-that-are-shockingly-easy-to-debunk.html From #3: "Conspiracy theorists like Rosie O'Donnell like to rattle off statistics like how the towers fell in nine seconds, which just happ ...
  • Debunking the REAL 9/11 Myths: Why Popular Mec ...
    I am happy to announce that my latest article is finally available online! My newest work, titled Debunking the REAL 9/11 Myths: Why Popular Mechanics Can't Face Up to Reality, is a point-by-point refutation of Popular Mechanics' weak arguments regarding the controlled demolition of the three WT ...

Fooducate

Traffikd

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

Survival International

  • 'Jaguar people's' urgent appeal to oil company ...
    The Matsés have urged shareholders of Pacific Rubiales to disinvest from the company to protect Peru's uncontacted tribes.© SurvivalAn Amazonian tribe has sent an urgent appeal to shareholders of Canadian-Colombian oil giant Pacific Rubiales to protect the lives of uncontacted Indians in Pe ...
  • Indigenous rights highlighted at central Londo ...
    Protestors in London demanded respect for indigenous people’s rights. © SurvivalThe rights of Brazilian Indians were highlighted at a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday. Over 1,000 protestors attended to show their support for the demonstrations that have taken place i ...
  • Success: Soliga tribe's forest rights upheld i ...
    Tribal peoples like the Soliga have been living with and protecting the wildlife in their forests for countless generations.© Kalyan Varma/SurvivalA village belonging to the Soliga tribe in southern India has won an important court victory after its entire stock of honey – its key source of live ...
  • Court reprieve for Bushmen threatened with evi ...
    Relocation trucks arrive at Ranyane.© FPKDozens of Botswana Bushmen threatened with eviction, reportedly because they live in an area proposed as a ‘wildlife corridor’, have won a significant court victory in their struggle to stay on their land. Since the wildlife corridor between the Central ...
  • Guarani man killed in ambush by gunmen
    The Guarani frequently suffer violent attacks by gunmen after returning to their ancestral lands.© SurvivalA Guarani Indian man was killed yesterday in southern Brazil, reportedly by gunmen working for the cattle ranchers who have occupied his community’s land. According to the leader of ...

Greg Palast

  • Arizona Law
    by Greg Palast On Tuesday, the Supreme Court finally busted the Arizona election law that was supposed to keep "alien" (i.e. Democratic) voters off the voter rolls.  Two years ago, we flew to Arizona to bust this bogus game.  Here's the original report  ... Behind the Arizona Immigration Law: GO ...
  • The Drone Ranger: Obama’s Dirty Wars
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine About the time Barack Obama ordered the drone strike that killed Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old American kid Facebooked his second-rate choice of hip-hop favorites. I say "second-rate," because Abdul was my son's age almost exactly, so I know the kind of ...
  • The Idiot's Guide to the Voting Rights Act
    Will the Supreme Court pull the teeth out of the law? by Greg Palast for TheMudflats.net This month –as early as tomorrow— the US Supreme Court will tell us whether Black and Brown citizens have the right to vote. Now, if you saw the film Lincoln, you probably thought that issue was settled abou ...
  • Will the Supreme Court Kill the Voting Rights Act?
    How Do You Steal a Dream? Supreme Court to decide on Voting Rights Act this month. For Care2.com By Greg Palast, author, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Jim Crow is alive and well — and he has mounted a new attack on the law Martin Luther King dreamed of: the Voting Rights Act. This month, as ...
  • My Father's Victory in the Pacific
    By Greg Palast In 1995, in Chicago, veterans of Silver Post No. 282 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their victory over Japan, marching around a catering hall wearing their old service caps, pins, ribbons and medals. My father sat at his table, silent. He did not wear his medals. He had gi ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

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

Age of Autism

  • Dachel Media Update: When Parents Are Overwhelmed
    By Anne Dachel June 20, 2013, PRWeb.com: What if Andrew Wakefield was right? June 20, 2013, London (Ont) Free Press; Autistic teen made victim of politics June 20, 2013, My Fox Austin: Boy's death shines spotlight on Autism PRWeb.com "What...
  • Tricare Insurance to Drop Compounded Prescript ...
    An important announcement from our friends at Lee Silsby Compounding Pharmacy, in Cleveland. When my children saw their first then "DAN!" doctor in 2000, we needed a scrip for Nystatin (shocking, I know...) The CVS brand contained yellow dye and...
  • "Bought" A Film by Jeff Hays and Bobby Sheehan ...
    What if Andrew Wakefield Was Right? New film being produced by Jeff Hays and directed by Bobby Sheehan “Bought” Asks & Answers this Question and Uncovers the Hidden Facts about Vaccinations Jeff Hays today announced that principal photography has begun...
  • Dachel Media Update: Law, Insurance, Pollution
    By Anne Dachel June 20, 2013, Prnewswire: One Florida Family Wages A Battle To Reform A Flawed Autism Law June 19, 2013, Discover Magazine: The Very Thick Line Between Raising Concerns And Denialism June 19, 2013, LA Times: More in...
  • Out of the Mouths of Babes: "Autism is a Sickn ...
    By Cody Jordan This conversation started from Harrison noticing me wearing a new pair of flip-flops (the ones from Healthy Souls that benefits Generation Rescue). They were the first flip-flops I’ve ever had, but for the first pair, it was...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • Hain Celestials – Not so “Organic” or Healthy ...
    Hain Celestials has been caught mislabeling its “organic” products. Not only that, but Celestial Seasonings tea, which is so popular and “healthy?” Well, hold onto your hats…. It has been found to be laden with pesticides and known carcinogens, well above FDA standards.
  • The Gene Revolution and the Future of Agricult ...
    Ex genetic engineer and microbiologist Thierry Vrain educates about potential health problems of GM foods.
  • Ban GMOs Now – Health & Environmental Hazards ...
    GM agriculture is failing on all counts while hazards to health and the environment are coming to light. Opposition to GMOs is gaining momentum worldwide but the expansionist GM corporate agenda continues undiminished. GM agriculture is a recipe for disaster as this report will make clear. It is ...
  • Monsanto, GMO Labeling, and Little Red Riding Hood
    Will labeling GMO food stop the type of destruction and environmental pollution caused by growing GMO crops and trees? No. While I am not against labeling and know that good people are spending their lives on it, I also realize that there is a bigger picture. Only a ban will stop the spread of G ...
  • Groundbreaking new study: Evidence of GMO harm ...
    A groundbreaking new study [1] shows that pigs were harmed by the consumption of feed containing genetically modified (GM) crops. GM-fed females had on average a 25% heavier uterus than non-GM-fed females, a possible indicator of disease that requires further investigation. Also, the level of se ...

new geography

  • The Transit-Density Disconnect
    Around the world planners are seeking to increase urban densities, at least in part because of the belief that this will materially reduce automobile use and encourage people to give up their cars and switch to transit, or walk or cycle (Note 1). Yet research indicates only a marginal connect ...
  • Did the Midwest Ever Have Strong Coastal Conne ...
    Pete Saunders recently described how, after being built in part with eastern money, West Coast outposts like San Francisco and Los Angeles never relinquished their East Coast connections. This created bi-coastal connectivity that continues to play dividends for both coast at the expense ...
  • America's Fastest-Growing Cities Since The Rec ...
    It was widely reported that the Great Recession and subsequent economic malaise changed the geography of America. Suburbs, particularly in the Sun Belt, were becoming the “new slums” as people flocked back to dense core cities. Yet an analysis of post-2007 population trends by d ...
  • As the North Rests on Its Laurels, the South I ...
    One hundred and fifty years after twin defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg destroyed the South’s quest for independence, the region is again on the rise. People and jobs are flowing there, and Northerners are perplexed by the resurgence of America’s home of the ignorant, the obese, ...
  • Economy Needs More than Tech Sector
    We are entering a domain where looms a lost decade of income, growth and opportunity – and maybe it's time to address that fact. Yes, the stock market is high, social-media types are rolling in billions, and asset inflation now extends to the residential home, the one investment where th ...

water.org

  • Young Woman Rolling Incense
    Easy access to clean water has afforded this young woman the ability to earn some extra income for her family. Watch as she uses her newfound spare time to roll traditional Indian incense in today's Clip of the Day!
  • The Joy of Learning
    “After we adopted awareness-building measures, children have started practicing healthy habits in school. They fill the water filters themselves and encourage fellow students to drink only the filtered water. I have also noticed a reduction in the rate of absenteeism.”- Mrs. Zarina Begum, Princi ...
  • The intersection of passion and need
    Co-founder Gary White discusses how he and Matt Damon found the intersection of philanthropic passion and world need in this month's SUCCESS magazine cover story.
  • The intersection of passon and need
    Co-founder Gary White discusses how he and Matt Damon found the intersection of philanthropic passion and world need in this month's SUCCESS magazine cover story.
  • Rani's Toilet
    While the toilet is a basic need for all human beings, not having one affects the safety of women more often than men. In Karnataka, India, due to lack of proper sanitation facilities, Rani’s family members were going out into open for defecation and had to travel long distances every day for this.

Cryptogon

  • U.S. CIA and Special Forces Training “Th ...
    Now that Uncle $cam is shredding million dollar MRAPs for scrap in Afghanistan, it’s time to get the party started all over again. Via: Los Angeles Times: CIA and U.S. military operatives have been secretly teaching Syrian rebels how to use anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, the Los Angeles ...
  • Brazil: Biggest Protests in Two Decades
    I read something back in the 1990s in one of the International Relations journals that put forth the theory that most people in the world would be living in situations resembling a Brazilian favela in the century ahead, and states needed to figure out how to manage them and run combat operations ...
  • Singapore Smog Disaster
    Via: Independent: Singapore has been hit by the worst air pollution crisis in its history, while government agencies try to induce rain in an attempt to stop forest fires spreading a smoky haze across three south-east Asian countries. The average Pollution Standard Index (PSI) – the measurement ...
  • Russ Tice on Boiling Frogs Podcast
    I have not yet listened to this yet, but I will tonight. You’ve seen Tice mentioned on here for years, though, so I wanted to post this ASAP. Via: Boiling Frog Post: In this bombshell episode of the Boiling Frogs Post Podcast Show NSA whistleblower Russ Tice joins us to go on record for th ...
  • Chimeras: Japan Lifting Ban on Growing Human O ...
    Via: Asahi Shimbun: The government plans to lift a ban on basic scientific research to grow human internal organs in the bodies of other animals for potential use in transplants, raising concerns about compromising the dignity of human beings. The proposed policy change was presented June 18 dur ...

The Economic Collapse

  • “If The Yield Goes Significantly Higher ...
    If yields on U.S. Treasury bonds keep rising, things are going to get very messy.  As I write this, the yield on 10 year U.S. Treasures has risen to 2.51 percent.  If that keeps going up, it is going to be like a mile wide lawnmower blade devastating everything in its path.  Ben Bernanke's super ...
  • Mass Carnage: Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Silver, Eur ...
    Can you smell that?  It is the smell of panic in the air.  As I have noted before, when financial markets catch up to economic reality they tend to do so very rapidly.  Normally we don't see virtually all asset classes get slammed at the same time, but the bucket of cold water that Federal [...]
  • The Waste List: 66 Crazy Ways That The U.S. Go ...
    Why did the U.S. government spend 2.6 million dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly?  Why did the U.S. government spend $175,587 "to determine if cocaine makes Japanese quail engage in sexually risky behavior"?  Why did the U.S. government spend nearly a million dollars on a ...
  • The Financial Markets Freak Out When The Fed H ...
    U.S. financial markets are exhibiting the classic behavior patterns of an addict.  Just a hint that the Fed may start slowing down the flow of the "juice" was all that it took to cause the financial markets to throw an epic temper tantrum on Wednesday.  In fact, one CNN article stated that the m ...
  • 32 Facts That Show How Men Are Being Systemati ...
    What is wrong with men in America?  Why isn't our country producing lots of strong, independent, hard working men of character like it once did?  Well, many believe that it starts at a very young age.  When compared with girls, boys in the United States get lower grades, they are much more likel ...

Desertification

  • Ban Ki-moon : collective global action to buil ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/un-chief-urges-global-efforts-for-drought-deserti_855892.html UN chief urges global efforts for drought, desertification United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called for a collective global act ...
  • Desertification in Morocco : new approach in v ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/morocco/2013/06/18/Morocco-difficult-fight-against-desertification_8887969.html Morocco: the difficult fight against desertification Country hones new diversified strategies In Morocco 39% of the terr ...
  • The African Development Bank and Desertificati ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/201306181267.html AfDB Committed to Fighting Desertification and Land Degradation in Africa The African Development Bank joined the international community in celebrating the World Day to Combat Desertification on Monda ...
  • The Great Green Wall, one of the vital economi ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=223872 Great Green Wall in Africa The Great green wall project is one of the vital economic schemes and African nations hold high hopes on it due to its countless economic benefits, as … Co ...
  • Solutions to issues of desertification, land d ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=957106 Namibian Government Vows To Do Its Best To Solve Problems Of Desertification The Namibian government has assured that it will do its best to ensure that solutions to issues of desertif ...

News Blaze

Worldnews

  • Risks have paid off, says Emraan Hashmi
    Kolkata, June 21: Actor Emraan Hashmi who drew plaudits for his role in "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai", says that the risks he took in his career have paid off. "I always wanted to play versatile characters, it's just that I got slotted. I was...
  • Sri Lankan President condoles Indian floo ...
    Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday mourned the death and destruction due to massive flooding in north Indian...
  • Steve Carell: People don’t care for chick ...
    Steve Carell is worried he has offended a “chicken lobby” by admitting he doesn’t like the birds. The actor voices the character of Gru in animated sequel Despicable Me 2. This time around Gru is a good guy, who is asked to help find a master criminal using his knowledge of villainous ways. ...
  • Carly Rae Jepsen: I believe in Bieber
    Carly Rae Jepsen believes Justin Bieber is doing the best he can. The 27-year-old popstar rose to fame on TV singing competition Canadian Idol and increased her popularity after touring with teen heartthrob Justin. Carly claims the various controversies surrounding the 19-year-old have mostl ...
  • Lea Michele raves about braids
    Glee actress Lea Michele “loved” the messy braid she sported at an event in New York City earlier this week. The Glee actress attended the FEED USA and Target collaboration launch in New York City earlier this week, and sported a rather fetching fishtail plait. Lea usually wears her long bru ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • Avandia (Rosiglitazone) Does Not Raise Heart A ...
    There is not a higher risk of heart attack and cardiovascular events in patients who take controversial type 2 drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) reported after carrying out a re-analysis of data from a pivotal study. The DCRI researchers re- ...
  • Promising Results In Early Trial of Novel MS T ...
    Reporting in the journal Science Translational Medicine researchers say a new method for essentially resetting the immune systems of patients with multiple sclerosis appears to be safe. Study co-author Stephen D. Miller of Northwestern University, describes the novel approach tested in this smal ...
  • Summer Deadliest Time of Year for Teen Drivers
    Crashes often linked to distracted driving Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Impaired Driving, Motor Vehicle Safety, Teen Health
  • Fewer Families Struggling to Pay Medical Bills ...
    But some may be skipping needed care altogether, expert says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Insurance, Health Statistics
  • Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Non ...
    About $6000 in extra annual costs stem from more time off, smoking breaks, health care, study shows Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Smoking

Common Dreams

  • 'Worse than NSA': UK Spy Agency Amasses 'World ...
    (Image via The Guardian)Always seemingly in lockstep with the United States, new reports reveal that the UK's spy agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has gained covert access to the "world's communications" and has amassed an infinite database, which they ...
  • How Being Disabled Means Your Boss can Suppres ...
    (Photo: Creative Commons/RetailByRyan95)Prominent U.S. charities, businesses, and even high schools, are paying disabled workers far below minimum wage—in some cases a fraction of a dollar per hour—thanks to a long-standing law that says employers can suppress wages because of disabi ...
  • Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Slams Surveilla ...
    Steve Wozniak speaking with Piers Morgan this week. (Screenshot)Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has cheered NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and admonished the rise of the surveillance state. read more
  • Obama's 'Insider Threat' Program a 'Sweeping' ...
    (Image: Danny Dougherty/McClatchy Washington Bureau)A program being implemented by the Obama administration titled "Insider Threat" requires millions of federal employees to keep a close watch on each other—a "sweeping" effort to crackdown on whistleblowers and leakers ...
  • Sketchy Evidence, Zero Transparency Cloud Chem ...
    Protesters demonstrate against western intervention in Syria, outside the US embassy in central London, Saturday, June 15, 2013.(Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis/ AP) The White House's claim of 'proof' that the Syrian government is using chemical weapons faces growing skepticism as many, qu ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

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Energy Collective

  • Solar Energy Powered Wheelchair Wins Competition
    A solar-powered prototype of a wheelchair with retractable solar panels was the winner of the Change My World in One Minute organized by the 2012 World Cerebral Palsy Day.
  • Thousands Protest Fracking in Albany
    Thousands of citizens and celebrities embarked upon New York’s Capitol building in Albany to protest the possibility of lifting the state-wide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
  • Climate Change Solution Could Save US Business ...
    A report published by the World Wildlife Fund and the Carbon Disclosure Project could save companies billions and help the corporate sector avoid pushing global temperatures over 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
  • Time To Reform US Ethanol Policy
    This April, two separate bills were introduced in the US House of Representatives to reform, or repeal, the federal Renewable Fuel Standard that mandates how much ethanol and other biofuels must be blended into gasoline.
  • Pandora's Promises - Kept and Unkept: Examinin ...
    I saw Pandora’s Promise – the new film promoting nuclear power largely through interviews with environmentalists who have embraced it — and I participated in a discussion with Michael Shellenberger of The Breakthrough Institute.

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge ne ...
    French lawmakers invited the head of a previously shunned Iranian dissident group to parliament on Wednesday, aiming to help it gain credibility as a viable opposition to Tehran's government. read more
  • زهر مار ایرانی برای نجات سربازان آمریکایی
    در راهنمای پزشکی فرماندهی مرکزی نیروهای آمریکا در افغانستان تاکید شده است که پادزهر تولید شده در انستیتو رازی تهران، بهترین دارو برای مقابله با نیش مارهای کبرا و انواع دیگر مارهای سمی و خطرناک آسیای میانه است که در افغانستان به فراوانی وجود دارند.
  • نسرین ستوده اعتصاب غذای خود را شکست
    ه گزارش رسیده به کلمه، متعاقب دیدار رضا خندان همسر این زندانی سیاسی و گروهی از فعالان زنان با برخی از نمایندگان و پیگیری های محمدرضا تابش و ابوترابی فرد و مذاکره آنها با رییس مجلس و قوه قضاییه و با برداشتن محدودیت های قضایی از مهراوه خندان، دختر نسرین ستوده، وی به اعتصاب غذای خود پایان داد.read more
  • Iran’s Claim of Drone Capture Is Denied by U.S.
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  • Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explo ...
    The latest image from DigitalGlobe clearly showing the new blue roofing of the two major buildings, new equipment and materials and the rows of earth piles. Numerous cars present at the site suggest a considerable level of activity at the site.

Most Revolutionary Act

  • What if Marx Got It Wrong?
      Progress and Poverty By Henry George (1879), edited and abridged by Bob Drake, Robert Shalkenbach Foundation (2006) Book Review Progress and Poverty is an economic classic which has been suppressed in the US owing to its subject matter: the elimination of poverty and economic inequa ...
  • Upcycling: Saving the Planet by Design
      The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability – Designing for Abundance  By William McDonough and Michael Braungart 2013 Northpoint Press   Book Review  In The Upcycle, American architect William McDonough and German chemist Dr Michael Braungart offer a new improved version o ...
  • The Coming Economic and Political Turmoil
    (This is the first of two posts about a recent Farleigh Dickinson University study about changing American attitudes towards violent revolution.) A new study from Farleigh Dickinson University reveals that 29% of Americans believe an armed revolution may be necessary in the next ...
  • New Zealand's Charter Schools Misadventure
    Guest post by Geoff Eaton (New Zealand presently has legislation in Parliament to create the country's first charter schools, despite the failed experiment in the US and the UK. The majority of the New Zealand public oppose the law. Despite substantial taxpayer funding, charter schools would ...
  • Let Them Eat Crickets
    (With apologies to Marie Antoinette – a very special post for readers who have lost their pensions or unemployment benefits or who are looking at having their hours, wages or Social Security benefits reduced. Some simple cricket recipes below. Please note in preparing cricket flour, ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Republic Windows Workers Seen in 'Capitalism: ...
    Grand Opening of Worker-Owned Window Factory Former Republic Window and Door Union Workers Launch New Era Windows Cooperative   Press Contact:  Leah Fried, United Electrical Workers (UE) 773-550-3022, leahfried@gmail.com  Brendan Martin, The Working World 646-286-0846, ...
  • Michigan Families to Rally for Sensible Gun La ...
    CONTACT:   Linda K. Brundage, Moms Demand Action MidMichigan/Lansing Chapter; (517) 337-3024 or Momsdemandaction.mimidlansing@gmail.com Kim Russell, National Director of Communications, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; (917) 226-4420 or krussell@momsdemandaction.org ADVISO ...
  • Roger Ebert and 'Roger & Me'
    Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore I had shown a cut of [Roger & Me] to three film festival selection committees — Telluride, Toronto, and New York. They all liked it and accepted it to be shown at each of their festivals in September 1989. I h ...
  • 'Roger' makes its point with humor
    Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times September 5, 1989 When Flint, Mich., was named by Money magazine in 1988 (it bounced from No. 300 to No. 299 in the latest poll) as the worst place in America to live, some of the local citizens were so upset they held a rally and burned the magazine. But not lo ...
  • Talking Points for Gun Violence Conversations ...
    *Murder has been around since Cain and Abel. We will never eliminate all murder, but we can DRASTICALLY reduce it (as they have in almost every other First World democracy) by passing some very simple laws: An assault weapons ban, a ban on high-capacity ammo magazines, background checks on every ...

Salon

SMB News

  • Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
    For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
  • Kasaba throws spit on the camera
    \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
  • K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
    For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
  • Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
    For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
  • Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
    For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Did Global Oil Consumption Slow in 2012?
    The failure of the mainstream media to note that it is the growth in oil consumption that fell, and not actual oil consumption -- leaves many with a false impression that perhaps the world is beginning to wean itself off of oil, notes Robert Rapier.
  • Oil Industry Declares War on E15
    I just finished reading a story that made my blood boil. It was about how the oil industry is using dirty tricks to keep the ethanol industry in check. I need to sit down, take a deep breath, and make sure everyone knows of the atrocity that has happened in Kansas. The problem started when the e ...
  • About Those Plunging Oil Prices
    Based on recent headlines, one might suspect that we were right in the middle of a major bear market for oil, yet it's only fallen to $92 a barrel. Robert Rapier examines the situation and fundamentals behind the near and long term trends.
  • Who Loses from Rising Natural Gas Prices?
    Natural gas is an important feedstock for the chemicals and fertilizer industries, so higher prices could pressure those sectors. Oil companies with significant chemical operations could also see this business segment take a hit, but based on ExxonMobil’s (NYSE: XOM) advocacy of liquified natura ...
  • Who Wins from Rising Natural Gas Prices?
    Given their heavy investments in natural gas, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, along with Chesapeake, stand to benefit from the recovery in natural gas prices, writes Robert Rapier.

Discovery Educator Network

Rodale News

  • Chipotle: What You Need to Know about Natural ...
    Since the company's founding, Chipotle has championed humanely raised meats and sourced as much organic and local produce and beans as it could for its roughly 1,450 restaurants. The chain even produced the best Grammy ad ever exposing the damage that factory farms do, not just to animals, but ...
  • The Best School Fundraiser Ever?
    In the age of budget cuts, schools could often use some extra cash. In fact, nearly 80 percent of school districts nationwide expect budget cuts this year. Full-day kindergarten, music, drama, and art classes are being particularly hit hard. Instead of watching these valuable programs go by the ...
  • The Most Ambitious Food-Waste Solution Ever?
    New York City is full of foodies…and their trash. Whether dining at Manhattan's hippest eateries or Brooklyn's multitude of pizzerias, the city's 8 million people have to dump their food waste somewhere. And now, the biggest city in the U.S. is now undertaking what could be the biggest endeavor ...
  • New GMO Study Raises Health Concerns
    A new study looking at pigs that eat genetically engineered (GE) versus non-GE feed suggests we could be overlooking health problems associated with using the unnatural gene technology in crops that livestock and people eat, according to some consumer experts and scientists. In the new study p ...
  • How Veg-Friendly Is Your Town?
    You know when Bill Clinton adopts a vegan diet, something's going on in the zeitgeist of American food culture. Meat sales dropped 12 percent between 2007 and 2012, likely due to the increasing evidence that eating less meat increases heart health, decreases migraines and headaches, and trims t ...

big think

  • How to Win an Argument with a Sophist
    I think that some philosophers are what Socrates said they were, sophists.  They’re in it to win, not to get at the truth.  And there are lots of sneaky, tricky things that people can do.  I don’t recommend any of that.  I think we want to get at the truth.  So many of the tools I descri ...
  • Why Some Drone Companies Aren't Waiting For Th ...
    What's the Latest Development? While the Federal Aviation Administration continues to figure out best practices for the use of commercial drones, a thriving black market has risen, involving possibly hundreds of drones taking overhead photos for a variety of clients. "Drones for hire are ...
  • Africa Is Not a Place of Permanent Suffering
    I find the sort of unwitting European American outsider who wants to come to Africa to help is a very problematic construction.  It's problematic because you don't want to tell people don't aid, don't help when people feel a need to.  It's a beautiful thing, the desire to help a fellow human who ...
  • My Lifelong War on the War on Drugs
    Why did I get involved in the movement to reform drug laws? There’s no single one answer.  But I’d say part of it had to do with growing up in a Sabbath-observant Jewish family.  My father was a rabbi, my mom came from an Orthodox family.  You know, fairly moral.  Going to college in the mid 70s ...
  • What Can We Do About Cow-Caused Climate Change?
    What's the Latest Development? University of Aberdeen professor John Wallace is leading a project, Ruminomics, with the goal (as stated on its Web site) of "[c]onnecting the animal genome, gastrointestinal microbiomes and nutrition to improve digestion efficiency and the environmental im ...

Information Liberation

  • Cop Goes to Wrong House, Shoots Family's Profe ...
    A Texas officer mistakenly went to the wrong house to serve a warrant, after no one answered at the front door, the officer tried to walk around to the back of their house, at which point two dogs allegedly approached him and he responded by shooting...
  • Joseph Weekley: Self-Pitying Stormtrooper
    "It was my gun that shot and killed a 7-year-old girl," insists Detroit resident Joseph Weekley, who took part in a fatal home invasion on May 17, 2010. This apparent admission is actually an evasion, in that it assigns blame to an inanimate ins...
  • Oregon State Police Taser Autistic Child Found ...
    When police found a confused and naked 11-year-old girl wandering a stretch of highway along the I-5 corridor in Oregon, they didn*t exactly offer her a ride home. Instead the responding officer determined the best course of action would be to Tase...
  • CNN: Was Michael Hastings Death An "Accident"? ...
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  • Ron Paul's Choice for Fed Chairman James Grant ...
    As gold & silver prices tumble to 2.5-year lows in a wake of panic selling following a disappointing Fed Outlook & statement by Bernanke, as well as less-than-ideal Chinese economic data, Kitco News speaks with James Grant, editor of "Grant's Inter...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Libel, Reputation and Thin Air
    This isn’t something I had planned to discuss any time soon, but recent headlines in Australia have pushed it to the head of the queue. If you don’t follow Australian politics closely, you may have missed the recent news that … Continue reading →
  • The Lemmings And The Cliff
    Sorry, but I couldn’t help myself. We’re now down to just 99 days until the Federal election. And for 99% of the Australian community, it just can’t come quickly enough. For those planning to vote for the coalition, it’s a … Continue reading →
  • Libertarianism And Gun Law
    This post will be briefer than I had originally intended, and for a couple of reasons. First, I haven’t put up any threads for a while, and I feel as though I need a break from work today, so here … Continue reading →
  • Of Human Dregs And Piano Legs
    Everyone else seems to be talking about sex this week, so I’ll devote a dedicated post to a topic raised by Luton Ian on the last thread. I’m going to try to avoid sniggering here about New Zealand and the … Continue reading →
  • Bushfire Update
    G’day everyone, Sorry I haven’t had much time for blogging lately; getting the property and my business back to normal has occupied all of my calendar for the last couple of months. Farmerbraun asked me earlier today to put up some … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Science books for summer
    Brian Clegg – Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe. For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because we di ...
  • Guiding pledge 2.0 dismisses God and the Queen
    Apparently, the Guiding Movement is to upgrade its pledge that all members must make when they join. Currently they vow to: "to love my God, to serve my Queen and my country" That obviously only applies to people of faith and those with a female monarch…and indeed compromises the i ...
  • Life on the rocks
    Life on the rocks, unlike love on the rocks, is a surprise… In the beginning… …there was a barren spinning ball of rock, with a hot, molten core, hurtling through space around a distant, but warming fusion reactor. But the spinning ball was not alone on its journey – there were ...
  • What do you do if you’ve got osteoarthritis of ...
    Film director Baz Luhrmann made a spoof graduation speech famous with his hit “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” back in 1999. At the time, I wasn’t particularly worried about the line in that track: “Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.&#8 ...
  • Say my name, say my name
    Successful companies have solid brand names we recognise wherever we are in the world and they rarely change them – Coca Cola, Microsoft, Apple, Gap. Of course, there are successful companies that do re-brand, although usually when bigger companies subsume and split them up, think Imperial ...

RFF Library

  • US Tax Code Has Minimal Impact on Greenhouse G ...
    Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions National Research Council / edited by William D. Nordhaus, Stephen A. Merrill and Paul T. Beaton http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18299 According to this report, the U.S. tax code is so complex it appears to have only a miniscule eff ...
  • Pound Foolish: Federal Community-Resilience In ...
    Center for American Progress / by Daniel J. Weiss and Jackie Weidman http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/report/2013/06/19/67045/pound-foolish/ [From Press Release] …Many communities, however, lack the financial resources to increase resilience to future extreme weather events, an ...
  • Utica Shale Fracking Surge Not a Boon to Emplo ...
    Ohio Utica Shale Region Monitor (dated March 2013) Cleveland State University, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs http://urban.csuohio.edu/publications/hill/OhioUticaShaleRegionMonitor_Mar2013.pdf [From Executive Summary] …While there is a clear positive trend in sales receipts, ...
  • CO2 Stored Database Reports on UK’s Carb ...
    The Crown Estate | British Geological Survey http://www.co2stored.co.uk/ [Business Green] Carbon capture and storage (CCS) developers can now access “world leading” information on how much captured CO2 geological sites around the UK could potentially hold. The new CO2 Stored web ...
  • The 3% Solution: Driving Profits through Carbo ...
    World Wildlife Fund | CDP http://bit.ly/13YQfCa [GreenBiz] A landmark study by CDP and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows how the U.S. businesses can collectively act now to reduce emissions by 3% annually and capture cost-savings up to $190 billion in 2020 alone while putting us on a pathway ...

Scientific American - News

  • Whole Human Brain Mapped in 3D
    An international group of neuroscientists has sliced, imaged and analyzed the brain of a 65-year-old woman to create the most detailed map yet of a human brain in its entirety (see video at bottom). The atlas, called ‘BigBrain’, shows the organization of neurons with microscopic prec ...
  • Violence against Women at Epidemic Proportions
    Three in ten women worldwide have been punched, shoved, dragged, threatened with weapons, raped, or subjected to other violence from a current or former partner. Close to one in ten have been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner. Of women who are murdered, more than one in three we ...
  • Pin-Sized Battery Printed in 3D
    A new lithium-ion battery is one of the smallest ever made and the first battery to be created with a three-dimensional printer. Measuring less than a millimeter on each side, it fits comfortably on the head of pin and could potentially power tiny medical devices or miniature robots. [More]
  • Simple Molecule Surrounding Cells in Mole Rats ...
    The same molecules that endow naked mole rats with springy, wrinkled skin also seem to prevent the homely rodents from contracting cancer. Research published on Nature 's website today identifies a sugary cellular secretion that stops the spread of would-be tumors. [More]
  • Silver Makes Antibiotics Thousands of Times Mo ...
    Like werewolves and vampires, bacteria have a weakness: silver. The precious metal has been used to fight infection for thousands of years -- Hippocrates first described its antimicrobial properties in 400 bc -- but how it works has been a mystery. Now, a team led by James Collins, a biomedical ...

First Truths

  • The Anarchist Lineage
     Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
  • "Crisis of the State"
    From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
  • "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
    Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
  • "Integrated Geographies"
    From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
  • Colbert on Atheists
    I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

  • Dear Alberta: This Flood is Climate Change
    Re-posted with permission from SteadyCity.ca. Early yesterday morning, my dad texted me to say he fled his home in Canmore, Alberta shortly before the town declared a state of emergency. By noon, my brother was told to evacuate his home in ...
  • Brésil : la baisse du prix dans les transports ...
    CURITIBA – La colère continue de gronder au Brésil où plus d'un million de manifestants sont descendus dans les rues jeudi 20 juin. La police militaire a répondu par des tirs de balles en caoutchouc à Salvador, capitale de l' ...
  • CKUT Amandla: 1 year since Morsi Interview wit ...
    On June 30th 2013, will mark 1 year since the election of Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Since  then there has been a complete regression of the basic demands made by millions of Egyptians less than two years ago in the  January 25th Revolution. What we have seen from them h ...
  • The Lebowski Blog
    Canada Leading Rear-Guard Action to Protect Tax Cheats at the G8 Where's the f'ing money, Lebowski? As mentioned in a previous blog post, the global hunt is on to stop global ...
  • Spotlight on Secret TPP Meeting in Vancouver B ...
    Interviewed outside the offices of Pacific Rim Mining, Kristen Beifus of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and Arthur Stamoulis of the Citizens Trade Campaign describe w ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • Looking at the world through a PRISM
    David Seaton's News LinksThere is no reverse gear on the machine of governmental power. If power exists, it will be seized and exploited. To do what? That will be revealed in the course of this power’s employment. Its potential uses will automatically be discovered by those who have it or seize ...
  • Edward Snowdon, China's American dissident
    David Seaton's News LinksSnowdon's Hong Kong JudgesThe real risk to our democracy is what this situation does to potential dissenters, whistle-blowers, investigative journalists, and anyone else who thinks that some aspect of government policy might be boneheaded, unethical, or maybe even illega ...
  • NSA scandal... I got algorithm
    David Seaton's News LinksWhen separate streams of data are integrated into large databases — matching, for example, time and location data from cellphones with credit card purchases or E-ZPass use — intelligence analysts are given a mosaic of a person’s life that would never be available from si ...
  • A new angle on fracking
    David Seaton's News Links I had an interesting conversation about fracking today with a very knowledgeable Spanish executive in the energy sector.We weren't asking ourselves about the ecological questions that arise with fracking, but more about the geopolitical-strategic factors of this techno ...
  • Israel: the fiddler fiddles while the roof burns
    David Seaton's News Links Samson pulls down the temple (in Gaza, no less) Henry Kissinger famously wished that the Bible had been written in Uganda...Israel has never been richer, safer, more culturally productive or more dynamic. Terrorism is on the wane. Yet the occupation grinds on next d ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Friday Cat Blogging - 21 June 2013
    We're back to quiltblogging this week. Unfortunately, Marian is gone and I forgot to ask for deets about the quilt. So I'm just going to say that it's....um, a patchwork quilt. It kinda reminds me of this. In other cat news, my sister draws my attention to a cat running for mayor in the M ...
  • US Is More Involved in Syria Than You Think
    David Cloud of the LA Times continues to provide some of the best reporting from Syria. A couple of months ago he reported that the Pentagon had deployed about 200 troops to Jordan, near the border of Syria, with instructions to help deliver humanitarian aid "and to plan for possible military ...
  • It's Amateur Hour (Again) in the House of Repr ...
    A friend emails me to provide today's media/political analysis: So, I'm just waiting for the inevitable piece from Ron Fournier asking why and how Obama and the Democrats could have let the Farm Bill debacle in the House occur. Or, how this demonstrates a lack of leadership in Washington ...
  • A Quick Recap on NSA's Ability to Spy on Americans
    I got some reactions to my post last night about NSA minimization procedures that I didn't expect. You can click the link for the background, but for now I just want to summarize things in a few quick bullet points: For technical reasons, it's sometimes impossible to know with certainty w ...
  • FAA Maybe, Possibly Getting Ready to Allow iPa ...
    The Washington Post passes along some rare good news for travelers: An industry working group assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration to research the use of electronics on airplanes is expected to recommend relaxing the ban on portable electronic devices during takeoff and landin ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 399: Man of Feel
    Kriss wasn’t impressed by E3 Games aren’t the next generation of consoles Fanboys complaining about Microsoft giving them what they’ve been asking for Sony’s smart PR war The Next-Gen is a marathon not a sprint Man of Steel & Nerds Why nerds get defensive about block ...
  • IC 398: Tentacle Porn
    NSA whitleblower goes to China Osama Bin Laden died horribly as a former rich guy Why no one fucks with Japan Man breaks into houses and sucks unsuspecting men’s dicks The Rock is having a good year Marvel Studio’s has some great casting Women have bad online dating profiles too Kris ...
  • IC 397: This is Retarded
    The Bible is a Great Read Roy Hibbert & No Homo Cause Bullies Owning up to being offensive People exaggerating about sex Dating as you get older How no one talks about rejection Dating success rates are worse than baseball batting averages Why online dating isn’t really different from ...
  • Insanity Check: The OkCupid Special
    Kriss & Kev put together a special podcast/rant about the stressful nature of trying to use an online dating site like OkCupid.com Share with your friends:
  • IC 396: Comic Book Nerds
    Kriss talks about losing his fight The Fallon Fox/Transgender Fighter issue revisited Kriss, Phenom & Kev have the worst idea ever: Bringing “Faggot” back Xbox One Comic book nerds are ruining comic book movies What Fox needs to do to fix its X-Men movies Sony & Marvel migh ...

Simple Climate

  • Worse extreme temperature effects urge farming ...
    Steps are needed to avoid damage and harvest failure in wheat, maize and rice crops caused by exposure to extreme temperatures during sensitive periods, finds Stanford University’s Sharon Gourdji.
  • Deciphering climate messages via the heart of ...
    Through a lifelong involvement in nuclear science, Hans Suess developed radiocarbon dating, and provided evidence that burning coal puts carbon into the atmosphere and the activity of the Sun can change, affecting Earth’s climate.
  • Historical sea voyage sends manmade warming signal
    Will Hobbs from the University of Tasmania and NASA’s Joshua Willis have confirmed that ocean warming calculated from data collected by the HMS Challenger between 1873–1876 couldn’t realistically be from natural variability alone, pointing strongly to humanity's role.
  • Lifting the fog of war and climate
    Guy Callendar’s knowledge of climate and heat let him help devise a system to clear fog from British airfields during World War Two, and do detailed measurements on gases in the air that established how important CO2 is in driving climate change.
  • The well-qualified amateur who threw the spotl ...
    75 years ago Guy Callendar revealed calculations and temperature measurements linking rising 20th century temperatures to burning fossil fuels, helping to lay the foundations for understanding the global warming that is still ongoing today.

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Brave New Climate

  • Log, slash, truck and burn – welcome to ...
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy. Back in 2011, the federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency commissioned the Australian Energy Marke ...
  • Advanced fission and fusion technologies for s ...
    Last week, the Australian Academy of Science held their annual meeting in Canberra, and the final day’s event was focused on energy technology. The symposium was called “Power to the people: the science behind the debate“. I was invited as one of the speakers, to discuss next-g ...
  • Green Junk – In praise of waste
    This post has two purposes. First, for those who don’t follow my Twitter feed (hey, why don’t you?), I’d like to highlight some terrific work from Geoff Russell and Ben Heard that has hit the ‘net over the past few weeks. These are all ‘must reads’ – wit ...
  • 100 Per Cent Renewables Study Needs a Makeover
    Guest Post by Martin Nicholson. Martin studied mathematics, engineering and electrical sciences at Cambridge University in the UK and graduated with a Masters degree in 1974. He published a peer-reviewed book on low-carbon energy systems in 2012: The Power Makers’ Challenge: and the need for Fis ...
  • Can household solar photovoltaics provide a pr ...
    Guest Post by Graham Palmer. Graham is an industrial engineer and energy commenter from Melbourne. For another BNC post featuring his work, see Does energy efficiency reduce emissions and peak demand? Click the above image to download the PDF (full version is free – Open Access) With decli ...

Indigenist Opinion

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

Republicans are a Disease

  • Niall Ferguson Is An Idiot
    On “Morning Joe” Niall Ferguson claimed that jobs were not being created because “Small businesses are deeply discouraged from hiring people by a massive regulation. I know this because I should try to setting up a business.” He then goes on to blather more nonsense. Look ...
  • Glenn Beck You And Your Friends Are The Diseas ...
    ““But it makes total sense if people understand progressivism is a disease in the Republican Party as well,” Beck responded.” Yeah, that’s right Beck. Making sure all American have a chance to get ahead, that’s a disease right? All Americans have a right to see a doctor w ...
  • The Rich Get Richer
    And the poor get poorer. Who do you blame? Republicans or Democrats? Both? If you think the “rich” earned their money think again. They have all the advantages. Tax loopholes written especially for them, and the companies they own. The ability to move their money offshore, or put it ...
  • Pay More Taxes So Apple Doesn’t Pay Any
    Man, the testimony today about Apple’s offshoring of their entities to not pay taxes makes me want to puke. They take their income through an Irish corporation, with a part ownership from an entity in the British Virgin Islands so they don’t even have to pay taxes there. Billions upo ...
  • Republicanism Is A Disease
    You didn’t hear it here first. “So Republicanism is a disease” from Daily Kos. - So Republicanism is a disease -

Appalachia Rising

  • Residents Bring Dirty Water from Mountaintop R ...
    Dozens of Appalachians and their allies bring hundreds of gallons of toxic water from their homes to EPA offices in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON D.C.– Citizens from across the country have travelled to the nation’s capitol to urge an end to … Continue reading →
  • We’re Bringing Toxic Water to the EPA &# ...
    Folks have begun arriving in Washington DC for a week of meetings with the Obama Administration and lawmakers asking for protections for Appalachian water.  We have brought over 100 gallons of toxic water from Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky with … Continue reading →
  • Video: EPA Action May 8th!
    Join us in DC on May 8th, 2013 Join Appalachia Rising in D.C on May 8, 2013! from Zein Nakhoda on Vimeo. Please share this powerful video made by Zein Nakhoda for our EPA ACtion on Wednesday, May 8th at … Continue reading →
  • May 8th: Day of Action
    Dear friends of Appalachia: Will you join us in Washington DC on Wednesday May 8th to tell the EPA that millions of people across the country stand with Appalachia? Please meet us at the EPA Headquarters at 9am, and be … Continue reading →
  • More Actions in Atlanta!
    Actions at EPA Region 4 offices at Atlanta!

Amped Status

  • ‘Another World Is Happening’ &#821 ...
    Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, interviews David DeGraw about the birth and evolution of Occupy Wall Street on its one year anniversary: "This is about empowering a new generation to be leaders, to be engaged.... We have millions of people engaged in creating change that were not engaged an ...
  • Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Anonymous 99 #OpES ...
    Cross-posted from MoneyOutPack.org, June 14, 2012 Here's a little Occupy history for you... Today, June 14th, Flag Day, marks the one year anniversary of A99 #OpESR. On this day last year, Anonymous and the 99% Movement launched a collaborative effort in Zuccotti Park, and 22 other locatio ...
  • As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...
    By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
  • The Evolution of the Butterfly
    Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
  • After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
    This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:

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  • Israel’s artful control over movement, r ...
    May Castelnuovo presents a visual representation of 101 things, at which we would rather not look.   As the crow flies, the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design is situated less than one kilometer from the separation wall. Indeed, the crow need not even fly from Israel’s most prestigious art ...
  • Military police must decide: Is the IDF a gang ...
    Youth from the village of Qaddum were shocked to find themselves featured on a threatening IDF poster. Will the army severely punish those responsible? By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz About two weeks ago, several youth from the village of Qaddum were shocked to discover their photos and na ...
  • Why boycotts against Israel are fair game
    Israel is unique in one very important way: for other malefactors like Syria and Sudan, there is no need to convince the international public of their wrongs. If it wasn’t a persuasive argument, Israel’s defenders wouldn’t keep using it, like they are now against Alice Walker: Why are these left ...
  • WATCH: Settlers set fire to shed in West Bank ...
    A new video released today (Thursday) shows masked settlers setting fire to a shed belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank village of Asira Al-Qibliya. According to B’Tselem, the incident took place only 200 meters away from an IDF post, which is manned at all hours. The shed is located ...
  • Improper residence: The squalid conditions of ...
    Just as migrant workers are made invisible to Israeli labor law, their homes are also made invisible. Pushed away in the backyards of agricultural cooperatives, migrant agricultural workers are distant, hidden from the public’s view. By Noa Shauer (translated by Or Glicklich) Walking into the mi ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • Science and the sea capture 2013 Antarctic medals
    Seabird ecologist, Dr Barbara Wienecke and master mariner, Captain Scott McLaughlin are the recipients of Australian Antarctic Medals for 2013.
  • Study to help identify cultural values in Tasm ...
    Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke today announced funding for a study to help identify cultural values in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
  • UNESCO decision on Great Barier Reef
    Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today welcomed the decision by the World Heritage Committee which recognised the Australian Government’s commitment to protecting the Great Barrier Reef.
  • Extra eyes to monitor the Great Barier Reef
    Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke today launched a powerful Reef monitoring program – Eye on the Reef – that will engage an army of volunteers to help protect the iconic Great Barrier Reef.
  • Industry recognised for fluoro-light recycling
    A number of Victorian organisations were today recognised for their commitment to keeping harmful mercury out of our environment, through their participation in a fluoro-light recycling program.

Matt Weidner Blog

  • FREE ONLINE MEETING, 10:00 AM….THE LATES ...
    ONE CLICK LOG IN AND YOU’RE IN THE ROOM: Summary: The laws and the rules that govern foreclosure have taken a dramatic turn in Florida, effective June 2013. At the same time, courts are taking dramatic actions to “CLEAR THE FORECLOSURE BACKLOG!” There are indeed unprecedented c ...
  • HEADLINE: Family Losing Their Home Through For ...
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  • BREAKING NEWS- NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT MO ...
    RALEIGH, N.C. – Joseph A. Smith, Jr., Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement, today released a summary of the five compliance reports he submitted to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This summary includes information about the banks’ (Bank of America, Chase, Ci ...
  • IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR CONSUMERS- FLORIDA&#821 ...
    Recently, Florida Housing’s Board of Directors approved $50 million in Florida HHF program dollars to be used for a Modification Enabling Pilot (MEP)/principal reduction program. Currently, this program is in development; when more information and program participation criteria become available, ...
  • George Packer’s The Unwinding: Once the ...
    Read the review here: In or around 1978, America’s character changed. For almost half a century, the United States had been a relatively egalitarian, secure, middle-class democracy, with structures in place that supported the aspirations of ordinary people. You might call it the period of ...

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Vaccine Awakening

  • Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
    posted May 14, 2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher   These are desperate times for those denying vaccine risks. We know it because we are witnessing so many acts of desperation being committed by doctors determined to shut down the public conversation about vaccination and health. Vaccine r ...
  • Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity
    Posted 1/24/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot. Defending Freedom of Consc ...
  • IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
    Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...
  • Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & ...
    Posted: 11/20/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in America.[1] Each year du ...
  • Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
    Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5  ...

2020 Science

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

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War Resisters League

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

Center for a Livable Future

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  • Global warming theory lacks a falsifiable hypo ...
    However, the same global warming theory can easily be converted into a falsifiable hypothesis if it is formulated thus: "Increasing anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide have a significant warming effect on global climate". This can then be subject to being proved false. The recent hiatus in ...
  • Carbon Cycle still has many uncertainties
    The primary sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are the oceans and transpiration. The assumption that these emissions are in balance with the absorption by the oceans and plant life is just an assumption based on an assumed equilibrium which is far from certain.
  • Carbon Cycle still has many uncertainties
    The primary sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are the oceans and transpiration. The assumption that these emissions are in balance with the absorption by the oceans and plant life is just an assumption based on an assumed equilibrium which is far from certain.
  • This disease could kill you deader than SARS c ...
    A new virus could kill you deader than SARS could!
  • This disease could kill you deader than SARS c ...
    A new virus could kill you deader than SARS could!

Left Foot Forward

  • This week’s most read: Dan Hodges, sexis ...
    The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
  • We can’t just build our way out of this housin ...
    Do you want to wait thirty years until house prices are at affordable levels again? I doubt many priced out renters in the capital would be happy to put up with the status quo for that long, but that could be the prospect if we just rely on building more homes to solve the housing crisis.
  • Boycotting Israel: Moderate voices drowned out ...
    The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complex and difficult in modern history, with two competing narratives attempting to describe an extraordinary shared history. With polarisation on the issue endemic, there is limited space for moderates in the center to advocate a resolution t ...
  • A challenge to ‘In the Black Labour&#821 ...
    In a follow-up to their 2011 report In the Black Labour, Graeme Cooke, Adam Lent, Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen reaffirm their commitment to fiscal conservatism.
  • Brazil: Carla Dauden explains why she won&#821 ...
    Carla Dauden recorded this video shortly before the recent protests began. In it she explains some of the reasons why she and many other Brazilians will not be going to the World Cup.

Consumerist

  • Before You Buy That Gallon Of Whole Milk Your ...
    Forgiveness, dear Consumerist readers, I beg it of you. Last week some kind of demonic being temporarily possessed my body right at the moment I usually gather the funniest Amazon reviews you all send us, and as such, failed to post them. That’s why I’ve worked extra hard — worked, a ...
  • Everyone Get Ready To Freak Out: Starbucks Hik ...
    Hey everyone, the price of coffee beans is going down! That’s great news — for Starbucks, but not necessarily for its customers. In fact I would be remiss in not mentioning the news that prices are actually going to go up pretty much everywhere across the country at Starbucks next week, by ...
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
    Here are nine 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. (RiddimRyder) (Joel Zimmer) ((Xavier J. Peg ☠) (Eric Arnold) (Jason Cook) (Darren Sethe) (J.G. Park) (吉姆 Jim … [More]
  • Jury Awards Former Student $13 Million In Laws ...
    One of the more common complaints against for-profit colleges is that the institutions make promises to prospective students about job placement and salary that the schools don’t make good on. A woman in Missouri recently sued one such for-profit school, saying it misled her about its medi ...
  • Man Accused Of Stealing $2.8M In Textbooks Fai ...
    Hearing that a man has been accused of stealing about $2.8 million in textbooks just conjures up the image of a bespectacled fellow, perched atop a huge pile of books, who peers over his glasses when interrupted in his reading of The Big Book Of Organic Chemistry: Super Impossible Edition and si ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • 'Internal Threat Program' Threatens Federal Wh ...
    McClatchyDC: Obama’s Crackdown Views Leaks as Aiding Enemies of US This article provides some details of an Obama administration initiative launched in October 2011 – the "Insider Threat Program" – that seeks to, across most government agencies, silence whistleblowers before they act by f ...
  • Human Rights Watch Speaks Up for Whistleblower ...
    Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a strong statement in defense of national security whistleblowers, who have no safe, effective means of disclosing government misconduct internally: From a human rights perspective, the punishment of those who leak security information can be problematic becaus ...
  • Ban the Criminalization of Whistleblowers!
    Disturbingly, the Obama administration has criminally prosecuted more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act then all other past administrations combined. The tactic of criminalizing the messenger is timeless, however. For decades, truth-tellers have risked not only their careers but their rep ...
  • Debate Turns to Whistleblower Protection for I ...
    Washington Post: Intelligence Contractors Omitted from Whistleblower ProtectionsNSA Headquarters Hardly any whistleblower protection exists within the national security framework in which Edward Snowden blew the whistle. Now, his disclosure may lead to an increased awareness in Congress of thi ...
  • GAP Clients on Government's Privacy Claims: Da ...
    The Lead with Jake Tapper: NSA Whistleblower – Obama AdministrationNSA Whistleblower Tom Drake GAP clients and former NSA whistleblowers Thomas Drake and Bill Binney appeared on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper in response to both President Obama’s extended interview with Charlie Rose concernin ...

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 [...]

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    As Congress considers scaling back or abolishing U.S. rules that mandate the use of renewable fuels, it has the full-throated support of the petroleum industry -- with one major exception. BP Plc (BP/), one of the world's biggest oil companies by ...
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    Hedge Funds Are Betting On US Ecology Inc. (ECOL)
    Insider Monkey (blog)
    Is US Ecology Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) ready to rally soon? Money managers are in a bullish mood. The number of long hedge fund positions inched up by 5 lately. US Ecology Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) In the eyes of most shareholders, hedge funds are assumed to ...
    Uttarakhand must not compromise on its fragile ecology, says Jayanthi Natarajan
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