Monday, September 09, 2013

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The Great Sphinx of Giza in front of the Great...The Great Sphinx of Giza in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Detail of the north side of the Cheops pyramid...Detail of the north side of the Cheops pyramid, located on the Giza plateau near Cairo, Egypt. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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environment 360

  • Immense Pacific Volcano Among Solar System's L ...
    A massive underwater volcano the size of New Mexico has been discovered 1,000 miles east of Japan, Nature Geoscience reports. Covering an area of 120,000 square Click to enlarge IODP/Texas A&M Tamu Massif Volcano miles, the volcano is 50 times larger than Hawaii's Mauna Loa, making it ...
  • How High Tech is Helping Bring Clean Water to ...
    Anand Shah runs a company that is using solar-powered “water ATMs” to bring clean water to remote villages in India. In an e360 interview, Shah talks about how his company is using a high-tech approach to address one of India’s most intractable public health issues. BY TODD WOODY
  • Swapping Corn for Rice Benefits China's Miyun ...
    After years of contamination and decreasing output, China's Miyun Reservoir is rebounding, say researchers from China and the U.S. Rice farming had Rosendahl contaminated and tapped the reservoir, which lies 100 miles north of Beijing and is the main water source for the city's 20 million in ...
  • Scientists, Governments Question 'Blockbuster' ...
    Scientists and government officials are questioning the way the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, widely considered the definitive authority on global climate risk, handles its major reports. The panel typically issues "blockbuster" reports every five to seven years; the next is set to ...
  • How High Tech is Helping Bring Clean Water to ...
    Social entrepreneur Anand Shah runs Sarvajal, a company that seeks to bring clean water to remote villages in India by deploying solar-powered “water Anand Shah ATMs,” which dispense water to residents with the swipe of a prepaid smart card. Sarvajal, launched in 2008, currently serves m ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Victor Svyatski: The Man Behind Femen - Picks ...
    It’s the Ukranian feminist group that embarrassed President Putin. Its activists have staged many protests against sexual and political repression by stripping to their waists in carefully choreographed media stunts. "Our mission is protest, our weapons are bare breasts," runs their slogan. Now, ...
  • Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the "American D ...
    The following description text is from the uploader at YouTube: The next time you hear the Jews (I’m a Jew!) say that they don’t own Hollywood, listen to them brag about it in their own video! They can’t have it both ways! Incidentally, this is an edited version of this excellent video. The enti ...
  • The Mystery of the Missing Pyramidion of Khufu
    "One of the mysteries of Giza is the missing pyramidion or capstone of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Since modern recorded history, the Great Pyramid has been topless, with several meters of its apex missing. Egyptologists have assumed that the pyramid was originally capped by a small pyramid call ...
  • This Man’s Smell Hallucinations Can Predict th ...
    Along with the tremors, stiff muscles and difficulty walking, about a third of Parkinson’s patients experience hallucinations. And for one patient, those hallucinations were both horrible and predictive. He smelled an intense, skunk-like, oniony smell that got worse when a storm was coming. Acco ...
  • US scientists claim world’s most accurate clock
    US scientists say they have built the world’s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other. The clock, made from the element ytterbium, could be used for technological advancements beyond timekeeping, such as navigation s ...

Not My Tribe

  • What Does Democracy Look Like? Not likely the ...
    I attended Occupy Denver’s forum “What Does Democracy Look Like?” this weekend to hear activist scholars of considerable repute throw in their two cents. The first day was a splendid gathering, except where a curated discussion of intentional community lapsed straight to theolo ...
  • Bored Oklahoma teen murder suspects not bored ...
    Bored Oklahoma teens who shot a random jogger in the back are being tried as adults not juveniles because “it was an adult crime”; though killing while bored seems a juvenile crime by definition. So does immediately confessing a motive, “we were bored,” to the police, it ...
  • If Syria could defend itself would these color ...
    So there’s a little good news as the ambush of Syria gains momentum. It’s unlikely to be true, but let’s indulge ourselves for a mo. It’s being reported that Russia will jump to Syria’s defense by attacking the Saudis, and that Iran would retaliate against Israel. B ...
  • No! No War On Syria! Bad Dog of War! Bad Dog! ...
    The carnage in Syria should “shock our conscience” really? It’s fraternity hazing compared to US collateral atrocities. And how simply grotesque for an American statesman to accuse anyone of “moral obscenity”. Is the USG so sure another Maning or Snowden isn’t ...
  • UN inspectors find discarded Kuwaiti incubator ...
    IF the bodies in Syrian videos purporting to document a chemical attack aren’t littering hospital floors like so many fictional Kuwaiti incubator babies, we are compelled to ask who unleashed the chemicals? Bashir Assad? The rebels? Our “rebels”? The odds favor us and even our ...

Debunking the Debunkers

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

  • 'Private militia' firm ordered to close over G ...
    Gaspem is accused of killing at least two Guarani leaders, including Nísio Gomes© SurvivalBrazil’s Public Prosecutors have called for the closure of a notorious security firm accused of carrying out at least eight brutal attacks on Guarani communities, and of killing at least two of their ...
  • Sámi protest against British mining company
    Sweden's Sámi people are protesting against iron ore mining on their lands.© Johan Sandberg McGuinne/SurvivalSwedish police have broken up a protest by Sámi men and women protesting against iron ore mining in a crucial reindeer herding area in the Swedish Arctic Circle. The Sámi and other ...
  • ‘We’ll fight against oil exploration’, Brazili ...
    The Matís and other tribes of Brazil's Javari Valley are speaking out against oil exploration around their forest.© © Fiona Watson/SurvivalBrazilian Indians have stated that they will not accept oil exploration on or near their lands, that they will ‘fight against the National Petroleum Age ...
  • In pictures: Tribal festivals showcase human d ...
    Brazil's Enawene Nawe gather outside haiti, the house of sacred flutes, to celebrate their four-month long Yãkwa fishing ritual. © Fiona Watson/SurvivalAs thousands of revelers bask in the sun at Nevada’s Burning Man festival, and London’s streets recover from thousands more dan ...
  • Fire devastates roadside camp where Brazilian ...
    A fire has devastated the Guarani's roadside camp in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. © Spensy Pimentel/SurvivalA fire has raged through a Guarani roadside camp, forcing the Indians to flee as their shelters were razed to the ground, their food supplies destroyed and their possess ...

Greg Palast

  • Larry Summers and the Secret "End-Game" Memo
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn't believe it. The Memo confirmed every conspiracy freak's fantasy:  that in the late 1990s, the top US Treasury officials secretl ...
  • Euro Krieg! Greece Surrenders to Germany 2013 ...
    By Michael Nevradakis for Truthout In his career as an investigative journalist, economist, and bestselling author -Vultures' Picnic, Billionaires and Ballot Bandits, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy - Greg Palast has not been afraid to tackle some of the most powerful names in politics and fina ...
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  • An Open Letter to Trayvon Martin's Father
    By Greg Palast for Truthout Dear Mr. Martin, I have a 16-year old son. I cannot imagine losing him because some beast decided to play Lone Ranger. And so, with cautious humility, I make this suggestion, this plea. Sue the beast. You must. I understand you are reluctant to launch another painful ...
  • The Frog Who Crushed The Planet Did a French Y ...
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine You just knew it had to be one of those brie-biting, Sartre-spewing, overly-garlicked Frenchmen who pushed the Earth's finance system over a cliff. This week, US prosecutors finally began the trial of the only person on the entire planet whom they have charged wi ...

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

  • All Puckered Up
    By Cathy Jameson This week was more tiring than previous ones. We’ve returned to a more structured routine with the start of Ronan’s new school year. As busy as I know we’ll be, I couldn’t wait for school to begin....
  • The Write and Wrong of Autism in the Media
    By Kim Stagliano What if you did not know me and you saw that photo above, what would you think? That I have a nice 4 year old, perhaps? Would you smile if you had no idea that I am...
  • Dachel Media Review: Playground, New School, B ...
    By Anne Dachel Read Anne's comments after the jump. Sept 6, 2013, NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA: Playground at Virginia Institute of Autism a Success Sept 5, 2013, CBS Philly: New School In Montgomery County Caters To Kids With Autism Sept...
  • The Continued Weirdness of Emily Willingham
    By Anne Dachel Emily Willingham wrote the story, 10 Weirdest Things Linked To Autism, on Sept 4, 2013. She wrote, "9. Vaccines. It's dead, Jim. Stop flogging the poor, dead hypothesis. Let's just bury it in a simple, private ceremony....
  • Contact CBS: Support its Strong Reporting on A ...
    By Dan Olmsted CBS feedback line 212-975-3247 to support Sharyl. Click CBS Feedback HERE to send message. Tweet @cbsnews and @cbsthismorning. The death of Alex Spourdalakis is really freaking out the pharma-phunded shills, vaccine injury apologists and self-appointed advocates for...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • When the Lights Go Out On November 13, 2013
    Thousands of utility workers, business executives, National Guard officers, F.B.I. anti-terrorism experts and officials from government agencies in the United States, Canada and Mexico are preparing for an emergency drill in November that will simulate physical attack and cyber attacks that coul ...
  • Why is the Non-GMO Shopping Guide Sponsored by ...
    Isn't this type of collusion the very thing we should be fighting against instead of supporting? Just sayin'....
  • Where Will FEMA Take Your Children?
    The following paragraphs detail a previous disaster drill, held in Denver, in which the procedures should raise the hair on the back of the neck of all parents.
  • Apocalypse Today – The Four Horsemen
    As a student of Scripture, it has become quite apparent to me that the question of the day is – are we living in Apocalyptic times as envisioned by the writers of ancient texts such as the Bible, or are the series of events that are unfolding as I type just mere coincidences with no connection t ...
  • Bring Food Education Back Infographic
    If we don't start teaching our children how to eat healthy, home-prepared foods, they will grow up dependent on the fast food nation for their meals and not know any better. Is this what we want for future generations?

new geography

  • Americans' Family Feud
    In this bizarrely politicized environment, even the preservation of the most basic institution of society – the family – is morphing into a divisive partisan issue. Increasingly, the two parties are divided not only along lines of economic and social philosophy, but over the primacy of t ...
  • History, Landscape, Beauty on the American Freeway
    Freeways, particularly urban freeways, have had a bad press for several decades now.  They are accused of despoiling scenery, destroying habitat and causing urban sprawl.  Many observers report with glee on the latest news of a small segment of urban freeway being dismantled. This blanket c ...
  • Suburb Hating is Anti-Child
    Sure, suburbs have big problems. Their designs force their inhabitants to drive in cars, instead of walking and bicycling. This diminishes face-to-face interactions, physical health, and the quality of the environment. Aesthetically, many of them, particularly those dreaded “planne ...
  • A Map Of America's Future: Where Growth Will B ...
    The world’s biggest and most dynamic economy derives its strength and resilience from its geographic diversity. Economically, at least, America is not a single country. It is a collection of seven nations and three quasi-independent city-states, each with its own tastes, proclivities, ...
  • The Emerging Geography of Inequality
    Since the 1970s there has been a well-documented and persistent increase in income inequality in the United States. As the country slowly emerges out of a deep recession, it is instructive to seek out the geographic variation by states in the degree of inequality and the variation in both me ...

water.org

  • A new Pump Ousts Cholera
    Booz Jean-Michel's home of Bayas, Haiti was hit hard by cholera, but sanitation education and a new, clean water source brought health to both his community and his family.
  • A Toilet Brings Opportunity
    Chaudamma and her husband, Gangadhar, run a tea and snacks stall in their village. Chaudamma also makes earthen pots and mud idols of the Hindu God to sell in her shop. As the Hindu festival of Lord Ganesha is round the corner, she has just received a huge contract to make 200-300 idols of diffe ...
  • Blog: A new well in Haiti
    The last week of July, I visited the central plateau of Haiti, to attend an event in the small community of Belanje. With the energy of excitement and ceremony in the air, you could mistake the event for a wedding or church revival, but that's not the case. Instead, we're here to open and dedica ...
  • Lakshimi's Water Connection
    Lakshimi lives in the Anna Nagar slum of Hyderabad city. She is 35 years old and has two children. Lakshimi and her husband, like several others in the slum, work as construction laborers.
  • Water for Girmawit Alema
    The shortage of safe water has been a critical problem for the people living in the rural village of Kokeb Tsibah (Gradender), located in Wereda Gulo-Mekeda. In the absence of a better option, the community has been drinking water from an unprotected source for a long period of time.

Cryptogon

  • Saudis Sent Death-Row Inmates to Fight Syrian ...
    From January. Via: USA Today: Saudi Arabia has sent death-row inmates from several nations to fight against the Syrian government in exchange for commuting their sentences, the Assyrian International News Agency reports. Citing what it calls a “top secret memo” in April from the Mini ...
  • 9/11 & Operation Gladio
    Via: Russia Today:
  • NSA Can Access Data on All Smartphones
    Via: Spiegel: The United States’ National Security Agency intelligence-gathering operation is capable of accessing user data from smart phones from all leading manufacturers. Top secret NSA documents that SPIEGEL has seen explicitly note that the NSA can tap into such information on Apple ...
  • Recovery: Poverty in N.J. Reaches 52-Year High
    Via: Star Ledger: Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national recession lifted, reaching a 52-year high in 2011, according to a report released today. The annual survey by Legal Services of New Jersey found 24.7 percent of the state’s population — 2.1 million residents — was con ...
  • Computer Program Uses Twitter to ‘Map Mo ...
    Via: BBC: British scientists have developed a computer program they say can map the mood of the nation using Twitter. Named Emotive, it works by accessing the emotional content of postings on the social networking site. The team, from Loughborough University, say it can scan up to 2,000 tweets a ...

The Economic Collapse

  • The Number Of Private Sector Jobs Fell By 278, ...
    Have you heard about the "wonderful" employment numbers that were just released?  Last month, the unemployment rate declined to 7.3 percent.  Somehow this happened even though the percentage of working age Americans with a job actually declined and the number of private sector workers fell by 27 ...
  • Who Is Going To Buy Our Debt If This War Cause ...
    Can the U.S. really afford to greatly anger the rest of the world when they are the ones that are paying our bills?  What is going to happen if China, Russia and many other large nations stop buying our debt and start rapidly dumping U.S. debt that they already own?  If the United States is [...]
  • Is The United States Going To Go To War With S ...
    Why has the little nation of Qatar spent 3 billion dollars to support the rebels in Syria?  Could it be because Qatar is the largest exporter of liquid natural gas in the world and Assad won't let them build a natural gas pipeline through Syria?  Of course.  Qatar wants to install a puppet regim ...
  • Russia Has Equipped Syria With Their Most Adva ...
    Russia has sold Syria highly advanced rocket launchers, anti-aircraft missiles and anti-ship missiles.  In fact, the P-800 Yakhont anti-ship missiles that Russia has equipped Syria with are the most advanced anti-ship missiles that Russia has.  When the United States strikes Syria, they might be ...
  • The U.S. Military Does Not Want To Fight For A ...
    Why is the Obama administration so determined to have the U.S. military help al-Qaeda win the civil war in Syria?  Why are we being told that the U.S. has "no choice" but to help rabid jihadist terrorists that are slaughtering entire Christian villages, brutally raping Christian women and joyful ...

Desertification

  • Trees for Zambia, a reforestation and eco-awar ...
    Read at : http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2013/sep/06/trees-zambia-deforestation-reforestation-in-pictures Trees for Zambia: taking an axe to deforestation – in pictures Zambia has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, with many citizens relying on wood for f ...
  • An unreliable supply of water for irrigation w ...
    Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/news/newsitem.php?a=3060 Climate change threatens water supply in Volta The combined effects of higher temperatures and diminished rain could mean that by 2100, all current and planned hydroelectric projects in the Volta River basin will generate less power &# ...
  • Millions of farmers rely on rainfed subsistenc ...
    Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/news/newsitem.php?a=3061 New tool selects best water technologies for specific regions A new tool, which aims to boost the livelihoods of poor African farmers in the Limpopo and Volta river basins, pinpoints areas where proven agricultural water management &#8 ...
  • A veritable forest lay beneath the desert (Gre ...
    Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/09/is-there-a-forest-in-the-desert-outside-of-dubai/ Is There a “Forest” Under the Desert Outside of Dubai? by Tafline Laylin in Featured, Green Tech and Gadgets Agricultural scientist Tony Rinaudo is behind one of the world’s most successful reverse de ...
  • Water conservation is the simplest and cheapes ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – container gardening http://www.theeagle.com/news/gardening/charla_anthony/article_5e64b704-b647-509b-88fa-fd61c599f4eb.html Demand for water in Texas exceeds its supply By Charla Anthony The demand for water in Texas is projected to grow by as much as 30 percent o ...

News Blaze

libcom

  • Toward an Anarchist Policy on Syria
    Bakunin-quote-in-Syrian_i-am-truly-free-when-all-human-beings-men-and-women-are-equally-free-300x152.jpg Given the centrality of Syria to global politics, it is essential that anarchists understand wh ...
  • Hundreds of anti-fascists arrested at EDL march
    AFN01.jpg Nearly 300 anti-fascists were arrested on Saturday following attempts to prevent the far-right English Defence League (EDL) from marching in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. ...
  • Stop the EDL in Tower Hamlets - Part II (7 Sep ...
    altab_ali_park.jpg The English Defence League have announced plans to march to Altab Ali Park* for a rally on 7th September. This is clearly an arrogant and incendiary declaration even by their own (s ...
  • Aleksey “Raskhod” Raskhodchikov, anarchist, an ...
    Aleksey “Raskhod” Raskhodchikov, anarchist, antifascist and musician was beaten and arrested by police at night of 23 of July 2013 in the center of Murmansk city. On the main square policemen surrounded a group of punk-rockers and without any reason aske ...
  • Georgia inmates beaten with hammers during 201 ...
    Georgia_Prison_Strike_1210_logo_web.jpg New video evidence has been publicly released showing Georgia prison guards beating inmates with a "hammer-like object" in the aftermath of the 2010 p ...

Free Range International

  • The Last Post
    This will be the last post I write for the FRI blog.  If this is the first time you have seen this blog stop reading this right now and go back to October 2011 in the archives section because those are some of the best posts I ever wrote about Afghanistan.  Or go to the [...]
  • How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
    Our little posse made it out of Afghanistan without any dramas.  My brother Tim left with me because The Bot had made it perfectly clear that his IED hit from the year before had made him completely unstable and a big pain in his ass.  We went to London again and both my brother and [...]
  • Vision Quest
    Editors note: Be sure to start this series from the beginning (Dalton Thomas Comes Home) so it makes sense.  We will try to get more posts up sooner than we have been lately but Dalton is, to be honest, not doing as well as we hoped .  Baba Tim is also banged up again and [...]
  • Band On The Run
    Editors Note:  It is important for first time readers to start this story from the beginning.  This is a (mostly) fictional account by my brother, Dalton Thomas Lynch, who is using the pen as therapy as he adjusts to living a normal life back in the states.   Any donations received by the FRI bl ...
  • Dead Man Walking
    Dalton continues to heal himself using creative writing as his vehicle for change.  Any donations our loyal readers are able to spare for this cracking tale will go directly to Dalton.  For the record, I (Baba T) did not say “Vet or Ventilate” and insist it was “If we can&#8217 ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • The Agenda of “Education” in Ameri ...
    Imagine for a minute that you have critical “insider” information that would allow you to absolutely corner a vital world stock market.  You make your move, and as a result you amass incredible wealth and power.   Over the next century, your sons, cousins, and “elite” blo ...
  • Snowden Files Round Two
    What about the Encryption Keys to the World’s Nuclear Launch Codes? Can they be cracked too?? — Ott   Snowden Files: NSA Holds Keys to Most Web Encryption   By James Ball, Julian Borger and Glenn Greenwald, Guardian UK   6 September 13       S and Britis ...
  • The Lessons of the Bonus Army – 1932
    This is a most powerful story – a story largely unknown by the American people.   This sordid part of American history exposes so much truth – truth that is extremely important to understand in today’s world. To the Jewish/Ashkenazi International Banking Cartel (the House of Ro ...
  • Mormon Author Denver Snuffer Facing Mormon &#8 ...
    Many people will not think this story such a “big deal” – but they are mistaken, for this story is truly a microcosm of the SATANIC MINDSET currently in charge of the NSA, DHS, and the CIA (as well as most other FedGov operations).   It is the driving force behind the “Sc ...
  • Mormonism – the Absolute King of Satan&# ...
    I was born into a devout LDS (Mormon) family on Sept. 28, 1959.   This is what is known in Mormon lingo as “born under the ‘covenant’.   I served as a missionary for two full years in Upstate New York, where I was a mission leader (Assistant to the Mission President, and Zone L ...

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Energy Collective

  • Update on "Highly Radioactive" Water Leaks at ...
    The media frenzy about the detection of water leaks from the vast tank farm that Tokyo Electric Power Company has been forced to build to store water used to cool the three damaged cores at their Fukushima Daiichi power station continues to sizzle.
  • Record Sales of Electric Cars Drives Revival o ...
    With sales of electric and other fuel-efficient cars hitting new highs in the U.S., the timing for DOE to restart its auto retooling program couldn’t be better. The auto retooling loan program can put the U.S. auto industry in the best possible position to compete.
  • Ex Post Evaluation of the Empire State Buildin ...
    The Empire State Building is the tallest and most well-known building in the United States to have received LEED certification. The certification was part of a massive retrofit of the New York City building undertaken between 2009 and 2011.
  • Kenya Plans To Build Wind Energy Program
    The Kenyan government is planning to scale up its wind power programme in the near future, attempting to increase interest in wind power investment. A Kenyan governmental delegation has been visiting countries such as Germany and Denmark
  • Nest Labs and Sunrun Pair Smart Thermostats Wi ...
    Two of the Bay Area's top clean energy companies -- Nest and Sunrun -- have joined forces in a marketing campaign to pair smart thermostats with solar. The two companies are hoping they can leverage the "cool" factor of each other's brands and entice more customers.

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • Stop AIPAC!
    by Stephen Lendman AIPAC's a weapon of mass destruction. It fronts for Israel's worst crimes. It promotes war. It threatens world peace. It menaces humanity's survival. It operates extrajudicially. It's an unregistered foreign agent. It represents the worst of Israeli interests. It ...
  • Obama with Israel and Against the World
    James Petras Introduction As President Obama announces plans for another war, adding Syria to the recent and ongoing wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and elsewhere, a profound gap has emerged between the highly militarized state and US public opinion. A Reuters/IPSOS poll taken August ...
  • Obama Intends Shock and Awe Madness on Syria
    by Stephen Lendman Overwhelming support for peaceful conflict resolution at home and abroad opposes him. It doesn't matter. He plans devastating strikes on Syria. He ordered an expanded hit list. He wants more targets struck. US and French warplanes will supplement cruise missiles. Repor ...
  • National Security vs Food Insecurity: One in s ...
    By Rady Ananda The number of starving US citizens during Obama’s terms in office is a whopping one in seven, worse than the global average of one in eight. As he continues to pour several hundred billion dollars into the Middle East war theater that will likely soon include Syria, Congres ...
  • Question 8 for 9/11 Smarties: How is it possib ...
    By Elizabeth Young 911 is without a doubt the most written about, analyzed and discussed conspiracy in the history of mankind. Yes, even the official story, that 19 fanatical Arab hijackers, masterminded by an evil genius named Osama bin Laden, crashed airplanes into important buildings ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Pre-order our new book on young workers, union ...
    Later this month, CCPA's Education Project will be launching a new book, From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement, by Nora Loreto. The book seeks to explain unionization to a younger generation, and covers a lot of ground, including: the benefits and responsibilities of unio ...
  • Join Seth and the CCPA at the Walk for Reconci ...
    September 16-22 is Reconciliation Week in Vancouver, wrapping up with the Walk for Reconciliation on Sunday the 22nd. BC Director Seth Klein and other CCPA staff will be joining the walk, and we'd love to have a group of CCPA members and friends walking with us. Please meet us outside the doors ...
  • Hennessy's Index is back!
    After a summer hiatus, our monthly Hennessy's Index has returned just in time for Labour Day weekend! The focus of the September edition is (appropriately) on unions. Read the latest index, here. Hennessy's Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA's Trish Hennessy, about Canad ...
  • Doctors and MacLean's team up in Winnipeg ...
    Doctors are demonstrating their ethical duty to patients by working towards a society in which everyone has an opportunity to lead a healthy life. Last winter, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and MacLean’s magazine hosted a series of town hall meetings, including one at the Winnipeg Art G ...
  • Join CCPA-NS (and Karl Marx) for a special fal ...
    Join CCPA's Nova Scotia Office for a very special fall fundraiser. This year's event features Cape Breton's George MacKenzie performing as Karl Marx (returning to defend his life and his work) in the Howard Zinn play, Marx in Soho. Tickets to the event include a savoury Italian meal, and admiss ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Traverse City Film Festival 2013 Awards!
    During our fantastic Filmmaker Party, Founder and President Michael Moore announced our 2013 Award Winners. We have had so many incredible films, a few new categories and so many fun contests this year, here is a complete list of all of our award winners. Congrats to everyone! AUDIENCE AWARD ...
  • House Democrats Who Voted Against the Amash/Co ...
    The Amash/Conyers amendment to rein in the National Security Agency's surveillance of U.S. citizens failed 205-217 on July 24th, 2013, with 94 Republicans and 111 Democrats voting for it. The following 83 Democrats voted against: Andrews Barber Barrow (GA) Bera (CA) Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) ...
  • Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brze ...
    In 1968 Zbigniew Brzezinski, then a top advisor to the presidential campaign of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, wrote an article called "America in the Technetronic Age," making these predictions: ...the capacity to assert social and political control over the individual will vastly increase. ...
  • Statement from Jafar Panahi on His Invitation ...
    "I would like to sincerely thank the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting me to join their organization. I am especially grateful to Michael Moore and the documentary branch for nominating me. "It’s an honor for me to join such a prestigious organizatio ...
  • Excerpt from 'Pietà' in 'Here Comes Trouble' b ...
    When we went back a few days later to sit in the House gallery, a new bill was up for discussion: the Voting Rights Act of 1965. From watching the evening news and being taught to read the daily newspaper, I knew that “colored people” were being unfairly treated, even killed. A f ...

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

  • Prepare for the Chinese Energy Juggernaut
    The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released its International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013). While the EIA doesn’t have a sterling track record for predictions, many organizations make decisions at least partially based on EIA projections. Therefore the organization’s forecasts ...
  • The Carbon Dioxide Problem Worsens
    Introduction This is the 6th and final installment in a series that examines data from the 2013 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. The previous posts were: Renewable Energy Status Update 2013 Hydropower and Geothermal Status Update 2013 The State of Oil According to BP The US is the Gassiest ...
  • King Coal Gets Fatter, While The US Goes on a Diet
    Introduction This is the 5th installment in a series that examines data from the recently released 2013 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Next week’s installment will be on carbon dioxide emissions, and that will wrap up the series. The previous posts were: Renewable Energy Status Upd ...
  • The Gassiest Country
    Introduction This is the 4th installment in a series that examines data from the recently released 2013 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. The previous posts were: Renewable Energy Status Update 2013 Hydropower and Geothermal Status Update 2013 The State of Oil According to BP Today’s ...
  • The State of Oil According to BP
    This is the 3rd installment in a series that examines data from the recently released 2013 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. The previous posts - Renewable Energy Status Update 2013 and Hydropower and Geothermal Status Update 2013 – focused mainly on renewables. This post delves into ...

Discovery Educator Network

Stonecipher News

Information Liberation

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Clean Up Australia Day
    Today’s the day. After six years of Labor incompetence and obsession with leadership battles, Machiavellian sub-plots, the best-forgotten Gillard Experiment, and the finale of Rudd Redux, Australians today will finally have their chance to go to the polls and cast … Continue reading ...
  • Unrepresentative Swill
    I said the other day I’d have more to say about Senate voting, and why I believe it has descended into an undemocratic farce. The Australian Senate is an artefact of our history. Our founding fathers in the 1890s, looking … Continue reading →
  • Coasting Home
    If there was any justice, this election would already be long over. Having initially announced the election date back in January, Julia Gillard, and more latterly Kevin Rudd, have been determined to subject the nation to the political equivalent of … Continue reading →
  • Prai Minista Em Bin Brukim Promis Austrelia
    Is anyone really surprised? Last Friday’s announcement by Prime Minister Redux Rudd, that as of now, all illegal boat arrivals would be sent to Papua New Guinea and, if assessed as genuine refugees, would be permanently resettled there, is an … Continue reading →
  • No Big Deal
    Much has been made over the last day or so about the fact that the Member for Chifley, Ed Husic, was today sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Broadband. Husic, 43, born and raised … Continue reading →

Politics in the Zeros

  • Iggy & The Stooges. San Jose Sep. 28. C2SV
    I’ve been a Stooges fan since their first album came out. Now I finally get to see them live in San Jose Sept. 28 at the C2SV Technology Conference and Music Festival. With James Williamson, now an electrical engineer who will be giving a keynote speech at the tech part of C2SV and Mike Wa ...
  • 3D printed skateboard
    Designer Sam Abbott is recreating the limits and the paradigm of creating a new skateboard. Instead of the traditional subtractive process using a maplewood structure with a plastic coating for the board, Sam went all out with the additive approach and created a 3D printed deck. 3D printed surfb ...
  • War, Obama-style
  • Dreams That Die: Misadventures In Hollywood, b ...
    In Dreams That Die, John Wight describes his move from Scotland to Hollywood in 2000 hoping to make it as a screenwriter, working as an extra, double, and security to pay the rent. He soon crashed up against the vicious Hollywood caste system and its often ritualized and systematic abuse. Those ...
  • Cats on a treadmill

Just World News

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frogblog

  • Syria – the Urgent Debate that wasn’t
    I blogged last week about the constitutional shortcomings New Zealand faces in debating issues of foreign policy and international relations. The Government has committed only to a ministerial statement in the House after a NZ policy-decision has been taken in response to the US request for supp ...
  • Rational Tony Ryall
    I am continuing to push the Minister of Health on the issue of planning for diabetes because it is his job to plan for future health services that we need; and he is not doing that. This is a problem for all of us who will inherit, within our lifetimes, an obesity and diabetes crisis [...]
  • Our School Journals
    Peter Dunne says we are just being nostalgic because we want to save “Learning Media” from closure. He says the School Journal will carry on. The Minister of Education says things like “maybe” and “for now”. They think the privitisation of quality educational resources for schools is the natural ...
  • A table for one?
    After yesterday’s blog post about the lack of response from the Minister of Health to my written questions it was a nice surprise this morning to see my inbox brimming with responses. Well, sort of. These responses would be funny if they weren’t so sad. The first thing you need to know in order ...
  • Modernising elections
    Today the Government announced that online voting will be trialled at the next local body elections in 2016. Although it’s a while away, and is only a trial at this stage, this is really great news. Turnout at local body elections is notoriously low and online voting has the potential to be a gr ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • Economics and Armchair Psychology
    Over millennia, numerous enterprises have sought the status of science. Few have succeeded because they have failed to discover anything that stood up to scrutiny as knowledge. Today the great fraudulent science is economics. Economic models are based on mere beliefs, many of which can never ...
  • "Legalized Injustice": The US Judicial System ...
    America is a failed state. Americans have not formed a more perfect union, established justice, insured domestic tranquility, provided for the common defense, promoted the general welfare, or secured the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Domestically, by every measure, Ame ...
  • Capitalism as Disease: Spreading Governmental ...
    In general, we are a mean spirited and spiteful people. The meanness that has afflicted America is responsible for its domestic violence and the violence Americans inflict internationally. The germ that carries this affliction is the predominant political economy fostered. Capitalism is an e ...
  • The Real New World Order. Bankers Taking over ...
    A real new world order has emergedthe world's downtrodden against the West and its puppet, surrogate colonial governments. These non-state but similarly minded actors will determine the course of future world history. There is now a new world order that the West cannot control, that military ...
  • Violence: The American Way of Life
    The United States of America was conceived and nurtured by violence. Americans not only engage in violence, they are entertained by it. Killing takes place in America at an average of 87 times each day. Going to war in Afghanistan is less dangerous than living in Chicago. The Romans went to ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 408: The Can’t U Niggas Troll Convention
    Phenom from Where’s My 40 Acres is a guest Why Kriss doesn’t Hookah Kev’s story of the bitter bitch at work The Cult of Rod and why some nigga’s just suck at podcasting Rules for Podcasting #SoftC and their Cunt Convention Just being a shitty person with a shitty characte ...
  • IC 407: Replies Very Selectively
    Phenom making White people uncomfortable at fight parties Twerking being associated with low income black women The dumb bitch who said teachers raping 14 year olds isn’t that bad Kev’s fumble on the goal line Kriss & OkCupid rejection Dave Chappelle’s “melt down&#82 ...
  • IC 406: Ben Affleck & #TheAvengersInitiative
    Rod from The Black Guy Who Tips is a guest Kriss talking coaching Jury Duty Ben Affleck is Batman The Wolverine Broke Rod People who can’t complain about Ben Affleck as Batman Why Zach Snyder has more pressure than Affleck The problem with movie critics Episode 3 is the best Star Wars Film ...
  • IC 405: Twitter Nuclear War
    Amish Mafia and bad “reality TV shows” X-Files wasn’t that good Slander Wars on Twitter The lack of a nuclear deterrent on Twitter Accepting the consequences of entering into a Mutual Assured Destruction slander war Stop asking about Scott Adkins as Batman Kriss & Kev deba ...
  • IC 404: Kev’s True Baltimorean Stories
    Batman casting rumors The Flash TV Show Celebrities who did cartoon voices Sentinel or Dyson Vacuum cleaner Fox messing up comic book movies Kev True Baltimorean Stories Christian rap Share with your friends:

Simple Climate

  • Does lower home energy use mean England and Wa ...
    Average household energy consumption in the two countries fell by a quarter between 2005 and 2011 thanks largely to simple personal actions, showing that what we do can impact greenhouse gas emissions and therefore climate change.
  • Bouncing lasers off satellites backs faster Gr ...
    Kosuke Heki from Hokkaido University and Koji Matsuo from Kyoto University in Japan have doubled the duration of gravity based measurements of ice loss from Greenland, providing more evidence that this process is speeding up.
  • Fossil fuels are more than just a bad habit
    While my blog so far this year has shown how clear the case for fighting climate change is, our financial dependence on fossil fuels makes this difficult. But now divestment campaigns might be giving us a way to start untangling this sticky web.
  • Continuing the fight for CO2 monitoring
    Despite making critical measurements revealing how CO2 is increasing, and how it moves through nature, the tracking efforts Dave Keeling started have usually been struggling for cash, and still do today.
  • Continuing the fight for CO2 monitoring
    Despite making critical measurements revealing how CO2 is increasing, and how it moves through nature, the tracking efforts Dave Keeling started have usually been struggling for cash, and still do today.

e!Science News

  • Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical ...
    New research from the University of East Anglia shows that rising ocean temperatures will upset natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorus. read more
  • Drug patch treatment sees new breakthrough
    An assistant professor with the Virginia Tech -- Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering has developed a flexible microneedle patch that allows drugs to be delivered directly and fully through the skin. The new patch can quicken drug delivery time while cutting waste, and can likely minimiz ...
  • Using digital SLRs to measure the height of No ...
    Scientific research doesn't often start from outreach projects. Yet, Ryuho Kataoka from the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo, Japan, came up with an idea for a new method to measure the height of aurora borealis after working on a 3D movie for a planetarium. Kataoka and collaborator ...
  • Inflatable antennae could give CubeSats greate ...
    The future of satellite technology is getting small -- about the size of a shoebox, to be exact. These so-called "CubeSats," and other small satellites, are making space exploration cheaper and more accessible: The minuscule probes can be launched into orbit at a fraction of the weight ...
  • Growing thin films of germanium
    Researchers have developed a new technique to produce thin films of germanium crystals -- key components for next-generation electronic devices such as advanced large-scale integrated circuits and flexible electronics, which are required for gadgets that move or bend. read more

unEarthed

  • Friday Finds: Sea Otters Keep Seas Squeaky Clean
    Turns out they can hold hands AND clean up our oceans California sea otter, resting in a colony of a dozen sea otters and wrapped in kelp. (Photo courtesy of Michael L. Baird / flickr.baird ...
  • Alabama's Anti-Poison Powerhouse
    Teen tornado takes on those who pollute her hometown Members of the Black Belt Citizen's Fighting for Health and Justice. Durden is third from right. Photo by Avery Locklear, via Treehugger ...
  • What is CSAPR Anyway?
    Clean air safeguard would save thousands of lives A regional smog layer extends across central New York, western Lake Erie and Ohio, and further west. Winds bring ozone and chemicals that p ...
  • Planning to Prevail Against Transportation Pol ...
    Plans for urban growth must address community impacts The Port of Oakland, the fifth busiest container port in the country, looms over community neighborhoods.  (Esther Dyson) ...
  • Govt. Loses Letters, So Let's Write Back for C ...
    Save Appalachia's streams from mountaintop removal mining Activists march by the White House in September 2012. (Chris Jordan-Bloch) We are sorry to hear ...

Brave New Climate

  • Willacy’s Fukushima
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a computer programmer, vegan, environmentalist, and more generally, a ‘by-the-numbers’ polymath. For a list of all of his posts on BNC, click here. He also has collections here and here. The following article was sent to ABC’s “Drum” websit ...
  • MIT Climate CoLab update – the result?
    This is an update to this recent BNC post: MIT competition update – 3 days left, votes needed! ———- Guest Post by Ron Gester M.D. The Treasurer of SCGI, Ron is a retired emergency physician and geologist, who is a passionate about solving the climate change problem. Votin ...
  • MIT competition update – 3 days left, vo ...
    Below is an update on the MIT competition that I highlighted in the last BNC post, including a plea for final action. There are only 3 days left to register your support, and in my opinion, this really counts. The winner will get in front of potential implementers at the Crowds & Climate Con ...
  • Vote to get the Integral Fast Reactor presente ...
    Mass-producible integral fast reactor modules can power every country on earth for nearly a millennium with waste products already at hand. That’s the pitch that Tom Blees has made to the Climate CoLab at MIT. If Tom’s pitch garners the most votes, the push to get the first PRISM bui ...
  • Nuclear Waste Part 4: The choice … waste ...
    This is the final in a four part series on nuclear waste which has run on BraveNewClimate.com over a four-day period, authored by Geoff Russell. Go here for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. I conclude the series by discussing why nuclear waste is such a valuable resource and also cleans up a few relat ...

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

  • Complain Complain Complain About President Obama
    When it comes to the pending bombing of Syria, the Republicans are united. They are at this time doing the only thing that they can do. Complain about President Obama, and how he is handling the situation. It is clear that there are no good options available when it comes to taking action agains ...
  • Opposing, Sabotaging, And Trying To Repeal Or ...
    Now let’s just tell it like it is. All of the Republicans, and Fake Christians that are attempting to keep uninsured Americans from getting affordable health care insurance are committing attempted murder. For a number of reasons Americans without health care insurance, or money to pay for ...
  • Thank You President Bush (Snark)
    It appears that military action of some sort may be required in Syria. If it becomes necessary to intervene in Syria we can thank Bush/Cheney for making it far harder to do what’s necessary, and for making our actions less effective. After lying repeatedly about WMD’s to drum up supp ...
  • Syria ~vs~ US Death Care Perspective
    For every person that died from attacks using chemical weapons in Syria, 50 Americans will die from lack of proper medical attention here. Just remember. The Military Industrial Complex has more power in our government than the banks, oil companies, and drug companies combined.
  • Time To Surrender GOP
    Never before has America seen such an organized attempt by one political party to oppose legislation that would help so many citizens. Since Obamacare was passed and signed into law, the Republicans have trying to repeal it, repeatedly lie about it’s benefits, and do all they can to keep 4 ...

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:

+972

  • Court slams MKs for incitement leading to atta ...
    Tel Aviv District Court convicts man in failed fire bombing of apartment housing African migrants in south Tel Aviv. Judge lays some blame on politicians for inciting against African migrants. The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Elad Gadban to 27 months in prison for throwing Molotov cocktails ...
  • Settler shoots at Palestinian, police find &#8 ...
    The Judea and Samaria Police outdid itself by closing a case of shooting at a Palestinian for ‘lack of criminal culpability.’ By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz This blog has dealt extensively with one of the most dysfunctional organizations around, to wit, the Judea and Samaria P ...
  • Dan Rather to +972: U.S. reporting on conflict ...
    The former CBS news anchor met with me and the rest of my colleagues in the World Press Institute fellowship for a candid talk about life, news – and even the Middle East. It’s kind of strange to see up close someone who has been a familiar television face for me for decades. So, when [...]
  • Jerusalem Court: Okay to call Im Tirzu a &#821 ...
    A verdict by the Jerusalem District Court finds that recognizing ‘certain lines of resemblance’ to fascism in the ideology or activities of the right-wing movement can be seen as ‘truthful.’ The verdict is a major blow to Im Tirzu’s efforts to portray itself as a mainstre ...
  • Critic of Israel, Palestinian Authority to rem ...
    Accused of being a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmad Qatamesh has been under administrative detention since March 2011, without trial or indictment. Now Qatamesh, who calls for one democratic state between the river and the sea, is having his detention extended u ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • Tasmania's giants protected forever
    Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water, Mark Butler, today took the final step for the protection of Tasmania's Giant Trees and Tall Eucalypt Forests under Australian law.
  • A bright future ahead for FluoroCycle
    Lighting Council Australia has officially taken on responsibility for the FluoroCycle scheme, which aims to reduce the amount of harmful mercury entering the environment from the disposal of waste mercury-containing lamps.
  • Statement - Venture Minerals
    I have granted Venture Minerals approval to proceed with their proposed Riley Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) Hematite Mine in north-western Tasmania for which a mining lease has been issued by the Tasmanian Government.
  • Local growers celebrate $3.3 Million McLaren V ...
    Up to 726 megalitres a year of precious drinking water will be saved in McLaren Vale, with the recent completion of a recycled stormwater plant in the region.
  • A '300 billion litre drink' for the River Murray
    Around 300 billion litres of Commonwealth environmental water will flow into the River Murray Valley in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia over the next seven months, helping rejuvenate natural assets like the Lower Lakes in South Australia.

Matt Weidner Blog

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abelard - news

Case About Bird Flu

  • THE END OF THE LIE: GERMAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OF ...
    GERMANY S DOUBTFUL ROLE IN CLOSING THE GREEK NATIONAL BROADCASTER REVEALED MILITARY OCCUPATION OF GREECE NEXT AS FAILED AUSTERITY POLICIES DEVASTATE GREECE? WILL IRELAND, SPAIN AND ITALY ALSO HAVE THEIR NATIONAL MEDIA SHUT DOWN BY THE EU AND GERMANS ON THE PRETEXT OF HAVING TO SAVE MONEY? *MERKE ...
  • NEW WEBSITE HAS GONE LIVE @ www.janeburgermeis ...
    Check out my new webiste under http://www.janeburgermeister.de. As Chancellor Angela Merkel warns a rerun of the Nazi rise to power in Germany can only be stopped by people of courage and conscience., I will be reporting on the fight for freedom and democracy from the German capital. http://www. ...
  • NEW WEBSITE HAS GONE LIVE @ www.janeburgermeis ...
    Check out my new webiste under http://www.janeburgermeister.de. As Chancellor Angela Merkel warns a rerun of the Nazi rise to power in Germany can only be stopped by people of courage and conscience., I will be reporting on the fight for freedom and democracy from the German capital. http://www. ...
  • COMING NEXT WEEK: MY NEW WEBSITE FROM BERLIN, ...
    Check out this blog for details of my new website due to go live next week. In addition to writing new books, I also hope to do regular reports from Berlin, Germany, where I have taken up residence after leaving Austria this summer. The capital of Europe’s most powerful economy, the decisi ...
  • COMING NEXT WEEK: MY NEW WEBSITE FROM BERLIN, ...
    Check out this blog for details of my new website due to go live next week. In addition to writing new books, I also hope to do regular reports from Berlin, Germany, where I have taken up residence after leaving Austria this summer. The capital of Europe’s most powerful economy, the decisi ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • Visible Origami | The Cosmic Brooming Process ...
    By Visible One of the things people do when they don’t know is… speculate. This, of course, is never a good idea because… it’s ‘speculative’. You don’t have to speculate though, all you have to do is apply the Hermes Trismegistus rule, “as above, so belo ...
  • Guy Calls for John McCain to be Arrested and T ...
    Guy Calls for John McCain to be Arrested and Tried for Treason – YouTube.
  • Gen Martin Dempsey Warns Not To Strike Syria: ...
    by Maggie • September 2, 2013 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has told Obama that a strike on Syria will end in involvement with Iran and Russia. Dempsey described military intervention in Syria as a fool’s errand. Estimating that action could cost the $1 billion a m ...
  • These False Flags Were Used To Start A War | Z ...
    by Tyler Durden Just in case one’s history textbook had a few extra pages ripped out, this may be a good time to recall just how far one’s government is willing to go to start a war under false pretenses. Below is a partial list of some of the documented “false flag” even ...
  • » Report: China Sends Warships to Coast of Syr ...
    Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com September 5, 2013 China has reportedly sent warships to the coast of Syria to “observe” the actions of US and Russian ships as tensions build in preparation for a potential military strike on Syria which could come as soon as next week. Image: Jinggangshan Warship ...

Veterans Today

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electric politics

  • But For The Intercept
    In September 2009, Najibullah Zazi — a naturalized American citizen who had been born in Afghanistan — loaded his car in Aurora, Colorado, drove to New York City, and prepared to blow himself up in the subway system. Trained in Pakistan by al-Qaeda, Zazi had used simple, readily avai ...
  • American “Democracy” In Perspective
    America has many of the vestments of democracy but, in truth, not so much of the substance. Compared to advanced democracies abroad we're in a category by ourselves. What's possibly the most peculiar thing of all is that we're so unaware of how very, very different we are, or why that's the case ...
  • Rising Inequality
    It's becoming the age of the American Banana Republic. We haven't gotten there yet but we're heading straight for it and it's close. We should be ashamed. But parsing the policy that surrounds inequality gets complicated. Tim Noah has thus done a tremendous service by collecting the threads in h ...
  • Secrets of Happiness
    Even if it often seems like we live in a rat race that doesn't mean we must be rats. Indeed, most of us have much greater latitude than we realize to be happy, or at least happier than we already are. But don't take my word for it. Cutting edge research suggests simple lifestyle alternatives tha ...
  • The Graveyard Shift
    Step back from current events in the Middle East and you can see a further phase in the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, coincidentally, at least from one point of view, the U.S. Empire is also entering a phase of decline, a decline from which it may never fully recover it ...

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Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • Interview: G20 Summit Wrong Place To Lobby For War
    Press TV September 7, 2013 G20 wrong place for lobbying for US war AUDIO [Correction: Pope Francis is the leader of 1.2 billion Catholic believers.] US President Barack Obama was “desperately” lobbying for support during a G20 summit in Russia for a possible US attack on Syria, Rick Rozoff from ...
  • Paul Nizan: War completely assembled, like a m ...
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Paul Nizan From Antoine Bloyé (1933) Translated by Edmund Stevens The last week of peace rolled by. The orders for general mobilization flashed over Europe like streaks of lightning. The last diplomatic telegrams winged through the sky. ...
  • Edward Herman: U.S.’s Use Of Chemical We ...
    Voice of Russia September 7, 2013 US use of chemical weapons extensive – Edward Herman AUDIO The United States has no legal or moral authority to bomb or attack Syria and they are chemical war criminals themselves, on a much grander scale than an other country in history. The US media has no pro ...
  • War Overshadowed G20′s Economic Goals
    Global Times September 6, 2013 War overshadows G20’s economic aims The G20 Summit was convened in St. Petersburg Thursday. The two-day session, which should have focused on economic issues such as economic growth and employment, has unfortunately been clouded by possible air strikes launched by ...
  • U.S. Aggression Against Syria Would Violate Ba ...
    Voice of Russia September 6, 2013 US aggression on Syria would violate international law John Robles As the world sits glued to their radios and TV screens and their other sources of information waiting for news of an attack on Syria other events are taking place that the nefarious planners in M ...

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Intel Hub

  • Eric Holder: Four Americans Killed by US Drones
    JG Vibes | The Obama administration finally admits that their drone program has targeted US citizens.The post Eric Holder: Four Americans Killed by US Drones appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Department of Homeland Security Teaching Kids ...
    Cassius Methyl | Public schools in cooperation with the department of homeland security are now teaching kids safety measures, and advising that they seek relief in FEMA camps in a time of crisis. But are these post disaster relief camps, or military internment camps? The post Department of ...
  • JFK Assassination Controversy Erupts at Huffin ...
    author | An interesting controversy over the JFK assassination has erupted at the Huffington Post.The post JFK Assassination Controversy Erupts at Huffington Post appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Salt Lake City Cop Rips Out My Insulin Pump
    Cop Block | Long story short, the supervisor showed up and made the cop give me back my pump. The ambulance showed up and I went with them because I was then bleeding where the port is.The post Salt Lake City Cop Rips Out My Insulin Pump appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Researchers Discover that the Tulasi Plant Can ...
    Andrew Puhanic | An exciting and new water treatment breakthrough has been announced that will now make the removal of fluoride from the drinking water supplies of the world’s poorest people more affordable than ever.The post Researchers Discover that the Tulasi Plant Can Be Used To Remove ...

FRS

  • Protests Fill City Streets Across Brazil
      [Antonio Lacerda/European Pressphoto Agency-- Police officers in riot gear faced off with hundreds of demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday]   By SIMON ROMERO, New York Times September 7, 2013   RIO DE JANEIRO — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in dozens of c ...
  • Nehru U. Students/Cultural Activists branded & ...
    [Political protests and cultural expressions of oppoosition to the repressive and undemocratic Indian state continue to grow, and the States' response continues to be: slander the opposition, call all activists "Naxals" or "Maoists", and round them up for some combination of interrogation, tortu ...
  • All Who Oppose War Crimes: “We Are Brad ...
    ————————————–   Statement of the Center for Constitutional Rights: He Should Never Have Been Prosecuted August 21, 2013 – Today, in response to the sentencing of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Center for Constitutional ...
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  • Statement by Bradley Manning: On Being Sentenced
    by Bradley Manning August 21, 2013 The following is a transcript of the statement made by Pfc. Bradley Manning as read by David Coombs at a press conference on Wednesday after Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison. The decisions that I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Egyptian Blockade of Gaza, Israeli Trade for W ...
    This is simply amazing, the border that Israel controls 100%, the border between Jordan and the West Bank, is now open for the very first time... for TRADE! Yet, the border controlled by the 'Muslim Brotherhood', the border between Gaza and Egypt, remains virtually closed to trade.
  • Ken O’Keefe in Tehran – “Ira ...
    It is time to stop being chumps, it is time to actually give some meaning to the word patriot. It is especially time for those in the police, military and government who took an oath to uphold the Constitution to honor that commitment. Are you a person of honor? Or are you a fraudster? A coward?
  • Words from an Honest, Intelligent & Compassion ...
    Words from an honest, intelligent and compassionate Jew... words from a respected brother with a hugely important message that should be heeded by every single Jew on this planet.
  • Press TV’s News Analysis – Israel ...
    In this program I get to respond directly to one of Israels countless prostitutes of propaganda in the mainstream media, Daniel Pipes.
  • Trade Not Aid Update – November 6, 2012 &#8211 ...
    Today was the final hearing for the case against the Trade Not Aid hijackers Cate (Catherine) Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald) and Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja).  It cost over £600 in court fees, money that should have gone directly into the cause.  It took countless hours o ...

StillSmallVoice

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

Truth Offering

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2012 Blog

  • When The Shit Hits The Field
    SHTF has been a common name for a global disaster or cataclysm, but the reality is that in many parts of the world it is our own faeces that helps feed us. Check out these snippets from an article in the South China Morning Post: You produce some 500 litres of urine and 50kg of faeces a year. Be ...
  • Weakest Solar Cycle in 50+ Years
    Well, it will be the weakest solar cycle in more than 50 years if it doesn’t pull off a double peak. Look at this graph to see how weak it has been compared to the last solar maximum: Source: SpaceWeather Solar cycles vary between 10 and 13 years, so cycle 24 should definitely be peaking ...
  • Study: Global Warming = Increasing Violence
    I opened this news item with my skeptical hat on, given that there are so many parameters that could be used. However, it looks pretty legit*. Climate change (regardless of what is causing it) means more violence – yet another reason to be a prepper and/or shift away from highly populated ...
  • Gut Bacteria and Human Evolution
    Gut instinct tells me that cosmic rays are an important factor in human evolution, and that humans have evolved much more recently than scientists can ascertain (they basically only have bones to look at, whereas we are much more than just bones). But it’s not just cosmic rays, but rather ...
  • New Chambers at Teotihuacan
    What I love about archaeology is that new things are being unearthed all the time. And when you are someone like me who makes crazy declarations that “pyramids are bunkers”, then each time  a new subterranean chamber is opened, it could contain evidence that supports my position. A ...

One News Page

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

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Pray for Peace in Syria
    Like in the days of dirty war in Vietnam, millions of prayers, who belong to different religions, protest against the US plans to start war in Syria. They all join together in pray asking for peace in this country. On September 7 over 100 thousand people filled St. Peter’s Square for a Syr ...
  • Syria’s Nayirah Moment: The Lies That Bu ...
    Followers of the lies that lead us to war will well remember one of the late Congressman Tom Lantos’s more sinister (and for Lantos that is saying much) manipulations of US public opinion in favor of war, when he knowingly allowed the daughter of the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US to present ...
  • US Stance on Syria: Global Irresponsibility
    Next week the US Congress is to express its opinion on the reckless and staggering rush of Barack Obama as the President is pressuring the lawmakers to push through his decision to strike Syria. No details are known and they are changing all the time. The military officials have been asked to re ...
  • Damascus Notes: Late night ‘town meetings’ c ...
    Where was Professor Richard Falk when I needed him? Damascus This observer judges that the Persians, whose bright, articulate students are well known internationally, and with whom he has been honored to discuss international politics on several occasions,   may well have met their intellectual ...
  • Towards the vindication of Syria invasion
    In a stern tone, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday not to indulge any one-sided military action against Syria amid increasing fears that Washington is preparing to put this sinister idea into practical shape in cahoots with regional puppet regimes.   In an interv ...

BlogHer

  • Turn Your Old Swingset into a Play Fort
    We had an old swing set in our backyard that was not getting much attention. The kids are age 7 and 9 and this summer they seemed to have really outgrown it. I was not very optimistic about my ability to direct this swing set to a deserving family. We live in Chicago and I knew if we put it out ...
  • Putting My Sexuality On A Pedestal... Where It ...
     Growing up as the first daughter to Ghanaian parents in America usually meant that I was “different.” The food that was packed for my lunch was different, the clothes I wore out to parties on the weekends were different and more often than not, the music blasting out of our dad’s used Olds ...
  • Balancing Intimacy and Space In Relationships
    In the wake of the renegotiation of my sacred contract with a friend, I had an epiphany. In my close relationships, I have two opposing desires: -the desire for intimacy and security -the desire for freedom and autonomy Every relationship is a dance of these two desires. In one of my r ...
  • Balancing Intimacy and Space In Relationships
    In the wake of the renegotiation of my sacred contract with a friend, I had an epiphany. In my close relationships, I have two opposing desires: -the desire for intimacy and security -the desire for freedom and autonomy Every relationship is a dance of these two desires. In one of my r ...
  • My Husband Won't Let Me Go Back to Work
    Last night, my husband and I got into an argument. I was watching a documentary discussing the application of a community practice the Maori tribe of New Zealand applied to Baltimore youth in danger of becoming involved (potentially permanently) with the criminal justice system. It’s an interven ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • New Pap Smear Tests Are Defective
          The Gardasil & Cervarix situation is far worse than you might have imagined. The one thing that stands between you and deadly cervical cancer is a pap test, but as this report shows, even that ... Related posts:In Argentina, Coca-Cola Tests Market For ...
  • Antipsychotic meds make children three times m ...
          Two detailed studies shine light on the devastating side effects that antipsychotic medications have on children and adolescents. One study, recently published in JAMA Psychiatry, reports that children on anti-psychotic medications are three times more ... ...
  • The truth behind the teas your are drinking
          There’s nothing like a hot cup of tea to get you through a long stressful day or to decompress. It has a way of providing energy, soothing the soul, and refreshing your spirits. Tea has been used for millenniums ... Related posts:5 Herbal Teas to Have on H ...
  • The Perfect Nap: Sleeping Is a Mix of Art and ...
            There’s an art to napping. Studies have found different benefits—and detriments—to a nap’s timing, duration and even effect on different people, depending on one’s age and possibly genetics. “Naps are actually more complicated ...
  • Children Who Go to Daycare May Benefit from a ...
          Children who go to daycare may benefit from a wider variety of social and communicative situations relative to children who do not go to daycare, a recent study suggests. The former have a heightened ability ... Related posts:Tampon Marketing Gets Real For ...

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

  • Friday roundup, Sept. 6, 2013
    This Monday, July 29, 2013 photo shows work on an expansion project on a coal mine in Dirgin, Texas. For three years, Luminant Mining Co. has tried to purchase the 9-acre plot in Dirgin, Texas. The company already owns more than 75 percent of the parcel but cant mine it due to a complex inherita ...
  • Diversifying the coalfields: Finding a path fo ...
    Coal Tattoo posts have been pretty scarce this week, in large part because I tried to focus my time on the groundbreaking forum, “A Bright Economic Future for the Mountain State,” over at the Clay Center.  The event, sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the West Virginia C ...
  • Rockefeller on coal industry: ‘They hav ...
    Yesterday, I spent part of the afternoon down in Bluefield, listening as Sen. Jay Rockefeller talked with black lung victims, miners’ health advocates and public health professionals about the black lung epidemic across our nation’s coalfields. It’s clear that Sen. Rockefeller ...
  • Friday roundup, Aug. 30, 2013
    In this July 29, 2013, photo, a Dragline excavator works a strip mine near Tatum, Texas. Decades of mining and power plant activity that helped East Texas towns grow and thrive could be threatened as a large energy provider faces possible bankruptcy. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Earlier this week, Ben Ca ...
  • Longview Power, MEPCO file for bankruptcy
    Here’s today’s news from Longview Power and MEPCO: Longview Power, LLC today announced that it and certain of its affiliates, including Mepco Holdings, LLC and its affiliates, commenced Chapter 11 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Both Lo ...

Daniel Miessler

  • Your Relationship With Failure Determines Your ...
    Image by Claire May Few things are more defining in life than one’s relationship with failure, and up until perhaps a year ago I had it all wrong. It was as if failure was a poison that seeped into the food and air supply where I failed. Failure revealed to me, and to those around […]Relat ...
  • Initial Thoughts on Mavericks
    First, I’ll not say too much since I’m part of the beta program. But Apple’s website itself talks a good amount about the features, so I’m not too worried. First thoughts I like the feel. It seems like there’s been a lot of synchronization with OS X and iOS7 (which ...
  • The School Problem is a Parenting Problem
    On a major project, that was something like 5-10% of their grade, they could get every question wrong, but if they hit all the right bullet points they could still get a 80%. They could get a B without knowing any of the content….and many still failed. While it can be hard to tell socioeco ...
  • Changes to the Front Page
    I am finally getting around to tackling the problem of my site’s front page. My basic approach, as I’ve discussed before, is to basically have three areas: My main content that I actually produced or commented on Things I found that I think are worth seeing Supplemental content you m ...
  • Identifying the Source of my Bias for Obama
    I’ve been thinking a lot about my bias towards Obama. And when I say bias I specifically mean my tendency to assume that there is some sort of positive rationale for his behavior–even when it appears overtly negative. The thought struck me the other day, and I’ve been manicurin ...

Fitwatch

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

Worldwide Hippies

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reference frame

  • Democrats of Europe, wake up!
    Daniel Cohn-Bendit is a notorious Franco-German leftist. In 1968, he would be a fighter at the barricades of Paris; his nickname has been Danny the Red (Dany le Rouge) ever since. In the 1970s, he would "love" children in an "anti-authoritarian kindergarten" which is why he also fought for ...
  • Confusions about the relationships of special ...
    Sabine Hossenfelder wrote about the confusions surrounding the relationship of Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity and Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity. Edward Pig Measure is one of the laymen who are somewhat confused; many others are vastly more confused. First ...
  • Yo-yo banned in Syria
    Blamed for drought by Muslims BEIRUT (Syria), [date]. Drought and severe cold is disastrously affecting the cattle in Syria, and the Muslim chiefs at Damascus have attributed the wrath of the heavens to the recent introduction of the yo-yo. They say that while the people are praying fo ...
  • Snowden: Internet encryption useless against e ...
    Both HTTPS, SSL, and VoIP only good against little fish Edward Snowden has provided The New York Times and The Guardian and others with some eye-catching revelations: N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web (NYT) NSA and GCHQ unlock privacy and security on the internet (G ...
  • A universal derivation of Bekenstein-Hawking e ...
    I have been intrigued by topology change in quantum gravity, especially its Euclidean version, for 15 years or so. Since the beginning, I liked a sketch of a derivation (that I invented) of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of a black hole that was based on a wormhole connecting two tips of the Euc ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • Russia, Syria urge U.S. not to launch strikes
    Russia and Syria urges the United States to focus on efforts to convene a peace conference and not on military action, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with Syria’s foreign minister. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. R ...
  • Force-Fed at the White House
    from breakingtheset: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote – Silver, Gold, Truth, Liberty, & Freedom earn money watching videos Related posts: Abu Ghraib Torture House from breakingtheset: Abby Martin goes over the horrors of the... Abu Ghraib Torture House from bre ...
  • Intern’s death after overnight shift sparks outcry
    The sudden death of a 22-year-old Alberta practicum student, who crashed driving home, after being made to work long hours, has his loved ones pushing for laws to protect unpaid interns from exploitation. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related ...
  • Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve
    by Hubert Moolman, SilverBearCafe.com: In 2010, Charles Ferguson’s powerful “Inside Job” arrived in theaters, hot on the heels of 2007-2008 financial crisis. It was an effective, scathing and furious look at the systemic breakdown of the very institutions that are supposed to p ...
  • Kurdish rebels halt withdrawal from Turkey
    A pro-Kurdish news agency says Kurdish rebels have suspended their withdrawal from Turkey over what they see as the Turkish government’s failure to take steps that would advance peace talks aimed at ending a decades-long conflict. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars ...

Modern Survivalism

  • One Way To Preserve Potatoes
    So you’re in the grocery store, and you see a bin filled with 5-lb bags of potatoes on sale, but not just any sale, it’s a deep discount! You want to be frugal and buy a few bags, but you know that you can’t eat enough of them before they’ll go bad…. What do you [&# ...
  • Rice and Beans, A Survival Combination
    Rice is rich in starch, and an excellent source of energy. Beans are rich in protein, and contain other minerals. The consumption of the two together provides all the essential amino acids and it is no wonder that this combination is a staple of many diets throughout the world. Here’s why ...
  • How To Seal A Ziploc Bag
    Have you ever wondered what is the best way to seal a Ziploc bag? The Ziploc is probably the most common used bag for food storage because its easy to burp out the air from the bag – which helps to increase the shelf life of the food inside. Here’s how to seal a Ziploc […]
  • Cash will be King
    How much cash do you have on hand, right now? Do you rely on electronic money for most or all of your transactions? You might want to reconsider that philosophy…   Three in four Americans (73 percent) say they use less cash today than 10 years ago (source: Mastercard). From online sho ...
  • The Mind-Set of a Safety Net
    We live in a modern world with a safety net mind-set where we can simply dial 911 in an emergency, which will bring the appropriate help from first responders… police, paramedics, fire, etc. It is a modern world in which people can be complacent about such things… the risks. But is i ...

Fast Company

  • 10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week: The NFL G ...
    1. 10 Paradoxical Traits Of Creative People Fast Company Creativity is the (often paradoxical) theme that drives both entrepreneurs and artists, but what really makes someone creative? 2. An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992 Co.Design Part one of a six–part series focusing on the gre ...
  • Weekend Reading: An Oral History Of Apple
    If there is one thing that CEO Tim Cook doesn't want people to know, it's what dwells behind his company's "signature." As a result, most efforts to explain design at Apple end up reducing a complex 37–year history to bromides about simplicity, quality, and perfection––as if th ...
  • A Couple Of Capitalists Trying To Capitalize O ...
    Are these people really lining up outside a New York City Apple store in anticipation of the new iPhone, which makes its public debut September 10? Yes, but it's more of a clever marketing ploy than a desperate attempt to get their hands on the device. Jon Murphy and a friend are hoping that ...
  • Y Combinator Opens Up Applications For Nonprofits
    Y Combinator, the seed accelerator known for its powerful alumni network, announced today that it will fund nonprofits in every new graduating class. Applications for the winter 2014 class opened today. The accelerator first tested nonprofit funding with Watsi, a crowdfunding site for surgical p ...
  • Do Striking Walmart Workers Have the Power to ...
    On Thursday, more than 100 Walmart workers and activists were arrested in a mass protest across 15 US cities. This wasn't the first time workers have called for the retail giant to reform its labor practices–on Black Friday in 2012, some 30,000 protesters demonstrated outside Walmart store ...

Jadaliyya

  • Savas karsitligi yeter mi?
    Savaş karşıtlığı yeter mi? Lafı fazla dolandırmanın, amiyane tabirle tereciye tere satmanın lüzumu yok, zaten malum konu hakkında hayli kapsamlı bir literatür mevcut: “Askeri hümanizm” olarak da anılan “insani müdahale” tezi, yani ulusal düzeyde gerçekleşen vahim insan hakları ihlalleri karşısı ...
  • Egypt News Update (8 September 2013)
    [This is a collection of news updates on Egypt compiled from multiple sources by the editors.]   Amr Moussa Elected Head of Egypt's Constitution-Drafting Body Amr Moussa pips Sameh Ashour to the post for head of Egypt's fifty-member constitution-writing committee, winning thirty votes ov ...
  • Syria News Update (5-6 September 2013)
    [This is a collection of news updates on Syria compiled from multiple sources by the editors.] Developments  Reid Introduces Syria Resolution in Senate  Exclusive: Defecting Assad Ally Reaches Istanbul On General Ali Habib’s current whereabouts Jabhat al-Nusra and Other Islam ...
  • Egypt News Update (7 September 2013)
    [This is a collection of news updates on Egypt compiled from multiple sources by the editors.]   Egypt's Morsi Faces Fresh Charge Egypt's prosecution charges ex-president Mohamed Morsi with 'insulting the judiciary'. Egyptian prosecutors slapped Saturday ousted president Mohamed Morsi w ...
  • The Final Stage: Rojava
    The latest developments in Syria have taken on an increasingly complicated shape, threatening a tragic repeat of its recent past. Oppositional forces remain Sunni-majority and multi-brigaded. Sustained attempts by these oppositional forces to exclude Kurds from the political struggle in Syria, ...

mediagazer

  • Coming this fall: A new and improved Capital ( ...
    Tom McGeveran / Capital New York: Coming this fall: A new and improved Capital  —  This is going to allow us to get bigger and better.  —  Here's what we're doing now:  — Hiring more people: This will bring you more stories from more reporters and edit ...
  • POLITICO publisher buys Capital New York (Dyla ...
    Dylan Byers / Politico: POLITICO publisher buys Capital New York  —  In an ambitious play for the New York market, POLITICO publisher Robert Allbritton has purchased the online news site Capital New York, with plans to make “a substantial investment” in the business ...
  • Coming out from under a cloud, Howard Kurtz de ...
    Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: Coming out from under a cloud, Howard Kurtz debuts his new show, as host-hunt continues for his old one  —  Howard Kurtz debuted his new 11 a.m. Sunday show, “Media Buzz,” on Fox News today, marking the veteran media critic's first big ...
  • A Journalist-Agitator Facing Prison Over a Lin ...
    David Carr / New York Times: A Journalist-Agitator Facing Prison Over a Link  —  Barrett Brown makes for a pretty complicated victim.  A Dallas-based journalist obsessed with the government's ties to private security firms, Mr. Brown has been in jail for a year, facing char ...
  • Univision's English-Language News Network, Fus ...
    Graeme Wood / Businessweek: Univision's English-Language News Network, Fusion, Targets Millennials  —  Isaac Lee, the Colombia-born 42-year-old in charge of news at the Spanish-language network Univision, is a traitor: first to his native tongue, and second to his generation.&nb ...

Chemtrail News

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

World News - Top Stories

  • Leaving AC Milan has given me World Cup h ...
    The forward believes that leaving Italy has given him the chance to play regular first team football and to establish himself in the national team £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 = COR Draw NAU £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 = COR Draw NAU £5 £10 £20 ...
  • Film industry is an insecure place: Kanga ...
    Mumbai, Sep 8: Actress Kangana Ranaut, who has no film background, says the film industry is not a secure...
  • Cabinet note on Telangana awaiting politi ...
    NEW DELHI: Home ministry has prepared the note for creation of Telangana state and it will be presented before the Union Cabinet once Congress president Sonia Gandhi returns from the US and it gets a "political clearance". Following a directive from home minister Sushilkumar...
  • J&K's financial status grim: Omar Abdulla ...
    JAMMU: Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir has a total annual income of only Rs 6,500 crore from all sources, chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the present fiscal status of the state is grim. "The present financial status of the state is grim. We have a total annual income of...
  • 2nd ODI: Clarke's ton helps Australia pos ...
    Australia captain Michael Clarke's century was the cornerstone of his side's 315 for seven against England in the second one-day international at Manchester's Old Trafford on Sunday. Scorecard Clarke's 105, only his eight hundred in 229 matches at this level, came on the same ground where ju ...

no frakking consensus

  • See You in September
    The (fully-searchable) electronic version of my book, The Delinquent Teenager, will soon cost $7.99 rather than $4.99. This is the only book-length evaluation of the IPCC by an independent journalist. The IPCC will release Part 1 of its new climate assessment in late September.
  • What Would a Bad Job Look Like?
    A US official recently called Rajendra Pachauri's leadership of the world's most important climate body 'extraordinary.' But 'inadequate' and 'inexcusable' are more appropriate.
  • The IPCC, UFOs & Pseudoscience
    The head of the IPCC has written a novel in which the central character is infatuated with pseudoscience and in which UFO enthusiast Shirley MacLaine is presented as credible. The final installment of the Nobel Laureate Summer Reading series.
  • Nobel Laureate Summer Reading – Part 4
    Girl spurns boy, marries someone else, and is anally raped on her honeymoon. Girl comes crawling back to boy, begging for forgiveness, and pleading for one more chance.
  • Nobel Laureate Summer Reading – Part 3
    There's nothing wrong with writing a sex-saturated novel. But IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri says this book is "all about spirituality."

Anna's News

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

Medical Marijuana

  • 9/5/13 - Historical Timeline: History of Prost ...
    prostitution.procon.org – Historical Timeline: History of Prostitution from 2400 BC to the Present – Our updated timeline includes entries ranging from ancient Sumerian references to prostitution in 2400 BC to the regulation of prostitution in colonial America to drive-in "sex boxes" launched in ...
  • 8/30/13 - Justice Department Will Not Challeng ...
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org  - Justice Department Will Not Challenge State Marijuana Laws - The US Department of Justice announced an update to its marijuana enforcement policy stating that the federal government will not challenge state marijuana legalization laws in Colorado and Washington
  • 8/30/13 - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recog ...
    gaymarriage.procon.org – Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recognizes married same-sex couples – The federal agency will recognize legally married same-sex couples for tax purposes whether or not they reside in states where gay marriage is legal.
  • 8/28/13 - Historical Timeline: History of Mari ...
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org - Historical Timeline: History of Marijuana as Medicine - 2900 BC to Present - Our updated timeline includes historical events ranging from Emperor Fu His referencing medical marijuana in ancient Chinese texts to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta coming out in favor of medi ...
  • 8/27/13 - Historical Timeline: History of the ...
    borngay.procon.org – Historical Timeline: History of the Born Gay Debate & Theories of Sexual Orientation – Our updated timeline includes entries ranging from accounts of same-sex relations in ancient Greece to New Jersey banning "conversion therapy" on Aug. 19, 2013.

Truth About Our World

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Immense Pacific Volcano Among Solar System's L ...
    A massive underwater volcano the size of New Mexico has been discovered 1,000 miles east of Japan, Nature Geoscience reports. Covering an area of 120,000 square Click to enlarge IODP/Texas A&M Tamu Massif Volcano miles, the volcano is 50 times larger than Hawaii's Mauna Loa, making it ...
  • How High Tech is Helping Bring Clean Water to ...
    Anand Shah runs a company that is using solar-powered “water ATMs” to bring clean water to remote villages in India. In an e360 interview, Shah talks about how his company is using a high-tech approach to address one of India’s most intractable public health issues. BY TODD WOODY
  • Swapping Corn for Rice Benefits China's Miyun ...
    After years of contamination and decreasing output, China's Miyun Reservoir is rebounding, say researchers from China and the U.S. Rice farming had Rosendahl contaminated and tapped the reservoir, which lies 100 miles north of Beijing and is the main water source for the city's 20 million in ...
  • Scientists, Governments Question 'Blockbuster' ...
    Scientists and government officials are questioning the way the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, widely considered the definitive authority on global climate risk, handles its major reports. The panel typically issues "blockbuster" reports every five to seven years; the next is set to ...
  • How High Tech is Helping Bring Clean Water to ...
    Social entrepreneur Anand Shah runs Sarvajal, a company that seeks to bring clean water to remote villages in India by deploying solar-powered “water Anand Shah ATMs,” which dispense water to residents with the swipe of a prepaid smart card. Sarvajal, launched in 2008, currently serves m ...

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backofthebook

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Daily Beast

Loonwatch

Energy News

Hudson New York

  • The Biggest Mega-Mosque in Scandinavia
    Construction crews in Copenhagen have raised Denmark's first minaret -- a 20 meter (65 foot) tower-like structure that will alter Copenhagen's low-rise skyline -- as the finishing touch on a colossal project to build the biggest mega-mosque in
  • Assad Is Adopting Hamas "Dead Baby" Strategy
    As Congress debates whether to authorize President Obama to engage in a punitive-deterrent military attack on Syria, the Assad regime is adopting what I have called the "dead baby" strategy, perfected by Hamas in its battles with Israel. This approach is
  • Fatah Wants Egypt To Overthrow Hamas
    As the Egyptian army continues to demolish houses and smuggling tunnels, Fatah leaders in the West Bank are hoping that they will soon be able to return to the Gaza Strip. At one time, Fatah leaders had hopes that Israel would overthrow Hamas through
  • Eurocrisis Haunts German Politics
    All of a sudden the Loch Ness Monster of German politics has raised its ugly head. The eurocrisis, which so far had not been a theme in the campaign for the September 22nd general elections, has become its central issue. At the same time, the campaign
  • What Are We Muslims Doing to Ourselves?
    An email had come my way saying that the Hizb-ut-Tahrir was planning a meeting at a community Center in Mississauga, Ontario. Hizb-ut-Tahrir [Party of Liberation] is a radical, international pan-Islamic political organization. It is commonly associated

Urban Survival

  • An Important Reader Note and Peoplenomics Update
    A kind reader (Julie, thank you) pointed outed out that we had somehow slipped a bit and had links in articles opening in the same page this week – causing lots of back and forthing which I fixed this morning for the Friday post, if you haven’t read it yet, and if should be back to opening in ne ...
  • Which Job Report to Believe?
    Before we roll in to this morning’s job numbers from the feds, a quick look at the Gallup Poll data on the payroll to population poll is instructive.  According to the numbers they released Thursday, the percentage of the US population actually taking part in “work” is down to 43.7%, which ...
  • Coping: Getting Mine on Healthcare
    Long time reader John thinks I got something wrong yesterday by posting a reader note about dialysis and healthcare reform.  He offers a very detailed (and worthwhile) discussion: Longtime (7 years or so) reader of UrbanSurvival here, George. I have enjoyed your columns and take seriously w ...
  • War, Popcorn, G20, and Compliance
    I’ve decided to moderate my outspoken criticism of the pending attack on Syria, since it is obviously baked-in-the-cake now, given that the US Senate breaks its own freaking rules in its headlong rush to war.  The UN report not being in doesn’t seem to mean bupkis, and China this morning ha ...
  • Coping: Why Voting Doesn’t Matter
    I suggested the other morning that there would be little point in voting hence forth, since Congress has been mostly bought and paid for.  Naturally, this rubbed a few people the wrong way because it’s a sad assertion to make, but the facts keep piling up, nonetheless. The year 2013 is bare ...

Trends & Forecasts

  • ALERT: March 23, 2014-A Warning for All Nation ...
    Are you ready for March 23, 2014 AND September 23, 2017??? Signs in the Skies point to these dates!!! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://FinanceArmageddon.blogspot.com or http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • CIA Executing Syrians by Hundreds? Hell Wars S ...
    So we are willing to spend our treasure borrowed from the Chinese, kill who knows how many thousands and possible start WW3 with out concrete proof? Obama and his gang is out of control! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://FinanceArmageddon.blogspot.com or http:/ ...
  • The Countries Pulling the Strings in the Syria ...
    After a recent visit to Syria, Patrick Cockburn discusses the involvement of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey the US and Russia in the Syrian civil war [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://FinanceArmageddon.blogspot.com or http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com fo ...
  • Alex Jones Show: Sunday (9-8-13) John B. Wells
    Today live on this Sunday, September 8 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex breaks down the accelerating global awakening which could lead to the fall of the current New World Order power structure. Obama continues to push for war leading up to his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
  • Fully Exposed - The Obama Invasion of Syria
    Obama is indeed a puppet. These airstrikes he's proposing will only kill more humans. They are cowardly and non-productive. If Obama, Kerry or McCain cared at all about Syria and her people, they would be offering some plan for humanitarian aid to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ...

Radical Chic

  • CRAZY IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU THINK
    I’m crazy. Nobody has to tell me. I’ve known this for a while now. It’s probably crazy that I think I’m crazy because that in itself might make me seem less crazy; but trust me, I’m crazy. I do a lot of crazy things. Crazy things like playing chess against myself an ...
  • BODY HOSTAGE
     A gun wasn’t held to my head. No, this was a threat that was entirely different. It was 9a.m. I had just finished a grueling maths class and I was dreading going for the next lecture. Exams were coming up and there was a lot I needed to learn. While I struggled to gather my [...]
  • MURDER BY MEDICINE 5: Short Term Advantages vs ...
    Most of us never really stop to consider the long term effects of some of the drugs we take. We are eager to attain short term relief without taking into account the many effects these drugs may have further down the line. Aspirin is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with over [...]
  • WOULD MEN HAVE LESS SEX IF THEY WERE CAPABLE O ...
    Men are without a doubt the most promiscuous of the two sexes. Women can go significant periods of time without needing to experience sexual relief; and episodes such as periods, giving birth and menopause play a role in limiting or changing their desire to do so in any case. Men really don&#821 ...
  • MURDER BY MEDIA 13: Addiction To Recognition
    It’s always good advice to be told to question every desire, because its easy to forget that deceiving ones self is the easiest form of deception. The media has helped to create a world where recognition has become a not so subtle addiction that we feed on and hunger for everytime we are s ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Home Rule Heads to the High Court: NY's Court ...
    Daniel Raichel, Project Attorney, New York Last week, New York’s highest court (the New York Court of Appeals) agreed to hear the industry appeals of two decisions issued by the New York Appellate Division this past spring in the Dryden and Mi ...
  • Clearing the Air: Chicago's Condominium Commun ...
    Rebecca Stanfield, Deputy Director for Policy, Midwest Program, Chicago Back in late July, a dozen Chicago aldermen moved to defer the vote on the Chicago Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance for six weeks, citing the need to inform themselve ...
  • Record Sales of Electric Cars Drives Revival o ...
    Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco With sales of electric and other fuel-efficient cars hitting new highs in the U.S., the timing for DOE to restart its auto retooling program couldn’t be better. E ...
  • India Moves Towards Phase-Down of HFCs at G20 ...
    Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, San Francisco Blog by Bhaskar Deol, NRDC India Representative Earlier today in Saint Petersburg, world leaders participating at the G20 summit made significant progress to protect the climate by moving a step close ...
  • Harper government offers to provide Obama poli ...
    Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, Washington, DC  According to CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Harper has offered to accept climate targets proposed by the United States and is prepared to work in concert with President Obama to ...

Injustice Everywhere

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

Total Collapse

  • Syria: MPs could get another vote on military ...
    MPs could be given another chance to vote on military intervention in Syria, William Hague has said, as it emerged two RAF jets scrambled to intercept “suspicious” Syrian aircraft over Cyprus. The Foreign Secretary said a second vote would only be possible if the Government secured s ...
  • US plans for ’3 days of attack’ on Syria
    The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on Syria than originally planned, set to last three days, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. War planners now aim to unleash a heavy barrage of missile strikes to be followed swiftly by additional attacks on targets that may have be ...
  • Turkey scrambles warplanes after blast on Syri ...
    Several Turkish F-16 warplanes took off from base in southeastern Diyarbakir after large explosion close to Syrian border, local media reported on Sunday. Turkey’s Sabah newspaper reported that the warplanes were headed toward Syrian border, according to Bloomberg news agency. Meanwhile, the sta ...
  • A Chinese landing craft with 1,000 marines for ...
    Western naval sources reported Friday that a Chinese landing craft, the Jinggangshan, with a 1,000-strong marine battalion had reached the Red Sea en route for the Mediterranean off Syria.  According to DEBKAfile, Beijing has already deployed a number of warships opposite Syria in secret. If the ...
  • Moscow: “Nuclear catastrophe” if US hits Syria
    “If a warhead, by design or by chance, were to hit the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) near Damascus, the consequences could be catastrophic,” Aleksandr Lukashevich said Wednesday in another warning against a US military attack on Syria. The region could be at risk, he said, ...

Daily Dose

  • Xbox Music lands on iOS and Android devices as ...
    Microsoft announced today that it has launched Xbox Music on iOS and Android devices worldwide, expanding the number of devices that the music streaming service is available on, as it... Keep reading →
  • Adobe updates Photoshop for Creative Cloud wit ...
    Adobe has released Photoshop version 14.1 for Creative Cloud, a free update that includes a new tool called Generator for dynamically exporting assets from a project as individual image files.... Keep reading →
  • Xiaomi co-founder on why ex-Google exec Barra ...
    As Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi starts to be known worldwide, many are wondering what strategy the firm has for making its devices available worldwide. TNW caught up with co-founder and... Keep reading →
  • Amazon says it’s not launching a phone t ...
    Amazon has refuted a report made last week claiming that it was looking into giving away an own-brand smartphone without a contract. A company spokesperson issued a statement saying that... Keep reading →
  • Instagram to begin monetizing service with ads ...
    Instagram has just grown a little bit more — today, the photo-sharing company revealed that it now has 150 million monthly users, a 15 percent increase since its last count... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Beyond Zero Emissions welcomes a new CEO
    It is our pleasure to announce that after a long and exhaustive search we are finally able to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive Officer - Dr Stephen Bygrave.  Stephen will be commencing as CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions on Monday the 9th of September 2013. Stephen has worked ...
  • Time to ditch the redundant gas network
    By Ben Courtice. RenewEconomy In the record-breaking heatwave that led up to the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, an estimated 374 people died due to the heat – before the fires even started. This is more than double the official figure of 173 deaths in the fires themselves. Hot weather ...
  • How to have zero emissions housing – and tiny ...
    By Dominique Hes, The Conversation A new study says that all Australia’s existing housing could be retrofitted to be zero emissions within ten years. Households could halve their energy use and go gas free. Australian households currently spend approximately A$15 billion every year on electr ...
  • Big emissions cuts possible at home, study finds
    By Peter Hannam. Sydney Morning Herald Australia's homes could slash their carbon emissions by half and eliminate their use of gas by investing in efficient electrical appliances now on the market, according to a clean energy advocacy group. Jointly published with the Melbourne Energy Institu ...
  • Hundreds launch Zero Carbon Buildings Plan
    Australia's buildings could halve their energy use within a decade, to make a major contribution to reducing the nation's carbon emissions – and save money on energy bills in the long run as well. A large crowd packed out an auditorium at Melbourne University to hear this message at the la ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Indonesia finally establishes REDD+ agency to ...
    Indonesia has finally established an agency to implement the country's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program. The REDD+ agency, established by a decree from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday, is a ministry-level body that will coordinate a national REDD ...
  • Not just bats and frogs: snake fungal disease ...
    A fungal outbreak in the eastern and Midwestern United States is infecting some populations of wild snakes. Snake Fungal Disease (SFD), a fungal dermatitis consistently associated with the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, is showing recent spikes in occurrence according to the U.S. Geological S ...
  • Satellite reveals 'hidden' 1000-ha oil palm pl ...
    A regional forestry official in Peru has expressed surprise over the sudden appearance of a 1000-hectare oil palm plantation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
  • Malaysia to launch palm oil certification sche ...
    Malaysia will launch its own certification standard for palm oil produced by local firms by 2014, reports Reuters. The initiative aims to differentiate Malaysian palm oil from that produced in other countries, while offering a less stringent alternative to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, ...
  • Organization proposes climate change warning l ...
    Rob Shirkey is the founder of the Toronto-based, not-for-profit organization Our Horizon. Inspired by his grandfather's last words to him, "Do what you love," Shirkey quit his job and founded the organization. Our Horizon is founded on the basis that we are all responsible for global climate cha ...

Sierra Express

  • ‘Witch-Gun’ and Superstition in Guinea and Sie ...
    Belief in ‘witch-gun’ is common among the peoples of Guinea and Sierra Leone. It is not clear how they came about this superstitious notion. But the belief is deep rooted. In fact there are as many conceptions of witch-gun as there are believers. One figure whose notion of a ‘witch gun&#82 ...
  • Despite welcome progress, childhood diseases r ...
    WASHINGTON, September 4, 2013 – Children in sub-Saharan Africa are now less likely to die from diarrhea and pneumonia, but these illnesses are still the most common causes of childhood death and sickness in most African countries, according to a new report published today. Loss of health due to ...
  • Lime Line U-12 Cricket Championship 2013 Results
    Day Two – First set of Matches         Darren Talbot beat Peter Wellings by 28 runs; Peter Wellings batted first and scored 132 runs whiles Darren Talbot replied with 160 runs. Mark Demos beat Stuart Bentham by 1 run; Mark Demos batted first and scored 150 runs whiles Stuart Bentham replie ...
  • Uprooting the causes of conflicts
    Momentum in post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa On 11 July 2011, when South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his 8.3 million compatriots celebrated the new country’s first independence, he was careful to remind everyone of the harsh realities on the horizon. “All the indices of human welfare p ...
  • Sierra Leone’s trajectory of hope
    Prior to the November polls, I made a solid argument, justifying the reelection of President Ernest Koroma.  I postulate that the need for Sierra Leoneans to maintain the trajectory commenced by President Ernest Bai Koroma as was contained in the ‘Agenda for Change’ was needed, given  the progre ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Fonterra's suspended execs await fate
    Two Fonterra senior managers who are currently "on leave" as a result of the company's botulism scare are now waiting on a board review to find out their fate. Fonterra
  • Botulism fiasco costing exporters millions
    Kiwi exporters are continuing to lose millions of dollars in Chinese sales as a result of Fonterra's botulism fiasco, says Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett.A delegation of baby milk exporters led by Barnett,...
  • AgResearch defends testing of Fonterra products
    AgResearch has defended its testing of Fonterra's whey concentrate products that led to a false alarm over the presence of a botulism toxin.The Ministry for Primary Industries last week announced the bacteria found in some of Fonterra's...
  • Fonterra boss not told fast enough
    Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says he wasn't informed of the contamination event that led to the company's botulism fiasco quickly enough and much swifter action to "sideline" affected consumer products might have taken...
  • Plastic led to botulism scare - Fonterra
    Fonterra says it has completed its operational review, which has found reprocessing after plastic was found in whey protein at its Hautapu plant in the Waikato led to the contamination event."An item of non-standard equipment (used...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Bush Administration Reaches Through Time To Mi ...
    Will the perfidy of the Bush administration never cease? Even from beyond the political grave, the former president reaches out with his civil liberties-violating will to mind-control the current chief executive into loosening restrictions on the National Security Agency. That must b ...
  • Peter Spence on How Governments Nudge You To D ...
    Intended to steer people towards better decisions, the ideas of Nudge theory are meant to offer choices, while still getting us to do what the government thinks is best. Its pioneers, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, authors of "Nudge," say that they advocate for "soft paternalism. ...
  • Rise of the Antiwar Libertarians: When We Don' ...
    "If the House and Senate vote against authorizing war with Syria, the efforts by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) will have been instrumental," writes Nick Gillespie. Indeed, their outspoken, principled pushback is part of the reason that President Barack Ob ...
  • Jesse Walker On "The United States Of Paranoia"
    "Jesse Walker On 'The United States Of Paranoia'" is the latest from Reason TV. Watch above or click the link below for full text, links, and downloadable versions.  View this article.
  • Sheldon Richman: The U.S. Must Not Be The Worl ...
    No one appointed the United States the world’s policeman. The government’s founding document, the Constitution, does not and could not do so. President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have tried hard to invoke “national security” as grounds for bombing Syria, but no one belie ...

Mercury Rising

  • Friday Cat Blogging
    I was in the midst of changing the sheets. Instead of parking himself on the mattress so I couldn’t put the sheets back on, he parked himself on the coverlet laid aside on the dresser.
  • Wonders of the world
  • And then there’s corporate espionage
    Ryan Gallagher, Slate: The secretive surveillance technology industry does its best to fly under the radar. But the shadowy companies selling controversial spy tools to governments are being exposed to public scrutiny whether they like it or not, thanks to a new WikiLeaks project. On Wednesday, ...
  • NSA has compromised most encryption
    Crossposted from DK I remember when I was thought silly for saying this. James Ball, Julian Borger, and Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian: US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy ...
  • Syrian Rebel Leader Salim Idris: Israel Is Our ...
    I was disappointed, after seeing a Politico story about how the Israel Lobby was apparently staying out of the Syria debate, to find out from another Politico article (and a suspiciously-edited NYT article) that AIPAC was in fact the strongest voice pushing the Obama White House to attack Syria. ...

Reality Sandwich

Desertification

  • Water Scarcity Could Drive Conflict or Cooperation
    When the General Assembly declared 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation (IYWC) three years ago, the U.N.’s highest policy-making body was conscious of the perennial conflicts triggered by competition over one of the world’s most critical finite resources. Current and past ...
  • OP-ED: Rising Temperature, Rising Food Prices
    Agriculture as it exists today developed over 11,000 years of rather remarkable climate stability. It has evolved to maximize production within that climate system. Now, suddenly, the climate is changing. With each passing year, the agricultural system is becoming more out of sync with the clima ...
  • ‘Deserts Can Save Forests’
    It may take development of the deserts to save forests, say experts, who stress that desert ecology needs to be preserved and enhanced. “When the time comes that we have to let our forests survive to retain their ecosystem services, eyes would turn for food security and livelihoods to the huge l ...
  • Mining Industry Plans Massive Use of Seawater ...
    The arid climate in northern Chile has forced mining companies to seek out new sources of water. The main source is seawater from the Pacific Ocean, whose use is expected to increase significantly in the coming decade despite the high costs of extraction and transport. The vast northern region o ...
  • Fight Against Drought Is Grounds for Political ...
    The decisions taken by the Brazilian government in the fight against drought in the country’s semiarid Northeast are an example of the disconnect between politicians and the citizens, which triggered an unexpected wave of protests in June. Even though the centre-left government of Dilma Rousseff ...

Blogging Canadians

  • $ 200 Billion to see stupid men kicking balls ...
    I wonder what the people in poor  countries think when they see the sheikdoms  throw billions of dollars away on frivolous pastimes (in my opinion) when that kind of money could have been used to teach the poor in Africa and elsewhere how to cultivate and grow food and livestock which ...
  • Life without electricity in flooded Toronto
    In my area of Toronto, we SUFFERED for six LONG hours.  Yeh, I know ... that's laughable ... but that's how much pampered and dependent on the niceties of comfort we have become.  Even six hours was hard to take. There are some areas of Toronto where people are still without power so I ...
  • Rough and rude treatment of travellers by Cana ...
       Complaints pile up over airport border guardsReports show pattern of rude, disrespectful treatment of travellers by CBSA agents "Dozens of travellers arriving home at Ottawa International Airport have filed complaints about rude treatment and harassment by Canada Border Services ...
  • Vatican prostitution ring was a fake, but deep ...
    It turns out that rumours about a gay prostitution ring operating in the Vatican were unsubstantiated. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t serious problems there. As Pope Francis himself admitted, there is indeed a gay lobby operating in the Vatican. A few weeks ago we also ...
  • The Seasons Test: Are People Too Stupid for De ...
    Last week, an interesting story flashed around the world’s media: in pretty much every country, men are much more knowledgeable about politics than women. Now, you might think that journalists would be disturbed at their failure in this regard. You might think there would be some public so ...

Press TV - Middle East

  • ‘Al-Nusra making chemical arms’ in Syria
    A report says the foreign-backed militants operating inside Syria have been making chemical weapons in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
  • ‘PKK stops pullout from Turkey’
    The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has stopped withdrawing its fighters from Turkey due to what it called the inaction of Ankara over peace process, a report says.
  • 'Russia's stance on Syria immutable'
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country’s position regarding the Syrian situation is ‘immune to change,’ adding that there is no alternative to a peaceful settlement for the ongoing crisis.
  • 'Syria war threatens Geneva 2 talks'
    Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says any US military strike against Syria would jeopardize the Geneva 2 conference aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis in the Arab country.
  • Syrian foreign minister due in Russia
    Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has departed his country for Russia to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov over the ongoing crisis in the Arab country.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

  • The United States is Experiencing the Longest ...
    The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014. The share of ...
  • Models Used by the Military Services to Develo ...
    The military services—the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps—use modeling techniques to inform parts of their annual budget requests. As directed by the Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, today’s CBO study provides information on the models used ...
  • Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury b ...
    More than 2 million service members have deployed in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) in Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Two combat-related conditions that affect some OCO veterans and that have generated widespread concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress di ...
  • Presentation to the National Economists Club
    Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
  • Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
    The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...

Naked Scientists - News

  • Quick Fire Science: Nuclear Power
    This week, nuclear expert Mycle Schneider, formerly an adviser to the French and German governments has said that he's deeply worried about contaminated cooling water leaking from tanks at the site of...
  • The world's most accurate clock
    Researchers at the National Institute for Standards and Technology have built the most accurate clock ever made, which is accurate to one second in ten billion years. The clock works by precisely mon...
  • Why Does Money Make the World Go Round?
    We only have to look at the effect of the financial crisis recently to know that money makes the world go round. But Gabriele Camera and her colleagues considered in PNAS this week why exactly money i...
  • Green Flares for the Military
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  • Quick Fire Science: Hyperloop Trains
    US-based entrepreneur Elon Musk is not a man who's lacking ambition in life. His company Space-X has already built rockets which compete with those used by NASA and the European Space Agency, and la...

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Care2 - Environment

  • "Bring What You Want, Take What You Want"
    Disillusioned with an economy that promotes individualism and ruthless consumption, thousands of people in Argentina are giving things away in street markets, organising car pools with strangers or offering free accommodation to travellers from abroad. Submitted by Naoko I. to Offbeat  |&n ...
  • Horror of Red Lobster waitress as she collects ...
    When the time came to pay the check, Miss Jenkins, who is training to be a nurse, found the racist insult written on the couple's receipt. The couple had racked up a $45 bill for the afternoon meal. Submitted by Carrie B. to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |  ...
  • On the frontline of China's animal welfare war
    There are few hardcore career activists fighting against Chinas dog meat trade. Instead, loosely organized groups of IT workers, rogue police officers and elderly dog shelter owners are slowly working for change. Submitted by Jill Vickerman to Animals  |   Note-it!  |  ...
  • Watch This Adorable Mini Pig Get a Belly Rub - Aww
    We all need a good rub now and then Submitted by Christeen Anderson to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • The US Government Stands Revealed to the World ...
    Does the American public have the strength of character to face the fact that the US government stands before the entire world revealed as a collection of war criminals who lie every time that they open their mouth? Submitted by Just Carole to US Politics & Gov't  |   Not ...

JL's News ( Care2 )

  • US Preparing Significantly Larger Military Att ...
    President Barack Obamas national security team is preparing for a significantly larger military attack than most had anticipated, ABC News reported. Submitted by Brian M. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • US Nuclear Weapons On The Move
    The US Dyess Air Force base located in southwest of Abilene, Texas, is actively moving nuclear warheads to the East Coast of the United States in a "secret" transfer that has no paper trail. Submitted by Brian M. to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Co ...
  • Why Keystone Flunks the Climate Test / Coming ...
    In June President Obama set a climate test for his decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. He said he will not approve the pipeline if it would significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. Today the Sierra Club, Oil Change Internation Submitted by Tamara Hayes to Environment ...
  • Geopolitics of US war on Syria
    Despite the noticeable setback at the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Pres. Obama persists in his effort to build domestic and international support for a unilateral US military strike on Syria. Submitted by Brian M. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |  &nbs ...
  • Syria Christians pray for peace and protection ...
    "God protect Syria," they chanted during prayers led by Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregory III Laham, whose church is an eastern rite that recognises the authority of the Vatican. Submitted by Brian M. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Articles and Answers 2011

  • U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
    U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Filed under: Government, International, News and politics, U.S. Military, War Tagged: Sarin Gas Victims, Syria, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Video
  • Former President Bill Clinton Explains the Aff ...
    Former President Bill Clinton Explains the Affordable Care Act | The White House. Filed under: Economy, Government, Health and wellness, Health, Uninsured
  • Law Enforcement at its Worse
    Jackson County Mississippi Sheriff, James Michael Byrd, A/K/A Mike Byrd, was indicted Thursday, August 29, 2013 on Multi-Count Indictment 2013-10,516 (3) of 31 counts of wrongdoing as follows: CHARGE NUMBER OF COUNTS Embezzlement 10 Fraud 10 Hindering Prosecution in the … Continue reading ...
  • Texas ID Complaint filed by U.S. Department of ...
    www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/7472013822155117860058.pdf. Filed under: Government Tagged: DOJ Case 2:13-cv-00263, Texas ID complaint, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Elections
  • Uninsured? Join the millions who will sign up ...
    Uninsured? Join the millions who will sign up for coverage. Filed under: News and politics Tagged: PPACA, U.S. Healthcare
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