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Scoop - NZ

  • Textor's Twitter Damages Abbott
    That an Abbott insider is being so blatantly offensive to the Indonesian leadership while Abbott himself is going out of his way to remain respectful and salve an inflamed situation is big news in Indonesia. The Fairfax story, or more accurately, the subject of it, was front page news on the le ...
  • Heinberg on Krugman, growth, limits, depression
    He seemed to be coming remarkably close to saying what several of us have been trumpeting for the past few years—that world economic growth is ending and we’d better retool accordingly. “What if the world we’ve been living in for the past five years is the new normal?,” he writes. “What if depre ...
  • Four British Jihadists die fighting in Syria
    Four British men have been killed fighting alongside Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Syria, it was reported Thursday, as fears rise of the growing threat from jihadists returning from the war. Three of the men, all thought to be from London, were killed in August as their group attacked forces lo ...
  • Textor compares Indonesian FM to porn star
    Liberal Party pollster Mark Textor says he does not know who he was referring to when he said Australia should not apologise to a “bloke who looks like a 1970s Pilipino [sic] porn star”. In a new tweet on Thursday Mr Textor also offered "apologies to my Indonesian friends", and indicated that bl ...
  • Galactic Neutrinos found in Antarctic Icecube
    Earlier this year, scientists using a powerful detector at the South Pole discovered Ernie and Bert, two neutrinos with energies over 100 times higher than the protons that circulate in the LHC. Now, the same team has combed through its data to find an additional 26 high-energy events, and they' ...

Independent - London

  • Two months after election win in Germany, Ange ...
    Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a coalition deal with the Social Democrats (SPD) today that rolls back decade-old reforms of the German welfare state but preserves Berlin’s strict approach towards struggling European partners.     
  • Nightmare is over for gay Briton Bernard Randa ...
    Bernard Randall, the gay British man who is being prosecuted in Uganda after images of him having sex were stolen and used against him in an alleged blackmail plot is to be deported back to Britain next week, The Independent can reveal.     
  • Steep thrills: Italy's recession-hit resorts p ...
    In the battle to attract skiers after the first big snowfalls of the season, the Alps’ recession-hit resorts are counting on their scariest pistes to bring in the winter thrill-seekers.     
  • Video: Sperm whale explodes
    If you thought you had a tough job then it's nothing compared to this man. He started cutting open a dead sperm whale only for it to explode violently in his face.     
  • Ten years after the invasion: Iraq helpless un ...
    “A wall of water came at us as if a dam had broken,” lamented Razaq Madloul, as he looked at the ruined houses standing in a muddy swamp where he and dozens of other farmers had lived until a devastating flood last week.     

The Daily Galaxy

  • Minerals Present When Life Emerged in Hadean E ...
        Life originated as a result of natural processes that exploited early Earth's raw materials. Scientific models of life's origins almost always look to minerals for such essential tasks as the synthesis of life's molecular building blocks or the supply of metabolic energy, which assume ...
  • Venus' "Once Earth-like Atmosphere" --New NASA ...
          Astrobiologist David Grinspoon believes that scientists should look at our neighboring planets to help understand the perils of global warming. “It seems that both Mars and Venus started out much more like Earth and then changed. They both hold priceless climate information for Eart ...
  • Cosmic "Sonic Boom" Brightens Tycho's Supernov ...
                   When a star explodes as a supernova, it shines brightly for a few weeks or months before fading away. Yet the material blasted outward from the explosion still glows hundreds or thousands of years later, forming a picturesque supernova remnant. What powers such long-lived b ...
  • "Life on Alien Planets May Only Be Fleeting" ...
        Because planets and life are so young in our Universe, says Harvard's Dimitar Sasselov, perhaps "the human species are not late comers to the party. We may be among the early ones." Yet, If  life does exist anywhere else in the universe, it may only be fleeting.  Scientists are now to ...
  • "Comet of the Century" --A Blazing ISON on Its ...
        ISON! "The "Comet of the Century," first spotted in our skies in September 2012,has brightened brilliantly in the last few days as it nears its Nov. 28 close encounter with the sun. If it survives the heat, radiation and gravity of the Sun (which could cause it to disintegrate) there ...

Natural News

  • Ban-crazed Bloomberg now pushing to outlaw Sty ...
    With a little more than one month left before his final term as mayor comes to an end, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the politician famed for trying (but failing) to ban large sodas, is attempting to get just one more ban in before he heads off into retirement. The...
  • Support your heart with chocolate
    Recent recommendations from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology expanding the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs to a whole new segment of our population underline the medical community's continued reliance on pharmaceuticals for treating...
  • Yet another scandal: Census Bureau faked unemp ...
    A little-discussed element regarding the various and sundry scandals committed during the Obama years is that many of the agencies committing breaches of the public's trust are filled with bureaucrats who have the same statist, left-leaning political mindset as the president...
  • Black widow spiders found in grapes in several ...
    Halloween may be over, yet it seems that the feared black widow spider is still lurking around. But instead of appearing as a scary plastic prank, the live arachnid is ending up in our food. Ongoing sightings of black widow spiders appearing in grape packages have made...
  • Scientists develop amazing new waterproof surf ...
    The advancement of science has taken yet another groundbreaking cue from nature, this time in the development of state-of-the-art waterproof materials. A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has reportedly come up with an amazing new...

Threat Level

  • Ding Ding Ding! Video Poker ‘Hackers’ Cleared ...
    Two gamblers who took advantage of a software bug to win a small fortune from casino video poker machines will enjoy Thanksgiving this year without the threat of federal prison hovering over them like a carving knife.     
  • Lavabit Strikes Back at Feds in Key Internet P ...
    Lawyers for secure e-mail provider Lavabit just filed the reply brief in a case that will determine whether an internet company can be compelled to turn over the master encryption keys for its entire system to facilitate court-approved surveillance on ...     
  • Alleged Silk Road Owner Denied Bail; Prosecuto ...
    Federal prosecutors in New York dropped a bombshell in their response to a bail request from alleged Silk Road owner Ross Ulbricht. In a filing to the court today in New York, they say that Ulbrict, as the Dread Pirate ...     
  • Family of Alleged Silk Road Owner Launches $50 ...
    Family and friends of alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht have launched a legal defense fund and web site to raise $500,000 on his behalf, telling would-be contributors that the case against Ulbricht has far-reaching implications for freedom on the ...     
  • Feds Charge Cybercriminals as 21st Century Rac ...
    Until it closed two years ago, Carder.su was an online cybercrime forum used by some 7,900 fraudsters around the world. The site was allegedly headed by a Russian named Roman Zolotarev, and it boasted a slew of high-end vendors and ...     

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Politico Attacks White House for Using Bush Me ...
    Despite the massive--and tightly scripted--Republican effort to dominate the media reporting about the troubled launch of the Affordable Care Act, slowly but surely success stories are beginning to appear in the headlines. Just this week, articles detailed the growing Obamacare enrollment momen ...
  • Memo to Media: Employers Have Been Slashing I ...
    Last week, Americans learned about the GOP playbook laying out the strategies, tactics and talking points the Republican faithful should use to demagogue the Affordable Care Act. A quick glance at Monday's headlines from the Chicago Tribune ("Employers could drop health care"), the Wall Street ...
  • America's Health Care Cost Slowdown and the Di ...
    Six years after the start of the Great Recession, there should be little disagreement what America's number one domestic priority should be. With unemployment still stuck around 7 percent four plus years after that recession was declared "over," creating jobs has to be Job #1. That urgency is ...
  • How JFK Would Have Handled the Health Insurers
    As he tries to right the course with the troubled launch of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama finds himself at the mercy to the American insurance industry. And that's not a good place for him--or the American people--to be. After all, while Obama now needs the insurers to work o ...
  • Insurers Widen Profits by Narrowing Choice of ...
    During the run-up to the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Americans were introduced to a dictionary of terms used by health insurers to maximize their profits by denying or dropping coverage for the costliest customers. For example, a "pre-existing condition" allowed the insurance co ...

Global Research.ca

  • Obamacare: Employers to Cancel Plans for Milli ...
    As the fallout continues over the cancelation notices sent to millions of people covered by health plans in the individual insurance market, it is becoming clear that millions more workers and their families are expected to lose their employer-based coverage…
  • US Sends B-52s to China’s Air Defence Zone
    In a deliberately provocative move, the US announced yesterday that two B-52 strategic bombers conducted a training mission over the disputed Senkakus islands (known as Diaoyu in China) in the East China Sea, just days after Beijing declared an “air…
  • Disputing the Official Theory that Oswald was ...
    It has been a frustrating couple of weeks, watching, listening and otherwise searching in vain for any balanced media coverage within the many JFK retrospectives that have been offered up on TV, radio and newspapers about the 50th anniversary of…
  • Suppressing the Truth on Syria: Mother Agnes M ...
    Here’s what it looks like when a respected reporter tweets about his blackmail note to an established anti-war organization regarding the organization’s upcoming conference in a tweet on November 15: ”jeremy scahillVerified account‏@jeremyscahill “I’ve informed organizers of @STWuk that I& ...
  • Obama Approves New US-Canada Fracked Gas Pipel ...
    Although TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has received the lion’s share of media attention, another key border-crossing pipeline benefitting tar sands producers was approved on November 19 by the U.S. State Department. Enter Cochin, Kinder Morgan’s 1,900-mile propos ...

TPM Cafe

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

  • We Have the Renewable Energy We Need to Power ...
    A leading researcher says we have enough wind and solar to power the world. Are we willing to do what's necessary to transform our society? The environment is one bad news story after another. The Pacific Ocean is warming at a rate faster than anything seen in the last 10,000 years and ...
  • Plan Proposed to Allow Fracking Wastewater to ...
    A Coast Guard plan would allow companies to ship wastewater in bulk on barges on the nation’s 12,000 miles of waterways. The U.S. Coast Guard, which regulates the country’s waterways, will allow shale gas companies to ship fracking wastewater on the nation’s rivers and lakes under a proposed p ...
  • Great Lakes and $7 Billion Fishing Industry Th ...
    The insatiable and destructive Asian carp is reproducing in the Great Lakes watershed for the first time—now what? This story first appeared in OnEarth Magazine.Fifty years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service imported a species of Asian carp to Arkansas as part of an initiative to control ...
  • The Fight to Take Public Assets Back from Priv ...
    No state has seen more "reverse" privatizations of water resources than California. While high profile privatizations have dominated the news in recent years, a new trend is quietly emerging -- communities taking public assets back under public control. The trend is most pronounced i ...
  • A Year Since Superstorm Sandy, Disaster Is Far ...
    No one can stop the next superstorm, mega wildfire, or 1,000-year flood. But we can get behind stopping the pollution that's disrupting our climate. A year has passed since Sandy, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history, slammed into the Eastern Seaboard, causing $65 billion in damage ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Poor Construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline ...
    Congressional Oversight Hearings are Needed on the Keystone XL Pipeline Construction to Protect Health and Safety of the Public and Environment The bad news about the Keystone XL pipeline just keeps coming. After months of research, Public Citizen has brought to light the grave risks posed by su ...
  • Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” Takes on Tran ...
    Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” took issue today with a misleading television ad, sponsored by TransCanada in support of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The ad, titled “TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline: Eliminate America’s reliance on foreign energy” urges Americans to support the pipeline ...
  • Letter Calling for Congressional Oversight Hea ...
    Dear Senators and Representatives, Last Tuesday (Nov. 12), CBS reported that nearly 50 percent of the welds on a section of the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline were faulty. That revelation was based on a Sept. 26, 2013, warning letter to pipeline owner TransCanada from the Pipeline ...
  • Congress Should Investigate Construction Probl ...
    Public Citizen today called for congressional oversight hearings and a thorough investigation of the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline because of reports of serious flaws and a warning by a federal agency that nearly half the welds in one section of pipe required repairs. In a letter ...
  • Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to Hold Hear ...
    U.S. Nuclear power plants and foreign control In September 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission denied an operating license to Unistar Nuclear Energy for its planned third reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland because it is fully owned by France’s Électricité de France (EDF)-a foreign entity. ...

Unexplained Mysteries

Grassroots

  • MPP’s Much Ado About Women
    b_350_0_16777215_00_images_stories_women_2012-12-20_afiche_mujeres.jpg Haiti, like everywhere else, has a complex relationship with women. Women’s work in and out the home is invaluable, sometimes the difference between: eating or not, ...
  • 140 Indigenous Families Win Back Land in Guatemala
    guatemala-cuc.jpg The Peasant Unity Committee (CUC) announced the redistribution of land last month to 140 indigenous and peasant families. The families were part of the largest violent eviction in the recent history of Guatemala in March 2 ...
  • Scaling up Agroecology: A new report from IATP ...
    brazil-mst_farmer.jpg Agroecology is not just a way of doing agriculture but, equally importantly, a way of thinking about agriculture holistically, systemically, and ecologically. Along with respect for nature -- the soil, water, seeds, et ...
  • TIAA-CREF Divests Social Choice Fund from Cont ...
    wedivest-logo.png Grassroots International and its partners in the We Divest coalition join activists from around the country in congratulating TIAA-CREF for taking a step toward living up to its motto, “Investment for the Greater Good ...
  • Supporting Progressive Grassroots Organization ...
    The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) estimates that 9.8 million people in and around the city of Tacloban in the Visayas region of the Philippines have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda and that at least 660,000 of the affected people were forced from their ...

Care 2

  • Why the Weather Forecast Isnt Always Right Bl ...
    Turns out climate change isnt just changing the seasons, its making it harder for professional weather forecasters to predict the weather. Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Radio-Controlled Camera Buggy 'Car-L' Meets A ...
    While almost everyone would love to hug and play with lions, issues arise for most of us like the possibility of winding up as lunch. Thankfully, the Internet allow us all the opportunity to vicariously get up close and personal with these 'Kings of the Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |&n ...
  • RIP Masti, the tiger who remained wild at hear ...
    The wild tiger Masti first came to public attention back in 2002 when he was filmed by tourists who saw him moving around with a trap on his leg in the forests of Nagarahole in Karnataka. Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • The Patient Photography of Steve Winter! VIDEO!
    National Geographic wildlife photographers have often recounted the painful waiting period that comes with getting the perfect shot. Countless hours are spent sitting within the stuffy confines of a blind or perched behind a crop of tall grasses, camera Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |& ...
  • Tiger road trip a move for good
    Auckland and Hamilton zoos male Sumatran tigers Oz and Jaka travel State Highway 1 tomorrow - to swap homes and cities to help further the international breeding programme for this critically endangered big cat. Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Ad ...

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • What Is Obama Doing with Iran?
    The Obama Administration appears to have a schizophrenic foreign policy that is guided solely by a desire to project an image to the US domestic political audience of vague leadership. Yet, when you look at the actual effects of the Obama Administration’s forays into the Arab Spring, the L ...
  • Barack Obama, President Hat Stand
    Ouch, and double ouch. GQ Magazine is out with its list of the 25 LEAST INFLUENTIAL people and, weighing in at 17, is the Chicago Kid, the Golden Child of Hawaii, the Healer of the Oceans. Mr. Nobel Peace Prize for Nothing himself, BAAAA RACCCKKKK OOOOOO BAAAAAA MA! (That’s my attempt to w ...
  • Iran Thread
    As some of you have noted, news breaking tonight that a deal with Iran has been reached that will lift economic sanctions on Iran: Iran and six major powers agreed early Sunday on an historic deal that freezes key parts of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for temporary relief on some economic ...
  • Kennedy, The Smoking Gun
    Unless you are at least 57 years old, you do not remember dick about the day Kennedy was shot and killed. But, you have lived your life immersed in an ocean of conspiracy theory–Lyndon Johnson killed him, the Mafia Killed him, the CIA killed him or the Cubans/Soviets whacked him. I’m ...
  • What is Mike Rogers Covering Up?
    Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers is a Republican and the Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence aka HPSCI, but his actions with respect to Benghazi would make a first time visitor to our planet think that Rogers is a Democrat partisan. What the hell is going on with this g ...

Futurismic

  • An introduction to infrastructure fiction &#82 ...
    I am very pleased to publish my talk from Improving Reality 2013. Here is the video version… followed by my slides and script, because, well, I’m a writer, and not a natural orator. (I need to work on that, I think.) IR was a day of fascinating talks, and I heartily recommend all of ...
  • An introduction to infrastructure fiction — Im ...
    I am very pleased to publish my talk from Improving Reality 2013. Here is the video version… followed by my slides and script, because, well, I’m a writer, and not a natural orator. (I need to work on that, I think.) IR was a day of fascinating talks, and I heartily recommend all of ...
  • Wrist-deep in the grab-bag of the quotidian
    Atemporality, eh? [Spotted by the freshly deracinated Tim Maughan, currently on foot patrol in NYC, who noted that both of those futures -- and, implicitly, all futures -- are in the past tense.] Speaking of the quotidian grab-bag, here’s an interesting project: remixdemix. I’m not q ...
  • Wrist-deep in the grab-bag of the quotidian
    Atemporality, eh? [Spotted by the freshly deracinated Tim Maughan, currently on foot patrol in NYC, who noted that both of those futures -- and, implicitly, all futures -- are in the past tense.] Speaking of the quotidian grab-bag, here’s an interesting project: remixdemix. I’m not q ...
  • The death of the cool: fan-fiction futurism
    Part [x] in an ongoing and probably endless series of examples of why it might be that, outwith the futurism community and the managerial class, hardly anyone takes the word “futurist” seriously. Today’s victim is Dan Abelow, and this post of his at the World Future Society’s blog. S ...

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

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

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • NSA Boundless Informant explicated - for moar ...
    Just had to crosspost this relatively down-to-earth explanation of how all the cell phone data is hoarded in the NSA mass data mining system. What this lacks in documentation it makes up for with relative plausibility & general lack of fancifulness. SOURCE: Cryptome.org : http://cryptome.o ...
  • Aha: Carbon Market digital currency "Ven" by H ...
    Lolz just stumbled on this - had to write a quick post with a lurid headline. Ven is like the Sharper Image / corporate greenwashing version of Bitcoins and it's all tied into a big ball of classic shady stuff. There is a really nice blob of greenwashing social constructions underpinning the Ven ...
  • Terrible Trans Pacific Partnership intellectua ...
    Finally got some clue into WTF is going on. They have been trying to keep this secret as hell because a planet of 6+ billion people might rebel at another horrible technocratic scheme to control everyone's brains :( VIA https://wikileaks.org/tpp/ - way to go wikileaks. Secret Trans-Pacific Part ...
  • Scott Hargarten Pirate Party City Council cand ...
    A friend of mine, Scott Hargarten, (@scotthargarten) is running for Minneapolis City Council with the new Pirate Party of Minnesota and participated in the Ward 10 debate today. While of course the Pirate Party is a small new political venture we are getting somewhere with advancing ideas of dir ...
  • Bitcoin taps $200 again as ecosystem for servi ...
    Prices around $200 USD now, interesting price patterns. Stabilization & slow growth reigned since the woolly early 2013 era. Here: Bitcoin fake fibonacci trend line fun - even in crashes it never broke thru the lowest trend line. It's hard but not impossible to see it below $100 again. I thi ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • The Real Reason Law Schools Are Raking in Cash
    The profession's in crisis, but the schools don't care. They're steeped in a toxic, hyper-capitalist worldview Since at least 1985, the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education has published annual statistics about the rates of enrollment at American law schools, ...
  • Will Legal Pot Hurt the Booze Business? What D ...
    With marijuana law reform sweeping the nation, will consumers be driven to drink more or less alcohol? As the legalization of recreational marijuana gains momentum across the United States with public support at an all-time high, many advocates eagerly await to see what effect legalization w ...
  • Bill Gates Imposes Microsoft Model on School R ...
    New school systems are stuck with a model designed to trash teachers, while Microsoft employees collaborate and work on teams. Schools have a lot to learn from business about how to improve performance, Bill Gates declared in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal in 2011. He pointed to his own c ...
  • It's Important to Know How the Stories We Tell ...
    When no one knows what comes next, the political advantage goes to the most powerful narrators. So where are we in the Iran narrative?I mean no disrespect to the victims of Iran’s terrorist clients, or the existential fears of Israelis and world Jewry, or U.S. security interests in the Middle ...
  • Michelle Obama 'Leans in', Just Not in the Dir ...
    Politico bashed the first lady recently, but her fights for children and low-income communities are the kind of activism we need I am not even sure where to start to respond to Michelle Cottle's recent Politico article in which she calls first lady Michelle Obama a "feminist's nightmare". Cott ...

Threat Level

  • Ding Ding Ding! Video Poker ‘Hackers’ Cleared ...
    Two gamblers who took advantage of a software bug to win a small fortune from casino video poker machines will enjoy Thanksgiving this year without the threat of federal prison hovering over them like a carving knife.     
  • Lavabit Strikes Back at Feds in Key Internet P ...
    Lawyers for secure e-mail provider Lavabit just filed the reply brief in a case that will determine whether an internet company can be compelled to turn over the master encryption keys for its entire system to facilitate court-approved surveillance on ...     
  • Alleged Silk Road Owner Denied Bail; Prosecuto ...
    Federal prosecutors in New York dropped a bombshell in their response to a bail request from alleged Silk Road owner Ross Ulbricht. In a filing to the court today in New York, they say that Ulbrict, as the Dread Pirate ...     
  • Family of Alleged Silk Road Owner Launches $50 ...
    Family and friends of alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht have launched a legal defense fund and web site to raise $500,000 on his behalf, telling would-be contributors that the case against Ulbricht has far-reaching implications for freedom on the ...     
  • Feds Charge Cybercriminals as 21st Century Rac ...
    Until it closed two years ago, Carder.su was an online cybercrime forum used by some 7,900 fraudsters around the world. The site was allegedly headed by a Russian named Roman Zolotarev, and it boasted a slew of high-end vendors and ...     

Equality Trust

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

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

Marler Blog

  • Salmonella Enteritidis at Pints & Quarts Pub & ...
    Public Health Muskegon County is nearing the conclusion of the investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened at least 29 people (25 Muskegon County, 4 Ottawa County). Laboratory... Continue Reading
  • Federico’s Mexican Restaurant E. coli Outbreak ...
    The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH)’s report of its investigation of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak in which 94 ill persons were identified was released today. According to... Continue Reading
  • Federico’s Mexican Restaurant E. coli Outbreak ...
    The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH)’s report of its investigation of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak in which 94 ill persons were identified was released today. According to... Continue Reading
  • Muskegon – Ottawa County Salmonella Outbreak at 31
    Krystle Wagner of the Grand Haven Tribune reports that one restaurant has been named (by itself) while another three restaurants and a grocery store are being protected by the Muskegon... Continue Reading
  • Muskegon – Ottawa County Salmonella Outbreak at 31
    Krystle Wagner of the Grand Haven Tribune reports that one restaurant has been named (by itself) while another three restaurants and a grocery store are being protected by the Muskegon... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • Tokyo: Honda shows MC-β short-distance EV
    Filed under: Coupe, Budget, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda, Design/Style, Electric Taking a page from Renault and the Twizy - the page that says you don't need real doors on a tiny electric vehicle - Honda has unveiled a new version of its tiny MC-β EV. That's tiny in terms of overall si ...
  • Los Angeles: 2015 Hyundai Tuscon Fuel Cell wil ...
    Filed under: LA Auto Show, SUV, Hyundai, Electric If nothing else, Hyundai wants to make it as easy as pie for you to check out its upcoming hydrogen-powered 2015 Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle. Given that the Korean automaker will be the first to offer a mass-produced fuel cell vehicle in the US ( ...
  • Quick Spin: Toyota Crown Royal Saloon Hybrid [ ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Quick Spins We don't often come into contact with the Toyota Crown Hybrid, especially in colors other than pink. But when Toyota offered us the keys and a half-hour window to test out the Japanese version of the Lexus GS on US soil not long ago, we had to accept. ...
  • Study: Oil company predicts gas-powered cars w ...
    Filed under: Technology, Electric "By 2070, the passenger road market could be nearly oil-free." That's the key line (for us, anyway) in a report out from Shell titled New Lens Scenarios. The oil giant is trying to understand the future (who isn't?) and to do that, it envisioned two possible ...
  • First Drive: 2014 BMW i3
    Filed under: Hatchback, BMW, First Drives, Electric We can only imagine the challenges BMW is going to have explaining the i3 electric vehicle to the world. It's got a new powertain (all-electric, with optional range extender), a new production method (carbon fiber reinforced plastic!), a new ...

Camera Obscura

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  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • Pt 2: U.S. Corporations Enlist Ex-Intelligence ...
    In this web-only interview, we continue the discussion with with Gary Ruskin, director of the Center for Corporate Policy, about the new report, "Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage Against Nonprofit Organizations." Click here to watch part 1 of this segment. The report details the divers ...
  • Pt 2: U.S. Corporations Enlist Ex-Intelligence ...
    In this web-only interview, we continue the discussion with with Gary Ruskin, director of the Center for Corporate Policy, about the new report, "Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage Against Nonprofit Organizations." Click here to watch part 1 of this segment. The report details the divers ...
  • Corporate Lobbyists Flood Warsaw Climate Talks
    WARSAW , Poland—The United Nations is holding this year’s climate conference in Warsaw, a city steeped in history. Nicolaus Copernicus, the famous Polish astronomer who first posited that the Earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa, is celebrated here. The Frederic Chopin Airport is n ...
  • VIDEO: Voices of the March for Climate and Soc ...
    See some of the people who came from around the world to demand climate justice as delegates meet for the U.N. climate summit in Warsaw, Poland. We speak with Rebecca Harms, president of the Green Group in the EU Parliament; Tolbert Thomas Jallah Jr., Pan African Climate Justice Alliance; As ...
  • Jeremy Hammond Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison ...
    Today in a federal courtroom in Manhattan, cyber-activist Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor. Watch a press conference with his attorneys. SARAH KUNSTLER : We fought the good fight. We talked about Jeremy's motivations a ...

Solari

  • Special Report: The Vatican Hires an Auditor & ...
    By Catherine Austin Fitts Every few weeks I see a headline that rocks my world. These headlines often describe events that other people find mundane, or unimportant. However, for me they speak to important financial “trim tabs.” A “trim tab” is tiny rudder that turns the ...
  • What Percentage of My Assets Should I Hold in ...
    *Solari Note: We are now republishing Catherine’s commentary so it can be viewed by all Solari Readers, original publishing date was November 11, 2013* By Catherine Austin Fitts I am often asked what percentage of their total assets or liquid portfolio a person or family should hold in pr ...
  • Genetically Modified Foods Proposed as Trigger ...
    By PRNewswire The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) released a report today proposing a link between genetically modified (GM) foods and gluten-related disorders. In today’s report, a team of experts suggests that GM foods may be an important environmental trigger for gluten sensi ...
  • Coming Clean: Beyond the Fiscal Cliff – ...
    **Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!** By Catherine Austin Fitts The budget and the federal regulatory structure operate in accordance with a legacy industrial-based economic paradig ...
  • Oldest Buddhist Shrine Uncovered In Nepal May ...
    Photo Credit: Ira Block, National Geographic By Dan Vergano Time to push back Buddha’s birth date a century or so? Archaeologists may have uncovered evidence of the oldest Buddhist shrine yet discovered, dating to around 550 B.C. Located at Nepal’s Lumbini pilgrimage center, the leg ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

Inhabitat

  • Renzo Piano Completes Energy-Efficient Kimbell ...
    The new colonnaded pavilion echoes pieces of Kahn's design in its height, scale and layout as well as in its heavy focus on a glass, concrete and wood palette. Within the pavilion's two main structures--connected by glazed passageways--the interior gives way     
  • Philadelphia Becomes First U.S. City to Ban 3D ...
    Last week, the 10-member Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a preemptive measure banning the production of firearms made by 3D printers. In doing so, Philly has become the first U.S. city to outlaw a practice that has become a growing concern at     
  • Artist Alex Chinneck’s Mind-bending Building F ...
    London-based artist Alex Chinneck creates spectacles that combine illusion, humor, and design. In his work entitled "From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes" he fabricated a facade that appears to be sliding off an apartment building! The work explores     
  • The Inhabitat Team Shares Their Favorite Thank ...
    Mike Chino, Managing Editor: Pan-Seared Brussel Sprouts 1 lb Brussels sprouts, ends trimmed and cut in half 2 tbsp butter 1 tbsp oil salt and pepper to taste (I like lots of pepper and italian herbed salt) I grew up with steamed Brussels sprouts     
  • Canada’s Vertigo-Inducing Capilano Suspension ...
    The bridge was originally constructed in 1889 by George Grant Mackay, a Scottish civil engineer and park commissioner for Vancouver. Initially a wood construction, in 1903 the bridge was replaced with a wire cable bridge, then being completely rebuilt in 1956.     

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • The Surfing Solution: How Seawater Can Help Tr ...
    Cystic fibrosis, it turns out, doesn’t like salt water. Inhaling it rehydrates the airways, allowing mucus to flow more easily and be dislodged by coughing. Patients have used saline nebulizers to achieve this effect for years, and new units are ...     
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Mach 1000 Shockwave
    When a star explodes as a supernova, it shines brightly for a few weeks or months before fading away. Yet the material blasted outward from the explosion still glows hundreds or thousands of years later, forming a picturesque supernova remnant. ...     
  • Vaccine Implant Could Eliminate Painful Booste ...
    A new remote-controlled vaccine delivery system could eliminate the need for follow-up booster shots. The system uses a single shot to deliver a small, squishy, vaccine-containing hydrogel sphere to a spot beneath the skin. Then, swallowing a pill releases additional ...      ...
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Anemic Spiral Galaxy
    How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? Although presently estimated to be about 310 million light years distant, a more precise determination could be coupled with its known recession speed to help humanity better calibrate the expansion rate of ...     
  • The Window: Generating Energy With Sunlight, M ...
    Take a look inside the first commercial-scale solar energy plant to use nothing more than the sun, molten salt, and a whole lot of mirrors to send power to the people. If the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy facility works as ...     

PakAlert

  • U.S. generals now take action to watch Obama
    After one of them called for the “forced ” of President Obama and congressional leaders in response to multiple grievances, including the alleged political purge of hundreds of senior military officers, two retired U.S. generals are creating a citizens’ commission to scrutinize Obama administrat ...
  • Martial Law Drills Taking Place Nationwide — B ...
    Martial law drills packaged as “overseas” urban warfare drills plague cities across the U.S. as concerned citizens flood local newsrooms with calls
  • NY Mayor – Drunk, Handcuffed, Cussing And Thre ...
    In the video below we see NY Mayor Gordon Jenkins after being taken into custody for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), handcuffed and cussing up a storm before threatening cops and attempting to bully his way out of trouble
  • Facebook Removes Weather and HAARP Pages Total ...
    Facebook removed TheWeatherSpace.com Network on November 12, 2013 without a solid reason as to why. In fact all sites on the server were gone. A chemtrail monitoring page, a HAARP Status Monitoring Page, a Southern California Weather Page, and the National Weather Page. All pages totaled over ...
  • Two US bombers Violates “Defense Zone” After C ...
    In a move designed to challenge China’s “air defense zone,” the US flew two B-52 Bombers over disputed islands in the East China Sea just days after Beijing implicitly threatened to shoot down aircraft entering the area

Andy Worthington

  • Video: Omar Khadr’s US Lawyer, Sam Moris ...
    If you have the time to watch a 46-minute video about Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen and former child prisoner held at Guantánamo for 11 years, then I heartily recommend the recording of a recent talk in Canada by Sam Morison, a civilian lawyer working for the US Department of Defense, who rec ...
  • Save the NHS: Demonstrate in London to Save A& ...
    This is rather last minute, but I hope it will be useful. The nursing campaign group, the 4:1 Campaign, has organised a protest outside the Department of Health (on Whitehall, almost opposite 10 Downing Street), tomorrow lunchtime (Tuesday November 26, 2013), from noon until 2pm, and I am going ...
  • Andy Worthington: An Archive of Guantánamo Art ...
    Please support my work! Next March it will be eight years since I gave my life over to chronicling Guantánamo and the 779 men (and boys) held there, and campaigning to get the prison closed. I did this initially through my book The Guantánamo Files, and, for the last six and a half years, I [&#8 ...
  • Senate Passes Bill to Help Close Guantánamo; N ...
    I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us – just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our ac ...
  • From Guantánamo, Shaker Aamer Says, “Tel ...
    Please sign the petition, on the Care 2 Petition Site, calling for the release from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison. In September 2013, a team from CBS News’ “60 Minutes” show traveled to Guantánamo, producing a 13-minute show, “Life at ...

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Sciencebase

  • Bromide in yer tea? Pull the other one
    According to Brian Clegg, writing about “bromide” in Chemistry World this week. Bromide salts had an early role in reducing the impact of epilepsy and seizures, which were at the time thought to be caused by an over-active libido and more specifically masturbation. “Potassium b ...
  • Time travel paradox
    Okay…you know people always say that travelling back in time, with a “time machine”, wormhole or whatever, would be impossible because if you could go back in time, you might bump into your grandparents before your parents were conceived and somehow your presence prevents one o ...
  • A pre-festive warning
    I know some of you will be starting to think about Christmas already…don’t worry, that’s fine. I’ve got a little sing-along-a-Dave treat coming up for you with which you can begin the “celebrations”. I might even accept gifts this year, as long as they’r ...
  • Elephanticide
    There’s a “photo” on the internet that’s been circulating for months, but is gaining new traction on Facebook for some reason as people start to share it blindly. It purports to show an elephant that has been shot while eating and shows the “family” who allege ...
  • A Faraday look in his eyes
    More poetic silliness with a scientific bent. This time another hero, one of the great polymath scientist and science communicators – Michael Faraday – who started out as a chemical assistant to Sir Humphry Davy, inventor of the eponymous miner’s lamp. A Faraday look in his eye ...

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Lifehacker

  • Why I'm a PC Gamer
    The new consoles may be making headlines right now, but I won't be buying one. I haven't bought one since the original Xbox. Why? I already have a gaming machine with better graphics, a better controller, and more flexibility...and it didn't cost much, either. I'm talking, of course, about a PC. ...
  • Why I'm a Console Gamer
    With the release of every new console, I always have to ask myself: is this the year I return to PC gaming and stop buying consoles? The answer, every time, is a resounding no. Here's why.Read more...     
  • Use a Shammy as a Washable, Reusable Swiffer Cloth
    The Swiffer is easily one of the best inventions of our generation. But those single-use cloths get annoying when you have to keep buying them. Karah over at The Space Between discovered that shammys actually make great washable, reusable Swiffer cloths.Read more...     
  • PS4 vs. Xbox One: The Comparison We Had To Make
    Two new gaming consoles. Both very powerful. Both very ambitious. Both about to meet head to head... and do battle for your time, money and attention, as well as the fate of the universe!Read more...     
  • How expensive is freedom?
    Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more ...

Water Wars

  • Talk to India to resolve water row: Pakistani ...
    Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Engage with India to find a peaceful solution to trans-boundary water-sharing, said a leading Pakistani daily Wednesday. "...This has led many - from farmers to opposition politicians to ministers to jihadi groups - to blame India, the upper riparian, for Pakistan&# ...
  • Water Wars in the Coachella Valley
    A battle over water rights and water quality here in the Coachella Valley may come at a large cost.
  • Water Wars in the Coachella Valley
    A major legal battle over the Coachella Valley's most precious resource, water, is set to begin in three weeks.
  • Critical worldwide shortages could lead to wat ...
    Soon enough, whichever country starts marketing these critically important desalinization plants worldwide will make a lot of money and grow to be seen as a savior for millions of the world’s people.
  • Water Wars: Huge Huntington Beach Desalination ...
    A controversial desalination plant proposed for a site on the coastline in Huntington Beach hit a California-Coastal-Commission-shaped snag yesterday, sending the company behind the project, Poseidon Resources, back to the drawing board. The Huntington Beach plant and another Poseidon desalinati ...

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

The Wonk Room

  • Why Is Amsterdam Seeking Urine Donations For I ...
    Looking for a fun fact to bring up at the Thanksgiving Day table? The city of Amsterdam has begun collecting urine from public urinals in order to fertilize roofs of buildings that are covered with vegetation.The post Why Is Amsterdam Seeking Urine Donations For Its Green Roofs? appeared first o ...
  • Whole Foods Workers Strike In Protest Of Worki ...
    Whole Foods workers in Chicago will walk out on Wednesday, saying they want "to participate in the holiday ourselves."The post Whole Foods Workers Strike In Protest Of Working On Thanksgiving appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • 99 Percent Of New Electric Capacity Installed ...
    The U.S. added 699 megawatts of new capacity to produce electricity in October and 99 percent, or 694 MW, came from renewable sources.The post 99 Percent Of New Electric Capacity Installed In October Comes From Renewable Energy appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • NOM’s Violent Rhetoric: The Marriage Equ ...
    The National Organization for Marriage is keen to paint an ugly picture of the marriage equality movement, but its violent rhetoric just doesn't measure up.The post NOM’s Violent Rhetoric: The Marriage Equality Movement Is A ‘Bullying Behemoth’ appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Former Ambassador Compares Obama To People Who ...
    The internet is ablaze with some fairly shocking news: Obama is 'closing the Vatican embassy!' We look at the facts. The post Former Ambassador Compares Obama To People Who ‘Bomb Churches And Kill Catholics’ appeared first on ThinkProgress.

thwap's schoolyard

  • Impressionable Youth
    It's weird how something you experienced as a youngster can make such a strong impression on you ....
  • I Hope Day Don't Have Dee Lady Moaning On Dis ...
  • Stupid & Shameless
    That's about the size of it for your "conservative" political base. Soon, we'll find out that somewhere between 15 and 20 % of Torontonians are debased enough to say: "Sure, he beats his wife and fucks underage girls, and drives drunk, and sends his city-paid staff to run personal errands for hi ...
  • Scandal-riffic!
    Gawd, but Rob Ford's stupidity and hypocrisy, .... his total lack of shame, ... his bullshit apologies, .... it's like as if all the mental sludge of the "Blogging Tories" ooozed out of their brains and congealed into this rancid parody. And stephen harper's response o his own self-inflicted di ...
  • Us vs. Them: Part XXIX
    When we on the bleeding-heart, loony left hear about gang violence in Toronto, especially the shootings in the Eaton's Centre, Yonge Street or the Danzig neighbourhood, ... we tend to want to see the perpetrators apprehended, but there is also a lot of discussion about how these gangs and the ac ...

Science Express

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

End Homelessness | Change.org

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

Ceasefire.ca

  • Able Archer: The war that didn’t happen
    Thirty years ago, in November 1983, one of the most dangerous crises of the Cold War occurred when the Soviet leadership convinced itself that the United States might be about to launch a nuclear attack.
  • Cost of ships could surpass $105 billion
    Public Works has released a through-life cost estimate for the Canadian government's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. Costs are estimated to reach $105 billion and critics argue it could go higher.
  • Dismissive CSSA President sent as Canadian del ...
    The Harper government spent taxpayers' money to send Steve Torino, the President of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, to a conference on the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, despite the fact the CSSA dismissed the Programme as not "even remotely important."
  • Steven Staples interviewed by Sun News on &#82 ...
    Ceasefire.ca responds to Sun TV's attack on I Remember for Peace
  • Do you remember for peace?
    Sign up to be counted this November 11 as someone who remembers for peace!

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

War in Context

  • Pope attacks ‘tyranny’ of capitalism
    Reuters reports: Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny” and beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on Tuesday setting out a platform for his papacy and calling for a renewal of the Catholic Church. The 84-page document, ...
  • NSA may have hit Internet companies at a weak spot
    The New York Times reports: The recent revelation that the National Security Agency was able to eavesdrop on the communications of Google and Yahoo users without breaking into either company’s data centers sounded like something pulled from a Robert Ludlum spy thriller. How on earth, the compani ...
  • End the NSA dragnet now
    Senators Ron Wyden, Mark Udall, and Martin Heinrich write: The framers of the Constitution declared that government officials had no power to seize the records of individual Americans without evidence of wrongdoing, and they embedded this principle in the Fourth Amendment. The bulk collection of ...
  • Toxic lakes may emerge from Alberta’s tar-sand ...
    Bloomberg News reports: Canada is blessed with 3 million lakes, more than any country on Earth — and it may soon start manufacturing new ones. They’re just not the kind that will attract anglers or tourists. The oil sands industry is in the throes of a major expansion, powered by C$20 bill ...
  • Nuclear deal a win-win for U.S., Iran and even ...
    Barbara Slavin writes: The ink was not dry on the historic Geneva nuclear accord with Iran before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced it as a “historic mistake” that would allow Iran to cheat and get closer to nuclear weapons. Netanyahu may have been doing Iran a favor. By critic ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Video: Comments on Human-Induced Global Warmin ...
    With much fanfare from the faithful (a grand total of 15 comments as of this writing), SkepticalScience recently released their 4-Hiroshima-Bombs-per-second widget. Their claimed intent is to “raise the awareness of global warming”. Nonsense. Their intent is to scare people—children … Cont ...
  • CO2 in the air, CO2 in the seawater
    Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Inspired by some comments on another thread, I decided to see what I could find in the way of actual measurements of the amount of CO2 in the surface layer of the ocean. I found … Continue reading →
  • World agricultural output continues to rise, d ...
    Guest essay by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times The year 2013 has been a great year for global agriculture. Record world production of rice and healthy production of wheat and corn produced strong harvests across the world. … Continue reading →
  • Spectacular video: Comet ISON imaged from a La ...
    NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, is monitoring Comet ISON as it approaches the sun. NASA’s twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft are parked in Langrange zones, known as the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points, each centered about … C ...
  • Real pollution (not ‘carbon’ pollu ...
    From the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: A common theme among climate alarmists is that the wrongly named ‘carbon pollution’ aka carbon dioxide, increases the frequency and intensity of storms. Observational data show that NOT to be true,  and this new study … Continue r ...

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Biosingularity

  • Healing Damaged Hearts With Stem Cell Implants ...
    We’re much better at saving the lives of those who suffer a heart attack these days. Sadly, many people survive a heart attack only to later succumb to heart failure from the damage it caused. Modern methods help heal the heart somewhat after a heart attack, but cardiologists think stem cell the ...
  • Predicting the fate of stem cells
    University of Toronto researchers have developed a method that can rapidly screen human stem cells and better control what they will turn into. The technology could have potential use in regenerative medicine and drug development. Findings are published in this week\’s issue of the journal ...
  • How Staph Toxin Disables the Immune System
    Scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Center report the discovery of a novel mechanism by which Staphylococcus aureus bacteria attack and kill off immune cells. They say their findings “Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxin ED Targets the Chemokine Receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 to Kill Leukocytes and Pro ...
  • Monaco and humanitarian aid for a heart surgery
    In this compassionate video, the monaco humanitarian aid organization describes a 12 year old girl, Aminata Keita who lives in Barnako, in the African country of Mali with a heart condition. Aminata suffers from cardiomyopathy, which results in failure of the heart and requires complicated and d ...
  • Could A Dopamine Gene Be the Answer to a Longe ...
    A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that a version of a gene coding for a receptor for the brain chemical dopamine was 66% more common among people who lived to be 90 or older than among a group of younger people who were otherwise similar.  The variant leads to a weaker respo ...

CFACT

  • The UN global warming hoax is slowly dying!
    Alan Caruba boosts CFACT and the Heartland Institute for helping bring about the death of the Kyoto Protocol -- with a toast to newly elected Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the people and government of Poland. Major media outlets such as Business Week and the New York Times, however, ...
  • Subsidizing green energy is like supporting op ...
    With domestic oil and natural gas production soaring thanks to fracking, the nation is taking a harder look at subsidies and mandates for so-called "Green" energy. EPA for the first time proposed to reduce the amount of ethanol that has to be added to gasoline. An Arizona state agency just ad ...
  • A climate of fear, cash, and correctitude
    With their heads in the sand, University of Nebraska scientists (sic) are refusing to accept state money to focus on natural causes of climate variation. Driessen and Mitchell suggst they dare not tread far away from the "settled science" that the ONLY notable cause of climate change is human a ...
  • Video: Apollo VII Astronaut Walt Cunningham ta ...
    There are few people on Earth as carefully vetted, as rigorously trained and as highly respected as America's Apollo astronauts. Colonel Walt Cunningham, lunar module pilot on Apollo VII, explains why America's space pioneers are shocked and dismayed by today's politicization of science to serv ...
  • COP 19: UN “consensus” at global warming summit
    While the UN's global warming mandarins and profiteers may have liked more, they jet out of Warsaw still in control of the game.

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Natural Health News

  • New Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Could Dou ...
    By Dr. Mercola One in four Americans over the age of 45 currently take a statin drug, despite the fact that there are over 900 studies proving their adverse effects, which run the gamut from muscle problems to increased cancer risk. Now, new treatment guidelines for high cholesterol will ...
  • Is Your Perfume Poison?
    By Dr. Mercola Spritzing on perfume or cologne is a daily ritual for many, not to mention that the vast majority of personal care products – shampoo, lotion, deodorant – contain fragrances of their own. There’s a dirty little secret the fragrance industry would rather y ...
  • Mercury Studies Censored by Industry Leaders
    By Dr. Mercola Efforts to stop the archaic practice of using amalgam “mercury” fillings have been gaining speed, with several significant milestones taking place in 2013. The culmination took place in October, when a legally binding international treaty to control the use of this ...
  • The Environmental Costs of Corn-Based Ethanol
    This is a Flash-based video and may not be viewable on mobile devices. Visit the Mercola Video Library By Dr. Mercola I’ve written extensively about the high price of genetically engineered (GE) crops on human health and ecosystems, and these ramifications are becoming increasingly w ...
  • The Health Benefits of Fiber
    By Dr. Mercola Public health guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advise Americans to eat between 20 and 30 grams of fiber a day, but most adults don’t even eat half that much. This isn’t surprising, since fiber refers to the indigestible portion of plant ...

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

  • The ASP’s Respect for the Rome Statute
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Article 51(4) of the Rome Statute: The Rules of Procedure and Evidence, amendments thereto and any provisional Rule shall be consistent with this Statute. Article 63(1) of the Rome Statute: The accused shall be present during the trial. New Rule 134ter o ...
  • Will Russia Comply with the ITLOS Ruling? Pro ...
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku It looks like Russia is not going to comply with last week’s ITLOS ruling, ordering it to release the Arctic Sunrise and its passengers upon payment of a bond. Russia is not going to comply with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’s Friday ru ...
  • Even in Defeat, the DOJ Is Petty Regarding Assange
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller According to the Washington Post, the Department of Justice has essentially decided against trying to prosecute Julian Assange for publishing the Chelsea Manning documents: The officials stressed that a formal decision has not been made, and a grand jury ...
  • ITLOS Orders Russia to Release ARCTIC SUNRISE ...
    by Craig H. Allen [Craig H. Allen is the Judson Falknor Professor of Law at the University of Washington in Seattle.] The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) dealt a blow to the Russian Federation on November 22nd, when it ordered Moscow to release the Arctic Sunrise and the ...
  • Weekly News Wrap: November 25, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Middle East Iran and six world powers clinched a deal to curb the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for initial sanctions relief, signalling the start o ...

Public News Service

  • Advocate: Questions Remain on CPS Plan for Uni ...
    Advocate: Questions Remain on CPS Plan for Uninvestigated Cases PHOENIX - The state's welfare department has come up with a plan to deal with more than 6,000 cases alleging child abuse and neglect that Child Protective Services failed to investigate. Cases would be screened by next week, and t ...
  • Congress: Rolling Back Home-Buyers' Protections?
    Congress: Rolling Back Home-Buyers' Protections? PHOENIX - Many homeowners this year are thankful for signs of a recovering housing market and new rules limiting uncontrolled fees linked to the mortgage meltdown. But legislation in Congress would roll back some consumer protections, making it mo ...
  • Survey: Dangerous Toys Still Found on Store Sh ...
    Survey: Dangerous Toys Still Found on Store Shelves PHOENIX - It still pays to be cautious when shopping for toys. A report released today by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund describes several toys on the market that pose hazards ranging from toxins to choking. Spokeswoman Shaina Shay of PIRG w ...
  • Historic Transition of Farm and Ranch Land in U.S.
    Historic Transition of Farm and Ranch Land in U.S. PHOENIX - What could be America's largest transition of farm and ranch land ownership is under way, a trend that has many across the state and nation wondering about their next steps. According to Karen Stettler, program organizer for the Land ...
  • Shareholder Support for Cracker Barrel Elimina ...
    Shareholder Support for Cracker Barrel Eliminating Gestation Crates PHOENIX – The recent decision by Cracker Barrel restaurants to remove gestation crates from its pork supply chain is earning praise from its shareholders. At Cracker Barrel's annual meeting, shareholders voted in favor o ...

Center for Food Safety

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

Pensieve

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

Green Times

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

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • White Man’s Burden – the Israeli O ...
    (crossposted from the Villages Group blog) Dear Friends, By a miracle of sorts, we had a mostly peaceful day in South Hebron today; such an event is so rare that I thought it might be worth mentioning to you. In lieu of a more substantial report, let me just say that Abu Sharif and Fadil pl ...
  • What’s Behind Israel’s Boom-and-Bu ...
    One of the great successes of the Israeli government’s “Brand Israel” campaign has been the re-branding and re-packaging of Israel as a “Start-Up Nation”, attributing the source of its current wealth to its burgeoning hi-tech sector. As we know, the best propaganda ...
  • Just One More Unremarkable Arrest
    A friend wrote to us about a young ill Palestinian mother who was recently arrested in the West Bank, and their efforts to free her. This is the kind of ocurrence that happens routinely, yet is rarely covered in the press.  Physicians for Human Rights-Israel documented in 2008 how these kinds of ...
  • Today in Jayyous
    A picture of tear gas being shot by the Israeli army on unarmed protesters in the Palestinian village of Jayyous, who are holding Friday demonstrations to protest their land being taken by Israel. Photo by Mohammed Othman. You can follow what’s happening in Jayyous here.
  • Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But wil ...
    Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, which will take place in only 3 days. In October when the election was announc ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

  • Storm Warning: The Trial and Conviction of CJ ...
    by Barbara Lawrence, witness to trial 26 November 2013 Prelude Two days before I left to attend the retrial of Master Sergeant CJ Grisham, I received my annual National Rifle Association membership card in the mail. It was a reminder that though MSG Grisham has sought and received considerabl ...
  • How you Got Hit
    25 November 2013 Some people love war.  For most others, the disease is difficult to live with. Parents have it bad.  They are challenged to safeguard children while showing strength when schools close, food runs out, and fetching water can end with a sniper’s bullet. An oft-repea ...
  • Grisham Trial in Texas: The Party’s Over
    19 November 2013 by Barbara Lawrence, courtroom eyewitness This time it’s a beautiful sunny day, mild and temperate, despite being mid-November in Texas. The trees have turned luscious red, gold and tangerine colors throughout, and a light wind ruffles their leaves. The parkway has an empty ca ...
  • Justice in Texas
    18 November 2013 By Barbara Lawrence Trial No. 2 for Army Master Sergeant CJ Grisham begins this Monday morning in Temple, Texas.  The once smugly confident Master Sergeant has been floundering as his once cozy relationship with his legal team turns cold.   His first attorney quit th ...
  • Schießbaumwolle in Syrien
    11 November 2013 Schießbaumwolle, um hausgemachte Artillerie abzufeuern Der Krieg hat Syrien zerbrochen. Schwer bewaffnete Regierungstruppen kennen keinen Halt und werden jedwede Opposition zerstören um an der Macht zu bleiben. Die Regierung benutzt Luftschläge, Artilleriebombardements und Pa ...

The Killing Train

  • Afghanistan: Perils and Possibilities Oct 28, ...
    On October 28, 2013, Justin Podur gave a lecture for the Toronto Public Library's "Thought Exchange" series titled "Afghanistan: Perils and Possibilities". The lecture was based on his trip to Kabul in March 2013 and his chapter in the 2013 University of Toronto Press book, "Empire's Ally: Canad ...
  • Public action and a lifeline for rural workers ...
    Jean Dreze is an economist and activist who teaches at Allahabad University's Department of Economics. He has written on famines with Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics for work on the issue. I met him in India earlier this year and interviewed him over email. Justin Podur (JP): ...
  • Public action and a lifeline for rural workers ...
    Jean Dreze is an economist and activist who teaches at Allahabad University's Department of Economics. He has written on famines with Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics for that work. I met him in India earlier this year and interviewed him over email. Justin Podur (JP): I think ...
  • The future of India's conflict zones: Q/A July ...
    On July 25, 2013, at Hart House, at the University of Toronto, Justin Podur presented some background notes and observations on the indigenous (adivasi) struggle in Central India and the Kashmir conflict. Topics: Canada
  • The future of India's conflict zones: Q/A July ...
    On July 25, 2013, at Hart House, at the University of Toronto, Justin Podur presented some background notes and observations on the indigenous (adivasi) struggle in Central India and the Kashmir conflict.

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Democratic Voice of Burma

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ReDress News

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

Amazon Rainforest

  • Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
    Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
  • Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
      The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
  • European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
    Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
  • Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
    The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
  • Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
    Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- November ...
    Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
  • Podcast Show #119- Talking Turkey & The Possib ...
    Boiling Frogs Show Presents Pepe Escobar On this episode of Boiling Frogs Show we are joined by roving journalist Pepe Escobar to discuss the latest developments on Iran and Turkey pushing crossroad politics. The episode is more of a lively debate than a straight-forward interview. You will be h ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- November ...
    Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
  • De-Manufacturing Consent- “Mainstream Isn&#821 ...
    Guillermo Jimenez Presents Ben Swann On this edition of De-Manufacturing Consent: Guillermo is joined by the host of Full Disclosure and the founder of Truth in Media, Mr. Ben Swann. Guillermo and Ben discuss a variety of issues, including the recently launched “Just Us” campaign, de ...
  • NarcoNews Reports-Mexican President Peña Nieto ...
    APCO’s Contract Calls for Conducting Opinion Research on “Americans’ Perceptions of Mexico” By Bill Conroy The administration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is once again employing the services of a U.S.-based public relations firm with a controversial history. Documents filed under the ...

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Tikun Olam

  • Israeli Media ‘Reign of Error’ Predicting Iran ...
    Israel (and western ) media have a long history of predicting an impending Iranian nuke.  That history goes back at least to 1984 if not before.  Thanks to Israeli blogger and reporter for Calcalist, Omer Kabir, we have this history (Hebrew) in headlines and screenshots from Israel’s media ...
  • Iran Conflict Has Little to Do with Nukes
    Stephen Walt and Israeli “Arab affairs” reporter for Army Radio, Jackie Hugi, yesterday wrote two parallel analyses of the real reasons for the festering tension both between Iran and the west, and Iran and its regional neighbors.  In short, it’s not about nukes.  It’s ab ...
  • Israel’s Least Bad Reporting on Iran Deal
    Almost all the reporting from Israel about reactions to the Iran deal is terrible.  It stinks from the head, as they say about fish.  The head in this case is Bibi Netanyahu, who gave a pitiful performance in which he bitched and moaned to the world saying it wasn’t a “historic deal, ...
  • Bard College Reaffirms Relationship with Al Qu ...
    Bard College Pres. Leon Botstein has struck an entirely different note in his relationship with Al Quds University by reaffirming his institution’s ongoing collaboration in the aftermath of a controversial student rally at the Palestinian school.  The two schools have a far more ambitious ...
  • Brandeis President’s Hypocrisy
    In the past week, Brandeis University severed its academic affiliation with Palestine’s Al Quds University due to a campus rally by the Islamist militant group, Islamic Jihad.  The controversy began with Israel’s far-right prime minister railing about a “Nazi-like” rally ...

If Americans Knew

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

David J. Gregory

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

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • Talk Amongst Yourselves
    A couple of Wednesday morning conversation-starters… *The first thing I wanted to address is my embarrassing holes. This is a family blog, so, no,  this has nothing to do with my nostrils (which are real and exquisite.) It’s about holes in my…musical history, let’s say. I’ve always l ...
  • I’m just glad he gave me permission to live in ...
    SEK’S NEIGHBOR: I heard you talking on the phone about some “doctor” you think is all-powerful. SEK: What? SEK’S NEIGHBOR: On your phone, you were telling someone about this “doctor” you found, could do all these — come back from the dead. SEK: Wouldn&#8 ...
  • Home Care Workers
    For those of you who like long, detailed reports about the struggles of working people to earn a decent living in the United States, this report on home care workers is very much worth your while. An excerpt: In-home workers are more than 90 percent female, and are disproportionately immigrants. ...
  • Emissions Reductions
    As these researchers point out, it absolutely makes sense to engage in a significant emissions reduction program, even if India and China are going to pump out as much into the atmosphere as they can. Ultimately, preparing early for climate change is going to pay off down the road. But the polit ...
  • Wingnuttery Without Strategery
    Julia Ioffe’s article about Heritage Action is fascinating reading. As IB notes in comments, it’s not that Heritage was ever non-hackish, but “[w]hat has changed, however, is the organization’s ability to think strategically and act effectively. It’s gone from being an extremel ...

Desert Research Institute

  • DRI expands research and education opportuniti ...
    Through a new partnership with the University for Development Studies and World Vision International, DRI will establish an innovative research and education center focused on finding sustainable solutions to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and environmental problems confronting West Af ...
  • Scientists Present Lake Tahoe Nearshore Evalua ...
    Joint report marks initial collaborative step between the science community and resource management agencies to develop a comprehensive approach for assessing and managing the nearshore ecology and aesthetics of Lake Tahoe. 
  • A new look at air pollution sources and atmosp ...
    New research from DRI provides first thorough analysis of emissions from outdoor cremation rituals in India and Nepal.
  • DRI Open House to Feature Latest Solar Technology
    JoinNV Energy, DRI’s renewable energy experts and research scientists for a Solar Celebration on Saturday, October 5th at DRI’s Renewable Energy Deployment and Display (REDD) Facility for a hands-on tour.
  • Zach Johnson, Sept. 2013 Featured DRI Graduate ...
    Meet Zach Johnson, a Ph.D. student in the highly-ranked hydrology program at UNR. He is currently working with Dr. Rina Schumer while investigating the influence of transient storage zones (surface and hyporheic) on water quality in the lower Truckee River.

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • Fee Request Struck in Barbri Class Action Sett ...
    A federal judge has struck down an attorney's request for legal fees in a $9.5 million class action settlement resolving antitrust claims against the publisher of the Barbri bar exam review course.
  • Penn State Law to Cut Tuition for In-State Res ...
    The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law has announced a new program—the Commonwealth Scholars—that will cut annual tuition by $20,000 for Pennsylvanians, reducing the total cost of a juris doctor by $60,000.
  • Justices to Review Contraception Coverage in H ...
    The U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for its second major look at the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, agreeing to review the requirement that most employers provide health insurance coverage for contraception, including so-called "morning after" methods.
  • Objectors to BP Deal Bail on Appeal—and ...
    Three objectors to the $9.6 billion Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement have voluntarily withdrawn their appeal—weeks after plaintiffs lawyers moved to dismiss the challenge on the ground that the objectors weren’t actually class members.
  • Appeals Court: DNA Unlawfully Obtained, But No ...
    The government lawfully used a defendant?s DNA in a criminal prosecution even though its collection during the investigation of an unrelated crime violated the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

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

News Blaze

environment 360

  • Updated Conservation List Finds Forest Giraffe ...
    In an updated list released today, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) noted some significant successes and failures in global wildlife Wikimedia Commons Okapi, or forest giraffe conservation efforts. A major success story is the leatherback sea turtle, whos ...
  • A North Atlantic Mystery: Case of the Missing ...
    Endangered North Atlantic right whales are disappearing from customary feeding grounds off the U.S. and Canadian coasts and appearing in large numbers in other locations, leaving scientists to wonder if shifts in climate may be behind the changes. BY REBECCA KESSLER
  • Despite Discord, Climate Talks in Warsaw End W ...
    After more than 36 hours of continuous negotiations, delegates at the U.N. climate talks in Warsaw agreed to two last-minute deals that kept alive hopes for staving off climate change. At talks that ended Saturday, delegates agreed to a proposed system for pledging cuts in greenhouse gas emissio ...
  • Fish 2.0: A Contest Looks to Foster A More Sus ...
    Twenty pioneers in the sustainable seafood business climbed a stage at Stanford University earlier this month in an effort to woo the judges at the Fish 2.0 contest Click to Enlarge HM Terry Co. The winning project connects fishermen directly to customers. with proposals on how to chang ...
  • Majority of Americans Uninformed About Frackin ...
    Most Americans are uninformed and lack opinions on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a process used to extract oil and gas from rock formations, a new survey says. Fifty-eight percent of people surveyed specifically reported that they knew nothing at all about fracking, and the same percentage ...

Red Ice Creations

  • ’Not to share wealth with poor is to steal’: P ...
    Says Pope Francis on capitalism: "A new tyranny is thus born, invisible and often virtual, which unilaterally and relentlessly imposes its own laws and rules [...]To all this we can add widespread corruption and self-serving tax evasion, which has taken on worldwide dimensions. The thirst for po ...
  • Psychic Astronauts: Remote Viewing, Space Expl ...
    The emptiness of Fermi’s Paradox as an argument against ETs rests, I think, on the unlikelihood that advanced technological civilizations would ever explore or colonize their universe in the flesh. I’ve suggested here that the “reach” of ETs through space, and that of our own human or machine de ...
  • Ex-CIA Operative: Military Thwarted Obama’s Pl ...
    Dr. Jim Garrow, the same one that reported the death of Andrew Breitbart and Tom Clancy, came out as an ex CIA Agent recently. The same Jim Garrow that runs Pink Pagoda Girls that rescues young girls from death and abortion in China. He revealed in a November 18th Facebook message that among the ...
  • Hollywood ’Fight Club’ producer was Israeli sp ...
    Arnon Milchan, renowned producer of such Hollywood hits as "Pretty Woman," "Fight Club" and "LA Confidential", has come forth with perhaps his greatest story of all: he was an Israeli spy who helped boost the country’s nuclear program in the 70s and 80s. In an in depth interview broadcast on Mon ...
  • Monsanto, the TPP and Global Food Dominance
    “Control oil and you control nations,” said US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. “Control food and you control the people.” Global food control has nearly been achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that are distributed by only a few transnation ...

Not My Tribe

  • A lesson the US forgot about Iraq? Prosecute w ...
    COLORADO SPRINGS– Whose fault is it that America is “forgetting the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan”? We never learned them… Instead of prosecuting war criminals like General “H.R.” McMaster, assemblies of war lovers like the Colorado Springs World Affairs Cou ...
  • Israel wouldn’t know a “historic m ...
    International diplomats have secured an agreement with Iran which appears to defuse current tensions. Crippling economic sanctions will be relaxed in exchange for limiting Iran’s capability to produce nuclear weapons. Everybody is breathing easier except Israel. Why? Is the Israeli regime ...
  • New Mexico State Police treat African American ...
    OUT OF CONTROL. New Mexico state police stopped a minivan for speeding and the African American mother at the wheel decided, correctly it turned out, that she and her five children risked who knows what on a rural backroad at the hands of white cops. Oriana Ferrell of Tennessee –perhaps of ...
  • Okay then, self-congratulations to you for thi ...
    How about those journeyman activists throwing their social justice experience around like it’s inviolate because they’ve been at this longer than the whippersnappers trying to rock their slow boat to China. They know what works after thirty years of experience, and they’ll admi ...
  • Veterans Day: when antiwar activists can tell ...
    What are active duty soldiers doing in veterans day parades? It’s premature isn’t it, and self congratulatory? They’re being deployed to a public relations stint designed to admonish the public to remember their sacrifice, except present day recruits weren’t drafted. They ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • ReThink911 at the Ottawa Transit Commission
    Published on Nov 24, 2013 http://www.rethink911.org
  • Building 7: The Story the Times Missed - ReThi ...
    Related: What to Make of the NY Times Ignoring the ReThink911.org Campaign?
  • JFK: A Conspiracy Theory
    Everything you wanted to know about the JFK assassination in under 5 minutes. The Warren Commission: connecting the dots so you don't have to! A brief Corbett Report summation of Oswald, the assassination, the Warren Commission investigation and the media.
  • Proving a JFK Conspiracy Without Debating the ...
     From the Amazon.com reviews: "Definitive, documented, incisive and dead-on analysis in 5 volumes, - Doug Horne's scholarship is so far beyond the ken of his critics that they would do well to read his books, learn from them, and apologize to him. His work should, and I believe eventually ...
  • Debunking 'JFK: The Smoking Gun' - A Response ...
    In an online discussion I was told to watch the documentary JFK: The Smoking Gun which some friends thought provided a good explanation to the killing - that Secret service Agent Hickey accidentally fired the fatal head shot . Having some understanding of the case I ventured the f ...

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

  • Top human rights watchdog investigates Ethiopi ...
    The Ethiopian government has started evicting tribes such as the Mursi from their land to make way for large-scale plantations.© SurvivalThe African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the region’s top human rights body, has called for the forced relocation of thousands ...
  • Plight of Earth's most threatened tribe makes ...
    The plight of the Awá Indians is featured in Vanity Fair and the Sunday Times this month.© Vanity FairThe plight of Earth’s most threatened tribe is reaching millions of people worldwide this month, as the tribe’s shocking story is featured in Vanity Fair and the Sunday Times. Both s ...
  • Exposed: fracking licenses granted in Bushmen' ...
    New revelations about fracking in the CKGR have raised fears for the survival of the last hunting Bushmen. © Survival InternationalLarge parts of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) – home to Africa’s last hunting Bushmen – have been opened up to international companies f ...
  • Guarani suffer one of the highest murder rates ...
    Marçal de Souza Tupã-i was shot 30 years ago for fronting the Guarani's struggle to reclaim their ancestral land. © CIMI archive/SurvivalAhead of the 30th anniversary of the assassination of iconic Guarani leader Marçal de Souza Tupã-i, Survival International has released shocking new figur ...
  • Inter-American Commission warns Peru over unco ...
    The Nanti and other isolated and uncontacted tribes near the Camisea gas project are threatened by epidemics brought in by gas workers.© Survival InternationalThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Americas’ top human rights watchdog, has expressed grave concern over the threat ...

Greg Palast

  • Chris Christie will Hate this Film
    Know why the Guvna of Joyzee is so bloated? It ain’t the burgers: He’s pumped up with billionaire big bucks – from buck-a-roos who happen to be the stars of our new film:  Vultures and Vote Rustlers Greg Palast Investigates Vol. 2 Working with The Nation Institute, the Palast investigative team ...
  • Rand Paul’s Zombie-nomics versus Janet Yellen
    By Greg Palast for Truthout Will Senator Rand Paul, misunderstanding the voices of the un-dead, block the appointment of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve Board?No joke.  Tea Party fave Paul told the Wall Street Journal he would have preferred Milton Friedman, the free-market fanatic, to ...
  • My Father's Victory in the Pacific
    By Greg Palast In 1995, in Chicago, veterans of Silver Post No. 282 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their victory over Japan, marching around a catering hall wearing their old service caps, pins, ribbons and medals. My father sat at his table, silent. He did not wear his medals. He had gi ...
  • Steven Cohen Can't Make His Mommy's Monkey Jump
    By Greg Palast for Truthout [New York] Billionaire Steven A. Cohen's marriage was in hot water because his wife wouldn't tolerate the "other woman."  The other woman was Steven's mother. This week, Cohen's hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisors will plead guilty to criminal charges of insider trading ...
  • Naughty Nuns, Bad Bankers and Ballot Bandits
    By Greg Palast for Truthout On May 6, 2008, twelve fraudulent voters, dressed as nuns, attempted to cast ballots in the Presidential Primary in Indiana. Luckily, ten of them were caught, stopped cold by Indiana's new voter photo ID law.  The law had been found to be constitutional by Federal Jud ...

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

  • Important Autism Survey from ARI: Please Parti ...
    Dear Readers, we ask if you could take some time this holiday weekend to please assist ARI with this important survey. It might be more fun than spending an hour with Aunt Edna and Uncle Frank! And you can win...
  • Donation Drive for Age of Autism Continues
    EXCITING OPPORTUNITY this Thanksgiving to show your thanks and appreciation for how the "Age of Autism" blog has helped, educated, and encouraged you and countless others! DONATE BY MIDNIGHT ON THANKSGIVING DAY (11-28-13), and your donation will be DOUBLED!! *(Donations...
  • Boston Children's Holding Child "Hostage?"
    This story is almost too crazy to be true. Sick kids with true psychiatric illness and who need a hospital bed can't find one, and this young woman has been admitted for 9 months? If you Google the girl's name,...
  • Dachel Media Review: French say NON to Sanofi ...
    By Anne Dachel Read Anne's comments and view the links after the jump. Nov 25, 2013, New York City Pix11: Half of all kids with Autism engage in wandering behavior Nov 24, 2013, Reuters: Sanofi sued in France over Gardasil...
  • cloudBoard Gaming System Marries Hands-On Boar ...
    We often receive emails from companies offering products that might be of interest to the autism community. This hands-on gaming platform from Digital Dream Labs piqued our curiosity and so, we are sharing it with you. Some of our kids...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

new geography

  • From Balkanized Cleveland to Global Cleveland: ...
    Legacy cities have legacy costs, including disinvestment from the inner city, as well as regional economic decline. The spiral has been ongoing for decades. The new white paper by consultants Richey Piiparinen and Jim Russell entitled “From Balkanized Cleveland to Global Cleveland”, funded b ...
  • Is Economic Development Dead?
    When Bill De Blasio won New York’s mayoral election a few weeks ago, it came as no surprise to anyone. His impassioned analogies to New York’s “Tale of Two Cities” and his call for a city that provided not just for the wealthiest one or two percent, but for all, appealed ...
  • Progressive Policies Burden the Yeoman Class
    Obamacare's first set of victims was predictable: the self-employed and owners of small businesses. Since the bungled launch of the health insurance enrollment system, hundreds of thousands of self-insured people have either had their policies revoked or may find themselves in that situati ...
  • Biking New York City: The Handlebar Tour
    In case it has been a while since you have ridden a bicycle around Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn or Queens — as I have in recent weeks — here is a shortlist of some developments around New York City: midtown sidewalks are overflowing with tourists and too narrow for the pedestrian flow (especi ...
  • Fighting the Vacant Property Plague
    The term 'walking away from the property' usually refers to owners who leave a home when they can't make the mortgage payments. In Youngstown, Ohio, it may gain a new meaning: to describe banks that abandon a vacant property in foreclosure, and leave neighbors to cope with the blight. Now bank ...

water.org

  • Philanthropy meets the market
    From The World In 2014 print edition |Nov 18th 2013
  • WaterCredit for Muddumare's Family
    "All of us used to go out in the open for defecation. But now as the population is increasing, there is no space left for defecation."
  • Celebrate Toilet Day
    No invention has saved more lives than a toilet. More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. All because there is no infrastructure - a toilet, or city utilities - to flush away yesterday's meal. But that's not all. Toilets ...
  • A Better Life
    Meet Sumathi. Sumathi and her husband live in a small village in Tamil Nadu with their two young sons. Sumathi’s eldest son, Prabakaran, is eight years old and has a disability that has affected him since he was two years old.
  • A Toilet for Anita
    Anita and her husband live in Bihar, India with their three children and two elderly parents. For the last eight years, the family has been using a vacant government lot for defecation. They faced multiple issues getting to and from the lot, particularly when carrying small children during monso ...

Cryptogon

  • U.S. B-52s Flew Through China’s Newly De ...
    Via: CNN: Two U.S. military aircraft flew into China’s newly claimed and challenged air defense zone over the East China Sea, a U.S. official said, an action that could inflame tensions between the world powers. The large U.S. Air Force B-52 planes — which were not armed because they ...
  • Quantum Light Harvesting Hints At Entirely New ...
    Via: MIT Technology Review: Light harvesting in plants and bacteria cannot be properly explained by classical processes or by quantum ones. Now complexity theorists say the answer is a delicate interplay of both, an idea that could transform computation. Physicists have long known that plants an ...
  • Gold Fix Drawing Scrutiny
    Via: Bloomberg: Every business day in London, five banks meet to set the price of gold in a ritual that dates back to 1919. Now, dealers and economists say knowledge gleaned on those calls could give some traders an unfair advantage when buying and selling the precious metal. The U.K. Financial ...
  • Hollywood’s Arnon Milchan Says He Was Is ...
    Via: MSN: Stories about Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan’s alleged double life have been circulating for years. Now, the Israeli businessman behind hits like “Pretty Woman,” ”Fight Club” and “L.A. Confidential” has finally come forth with a stunning admi ...
  • New Inks and Tools Allow 3-D Printing of Lithi ...
    Via: MIT Technology Review: By making the basic building blocks of batteries out of ink, Harvard materials scientist Jennifer Lewis is laying the groundwork for lithium-ion batteries and other high-performing electronics that can be produced with 3-D printers. Although the technology is still at ...

The Economic Collapse

  • China Is On A Debt Binge And A Buying Spree Un ...
    When it comes to reckless money creation, it turns out that China is the king.  Over the past five years, Chinese bank assets have grown from about 9 trillion dollars to more than 24 trillion dollars.  This has been fueled by the greatest private debt binge that the world has ever seen.  Accordi ...
  • “I Fear For What’s Coming” & ...
    Are you deeply concerned about the future of America?  Is something in your gut telling you that our system is fundamentally broken and that the mainstream media is not telling you the truth about what is happening?  If so, you are definitely not alone.  Right now, there are millions upon millio ...
  • Would You Date An Unemployed Man? – 75 P ...
    If you are a man living in America today, to a large degree your value to society is determined by how much money you make.  It should not be that way, but that is how our society works.  And if you do not have a job at all and you cannot take care of your [...]
  • China Announces That It Is Going To Stop Stock ...
    China just dropped an absolute bombshell, but it was almost entirely ignored by the mainstream media in the United States.  The central bank of China has decided that it is "no longer in China’s favor to accumulate foreign-exchange reserves".  During the third quarter of 2013, China's foreign-ex ...
  • One Lawmaker Is Literally Smashing The Belongi ...
    There is a war on compassion in America today.  You are about to read about a Hawaii lawmaker that has used a sledgehammer to smash up at least 30 shopping carts that homeless people were using.  Yes, you read that correctly.  He is actually carrying a sledgehammer around so that he can destroy ...

Desertification

  • Demanding an immediate stop to the dam project ...
    Read at : https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/mailalert/931/indigenous-peoples-take-a-stand-against-dams Indigenous peoples take a stand against dams In the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo, rainforest dwellers are speaking out against the government’s plans to build twelve mega-dams that woul ...
  • The first step to end hunger (John R. PENDERGAST)
    Bottle gardening  
  • To re-think our modern food-acquisition strate ...
    Read at : http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-03-11/when-agriculture-stops-working-a-guide-to-growing-food-in-the-age-of-climate-destabilization-and-civilization-collapse When agriculture stops working: A guide to growing food in the age of climate destabilization and civilization collapse by ...
  • Food security : small-scale, tech-based initia ...
    Read at : http://www.scidev.net/global/food-security/editorials/food-security-demands-diversity.html Food security demands diversity Speed read Food security relies on inter-related factors that go beyond just ‘producing more’ Better seed, better storage, less waste, and diversified crops are al ...
  • Underutilised plants with the potential to ear ...
    Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/research/innovationItem.php?a=3140 Baobab and marula – Zimbabwe’s top tips for success While Baobab trees enjoy iconic status as a symbol of Africa, their furry-skinned fruit contain a seed-covering pulp with some properties that are attracting mor ...

News Blaze

libcom

  • Varshavsky Warehouse Squat Case: St Petersburg ...
    Denis Levkin has been imprisoned since February 2013. He was detained when the police stormed the squatted warehouse near the former Varshavsky Station in St Petersburg, Russia, and charged under article 318 part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code (use of vi ...
  • Por el Triunfo de la Confederación: 80th anniv ...
    cnt__405.jpg This article from the November issue of the CNT newspaper memorializes 80 years of a militant workers newspaper in Spain. It also focuses on the present and future of the CNT, and provide ...
  • Highs and lows of a wage rise - the new garmen ...
    RMG_woman-with_red_flags2013.jpg The Bangladeshi minimum wage board has, after long negotiations, announced a 76% increase in garment workers’ pay, applicable to all seven pay grades. This has quickly ...
  • Attack on squats in Warsaw during nationalist ...
    anti-fa.jpg On November 11, 2013, two squats in the center of Warsaw were attacked by nationalists and fascists. The squatters resisted successfully. In their declaration the squatters' collectiv ...
  • Nizhni Novgorod: Anarchist Ilya Romanov wounde ...
    Ilya Romanov, a 46-years old Russian anarchist, was wounded on 26th of October 2013. According to authorities, this happened when a homemade bomb suddenly went off in his hands. The accident happened next to a building occupied by Russian Army draft office. ...

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

  • George Galloway – A Voice of Truth and R ...
    Scottish/Irish politician George Galloway tells it like it truly is in a speech in a church in Vancouver B.C. back in 2010.   He declared: “The Palestinians are the victims of one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century now bleeding into the 21st century!! Israel has broken more U.N. Se ...
  • Expensive Grass
    “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville  “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville       Alexis de ...
  • Military Cancer
    This pretty much sums things up as to why America and the world in general is ailing today! Short, but not so sweet!  Keep in mind that all of this “cancer growth” is facilitated not by “tax dollars” – but by the Federal Reserve Note Payable – the world’ ...
  • Military Cancer
    This pretty much sums things up as to why America and the world in general is ailing today! Short, but not so sweet!  Keep in mind that all of this “cancer growth” is facilitated not by “tax dollars” – but by the Federal Reserve Note Payable – the world’ ...
  • Casting Bread Upon the Waters
    No good deed ever goes unpunished.   I also just love the name of the company that produced this little 3 minute spot – True Move. GREAT NAME!  Enjoy this wonderful three minute sermon! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7s22HX18wDY

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Energy Collective

  • A Smart Grid Thanksgiving List
    The Atlantic magazine had a recent article about the top 50 innovations in human history in the last 6000 years. Number one on the list was the printing press. Will any current or future technology breakthroughs found in Smart Grid buildouts be identified in a similar list in 25 years?read more
  • Implications of Nuclear Agreement With Iran
    This afternoon, one of my correspondents asked me the following questions: What’s your opinion of the new Iranian agreement? Can the weapon program in Iran be capped and can verification actually be assured? Here is my response.read more
  • New Investment Index Set To Focus On Developin ...
    In an effort to provide investors with up-to-date information necessary to reform outdated regulation and infrastructure, the Multilateral Investment Fund have conceived of a investment index to examine government policies and the level of investment in clean energy across Africa, Asia, and Lati ...
  • The Explosive Growth of Steel Production in Ch ...
    China's steel industry now consumes two times more energy than global production of wind and solar energy. This disparity illustrates how little has been achieved in transitioning to low carbon energy and the profound challenges such a transition will face.read more
  • What is the Average Heating Bill?
    Heating bills vary greatly depending on house size, climate, insulation, fuel choice and fuel prices. But it is easy enough to find some averages. In the winter of 2012/13 the average American home using natural gas spent $598 on fuel over the heating period.read more

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • Market Euphoria During Troubled Times
    by Stephen Lendman Major equity markets approach nosebleed levels. Experts disagree on whether bubble extremes approach. They're not unusual. They happen often. The myth about markets reflecting reality is hokum. Keynes once warned about "enterprise becom(ing) the bubble on a whirlpool ...
  • Monsanto, the TPP, and Global Food Dominance
    by Ellen Brown “Control oil and you control nations,” said US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. ”Control food and you control the people.” Global food control has nearly been achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that ...
  • Iran Nuclear Deal Bashing
    by Stephen Lendman "Now the really hard part begins," said John Kerry. The hardest part is getting Washington to stick to agreed on terms. It's believing America negotiates in good faith. It's thinking longstanding US imperial aims changed. It's imagining decades of anti-Iranian sentiment ...
  • NSA Infects 50,000 Computer Systems Worldwide
    by Stephen Lendman Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported it, headlining "NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software." It cited leaked Edward Snowden information. His revelations are the gift that keeps on giving. Activists representing him keep important information co ...
  • Pakistan: How to Revisit Political Darkness?
    Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD. Emerging naïve religious activism, daily sectarian bloodbaths and curfews depict lawlessness, degeneration and favorite perversion of the divided consciousness overwhelmed with sadism of underdeveloped sense of national unity and purpose. The Pakistani nation faces ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • On the front lines: Teachers, unions, and soci ...
    The roles and responsibilities of unions have come under renewed scrutiny. Provincial and federal government hostility towards organized resistance to current policies is intensifying through heated rhetoric and legislative trial balloons.  Much of this is facilitated by the current economic in ...
  • Video Launch: Rite of Passage
    CCPA-MB's new film, Right of Passage by Carole O'Brien, is about the experiences of at-risk students attending Gorden Bell High School's alternative education program in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Learn more about how students can benefit from alternative programs, away from the barriers they experien ...
  • Free webinar Dec 4: How to talk about taxes so ...
    Making the case for progressive tax reform in BC: Do you have a sense that our tax system could be fairer, but you're looking for concrete evidence to back up that intuition? Do you find yourself arguing that fair taxes can benefit society but you stumble when it comes to explaining how? Join Se ...
  • Waging an election on income inequality
    Two candidates in an upcoming federal by-election have made income inequality the main topic in Toronto-Centre. The CCPA's Growing Gap team created a short primer on income inequality that includes questions for candidates in the remaining all-candidates' debates in that riding. The CCPA's Tris ...
  • Let's make every job a good job
    Ontario's minimum wage has been frozen for three years. Currently, the income of minimum wage workers sits a shocking 25% below the poverty line. The longer the minimum wage remains frozen the more its value erodes, and the longer its earners remain on the sidelines of our economy. As CCPA Eco ...

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

  • Oil Sands and the Environment – Part II
    This week, Robert Rapier continues to look at the environmental impacts of Alberta's oil sands industry.
  • Oil Sands and the Environment – Part I
    Robert Rapier provides a first hand report on environmental issues originating in Alberta's Athabasca oil sands.
  • Soliciting Reader Questions for Oil Sands Tour
    On Sunday, November 3rd, I am heading to Fort McMurray, Alberta for a tour of the oil sands operations. Here are the details from the initial email that I received inviting me on the trip: Each year, the Consulate General partners with other U.S. Canadian missions to organize a tour of Canada’s ...
  • The Lasting Impact of the 1973 Oil Embargo
    Forty years ago Americans got a wake up call on energy security. As Robert Rapier explains, the energy policy decisions that were made in response to the crisis have a lasting impact today.
  • The Ice That Burns
    Methane hydrates are a huge natural gas resource, but are they worth the environmental risk?

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Stonecipher News

Information Liberation

  • Leniency for a Drug-Dealing Judge
    Utah resident Virginia Ward cried as she was sentenced to 90 days in jail * and three years of probation -- for drug trafficking. It could have gone much worse for her. Ward, who had become addicted to the potent prescription painkiller Oxycodone, ha...
  • Don't Be Thankful for Tyranny
    I will be the first to acknowledge that there is much to be thankful for about life in America, especially when compared to those beyond our borders whose daily lives are marked by war, hunger and disease. Despite our kvetching, grumbling and complai...
  • DEA Raiding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in ...
    DEA and IRS agents backed up by Denver and other state and local law enforcement raided a number of Denver area medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations Thursday. The US Attorney for Colorado's office confirmed the raids were taking place. ...
  • Family Says They Did Tip Gay Server, Didn't Le ...
    After a gay server at a New Jersey restaurant said a customer denied her a tip and wrote her a hateful note on the receipt, a local family contacted NBC 4 New York and said their receipt shows they paid a tip and didn't write any such note. Dayna ...
  • The Hidden Role of the IRS in Obamacare
    The highly publicized glitches and failures associated with the *launch of the Affordable Health Care Act have obscured the central role of the IRS in carrying out the law*s mandate. *Stripped down to its essentials, Obamacare is not an *insurance* p...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Fifty Years On, And We’re None The Wiser.
    I was alive when it happened. But as I was living in Sydney, and only six months old at the time, I’m not very high on the FBI’s list of suspects. Probably. For those old enough to remember, it is, … Continue reading →
  • Psephology 101, Or Why Britain Should Embrace ...
    You may recall back in August, I railed against the undemocratic farce that Australian federal Senate elections have become. As indeed it has. Since the election in September, things have turned from farcical to downright embarrassing. During a contested recount … Continue reading →
  • Misery in Motown
    Every Wednesday evening at 8:30, my wife and I switch on the television in our bedroom for our weekly fill of Hardcore Pawn (you should see the raised eyebrows on our friends when we tell them this). It’s a reality … Continue reading →
  • LibertyGibbert Open Forum
    I’m tied up with work at the moment so don’t have time for an in-depth article; so I’m throwing the floor over to you. A couple of starters: A number of British readers have expressed a bit of envy at … Continue reading →
  • DT Down for Maintenance – Ozboy’s ...
    James Delingpole’s posters are welcome over here till service resumes… Current topics include the recent sacking of Tim Flannery and Drunk Tanks. Or anything else that takes your fancy. I’ll close off this thread after the DT blogs resume operation.

Politics in the Zeros

  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort. China Ranch Date Farm
    Sue and I spent last night at the Tecopa Hot Springs Resort in a tiny hamlet of one hundred in the California desert about 90 minutes from Vegas. Guests have access to private hot springs tubs just a few steps from their rooms. The water is toasty hot with refreshing minerals in it. The Bistro w ...
  • Land in San Joaquin Valley sinking rapidly due ...
    Water infrastructures, including crucial canals, are being damaged in California’s San Joaquin Valley due to excessive underground water pumping. In some areas, land is dropping nearly one foot a year and is reducing the flow of water in two lifeline canals. In addition, pipelines, railway ...
  • MeUndies.com. Underwear for men and women, soc ...
    MeUndies is an excellent example of niche selling of quality goods on the net, and making it fun. They sell really comfortable underwear in several styles in a variety of bright colors for men and women, along with sock and t-shirts and their just-announced hoodies and sweatpants.  They have all ...
  • Healthcare.gov is a security disaster waiting ...
    There are gaping security holes on healthcare.gov which probably are already being exploited. A bill collector told me a person’s social security number is the magic key that unlocks all the doors. Cracking healthcare.gov will give hackers access to millions of social security numbers, and ...
  • Gustin. Handcrafted crowdsourced men’s jeans
    Gustin takes a unique approach to selling their high quality jeans, shirts, and belts. They create a new item with a campaign goal of generally less than 100 backers. If it reaches the goal, the item is made. Their jeans have sold in stores for $205 and are available in their innovative crowdsou ...

First Truths

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

Media Co-Op

  • Media Co-op Journalist Miles Howe Arrested in ...
    Arrested for the third time for covering shale gas protests Media Co-op journalist Miles Howe was arrested again today while covering resistance to fracking in New Brunswick. It appears he was specifically targeted. This is the third time H ...
  • Shine a light: Pitch a news story to The Dominion
    The days are getting darker, but that just makes the lights we shine into the corners all that much brighter. We want you to share what you find in those dark corners with the readers of The Dominion. We can pay for two news stories at $100 a piece this time around. We're also look ...
  • Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Det ...
    Building a Solidarity City: An annual conference on building our networks of mutual aid and collective support Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Determination Sa ...
  • Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Det ...
    Opening panel from Building a Solidarity City Audio from the opening panel of the Building a Solidarity City conference in Montreal on Nov. 23, 2013.   Panelists included:   * Ellen Gabriel: Ellen (Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, Tur ...
  • As SWN breaks Oil and Natural Gas Act, the hon ...
    FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK – As reported by APTN on November, 18th, several unfilled 'shot holes' have been discovered along a seismic testing line completed ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • The Iran deal
    David Seaton's News LinksThings may unravel but at least there is hope. Perhaps this is what is most threatening to Netanyahu. He has never been willing to test the Palestinians in a serious way — test their good faith, test ending the humiliations of the occupation, test from strength the power ...
  • Kennedy's Death
    David Seaton's News LinksWriting up the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination has become a momentary cottage industry and I have little that I wish to add and will spare my readers all my "where I was when I heard the news" drivel. However, I would only remark what I personally find the mo ...
  • USA: mature or overripe?
    David Seaton's News Links Among the casualties of the Snowden stories are an embarrassed and chastened White House, an American technology sector which has seen its own government tarnish its business model of a global, open internet and the strong US relationships with allies such as Germany. F ...
  • A fairy tale as grim as Grimm could ever be (s ...
    I posted this first on December 8th, 2010, and this is the second time I have reprinted it, but with every passing year, the story seems even more relevant than it did back then. DS David Seaton's News LinksOnce upon a time in a far off and pleasant land, during the reign of King George ...
  • Obama, the Asperger president?
    David Seaton's News Links Something that has always fascinated me is how Barack Obama ever got into politics in the first place. As we have seen on many occasions, but most clearly during the shutdown, he seems to be lacking the basic tools of  common and garden variety politics: he is t ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • You Own Your DNA, But Who Gets to Interpret It?
    Yesterday the FDA ordered 23andMe to immediately stop selling its DNA testing service until and unless it gets agency approval. This is the end game of a very long cycle: regulatory reviews of genetic testing have been going on, in one form or another, for more than 15 years, and along the way ...
  • Janet Yellen Is Now a Litmus Test for Right-Wi ...
    Steve Benen notes that the increasingly shrill and hyperbolic Heritage Foundation has decided to make opposition to Janet Yellen a "key vote." That is, they'll count it on their end-of-the-year scorecard that tells everyone just how conservative you are: Thanks to the “nuclear opti ...
  • Lara Logan Taking Leave of Absence From "60 Mi ...
    HuffPo's Michael Calderone tweets: "Lara Logan and producer producer Max McClellan taking taking leave of absence from 60 Minutes, per Fager memo." This comes shortly after Calderone reported that Logan "will no longer be hosting the annual press freedom awards dinner hosted by the Committee t ...
  • America is the Stingiest Rich Country in the World
    Over at the Economist, Steven Mazie directs me to a recent New Yorker piece on income inequality by John Cassidy. Its most revealing chart, Mazie says, is one that compares raw income inequality in various rich countries (as calculated by GINI scores) to income inequality after taxes and gover ...
  • Obamacare is a Done Deal
    Ezra Klein gives us a progress report on Obamacare: A spin through HealthCare.Gov this morning went smoothly. The site loaded quickly. The process progressed easily. There were no error messages or endless hangs....My experience isn't rare. There are increasing reports that HealthCare.Go ...

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Survival - tribal peoples

  • Top human rights watchdog investigates Ethiopi ...
    The Ethiopian government has started evicting tribes such as the Mursi from their land to make way for large-scale plantations.© SurvivalThe African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the region’s top human rights body, has called for the forced relocation of thousands ...
  • Plight of Earth's most threatened tribe makes ...
    The plight of the Awá Indians is featured in Vanity Fair and the Sunday Times this month.© Vanity FairThe plight of Earth’s most threatened tribe is reaching millions of people worldwide this month, as the tribe’s shocking story is featured in Vanity Fair and the Sunday Times. Both s ...
  • Exposed: fracking licenses granted in Bushmen' ...
    New revelations about fracking in the CKGR have raised fears for the survival of the last hunting Bushmen. © Survival InternationalLarge parts of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) – home to Africa’s last hunting Bushmen – have been opened up to international companies f ...
  • Guarani suffer one of the highest murder rates ...
    Marçal de Souza Tupã-i was shot 30 years ago for fronting the Guarani's struggle to reclaim their ancestral land. © CIMI archive/SurvivalAhead of the 30th anniversary of the assassination of iconic Guarani leader Marçal de Souza Tupã-i, Survival International has released shocking new figur ...
  • Inter-American Commission warns Peru over unco ...
    The Nanti and other isolated and uncontacted tribes near the Camisea gas project are threatened by epidemics brought in by gas workers.© Survival InternationalThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Americas’ top human rights watchdog, has expressed grave concern over the threat ...

Montreal Gazette

  • Editorial: For moving oil, pipelines remain sa ...
    New requirements for divulging hazardous materials such as oil by rail are welcome, but transporting oil by pipeline remains the safest method.
  • Editorial: The ugly fallout of Quebec’s proble ...
    The debate over the PQ government’s values charter appears to be triggering racist confrontations.
  • COVER STORY
    The Parti Québécois government seems on a surer footing after an erratic first year in office, but its divisive policies serve its own interests more than Quebec’s well-being.
  • Editorial: One year later, PQ’s main quality i ...
    The Parti Québécois government seems on a surer footing after an erratic first year in office, but its divisive policies serve its own interests more than Quebec’s well-being.
  • Montreal startup finds its Groove
    Discovering the next best mobile music app requires a tricky formula that includes a sound algorithm, novel idea, flashy specs and a dollop of luck. The industry is a buyer's market in which the majority of music apps are fool's gold, with few gems, such as Rdio and Spotify. A Montreal-based sta ...

Food World Order

  • @KOifusionpdx Drops Planned Promotion Of #McMu ...
    from blazersedge.com: The popular food cart Koi Fusion has decided to stop promoting a planned exchange that would have allowed Portland Trail Blazers fans to trade their McDonald's Sausage Egg McMuffin coupon for a free taco.
  • #Video: Bogus #DrugWar - Inside #Canada's #Wee ...
    from brasschecktv.com: $20 billion a year (at least) in tax free cash. A bigger market for Canada than wheat and produces more exports than fishing. It employs more people that mining and forestry combined. Canadians are discovering their "green thumbs." In one town in British Columbia, Grand Fo ...
  • @UNFAO: Alpaca, Donkey, Moose Milk Alternative ...
    from rawstory.com: Milk from a variety of animals including camels, llamas and moose should be more widely used to counteract high cow milk prices due to growing demand for dairy in the developing world, the UN food agency said on Tuesday. “There is huge scope for developing other dairy species, ...
  • Japan Dismantles Rice Subsidies
    from theland.com.au: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has approved a plan to end a four-decade long policy that has helped to sustain the nation's 1.2 million rice farms. The gentan system, which has paid landowners to reduce crops since 1970, will be dismantled by the end of ...
  • #Monsanto, the #TPP, and Global Food Dominance
    from globalresearch.ca: Global food control has nearly been achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that are distributed by only a few transnational corporations. But this agenda has been implemented at grave cost to our health; and if the Trans-Pacific Par ...

CrusadeWatch

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

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    Prayer: a renewable energy source
    National Catholic Reporter (blog)
    Prayer is a source of renewable energy. It rises up. There is disorder in the world. It is neither what God intended nor where God is going with things. Fancy Christians call that theology eschatological: the already end times, though not yet of this ...
    99 Percent Of New Electric Capacity Installed In October Comes From ...
    ThinkProgress
    The U.S. added 699 megawatts of new capacity to produce electricity in October and 99 percent, or 694 MW, came from renewable sources, according to a study from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The other five megawatts came from ...
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    Kenya Postpones Renewable Energy Drive to Reduce Power Costs. By David Malingha Doya - 2013-11-27T11:20:41Z. Kenya suspended issuing new licenses for wind farms and solar plants until 2017 as it prioritizes development of cheaper fuel-based ...
    Here's What Warren Buffett Thinks About Renewable Energy
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    Researchers study microplastic pollution effect on ocean ecology
    Phys.Org
    28 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean. Researchers want to find what impact plastic particles have on ocean life and effects on marine organisms and the marine ecosystem. Large amounts of plastic are found in the oceans. What are the ...
    Another public opportunity Nov. 25 as Ecology Department updates water quality ...
    Access Washington
    OLYMPIA – The Department of Ecology (Ecology) is meeting with key interests on Nov. 25 about updates it is considering to the state's surface water quality standards for toxics, including fish consumption rates. Ecology's Delegates' Table meeting will ...
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    Ron Wyden unveils O&C management bill, saying it will create jobs while ...
    OregonLive.com
    The Democratic senator, who also chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said his bill would "get people back to work in the woods" while still protecting forest ecology. "This new foundation will more than double our timber harvest ...
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    California water woes hit hard in driest year on record
    Reuters
    SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - To nurture his acres of pistachio trees, Tom Coleman has long relied on water from California's mountain-ringed reservoirs, fed by Sierra streams and water pumped from the massive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
    Born Wet, Human Babies Are 75 Percent Water. Then Comes Drying
    NPR (blog)
    Notice that the two most plentiful atoms are H (hydrogen) and O (oxygen) which shouldn't be a big surprise, since 2 H's and an O make water, and we humans are very moist, especially when we're born. Human Chemistry. Robert Krulwich/NPR. It turns out, a ...
    Pollution Threatens China's Ambitious Water-Transfer Project
    Businessweek
    China's ambitious South-North Water Transfer Project is in danger of becoming, in effect, a massive sewage transfer project. The vast water diversion scheme—which has been under construction since 2002 and will cost at least $62 billion—is designed ...
    Water main break causes sinkhole on North Harbor Drive in Point Loma
    10News
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