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The Daily Galaxy

  • Weird Physics of Blazars --"Their Gamma-Ray Je ...
        In September 2012, Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) detected a series of bright gamma-ray flares from a source known as B0218+357, located 4.35 billion light-years from Earth in the direction of a constellation called Triangulum that allowed an international team of astronomers to mak ...
  • Supernova in Dwarf Galaxy Orbiting the Milky W ...
            "SN 1987A is a special place since it hasn't mixed with the surrounding environment, so what we see there was made there," said Remy Indebetouw, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the University of Virginia. "The new ALMA results, which are the ...
  • Kepler Mission Takes a Step Closer to Finding ...
        "Kepler's primary objective is to determine the prevalence of planets of varying sizes and orbits. Of particular interest to the search for life is the prevalence of Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone," said Natalie Batalha, Kepler mission scientist at NASA's Ames Research Cente ...
  • Hyper-dense Pulsar May Nix Einstein's Theory o ...
        A newly discovered system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense pulsar–all packed within a space smaller than the Earth’s orbit around the sun–is enabling astronomers to probe a range of cosmic mysteries, including the very nature of gravity itself. Originally uncovered by an Am ...
  • Astronomers Discover Unique Triple Star System ...
      An international team of astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope have discovered a unique stellar system consisting of two white dwarf stars and a superdense pulsar that may provide a key clue for resolving one of the principal outstanding problems of f ...

Natural News

  • As Fukushima radiation makes landfall on Calif ...
    Radiation from Fukushima has reached the shores of California. This has been confirmed by county officials in Half Moon Bay, California, who conducted radiation tests and found a 500% increase in radiation on the beaches there. Alarm has been raised over the past...
  • NSA intercepts computer purchases to install r ...
    Federal judges may disagree about whether the National Security Agency's massive collection of Americans' data is constitutional, but what about the nation's premier spy service intercepting personal computers en route to purchasers to install spyware? That may be the...
  • Reverse the effects of aging naturally
    People are often obsessed with age, in the early years being proud to become and act older, and in the latter years doing everything possible to look younger. So how then can we take more control over the effects of the degenerative aging process? People become increasingly...
  • Ban bananas! Police say man attacked girlfrien ...
    As Robin Williams' character in "Mrs. Doubtfire" said, perhaps it was a "drive-by fruiting." But police in Miami say a man launched an attack against his girlfriend using a deadly - banana. If Michael Bloomberg were mayor, he'd most likely be calling for a ban on...
  • Five essential herbs for hemorrhoids
    Do you suffer from hemorrhoids? You don't have to deal with painful, itchy hemorrhoids if you start adding the following five herbs to your daily diet or supplement routine. In fact, these five essential herbs may even allow you to avoid drastic hemorrhoid treatment...

Threat Level

  • How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet
    Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the other tech titans have had to fight for their lives against their own government. An exclusive look inside their year from hell—and why the Internet will never be the same.     
  • AT&T Thumbs Nose at Net Neutrality With ‘Spons ...
    AT&T unveiled today what it called a "sponsored data" program, shifting the cost of some data to sponsors instead of its mobile subscribers, a move digital rights activists said breached the "spirit" of net neutrality.     
  • The Internet of Things Is Wildly Insecure — An ...
    We’re at a crisis point now with regard to the security of embedded systems, where computing is embedded into the hardware itself — as with the Internet of Things. These embedded computers are riddled with vulnerabilities, and there’s no good ...     
  • Supreme Court May Not Review Conflicting NSA P ...
    There's been plenty of discussion, even in this blog, that the Supreme Court is likely to decide whether the NSA's telephone bulk metadata collection program may continue. But Orin Kerr, one of the nation's prominent Fourth Amendment scholars at George ...     
  • Court Upholds Willy-Nilly Gadget Searches Alon ...
    A federal judge today upheld a President Barack Obama administration policy allowing U.S. officials along the U.S. border to seize and search laptops, smartphones and other electronic devices for any reason.     

PERRspectives : Blog

  • GOP's Hatch: "Standard Practice Not to Pay for ...
    The Senate on Tuesday morning voted 60-37 to advance a bill extending long-term unemployment benefits for three months. Despite the support from six Republican Senators, its fate in both Houses is still uncertain. To secure final passage, Susan Collins (R-ME) told President Obama he'd have to " ...
  • The Fall of Fallujah and the Rise of Darrell Issa
    Four Americans were slaughtered there. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held hearings to try to understand what really happened there -and why. And California Republican Representative Darrell Issa dominated the proceedings, determined to advance his party's interest--and no ...
  • Why the U.S. Should Treat Health Care Like a U ...
    On January 1, 2014, the Affordable Care Act went fully into effect. But for all of the furious fighting over the law these past five years, Obamacare was always an evolutionary reform grafted onto the existing American health care system. The Medicaid public insurance program has been extended t ...
  • Six Million Lost Coverage on Day One of Bush M ...
    With the Affordable Care Act now in full effect, the conservative propaganda factory is working overtime to produce and publicize Obamacare horror stories, real or imagined. So with the federal government, the states, private insurers, hospitals, doctors and pharmacies scrambling to assist the ...
  • Massachusetts Emergency Room Visits Fell after ...
    A new study in the journal Science revealed that emergency room use rose by 40 percent over 18 months among new Medicaid beneficiaries in Oregon starting in 2008. While opponents of Obamacare and its expansion of Medicaid cheered those findings suggesting that U.S. health care costs will go up ...

Global Research.ca

  • Power Takeover: Are Smart Meters Part of the L ...
    On January 17, 2008, President Barack Obama famously said, “Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”[1] It’s now clear that the so-called “smart” utility meter is the core culprit technology in the scheme to which…
  • Learning without Questioning in America: The S ...
    “Clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.”—Michel de Montaigne Readin’, writin’, and ‘rithmatic don’t occasion much questioning. But subjects like history are another matter! Learning history, or anything else for that matter, can be li ...
  • Bangladesh: Farmers say No to Genetically Modi ...
    Plans to introduce a controversial GM variety of brinjal (aubergine / eggplant) in Bangladesh are opposed by 100 civil society organisations around the world.  As Mae Wan Ho reports, the issue is arousing powerful passions … Bt-Brinjal will have negligible…
  • The Downing of Flight 103 over Lockerbie: It w ...
    By Patrick Haseldine Patrick Haseldine is a former British diplomat who was dismissed by the then foreign secretary, John Major, in August 1989. He is often referred to as the “Emeritus Professor of Lockerbie Studies”. After 25 years study of…
  • “Human Rights Sanctions”: The Worl ...
    The American Studies Association may be singling out Israel for boycott, but if you look at the serious, painful punishments the world metes out to oppressor nations, Israel is not being singled out, it’s being let off the hook. As…

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 ...
    He can simply lob rhetorical haymakers that hype up the threat of an Iranian bomb or offer Churchillian declarations about his intention to stop such efforts. For example, in an earlier GOP presidential debate, Romney said that with him as president, Iran would not get a bomb -- but that under ...
  • 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

  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says It’s Unconstit ...
    This may seem like a no-brainer, but it's what the industry has been doing for years. Some major parts of Pennsylvania’s two-year-old Marcellus Shale drilling law are unconstitutional, the state’s Supreme Court decided Thursday.As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, the court voted 4 – 2 ...
  • 13 Major Clean Energy Breakthroughs of 2013
    The rapidly improving technology, declining costs, and increasing accessibility of clean energy is the true bright spot in the march toward a zero-carbon future. While the news about climate change seems to get worse every day, the rapidly improving technology, declining costs, and increasing ...
  • What A Year: 45 Fossil Fuel Disasters the Indu ...
    Here is a look back at some of the fossil fuel disasters that made headlines in 2013, along with several others that went largely unnoticed. While coal, oil, and gas are an integral part of everyday life around the world, 2013 brought a stark reminder of the inherent risk that comes with a fos ...
  • 10 Companies Vying for 2013 Corporate Hall of ...
    There is tight competition this year, time to get your vote in. Monsanto is a tough act to follow. When it comes to despised companies, it's set the bar pretty high. Last year the company claimed the top prize in Corporate Accountability International’s Corporate Hall of Shame. That may have h ...
  • Fracking Hell: What It's Really Like to Live N ...
    Nausea, headaches and nosebleeds, invasive chemical smells, constant drilling, slumping property prices – welcome to Ponder, Texas, where fracking has overtaken the town. Veronica Kronvall can, even now, remember how excited she felt about buying her house in 2007. It was the firs ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Fines, Follow Fun Filled Freeze
    Remember sitting at home during February 2 of 2011 as the temperatures dropped and the power kept getting turned off. As millions of Texas sat in the cold and dark Luminant, Texas largest power generator, wasn’t able to get its power plants running along with other generators. Luminant Energy Co ...
  • Wishing you a joyous holiday season
    As you close out 2013, consider joining or making a gift to Public Citizen’s work – click here. Thank you and we wish you a safe and happy holiday.The post Wishing you a joyous holiday season appeared first on TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas.
  • Keystone XL Southern Segment Starts Up Despite ...
    TransCanada had announced start up dates for the southern section of Keystone XL for January 3rd, then changed that to mid to late January, then announced startup began on Saturday, December 7th. Following reports of hundreds of flaws that could lead to spills in the southern segment of the Keys ...
  • Another Proposed Coal Export Terminal in Texas ...
    The third and final major new coal shipping proposal at the Port of Corpus Christi has been canceled, according to documents from recent Port Authority meetings reviewed by the Clean Gulf Commerce Coalition, a multistate campaign to halt expansion of coal exports from the Gulf Coast while promot ...
  • Austin Energy Cutting Solar Credits
    Is Austin Energy joining the war on solar? Bit by bit, our publicly owned, nationally renowned, supposedly green electric utility is trying to roll back programs that support customer owned solar. Austin Energy is cutting the Value of Solar tariff, which compensates solar owners for the energy t ...

Unexplained Mysteries

Grassroots

  • Celebrating 20 years of the Zapatista Uprising ...
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  • Advances on the Journey to Food Sovereignty an ...
    Subheadline:  Accomplishments from a year in grantmaking and advocacy guatemala-woman_with_corn_and_compost.jpg This last year has seen many advances around the globe for c ...
  • Reports from Honduras Show Repression, Voter Fraud
    By Lydia SimasGrassroots International has been in close contact with our partners in Honduras throughout the recent elections there. Many offered first-hand reports that election observers and agrarian reform activists were intimidated, ballots were not collected, and people were threatened wit ...
  • Interview with Miriam Nobre, Global Feminist A ...
    miriam_photo.jpg Miriam Nobre is a Brazilian feminist activist and current coordinator of World March of Women (WMW), an international feminist movement that connects grassroots women to eliminate the root causes of poverty and violence aga ...
  • Report from Post-election Honduras Cites Viole ...
    honduras-marchers_with_banner.jpg This is a preliminary summary from the US-based Honduras Solidarity Network / Alliance for Global Justice election observation delegation. The summary casts doubt the credibility of Honduran Supreme Elector ...

Care 2

  • The Lazy Girls Guide to Going Green(er)
    When it comes to general sustainability, odds are you're guilty of a few infractions. Maybe you keep the water running while brushing your teeth, or maybe you're addicted to shopping at fast-fashion stores for things you don't really want or need. Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle   ...
  • Icelandic brewery uses dead whales in its beer
    Whale beer is the brainchild of the Icelandic Steðjar brewery and fin whaling company, Hvalur, and claims to contain whale meal. Its launch is timed to coincide with the Icelandic mid-winter festival of Þorrablót (Thorrablot) Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  | ...
  • Wildcare - WildCare -- Brown Booby
    Meet this bird and learn about it's recovery. Submitted by Christeen Anderson to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Hold BP Accountable for Dolphin Deaths ! PLEAS ...
    Take Action: Tell the Department of Justice to hold BP accountable. Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • 60 Minutes' 'Cleantech Crash' Segment Misses T ...
    A recent "60 Minutes" segment is drawing sharp criticism for its pessimistic take on the green technology sector, which questioned whether clean tech has become a "dirty word." Submitted by Carrie B. to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

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Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • NeoCon and Conservative Alzheimers on Iraq
    Spent most of the day on a plane. But I did manage to catch a snippet of Charles Krauthammer on Bill O’Reilly’s Show heaping scorn and derision on Barack Obama for the resurgence of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Jesus Christ!! Krauthammer’s delusion on this point is profound. Since he is a ...
  • Al Qaeda Captures Fallujah?
    At what point will Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular accept responsibility for the debacle that is Iraq? Fox News reported a poll of the American people the other day in which more than 50% said that going to war in Iraq was the right thing to do? Are Americans insane? Or, ...
  • Hillary Clinton’s Desperation
    The coordinated push of the last week to try to create a new narrative for the terrorist attack in Benghazi is all about one thing–trying to immunize Hillary Clinton. But to quote Mrs. Clinton, “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?” (Here is where YouTube beats the pants off of mere w ...
  • New Year’s Eve Open Thread
    Wishing each of you a Happy New Year. I pray it is safe and prosperous. God save us from Barack Obama and his ineptitude. Thanks to FoxyLady for this link: What is on your mind tonight?
  • Understanding the Attack in Benghazi and the N ...
    Hillary Clinton and her advocates in the media are busy trying to muddle what actually happened in Benghazi, including the decision at Hillary’s State Department to ignore warnings of a deteriorating security situation, and the failure of the Obama Administration to respond competently to ...

Futurismic

  • A Viridian post-mortem, plus the rhetorics of ...
    “Three things make a post,” the saying used to go — so here’s three things. First up, my first solo paper (“The future’s four quarters: Proposing a quadrant methodology for strategic prototyping in infrastructural contexts”) has finally wended its way th ...
  • A Viridian post-mortem, plus the rhetorics of ...
    “Three things make a post,” the saying used to go — so here’s three things. First up, my first solo paper (“The future’s four quarters: Proposing a quadrant methodology for strategic prototyping in infrastructural contexts”) has finally wended its way th ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Soviet Psychotronic lit review since 1911, int ...
    Let's have a nice link dump on some moar exotic science. If you care to scout this story out, you will have moar vortices of weirdness than you'll know what to do with. I like weird patents and ran into a few of them. Could all these things below be related? Can we hack a new machine to get into ...
  • 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 ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Cop Shoots Schizophrenic Teen Who'd Already Be ...
    The boy's father said, "They killed my son in cold blood. We called for help and they killed my son." A schizophrenic teen was fatally shot over the weekend in North Carolina by police officers.  Now, news outlet WECT reports that one of the officers who arrived at the scene in ...
  • Florida Man Who Shot 2 People to Death Gets Of ...
    This latest test of the Stand Your Ground law is likely headed to the Florida Supreme Court. Stand Your Ground strikes again in Florida.  The notorious law that allows people accused of killing someone to argue that they “stood their ground” in the face of life-threatening circumstances ha ...
  • Jon Stewart to Fox Hosts: ‘Your F*cking Opinio ...
    No Fox News, cold weather does not disprove climate change. On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart noted that non-stop news coverage of the recent cold snap meant less political bickering in the media. After all, they're just talking about the weather. But not at Fox News, where conservative ...
  • An Open Letter to Bad Tippers: Why Not Tipping ...
    Dear tightwads -- if you can afford to eat out, you can afford to tip your wait staff.  A reader, "MJ," sent me this:Dear Matt,Can you write something about people who don't tip??? I see you've posted about people who are rude to customer service and people who leave their carts in the parkin ...
  • Religious Right Leaders Meet to Plot Big-Money ...
    Evangelical groups plot to take a page out of the playbooks of Karl Rove and the Koch brothers by raising millions of dollars. These are challenging times for the Religious Right. The movement seems to be rapidly losing ground on one of its signature issues, same-sex marriage, and polls show l ...

Threat Level

  • How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet
    Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the other tech titans have had to fight for their lives against their own government. An exclusive look inside their year from hell—and why the Internet will never be the same.     
  • AT&T Thumbs Nose at Net Neutrality With ‘Spons ...
    AT&T unveiled today what it called a "sponsored data" program, shifting the cost of some data to sponsors instead of its mobile subscribers, a move digital rights activists said breached the "spirit" of net neutrality.     
  • The Internet of Things Is Wildly Insecure — An ...
    We’re at a crisis point now with regard to the security of embedded systems, where computing is embedded into the hardware itself — as with the Internet of Things. These embedded computers are riddled with vulnerabilities, and there’s no good ...     
  • Supreme Court May Not Review Conflicting NSA P ...
    There's been plenty of discussion, even in this blog, that the Supreme Court is likely to decide whether the NSA's telephone bulk metadata collection program may continue. But Orin Kerr, one of the nation's prominent Fourth Amendment scholars at George ...     
  • Court Upholds Willy-Nilly Gadget Searches Alon ...
    A federal judge today upheld a President Barack Obama administration policy allowing U.S. officials along the U.S. border to seize and search laptops, smartphones and other electronic devices for any reason.     

Equality Trust

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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

  • 283 with Norovirus from Kansas Jimmy Johns
    Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has confirmed norovirus as the cause of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness associated with Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches restaurant in Garden City, Kan.... Continue Reading
  • How to Break a Foodborne Illness Story
    Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, people get sick from eating food. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 48 million of us get sick each... Continue Reading
  • The Cultured Kitchen linked to three state Sal ...
    The CDC reports a total of 14 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Stanley have been reported from three states. Most of the ill people have been reported... Continue Reading
  • California Links Salmonella to Cashew Cheese
    California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman today warned people not to eat cashew cheese products manufactured by The Cultured Kitchen because they... Continue Reading
  • California Links Salmonella to Cashew Cheese
    California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman today warned people not to eat cashew cheese products manufactured by The Cultured Kitchen because they... 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!

  • Watch: Amy Goodman Appears on "Melissa Harris- ...
    Don't miss Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman on "Melissa Harris-Perry" this Sunday, January 5. The show airs live from 10 a.m. to Noon EST on MSNBC .
  • Congress to the Unemployed: Eat Confetti
    Is this really how we want to start the new year, by denying unemployment benefits to more than a million Americans who have lost their jobs? The bipartisan budget agreement passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama protects military spending, but promises to throw the most desper ...
  • BREAKING: Lynne Stewart Freed From Prison, Gra ...
    UPDATE : Lynne Stewart has been released from prison and will come to New York City to live with her son. Earlier today, federal Judge John Koeltl ordered the "compassionate release" of Lynne Stewart. He wrote that "Stewart's "terminal medical condition and very limited life expectancy constit ...
  • Top 20 Democracy Now! Segments of 2013
    As part of our look back at the top news stories of 2013, we have complied a list of the 20 most-viewed Democracy Now! segments on democracynow.org. Join the conversation about each of these interviews on our Facebook page and share the list directly from Pinterest . Hacker Group Ano ...
  • CREDO Members (Or Not!): Only 1 week left to ...
    Now, more than ever, Democracy Now! needs your help. Each year, CREDO members vote to distribute 2013 donations funding — and how much we get depends on you. The more votes we receive, the greater our share of funding. Just go to this page and select Democracy Now! (you'll find us ...

Solari

  • Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spacef ...
    “The stars up here are unbelievable. It looks like someone has spread diamond dust over a black velvet blanket.” ~ Anousheh Ansari, the first female spaceflight participant, blogging from the International Space Station By Catherine Austin Fitts I just finished this history of the e ...
  • Monsanto’s Scary New Scheme: Why Does It Reall ...
    By Lina Khan Imagine cows fed and milked entirely by robots. Or tomatoes that send an e-mail when they need more water. Or a farm where all the decisions about where to plant seeds, spray fertilizer and steer tractors are made by software on servers on the other side of the sea. This [...]
  • Quote du Jour
    “The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.” ~ Will Smith”
  • Break Away in 2014
  • The Fed Is Hiring: Lots Of Cops
    By Tyler Durden Some may have forgotten, or not be aware, that the Federal Reserve system has its own police force. Well, it does: “The U.S. Federal Reserve Police is the law enforcement arm of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States…. Officers a ...

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

  • All Intel Microprocessors Will be Conflict-Fre ...
    When you buy an electronic device, it is almost impossible to know whether or not it has been made with materials that fuel social unrest, violence, and corruption in areas like the Democratic Republic of Congo. But today Intel CEO Brian Krzanich promised     
  • Japan Offers US $4 Billion Loan For Super Magl ...
    Last year Japan set to work testing the world's fastest "floating" maglev train, which can hit top speeds of over 310 mph. Now, keen to share (or show off) their feat to the rest of the world, the Japanese government has offered to loan the US half of the     
  • The TABBY is a DIY Open Source Electric Vehicl ...
    Imagine owning an electric vehicle that you can assemble yourself in less time than it takes to put together an IKEA entertainment center. In an effort to make cars more accessible, affordable, and efficient, OSVehicle created the TABBY and Urban TABBY electric     
  • Spree Smart Headband Tracks Exercise Performan ...
    Are you an exercise nut? Do you long for specific information that will help you reach aggressive fitness goals? If so, you've probably got a lot in common with the team at Spree Sports. Frustrated by unreliable wrist tracking devices and chest heart monitors     
  • Anton Strainer Bowl Helps Gives Fruits and Veg ...
    The fruits and vegetables we consume come covered with pesticides, or worse yet, are pre-washed with gas or chemicals to live longer on the supermarket shelves. To minimize and eliminate these chemical residues, not only is a quick wash needed, but also for     

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Hubble’s Magnify ...
    This image of Abell 2744 is the first to come from Hubble's Frontier Fields observing programme, which is using the magnifying power of enormous galaxy clusters to peer deep into the distant Universe. Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, is thought ...     
  • 10 Years of Beautiful Mars Art From the Spirit ...
    For two twin robots, a decade of exploration on Mars has brought incredible discoveries and scientific insight. But the Spirit and Opportunity rovers have also spent 10 years capturing the desolate beauty and splendor of the Red Planet.     
  • Watch Live: NASA Scientists Discuss Paving the ...
    Watch live as a scientists and engineers celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers landing on Mars by looking at what we now know about the Red Planet and ahead at future exploration. The live feed starts ...     
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Supernova Dust F ...
    This image shows the remnant of Supernova 1987A seen in light of very different wavelengths. ALMA data (in red) shows newly formed dust in the centre of the remnant. Hubble (in green) and Chandra (in blue) data show the expanding ...     
  • Engrossingly Gross Photos of Spiders and Insec ...
    These are some of the most detailed and disturbing bug-meal photos you might ever see. You can thank us later.     

PakAlert

  • Agenda 21 Swat Teams Are Seizing Private Property
    The Antelope Valley is a desolate stretch of land on the fringes of Los Angeles County. Very few people want to stay there except for a group of self-described rugged individualists. Common sense would determine that these people have discovered a place where the govt would just want to leave t ...
  • Video – Manning: Dictator Obama False Flag & M ...
    Via the video details this was documented on Dec 31, 2013, . James David Manning talks about dictator Obama, his power over the courts, the government generals plans to arrest him and the strategy needed to eliminate Obama since he has no objective of leaving the White House voluntarily. Mann ...
  • Texas water contaminated with radiation — Stat ...
    Radiation strikes home, slap dab in the heart of Texas–this time in the drinking water According to a latest review by KHOU11, state authorities in Texas have been aware that tap water in the area continues to be contaminated with radiation. Top political figures such as the governor are e ...
  • Feds Preparing For Violence Targeting Social S ...
    Homeland Security spends $58 million on armed security guards for just two SSA offices The Department of Homeland Security is spending up to $58 million dollars to hire armed security guards to protect two Social Security buildings in Baltimore, measures which some see as preparation for futu ...
  • 2nd top military man calls for millions to mar ...
    Truck drivers rallied in Washington to restore America to its constitutional republic fundamentals. So did veterans. And riders. They all assembled and then departed, making the Beltway associates to continue running the nation into the ground, according to one man who says an event he wishes to ...

Andy Worthington

  • Radio: Andy Worthington Discusses the Save Lew ...
    Just before Christmas I took part in a show about the threat to the NHS from the Tory-led coalition government (and from senior managers within the NHS) on the excellent community radio station Radio Free Brighton, which is based in Brighton, funnily enough, and was set up by my good friend Jack ...
  • The Last Three Uighurs Are Freed from Guantána ...
    As was reported on New Year’s Eve by Carol Rosenberg in the Miami Herald, one of Guantánamo’s burning injustices has finally been addressed with the release — to Slovakia — of the last three Uighur prisoners, five years and two months after a US judge ordered their releas ...
  • Close Guantánamo Now: Andy Worthington’s ...
    To interview Andy Worthington or Debra Sweet, or to arrange further events, please contact Andy or Debra. January 11, 2014 is the 12th anniversary of the opening of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an experiment in extraordinary rendition, torture and indefinite de ...
  • For Christmas, the Reverend Nicholas Mercer Ca ...
    As I spend Christmas with family, I recall that, on this Christian holiday, which commemorates the birth of Jesus — drawing on an older tradition of celebrating the winter solstice, and the beginning of the sun’s rebirth after the shortest day of the year — there are other peop ...
  • How Congress Is Finally Helping President Obam ...
    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 ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • After shortest day sunrise still gets later
    Several people asked me about the odd phenomenon that in these here parts sunrise gets later each day until early January even though the days themselves get longer after the winter solstice. From EarthSky: The winter solstice always brings the shortest day to the Northern Hemisphere and the lon ...
  • Last post…of 2013
    Festive Felicitations to you all, hope to see you in 2014, here on the Sciencebase site (newsfeed), on my Song, Snaps, Science page, or on Twitter @sciencebase), Google+ and Facebook, of course. Last post…of 2013 is a post from the science blog of David Bradley, author of Deceived Wisdom S ...
  • Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
    Coughs and sneezes really do spread diseases, airborne droplets from your infected mucus, phlegm and snot sprayed over your companions on the daily commute, in the office, at the shops, at school etc can pass the viral or bacterial particles to infect that other person if the particles get into ...
  • Yesterday’s future tomorrow
    In a thousand years’ time, our apps and smartphones, our status updates and our tweets, Our hybrid EVs, solar panels, windfarms, all of our digital neats Will seem so quaint, and misguided, so twee and lopsided They’ll talk of yet more Dark Ages repeats Just think of our medical scan ...
  • Zinc, the only supplement
    Zinc is the only supplement I take if I feel a cold coming on. Vitamin C, echinacea, cod liver oil etc have no proven effect. But, recent Cochrane analysis vindicates earlier research on which I based my choice. Zinc – The promise: Laboratory studies have found it can inhibit replication o ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Goodbye, Manatees: Record Number of Deaths in 2013
    Photo: Keith Ramos/US Fish and Wildlife Service2013 was not a good year for dolphins, and a new tally from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows it was a sad year for another marine mammal as well. read more
  • Controversial Insecticides Could Have Bigger I ...
    A field of canola in Saskatchewan. (Photo: Adam Kahtava/cc/flickr)The "impact on biodiversity" from a controversial class of insecticides called neonicotinoids "could be probably bigger than we've ever seen before if we keep going at this rate," a biologist has warned. ...
  • 'Revolving Door Keeps Spinning': Former FCC He ...
    Julius Genachowski (Photo: Bloomberg)In the words of Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, "The revolving door never seems to stop spinning at the Federal Communications Commission." read more
  • Poor, Jobless Hit Hardest By Assistance Progra ...
    As the New York Times revealed Tuesday, in the rush to modernize social service payment programs—such as food stamps, unemployment, and Medicaid—faulty websites and underfunded technology initiatives on the state level are leaving many of "the poor, the jobless and the neediest& ...
  • California Lawmakers Launch 'Universal Prescho ...
    (Photo: barnabywasson/ cc/ flickr)California Democrats are introducing Tuesday a proposal to bring free "universal preschool" to all children in the state, a measure championed by many as an imperative equalizer for children from lower-income families. ...

Lifehacker

  • Make a Camera Crane Out of a Painter's Pole an ...
    When all you've got is a video camera (or DSLR with video capabilities) you'll wind up with some pretty shaky, handheld shots. Camera cranes/jibs can fix that for a price, by allowing you to get smooth shots that look like the camera is floating. While normally costly, you can make this happen o ...
  • How I Cut $205 from My Monthly Food Bill
    How much do you spend on food each month? Don't know? That's okay. For a long time I didn't have any idea how much I spent on food, until college graduation gave me a dose of reality. (Read: broke in a big city.)Read more...     
  • Noted Is a Colorful, Fast, and Clutter-Free No ...
    iPhone: You have a ton of options for notes apps on the iPhone, but if you're looking for something fast that's good for just jotting down a quick note, Noted is a free and simple solution. Read more...     
  • Use These Three Steps to Boost Your Learning S ...
    If you're struggling a bit learning a new skill on your own, coder Cory House shares his three basic steps that help him retain information. Read more...     
  • Clip Better Adds Link Previews to Emails to Pr ...
    Chrome: When you send a link through email it usually means a boring string of text without a lot of information. Clip Better is a Chrome extension that adds Facebook-like link previews to emails so there's actually a bit of context.Read more...     

Water Wars

  • WaterFX Sees Solar Desalination As One Way To ...
    Aaron Mandell, Founder and Chairman of WaterFX, looks at California's water issue like a classic entrepreneur. Where others see problems, he sees opportunity for improvement and profit. And that opportunity is huge.
  • Morning Buzz: Monday 1.6.13
    Kevin Roderick: State lawmakers return to Sacramento. Sen. Kevin de Leon wants to lead the Senate. Napolitano on Edward Snowden. City Attorney Mike Feuer on jaywalking and more. Why film and TV production leaves LA. New Yorker profiles author Jennifer Weiner. LAT profiles AIDS activist Michael W ...
  • The Buzz: California lawmakers return to fisca ...
    The champagne has been uncorked and imbibed, the calendars flipped and the soon-to-be-broken resolutions crafted: 2013 has passed into history. All of which means Sacramento is preparing for the 2014 legislative session. Things officially get started when legislators return to the state Capitol ...
  • Water wars: Data won't stay secret
    The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Stakeholders group had sought to keep the data confidential. It had concerns about information leaks from an ongoing water study conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Water Resources Institute.
  • Letters to the Editor: January 2 – 8, 2014
    Falls Church Wasn’t Victim In ‘Water War’ Editor, The December 26 – January 1 News-Press editorial notes that the water wars began when Fairfax County violated an invisible and unratified “turf line.” (Invisible and unratified – how binding or even noticeable can that non-agreement possibly be?) ...

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

The Wonk Room

  • Out In The Cold?
    Now is not the time to deal another blow to our economy and millions of struggling families.The post Out In The Cold? appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Study: Half Of Black Males Are Arrested By Age 23
    Those introduced to the criminal system at a young age are more likely to be repeat offenders. The post Study: Half Of Black Males Are Arrested By Age 23 appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Why You Shouldn’t Get Too Excited About ...
    AT&T's toll-free mobile data plan for customers risks getting shutdown by the FCC.The post Why You Shouldn’t Get Too Excited About AT&T’s Toll-Free Data Plan appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Report: House Of Representatives Voted 109 Tim ...
    Votes include a bill that would have imposed a $5000 fee on environmental protesters.The post Report: House Of Representatives Voted 109 Times To Undermine Environmental Efforts In 2013 appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Fact Check: Congressman Says ‘Illegal Al ...
    This congressman believes that Georgia will turn blue if “illegal aliens” are given a chance to vote.The post Fact Check: Congressman Says ‘Illegal Aliens’ Will Turn Georgia Blue appeared first on ThinkProgress.

thwap's schoolyard

  • How To Bring harper Down?
    War-crimes. Torture. Rape cover-ups. Attacks on First Nations. Attacks on immigrants. Corruption. CORRUPTION. CORRUPTION. Contempt of Parliament. Election fraud. That's just off the top of my head. Now my friends and fellow bloggers are posting about harper's destruction of public libraries, es ...
  • Digital Media = Surge in Partisanship?
    I just read somewhere that digital media (mainly the internet) is responsible for the increasely partisan nature of political debate in North America. I think there's some truth to that. But I also think it's best to avoid thinking there was ever a "good old days" when society wasn't polarized b ...
  • Preconceived Delusions
    I think part of the reason for the failure of the left to adequately respond to harper is that new ideas bounce-off of preconceived delusions that people have. "A big rally would bring harper down" is probably flitting through people's minds. So they imagine that a hard struggle involving perman ...
  • How Would You Get People Out In The Streets?
    And what would you do with them once you'd gotten them there? Most leftists don't appear to give much thought to these questions. It's pathological. We imagine that sitting at home, complaining to like-minded friends online or in real life is sufficient. I'll continue to type these little comp ...
  • It Won't Change. Unless ...
    ... unless we DO SOMETHING. Do you understand this? I'd like to read about genuine strategies for change when I go online. Not endless, pointless internet bitch festivals. Nothing is going to change unless we DO SOMETHING. Global warming is going to bring hell on earth inevitably. Do you bel ...

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

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

War in Context

  • Nick Turse: Special Ops goes global
    It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So consider the actions of the U.S. Special Operations Command flattering indeed to the larger U.S. military. After all, over recent decades the Pentagon has done something that once would have been inconceivable.  It has div ...
  • The moral case for ending America’s cold war w ...
    Peter Beinart writes: The debate over a final nuclear deal with Iran can be mind-numbingly technical. To what percentage will Tehran be allowed to enrich uranium? What rules will govern inspections of its nuclear sites? Which sanctions will be lifted and how? But to a large extent, that debate m ...
  • Syrian rebels oust al-Qaida-affiliated jihadis ...
    The Guardian reports: Syrian rebels have ousted a hardline al-Qaida group from the provincial capital of Raqqa, freeing more than 50 hostages in a fourth day of clashes across the north of the country. The fight against the group, the Islamic State of Iraq in Syria (Isis), comes as members of th ...
  • Iraqi PM urges Falluja to expel al Qaeda militants
    Reuters reports: Iraq’s prime minister has urged people in the besieged city of Falluja to drive out al-Qaida-linked insurgents to pre-empt a military offensive that officials said could be launched within days. In a statement on state television, Nouri al-Maliki, a Shia Muslim whose gover ...
  • The reconstruction of Egypt’s security state
    The Associated Press reports: After a bombing hit a security headquarters in Egypt’s Nile Delta, calls flooded into a hotline run by security agencies as people reported suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood in their neighborhoods. In the weeks that followed, hotline numbers have run ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Upwelling Solar, Upwelling Longwave
    Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The CERES dataset contains three main parts—downwelling solar radiation, upwelling solar radiation, and upwelling longwave radiation. With the exception of leap-year variations, the solar dataset does not change from year to year over a few … Continue readin ...
  • A Sober Look At The Northern Polar Vortex
    Image Credit NASA WUWT Regular “Just The Facts” Currently there is a lot of media hype about the Polar Vortex over North America, but little in the way of coherent explanation as to what a Polar Vortex is and how … Continue reading →
  • Akademik Shokalskiy and the Xue Long have brok ...
    Well that’s the end of that story…until investigations begin. Press release: 12:30pm AEDT, Wednesday 8 January 2014 Antarctic rescue operations complete The Australian Maritime Safety Authority can confirm that the Akademik Shokalskiy and the Xue Long have broken free from … Co ...
  • Putting Headlines Ahead of Science
    Essay by Patrick J. Michaels This article appeared in Orange County Register on January 2, 2014. On Dec. 10, Randy Schekman, a UC Berkeley professor, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The day before, he published an … Continue reading →
  • X class solar flare ejection may hit Earth wit ...
    From the WUWT Solar Reference page, an X 1.2 event has occurred: From NASA Spaceweather: Giant sunspot AR1944 erupted on Jan 7th at approximately 1832 UT, producing a powerful X1-class solar flare. First-look coronagraph images from the STEREO-Ahead spacecraft appear … Continue reading →

treehugger

Biosingularity

  • ▶ Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation
    ▶ Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation – YouTube. You may receive endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation if you are in an emergency situation involving severe respiratory problems or if you are having general anesthesia during a surgical procedure. If you have severe respirato ...
  • 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 ...

CFACT

  • True facts about ocean radiation and the Fukus ...
    The Fukushima disaster has "led to some wild speculation on the widespread dangers of Fukushima radiation on the internet... I’m here to tell you that these posts are just plain garbage. While there are terrible things that happened around the Fukushima Power Plant in Japan; Alaska, Hawaii and t ...
  • Media ignores inconvenient ice, yet Antarctic ...
    Can the media ignore both the global warming nature of the expedition that got itself trapped in Antarctic ice, and 2013's massive growth of Antarctic ice itself?
  • Antarctic global warming expedition airlifted ...
    Fifty-two members of the global warming expedition which has been ice-bound off Antarctica since Christmas Eve have been airlifted to safety by a Chinese helicopter. The holiday spectacle of feckless warmists on ice should prove a lasting image.
  • Climate scientists hold new year’s sing- ...
    Climate Depot describes it as a "clitanic disaster," but the global warming scientists and eco-tourists trapped in Antarctic ice held a sing-along to welcome the new year while awaiting rescue. 2013 was a year which rocked the credibility of the global warming campaign. It will take a long tim ...
  • Defusing the explosive conversation on fracking
    The myths about hydraulic fracturing (fracking) are myriad and cynical -- spread by haters of fossil fuels and by those who want to see the United States crippled as a result of shutting down the bulk of the traditional energy sector in favor of heavily subsidized "renewables" and forcing a mass ...

Ria Novosti Online News

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

  • 5-Meter-Asteroid Hits Earth, Burns Up in Atmos ...
    A small asteroid hit Earth just hours after it was first discovered, astronomers said, but likely burned up in the planet’s atmosphere.     
  • Passenger Rescue at Stranded Russian Ship to S ...
    Maritime authorities in Australia said Thursday that operations to rescue passengers on a Russian research ship trapped by ice in the Antarctic Sea will commence soon.     
  • Japanese Radioactive Soil Seized in Kiev
    Radioactive soil from the Fukushima disaster area was found in the baggage of a Japanese man by border guards at Kiev’s Borispol Airport, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said Tuesday.     
  • After Series of Delays, Russia Launches New So ...
    A new Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on Saturday after numerous delays earlier this week, the Russian Defense Ministry said.     
  • Russian Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk
    Two Russian cosmonauts who last month carried the Olympic torch into open space for the first time finished a spacewalk on Saturday to replace equipment on the outside of the International Space Station.     

Natural Health News

  • 17 Children Die After Receiving Hepatitis B Va ...
    By Dr. Mercola If you’re a parent-to-be or are planning to have children in the future, one of the first decisions you’ll need to make is whether or not to give your child the hepatitis B vaccine. Even if you consider yourself to be in favor of vaccinations and the current US vac ...
  • Long Overdue FDA Action on Agricultural Antibi ...
    Visit the Mercola Video Library By Dr. Mercola Antibiotic-resistant disease is a major threat to public health, and the primary cause for this man-made epidemic is the widespread misuse of antibiotics—primarily in agriculture. In fact, while the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
  • Acupuncture: Real or Not, Can Ease Side Effect ...
    By Dr. Mercola Every year, millions of Americans turn to acupuncture as part of their health care routine, using it to relieve chronic pain, high blood pressure, nausea and much more. Although in the US, acupuncture is considered an alternative to conventional forms of medicine, it is actuall ...
  • Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades your Body
    By Dr. Mercola The video above gives a wonderfully clear illustration of what happens when someone nearby you sneezes … and you end up inhaling the virus. It’s said that a single sneeze may produce up to 40,000 droplets, which may leave your mouth at speeds of more than 200 ...
  • Clinical Scientist Sets the Record Straight on ...
    By Dr. Mercola Dr. Richard Johnson is the head of nephrology at the University of Colorado and is actively engaged in clinical research. Over the past 25 years, much of his research (which is funded by the National Institutes of Health) has focused on fructose and obesity-related diseases. ...

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

  • Why the Muslim Brotherhood (Wrongly) Believes ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Gidon Shaviv called it. The Muslim Brotherhood does indeed believe that it can accept the ICC’s jurisdiction on an ad hoc basis because it is still the legitimate government of Egypt: Just how successful the ICC action will be is unclear. Egypt is ...
  • Weekly News Wrap: January 6, 2014
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa South Sudan peace talks were scheduled to start on Sunday in Addis Ababa, but were delayed once again. Congolese troops staved off armed attacks in Kinsh ...
  • Events and announcements: January 5, 2014
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen The Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (CJICL) will hold its Third Annual Conference on May 10-11, 2014 at the St John’s College Divinity School, University of Cambridge. This conference will explore approaches that question the traditional sta ...
  • Holiday Roundup: December 21, 2013 – January 3 ...
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen If you’ve been away for the holidays, here is a summary of what we got up to at Opinio Juris over the break. Kevin posted Banksy’s Christmas postcard, linked to his new essay on the legal recharacterization of facts at the ICC, and held another round i ...
  • Good Luck with the ICC, Muslim Brotherhood
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller So this is baffling: The international legal team representing the Muslim Brotherhood has filed a complaint to the International Criminal Court, reported state-owned media agency MENA. The team has previously said on 16 August and on 15 November that, fo ...

Public News Service

  • Tesla Supercharging Stations May Help AZ Tourism
    Tesla Supercharging Stations May Help AZ Tourism PHOENIX - Arizona's tourism economy could get a boost in the New Year, courtesy of Tesla Motors. The maker of the popular electric vehicles has opened one of its super charging stations at Quartzsite, with six more coming soon around the state. ...
  • Investment Banker: Invest in Paid Family Leave
    Investment Banker: Invest in Paid Family Leave PHOENIX - A strong voice from Wall Street is weighing in on the importance of paid family leave for parents of newborn children and for people caring for seriously ill or elderly relatives. Tom Nides, who served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State a ...
  • 2014 Resolution for AZ Parents: Discipline, No ...
    2014 Resolution for AZ Parents: Discipline, Not Punishment PHOENIX – It isn't on the list of typical New Year's resolutions along with quitting smoking or losing weight. But one expert says a goal for 2014 of parenting through discipline instead of punishment can have life-long positive e ...
  • Substantial Stake for Arizonans in Saving Road ...
    Substantial Stake for Arizonans in Saving Roadless Lands PHOENIX – In some of the country's most remote areas, a battle is brewing to safeguard the land from oil and gas development and timber extraction. Ed Perry, outreach coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), will be pa ...
  • Make Those Last-Minute Charitable Donations Count
    Make Those Last-Minute Charitable Donations Count PHOENIX - With the clock now racing toward the end of the year, the rush is on to make those last-minute charitable donations before midnight tonight, but experts urge Arizonans to do their homework to maximize year-end contributions. In order t ...

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

  • US Embassy Bangkok: US Soldier Running Rogue O ...
    CJ Grisham was arrested in Texas a second time this past November for criminal trespass. 18 December 2013 A troubled US Army Soldier claimed to be assigned to the US Embassy in Bangkok for an unknown purpose. The active duty counterintelligence soldier, who has a Top Secret clearance, is sta ...
  • Air Force being Downgraded to "Air Persuasion ...
    Published on: 12 December 2013 From: Eric K. Fanning, Acting Secretary of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff Chief Master Sgt. James A. Cody, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force To the Airmen of the United States Air Force: We are the best Air Force in the world ...
  • Not a Crosswalk
    Aleppo, Syria 09 December 2013 The Syrian war is growing.  Growing in size and complexity. Yet the more one learns about this conflict, the less accurate it becomes to call it “The Syrian War.”  Thousands of foreigners have flooded in.  Some are moving through southern Turkey t ...
  • Afghanistan: Talking Points US Troops
    08 December 2013 Many of our Soldiers in Afghanistan are required to carry this paper in a pocket at all times.  Troops are expected to memorize the talking points and cough them up to any journalists coming through. We decided to help headquarters spread their message. Many complaints ...
  • Thailand: Pause on Fighting for King's Birthday
    04 December 2013 I am in Turkey to study the Syrian civil war.  Yet this is also a crucial moment in Thailand.  A few words on the Kingdom are due. December 5 is His Majesty's birthday. As an American, I was raised since birth to reject all kings. That is our upbringing and what we a ...

The Killing Train

  • Three kinds of science - the Jan/Feb 2014 Bria ...
    My latest article is Jan/Feb 2014 cover story in Briarpatch Magazine. In it I analyze science and politics, talking about three different things that are called science: Science A (authority), Science B (business), and Science C (curiosity). Hope you enjoy. Link: http://briarpatchmagazine.com/ar ...
  • podur.org in 2013
    Since it's the last day of 2013, I thought I would look over what I did this year. I spent half the year in India, so I have a fair bit of India content here. I also started the Ossington Circle this year, which has been fun. I am not including short blogs in this list, just longer articles and ...
  • The Ossington Circle: Episode 4, Paul Moloney ...
    The Ossington Circle is an internet talk show hosted by Justin Podur in Toronto. This episode has Paul Moloney, the author of the book The Therapy Industry: the irresistible rise of the talking cure and why it doesn't work (Pluto Press 2013). In the book, Paul questions the idea that many of our ...
  • 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): ...

treehugger

Democratic Voice of Burma

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

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

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Expose the BNP

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

Ode Magazine

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

OpEd News

  • The New York Times pronounces on destabilizati ...
    In alliance with a new imperialist partner, Saudi Arabia has pledged a massive $3 billion to pay for weapons being supplied by the government of French President Francois Hollande to the Lebanese army in order to target Hezbollah, an ally of Iran and Syria. What is taking place in the Middle Eas ...
  • Watch Out for a 2014 Conservative Foundation S ...
    Watch out for conservative foundations in 2014 trying to capitalize on their "success" in Wisconsin under Governor Walker to fund bigger and broader attacks on public sector unions.
  • NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong
    In a memo to President Obama, former National Security Agency insiders explain how NSA leaders botched intelligence collection and analysis before 9/11, covered up the mistakes, and violated the constitutional rights of the American people, all while wasting billions of dollars and misleading th ...
  • The U.S. and Iran, The Possibilities
    The enmity that has existed between the US & Iran may be coming to an end. The sectarian rift between Sunni & Shiite Muslims is such the civil war in Syria could spread to Iraq & Lebanon. There---s an increasing recognition by the Obama administration a stable Iran could be an important diplomat ...
  • The Great Unsaid: What 1984 Can Teach Us About ...
    How the fictional 1984 defines 2014. Fukushima and your access to clean water, freedom of speech.

Switchboard

  • EPA Starts New Year with Climate Action: Carb ...
    David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking another step forward Wednesday to carry out President Obama’s ambitious Climate Action Plan announced last June. &n ...
  • Imported Seafood Comes with a Price: Dead Whal ...
    Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City On October 1, 2013, a female humpback whale washed up dead on a Long Island beach. Its 20-ton body, discovered by an early-morning surfer, bore signs of trauma. The cause of death, although it’s ...
  • Governor Cuomo's Latest Post-Sandy Initiatives ...
    Eric Goldstein, Director of NRDC's New York City Environment, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a boatload of new initiatives to make New York better prepared for future storms that are certain to hit the region’s shores in the wake of ou ...
  • A Major Victory in the Fight to Protect Patago ...
    Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC A major victory in the fight to protect Chile’s rugged Patagonia came today when media reported that Endesa Chile, the majority owner of HidroAysén, has removed the massive hyd ...
  • Cold Snap Highlights Need for Updated Furnace ...
    Meg Waltner, Manager, Building Energy Policy, San Francisco, CA With the polar vortex bringing subzero temperatures and wind chill factors even more brutal to many parts of the United States, many Americans are huddling inside, with good reason. Unf ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
    A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
  • Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
    Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
  • Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
    Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
  • Praying On Qasr al-Nil
    One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
  • “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
    The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Developers, Knight Fellows Mingle at Matter Event
    About 20 Knight Alumni and Fellows recently converged on a big-windowed workspace in San Francisco's South of Market district. Sure, there was pizza and beer, but what really drew them was the chance to crunch ideas with developers working to "change media for good." The dozen or so ...
  • Join the Zeega Makers Challenge for 'The Makin ...
    In 24 hours, Zeegas -- a new form of interactive media -- will be installed on four projection screens at San Francisco's renowned Museum of Modern Art. This showcase is part of "The Making Of..." -- a collaboration between award-winning NPR producers the Kitchen Sisters, KQED, AIR's Localore, ...
  • OpenStreetMap Conference to Advance the World' ...
    Hundreds of users, contributors, and mappers are converging next month in San Francisco to discuss OpenStreetMap, the free and editable map of the world often called the "Wikipedia of maps." More than 1 million people have signed up to contribute to OpenStreetMap, making it the world's largest o ...
  • The Crowd and the Mob: Opportunities, Cautions ...
    Recent events in Boston highlight both the potential and hazards of ever-present cameras. In the hours following the April 15 bombing, law enforcement agencies called upon commercial businesses and the public to submit relevant footage from surveillance cameras and mobile devices. While the tsun ...
  • Want an Affordable Infrared Camera? Give to Pu ...
    This post was co-written by Public Lab organizer Don Blair. Public Lab is pleased to announce the launch of our fourth Kickstarter today, "Infragram: the Infrared Photography Project." The idea for the Infragram was originally conceptualized during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Cutting Edge News

  • Iraq on Edge - General: 'Wait and See' Before ...
    Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said Tuesday the United States should "wait and see" before sending U.S. troops to Iraq, where Al Qaeda militants recently seized parts of two cities."This is certainly not the time to put American troops on the ground," Gen. Odierno said at the National ...
  • Obama's Second Term - The HHS Mandate Goes Live
    In the final weeks of 2013, most of the Obamacare focus was on the disastrous launch of the federal and state exchanges, followed by the frenzied effort to get the websites up to a minimum level of functionality before December 1. Almost forgotten in the tumult was the unpleasant reality that th ...
  • The Way We Are - Reports Of Holy Vision Sparks ...
    Residents of Mtskheta heaved a sigh of relief on January 7 as visitors finally trickled out of their city. Rumors of a holy apparition had drawn hordes of pilgrims from across the country to the ancient Georgian town. The pilgrimage to Mtskheta, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in ...
  • Turkey on Edge - Turkey's Democratic Instituti ...
    The struggle has already consumed three ministers’ posts and led to a major reshuffling of the cabinet. The Minister of Economy Zafer Cağlayan, the Minister of Interior Muamer Güler and the Minister for the Environment and Urban Planning Erdoğan Bayraktar, whose sons were reported to have b ...
  • American Oil - Saudi Prince Seeks to Warn His ...
    Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal expressed fears that the production of shale oil and natural gas in the United States and other countries, especially through the process known as “fracking� is a competitive threat to “any oil-producing country in the world.� For Saudi Arabia, sai ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Harrowing Torture, Summary Killings In Secre ...
    Torture, flogging, and summary killings are rife in secret prisons run by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), an armed group that controls large areas of northern Syria , said Amnesty International in a briefing published today. ISIS, which is linked to al-Qa’ida in Iraq, is an armed o ...
  • “Bride And Boom!” By Tom Engelhardt
    USA is number one in obliterating Wedding Parties in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen.... And were a wedding party to be obliterated on a highway anywhere in America on the way to, say, a rehearsal dinner, whatever the cause, it would be a 24/7 tragedy. Our lives would be filled with news of i ...
  • Walking In An Anthropocene Wonderland: "But I' ...
    According to a recent, exhaustive study commissioned by the US Department of Energy and headed by a scientific team from the U.S. navy, by the summer of 2015, the Arctic Ocean could be bereft of ice, a phenomenon that will engender devastating consequences for the earth's environment and every l ...
  • UNRWA’s Bitter Winter Solstice…And Now Dershow ...
    Preparing for a tough next few months is what the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is doing these days and the UN Specialized Agency is working in the face of daunting odds. UNWRA was founded in 1949 and for more than 60 years it has been pla ...
  • Richard Falk Interview… Stealing Palestine By ...
    Let us look the children of Gaza in the eye if we can. And if we can’t, as I could not, seize the moment to reflect on what it means to be (in)human during this holiday season

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Practicing Peace in the New Year
    A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...

Yid With Lid

  • PLEASE HELP Find Missing Mass. Child: Caleb Jacoby
    Please email me at yidwithlid@aol.com to be put onto my mailing list. Feel free to reproduce any article but please link back to http://www.jeffdunetz.com
  • Newsbusted: Extreme Cold Forcing Illegals To S ...
    Damn it so cold!  The Polar Vortex has split up and one section of it has slipped down to the Continental US, bringing sub zero or near zero temperatures as far south as Tennessee and sub freezing temperatures as far south as parts of Florida and Texas. It is so cold that, according to N ...
  • Why I Cannot Forgive MSNBC-The All Venom All T ...
    On Fox News Sunday Mitt Romney showed his usual class by accepting the apology from Melissa Harris-Perry's for ridiculing his adopted black grandson and suggesting that it was time to move on. Perhaps because he has more class than me, or perhaps because I watch much more MSNBC than he does, I a ...
  • FYI Slow Posting
    Folks sorry I have been posting less than normal.  I have a bad shoulder which besides preventing sleep makes typing painful.  Will try to pick up the pace...am seeing the doctor again on Thursday. Thanks for bearing with me.Please email me at yidwithlid@aol.com to be put onto my mail ...
  • A Political Satire/Musical Comedy Whose Time ...
    Of Thee I Sing, a musical that first appeared on Broadway over eighty years ago is long overdue for a Broadway revival. One of the most biting political satires ever written, Of Thee I Sing was the first successful American musical with a consistently satiric tone. It was so satirical, the writ ...

Wind Watch

  • Wind turbine explodes, sparks brush fire in Campo
    A wind turbine on a ridge overlooking the Golden Acorn Casino exploded today, sparking several spot fires in surrounding brush that collectively charred about a half an acre. David Elliott, a Manzanita tribal member, lives about quarter of a mile from the wind facility on the neighboring Campo r ...
  • Deadly blades: US offers 30-year permits for k ...
    Under pressure from the wind-power industry, the Obama administration said Friday it will allow companies to kill or injure eagles without the fear of prosecution for up to three decades. The new rule is designed to address environmental consequences that stand in the way of the nation’s w ...
  • Shock as another wind turbine disintegrates at ...
    Another Donegal wind turbine has been smashed – by high winds! A blade on a turbine at Corkermore wind farm has snapped clean off and embedded in the ground below. Just a month ago the site was given the go-ahead to add four new turbines by An Bord Pleanala. The site of the windfarm is nine kilo ...
  • In growing trend, Wyoming wind project seeks p ...
    The Power Company of Wyoming plans to apply next month for a federal permit that will allow the firm to kill a limited number of eagles every year at its planned Chokecherry-Sierra Madre wind farm in Carbon County. The decision of the Denver-based developer to seek what is known as an “eagle-tak ...
  • Turbine neighbors blast lawmakers over windmil ...
    BOSTON — A plan to speed permitting for wind turbine sites across the state encountered a gale of opposition testimony on Tuesday as residents who live near turbines lined up to tell a legislative committee about the giant windmills’ harmful health effects. “This bill is disgraceful, ...

Tippers News

  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
    The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
    DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
  • About Us,,,You may want to lisent...interesting!
    Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

The Freeman

  • Human Trafficking: The Other Good Reason to Re ...
    Restrictive immigration policies have long been associated with a variety of economic problems. These include the diminished availability of foreign talent, the inability of businesses to fill low-skilled agricultural and service jobs typically scorned by legal residents, and reduced access to t ...
  • Methodological Individualism
    I am just now rereading Ludwig von Mises’s magnum opus, Human Action.  What a joy it is to get reacquainted with this masterful work and to use it as a benchmark to gauge my own intellectual odyssey since first reading it more than 40 years ago. Early on the reader encounters the term “methodolo ...
  • The Virtue of Market Inefficiency
    Markets are often rightly characterized as extraordinary problem solvers. Under the right rules of the game (including private property, free exchange, and the rule of law) people following their own self-interests can coordinate their plans with one another more or less successfully, generating ...
  • The Entrepreneurial Spirit
    Dorothy Whipple’s almost entirely forgotten novel High Wages is one of the most compelling stories of personal initiative and entrepreneurship that I have read. Left alone in the world with only fifty-two pounds in a savings account, Jane Carter decides to look for work. By chance, she arrives i ...
  • Austrian Economics: Ahead of its Time?
    So I’m a closet futurist. Being one, I sometimes find myself checking out sites like Transhumanity.net. I recently came across an article there that does a pretty good job of unpacking the difference between 20th century science and 21st century science. One of the things I noticed about 2 ...

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Top 10 posts of 2013: Teaching online journalism
    In case you missed them, here are links to the posts on this blog that were viewed most often in the past year, according to the stats provided by WordPress. Only three on the list are from 2013 (I published only 27 posts this year). The oldest are from 2008 (also three posts), demonstrating the ...
  • Smarter(7): A list for journalism students
    National Geographic: 2013 Year in Review. Elise Hu: Tomorrow’s metric for news is action. Michael Wolff: Even the New York Times can't resist going lowbrow with native advertising.
  • Smarter(6): A list for journalism students
    Each Sunday, I post links to three (and only three) recent articles that are informative about, or pointing the way to, the future in journalism. Previous posts can be found here. There is also a Tumblr for this series, named Smarter. Refuge: 18 stories from the Syrian exodus. Many Americans ar ...
  • Smarter(5): A list for journalism students
    Each Sunday, I post links to three (and only three) recent articles that are informative about, or pointing the way to, the future in journalism. Previous posts can be found here. There is also a Tumblr for this series, named Smarter. (I missed posting the past two weeks.) Planet Money Makes a ...
  • Smarter(4): A list for journalism students
    Each Sunday, I post links to three (and only three) articles that are informative about, or pointing the way to, the future in journalism. Previous posts can be found here. There is also a Tumblr for this series, named Smarter. Medium’s metric that matters: Total Time Reading. Are you reading M ...

Facing South

  • More evidence undermines industry claims of fr ...
    Image Caption:  A still from the documentary "Gasland" by Josh Fox shows a man who lives near a fracking site setting his well water on fire. The oil and gas industry claims that fracking does not endanger groundwate ...
  • State of the Environmental Justice Executive O ...
    Image Caption:  Environmental justice leaders are still working for full implementation of an executive order President Clinton signed in February 1994. What is the state of Environmental Justice Executive Order 12898, "Federa ...
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: The fight for North Carolina' ...
    Image Caption:  A Moral Monday protest in Raleigh, N.C. in July 2013. (Photo by TW Buckner via Flickr.) A by-the-numbers look at the political battle underway in North Carolina, where a a right-wing legislature and administrat ...
  • Bill Moyers examines NC's 'State of Conflict'
    Image Caption:  A documentary on the political fights raging in North Carolina is set to begin airing Jan. 3. A leading journalist's TV show will look at the political battles underway in North Carolina, where protesters are f ...
  • Pickets at Art Pope stores reach small-town No ...
    Image Caption:  Barret Brown of the Alamance County (N.C.) NAACP says the purpose of pickets being held at stores owned by conservative donor and state budget director Art Pope is to help customers understand where the money they spend there go ...

Worldpress - Africa

  • Nelson Mandela: The Global Icon Goes Home
    Mandela's work to end apartheid in South Africa and fight for peace and equality throughout the world has left an indelible imprint on the global community.
  • Nelson Mandela: The Global Icon Goes Home
    Mandella's work to end apartheid in South Africa and fight for peace and equality throughout the world has left an indelible imprint on the global community.
  • Zimbabwe Food Security Threatened by Tobacco
    Droves of small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe are moving away from growing food crops and turning to tobacco, a trend that seriously threatens the country's food security.
  • Zimbabwe Food Security Threatened by Tobacco
    Droves of small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe are moving away from growing food crops and turning to tobacco, a trend that seriously threatens the country's food security.
  • DR Congo's Silent Ordeal
    Brutal violence continues to ravage the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the massacres get very little coverage in Western media.

Telegraph UK - oil

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Ian Welsh

  • Does Generational Character Exist?
    The answer is yes, unless you believe that the experiences people have don’t shape them. At a given time and place, we experience similar things.  In the America of the 30s, we experience poverty, desperation and the hope of FDR.  In the 50s we have prosperity, but also stifling expectatio ...
  • The Death Bet
    The horizon is as far as we can see. A time horizon is as far as we plan for, as far as we care about. The ancient Greeks had a proverb which runs as follows: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.” The middle [...]
  • Happy New Year
    I hope my readers had a good holiday season, and that your 2014 is better than 2013 was for you.  Unless you were heavily invested in the stock market, or German, 2013 was a generally lousy year for most people in the Western world. In the new year I’ll be making some decisions about how [...]
  • Women in combat
    prompted by this Atlantic article on integrating women into combat, I thought I’d run through the basics (as I understand them), on this issue. Let’s start with capability.  On the con side, women generally: have less upper body strength; suffer stress fractures more easily; run more ...
  • Hope you’re all having a good Christmas
    me, I’m eating duck, so Christmas is good.

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

  • Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
    My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
  • PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
    A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
  • FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
    I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
  • PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
    Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
  • China and the end of the end of history
    Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
    21st September 2013 – It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Open Your Eyes News is to be closing down with immediate effect. I would like to especially thank Kim for his technical expertise, my co-founder Collin for helping get it all off the ground 6 years ago, our 3 longe ...
  • Message from Health & Environment Editor, Janet
    My moniker has been the Biochemist. I’m writing this on behalf of the other editors and technical staff involved with Open Your Eyes News. I, personally, have been involved with OYE News since early June 2009. The first time I met with James was on the 9th June. I started posting by 30th of June ...
  • Image of the week – Technology
  • Quote of the week – Einstein on War
    “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”- Einstein
  • Wave of Iraq car bombings kill at least 48 peo ...
    ABC – At least 17 car bombs have exploded across Iraq, killing about 48 people and wounding 130 as sectarian violence continues to surge. The blasts mainly targeted Shiite majority cities and towns. The deadliest violence was in and around the city of Hilla, the predominantly Shiite capita ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

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Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

  • Reinstate Teacher Who Supported Trayvon Martin ...
    arget: Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell Goal: To reinstate Brooke Harris, an eighth grade teacher who was fired after supporting a fundraiser benefitting Trayvon Martins family. The Trayvon Martin case has already caused a storm of controversy, Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World &n ...
  • "Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...
    Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • What people will do for beauty: 8 Grossest Spa ...
    uh..the title says it all :) Submitted by Vicky P. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
    Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael hall to World &nbs ...
  • Iran Bashing, Terrorism, and Who Chose the Cho ...
    Dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the United Nations in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known Submitted by Ken D. to World  |&nb ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

Worldnews

  • Newsweek Article On 'Fall Of France' Gets ...
    We need to thank Newsweek for filling our New Year with joy. There is so much ineptness in a recent article by Janine di Giovanni aimed at destroying France -- now a specialty of the magazine. "French bashing" is trendy again among Anglo-Saxons! Yet this time, it comes from a supposedly repu ...
  • Losses from natural catastrophes halved i ...
    Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said claims from natural catastrophes including floods and hailstorms fell 52 per cent last year amid a quieter hurricane season. Insured losses declined to about $US31 billion ($35 billion), the Munich-based company said in a statement today. That c ...
  • JPMorgan To Pay Over $2bn In Madoff Schem ...
    7 January 2014, 22:08 JPMorgan To Pay Over $2bn In Madoff Scheme Tweet JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay more than $2bn (£1.2bn) to settle claims related to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. The bank will pay $1.7bn to settle criminal charges and a $350m civil penalty for what the Treasury Depar ...
  • Sunderland sends Man U to 3rd straight lo ...
    Manchester United slumped to a third consecutive loss for the first time in 13 years when Sunderland added to manager David Moyes' troubles by winning the first leg of their League Cup semifinal 2-1 Tuesday ngiht. The setback against the Premier League's last-place team completed a hat trick ...
  • Stop eating plastic
    Chennai: Fourteen per cent of school children carry hot lunch in plastic tiffin boxes, their parents regarding this a handy and stylish thing to do. A study, conducted by the Consumer Association of India (CAI) and Business School, University of Sydney, Australia, in 25 schools, both governm ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

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

Common Dreams

  • Goodbye, Manatees: Record Number of Deaths in 2013
    Photo: Keith Ramos/US Fish and Wildlife Service2013 was not a good year for dolphins, and a new tally from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows it was a sad year for another marine mammal as well. read more
  • Controversial Insecticides Could Have Bigger I ...
    A field of canola in Saskatchewan. (Photo: Adam Kahtava/cc/flickr)The "impact on biodiversity" from a controversial class of insecticides called neonicotinoids "could be probably bigger than we've ever seen before if we keep going at this rate," a biologist has warned. ...
  • 'Revolving Door Keeps Spinning': Former FCC He ...
    Julius Genachowski (Photo: Bloomberg)In the words of Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, "The revolving door never seems to stop spinning at the Federal Communications Commission." read more
  • Poor, Jobless Hit Hardest By Assistance Progra ...
    As the New York Times revealed Tuesday, in the rush to modernize social service payment programs—such as food stamps, unemployment, and Medicaid—faulty websites and underfunded technology initiatives on the state level are leaving many of "the poor, the jobless and the neediest& ...
  • California Lawmakers Launch 'Universal Prescho ...
    (Photo: barnabywasson/ cc/ flickr)California Democrats are introducing Tuesday a proposal to bring free "universal preschool" to all children in the state, a measure championed by many as an imperative equalizer for children from lower-income families. ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Scotts Contracting

  • WARRIORS ONLY NFL PLAYOFF CHALLENGE
    2013 Playoff Scenario Bracket-Picking NFL Playoff Challenge Tip Now that the playoffs are finally here its time to enter NFL PlayOff Challenge.  To score the highest points possible I try to pick the teams that will make it to the Superbowl. 2014 NFL Super Bowl XLVIII Playoff Bracket 2014 NFL Su ...
  • 2013 Review-Popular Blog Posts-Poll for 2014
    2013 annual stat report for Scotts Contracting-StLouis Renewable Energy This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. Click here to see the complete report. Are there any t ...
  • StLouis Brick Home Hempcrete Insulation Retrofit
    Design by Scotty-St.Louis Brick Home Hempcrete Exterior Insulation Retrofit CAD Design Wall RValues 4 Inch Layer of Hempcrete = R14.2 Multi Wythe St Louis Brick Building= R5 Total Wall RValue=14.2 My latest quest to Build a Green St.Louis by retrofitting the Brick Buildings located in the St.Lou ...
  • 3rd Grade Solar Science Project-Results,Testin ...
    In my quest to make school fun we decided to test the power of the sun with some kool solar gadgets.  She said it was fun testing the different solar toys and the test results prove that the power of the sun is strongest… This is her project for her class I did my best […]
  • Pt3 Kid Sized Plumbing-Small Biz Energy Effici ...
    This final blog post of the Series-Small Business Energy Efficient Design Build Project.  I will be addressing the Must Have Request of the Client- Two Child Sized Plumbing Fixtures and extra counter area by sink located outside of bathroom.  If you haven’t noticed a design theme ...

Green House - USA Today

Law.com

Iranian.com

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

Most Revolutionary Act

  • What Really Happened in Detroit
    Guest post by Steven Miller (This is the 4th of 6 posts in which Miller describes how Detroit residents and auto industry pensioners were deliberately swindled by Wall Street, with the help of the state and federal government.) What Really Happened in Detroit With Detroit’s financial ...
  • Obama's Privatization Agenda
    Guest post by Steven Miller (This is the 3rd of 6 guest posts in which Miller describes how Obama is re-engineering society on behalf of the ruling elite.) Part III – Obama’s Privatization Agenda From Obama’s State of the Union Address: “So, tonight, I propose a &l ...
  • Speculators
    Guest blog by Steven Miller (This is the second of 6 guest posts by Steven Miller describing the financialization of capitalism and the takeover of the global economy by bankster speculators) Speculators – Part II Today the financial industry makes far more profit than any othe ...
  • Takeover
     Guest blog by Steven Miller (The following is an brilliant essay in 6 parts about the takeover of democracy by monopoly capitalism – that includes solutions.) “Capitalism in the 21st Century is no longer based largely on profits resulting from a real  economy product ...
  • Are They Trying to Kill Us All?
      Obama Disregards Court Order on Antibiotic Use in Livestock Nothing exemplifies more clearly the corporate takeover of democratic government than the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approach to Food Inc’s routine use of antibiotics in animal feed. Thirty-six years a ...

FourWinds10

  • Offshore Fracking Uproar Grows in California I ...
    Aug. 22, 2013 n the three weeks since a Truthout investigation revealed that federal regulators have approved at least two hydraulic fracturing operations in federal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel since 2009, a state commission has launched an investigation into the practice, California law ...
  • Zero Emissions Foolishness and Carbon Credit Rot
  • China's industrial pollution is so bad that it ...
    Oct. 23, 2013 (NaturalNews) China and India combined have more coal-burning energy plants than the rest of the world, and China has more than India. Japanese scientists are openly complaining that the almost 13,000 foot Mt. Fuji is coated with toxic mercury from China's coal burning plants. ...
  • Worldwide Air Pollution Deaths Per Year Number ...
    July 22, 2013 Air pollution may be responsible for more than 2 million deaths around the world each year, according to a new study. The study estimated that 2.1 million deaths each year are linked with fine particulate matter, tiny particles that can get deep into the lungs and cause health prob ...
  • Captain: Massive amount of debris off Hawaii, ...
    The Garden Island, Nov. 25, 2013: Swath of debris spotted off Na Pali Coast [...] Capt.

Crisis Maven

  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
    Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...

Capital Flow Analysis

  • Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
    In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
  • Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
    The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
  • How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
    The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
  • Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
    In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
  • Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
    No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

Energy Collective

  • Moving America Beyond Oil: A Brief Year-End Pr ...
    While ample study has been made of the technical potential to reduce emissions by improving vehicle technology, there have been fewer comprehensive assessments of the potential to cut pollution by reducing traffic levels and improving the efficiency of the transportation system.read more
  • 60 Minutes Hit Job On Clean Energy Ignores The ...
    Clean technology is booming by every key indicator, but you would never know that from Sunday’s 60 Minutes piece touting a “Cleantech Crash.” As documented in a recent Department of Energy report, the only thing in cleantech that is crashing is the cost of key components.read more
  • 5 PACE Programs to Watch in 2014
    Commercial property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financed projects climbed to nearly $60 million in 2013. And that figure will likely swell in the coming years. There is more than $215 million in PACE project applications in the pipeline, according to PACENow, a nonprofit that promotes PACE prog ...
  • The First Five Smart Grid and Smart City Predi ...
    There are a number of prognostications about 2014 Smart Grid trends, but this article offers a longer and broader view out to 2020, a milestone year for renewable portfolio standards in twelve states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Washington.read more
  • Energy 2013: More Shifts Ahead?
    Year-in-review posts have become standard fare for energy blogs; I've written my share in the past. However, while 2013 hardly lacked for interesting energy-related news and events to populate a top-ten list, most fell short of the potential to affect energy markets strongly for years to co ...

Rodale News

  • 9 Health Problems You Can Treat with Exercise
    It helps you live longer, lose weight, and gain a stronger heart. It can help you cope with stress and depression and boost your self-esteem. Exercise: It's the best medicine available, yet few doctors are going to write you a prescription for a daily 30-minute jog. "Millions of people in our s ...
  • BPA Causes Prostate Cancer, New Study Suggests
    BPA causes prostate cancer in tests conducted on human prostate tissue, according to the results of a brand-new study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This new study, published online in the journal Endocrinology, is an advancement on previous BPA research using rats ...
  • 5 Signs You're Toxic (And What to Do about It)
    Adapted from The Detox Prescription, a new book by Woody Merrell, MD, chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center and the Executive Director of the Center for Health and Healing (CHH) in New York City. You can spend thousands of dollars on pricey medical tes ...
  • The New Reason to Love Woodpeckers
    The emerald ash borer is a little pest causing massive problems. The noxious pest from Asia was first found feasting on ash trees in American in 2002, and since then has been responsible for 30 million ash tree deaths in the U.S. and Canada. The pests burrow into trees, starving them and causin ...
  • The New Food App Everyone Should Use
    There's a new app around the corner and it's not just for foodies—it's for everyone who eats. The nonprofit America for Animals just launched a crowdfunding campaign to promote its upcoming app, The Humane Eating Project, one that will make it easy for you to find food at restaurants offering v ...

big think

  • How Chaplin’s Tramp Tramps on a Century Later
    Baggy pants. A cane. A bowler hat. A mustache. These are the unlikely visual ingredients of one of the most important fictional characters of the last century around the world. A century ago, way back in 1914, Charles Chaplin’s “Little Tramp” made his first appearance on motion picture screens . ...
  • Christ...the Yogi?
    Positing Jesus Christ as a yogi has become popular over the last two decades. For some, the symbolism is irresistible: loving your neighbors, turning a cheek and other maxims line up with the modern conception of what yoga supposedly entails. There is also the ‘missing period’ of Christ’s life t ...
  • In Defense of Wind Chill
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