oldephartte(in training): 20 Feb

Don’t Menshn The Miranda Verdict

Yesterday’s verdict in the case brought by David Miranda against the authorities after his nine hour

1 hr ago
So Farewell Then Trending Central

Last July, a new group blog passed before my inspection : Trending Central , a name only marginally less

18 hrs ago
Miranda – Journalism Is Now Terrorism

Following the events last August, when David Miranda, partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, was detained

22 hrs ago

Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion in deal shocker

Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a

4 hrs ago
Downbeat PMI data pushes global shares lower

By Nigel Stephenson LONDON (Reuters) - Shares fell and the safe-haven yen rose on Thursday after surveys

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World economic recovery struggling to gain traction

By Jonathan Cable and Adam Rose LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's vast factory sector contracted

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Six reasons why the Greenhouse Gas cases are worth watching

In the commentary, Tom Donnelly from the Constitutional Accountability Center looks two environmental cases in front of the Supreme Court this term that could have big implications for the Clean Air Act.

National Constitution Center

MASSIVE FRESH WATER RESERVE FOUND

NEWSMOVIE: Vast freshwater reserves have been discovered under the ocean floor off the shores of Australia, China, North America and Africa. Scientists believe it is enough to sustain future generations.

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Turkey president signs controversial Internet law into force

Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul, said Tuesday he had signed into force a controversial law voted in by the government that would tighten controls over web use. Gul said on his Twitter feed he promulgated the law -- which the opposition and rights groups say infringes on citizens' freedoms -- after…

AFP

The myths of marijuana: Former DEA chief says pot legalization a 'disaster'

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Feb 12, 2014 - Contact: Darby Beck: darby.beck@leap.cc 415.823.5496. EIGHTEEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CALL ON OBAMA TO RESCHEDULE ...

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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is an organization representing cops, judges, prosecutors, prison wardens and civilians who now want to legalize a ...

North Carolina defends coal ash oversight after second leak

By Marti Maguire RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina state officials defended their oversight of coal ash ponds on Wednesday, a day after a second leak was found to be threatening a river already tainted by toxic sludge from a spill earlier this month. The state ordered Duke Energy…

Reuters

Coal waste - SourceWatch

www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_waste‎

Jump to Coal ash and scrubber sludge - The 1.05 billion tons of coal burned each year in the United States contain 109 tons of mercury, 7884 tons of ...

Edward Snowden wins UK university role

Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency analyst who revealed US surveillance of phone and Internet communications, was elected rector of Glasgow University in Scotland on Tuesday. The group said: "We are incredibly delighted to see Edward Snowden elected as the new rector of Glasgow…

AFP

Washington state lawmakers pass measure giving immigrants college aid

By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Washington state lawmakers have voted to make students brought to the United States illegally by their parents eligible for need-based college financial aid. Passage of the measure, which supporters have labeled the Dream Act after failed U.S.…

Reuters

Christian militias invade second city in C. Africa

Berbérati (Central African Republic) (AFP) - The Christian extremists came in waves, first a small group, then larger and increasingly violent forces, until Berberati, the second city in the Central African Republic, had been completely invaded. Mayor Albert Nakombo described his town of some…

AFP

"They are killing to kill" - Hezbollah MP

Lebanese officials reaffirm commitment to fighting terrorism after al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for twin bomb attack in Beirut that killed at least six people. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

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New Afghan law curtails women's rights

Deutsche Welle Feb 07 05:55amWomen's rights in Afghanistan worsen in 2013: report

( Wasn't promotion of 'womens' rights a supposed benefit of US interference ? That would be by raping contractors, perhaps. )

Somalia: Saudi Arabia - 12,000 Somalis Expelled - Mass Deportations Without Considering Refugee Claims

AllAfrica.com Feb 18 12:19pm

[HRW]Nairobi -Saudi authorities have deported more than 12,000 people to Somalia since January 1, 2014, including hundreds of women and children, without allowing any to make refugee claims. Saudi Arabia should end the summary deportations, which risk violating its international obligations not to return anyone to a place where their life or freedom is threatened or where they face other serious ...

Human Rights Watch says Obama not gone far enough on NSA reforms

Reuters via Yahoo! News Jan 21 04:26am

By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has not gone far enough in reforming the monitoring activities of the National Security Agency (NSA) and is continuing to violate the privacy rights of individuals, the head of Human Rights Watch told Reuters. On Friday, Obama banned eavesdropping on the leaders of allies and began reining in the vast collection of U.S. citizens

( Is Congress around these days ? )...

Arizona lawmaker proposes $30 million U.S.-Mexico border 'virtual fence'

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona could spend $30 million to construct a "virtual fence" to ensure the federal government is securing the U.S.-Mexico border from drug smugglers and illegal immigrants under a measure that has narrowly advanced in the state legislature. State Senator Bob…

Reuters

Egypt: Egypt/Sudan - Traffickers Who Torture - Egypt Should Use Sinai Security Operations to Suppress Trafficking

AllAfrica.com Feb 11 07:46am

[HRW]Berlin -Traffickers have kidnapped, tortured, and killed refugees, most from Eritrea, in eastern Sudan and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, according to dozens of interviewees said Human Rights Watch. Egypt and Sudan have failed to adequately identify and prosecute the traffickers and any security officials who may have colluded with them, breaching both countries' obligation to prevent torture.

Officials collude with traffickers in Egypt/Sudan, says HRW

Ahram Online via Yahoo! Maktoob News Feb 10 09:23pm

Human Rights Watch says Egyptian security officers have 'facilitated' or 'denied the horrific abuse of refugees' and trafficker abuses in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and eastern Sudan

North Korea: UN Should Act on Atrocities Report

Scoop.co.nz Feb 17 02:30pm

(Geneva) – A new United Nations report has found that crimes against humanity are occurring in North Korea and calls for an international tribunal to investigate and hold perpetrators to account, Human Rights Watch said today.

Chad helping Seleka in CAR, Human Rights Watch says

UPI Feb 05 07:42am

BANGUI, Central African Republic, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Wednesday there were signs peacekeepers from Chad were helping Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic regroup.

Ethiopia: Land, Water Grabs Devastate Communities

AllAfrica.com Feb 19 12:35am

[HRW]Nairobi -New satellite imagery shows extensive clearance of land used by indigenous groups to make way for state-run sugar plantations in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, Human Rights Watch and International Rivers said today.

Powerful new cluster bombs used in Syria: rights group

The Syrian military has begun targeting opposition areas with a new type of cluster munitions rockets which is larger and more powerful than others in its arsenal, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. The New York-based group published photographs and witness testimony on its website which…

Reuters

9 Ways to Handle Expiring Unemployment Benefits

The Government Accountability Office reports that people faced with the end of unemployment benefits often turn to other forms of government aid, such as Social Security or disability insurance, instead. U.S. News interviewed financial experts on the best way to handle extended unemployment, and…

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WARTHOG RETIREMENT

NEWSMOVIE: The US Air Force plans to retire its 300+ fleet of A 10 Thunderbolt jets known as the Warthog by 2015. But supporters of the jet want them to wait until they've gotten a replacement that protects ground forces just as well.

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Same-sex couples challenge Colorado ban on gay marriage

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Nine same-sex couples filed suit on Wednesday challenging Colorado's ban on gay marriage, following a recent string of court decisions striking down similar restrictions in New Mexico, Utah and Virginia. The lawsuit, filed in state court in Denver, says a 2006…

Reuters

( Anybody ready to clarify why denying civil rights to a minority is good civic policy ? Oh, and the Church connection is a ceremony called Matrimony in which the priest/minister also acts as a Justice of the Peace as an appended convenience to represent the interests of the State. )

British court quashes legal challenge by partner of Snowden leaks reporter

By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's High Court has quashed a legal challenge against the detention under anti-terrorism laws of the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who brought leaks from former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to world attention. David Miranda had asked…

Reuters

US portrayal of ongoing nuclear talks rankles Iran

This round of talks on Iran's nuclear program has been marked by all sides publicly setting the lowest of expectations, despite the win-win attitude following an interim deal reached in Geneva last November. But two developments in the months since diplomats last met have put Iran on the defensive…

Christian Science Monitor

( What could a promoter of nuclear disarmament possibly object to about the characterization of its aims by a warmaking weapons maker which has had WMD for decades...during which it has waged economic warfare against nations supporting the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty and called them 'the real danger' , as they try to implement an independent inspection regime defunded by sanctions ? Why, Obama was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in advance of any possible action !

Hope and Change indeed. )

U.S. says nuclear deal needed for lifting of all Iran sanctions

The United States would like to see all sanctions on Iran lifted

Iran's Revolutionary Guards warn over ongoing nuclear talks

Iran and six powers held nuclear talks for a second day Wednesday as the commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guards warned against damaging "national pride" but predicted a "victorious" outcome. Speaking in Iran, Revolutionary Guards commander General Mohammad Ali Jafari warned against crossing…

AFP

Suicide bombers in Beirut target Iranian cultural center

Twin suicide bombings near an Iranian cultural center in Beirut today, the latest in a string of violent attacks linked to the war in Syria, underscore the challenge facing Lebanon’s new government. The Al Qaeda-linked Abdullah al-Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility after two vehicles rigged…

Christian Science Monitor

For US, tricky path pressing North Korea rights

For more than two decades, the top US goal on North Korea has been to curb the regime's nuclear weapons and missile programs, which have nonetheless steadily advanced. With a damning new United Nations report on North Korea's human rights record, the United States faces new pressure to take up what…

AFP

US to demand 'partial Israeli settlement freeze'

Washington is to demand Israel implement a partial settlement freeze after US Secretary of State John Kerry presents his framework for extending peace talks, army radio reported on Wednesday. Quoting US negotiators involved in the talks, the radio said the United States was hoping to obtain a…

AFP

( Is that like being a little bit pregnant ? )

Libyan militias threaten parliament, deploy forces in Tripoli

By Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two heavily armed Libyan militias demanded on Tuesday the country's parliament hand over power immediately in what the head of the assembly dismissed as an attempted coup that would be contested by the army if necessary. Tuesday's deadline of…

Reuters

The Secret Battles Between US Forces and Chechen Terrorists

Militants Fighting For Taliban and Al Qaeda Shared Kinship With Extremists Who Threaten Sochi Olympics

ABC News

PLATE DATABASE DROPPED

The Department of Homeland Security is dropping a controversial idea of creating a nation-wide license plate database.

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Contracting-out: it would work in healthcare, too

February 19, 2014
It’s time to abolish universal benefits for pensioners – but expect a

The case

February 18, 2014
Government is right to question state-funded health care for all

A system

February 17, 2014

How A Remote Alaska Road Became A Political Wedge Issue

Judging from an opponent's attack, you could easily conclude that Sen. Mark Begich opposes a lifeline

11 hrs ago
U.S. Government Will Back Loans For Nuclear Power

The $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees will help build the first new U.S. nuclear power plants in more

13 hrs ago
'Three Amigos' Talk Trade In Mexico

President Obama is meeting with heads of state from Canada and Mexico. These North American neighbors are

14 hrs ago

Taipei's Tom Tailor attracts orders from mainland VIPs

Tom Tailor, based in Taipei and for generations a maker of suits for top Republic of China leaders, has
House of Cards Season 2 a huge hit in China

The second season of American political drama House of Cards has proven to be a massive hit in China after
Antitrust probe against IDC, Qualcomm confirmed by Beijing

Xu Kunlin, head of the Price Supervision and Inspection and Antitrust Bureau of the National Development

RUSSIA WARNS: ASTEROID IMPACT in Atlantic Ocean

Russian Military Operatives who have family in the United States have warned of an upcoming event of a

December 24, 2013
Big Food Wants to Label GMO Foods ‘Natural’ in Outrageous Request

onegreenplanet.org As if the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association (GMA) didn’t do enough to help propagate

December 23, 2013
An Inevitable Headache: US Allies Sell Defense Technology to China

thediplomat.com If Edward Snowden’s revelations about the United States’ global surveillance activities

December 23, 2013

US Leftward Shift Dont Believe It

How can someone present an analysis showing that the US is shifting "left"? There is the matter

February 18, 2014
NAU Conclave Advances the Cause of Authoritarianism

We just mentioned Keystone yesterday within the context of the controversial North American Union, and here

February 18, 2014
Fallacies of the Clunker Program

I wish to revisit Mr. Obama's clunker program. There are lessons in there that are worth revisiting

February 18, 2014

NY Mag: I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society (43 flags)

Worth a full read and listening to the audio recorded at the event. It so reminds me of all those stories

February 18, 2014
Scientists mystified as 20 earthquakes hit Oklahoma in one day (30 flags

Residents of Oklahoma were left feeling rattled over the weekend after a strong of some 20 earthquakes as

February 17, 2014
What is happening in Oklahoma? BIG swarm... (28 flags)

Oklahoma has been getting a decent amount of quakes in the past couple of years and a lot of it has been

February 17, 2014

Environmental Activism in English Literature

In the March 2014 issue of Campus Report , read how environmentalists are now going back to find

10 hrs ago
China’s Common Core

Although we often hear about how China is in hot economic competition with the U. S., we don’t hear as

February 18, 2014
Lessons from America’s Sweetheart

I learned only yesterday that Shirley Temple, the iconic child actress, died earlier this week at age 85

February 18, 2014

Diplomatic pressure mounts on Ukraine leader

Yanukovich agrees to hold talks with opposition as Western pressure mounts on his government for an end to

20 mins ago
Korean families head to bittersweet reunions

Meeting between war-divided families, who haven't seen each other for over 60 years, was agreed after

3 hrs ago
Pakistani forces bomb Taliban hideouts

At least 15 people reported killed in air strikes in Mir Ali area near Afghan border, say security

1 hr ago

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

This is my last column for The Wall Street Journal, after 22 years of reviewing consumer technology

December 17, 2013
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

Home medical devices, as opposed to fitness products like activity-measuring wrist bands, have too often

December 10, 2013
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Q: I have a vacation home and I am paying for cable service at two houses. Is there a practical way to

December 10, 2013

The right of return is for individuals to decide, not for Abbas to concede

Yet again, we hear that President Mahmoud Abbas has more or less conceded the lawful right for

10 hrs ago
Israeli forces detain 15-year-old in Hebron

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Wednesday detained a Palestinian teenager in Hebron

10 hrs ago
Egypt: ANHRI Calls for Immediate Release of Yemeni Blogger and Journalist “

Cairo: — The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) today condemned the Egyptian authorities&#

10 hrs ago

The Marius Effect: A Giraffe, Food, and Invasive Research

The killing of a young healthy zoo giraffe is an anthrozoological gem. It clearly shows we have very

February 14, 2014
Healthy Giraffe is Killed at Zoo Despite Offer to Save Him

Yesterday I wrote about the plight of Marius, a young giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo who was to be killed

February 9, 2014
Grief of an Emperor Penguin Mother Will Rock Your Soul

This video is the most moving I've seen in a long time. You can hear and feel the pain of the mother

February 8, 2014

Week Ahead Feb. 17-21: Iran Nuclear Talks Resume; OPCW Meets on Syria; Will

This bulletin highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming days, as compiled by

February 17, 2014
Final Phase P5+1/Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Key Issues and Challenges

By Daryl G. Kimball and Kelsey Davenport On Nov. 24, 2013, diplomats from the “P5+1″ group

February 17, 2014
Worldwide Threat and U.S. Nuclear Force Posture: What’s Wrong with this

By Greg Thielmann The intelligence community may have missed the impending collapse of Moscow’s empire in

February 10, 2014

Yet another excuse for The Pause

UPDATE: One of the other ABC reports (and there are plenty) leaves no room for any doubt: Stronger than

February 9, 2014
Cook ‘n’ Lew’s propaganda war

John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky, the Laurel and Hardy of pop climate psychology, are back with more self-

February 8, 2014
Aussies not fooled by relentless alarmism

The Aussies can, thankfully, see straight through environmental scares. They’ve heard all the doom

February 6, 2014

Kiev truce frays ahead of EU talks

Anti-government protesters clash with police in Kiev as a truce agreed with the government and opposition

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Two Koreas hold family reunions

More than 100 elderly South Koreans arrive in North Korea for reunions with their relatives - the first

2 hrs ago
Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19bn

Facebook buys popular messaging app WhatsApp for $19bn (£11.4bn), in a deal Mark Zuckerberg describes as

38 mins ago

Arrest over hair salon stabbing death

A man remains in custody on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend at the hairdressers

14 hrs ago
Ear-bite TV actor felled by 'hyenas'

A TV actor describes to a court how his ear was partly bitten off in an attack by two men who felled him

12 hrs ago
Grave-digging affected by floods

Vicars and funeral directors in Berkshire say floods have caused problems for gravediggers due to saturated

7 hrs ago

Gold Rush Saga

CANDY CRUSH lists on the NYSE, Merkel dreams up the European internet and IBM takes its intelligent

11 hrs ago
I didn't come here for an argument

BITCOIN, the volatile virtual currency, is often promoted specifically for its irreversible transactions

20 hrs ago
What makes video games addictive?

MANY parents with young children fret about the addictiveness of computer games these days. There is ample

February 18, 2014

An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

The year 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of two landmark Supreme Court cases in criminal defense law. In

December 30, 2013
Militarizing Santa Claus

A couple years ago, I wrote a story about efforts by citizens in the town of Keane, New Hampshire, to block

December 27, 2013
Dire Civil Liberties Predictions For 2014

As we come to the end of a year that saw revelations about massive government spying programs, horrifying

December 19, 2013

“Family Values” Group Pickets French Embassy in Armenia

News from Armenia : A picket in support of the French fighting for family values was held in front of

February 13, 2014
Maajid Nawaz Accuses Twitter User of Making Threat Over Freedom of

From the Liberal Democrat Voice : Quilliam Foundation to sue after Maajid Nawaz’s and other staff

February 10, 2014
That Sochi “Toothpaste Bomb Plot”

This one was all over the media a couple of days ago : The US has warned airlines with direct flights to

February 9, 2014

We can know more about our bodies than our MDs do…trust that, develop it

Bottom line is no one ever finds a doctor who will ultimately know more about your body than you do...the

3 hrs ago
Peer support? This is the real thing. Free of institutionalization. (psych

So, we turn to one another to find a way through the darkest times of our lives. I've had many mentors

February 18, 2014
Fear will create all sorts of havoc in the body

Fear will create all sorts of havoc in the body. Most of us are terrified of being alive...(or alternately

February 17, 2014

MIDWEEK OPEN THREAD…

Of folks, time for a new one. It’s a grim day for the BBC what with unemployment falling, wages

20 hrs ago
North Korea…A Bit LIke Disneyland

Remember this: Saturday Live on the 16th had an interesting little report. (about 0945)

February 17, 2014
Believe

“Our first responsibility is to make money for our clients….and nothing is more

February 17, 2014

How Obama’s Chief Negotiators on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty

Anyone that has spent any time whatsoever looking into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade treaty

February 18, 2014
Video: National School Safety Expert: Sandy Hook shooting was a fraud

“In my professional opinion, [Sandy Hook was] a scripted event… in planning for maybe two, two and a half

February 18, 2014
Authoritarian Regimes (Like the U.S. and Britain) Treat Reporters Like

The U.S. Government Condemns Authoritarian Regimes Which Use Anti-Terror Laws to Stifle Journalism

February 18, 2014

Questions for Statists

Imagine that you're living in a voluntary society with no government. Everyday for you is a

February 6, 2014
Riff Raff Vs. Obama

Riff Raff is better at basketball. Droppin' names? Tie.

January 29, 2014
The Cult of Happy: a tool for submission

We're not happy. I could quote polls , discuss the rising suicide rates , the tidal

January 27, 2014

Analyst: It’s the End of an Era for Military Aviation Industry

Body: By Sandra I. Erwin In a few years, Lockheed Martin Corp. might be the sole U.S. manufacturer of

11 hrs ago
Army Acquisition Executive Silent on Ground Combat Vehicle, Scout

Body: By Valerie Insinna Heidi Shyu HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — As the Army’s top acquisition executive highlighted

13 hrs ago
JIEDDO May Survive Afghanistan, But Likely Will Be Shell of Former Self

Body: By Dan Parsons Since its inception in 2006, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization

13 hrs ago

Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion in deal shocker

Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a

1 hr ago
Stocks slip, yen gains on downbeat China factory report

By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday and the yen firmed as a survey painted

1 hr ago
Record Japan trade deficit highlights risk of economic stumble

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Stanley White TOKYO/WAKAYAMA, JAPAN (Reuters) - Japan suffered a record trade

2 hrs ago

19 EU States reject GMO corn; Council approves anyway

By Rady Ananda COTO Report Nineteen of the European Union’s 28 states rejected Dupont’s insecticidal corn,

February 16, 2014
How Obama-Monsanto’s Food Act Destroys Small Farms

By Rady Ananda COTO Report On par with Stalin’s farm collectivization program of the 1930s, Monsanto’s push

February 8, 2014
I Am Steve Marsh: Global organic protection campaign faces trial

By Rady Ananda COTO Report Steve Marsh’s organic canola fields in Western Australia suffered 70

February 4, 2014

The Bureau: Home Secretary waited until terror suspect was abroad before

The Bureau has found evidence that the Secretary of State, Theresa May deliberately waited for a

February 14, 2014
National Post: Stripping convicted terrorists of their citizenship leaves

Over the last century, Western societies have identified and demonized various “enemies within

February 14, 2014
truth-out: The dangerous seduction of drones

After 10 years of this remote-control killing, the Obama administration should seek effective solutions

February 14, 2014

Refuge Documentary Now Available

REFUGE: Caring for Survivors of Torture The public launch of our hour-long documentary, Refuge: Caring

February 17, 2014
New Resources: January 29, 2014

Music as Torture The latest issue of Torture , the quarterly journal of the International

January 29, 2014
Code Name: Caesar

Smuggled Photos Document Torture and Murder of 11,000 Syrians A recently revealed trove of more than

January 26, 2014

Gerald Celente – Metallwoche – February 18, 2014

Gerald gives an update on what’s going on economically around the world and how a

February 17, 2014
Gerald Celente – National Intel Report – February 18, 2014

Gerald gives an update on the Winter edition of the Trends Journal. 18 Feb 2014

February 17, 2014
Gerald Celente – SGT Report – February 15, 2014

Gerald talks about gold demand, bankers unexpectedly dying, emerging markets are melting

February 14, 2014

Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein: Minimum Wage Increase Is Significant Net

16 hrs ago
Off the Charts Blog: Why Health Reform Provides Subsidies in All States

February 18, 2014
What Really Is the Evidence on Taxes and Growth?

A 2012 Tax Foundation report asserted that “nearly every empirical study of taxes and economic

February 18, 2014

Cliff Majersik, IMT, Identifies Efficiency as Energy’s Biggest Asset

The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit working in the areas of

12 hrs ago
LEED v4, the Evolution of Green

It’s particularly troubling to those of us watching the energy efficiency marketplace to see one program or

January 28, 2014
Silent Guardian: Drones without the Scare Factor

Over at Bye Aerospace, Inc., Founder George Bye and colleagues are designing drones. But don’t worry. The

January 22, 2014

James Perloff About NWO, Zionism, Free Masonery, CFR, illuminatis, World

Truth Is A Lonely Warrior – by James Perloff James Perloff, author of “The Shadows of Power&#

February 18, 2014
“IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD LET DOWN ISRAEL TOMORROW MORNING” Michael Scheuer

Michael Scheuer, ancien directeur d’opérations à la CIA, était entendu le 9 octobre 2013 par le Comité sur

February 18, 2014
GMT : comment les USA vont continuer de dépecer l’Europe…(Alain de Benoist)

Alors que François Hollande vient tout juste d’annoncer, depuis les États-Unis, une accélération des

February 18, 2014

How Did Obamacare Authors Ever Fool Themselves Into Believing They Were

I guess I never really paid much attention to how the Obamacare "risk corridors" work. These are

16 hrs ago
Is Occupational Licensing Meant to Block Competition from Ethnic Minorities

Looking at this map of state licensing regimes (darker is more onerous, with AZ being the worst), it is

February 18, 2014
Want to Make Your Reputation in Academia? Here is an Important Class of

Here is the problem: There exists a highly dynamic, multi- multi- variable system. One input is changed.

February 18, 2014

How about the People’s Lounge?

Crikey readers talk asylum seekers, going after the real criminals, and why we should all get to use Qantas

6 hrs ago
Morning Market Report

The Dow Jones still unstable, while local markets rally.

6 hrs ago
Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: not even the Olympics can bring viewers to Ten

Ten received another walloping at the hands of Seven and Nine.

6 hrs ago

An Ecosystem Feels the Human Touch

Researchers have compared the effects of human activities with historic periods of climate change using

3 hrs ago

Syria’s Chemical Weapons Destruction–Chaos and Corruption by Felicity

by Felicity Arbuthnot Writer, Dandelion Salad London, England February 19, 2014 On 12th September last year

7 hrs ago
Western Imperialism’s Creative Destruction in Syria by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from Strategic Culture Foundation

February 18, 2014
Julian Assange on Being Placed on NSA Manhunting List and Secret Targeting

Dandelion Salad democracynow on Feb 18, 2014 democracynow – Top-secret documents leaked by Edward

February 18, 2014

STATE OF THE UNION: OBAMA PULLED HIS BEST PUNCHES

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February 1, 2014
REMEMBERING PETE: A REPOST

Friends, As we mourn the loss of our movement treasure, we each recall what Pete Seeger has meant to us. &

January 28, 2014
THE CHANGING INDIANA ECONOMY IN A CHANGING NATIONAL ECONOMY

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January 26, 2014

SittingNow TV – Carl Abrahamsson: Go Forth and Let Your Brain Halves

SittingNow TV Re-emerges blinking into the daylight. This, the first of three final additions to Scarlet

6 hrs ago
US Clown Shortage Is Nothing To Laugh About

Sad Clown (Photo credit: Smabs Sputzer) (CC) Are we moving towards a post clown society, or have

8 hrs ago
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Denies Being a Giant Space Lizard

Lizard Knows Best (Photo credit: Wikipedia) (PD) This may lay your fears to rest, or further confirm your

9 hrs ago

Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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July 4, 2013
How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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June 14, 2013
Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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June 5, 2013

Drones and the EU: a ‘solution’ looking for a problem

Guest post by Ben Hayes and Chris Jones. Click to download Today the Transnational Institute and

February 11, 2014
British drone strikes in Afghanistan using borrowed US drones revealed

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that British RAF pilots have borrowed USAF Reaper drones more

February 7, 2014
New British drone strike stats released to Drone Wars UK

In a response to our FoI request the MoD has released new figures detailing the number and type of

February 6, 2014

Asian elephants reassure others in distress

Asian elephants console others who are in distress, using physical touches and vocalizations, finds a study

22 hrs ago
The secret of fertile sperm

To better understand the causes of male infertility, a team of Bay Area researchers is exploring the

22 hrs ago
Uncovering the secrets of tularemia, the 'rabbit fever'

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