Tuesday, February 25, 2014

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k2p blog

  • The Black Death altered European genes
    Europeans have a more proinflammatory immune system than those who have never experienced Black Death.
  • Airport security and the monetisation of distrust
    I will not see a return in my lifetime to the days when the travel itself was a pleasurable experience. Those days are long since gone and will probably never return. Fortunately it is still exciting to arrive.
  • Light blogging
    Traveling for a week in foreign parts. Partly on assignment and partly to  meet class-mates, 50 years after graduation. Blogging will necessarily be extremely light.
  • Light blogging
    Traveling for a week in foreign parts. Partly on assignment and partly to  meet class-mates, 50 years after graduation. Blogging will necessarily be extremely light.
  • Evolution is not – and never has been &# ...
    Survival is not of the "fittest" but of all those not weak enough to perish. Evolution is thus controlled first by individuals who are just good enough to survive but - more importantly - who excel at reproduction.

Left Foot Forward

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Prominent Government Whistleblowers Visit Prin ...
    Next Tuesday, March 4, prominent government whistleblowers will visit Princeton University and relay their stories of standing up for truth and persevering despite harsh retaliation. Two notable newsmakers will participate: Cathy Harris, former senior inspector for the U.S. Customs Service who d ...
  • NYPD Whistleblower Labeled a 'Rat' by Chief In ...
    New York Daily News: NYPD's Chief Internal Investigator Called Whistleblower a 'Rat' – Lawsuit The New York Police Department's new chief of Internal Affairs allegedly called a now-retired detective a 'rat' for reporting police misconduct, according to a federal lawsuit. The former detective ...
  • Chicago Conference Brings Int'l Experts to Hel ...
    Dear GAP Supporters: Journalists from around the country will meet in Chicago from Feb. 27 to March 1 to consider what the internationally coordinated state surveillance means to them. For more information, please see the information below. ---- "No Secrets: Journalism in the Age of Surveill ...
  • Idaho Ag Gag Bill Seeks to Mask Wrongdoers: Da ...
    Idaho Senate Passes Ag Gag Bill, Seeks to Mask Wrongdoers Last week, the Idaho Senate passed the state's anti-whistleblower Ag Gag bill that would make it a crime to photograph or videotape wrongdoing on a farm. The legislation now faces review at the House of Representatives. GAP's Food Inte ...
  • Many Whistleblowers Guided by Religious Belief ...
    PBS' Religion & Ethics Newsweekly: The Ethics of Whistleblowing This television segment looks at the ethical debate over the actions of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, and the role that faith plays in the decisions of some whistleblowers. The piece features GAP President Louis Clark dis ...

UK Progressive

  • Why People Watch (and Follow) Fools
    by Dr, Anthony Asadullah Samad The world is watching while a promoter vacillates back and forth as to whether a “celebrity fight” between Trayvon Martin murderer, George Zimmerman, and rapper DMX, will take place. While it is upsetting that such a fight—featuring a murderer—would move forward, e ...
  • Op-Ed: Are Tesco & BT Too Big to Fail? Nope.
    This is The Monday Line by Denis G. Campbell Tesco and British Telecomm (BT). You are running businesses, not cults of personality. If I ‘Like’ you on Facebook (because you conned me into it with a coupon or sentimental video clip), does that mean I ‘like’ you? And are you really effective at se ...
  • Tip of the Hat To My Nurses, Well Wishers & Ob ...
    by Alan O’Hashi (For those looking for a retort to those opposing the Affordable Care Act, please consider sharing this 1st person story of life. -Ed.) In the fall, I wrote some of my perspectives about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). At that time, little did I know how close all those woul ...
  • Nigeria’s LGBTQ-Cleansing Law
    by Rev Irene Monroe When Nigeria’s “yan dandu” population no longer walked freely and publicly in their communities it was a clear and ominous sign to everyone of what was legislatively coming down the pike- a new draconian anti-LGBTQ law. For more than a century, the “ya ...
  • Bill de Blasio Lifts the Left
    by Brent Budowsky On great matters of income inequality and social justice for what is called the 99 percent, a new star is born from the streets of New York, who has lifted the spirits of progressives everywhere. The election of Bill de Blasio as mayor of New York City creates a powerful opport ...

NewsAlert

JoNova

  • Almost everything the media tells you about sk ...
    In the mainstream media, skeptics are called Flat-Earthers, Deniers, and ideologues who deny basic physics. So it’s no surprise that they are exactly the opposite. A recent survey of 5,286 readers of leading skeptical blogs (eg here, WattsUp) shows that the people driving the skeptical deb ...
  • Monday Unthreaded
    Sorry, other engagements call, back soon. Rating: 10.0/10 (2 votes cast) Rating: 10.0/10 (2 votes cast)
  • Greenland ice cores show natural swings are la ...
    A new high resolution ice core in Greenland surprises even me with the wild swings and detail. The authors are discussing wind direction and storms that occurred in specific years 12,000 years ago, which is extraordinary information if accurate. They use minerals like sodium (from sea salt) to f ...
  • Weekend Unthreaded
    For all those other topics… Rating: 10.0/10 (4 votes cast) Rating: 10.0/10 (4 votes cast)
  • The Deification of climate saints – Curt ...
    A friend at Curtin University, Western Australia reports that a new mysterious and imposing mural appeared on the facade. It is as if passers-by can look through the bricks and see a Saint-of-Science himself working. The words on the plaque (which must be something like 5m wide) read “Ins ...

ReNew America

  • Obamacare, the Supremes, Dickens, and the bumb ...
    (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - No less a power than the highest court in the land has stumbled into the ultimate definition of Obamacare, and in the process has finally exposed the decades-long downslide of the political class's standards for honesty. It is up to us to try to reverse that...
  • From preserving liberty to destroying it
    (Alan Keyes) - When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its Obamacare decision, many conservatives professed to be shocked, even stunned, to hear that G.W. Bush appointee John Roberts wrote the decision in which he and the Supreme Court's anti-constitutional leftists upheld the individual mandate p ...
  • Building the free-market case against big business
    (Timothy P. Carney) - The most dangerous enemies of capitalism today are capitalists. This is becoming clearer every day to people committed to free markets. The conservative and libertarian grassroots came to deeply distrust big business after the Wall Street bailouts and Obama's stimulus and h ...
  • New hope for life worldwide
    (Janice Shaw Crouse) - During discouraging times, pro-lifers remind themselves that William Wilberforce worked for two decades before he began to change hearts and minds and end 19th-century slavery in Great Britain. In efforts lasting twice as long, pro-life activists are just now beginning to ...
  • Formal complaint seeks disbarment of Eric Hold ...
    (Daily Caller) - Attorney General Eric Holder could lose his license to practice law in the District of Columbia, or face some other penalty from the D.C. Bar, now that he has been found in criminal and civil contempt of Congress...

2012 Blog

  • 2012 Obsession Leads To Murder
    I guess we’ll never know, but I’d like to think that the key causes of this murder are alcohol and rage… even if they were arguing about the end of the Mayan Calendar. Smith said in opening arguments Thursday that Humphreys shot Peterson during an alcohol-fueled rage that was e ...
  • The Right Wing 2012 Agenda
    I’ve been paying close attention to the post-2012 activities of 2012 activists, and this one caught me by surprise… Ostensibly an exercise in leveraging a popular meme for profit purposes only, the “official” Dec 21 2012 site has now been revived using the most generic co ...
  • The Bookcover I Forgot About
    The books, topics, notes and ideas that I didn’t write about in the last 13 years would take me a decade to wade through – which I might just do depending on how much is going on in my here-and-now. I just found some images I was considering for my Survive 2o12 book cover (and then f ...
  • The Maya were right about 2012 (possibly?)
    For a long time now, I have figured that the major possibilities for a scientific prediction from the ancient Maya (or their predecessors) was either a massive solar storm (via noticing patterns in low-latitude auroras) or the return of a long-period comet. Following a 2012-recap interview over ...
  • Europe’s Nuclear Plants: Not Very Safe
    I just stumbled across this New Scientist story from a year ago (and presumably the situation hasn’t improved…) European nuclear power plants ill-set for disaster It’s just as well earthquakes and tsunamis are comparatively rare in Europe, because the continent’s nuclear ...

One News Page

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

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • The Ukraine: Neo-Nazi criminal state looming i ...
    “There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.” Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls After signing a void agreement on “crisis settlement” on Friday, the situation in the Ukraine has rapidly got out of control of its signatories and “witnesses”. ...
  • Is Ukraine Drifting Toward Civil War And Great ...
    People ask for solutions, but no solutions are possible in a disinformed world. Populations almost everywhere are dissatisfied, but few have any comprehension of the real situation. Before there can be solutions, people must know the truth about the problems.  For those few inclined to be messen ...
  • Poland as the ‘Slavic Turkey’ of NATO Destabil ...
    Poland, the eager American servant that it has been, has now officially taken on the role of the ‘Slavic Turkey’ in relation to Ukraine. Just as Turkey has been a geopolitically convenient conduit for arms, personnel, and material support for the Syrian terrorists, so too has Poland begun to off ...
  • A Dangerous Game, or Why is the West Criticizi ...
    There is a Russian proverb very similar to “Pride Goeth Before a Fall.” Russians are not easily offended, as opposed to, for example, my Israeli compatriots, who are hypervigilant to conspiracies and anti-Semitism.  Russians just aren’t like that, and even the manufactured word ...
  • Bernard-Henri Lévy: Harangues of Ignorant Buffoon
    Zealous French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levi visited the Maidan in Kiev on February 9 to deliver another fiery harangue. The next day the article Bernard-Henri Levi: We’re all Ukrainians (Bernard-Henri Lévy: «Nous sommes tous des Ukrainiens») was published by Le Monde. In his fervor Ukrainian ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • It’s Official – stress DOES cause ...
                      Feel a headache coming on? You could be under stress, say researchers. A new study proves what most headache had suspected – that having more stress in your life leads to more headaches. There was a ‘clea ...
  • Did You Know There’s Coal Tar in Your Candy?
                      As humans we are drawn to bright colours and have found ways to make our food any colour of the rainbow.  Children especially, delight in brightly coloured beverages, candy, popsicles, jello, fruit snacks, breakfast ...
  • Football helmets and concussion: A new study o ...
              Here’s a novel idea, given that American parents send almost 4 million of their children out to play tackle football every year, despite mounting concerns about youth concussions: Maybe the helmets their kids wear should be ... Related ...
  • Vegan Matcha Ice Cream (OMG!)
              I have been on a matcha kick lately. Matcha in my morning smoothie, matcha for my post-workout drink, and matcha for afternoon tea. This whole leaf, nutrient-rich, powdered form of green tea has higher amounts ... Related posts:A Smoothie To ...
  • 10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Therapy
                      Being a therapist can be an amazing profession full of challenges, heartaches, and celebration. We see you at your worst and see you at your best, but there is no better reward to see you ... Related posts:Quantum ...

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

  • Obama takes ‘good first step’ on b ...
    Here’s the latest black lung news, out last night from Chris Hamby and the Center for Public Integrity: Coal miners sick with black lung disease should receive higher-quality medical reports and have a better chance to win benefits cases following a series of reforms announced Monday by th ...
  • Gov. Tomblin criticizes ‘unreasonable&#8 ...
    This news just out from the office of West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin: Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to provide an update on the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) remediation efforts an ...
  • Another coal miner dies on the job
    There was some bad news last week out of the coalfields of Virginia: State mining inspectors are investigating the death of a coal miner who was pinned by a coal-extracting machine he was operating in a southwest Virginia mine. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy ...
  • Court throws out Bush ‘buffer zone&#8217 ...
    Here’s some news from federal court, via an Earthjustice press release issued yesterday evening: Today a federal court struck down a controversial George W. Bush administration rule that opened up Appalachia’s streams and waterways to toxic dumping from destructive mountaintop removal mini ...
  • New study details strip-mining air pollution
    There’s a new paper just out that provides some helpful new information about the potential public health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining. Here’s the abstract: People who live in Appalachian areas where coal mining is prominent have increased health problems compared with ...

Daniel Miessler

  • Lifelogging
    I’m getting back into the idea of lifelogging. It marries two of my favorite things: productivity and metrics. For those not familiar, it’s basically a combination of metrics about your life. Here are some examples: Exercise Happiness Air quality Weight Diet This stuff can be capture ...
  • Web Hacking: How to Avoid Account Harvesting
    I’ve just put up my latest post over on the HP Application Security Blog on how to avoid Account Harvesting on your website. If you’re someone who either builds or defends websites—or even someone who’s just interested in web hacking, you should have a look: [ Secure Web ...
  • Forced Following on Twitter
    I’ve noticed some mysterious behavior on my Twitter account recently. Specifically, I’ve seen a couple of people a week simply appear in my following list. I didn’t follow them manually, and I don’t have anything running that adds people to my list for me, so how the pers ...
  • Is Government or Industry Responsible for the ...
    Here in the United States we have a problem with our Internet speeds. I’m not an expert on this, but I think I may know the reason(s). Countries that have extremely fast, cheap, and accessible Internet have made it a national priority to do so. They don’t listen to companies who thin ...
  • Presenting at HacKidCon
    I’ll be presenting on Mobile Security at HacKidCon this Easter Sunday at the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation. From the website: HacKid is a new kind of conference focused on providing an interactive, hands-on experience for the entire family— kids aged 5-17 & their parents — in ord ...

Fitwatch

  • Safety Tips for Cops Off Campus 2013
    This features opening commentary from a few FITwatchers. If you’re in a hurry, skip straight to the safety tips after the stars **** at the bottom. It has been a busy week at the University of London. Months of tensions … Continue reading →
  • Why we need dissenting voices to ruin the stat ...
    Thatcher has been given a state ceremonial funeral. Our ruling class want to show the world how much she was loved and respected. They desperately don’t want any dissenting voices ruining the show. Fitwatch truly hopes that they do not get their wish. Thatcher was a prime architect of repressive ...
  • PLO block hits the streets at Sussex
    The following report is from PLO block, operational at Sussex university on Monday... A large banner and a small group of people (it can work well with just 3 people) is all you need for PLO blocking. PLO block turned out for the Sussex National Demo against Privatization. Although the group hav ...
  • Vauxhall Squat Raids
    These pictures were taken during the eviction of squats in Vauxhall tonight. The eviction was resisted, and it took a reported eight and a half hours to finally clear squatters from the building and the roof. From what we have been told, the buildings are being torn down for redevelopment. There ...
  • New Years Eve Prisoner Solidarity Demo
    Does exactly what it says on the tin. Lets be honest, this year has been a disheartening one. State and security forces have repositioned themselves with guns towards us (quite literally, in some cases) and scored significant victories against the dissenting population. Next year looks set to be ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Top Secret Floating Structures On Both Coasts. ...
    A report appearing in the Portland (Maine) Press Herald showed shipping containers stacked on a barge in Maine – with the structure appearing virtually identical to the Bay Area barge. Also, an unconfirmed report suggested a Google barge is taking shape in New London, Connecticut. ~ Mort Ams ...
  • Hiding Your House From Google Maps
    As it turns out, there is a way to prevent strangers from seeing your home online through Google Maps. Many Americans don’t realize it, but Google actually has vehicles driving around the United States taking what are called “street view” pictures. If your home can be seen from a public stree ...
  • How to Avoid NSA Detection On The Internet
    We unfortunately live in the age of surveillance, when agencies like the  NSA and FBI push and cross the boundaries of unconstitutional actions. This means that everybody needs to take steps to protect their data. ~ Daniel Jennings read more
  • School Computer ‘Replaces’ Parents
    Teachers are using a computer programme to help them work on children’s emotional and behavioural development to compensate for inadequate or poor parenting. As more and more mothers and fathers fail to give their children a proper grounding in life skills, schools are taking over with the ...
  • Police Buy eBay Data to Target Criminals
    Police forces are paying private sector companies tens of thousands of pounds for databases of detailed personal information that exposes the anonymity of sellers conducting criminal auctions on eBay. read more

Tarpley

Bloomberg

  • Can't Stop the Big Mo
    Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
  • Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
    Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
  • Grading Back-to-School Stocks
    Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
  • No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
    The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
  • Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
    The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either

Enviroblog

Quick Hits

  • More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
    The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
  • Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
    MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
  • Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
  • Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
    Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
  • Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
    The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

World News - Top Stories

  • New Zealand committed to NATO operations in Af ...
    Wellington, February 25: New Zealand Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman Tuesday pledged his country's continued commitment to NATO operations in Afghanistan. Defence ministers of NATO-ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) states would discuss the military drawdown in Afghanistan and plan ...
  • Mississippi River traffic closed for oil spill
    A 100-km stretch of the Mississippi River remained closed to transport as clean-up specialists worked to contain an oil...
  • e-health centre soon in Ghatshila subdivision
    JAMSHEDPUR: The long-standing need of a well-equipped medical centre for villagers, largely tribals living in the remote peripheries of Musabani, Chakulia, Galudih in the Ghatshila subdivision of East Singhbhum, is set to be addressed with the opening of an e-health centre soon. The e-health cen ...
  • Lalu Prasad in Patna to chair RJD meeting
    A day after crisis gripped the Rashtriya Janata Dal which saw several of its MLAs defecting, party chief Lalu Prasad rushed back to Patna from Delhi on Tuesday. He will...
  • US cuts mark shift away from 'two wars' strategy
    Cost cutting: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel with General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at his Pentagon briefing on February 24. Photo: Reuters Washington: The cuts proposed by Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel would leave the United States with its smallest army since the ...

no frakking consensus

Anna's News

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

Medical Marijuana

  • 2/18/14 - Ivanpah, the World's Largest Concent ...
    alternativeenergy.procon.org - Ivanpah, the World's Largest Concentrated Solar Power Generation Plant, Goes Online - The 392-megawatt solar power generation plant located in the Mojave Desert (CA) produces enough electricity to power 94,000 average homes.
  • 2/18/14 - New Federal Guidelines Allow Banks t ...
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org - New Federal Guidelines Allow Banks to Provide Financial Services to Legal Marijuana Sellers - The US Justice and Treasury departments issued a new policy that will enable banks to do business with marijuana shops so long as the banks complete "thorough customer due ...
  • 2/11/14 - Attorney General Eric Holder Calls f ...
    felonvoting.procon.org - Attorney General Eric Holder Calls for Restoration of the Vote to People Convicted of a Felony - Holder said that 5.8 million Americans are prohibited from voting due to a felony conviction and called the situation "unacceptable."
  • 2/7/14 - 35 Prescription Drugs Pulled from the ...
    prescriptiondrugs.procon.org - 35 Prescription Drugs Pulled from the Market – After being approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 35 prescription drugs have been removed from the US market since the 1970s over safety concerns. See all 35 drugs including Quaalude (pulled in 1985), Acc ...
  • 2/6/14 - Should the US Authorize the Keystone ...
    alternativeenergy.procon.org - Should the US Authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline to Import Tar Sand Oil From Canada? - On Jan. 31, 2014, the US State Department issued its "Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement" for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. See the report’s executive summary ...

Truth About Our World

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Maps Show Extent of Oil and Gas Drilling in So ...
    Oil and gas wells, including those involved in hydraulic fracturing operations, scar a major portion of southwest Wyoming, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey. Nearly 17,000 well pads and former Click to Enlarge Well scar locations drilling areas associated ...
  • Is Weird Winter Weather Related to Climate Change?
    Scientists are trying to understand if the unusual weather in the Northern Hemisphere this winter — from record heat in Alaska to unprecedented flooding in Britain — is linked to climate change. One thing seems clear: Shifts in the jet stream play a key role and could become even more disruptive ...
  • Rewritable Paper and Water Ink Could Cut Paper ...
    A new type of rewritable paper that uses water as ink could slash the amount of paper that's wasted daily, researchers say. The paper contains hydrochromic dyes — chemicals that change color when wet — and a single Click to Enlarge Printed document page can be reused dozens of times, ...
  • Global Forest Watch Tool Allows 'Near-Real Tim ...
    A new online tool called Global Forest Watch employs a trove of high-resolution NASA satellite imagery and large amounts of computing power to help governments, conservation organizations, and concerned citizens monitor deforestation in "near-real Click to Enlarge Forest loss in Sumatra ...
  • Life on Mekong Faces Threats As Major Dams Beg ...
    With a massive dam under construction in Laos and other dams on the way, the Mekong River is facing a wave of hydroelectric projects that could profoundly alter the river’s ecology and disrupt the food supplies of millions of people in Southeast Asia. BY JOSHUA ZAFFOS

oldephartte/Diigo

TruthNews Australia

  • Kevin P Miller: Letters From Generation Rx - P ...
    In today's show we bring you an exclusive interview with filmmaker Kevin P. Miller in which he discusses his latest film project.  Letters From Generation Rx is a sequel to the shocking expose of the lethal effects of Psycho-Pharmaceutical drugs, Generation Rx, which was released in 2008. ...
  • Western anti-Syrian propaganda analysed and ex ...
    Today's show focuses once again on Syria. We analyse and highlight the issues in the Syrian crisis and remark upon the inability or unwillingness of corporate media to give any credence to the possibility that the chemical weapons attacks in Syria were false flag provocations designed specifical ...
  • Scott Bartle on the dirty little secret about ...
    My guest in the 2nd hour of today's show is Scott Bartle, author of "Frequently Unanswered Questions of the Australian Government". Scott claims that the "Australian Government" is now in receivership, having defaulted on repayments of bank loans which are ultimately underwritten by the US Fed ...
  • Updates on Syria, the Australian election and ...
    Today's show largely focuses on Syria and we bring you 2 interviews during the course of the show. In the first hour I am joined by John Bursill who outlines his view about Syria and then gives us a breakdown of his view of the Australian political spectrum. This show was recorded before the 2 ...
  • Narcissism and the New World Order - Part 1
    Foreign Minister Bob Carr says that there is a flaw in international law, and the US should be able to bomb Syria without UN approval In today's show we delve into the psychological underpinnings of the new tyranny. We propose the idea that modern society is afflicted with an epidemic of narci ...

Beacon

  • Cat Pathogens Found in Arctic Belugas
    (Photo: Claude Robillard) The occurrence of human diseases in marine mammals is rapidly on the rise and an alarming development for our oceans. The latest species to succumb is the canary of the sea: the beluga whale. Researchers from the University of British Columbia recently discovered To ...
  • CEO Note: Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Awards ...
    (Photo: Oceana / Tim Calver) I’m proud to announce that the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation just awarded Oceana a grant of $3 million to aid our conservation efforts in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Over the next three years, this grant will help fund existing and new campaigns that target ocea ...
  • California Bill Would Ban Deadly Drift Gillnets
    (Photo: Oceana / NOAA)  On November 18, 2013, our team in the Pacific sent a letter to NOAA Fisheries requesting photos of marine life drowned in drift gillnets off the coast of California. We already knew that each year over a hundred marine mammals are killed by drift gillnets, mile-lo ...
  • Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Grants $3 million ...
    (Photo: Oceana / Jenn Hueting) Oceana is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $3 million grant from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. The grant will aid our efforts to protect threatened ocean habitat and keystone marine species in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans.
  • Arctic Summit to Address Competing Interests
    (Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) The Arctic is one of the world’s most spectacular ecosystems, but it’s also one of the most at-risk. Climate change is already changing this ice-filled landscape, while countries and corporations compete for a its rich natural resources, unt ...

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Making It Count - CCPA

  • Hypothetical prosperity, fees guaranteed
    Austerity has been the keyword for the past five years: initiatives decreasing spending in order to then slow down public debt growth were meant to ensure recovery after the 2008 financial crisis. We now know that it has instead hurt the economy. The Parti Québécois now contends it is turning it ...
  • Bad Math: Why Budget 2014 fails to add up for ...
    I like playing monopoly as much as the next girl. But I know the difference between monopoly money and what’s in my wallet. Not so Federal Budget 2014—at least not when it comes to public spending to improve the lives of women. Status of Women Canada, the federal organization tasked with just th ...
  • My advice to young workers? Get angry.
    In the wake of the Federal Budget, the CCPA’s Alternative Federal Budget, and months of disappointing job numbers, it seems that the national conversation about youth and work is undergoing a bit of a revival. Following on the heels of Jim Flaherty’s announcement of interest-free loans for skill ...
  • Who’s right on Ontario’s Labour Market – Wynne ...
    There was a strange debate at the Ontario Legislature on Monday. It was a disagreement not over policies or a scandal, but over the state of the labour market in Ontario. Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak said: “Premier, in review of your first year in office, I noticed that Ontario didn’t create a si ...
  • Exploitation tastes better when we’re loving it
    Are you one of those people for whom your job is also a passion? Would you be ready to accept a pay cut only for the pleasure of keeping the job you currently have, along with the people you work with? According to a poll conducted last year by recruiting firm Monster, those who earn […] ...

ReDress

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

Injustice Everywhere

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

Total Collapse

  • Russia Moves Military Forces to Ukraine Border
    DEBKAfile’s military sources report that units of the Russian forces which formed a steel ring around the Olympic Winter Games that ended in Sochi Sunday were flown and shipped Monday, Feb. 24 to Russian bases at the Ukrainian Crimean port of Sevastopol, as Moscow refused to recognize the legiti ...
  • Russia Awakes: Accuses Ukraine’s New Governmen ...
    The Olympics are now over, which means that Russia can finally start taking steps toward making good on its warning from last week, spoken by a senior government official to the FT, that  “If Ukraine breaks apart, it will trigger a war,” adding that “they will lose Crimea first ...
  • Russian Threat Of War Over Ukraine Stuns Obama ...
    A new report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) relating to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine says that United States President Barack Obama was “stunned” yesterday after President Putin warned him in a telephone dialogue between these two leaders that Russia was prepared to send over 250,000 ...
  • The US Threatens, The EU Squeals And Everythin ...
    The US is threatening “consequences” if the violence in Ukraine continues: “We are going to be watching very carefully, and we expect the Ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to violence in dealing with peaceful protesters,” Obama said during an official visit to Mex ...
  • Ukraine On The Verge Of Civil War As Rioters S ...
    The Western-sponsored rioters that have been causing chaos in Ukraine the past few weeks have upped their game as security services announced that “Radicals have seized over 1,500 firing arms and 100,000 bullets in the last 24 hours” reports RT. In the past few days alone “At l ...

Daily Dose

  • BlackBerry returns to its roots with new enter ...
    BlackBerry is going back to its enterprise roots after it announced a set of new security features for BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) that cater to the needs of its corporate users. The... Keep reading →
  • Add an eyecatching finish to photos with Macph ...
    Macphun Software—maker of Snapheal and FX Photo Studio—has launched a pro version of its Focus 2 photo app for the Mac, designed to enhance the lens blur and tilt shift features... Keep reading →
  • Last-minute night out app YPlan arrives in San ...
    YPlan, an app for planning a last-minute night on the town, has announced an expansion into San Francisco, following successful launches in London and New York. In order to make... Keep reading →
  • Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX tablets go on s ...
    Amazon has launched its Kindle Fire HDX — the latest version of its Kindle tablet — in China, as the company seeks to build on its recent success, which includes topping the... Keep reading →
  • BlackBerry announces Q20 and Z3 smartphones, a ...
    BlackBerry’s recently appointed CEO John Chen has revealed that the company plans to launch two new smartphones this year in the form of the BlackBerry Z3 – codenamed ‘Jakarta’ –... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • McArdle 'plain wrong' on energy says Howard ad ...
    By Bill Hoffmann, Sunshine Coast Daily THE architect of the Howard Government's Renewable Energy Target has dismissed as just plain wrong claims by Queensland Energy and Water Supply Minister Mark McArdle that it was a handbrake on the Australian economy. Stephen Bygrave, now head of Beyond Z ...
  • When climate solutions are seen as a threat no ...
    BZE's CEO, Stephen Bygrave, writes: 2014 is shaping up to be a big year on a range of fronts. The Renewable Energy Target, which I helped to design in the late 1990s, is under review. The carbon price, which I was also involved with, is under threat. There have been a number of ill-informed s ...
  • Solar thermal is coming. But where will it land?
    By Stephen Bygrave. Climate Spectator, January 30 2014. With the news that Chile is to join the solar thermal club, Australia could before long become the only inhabited continent without this revolutionary electricity generation technology. Spanish developer Abengoa is set to build a la ...
  • ARENA, Alinta agree funds for Port Augusta sol ...
    By Giles Parkinson. RenewEconomy, 15 January 2014 The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has finally come to an agreement with the privately-owned Alinta to co-fund a feasibility study into a solar thermal power station to augment or replace the existing coal fired generators in the South Aus ...
  • Casting away carbon, street by street
    By Stephen Bygrave. From Climate Spectator Australia's homes are among the largest and most inefficient in the developed world. Then we wonder why our household energy bills and carbon emissions are so high.  There are, also, few ways we get feedback regarding our household energy consum ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Borneo monkeys lose a tenth of their habitat i ...
    Four species of langurs monkeys that are endemic to Borneo lost more than a tenth of their habitat in just ten years, finds a study published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation.
  • Ecotourism pays: study finds lower poverty whe ...
    A new study has quantified a point long advocated by advocates of setting aside protected areas: ecotourism pays. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), finds that communities neighboring conservation areas in Costa Rica had lower rates of poverty rela ...
  • New forest map for Sarawak reveals large-scale ...
    A new online platform released by the Bruno Manser Fund reveals large-scale destruction of Sarawak's rainforests, peatlands, and traditional lands. Drawing from a variety of sources, the Sarawak Geoportal includes data on logging concessions, oil palm plantations, existing and proposed dams, his ...
  • Why are the tropics so rich with life?
  • Ocean acidifying 10 times faster than anytime ...
    An assessment of ocean acidification, presented at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw in November 2013, starkly concluded that acidity is on track to rise 170 percent by the end of this century. As many key species are sensitive to changes in acidity, this would drastically impact ocean ...

Sierra Express

  • Police and civilians partner to combat crime
    The Local Police Partnership Board [LPPB] of the Central Police Station on Saturday, February 22 organized a jogging exercise from the Cotton Tree along Siaka Stevens Street to Syke Street, round the Old Railway Line and back to the Central Police Station where discussions were held and speeches ...
  • ‘Albino suffering in Sierra Leone is part of g ...
    Introducing the Afro Pop Malian singer, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Business Communications Advisory Services and Training [IBCAST], Mr. Peter Tayoung, stated that their organisation is a one stop shop investment company that is working purposely to celebrate Sierra Leone an ...
  • Brigadier General M M Keita gets Presidential ...
    The Director of Media in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Colonel M.M. Samura has revealed that three awards were going to be presented to certain deserving individuals publicly to recognize the good work they have displayed The awards included a Presidential Award described as ...
  • Hooliganism must be stopped at football matches
    Football in Sierra Leone decades or more years ago was watched by decent, respectable, elderly and responsible people but after the 11 year rebel war in the country, it is violence, stabbing, fighting, and hooliganism at almost every football match across the country especially the Western Area. ...
  • Ambassador Bockari Kortu Stevens markets Sierr ...
    Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United States of America, H.E. Bockari Kortu Stevens, has provided relevant information on crucial laws, policies and procedures that could enable a cross section of business investors of the Prince George’s County in Maryland, USA, participate in legitimate busi ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • World dairy prices fall overnight +graphic
    Dairy product prices recorded their biggest drop since early November in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the volume sold falling to an eight-month low. Milk protein concentrate and butter led the decline.The GDT Price...
  • Farm block up for sale
    A big block of dairy land owned by Solid Energy is being put up for sale in Eastern Southland, PGG Wrightson Real Estate said.The block of 2000ha is one of the largest recent offerings of New Zealand dairy land, the rural specialist...
  • World dairy prices up 0.5pc overnight (+graphic)
    Dairy product prices rose in the second GlobalDairyTrade auction in a row, led by butter and whole milk powder, while volumes continued to retreat.The GDT Price Index increased 0.5 per cent from the last sale two weeks ago. The...
  • NZ commodity prices rise to a record in January
    New Zealand commodity prices rose to a record in January, led by gains in butter.The ANZ Commodity Price Index advanced 1.2 per cent to 334.3 from December. The index is 23 per cent above January 2013.International prices for...
  • NZ shares drop to 4-week low
    The New Zealand sharemarket dropped to a four-week low, tracking a decline on Wall Street, after a report showed US manufacturing activity grew at the slowest pace in eight months, fuelling concern about global growth.New Zealand's...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • A.M. Links: Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Offline, ...
    The family of Venezuelan protest leader Leopoldo Lopez say that he is being held in a small military jail cell. The Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline after apparently losing 744,408 Bitcoins, worth about  $350 million, in a hacking attack. Interim Ukrainian President Olexan ...
  • Florida City Threatens Woman For Living Off th ...
    By all accounts, Robin Speronis is engaged in a successful experiment in "living off the grid" in Cape Coral, Florida. The 54-year-old former real estate agent disconnected from city water and power about a year and a half ago. Now she relies on solar panels, propane lanterns, and co ...
  • Shikha Dalmia On Extremist Censorship in India
    It turns out that Islamo-fascists are not the only ones banning books in the Indian sub-continent. Hindu fanatics have spawned their own version of the Taliban that goes after writers whose work challenges their dogmatic interpretation of their faith. The latest victim of their jiha ...
  • Ronald Bailey Says Leave 23andMe Alone
    In November the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned the direct-to-consumer gene testing company 23andMe to stop marketing its $99 genotype screening test. The FDA's letter gave 23andMe 15 days to respond, warning that if the agency didn't like what it heard, the potential resul ...
  • Brickbat: Georgia Justice
    Baptist preacher Jonathan Ayers had just got money from an ATM at a Toccoa, Georgia convenience store back in 2009 and gotten into his car when an SUV pulled up and men with guns drawn jumped out. Ayers tried to to pull away, but the men start firing at his car, killing him. The men ...

Mercury Rising

  • Reports Of The RPM’s Death: Greatly Exag ...
    David FitzSimmons’ retirement does not equal the end of the Republican Party of Minnesota, no matter how many times certain metaphor mixers click their heels together and wish really hard. That is all.
  • Posted without comment
    Robert Parry, The Consortium: Exclusive: American neocons helped destabilize Ukraine and engineer the overthrow of its elected government, a “regime change” on Russia’s western border. But the coup – and the neo-Nazi militias at the forefront – also reveal divisions within the Obama administrati ...
  • Run, Scott, Run! Run, Run, Run!
    Well, lookiee here – Tiger Beat on the Potomac (aka Politico) is doing a puff piece on Scott Brown and his coy carpetbagging Senate race coquettry: National Republicans are salivating over the possibility of a Brown candidacy. His name ID and fundraising prowess would instantly put a safe ...
  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • There’s something happening here…
    A pattern. There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there. Telling me I got to beware I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound. Everybody look what’s going down. … A thousand people in t ...

Reality Sandwich

  • Another Green World: Psychedelics and Ecology
      The following article appears in Manifesting Minds: An Anthology from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, available from Evolver Editions/North Atlantic Books.  read more
  • The Brothers Guthrie: Pagan Christianity of th ...
    "Inspiration and Aspiration" by Solon Borglum, in the garden of St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, commissioned by William Guthrie. The following originally appeared on Newtopia magazine. read more
  • Conversations with Cobra, Chapter One
    Elizabeth:  I’d like to start our conversation with a big overview of the Fukushima situation, largely because so many people here on the west coast have expressed a lot of anxiety about it. There was something in our paper today from one of the columnists about not eating seafood. If you co ...
  • Amanda Charchian
    The following originally appeared on newtopiamagazine. read more
  • Separation
      The following is excerpted from The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, published by North Atlantic Books. read more

gCaptain

  • Vale Creeping on Australia’s Turf as First Gia ...
    BEIJING, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vale SA will launch in March the first phase of its iron ore storage and distribution centre in Malaysia that will improve its access [...]
  • Australia’s Mermaid Marine to Buy Jaya Offshor ...
    Australian marine logistics firm Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy the offshore businesses of Singapore's Jaya Holdings Ltd for A$550 million ($495.96 million) in cash to expand its international portfolio.
  • Jensen to Design LNG Bunkering Barges for U.S. ...
    Jensen Maritime, has been awarded a contract to design some of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barges in the U.S. for LNG America LLC.
  • USS Coronado Bangs Into Panama Canal
    It’s not really a big deal that USS Coronado, the U.S. Navy’s fourth littoral combat ship (LCS), banged itself up today while transiting through the Panama Canal’s Pedro Miguel Locks. [...]
  • Excelerate Applies For First U.S. Floating LNG ...
    Excelerate Energy, a company founded by Oklahoma billionaire George Kaiser, said on Monday it has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build and operate the first U.S. floating liquefied natural gas export facility.

Press TV

  • US Army spied on antiwar protestors
    The United States Army gathered intelligence on nonviolent, antiwar protestors for the FBI and the local police departments, a new report shows.
  • Koreas wrap up family reunions
    The two Koreas have wrapped up the reunion of divided families, after hundreds of families met at a North Korean resort.
  • Leader stresses ‘resistance economy’
    Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the three branches of the Iranian government to seriously pursue and implement the general policies of the “resistance economy.”
  • ‘Iran to continue N-talks until victory’
    Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic is determined to continue its nuclear talks with the P5+1 group until “final victory” is achieved for the Iranian nation.
  • Palestinian inmate succumbs to injuries
    A Palestinian prisoner who had been assaulted by guards in an Israeli jail has succumbed to his injuries, the man’s brother has said.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • CUNY Corps with the Ernesto Malave Leadership ...
    My name is Yolanda Ransom and I am a junior majoring in Sociology at CUNY’s School of Professional Studies. Last year I was nominated to become a member of the Ernesto Malave Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy consists of two groups that develop leadership in different areas. One group c ...
  • April Coughlin Responds to the NY Times Articl ...
    April Coughlin was one of the CUNY SPS alumni featured in the New York Times article, Disability Studies – A New Normal, on November 1, 2013. We recently caught up with April and asked her why disability studies is an important field for everyone to explore. Here’s what she told us: ...
  • Why Did You Stay?
    Why did you stay? He wouldn’t do those things if he didn’t really love you. I’m sure you’re exaggerating. What did you do to make him do that? Those are just some of the things that were said to me after I left my husband. Some believed his stalking was proof of his love for […]
  • My Strange and Sometimes Wonderful Dreams
    After stuffing myself with turkey, Spanish rice and pasteles on Thanksgiving, I had a very strange dream. I was riding around on a bicycle at full speed, circling around cars and running red lights, and people were running out of the way of the crazed lady on the bike. The neighborhood was where ...
  • THANKSGIVING – And I am Grateful
    The last few years have been pretty tough on the family – we lost so many in so little time and unexpectedly. It almost seemed like we were cursed with all the tears and so many hearts to heal. This year was a bit different and we are all still here, and although there are […]

Dissident Voice

  • The Fateful Collision: Floods, Catastrophe And ...
    An epic struggle is currently taking place that will determine the fate, and perhaps the survival, of our species. It is a collision between natural limits and rational awareness of the need to respect those limits, on the one hand, and the forces of blind greed, on the other. Over the next few ...
  • America’s Deep State
    Bill Moyers of Moyers & Company, on February 21, 2014, interviewed Mike Lofgren, a former GOP congressional staff member, who, during the interview, confirmed what many Americans already suspect: America has become a corporate state, or to use Lofgren’s words, a “Deep State,” which he define ...
  • US Backing the Destabilization of Venezuela
    Keane Bhatt, a Washington, D.C.-based activist and writer, and a contributing editor to the North American Congress on Latin America: Elite forces in Venezuela and the US are determined to undermine the accomplishments of the Bolivarian revolution.
  • Democracy Murdered by Protest
    Who’s in charge? Certainly not the bought-and-paid-for-moderates that Washington and the EU hoped to install as the new government of Ukraine. The agreement that the Washington and EU supported opposition concluded with President Yanukovich to end the crisis did not last an hour. Even the former ...
  • Here They All Come On Sunday Mornings
    The black, window tinted Escalades and limos ease to a soundless stop in front of the Network’s Headquarters. The golden ones, the chosen, silver- tongued mouthpieces anointed by the Forces of Control to rebrand murder, torture and economic injustice into smooth-toned narratives about the ...

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Jae's News

  • The Michael Shearin Group Morgan Stanley
    The world's top financial officials have ramped up co-operation to combat offshore tax evasion after the G20 meeting in Sydney signed off on a global standard for the worldwide automatic exchange of tax information. Submitted by Lexie Rosengarten to US Politics & Gov't  |  ...
  • The California Drought: Who Gets Water and Who ...
    As the powerful lobby for the agricultural industrywhich currently consumes 80 percent of Californias water supplycries for more water to be pumped to their farms in the arid regions of the Central Valley, just who would be left high and dry? Submitted by Angelika R. to Environment  |&nbsp ...
  • If Gap Can Raise Wages, So Can Walmart
    Tell Walmart it cant claim to be neutral on raising the minimum wage when despite its massive profits last year, it chooses to pay its employees so little that many are forced to rely on tax-payer programs. Its time to take responsibility and start... Submitted by Freya T. to Business  |&n ...
  • George Bush and Cheney are War criminals - why ...
    You have to know by now that Bush and Cheney lied to get us into Iraq. Intelligence people were furious as they watched Bush tell lie after lie to justify the invasion of Iraq. Bush lied to Congress and lied to the American people. Why is he not in jail? Submitted by David B. to US Politics &amp ...
  • Helping low-income families keep their pets
    Help for low income families with their pets Submitted by Launi P. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

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Rogue Government.com

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

Innovation Canada

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

Signs of the times

  • Alaskan man's medical condition leads to indef ...
    Anchorage - A young man's deteriorating health led the state of Alaska to assume full control of his medical care - against his own written will and the against the wishes of his family. Since last October he has been trapped in a hospital, isolated without visitors, on an extensive series of ps ...
  • Privacy-enhanced phones get pitched to mass ma ...
    Following the U.S. snooping revelations, there is a growing interest in a range of mobile phone products with one central selling point: privacy. The latest contender is the Blackphone, which runs on a customised version of Google's Android software and encrypts texts, voice calls and video cha ...
  • South Carolina city implements law that requir ...
    Gandhi famously noted that: The greatness of a society and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. I would agree with that, as well as the obvious observation that a society's greatness can also be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members. This isn't ...
  • Apple's massive security flaw: NSA exploit or ...
    If you use Apple products you need to be aware of a very serious bug affecting the operating systems running on their devices. I was first made aware of this on Friday when John Hopkins cryptography professor Matthew Green tweeted the following: I'm not going to talk details about the Apple b ...
  • Brazil, Europe plan direct undersea cable to b ...
    Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia. At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project wa ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Read this now: Kirby Cairo
    Excellent commentary. ...Such a treasonous act undertaken by the government itself is something that requires more than rarefied political discourse. People have to be woken up to the dangers of an encroaching fascism, to a government that is attempting to gradually replace our democ ...
  • Internet Trolls, "Dark Tetrad"
    Abstract to a just published psychology paper on internet troll personalities: In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting fr ...
  • New Model Country, New Model Army
    I want to add something to the outstanding series of posts from Dave this week. Harper wants to change Canada into some kind of theocratic fascist petro-state, complete with dead coasts and rivers, impoverished workers, and rigged elections. This much is clear when we look at the indicators and ...
  • Stephen Harper would not approve
    THIS is what Canadians do. When someone needs help, real Canadians go out of their way to provide it. Then we have the Harper party approach to helping others: First up, James Moore. Your neighbour's kid can starve for all he cares. Next, the man who prostituted the Progressive Conserva ...
  • Veterans are outraged. Now they need to do wha ...
    Unification, led by Paul Helleyer in 1968 and permitted by Lester Pearson, was a wound most veterans still bear. Initially intended as a modernization to bring three separate services under one joint operational roof, it steam-rolled well beyond the original plan to create a single service whi ...

Media Matters for America

  • What Media Should Know About The Next Big Clas ...
    On March 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund, a class action brought on behalf of investors allegedly defrauded by false disclosures of the Texas oil giant. Halliburton has fought to deny a trial on the merits for over a decade, and is now aski ...
  • Study: Local Newspapers Fail to Connect Anti-C ...
    Local newspapers in Mississippi, South Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia failed to show the connection between restrictive 20 week abortion bans currently being debated in their states' legislatures and a model bill by Americans United for Life (AUL) -- an anti-choice group dedicated to endi ...
  • REPORT: Network News Ignoring Toxic Coal Ash S ...
    A massive spill of toxic coal ash in a North Carolina river on February 2 has been entirely ignored by ABC, CBS and NBC. The spill has led to a federal investigation and allegations that the state's Governor -- who worked for the corporation behind the spill and has received substantial campaign ...
  • REPORT: Print Media Mislead Readers On Economy ...
    Three major national print outlets were more likely to report economic figures in terms of raw numbers devoid of relevant and necessary context, such as previous years' numbers or monthly figures that would give readers an accurate depiction of the economy. The ...
  • STUDY: Top Florida Papers Leave Out Key Benefi ...
    A Media Matters analysis found that Florida newspapers including, The Orlando Sentinel, The Sun-Sentinel, The Tampa Bay Times, and The Tampa Tribune, largely failed to cover the key details of Medicaid expansion in the lead up to the state's legislative session, inc ...

Consortium News

TruthOut

  • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
    The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
  • News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
    Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
  • In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
    In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
  • Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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  • Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
    About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

  • A Gem Of A Find – Oldest ‘Piece of Earth’ Disc ...
      Measuring just 200 by 400 microns (about 4 times the width of a human hair on its widest dimension), one would think finding an ancient zircon to be harder than finding a needle in the proverbial haystack…or, in this case, like finding a nearly microscopic gemstone on a sheep farm in Wes ...
  • Electric Car Sharing: JuiceCar Rents EVs by th ...
    In a bid to help make electric cars available and desirable for everyone, a unique business in Athens, Georgia is offering electric vehicles for rent by the hour or by the day. JuiceCar, which is located at Hotel Indigo in downtown Athens, can give customers a different kind of experience than t ...
  • Hydrogen Fuel Production Gets Big Boost From C ...
    While hydrogen fuel production — via the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen using sunlight — has long been prominent in the public imagination, the reality is that the technology is still quite a ways off from being economical. That gap between the economical and the reality ...
  • Deforestation In Real-Time — New Online Tool F ...
    If you want to get a sense of just how rapidly the world is being deforested, and words aren’t enough for you, well, now there’s a new online tool that can help you with that. The Global Forest Watch — backed by Google and more than 40 other business and conservation groups &#8 ...
  • Rogue Star Kappa Cassiopeiae Creates Stunning ...
    The rogue runaway star Kappa Cassiopeiae — also known as HD 2905 — is the subject of a stunning new image taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The image shows, in detail, the incredible bow shock created by the star’s ‘rapid’ movement through the galaxy. B ...

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Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • Illuminati Planning Another Financial Crash? ...
    "The American people are being disenfranchised, disinherited, and enslaved." The PBS Documentary "The Warning" proves the Illuminati bankers deliberately sabotaged the financial system before 2008. This was not the first time nor will it be the last."Economic c ...
  • CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebel ...
    22 June 2012 CIA agents have been deployed to Turkey to organize the arming of the so-called rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report, citing information provided by senior US officials as well a ...
  • UNASUR Foreign Ministers in Paraguay to Discus ...
    Río de Janeiro, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Foreign ministres from member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are scheduled to leave today for Paraguay to discuss the situation in that country in the wake of decisión by the Chamber of Deputies to open an impeachment against Pre ...
  • The Right Wing Move to Impeach Paraguay's Pres ...
    Editor's Note: Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was 3 years ago this month that democratically-elected President Zelaya was thrown out of office by a coup in Honduras backed by the US State Department. In January, 2010 we published Mike Whitney's article, In South America, left-wing presid ...
  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from E ...
    22 June 2012 Australian and US governments “playing word games”  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out today from the Ecuadorian embassy in London about the escalating assault on his democratic rights and why he had been compelled to seek political asylum in Ecuador. Interviewed b ...

Climate

  • Small Volcanic Eruptions Add to Larger Impact ...
    (Climate Central) The recent slow down in global warming has been attributed to a number of factors, including excess heat being stored in the deep ocean and reductions of certain greenhouse gases. Now add volcanic eruptions ...
  • Arctic Oil Still Seen Decades Off as Producers ...
    (Bloomberg) Lundin Petroleum AB (LUPE), the Swedish explorer focused on Norway, said there won't be any new oil output in the ice-filled waters of the Arctic for at least 15 years because of technical and logistical challenges. " ...
  • California's Fracking Opponents Introduce New ...
    (Reuters) California lawmakers have unveiled a new bill that would halt fracking and other controversial oil extraction practices in the state until a comprehensive review of their impact is complete, reigniting a legislative debate th ...
  • President Obama to Propose Shift in Wildfire F ...
    (New York Times) President Obama's annual budget request to Congress will propose a significant change in how the government pays to fight wildfires, administration officials said, a move that they say reflects the ways in which c ...
  • Fed Up With Government, Environmentalists Sue ...
    (Texas Tribune) Starting Monday, a federal judge in Waco will hear arguments from the Sierra Club that Luminant Generation Company, the state's largest electric generator, has been spewing far more pollution into the air from ...

GreenBiz

Duly Noted

  • Criminal complaint against Silk Road’s owner
    The criminal complaint against Ross William Ulbricht, known as "Dread Pirate Roberts."
  • Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the ...
    Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this ...
  • A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
    A new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan
  • Are African governments suppressing art?
    The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
  • Greek debt – remember the goats
    Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.

Booman Tribune

  • Have a Darwin Award
    Oh boy: I have never heard of anyone testing out the safety of a gun by pointing at their head an pulling the trigger, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe was quoted as saying. Until now, of course. Authorities said the unidentified 36-year-old victim placed two of the handguns ...
  • Let's Have Some Music
    An oldie but a goodie: This one is a rebuttal to anyone who thinks America was in some kind of malaise during the Carter administration. No, we were experiencing a cultural crest. And we were optimistic, perseverant, and knew how to have a damn good time. A culture in decline c ...
  • Alec Baldwin Still Needs to Get Over Himself
    I don't know why I did it, but I read Alec Baldwin's long farewell to public life. I don't really have strong opinions about the man, and I don't much care about his public life. I heard the recording he made seven years ago when he said unforgivable things to his daughter. I've read about va ...
  • Georgia Militia Terror Attack Foiled
    Three members of a Georgia militia have been arrested and charged in federal court regarding a conspiracy to attack federal agencies with explosive devices. On February 15th two of the men attempted to obtain pipe bombs and thermite devices in order to carry out their attack on the TSA and FEMA ...
  • Jeb and the "Are You Kidding Me" Factor
    Personally, I think Jeb Bush could be the Republican Party's 2016 nominee for the same reason that Mitt Romney was their 2012 nominee. Basically, it's because, "are you kidding me?", no one else is remotely plausible and also acceptable to the Republican Establishment. There are people who cou ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • 10 Coolest Links of the Week
    From inspiring play parks to TV shows that changed the world, this week’s link roundup is a mixed bag of creepy chills, TV thrills and playground spills (for all). This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Coolest Links of the Week
    From inspiring play parks to TV shows that changed the world, this week’s link roundup is a mixed bag of creepy chills, TV thrills and playground spills (for all). This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Gazing Into the Origins of the Universe 1.5 Mi ...
    In one of the harshest, most remote places on Earth, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory recently made a remarkable and award-winning breakthrough for astronomy. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Gazing Into the Origins of the Universe 1.5 Mi ...
    In one of the harshest, most remote places on Earth, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory recently made a remarkable and award-winning breakthrough for astronomy. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Coolest Links of the Week
    Don’t know if you’ve been abducted by aliens but want to check? Need an innovative business guru to emulate? Our 10 coolest links this week should help you out. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Mountaintop Removal

  • Senate mulls flurry of bills ahead of cross-ov ...
    Senate mulls flurry of bills ahead of cross-over day Beckley Register-Herald Commissioner of Agriculture Walt Helmick said he plans to find ways to use reclaimed mountaintop removal sites for veterans' projects. Senate Bill 623 amends the state code to include a notification process for cert ...
  • Court Throws Out Bush Adminstration Rule on Mo ...
    SustainableBusiness.com Court Throws Out Bush Adminstration Rule on Mountaintop Coal Mining SustainableBusiness.com "Now that this destructive rule is history, we are hopeful that we can begin a more meaningful and science-based examination of the devastating effects of mountaintop removal ...
  • If you see something, say something: Scientist ...
    If you see something, say something: Scientists must issue warnings when they ... Pittsburgh Post Gazette He was arrested in 2009 protesting mountaintop removal coal mining, then again in 2011 and 2013 in Washington protesting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas ...
  • Ned Helme: Less coal means more jobs - Charles ...
    Ned Helme: Less coal means more jobs Charleston Gazette A 2011 study found that six types of birth defects occurred more frequently in areas near mountaintop removal mines. A separate study that year concluded that residents in counties with mountaintop removal coal mining reported an average of ...
  • Ned Helme: Less coal means more jobs - Charles ...
    Ned Helme: Less coal means more jobs Charleston Gazette A separate study that year concluded that residents in counties with mountaintop removal coal mining reported an average of 18 more unhealthy days (poor physical, mental and activity limitation) per year as compared to other counties. And o ...

Memeorandum

  • Scott Walker Caught Breaking Campaign Rules Wh ...
    Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post: Scott Walker Caught Breaking Campaign Rules While Running For College President In 1988  —  Scott Walker John Doe Emails Scott Walker John Doe Scott Walker College Scott Walker Emails Video Scott Walker Scott Walker John Doe Investigation Gov ...
  • Facebook retires its troubled @facebook.com em ...
    Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: Facebook retires its troubled @facebook.com email service  —  Facebook is retiring its email service, and has begun notifying users that all email sent to their @facebook.com address will soon be forwarded to their primary email address on file.&nbsp ...
  • Dingell dynasty may not be over yet (Cameron J ...
    Cameron Joseph / The Hill: Dingell dynasty may not be over yet  —  Rep. John Dingell's (D-Mich.) retirement might not end the Dingell dynasty in Congress.  —  While the longest-serving congressman in history will end his tenure next year, his wife Debbie Dingell ...
  • How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to M ...
    Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept: How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations  —  One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and ...
  • Jeffrey Toobin's bizarre attack on Justice Tho ...
    James Taranto / Wall Street Journal: Jeffrey Toobin's bizarre attack on Justice Thomas.  —  If you follow the Supreme Court, you probably know that Justice Clarence Thomas hardly ever asks questions during oral argument.  If you follow the court closely, you may know that T ...

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's Breaking News

  • Police clash with protesters at Jerusalem Al-A ...
    Palestinian men scuffle with Israeli police at an alleyway leading to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on February 25, 2014 in the Old City of JerusalemIsraeli police Tuesday entered the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian protesters, a p ...
  • Farrow makes splash with US TV debut
    Ronan Farrow attends an event at Madison Square Garden on October 24, 2013 in New York CityAt just 26, Ronan Farrow is already a high achiever even among the offspring of celebrity parents -- an activist and Twitter darling made famous by the soap opera of family scandal.On Monday, the child o ...
  • Hollywood 'exile' for black actors worries Bri ...
    Chiwetel Ejiofor poses with the award for a leading actor for his work on the film "12 Years a Slave" at the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House in London on February 16, 2014Black British actors have been taking Hollywood by storm, with Chiwetel Ejiofor's Oscar nominati ...
  • Camels likely source of MERS virus in people
    File picture shows Saudi men walking to the King Fahad hospital in the city of Hofuf, east of the capital Riyadh, on June 16, 2013. In the East of Saudi Arabia, where outbreaks of the MERS virus have been most concentratedA respiratory virus that has killed dozens of people, mainly in the Midd ...
  • Pakistan airstrikes in northwest kill 30
    Pakistani tribal families cross a military check point at the exit point of Saidgi village as they flee after air strikes on Taliban hideouts in the tribal district of North Waziristan on February 24, 2014Pakistani fighter jets bombarded Taliban hideouts in the troubled northwest Tuesday, kill ...

Institute for Policy Studies

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

  • Two Dozen with Salmonella at Minnesota Old Cou ...
    AP reports that Minnesota Department of Health officials say Salmonella at the Old Country Buffet in Maple Grove, Minnesota sickened nearly two-dozen people.  The outbreak affected customers who ate at... Continue Reading
  • Prison Salmonella Outbreak Ended
    Nine illnesses not linked to 23 others in 15 Sates. The CDC reported today that a total of nine persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported... Continue Reading
  • Pizza Hut District Manager Caught With Pants Down
    Well, almost. According to press reports, security camera video led Mingo County health officials to shut down a pizza hut in Kermit, West Virginia.  The Mingo County Health Department shut... Continue Reading
  • Pizza Hut District Manager Caught With Pants Down
    Well, almost. According to press reports, security camera video led Mingo County health officials to shut down a pizza hut in Kermit, West Virginia.  The Mingo County Health Department shut... Continue Reading
  • E. coli Outbreak Leads Farmer to Prison
    According to press reports and a press release from the Michigan Depart of Agriculture, James Ruster, owner of Mitchell Hill Farm in Ellsworth, was sentenced last week for a felony... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • Tesla recalling 29,000 Model S wall chargers t ...
    Filed under: Recalls, EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors Tesla's big wall charger adapter replacement program is about to get a lot bigger. For one thing, the replacement has become an official recall. Secondly, the number of affected adapters is higher than expected: 29,222 units. The National High ...
  • Tesla recalling 29,000 Model S wall chargers t ...
    Filed under: Recalls, EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors Tesla's big wall charger adapter replacement program is about to get a lot bigger. For one thing, the replacement has become an official recall. Secondly, the number of affected adapters is higher than expected: 29,222 units. The National High ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 Tucson 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 ( ...

Time - Top Stories

Invisible Opportunity

  • US Supreme Court: You Can’t Sue Big Phar ...
    In a 5 to 4 vote, the US Supreme Court has absolved pharmaceutical companies, and over 80 percent of all drugs prescribed in the US, of legal liability for a long list of ill deeds including fraud, mislabeling, side effects and accidental death. This decision happened as a response to a lower co ...
  • PressTV – Israel real threat to world pe ...
    A political analyst says Israel poses a “real threat” to world peace, adding the international community must deal with the menace before the outbreak of a third world war, Press TV reports. In an interview with Press TV on Sunday, James Morris, a US-based commentator, said that Tel Aviv threate ...
  • Visible Origami | Demodex Mites and the Power ...
    Dog Poet Transmitting……. May your noses always be cold and wet. ♫Good morning! Good morning! Good morning! ♫ And… what a fine early Spring morning it is. Light is streaming through the window and one day it will be streaming through me and you. That’s something to think about. It’s a ...
  • Corrupt ‘Kids for Cash’ judge ruined more than ...
    By Larry Getlen Hillary Transue, 14, created a fake, humorous Myspace page about her school’s vice principal. Justin Bodnar, 12, cursed at another student’s mother. Ed Kenzakoski, 17, did nothing at all. It didn’t matter. As we see in the documentary “Kids for Cash,” which opens Friday, all thre ...
  • PressTV – Zionism to end up in dustbin o ...
    The Israeli regime’s enormous sway over the US government has inadvertently caused a backlash that will eventually send Zionism into the “proverbial dustbin of history,” says an analyst, Press TV reports. “The expression ‘Israeli-occupied territories’ normally refers to Palestine. But more and m ...

Global Insights

  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
  • The Creation
    THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
  • About George Green
    Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

Twilight Earth

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    Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Is this the dawn of a new age? Two journalists ...
    Summary: Posts on the FM website almost always provide either bad news or painful recommendations. Today’s post describes one of the few bursts of sunlight through the clouds darkening America. Two journalists have stumbled upon the first step to reforming America. Should they be heard &#8 ...
  • The new tech bubble takes us to a new world. A ...
    Summary: As we enjoy the third bubble in 15 years, watching America’s investment capital burn away, let’s break loose from the crowd and seek a more accurate perspective. However bleak the vision, never ask for the blindfold. . Contents Our odd third bubble Peter Schiff: “Whats ...
  • What can we expect from the US economy in 2014?
    Summary: 2013 ended with economists predicting accelerating economic growth in 2014, as they have every years since 2010 (wrongly). Let’s examine the stories, so you can prepare your family and business for the range of likely outcomes. . Contents Hope for 3.5% growth, or more! Bigger hope ...
  • ‘Warring States’ — The Coming New ...
    Summary:  Geopolitical understanding comes through seeing the the world through others’ eyes, from other perspectives than our own. Today we have a description of the new world order as seen from China. “Our first objective is to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival, either on the terri ...
  • Climate scientists speak to us. What is their ...
    Summary: Senator Kerry kicked off the Obama administration’s campaign for policy action to fight climate change. He referred to the oft-cited 97% consensus of scientists. Since it is the basis for large and expensive policy proposals, we should know exactly what is the consensus. Here we l ...

The Progressive Realist

  • Why the USA Can’t Just Cut Aid to Uganda
    The harsh new anti-gay measure signed into law to day by Uganda president Yoweri Museveni has been roundly denounced, and rightfully so. The law is appalling on human rights grounds: it criminalizes “homosexual acts” with severe penalties. The top UN human rights official warns that ...
  • Sunday Book Review: Command and Control
    Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety has, since its release, garnered a remarkable amount of attention for a book on nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.  Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness among ot ...
  • Morocco's Struggle Against Jihad in Africa
    Article originally appeared on The National Interest By most accounts, French president Francois Hollande had a successful visit to Washington last week. From my perspective, one of the most promising public outcomes was an op-ed piece, signed by Hollande and President Obama in Washington Post, ...
  • Five Lessons from Ukraine's Revolution
    Kyiv City Hall, February 16, 2014. (Photo: Flickr/StreetWrk/CC License) Article originally appeared on Real Clear World Read the latest analysis and commentary on Ukraine from Council experts Just when it seemed that Ukraine was lurching toward an all-out civil war that could have spilt the ...
  • Walking on Ukrainian Eggshells
    At times, you have to wonder where Europe’s strategic and economic sense has gone. Consider Ukraine, most of whose citizens clearly wish to become Ukrainian-European and have their country join the European Union. Some of whose citizens died for that this week. Until this week, however, Europe w ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Daily Meme: Is Arizona the New Kansas?
    As if Arizona didn't have enough of a PR problem. Four years after igniting outrage for passing anti-immigrant law SB 1070, the Grand Canyon state is going after the gays.  Under the guise of protecting "religious liberty," on Friday Arizona passed a law that would allow for-profit companies to ...
  • The Fatal Flaw in the Right's Latest Case Agai ...
    A trial starts tomorrow in federal court about whether Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, and as the New York Times explained over the weekend, it will offer an interesting test of the best research conservatives could come up with to support their contention that gay parent ...
  • Roberts Was Wrong on Voter Rights
    Writing about the Supreme Court's outrageous decision to gut the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder at Talking Points Memo, Amel Amhed of University of Massachusetts Amherst writes that "the court’s decision was correct about one thing: Section 4 — and frankly, Section 5 as well — was ...
  • Walking on Ukrainian Eggshells
    At times, you have to wonder where Europe’s strategic and economic sense has gone. Consider Ukraine, most of whose citizens clearly wish to become Ukrainian-European and have their country join the European Union. Some of whose citizens died for that this week. Until this week, however, Europe ...
  • Platinum-Level Citizenship
    Ask a conservative Christian about the President of the United States, and you're likely to hear that Barack Obama has been waging a "war on religion" since pretty much the moment he took office in 2009. As laughable as the assertion may be, there's little doubt that many have come to believe i ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
    The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

  • Anti-Semite Laffrey Responds, Says Only Viole ...
    James Laffrey, the middle-aged Michigan man who idolizes Adolf Hitler and urges readers at his website to surreptitiously assassinate Jews, responded over the weekend to our queries. Laffrey opened his missive by noting that Hatewatch had misinterpreted what he said about President Obama – namel ...
  • Hatewatch Headlines – 2/24/14
    Talking Points Memo: Racist vandalism of Ole Miss statue honoring desegregation brings suspension for Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter, expulsion of three members. NewsNet5: Why Detroit is home to America’s largest neo-Nazi National Socialist organization. Talk to Action/Frank Cocozzelli: Why ‘Mudsill’ ...
  • Three Face Charges in Alleged Georgia Militia Plot
    Come on, all you antigovernment militia members and wannabe guerrilla fighters. Surely, you can employ more stealth and cunning than three alleged domestic terrorists arrested recently in Georgia. Brian Cannon and Cory Williamson appeared in federal court today in Rome, Ga., for a detention hear ...
  • James Laffrey and His Call to Assassinate Jews
    James Laffrey has not been publicly advocating ethnic hatred for very long. He does not appear to have many, if any, followers. He is not particularly well-connected to more established entities on the anti-Semitic far right. But what he does have is a website and plans to create a white suprema ...
  • Culpeper Sheriff Stands Behind Anti-Muslim Con ...
    Culpeper County, Va., Sheriff Scott Jenkins says he “is not backing down from sending his deputies” to an “advanced counterterrorism” training next week by John Guandolo, a disgraced former FBI agent with a long history of demonizing Muslims and hatching wild conspiracy theories. Jenkins was res ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Safe Birthing Campaign Launches Sweepstakes to ...
    Actress Laura Carmichael, who portrays Lady Edith Crawley, has teamed up with Haiti: Make Births Safe, a new campaign consisting of international and Haitian nonprofits working to ensure the health of mothers and children in northern Haiti.read more
  • 'Fast for Families Across America' Kicks Off N ...
    Early this morning on the steps of the City Hall in Los Angeles, hundreds of people of faith, immigrant rights leaders and Congresswoman Judy Chu, joined together to launch the “Fast for Families Across America” tour. The two-bus, nationwide tour will make seven of its more than 75 d ...
  • Free Press: Comcast-Netflix Deal Shows How ISP ...
    On Sunday, Netflix reached an interconnection agreement with Comcast to ensure its videos would be streamed directly to consumers. The deal ends the standoff that had led to poor performance of Netflix offerings to Comcast customers. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal involved Netfli ...
  • CCR Condemns Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill Signed into ...
    Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to reports that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed the notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law:read more
  • NRDC Petitions EPA to Save the Monarch Butterfly
    Skyrocketing use of the weed-killer glyphosate, first marketed as “Roundup,” is devastating monarch butterfly populations, and new safeguards should be put in place immediately to save the iconic species from further decline, the Natural Resources Defense Council said today.read more

Common Dreams-Views

  • Arresting Development: Why the Comcast-Netflix ...
    Craig Aaron S. Derek Turner (Original photo by Flickr user Susi)On Sunday, Netflix agreed to pay Comcast an undisclosed amount to ensure that its videos stream smoothly to Comcast customers. But fa ...
  • The Bleached Bones of the Dead: What the Moder ...
    Greg Grandin Many in the United States were outraged by the remarks of conservative evangelical preacher Pat Robertson, who blamed Haiti’s catastrophic 2010 earthquake on Haitians for selling their souls to Satan. Bodies were still be ...
  • Inside the Mind of James Clapper
    Glenn Greenwald I’m going to have a story published later today about a new document, but until then, this new interview with (and profile of) Director of National Intelligence James Clapper by the Daily Beast‘s Eli Lake is ...
  • Hypocrisies of the Super-Rich
    Paul Buchheit The hypocrisy is spread evenly among corporations, Congress, and free-market apologists, all of whom insult and imperil average Americans with their double standards. Here are some of the worst: 1. Poor People Just Need to Get ...
  • The Murky Politics of the $15 Minimum Wage
    Shamus Cooke Seattle now resembles a mini-Venezuela.read more

Water Privatization

  • Opinion
    ON THE HALLOWED walls of the inner sanctum of PetroChina Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest market capitalized companies and the right arm of the Chinese government’s energy warriors, is inscribed in stone five words that underline the driving philosophy of this world superpower, both domestic ...
  • Biblical Waters: Can the Jordan River Be Saved?
    With the swelling ranks of Syrian refugees in Jordan, an overstressed river is at risk of going dry.        
  • American States Water Company Announces Deferr ...
    American States Water Company today announced that its utility subsidiary, Golden State Water Company , will defer its cost of capital filing to March 2015.
  • No water rationing despite 69% drop in supply ...
    Despite a 68.5% water level drop, year-on-year, in São Paulo state's Cantareira water supply system, state governor Geraldo Alckmin is not considering water rationing as an option.
  • Peru's Olmos hydro project to supply water ...
    Peruvian government and regional authorities from Lambayeque have agreed to provide water resources via the Transandinean tunnel to farmers in the Olmos valley, according to a release from state agency Andina.

Guardian

  • Alex Salmond's hints at Plan B on currency
    The first minister is under pressure to explain what currency an independent Scotland would use without a formal deal with the UK on sterling, despite opinion polls in his favourDoes Alex Salmond have a plan B on a currency for an independent Scotland after all? Confronted by George Osborne's ve ...
  • David Miliband calls for international oceans ...
    Former UK foreign secretary says bringing order to the high seas is critical to managing fish stocks and safeguarding food supplyThe former UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, is urging the creation of a seagoing police force to bring order to the "wild west" free-for-all on the high seas that ...
  • Bank of England could raise interest rates nex ...
    MPC member Ian McCafferty says market expectations rates could rise in the second quarter of 2015 are 'not unreasonable'A Bank of England policymaker has reinforced expectations that the first hike in interest rates will come as soon as next spring, in remarks that pushed up the pound.Ian McCaff ...
  • FTSE 100 drops back from 14-year high, as Chin ...
    Despite worries over the strength of the global recovery, several stock markets remain close to their highest levels in years -- although the Shanghai stock market was rattled by fears of a lending clampdownGraeme Wearden
  • Benefits Street to be investigated by Ofcom fo ...
    Channel 4 documentary accused of unfair portrayal of residents of James Turner Street and showing crimes being committedChannel 4's controversial documentary series Benefits Street is to be investigated by media regulator Ofcom after it generated more than 1,800 complaints from viewers.The show ...

McClatchey

  • 100th Tibetan self-immolation reported in a pr ...
    An account released on Wednesday of an ethnic Tibetan man in western China lighting himself on fire earlier this month, calling for the long life of the Dalai Lama before…Click to Continue »
  • Agencies warn Congress not to use humanitarian ...
    Humanitarian groups are lobbying hard against a proposal by several U.S. senators that would turn over the delivery of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to a Syrian opposition council…Click to Continue »
  • Democrats offer long-shot bill to meet Obama&# ...
    Democrats in Congress wasted no time in taking up President Barack Obama?s challenge Tuesday night that lawmakers take a "market-based" approach to addressing climate change, even if their effort has…Click to Continue »
  • Panetta: Congress hurting itself and U.S. imag ...
    The world is nervously watching a dysfunctional Congress and wondering ?whether or not we can rise to the challenges? that face the United States, outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta…Click to Continue »
  • GOP’s complaints about looming spending ...
    Republicans forced the budget crisis that helped create the pending across-the-board cuts in the first place. And Republicans provided crucial votes for the 2011 deal that ended that impasse, an…Click to Continue »

The Wonk Room

  • The Full Spectrum
    It’s been a busy weekend in LGBT news. We’ve pulled together the good, the bad, and the ugly stories for you to stay up to speed on the fight for equal rights.The post The Full Spectrum appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Climate Boomerang: Small Volcanoes Restraining ...
    Surface temperatures would be warming much faster if not for various natural cooling factors, such as small volcanic eruptions since 2000. Since recent research shows surface temperatures have not slowed down, we should expect accelerated warming in the near future as some of these factors abate ...
  • Swing Vote: Supreme Court Hears Sides In EPA G ...
    The EPA seemed close to garnering the five justices needed to prevail in the case.The post Swing Vote: Supreme Court Hears Sides In EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations Case appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • After Legal Setback In Nebraska, What’s ...
    The ruling was initially expected to delay the pipeline, but two governors say Obama could decide on it in the next few weeks. The post After Legal Setback In Nebraska, What’s Next For Keystone XL? appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • The U.S. Might Just Let Uganda Get Away With I ...
    The consequences of Uganda passing a bill that places gay people in jail for life are looking hard to come by.The post The U.S. Might Just Let Uganda Get Away With Its New Anti-Gay Law appeared first on ThinkProgress.

thwap's schoolyard

  • Democracy Debased
    I will argue that when mass democracy was still a fairly young thing, it produced results because elites didn't know how to handle it. All adult males got the vote roughly around 1900. Women got the vote around 1920. By the 1930s we got pro-union legislation in the USA and welfare states all ar ...
  • Qawedryhujikolp
    That's my new made-up word!
  • Campaign Slogans
    The harpercons are not just soft on crime. They're pro-crime. Their economic policies create the conditions for crime and criminals and their prison policies create repeat offenders. Dignity. Where is the dignity in unemployment or precarious employment? Stable jobs, strong unions, decent wages ...
  • Woody Allen and Believing Victims
    I thought it was creepy when Woody Allen married his adopted step-daughter. I believed that both Woody and Mia Farrow must be weirdo fucked-up people. So when Mia discovered that Woody had molested his own kids right after his betrayal, and that these allegations were successfully denied in the ...
  • About Trolls
    Boris over at The Galloping Beaver found a study that argues that internet trolls are psychotic fuckwads. That makes sense. I used to go to right-wing sites and argue with them. I'd argue pretty caustically sometimes (given what hateful, racist, war-monger shit-heads they were) but I'd never pr ...

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

  • What should we say to Sen. Romeo Dallaire?
    Leave a comment to contribute to our presentation to the Senate National Security and Defence Committee.
  • Who is Lt General Andrew Leslie?
    Recent media stories have focused attention on General Leslie. But not many people know who he is, or how his views will influence Justin Trudeau.
  • MPs respond on treatment of veterans
    Read MP's responses to our petition telling Harper to treat wounded vets with respect and compassion.
  • Alternative Federal Budget calls for reduction ...
    The Harper Government is slashing its care for veterans, closing libraries and disposing of books, shutting down primary services like Canada Post mail delivery and curbing funding of the arts and science, all in the name of austerity. Yet the government is still overspending on defence!
  • NATO nuke upgrade planned
    Former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz has confirmed that a planned upgrade of the B61 nuclear bomb (the B61-12) will give the weapon enhanced military capabilities.

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

War in Context

  • How people are becoming the property of techno ...
    Following Facebook’s $19 billion dollar acquisition of WhatsApp, Reuven Cohen writes: In November 2013, a survey of smartphone owners found that WhatsApp was the leading social messaging app in countries including Spain, Switzerland, Germany and Japan. Yet at 450 million users and growing, there ...
  • Richard Clarke warns that NSA could enable pol ...
    ZDNet reports: The NSA is so good at collecting intelligence that it has the potential to create a police surveillance state that could never be shut off, counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke said during his keynote address at the Cloud Security Alliance Summit taking place Monday at the RSA ...
  • Obama sees limited options for cyberwar in Syria
    The New York Times reports: Not long after the uprising in Syria turned bloody late in the spring of 2011, the Pentagon and the National Security Agency developed a battle plan that featured a sophisticated cyberattack on the Syrian military and President Bashar al-Assad’s command structure. The ...
  • How the United States legitimized mass killing ...
    The political unrest in the Ukraine has been a news topic which falls outside the loosely defined scope of this site. Nevertheless, popular uprisings wherever they occur catch my attention for similar reasons that they resonate with most people. Unless you subscribe to an ideology or identify wi ...
  • Egypt government resigns, paving way for Sisi ...
    Reuters reports: Egypt’s government resigned on Monday, paving the way for army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy for president of a strategic U.S. ally gripped by political strife. After the July overthrow of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and sub ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Preliminary results on skeptic survey
    Readers may recall this survey announced at WUWT: An AGW opinion survey for your participation. Some preliminary results were announced Monday. From Mike Haesler: The Scottish Climate & Energy Forum has been conducting a survey on the background and attitudes of … Continue reading →
  • Volcanoes Erupt Again
    Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I see that Susan Solomon and her climate police have rounded up the usual suspects, which in this case are volcanic eruptions, in their desperation to explain the so-called “pause” in global warming that’s stretching … Continue reading →
  • A look at the behind the scenes legal battle w ...
    WUWT has been granted exclusive first access to this new legal document challenging the EPA’s proposed use of calculations on SCC. While this submission to OMB from Attorney Menton may look forbiddingly legalistic document to many WUWT readers, a number … Continue reading →
  • Another thing more worrying than global warmin ...
    Volcanoes, including Mount Hood in the US, can quickly become active Magma stored for thousands of years can erupt in as little as two months New research results suggest that magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon’s Mount … Continue reading →
  • The Merchants of Smear
    The sanctioned punishment of climate skeptics becomes more than just a few aberrant ideas, and is following some historical parallels First, I loathe having to write essays like this, but I think it is necessary given the hostile social climate … Continue reading →

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Biosingularity

  • Building Artificial Cells Will Be a Noisy Business
    Engineers like to make things that work. And if one wants to make something work using nanoscale components—the size of proteins, antibodies, and viruses—mimicking the behavior of cells is a good place to start since cells carry an enormous amount of information in a very tiny packet. As Erik Wi ...
  • Molly Stevens: A new way to grow bone
    What does it take to regrow bone in mass quantities? Typical bone regeneration — wherein bone is taken from a patient’s hip and grafted onto damaged bone elsewhere in the body — is limited and can cause great pain just a few years after operation. In an informative talk, Molly Stevens intr ...
  • Brain-Wide Map of “Neural Highways” Is First o ...
    For the first time ever, neuroscientists have completed a comprehensive roadmap of the top-trafficked communication highways in the human brain. This  white-matter map not only charts the geography of these neural highways – it also plots out which of them interact with the most other paths, whi ...
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome and Heart Attack
    This 3D medical animation shows the coronary vessels in the heart and the different ways they may become blocked. The symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are depicted. The animation finishes up with common treatments for acute coronary syndrome and heart attack.
  • Brain Implant Lets One Monkey Control Another
    In work inspired partly by the movie “Avatar,” one monkey could control the body of another monkey using thought alone by connecting the brain of the puppet-master monkey to the spine of the other through a prosthesis, researchers say. These findings could help lead to implants that ...

CFACT

  • Greens exploit widespread science ignorance
    Alan Caruba laments that so many on the Left who rail about environmental causes are so poorly educated -- no wonder, he says, they are so gullible. Meanwhile, U.S. farmers are efficient producers of food, fiber, and fuel and good stewards of our natural resources.
  • Carbon capture and storage a waste of time and ...
    Kelvin Kemm likens the scurrying about to combat the supposed ill effects of increasing worldwide atmospheric carbon dioxide to a nation reacting in fear to rumors of ghosts in the attic and in the addled brains of policymakers. Reality no longer matters to those afflicted, as Pierre Gosselin s ...
  • Congressman Stockman: Climate policy needs rea ...
    Should a lack of global warming over the past 16 years affect government climate regulations and policy? Congressman Steve Stockman from Texas believes so, and here explains why. [audio http://www.cfact.org/radio/264/5268.mp3]
  • Obama’s war on America Killing coal to k ...
    The presumption that carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants are so dangerous that we have to shut them all down to save the planet is ludicrous, says Alan Caruba. Citing CFACT advisor Bonner Cohen's data, Caruba notes that jhuman activity accounts for just 4% of worldwide atmosph ...
  • Putting an end to the EPA’s “secre ...
    Ron Arnold says it is time to end the "secret science" that is the underlying justification for many of its costly, anti-business, and anti-citizen regulations. As Rep/ David Schweikart (R-AZ) said, “For far too long, the EPA has approved regulations that have placed a crippling financial burde ...

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Natural Health News

  • Dentists Targeted for Recklessly Polluting Wat ...
    By Dr. Mercola Did you know that dentist offices are the largest source of mercury in wastewater entering publicly-owned treatment works? Once there, dental mercury converts to methylmercury, a highly toxic form of mercury known to be hazardous to brain and nervous system function, particul ...
  • More Americans Are Saying “No” to Water Fluori ...
    By Dr. Mercola Study after study confirms that fluoride is a dangerous, toxic poison that bioaccumulates in your body while being ineffective at preventing dental decay… yet it continues to be added to many municipal water supplies in the US. Yet even as we continue on with this more than ...
  • 11 Charts That Show Everything Wrong with Our ...
    By Dr. Mercola Three decades ago, the food available was mostly fresh and grown locally. Today, the majority of foods served, whether at home, in school or in restaurants, are highly processed foods, filled with sugars, harmful processed fats, and chemical additives. During that same time, ...
  • Dry Skin Brushing: Benefits and How To
    By Dr. Mercola Many people carefully tend to the skin on their face, regularly exfoliating, cleansing, and moisturizing. But when’s the last time you tended to the skin on the rest of your body? Your skin is your largest organ, after all, and there is one simple step you can add to your mo ...
  • The Links Between Your Diet and Hormone Levels ...
    By Dr. Mercola Your hormones have far-reaching effects in your body, and hormone deficiencies can therefore wreak total havoc on your health. The effects, of course, are dependent on the severity of your deficiency, and which hormone is being under-produced. One of the most co ...

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

  • The Reprieve Drone Strike Communication I — Ju ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller Reprieve, the excellent British human-rights organisation, has submitted a communication to the ICC asking it to investigate NATO personnel involved in CIA drone strikes in Pakistan. Here is Reprieve's press release: Drone victims are today lodging a complaint with the Inte ...
  • Japan and Korea Take Their (History) Wars to U ...
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku A lawsuit filed yesterday in California federal court seeks the removal of a statue in a Glendale, California public park honoring women victimized by the Japanese military during World War II.  The placement of the statue was approved by the local city council with t ...
  • Weekly News Wrap: Monday, February 24, 2014
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey Your weekly selection of international law and international relations headlines from around the world: Africa Nigeria has closed its northern border with Cameroon to block the movement of Boko Haram members who use the area as a launch-pad for attacks. Fren ...
  • Events and Announcements: February 23, 2014
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen Calls for Papers TDM is calling for papers for a special issue on “The Pacific Rim and International Economic Law: Opportunities and Risks of the Pacific Century“. The formidable scale and pace of economic and legal development in the Pacific Rim regio ...
  • Weekend Roundup: February 15-21, 2014
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen Weekend again, time for a roundup of the blog! This week, Rogier Bartels provided a guest post in two parts on the temporal scope of application of IHL, asking when a non-international armed conflict ends. Chris followed the situation in Ukraine closely with a pos ...

Public News Service

  • AARP Arizona Expanding Fraud-Awareness Program
    AARP Arizona Expanding Fraud-Awareness Program PHOENIX - Arizona is the number-one state for identity theft, and AARP Arizona is looking to expand its fraud-education program beyond Maricopa and Pima counties. That Community Educators Program relies on trained volunteers to make presentations to ...
  • Report: Arizona Income Growth Sluggish Since 1979
    Report: Arizona Income Growth Sluggish Since 1979 PHOENIX - Income for Arizonans expanded by just 17 percent between 1979 and just before the Great Recession hit late in 2008, according to a new report. That isn't an incredibly healthy growth rate for a span of almost 30 years, and when the Econ ...
  • McDonald's Urged to Keep Promise On Reducing P ...
    McDonald's Urged to Keep Promise On Reducing Pesticide Drift PHOENIX – Concerned citizens and environmental groups are urging the fast good giant McDonald's to follow through on a promise to reduce pesticide use in the production of potatoes used to make its French fries. Under pressure ...
  • Does Class Size in Arizona Matter? Research sa ...
    Does Class Size in Arizona Matter? Research says “Yes” PHOENIX – As school districts across Arizona continue to cope with dwindling budgets, new research examines the impact of class size and the role that crowded classrooms can play in students' educational outcomes. Diane S ...
  • Supremes Could Decide Sky's the Limit for Camp ...
    Supremes Could Decide Sky's the Limit for Campaign Donations WASHINGTON - Another major Supreme Court decision on campaign finance could come as early as next week. In McCutcheon v. the Federal Elections Commission, Alabama businessman Shaun McCutcheon says his First Amendment rights are violat ...

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 ...

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