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Gilligan And Gove Jump The Gun

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April 18, 2014
In Virginia, Politicians Fish For Support At Old-Fashioned Event

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April 18, 2014

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April 19, 2014
Social Security to resume benefits statement mailings

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April 19, 2014
Obama signs law to bar Iran diplomat from serving in U.N. post

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April 18, 2014

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Canadians rally to legalize marijuana

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One Giant Bleak Against Mankind

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March 25, 2014
The GWPF, Crok & Lewis, and Positioning Sceptics

As we all now know, Marcel Crok and Nicholas Lewis have written a report on the IPCC’s treatment of

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Terry Coxon on US Dysfunction and the International Trust Solution

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April 19, 2014
The Crime of HFT Is Freelance Manipulation Not Market Distortion

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April 18, 2014

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Alien Contact Intelligence

When talking to Michael Corbin on a 1996 radio interview about his science-fiction book FastWalker, Jacques

April 19, 2014
Awesome Video: Bundy Ranch Supporter Crushes NBC News Host! (33 flags)

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April 19, 2014
Ghost shadow appears in Live Fox Sports Transmission. (29 flags)

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April 19, 2014

Sillier Than Women’s Studies

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April 17, 2014
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Journalism, which was ranked as the worst job in America last year, inched up a notch to finish at number

April 17, 2014
High Road to Serfdom

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April 15, 2014

Deadly clash in Ukraine's restive east

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Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

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Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

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December 10, 2013
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

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December 10, 2013

MESHAAL: WE WILL RELEASE OUR PRISONERS, LIBERATE AL-AQSA

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Syrian Coalition Sends Warm Greetings to Christians on Easter Day

The Syrian Coalition sends the warmest greetings to Christians in Syria on Easter day

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Rethinking the Ethics of Research Involving Nonhuman Animals

A new collection of essays titled “Rethinking the ethics of research involving nonhuman animals” is a

April 11, 2014
Swiss Zoo Kills Healthy Young Bear to Protect Him

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April 9, 2014

The Week Ahead, April 20-26: Obama Visits Tokyo and Seoul; Events on Nukes

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April 18, 2014
The Week Ahead, April 14-20: Arms Control Compliance Report Due; UN

The following are some of the key arms control dates and developments to watch in the coming week. For

April 14, 2014
Creeping Toward the New START Limits

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April 14, 2014

Frontiers editor throws Lew under a bus

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April 15, 2014
Science ‘abused’ by Lewandowsky paper, says Frontiers

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April 12, 2014
Lewandowsky tries to rationalise ‘Fury’ retraction

Popcorn time. Stephan Lewandowsky ties himself in knots attempting to reconcile his unshakeable belief that

April 6, 2014

S Korea leader condemns ferry crew

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Fresh violence erupts in Venezuela

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Baked brains

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April 16, 2014

These 13 People Were Killed By The War On Drugs. Their Lives Were The Cost

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April 18, 2014
An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

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December 30, 2013
Militarizing Santa Claus

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A little non-dual Jesus for Easter

What has always been basic to resurrection, or Easter, is crucifixion. If you want to resurrect, you must

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The Shift: The State of our Minds and the Mind of the State

Those who are plugged into reality are getting a sinking feeling in their gut; we’re

March 24, 2014

Homeland Defense Advisory Firm Taps Into Demand for Market Intelligence

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April 18, 2014
Study: U.S. Combat Aviation Stuck in the Industrial Age

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April 18, 2014
F-35 Program Manager: More Buyers Needed to Help Lower Production Costs

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April 17, 2014

Asian stocks subdued on Ukraine caution in holiday-thinned trade

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At Mt. Gox bitcoin hub, 'geek' CEO sought both control and escape

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GM to battle VW in China with $12 billion investment and new plants

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Should Harry Reid’s corporate interests trump public grazing rights?

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Nato’s action plan in Ukraine is right out of Dr Strangelove

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April 18, 2014
Make a 55-Gallon Compost Tumbler Fast, Cheap & Easy

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April 8, 2014

Guardian: Moazzam Begg among four arrested in Birmingham terror raids

Former Guantánamo detainee is held along with two men and a woman on suspicion of Syria-related

February 25, 2014
Andy Worthington: A love letter from Guantánamo

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February 25, 2014
Dissenter: More charges of forced drugging at Guantanamo

On February 21, attorneys for six former Guantanamo prisoners took their civil case against Donald

February 25, 2014

Insanity is lurking on the other side…

Rock Band Bills Pentagon for Use of Music as Torture Just a couple of hours after uploading my recent

February 27, 2014
Shackled During Childbirth

What Would You Call it if Not Torture? My email inbox today included an online petition campaign from the

February 23, 2014
Refuge Documentary Now Available

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

February 17, 2014

Gerald Celente – Metallwoche – April 17, 2014

Gerald Celente: Just re-invent a story. “I believe that a major financial house

April 16, 2014
Gerald Celente – Everything Financial Radio – April 13, 2014

Gerald Celente joins today to give hist take on where both the economy and world-wide

April 12, 2014
Gerald Celente – Edelmetalle – April 12, 2014

Gerald discusses gold, the financial system and current events going on around the world

April 11, 2014

Off the Charts Blog: Tax-Credit Bill Would Help Low-Income Families Facing

April 17, 2014
When and How States Should Strengthen Their Rainy Day Funds

Table 1 Size of State General Fund Balances Size

April 16, 2014
Off the Charts Blog: Increase the EITC

April 15, 2014

Seafloor Carpet Turns Surf’s up to Lights On

At the University of California, Berkeley, a team of engineers is pioneering ocean-source energy technology

March 25, 2014
Boeing’s SBRC Makes Biofuel from Agricultural Rejects

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March 10, 2014
Cliff Majersik, IMT, Identifies Efficiency as Energy’s Biggest Asset

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February 19, 2014

The Difference Between Putin and Obama. – Brother Nathanael

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World Jewish Congress Congratulates New French PM Manuel VALLS – Turkish

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Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, It is Now Past Time to Google "the Streisand

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April 18, 2014
Wherein I Almost Agree With Thomas Friedman on a Climate Issue

Thomas Friedman outlines what he would do first to attack climate change Well, the first thing we would

April 18, 2014
College Tours Summarized in One Sentence

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April 18, 2014

Barry O’Farrell’s grapes of wrath

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Morning Market Report

The market rose after a trifecta of good economic data, better-than-expected corporate earnings from Yahoo,

April 16, 2014
Media briefs: O’Farrell wash-up … news dump … ABC to China …

Barry O'Farrell's resignation pushes the royals to a close second while the ABC becomes the first

April 16, 2014

New Study Shows Global Warming is Not Natural

A new study shows that, with more than 99 percent certainty, warming trends in the industrial era are not

April 19, 2014

N. T. Wright: Did Jesus Really Rise From The Dead?

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Rick Rozoff: NATO Includes All Former Fascist Powers in Europe

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PUSHING FOR STARVATION AT HOME AND WAR ABROAD: A TIME TO RESIST

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When Insanity Becomes Normal

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Edward Snowden: Vladimir Putin Must Be Called to Account on Surveillance

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Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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June 5, 2013

Resisting the Drone Wars: Campaign Day 14 June

Click to download flyer The Drone Campaign Network is holding a day gathering for those interested in

April 7, 2014
Camus in the Time of Drones

by Jeffrey St. Clair . Reproduced by kind permission of Counterpunch . Lucien rises from bed in the

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Defence Select Committee issues report on drones: PR trumps transparency

Click to download Three years ago today (25 March) four Afghan civilians were killed and two seriously

March 24, 2014

Plants with dormant seeds give rise to more species

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April 19, 2014
In sex-reversed cave insects, females have the penises

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April 17, 2014
Surprise: Lost stem cells naturally replaced by non-stem cells, fly

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered an unexpected phenomenon in the organs that produce sperm in

April 18, 2014

Film Review: A Fierce Green Fire

Rousing PBS documentary covering 50 years of environmentalism to honor Earth Day

April 18, 2014
Oregon’s Klamath River Basin One Step Closer to Historic Dam Removal

Deal among Native Americans, farmers, ranchers and fishermen marks a triumph for cooperation.

April 17, 2014
California Game Commission to Consider Whether to Protect Gray Wolf

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April 16, 2014

The Ukriaine anti-semitic flyer: a case study in propaganda

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Watch corporations strip-mine their future (and ours)

Summary: Al Qaeda (Bin Laden’s organization, if it still exists in meaningful form) is a threat to

April 17, 2014
Should we listen to amateurs’ analysis of climate science?

Summary: What is the role of amateurs’ analysis in the climate science debate? They’re

April 16, 2014

Senator Grassley Announces Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus on 25th

Today Senator Charles Grassley, the leading champion of whistleblower protection on Capitol Hill, announced

April 10, 2014
Report Reveals Federal Agencies’ Non-disclosure Policies Violate the WEPA

A report released today by Senator Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee

April 2, 2014
KBR’s Confidentiality Agreements Draw Congressional Scrutiny

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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Obama Backed Opposition Target Residential Homes

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Al Qaeda Terrorists Show Off Their New Toys from the USA

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Lindsay Lohan Claims She Had a Miscarriage While Filming Reality Show

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French Journalists Held Hostage in Syria Describe Nightmare Ordeal

Four French journalists who were kidnapped and held hostage in Syria for ten months say that despite the

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Fear Of Property Flameout As Housing Prices Rise

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Candidate Encourages Boycott Of Slave-Made Chocolate

Icelandic chocolate is made from cacao beans the could have been picked by slave labour, a Social Democrat

The Rebels who Saved the Golden Gate

The city of Marincello was to be built in the virtually untouched Marin Headlands. The area's natural

April 18, 2014
Original Beards of the Sierra Club

Early Sierra Clubbers documented a lot of their outings and, lucky for us, took snaps of some fantastic

April 17, 2014
DIY Waste Audit

Think of landfills as acne on the face of our planet: The more junk we bury, the worse the breakout is. An

April 16, 2014

10 ways to hypermile and get the most energy out of your car

Under the hood of an electric car If you thought 2013 was a financially tough year, then fasten your seat

March 20, 2014
Teaching Tu B’Shevat in classrooms without borders

For many years Hebrew schools in North America barely related to the Jewish

January 16, 2014
Happy New Year Trees, and spiritual reasons for Tu B’Shevat Customs

Tonight marks the end of the Jewish holiday Tu B’Shevat. The Jewish New

January 16, 2014

Reform Puts Vise Grips on Physicians

To say doctors are under tremendous pressure may be the understatement of the year. One key indicator to

April 17, 2014
Medicare Opt-Out a Viable Physician Strategy

Two Pennsylvania physicians share their experiences decoupling from Medicare. They've lost 12% of their

April 17, 2014
Hospital Groups Back NQF Report on Patient Sociodemographics

The American Hospital Association wants CMS to adjust measures in pay-for-performance programs to reflect

April 16, 2014

Bundy land context: US ‘leaders’ steal land with MERS bankster fraud, War

The Bundy land conflict evokes Americans to a local venue to protest crimes of a psychopathic US &ldquo

April 16, 2014
After we win: 3 education policy proposals: Truth, Love, Lifelong virtue

Education builds the future, and as you who read alternative media know so well, is a lifelong upgrade in

April 16, 2014
3 policy proposals after we win: Fix the world, Existing solutions

Leaders, such as you paying attention to alternative media, act intelligently in the present, and plan for

April 15, 2014

Passover Greetings from the Editor

Hello. My name is John Cook, and as of three weeks ago I became the editor-in-chief of The Intercept

April 14, 2014
The “Cuban Twitter” Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket

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April 4, 2014
NSA Blows Its Own Top Secret Program in Order to Propagandize

Over the last 40 years, the U.S. government has relied on extreme fear-mongering to demonize transparency.

March 31, 2014

The Rise of the Digital Proletariat

The conversation about the impact of technology tends to be binary: Either it will save us , or it will

April 18, 2014
Is Harmon’s ‘Community’ Really Back in Harmony?

“This is the kind of adventure I usually have to force upon us,” declares Abed Nadir (Danny

April 18, 2014
How We Can Fix Wall Street

If you read one business book this year, make it Flash Boys by Michael Lewis . The journalist famous for

April 18, 2014

Venue Change from Monument Valley to Kayenta: Screening of “High Power

Saturday, March 8, 2014 Venue Change from Monument Valley to Kayenta: Screening of “High Power

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Fukushima to Four Corners Events in Arizona

Visit: www.nuclearfreezone.org MEDIA ADVISORY From Fukushima to the Four Corners: Communities

February 27, 2014
VIDEO Sakej Ward ‘Defining Warrior Societes’ – Originally posted at

Originally posted at Censored News. Sakej Ward in his video presentation defines a Warrior’s

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Poland Uses Ukraine to Push Coal

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In U.S., Black Preschool Students “Punished More Severely”

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April 19, 2014
When Not To Go To School

A new toilet for girl students at a school in Murshidabad district in the eastern Indian state West Bengal.

April 19, 2014

News: None of MH370’s emergency beacons sent signals – Wake Up From Your

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▶ The World is Waking Up to the New World Order – YouTube .

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"The ‘chemical weapons’ scenario seems to be the best cue for Washington and their western allies in
Men and Women: Their Contributions to the World

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Calls to Send Russian Peacekeepers Follow Violence and Murder in Ukraine’s

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April 19, 2014
Ukraine: Poland Trained Neo-Nazi Putchists

Lies have shorter and shorter legs. Two months after the change of regime in Kiev, the Polish press has

April 18, 2014
USAID Plot to Destabilize Cuba Exposed

Agency set up US-funded “Cuban Twitter” to spread rumors and unrest By Walter Smolarek Ever since the

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April 17, 2014

Civil War In Ukraine, Thanks To @SenJohnMcCain, “$10,000 For Every Russian

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California Energy Update: Part V

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April 17, 2014
Republicans for Obama Energy (Senate Finance Committee okays PTC/ITC

“The April 3 rd action by the Senate Finance Committee certainly helps explain why a recent Gallup Survey

April 16, 2014
AWEA Spins Price Distortions to Save PTC (hit on nuclear clouds CO2

“Negative prices are not the goal of any healthy economy, yet the PTC fosters this behavior at the expense

April 15, 2014

Fox Champions Bundy Supporters Who Threatened Violence Against Federal

Fox figures praised armed supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy as good, patriotic, hard-working

April 18, 2014
ANALYSIS: How The Media Covered The U.N. Climate Reports In Three Charts

The final installment of the U.N.'s top climate report, which calls for prompt, extensive action to

April 17, 2014
More Right-Wing Media Lies About Voting Rights As Another Election

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