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So WikiLeaks Doxed the CIA Director’s Family

A clever teenage hacker allegedly used social engineering to access CIA chief John Brennan’s personal

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Finally – Africa’s Rapid Response Force Begins Training

The African Union’s long discussed and delayed rapid-response force is slowly taking shape. The

19 hrs ago
There Are Way Too Many Warplanes Flying Over Syria

Syria’s skies are filled with a mess of armed warplanes, and a new “understanding”

20 hrs ago

New deal: 98% off of a Cyber Security Professional Training and

A new deal was released today for 98% off of a Cyber Security Professional Training & Certification

16 hrs ago
Apple Releases Security Updates for OSX, iWatch, Safari, and More

Today Apple released numerous security updates that resolve a total of 142 vulnerabilities in their

18 hrs ago
Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows 10 now Available

As of yesterday the Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows 10 is now available for shipping

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This Malware Can Delete And Replace Your Entire Chrome Browser With A Look-

Security researchers have uncovered a new piece of Adware that replaces your entire browser with a

19 hrs ago
Liberal Professor compares law-abiding gun owners to slaveholders, calls

The Intellihub – by Alex Thomas In what will go down as one of the most disgusting, hate filled

19 hrs ago
The Holocaust Is a Racket – Veterans Today

Let the truth fall like a mighty stream, and those who love the truth will ally themselves with it. Sourced

19 hrs ago

“CHAPPiE” and the New Transhumanist Religion

from Vigilant Citizen : TCHAPPiE is a movie about a police robot with advanced artificial intelligence
Goldman Sachs’ Rich Man’s Bank Backstopped by You and Me

by Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Wall Street On Parade : Just when you thought Wall Street’s heist of

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Precious Metals Video Update: Metals & Miners Correct & US$ Nearing

from Palisade Radio :

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Blacks Will Transform America, and Free Themselves, But Not at the Ballot

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TFA/BlackLivesMatter/CampaignZero Activist Brittney Packnett (Almost) Tries

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Freedom Rider: Black Lives Don’t Matter in Israel

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October 20, 2015

Brian Cox’s Weird Science

Brian Cox — of wide-eyed BBC science spectaculars fame — is lauded as one of science’s

June 16, 2015
What Do Psychologists Have to Say About Climate Change?

One of the least-explored but most revealing things about the climate change debate (such as it is) is the

June 9, 2015
The Apollo Lords – Shooting for the Stars? Or the Foot?

The climate debate has seen much history dragged into the present, to be served up again as hollow

June 4, 2015

The Big Budget Debate and a Personal Solution

John Boehner is aiming for a final compromise with Democrats before he leaves office. Rather than trying to

October 21, 2015
China Slowdown May Provide Farmland Opportunity

This article in Quartz is actually an excerpt from a book, Will Africa Feed China? Since the full book is

October 21, 2015
Canadas Liberal Victory Advances Cannabis Legalization Trend

Yesterday we published a news analysis entitled "Cannabis Could Win Big in Today's Canadian

October 20, 2015

Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid (78 flags)

On 29 July, in the twelfth indiction [1014, Xiphias and his men] descended suddenly on the Bulgarians, from

September 16, 2015
BREAKING: HUGE 8.3 Earthquake Strikes Chile (Updated) (70 flags)

Breaking now...no damage reported yet. Just upgraded to 8.3 from 7.9/ This occurred off-shore

September 16, 2015
The Brutally Honest Conspiracy Theory Cartoon that NBC Only Aired Once (48

A Conspiracy themed cartoon that aired only once on SNL in 1998 and pulled because it wasnt funny

September 17, 2015

50 Yards to Freedom

The biggest thing that happened on the Bremerton High School football field Friday night had nothing to do

19 mins ago
Bowdoin College Professors Cancel Classes to Help Boost Attendance at

College Fix with the latest: Many Bowdoin College professors recently canceled classes to help host a

19 mins ago
Thomas Jefferson Statue-Supporting Students Accused of White Privilege

Tolerance is a one-way street, only for liberals. Supporters of a Thomas Jefferson statue were mocked on

16 hrs ago

Kerry seeks to end Palestinian-Israeli violence

US state secretary calls for steps that go beyond condemnation and rhetoric as Israeil leader points blame

18 mins ago
Palestinian shot dead after alleged stabbing

Latest shooting by Israeli forces brings Palestinian death toll since beginning of October to 52.

25 mins ago
Two dead in Sweden school stabbing attack

Masked man armed with sword in western town of Trollhattan kills teacher and student, and injures more.

31 mins ago

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

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

December 17, 2013
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

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

December 10, 2013
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

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

December 10, 2013

Gaza: Egypt Poisons the Water, Israel Does the Massacres

It seems as though almost the whole world is determined to turn its back on the Palestinians and behave

15 hrs ago
Mass march in Tunisia stands with Palestinian people

The Popular Front of Tunisia called a mass demonstration on Avenue Habib Bourgiba

15 hrs ago
IOA imposes tax on Palestinian closed home in O. J’lem

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) imposed Tuesday evening Arnona

16 hrs ago

The Psychology and Thrill of Trophy Hunting: Is it Criminal?

Trophy hunting is gratuitous violence that can justifiably be called murder. The failure to use the word

October 18, 2015
Florida Bear Hunt Ignores Conservation Psychology & Science

Florida's ill-planned slaughter of black bears fails to consider public opinion, solid science, and

October 15, 2015
Unnecessary Boulder Bear Killing Challenges Anthrozoology

A mother bear was killed in Boulder, Colorado. The original headline read "Boulder bear No. 317

October 9, 2015

Iran’s Inflexibility on Enrichment a Barrier to Progress on Nuclear Deal

By Daryl G. Kimball Officials involved in the high-stakes negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive

September 27, 2014
The P5+1 and Iran Nuclear Talks Alert, September 25

By the research staff of the Arms Control Association. To get this P5+1 and Iran Nuclear Talks Alert

September 25, 2014
The P5+1 and Iran Talks Are Complicated Enough Without Partisan Senate

By Kelsey Davenport U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

September 22, 2014

Climate Council: junk science leads to record levels of alarmism

The Climate Council is nothing more than an alarmism generating machine. Every year the level of hysteria

February 7, 2015
Coalition infighting will see return to bad old days of Labor – including a

The Coalition seems to have a healthy self-destruct instinct which it must have inherited from the

February 5, 2015
Journalist feels the wrath of climate jihadists

‘In a few years, self-defence is going to be made a valid defence for patricide, so Rose’s

February 1, 2015

Two dead in Sweden school sword attack

A masked man kills a teacher and a pupil at a school in the Swedish town of Trollhattan - two further

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IS-held Kurd hostages 'freed in Iraq'

A US soldier has been killed as Kurdish hostages held by IS in northern Iraq were rescued in a US-Iraqi

11 mins ago
China communists ban golf membership

The Chinese Communist Party has banned all 88 million of its members from joining golf clubs in its latest

2 hrs ago

Clues missed over paedophile doctor

A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients was able to go undetected after clues to his offending

4 hrs ago
Man shot dead by police officer

A man is shot dead by police responding to concerns for people inside a house in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.

2 hrs ago
Whippet eats bag of ecstasy tablets

A whippet receives emergency medical treatment after eating a bag of ecstasy tablets in Bradford.

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

This story was first published in April 2013. America's long drug war has produced countless

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

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

December 30, 2013
Militarizing Santa Claus

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

December 27, 2013

John Mann Boasts of Seeing Dickens File

From the Telegraph : A dossier of evidence of an alleged paedophile ring which was believed to have been

5 hrs ago
Home Affairs Committee Probes “The Investigation into the Late Lord Brittan

As is being widely reported, Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee has held a session on “The

18 hrs ago
Complaining to CCHQ about Bullying Risks Escalating Attacks

Tim Ireland recounts details of what happened when he complained to Conservative Campaign Headquarters

October 20, 2015

I no longer hide

And so I no longer hide. I finally made the decision. And soon after, it was clear to see that 90% of the

2 hrs ago
Following the heart instead of following the crowd

Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the

October 21, 2015
Dancing can be healing in profound ways

Ecstatic dance is awesome in the literal sense of the word and I consider it a body oriented mindfulness

October 20, 2015

Chinese Whispers

UK gas prices to soar if Russia cuts off supplies to Europe, National Grid warns

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Questions Questions

The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg asks Lord Hall a difficult question…. “Why do you think

14 hrs ago
The Carneyval’s In Town

In relation to the last post that casts doubt on the Governor of the Bank of England’s

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US Army intelligence system said down during hospital attack

The U.S. Army's $5 billion intelligence network, which is designed to give commanders battlefield

October 20, 2015
Smoking Gun: MPAA coordinated efforts with Today Show, Wall Street Journal

If you talk to the reporters who work for various big media companies, they insist that they have true

10 hrs ago
Australia to allow Facebook photos to be used in national surveillance

Photos from social media websites like Facebook could be used in an Australian counter-terrorism database.

10 hrs ago

The Observed Man is Seldom Sincere: How the State Makes Us Sick

Robert Sapolski had dedicated over 30 years of his life to the study of baboons. He now hates

October 15, 2015
The Men’s Rights Movement

There's an epidemic of women slipping rape drug & viagra concoctions into men's drinks &

September 28, 2015
If Abortion Wasn’t A Big Deal, You Wouldn’t Get Emotional About It.

I am pro-choice but anti-abortion. Abortion is a choice. It is not a right. Just like killing any

September 26, 2015

Navy Shipbuilding Plan Falls Short in Asia-Pacific, Experts Say

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October 20, 2015
Industry CEO: Defense Market Should Embrace Startups

Body: By Sandra I. Erwin As Defense Secretary Ashton Carter continues his outreach to the high-tech

October 20, 2015
Top Lawmakers Plan to Change Goldwater-Nichols Law

Body: By Jon Harper Congress needs to review and revise the Goldwater-Nichols Act, which dictated major

October 20, 2015

U.S. jobless claims up slightly, four-week average lowest since 1973

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose less than expected last week

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McDonald's comparable sales rise as China, U.S. demand recovers

(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported its first rise in quarterly global same-restaurant sales in more

51 mins ago
Wall St. opens higher after results, jobs data

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday after McDonald's and eBay reported strong quarterly

33 mins ago

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

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December 5, 2014
#OBEEZY

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November 14, 2014
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

August 11, 2014

Ongoing Case of the Guantanamo Nurse

Navy nurse who refused to force-feed prisoners may lose pension… The case of the “Guantanamo Nurse” has

September 18, 2015
Critical Praise for Torture Documentary

Following up on my last post updating information about distribution of my film, REFUGE: Caring for

August 11, 2015
Catching up

I’m Back… It’s been quite a while since my last posts – I hope that some of you out there have been

August 4, 2015

House Budget Committee Plan Cuts Pell Grants Deeply, Reducing Access to

The House Budget Committee budget plan calls for large cuts in Pell Grants, which help more than 8 million

March 24, 2015
Eliminating Estate Tax on Inherited Wealth Would Increase Deficits and

The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to consider a bill this week to repeal the federal estate

March 24, 2015
Obama Budget Restores Housing Vouchers

Thanks to funding Congress provided in 2014 and 2015, state and local housing agencies are beginning to

March 23, 2015

The ISIS Conspiracy: US-Israeli-Saudi Intrigue (Part 2)

By Brandon Martinez In part 2 of the “ISIS Conspiracy” series, Brandon Martinez of Non

September 8, 2015
The ISIS Conspiracy: Origins (Part 1)

By Brandon Martinez In the first part of a series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the

September 8, 2015
CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes

Did you know that only a handful of corporations, 6 to be exact, control over 90 percent of the media

August 17, 2015

Early Progressive, Race-Based Rational for the Minimum Wage

From the same article, From Eugenics and Economics in the Progressive Era by Thomas C. Leonard , that I

October 20, 2015
Why I am Suspicious of Immigration Restrictionists -- They Have Been Wrong

From Eugenics and Economics in the Progressive Era by Thomas C. Leonard (link via Don Boudreaux, I think).

October 20, 2015
New Star Wars Trailer

I didn't see any gratuitous lens flairs until about 1:42 so I am not sure this is really JJ Abrams.

October 19, 2015

Tips and rumours

Brandis explains emoji ... soft and cuddly diplomacy ... who's the real opposition communications

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Media briefs: Murdoch expansion … Worst. Journo. Ever. … Mythbusters runs

The ACCC approves Murdoch's Ten purchase. And other media tidbits of the day.

12 hrs ago
Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: the battle of the game shows

While Seven was the headline winner, Nine and Ten did better in the demos, again. Nine and Seven shared the

12 hrs ago

Killing Off Community Banks — Intended Consequence of Dodd-Frank? by Ellen

by Ellen Brown Writer, Dandelion Salad The Web of Debt Blog October 21, 2015 The Dodd-Frank regulations are

15 hrs ago
Noam Chomsky: Knowledge and Power (featuring Norman Finkelstein)

Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky Al Jazeera English on Oct 15, 2015 An in-depth look at the work and views

October 20, 2015
Norman Finkelstein: Stabbings in West Bank Mean Despair + Third Intifada

Dandelion Salad Finkelstein: Stabbings in West Bank mean despair, First Intifada started same way (P.1) RT

October 19, 2015

THE CUBS AND SOCIALISM (reposted)

I became a Cubs fan 70 years ago and a Socialist 45 years ago. Maybe this year and next are relevant to

October 17, 2015
INDIANA IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES: Part 3

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INDIANA IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES:Part 2

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October 8, 2015

MPAA coordinated efforts with Today Show, Wall Street Journal to censor

Yes, the media is controlled by a small group of special interests. It turns out they don’t always

49 mins ago
Conversations With Stones: Lithography Helps Heroin Addicts

For all you fans of megaliths and other stone structures where humans traditionally held spiritual

2 hrs ago
Tim Wallace-Murphy Lectures on Hidden Wisdom

A few years ago disinformation brought freemason and esoteric historian Tim Wallace-Murphy to New York to

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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

Of crimes and misdemeanours – Part II

In January 2015 four anti-drone protesters (Gary ‘Eagle Spits’ Eagling, Katha Karcher, Penny Walker and

October 21, 2015
Military drone crashes show spread of drone wars

US drone crash in Samawa province, Iraq, July 2015 Drone Wars UK has updated the Drone Crash Database

October 8, 2015
UK rebrands Predators as ‘Protectors’ while ignoring difficult questions

In an interview with the Telegraph ahead of the Tory party conference, David Cameron announced that the UK

October 5, 2015

Bees to scientists: 'We're more complicated than you think'

Chemical signaling among social insects, such as bees, ants and wasps, is more complex than previously

23 hrs ago
The vulture's scavenging secrets -- an ironclad stomach and a strong

Vultures have a unique genetic make-up allowing them to digest carcasses and guard themselves against

16 hrs ago
Gone with the wind

Each year migratory birds travel over thousands of kilometres. In spring and autumn, billions of

22 hrs ago

‘Stay Humble, Embrace Conflicting Viewpoints, and Love Your People Fiercely

The environmental movement needs to learn how to better engage young folks and people of color

6 hrs ago
Climate, Cows, and the California Golden Trout

Overgrazing already impacts the headwater streams of these endemic, native fish. Now warming waters pose

October 21, 2015
In Conversation: Jeffrey Ventre

Former SeaWorld trainer says that at the end of the day, Orcas are ‘just working for their food’

October 20, 2015

The key questions lost in the chatter about the US attack on Kunduz

Summary: The attack on the Kunduz Hospital occurs at a potentially pivotal time in the Afghanistan civil

5 hrs ago
A Chinese general sees a ruthless America striving to contain his nation’s

Summary: This series of posts provides excerpts from a recent speech by Qiao Liang, a Major General in the

October 21, 2015
A way to break the gridlock on the climate change debate

Summary: The public policy debate about climate change consists largely of people tossing confetti at one

October 20, 2015

Senator Wyden Pledges to Support Whistleblowers

On July 30, 2015, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon was a keynote speaker at the first Congressional celebration

October 19, 2015
False Claims Act Settlements September 2015, part 3

The Department of Justice announced settlements in the following False Claims Act lawsuits: Florida

October 16, 2015
Senator Johnson Calls for Strong Protections for Whistleblowers

On July 30, 2015, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin was a guest speaker at the first Congressional

October 12, 2015

When Gentrification Gets Violent: Sebastián Silva's Twisted Nasty

Nasty Baby , the latest movie from Brooklyn-based Chilean director Sebastián Silva ( The Maid

30 mins ago
Two Killed, Three Injured by Sword-Wielding Man on Rampage Through Swedish

A teacher and a young student were killed Thursday morning when a masked man with a sword attacked a school

51 mins ago
Deadspin Here’s Your Gallery Of Sad Cubs Fans | Gizmodo Airbnb Really

Deadspin Here’s Your Gallery Of Sad Cubs Fans | Gizmodo Airbnb Really Screwed Up With Ads About Paying

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Hiking Guru Shares Perfect Paths

Robert Manning is a hiking guru. At the University of Vermont, he researches and teaches park managment ,&#

May 30, 2014
Defending The F-Word

The oil and gas industry dislikes the noun fracking , shorthand for hydraulic fracturing . It

May 28, 2014
Not Your Grandparents’ Road Trip: 5 Green Reasons to Visit National Parks

Wailing children, crotchety parents, sand and sunscreen in uncomfortable places… you get the idea. If

May 28, 2014

Israel Calls a Man Its Soldiers Killed a “Terrorist”: Until They Realized

The Jerusalem Post today describes the killing of a man by two IDF soldiers after, the soldiers claim, he

22 mins ago
Clinton Takes Her Adviser’s Side, Attacking Big Banks but Not BlackRock

Hillary Clinton has received a mixture of plaudits and qualified skepticism for her Wall Street reform plan

18 hrs ago
The Stealth Expansion of a Secret U.S. Drone Base in Africa

Read the complete Drone Papers . VIEWED FROM HIGH ABOVE, Chabelley Airfield is little more than a gray

23 hrs ago

O’odham & Supporters Protest Meeting of South Mountain Freeway Bidders

Originally posted at: www.aoycblog.wordpress.com Phoenix, AZ — On the morning of September 29th, 2015

September 30, 2015
Diné Confront John McCain in Action to Protect Water and Sacred Sites

(Video published with permission. Credit: Marley Shebala) Window Rock, AZ — On August 14, 2015 dozens

August 16, 2015
Morning Star Institute to Hold 13th Annual National Prayer Day for Sacred

JUNE 19-24 SET FOR 2015 NATIONAL SACRED PLACES PRAYER DAYS Editor’s note: Indigenous Action Media

June 18, 2015

Pakistan: Looking to Hydropower to Assure More Reliable Electricity

“We are lucky a local dam will give us cheap and uninterrupted power supply. Currently, we remain without

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Terrace Farming – an Ancient Indigenous Model for Food Security

Terraces built by Atacameño Indians in the village of Caspana in Alto Loa, in the northern Chilean region

14 hrs ago
Africa’s Senior Citizens Cornered By Poverty

Kenya has made tremendous steps towards ensuring that the elderly population does not slide into extreme

18 hrs ago

The Cold Truth About Susan G. Komen and Breast Cancer Awareness

by PAUL FASSA Rick Simpson, who pioneered curing cancer with cannabis, discovered a shocking insight

October 5, 2015
Fall Rush To Vaccinate Pregnant Women Backed By Propaganda, Not Science

By Dave Mihalovic The rush to vaccinate pregnant mothers is on and from commercials, to TV shows and bill

October 5, 2015
With 59 Murders, September Was Chicago’s Deadliest in a decade

by Warner Todd Huston 5 Oct 2015 Chicago, IL 2,661 Chicago reached 59 murders and 362 gunshot victims

October 5, 2015

Cold Revenge

"Meretz is a loyal old party, saying all the right things, unblemished by corruption. Unfortunately it
Military voyeurism or invasion of Syria?

"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

"Even in the area of warfare, for which men had been paying price in terms of loss of life and limbs

The Stealth Expansion of a Secret US Drone Base in Africa

By Nick Turse VIEWED FROM HIGH ABOVE, Chabelley Airfield is little more than a gray smudge in a tan

October 20, 2015
Libya: Africa’s Wealthiest Democracy Under Qaddafi to Terrorist Haven After

By Garikai Chengu Today marks the four-year anniversary of the US-backed assassination of Libya’s former

October 19, 2015
South African Coal Miners Reach Settlement to End Strike

Wage deal comes amid crisis in economic growth within developing states By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° An

October 18, 2015

All in the Family

From the Santa Lucia Highlands, near Carmel California, Gary and Jeff (son) Pisoni are making some of the

11 hrs ago
Hall of Fame

Broadcast & Cable Hall of Fame inductees Dr. Phil McGraw and Kathie Lee Gifford were feted this evening

October 20, 2015
All Lives Matter

An ‘unarmed black man’ winds up to deliver a knockout blow to an unarmed white woman in

October 20, 2015

Why I’m Still Not a Member of the Solar Energy Industries Association

“On-grid solar is a perfect storm for taxpayers: concentrated benefits for the industry, diffuse cost for

8 hrs ago
When Enron, NYT Declared Solar ‘Competitive” with Fossil Fuels (1994)

This post reproduces a front-page story in the New York Times business section that excitedly reported a

October 21, 2015
Solar Power: NOT an Infant Industry (Part II)

“The range of energy possibilities grouped under the heading ‘solar’ could meet one-fifth of U.S. energy

October 20, 2015

C-SPAN Invites Disgraced Reporter Sharyl Attkisson To Spew Benghazi Myths

C-SPAN allowed disgraced former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson to push numerous debunked Benghazi myths for

October 21, 2015
Wall Street Journal Column Pushes Myth That Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves To

Wall Street Journal editorial board member Jason Riley attacked Democratic presidential candidate Bernie

October 21, 2015
Fox News Is Furious That Bill O'Reilly's "Kate's Law"

Fox News is infuriated that Democrats voted down the Stop Sanctuary Cities Act, which contained a provision

October 21, 2015

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

September 2, 2014
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

September 2, 2014
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

September 2, 2014

Latin America's 2013/15 exports, worst performance in eight decades

The value of Latin America’s exports will continue to decline through 2015 by 14

6 hrs ago
Brazil's opposition files new impeachment petition against Rousseff

Brazil's opposition filed a new impeachment petition against President Dilma

6 hrs ago
Brazil leaves Selic rate unchanged at 14.25%; inflation the target but with

Brazil's central bank kept interest rates on hold on Wednesday, for a second

7 hrs ago

Thurston Moore streams new album 'The Best Day' – listen

The album will be released on October 20

October 13, 2014
More tickets released for Damon Albarn at the Royal Albert Hall – on sale

The shows will take place on November 15 and 16

October 13, 2014
Foo Fighters to premiere new track 'Something From Nothing' on

The track is the first from forthcoming album 'Sonic Highways'

October 13, 2014

Contamination created controversial ‘acid-induced’ stem cells

Stem cells that were claimed to be created simply by exposing ordinary cells to stress were probably

December 28, 2014
US to lift ban on blood donations from gay men

The US Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to end a lifetime ban on blood donation for men who

December 24, 2014
Gates Foundation announces world’s strongest policy on open access research

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the world’s strongest policy in support of open

November 21, 2014

Filing flub kills town’s turbine appeal #MA

FALMOUTH — The town’s appeal of a cease-and-desist order shutting down one of its wind turbines will

3 hrs ago
Pioneer Wind Park wins regulatory battle; will likely face another lawsuit

A controversial wind farm planned outside Glenrock appears headed for court – again. The Wyoming

3 hrs ago
Douglas County extends moratorium on wind farms #KS

Any large-scale wind farm operations in Douglas County will have to wait another six months before they can

3 hrs ago

Catalonia and the referendum phenomena

What was permitted to Scotland was denied to Catalonia: A referendum regarding its independence. As a

23 hrs ago
The European Nation

Europeans are bound together by geographical proximity, economic and political interdependence and common

September 30, 2015
Presidential election campaign in the USA: Fortress America, America number

The presidential elections in the US will take place in November 2016, the election campaign is already

September 29, 2015

Securing Blockchain.info Users with Tor and SSL

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a marked increase in the number of man-in-the-middle (MITM

December 3, 2014
FBI seizes fake Tor hosted Jihad funding website as part of Operation

As part of Operation Onymous the FBI seized some 276 Tor hidden services , many of which were clone or scam

November 17, 2014
Large Number of Tor Hidden Sites Seized by the FBI in Operation Onymous

This post is the first in a series dealing with the takedown of Silk Road 2.0 and Operation Onymous . The

November 17, 2014

US Special Forces reportedly mounted a risky hostage rescue operation in Iraq

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Cuba eager to do business with US oil companies again: official

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The Strongest El Nino in Decades Is Going to Mess With Everything

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Ben Carson just topped Donald Trump in a new poll

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Hiker discovers 1,200-year-old Viking sword in Norway

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Mother: Cuban artist known as El Sexto freed after 10 months behind bars, calls for release

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This Video of Beyonce Telling Her Assistant to 'Stop It' Will Give You Chills

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Private Jet Airport Hosts Paris Climate Summit

December's climate conference is being held on the grounds of Europe's busiest private jet airport.

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The Preposterous Green Institute and the IPCC

The man now in charge at the IPCC belongs to a privileged, protected, secretive entity headed by the UN'

October 18, 2015
French Weatherman Taken Off Air (No Climate Free Speech, Part 5)

Government official urges television weather presenters to use loaded language to help the climate cause

October 16, 2015

Learn the Myths and Facts about Stomach Cancer

When the cancer develops on the lining of the stomach, it is termed as stomach cancer or gastric cancer

October 20, 2015
Things to Know about Paraneoplastic Syndrome

Not many people are aware of Paraneoplastic syndrome as it is a rare one that can occur due to cancer. When

September 28, 2015
Know about the Three Stages of Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is fast emerging as a strong threat for women all over the world. Cervical cancer is a

September 17, 2015

"A variety of tres leches known as trileçe has recently become popular

“A variety of tres leches known as trileçe has recently become popular in Turkey. One theory is that the

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"Drones are avatars of the the political process: they are

“Drones are avatars of the the political process: they are instantiations of a set of ideologies and

October 20, 2015
"The current model of total surveillance and permanent storage is not

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A Bank to Rule Them All: Exposing the Bank for International Settlements (Part I)
October 19, 2015 6:01 AM
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an organization shrouded in mystery. This may be due mainly to the fact that the majority of people don’t even know of its existence. According to the BIS itself, the main purpose of the Bank is "to promote the cooperation of central banks and to provide additional facilities for international financial operations."
A Bank to Rule Them All: Exposing the Bank for International Settlements (Part II)
October 19, 2015 5:56 AM
The idea for an international bank had already been explored to some extent by people like the economist John Maynard Keynes. But the idea for the bank truly took off during the Young Conference in 1929, when the Allies were attempting to exact Germany’s reparations debts for WWI.
A Bank to Rule Them All: Exposing the Bank for International Settlements (Part III)
October 19, 2015 5:51 AM
In the current age of austerity, the question remains: how much devastation will result from the influence wielded by the BIS and the decisions that it made?
The Drone Papers – The Assassination Complex (1 of 8)
October 19, 2015 5:43 AM
Secret military documents expose the inner workings of Obama’s drone wars. There has been intense focus on the technology of remote killing, but that often serves as a surrogate for what should be a broader examination of the state’s power over life and death.
The Drone Papers – A Visual Glossary (2 of 8)
October 19, 2015 5:41 AM
Decoding the Language of Covert Warfare
The Drone Papers – The Kill Chain (3 of 8)
October 19, 2015 5:37 AM
The Lethal Bureaucracy behind Obama’s Drone War
The Drone Papers – Find, Fix, Finish (4 of 8)
October 19, 2015 5:26 AM
For the Pentagon, creating an architecture of assassination meant navigating a turf war with the CIA.
We Are All Hare Krishnas Now, Meditation Goes Mainstream
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Gradually they are coming out the woodwork. And suddenly it seems that half the people I know are secretly meditating. They range from casual transcendental meditators to practically full-blown Buddhists or Hare Krishnas. Do the Hare Krishnas and the rest of them know something we don't?
The World beyond Global Disorder
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Keynote, 13th Session World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations" – Rhodes, Greece, 9 Oct 2015 - The strength of this forum is its civilization focus; let us use it for analysis and remedies. Major forms of disorder use violence; war is state organized violence. The most belligerent states are the United States of America and Israel, both with civilization roots.
“Nothing about Us without Us”: South Africa Set to Quit the International Criminal Court
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The ICC has been seen by many as a proxy tool of the US to further its narrow global hegemonic political interests.
The Boom and Bust of CIA’s Secret Torture Sites
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
In nine months of research, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Rendition Project have pieced together the hidden history of the CIA’s secret sites. Although many published accounts of individual journeys through the black site network exist, this is the first comprehensive portrayal of the system’s inner dynamics from beginning to end.
Radiation and Cancer: Risks of Leukemia in Nuclear Workers More Than Double Previous Estimate
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
16 Oct 2015 - In 2013, I discussed several epidemiological studies providing good evidence of radiogenic risks at very low exposure levels. A powerful new study has been published in Lancet Haematology which adds to this evidence. However the study’s findings are more important than the previous studies, for several reasons.
Myanmar’s Refugee Problem: It’s Not Just the Rohingya
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Other ethnic groups from Myanmar are facing an increasingly difficult situation too.
The Inexorable Logic of Sharing Economy
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The truth is that the Internet-led process of exploiting under-utilized resources－be they physical and financial capital or human capital and talent－is both unstoppable and accelerating. Indeed, those who fear the job-destroying and job-shifting power of automation should look upon the sharing economy and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.
The Elephant in the Room: Capitalism and Sustainable Development
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Capitalism requires a constantly expanding production and consumption of goods, which can only be achieved through the increased exploitation of the planet’s natural resources at an unsustainable rate. Because of this reality, sustainable development cannot be achieved without a dramatic reduction in the levels of production and consumption, which directly contradicts the growth logic that drives capitalism.
(Français) Les Palestiniens sont-ils de violents terroristes nés le couteau entre les dents ?
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Ainsi les Palestiniens qui s’opposent à la violence israélienne seraient violents et la violence naîtrait du refus palestinien d’accepter le fait israélien.
Life and Consciousness – The Vedāntic View
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
9 Oct 2015 - In the past, philosophers, scientists, and even the general opinion, had no problem in accepting the existence of consciousness in the same way as the existence of the physical world. After the advent of Newtonian mechanics, science embraced a complete materialistic conception about reality.Criminal Prosecutions Won’t Change the Financial Industry
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Indictments will catch some small fish, but reforming Wall Street requires much, much more. Criminalization is a toxic heavy gas that tends to sink to the bottom of any social ladder, leaving those at the upper rungs untouched.
(Italiano) Arabia Saudita: L’Inevitabile Collasso
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
In una lettera diffusa tra i principi sauditi, il suo autore, un nipote del defunto re Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, ha accusato l’attuale re Salman di provocare seri problemi che mettono in grave pericolo la sopravvivenza della monarchia.
Portugal: Europe’s Left Batting 1.000
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
In Portugal’s elections, Left parties garnered more than 50 percent of the vote and austerity took a major hit. The EU is now the single most powerful alliance of capital on the planet, and it is not a bit shy about crushing anything it sees as a potential threat. However, the Troika’s efforts to scare—and bribe—Portugal failed.
Déjà Vu Again: Hot September Drives 2015 to Hottest Year on Record
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
13 Oct 2015 - Once again, it’s the hottest year on record by far through last month, NASA reports. We’re running out of headlines for this repetitive monthly warm up, but with the recent death of the legendary Yogi Berra, one of his classic lines comes to mind, “It’s like deja-vu, all over again.”
Lewis Mumford (19 Oct 1895 – 26 Jan 1990)
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
For Mumford, the primary function of the city is to transform power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity. And these positive functions cannot be carried out without creating new institutions capable of controlling the immense energies at the disposal of modern man.
(Português) Nações Unidas – 70 Anos
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Setenta anos atrás, em 24 de outubro de 1945, entrou em vigor a Carta das Nações Unidas. Toda a comunidade internacional tem o dever de esforçar-se ao máximo a fim de tornar realidade os nobres ideais que presidiram a sua fundação.
Somaliland, Invisible Nationhood
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The Republic of Somaliland is situated in the northwest of Somalia bordering Ethiopia and Djibouti on the tip of the horn of Africa. The international community and particularly the African Union have a duty to accompany the Somalilanders in their endeavor to preserve the democratization process for a cohesive and stable Somaliland to re-affirm their nationhood.
Blood Circulation
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
biology teacher was giving a lesson on blood circulation.
The Nuclear Challenge: Relying on International Law – Marshall Islands Nuclear Zero Litigation (9)
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
From the time of the atomic explosions at the end of World War II, there have been two contradictory sets of tendencies at work: the repudiation of the weaponry and its contemplated uses as ultimate criminality and the secret feverish refinement of the weaponry to enhance its precision, destructive effects, battlefield capabilities, and delivery systems. To date, the latter tendency has prevailed.
Fishing the Peace Fischer Is Gone
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
A tribute for a great person: Prof. Dietrich Fischer - 18 October 2015
Welcoming Refugees: Our Future Is Common
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The EU’s external borders are rapidly becoming untenable. Rather than resist, Europe should embrace its future as a continent of great diversity. How is Europe to adapt to such dramatic patterns of human relocation and the resultant demographic changes?
Nonviolence Charter: Progress Report #7 (October 2015)
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Dear fellow signatories of the Nonviolence Charter, Here is the latest six-monthly report on progress in relation to 'The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World' and a sample of news about, and reports of forthcoming events by, Charter signatories.
Johan Galtung’s Conflict Transformation Theory for Peaceful World: Top and Ceiling of Traditional Peacemaking
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Galtung has developed the TRANSCEND Method (conflict theory and practice, violence theory and practice, peace transformation, dialogue, and negotiation) to transform the conflict by peaceful means constituting a three-step approach, generally called TRANSCEND or Galtungian method.
Impacts of India’s Transit Warfare against Nepal
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The present crisis of Nepal, rather than being homegrown, has been imported from India. All agitating Tarai-Madhes leaders accepted that they are being backed by India. There is a huge voice to take stern action to Ambassador Rae against the Goebbels'-style reporting.
(Italiano) Gli accordi di pace in Colombia
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Terapia: Per alleviare la sofferenza e ridurre la disuguaglianza si debbono migliorare le condizioni dei ceti sociali più bassi. Si cominci: dei 32 dipartimenti [territoriali] si selezionino i 3 più miserabili per vita media e inoltre i 3 meno violenti; dei 1.119 comuni si scelga il 10% più miserabile e il 10% meno violento.Putin and the Press: The Demonology School of Journalism
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The major influential western print media are engaged in a prolonged, large-scale effort to demonize Russian President Putin, his politics and persona. There is an article (or several articles) every day in which he is personally stigmatized as a dictator, authoritarian, czar, ‘former KGB operative’ and Soviet-style ruler; anything but the repeatedly elected President of Russia.
(Deutsch) Hintergründe zum militärischen Engagement Russlands und der USA in Syrien
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Es ist ratsam, über diese Beschränkung hinauszugehen und auf eine gemeinsame Friedenspolitik hinzuwirken. Darin ist die Damaszener Regierung (Assad) einzubeziehen; eine dauerhafte Konfliktlösung kann darüber hinaus nur möglich werden, wenn sie auch die irakische, die iranische und die arabischen Regierungen einbezieht – und die von den Regierungen nicht vertretenen Gruppen, Bewegungen und Völker, besonders die Kurden.
Lawsuit Charges US Psychologists Involved in CIA Torture Program with War Crimes
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The charges were filed by victims of the US torture program and the ACLU, and declare that the two doctors engaged in a “joint criminal enterprise” with the US government, constituting “torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; non-consensual human experimentation; and war crimes, all of which violate well-established norms of customary international law.”
Johan Galtung Sings “Le Déserteur” (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung performing the famous anti-militaristic ode: Le Déserteur composed by Boris Vian in 1954. Galtung was jailed for six months at age 24 for refusing military service as a conscientious objector, unlawful at the time in Norway. This single event would set in motion a lifetime of groundbreaking peace work (164 books written in 60 years, +++).
The United Nations at 70
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Seventy years ago, on October 24 1945, the Charter of the United Nations entered into force. It is the duty of the entire international community to do the utmost in order to make true the lofty ideals under which it was founded.
The ‘US Way of War’ from Columbus to Kunduz
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
As we celebrate Columbus Day, we can't help but think about the deep levels of cultural violence in the U.S. But what can be done to change a country dominated by war culture into one of a humanitarian culture?
The Sava River
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Over this river, the border of Bosnia Over this Sava, the border of Bosnia You are livin’ right over there.
TTIP: The Aristocracy Aren’t Satisfied – They Demand More
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Anyone who wants to know the mechanisms by which Obama’s mega ‘trade’ treaties — TTIP, TPP, and TISA — will operate, can find that machinery (the basic means to enslave the public to the aristocrats) described here. And here is a description of the family that will benefit the most from these agreements.
‘Capitalism is Mother Earth’s Cancer’: World People’s Summit Issues 12 Demands
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
12 Oct 2015 - Decrying capitalism as a "threat to life," an estimated 7,000 environmentalists, farmers, and Indigenous activists from 40 countries convened in the Bolivian town of Tiquipaya for this weekend's World People's Conference on Climate Change.
Prof. Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930)
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Johan Vincent Galtung was born in Oslo, Norway on the same day that the UN would come to existence 15 years later. He was jailed for six months at age 24 as a Conscientious Objector to military service. In jail he wrote his first book, Gandhi's Political Ethics, together with his mentor, Arne Næss. This event would trigger a world-changing lifetime work for peace: 164 books, plus.
The World Needs Investigative Journalism
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The risks reporters take are great, but the rewards for the public are worth it The freedom of the press we take for granted in the United States, Canada, Western Europe and some other countries is but a dream for journalists in much of the world.
Top 1 Percent Owns Half of All Global Wealth, Per Credit Suisse Report
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The top 1 percent of households “account for half of all assets in the world,” according to the 2015 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report. That’s a first since the Swiss bank began compiling the data in 2000, and a level “possibly not seen for almost a century,” the researchers write. For those on the other end of the wealth spectrum, meanwhile, the numbers are reversed. The poorest half of the world’s population owns just 1 percent of its assets.
Palestinians Must Not Fall into This Trap, Again!
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
To cover up its crimes, Israel needs to feed all the western stereotypes of Palestinians as violent and subhuman rather than hungry for freedom and equal rights. «It happened only five minutes from my house. See the Israeli soldiers (disguised as Palestinian demonstrators) instigate violence to lure real Palestinians to clash, then capture them.» -- Al Bireh, Palestine, 6 Oct 2015
Notable Issue for Canadian Voters of 2015 Is Peace and Security
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The other issues are closely tied with peace, and peace can be easily jeopardized by a handful of wrong asylum seekers who may demand the imposition of their own laws and ways which they were supposed to leave behind.
(Português) Desigualdade Econômica e Social: 1% da População Mundial Concentra Metade de Toda a Riqueza do Planeta
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Desigualdade aumentou desde da crise de 2008 e chega ao ápice em 2015. Credit Suisse, uma das mais confiáveis, deixa somente uma leitura possível: os ricos sairão da crise sendo mais ricos, tanto em termos absolutos como relativos, e os pobres, relativamente mais pobres.
The White Man in That Photo
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
3 Oct 2015 - Today marks the 9th anniversary of Peter Norman’s passing. We want to commemorate him by publishing the story of the Australian sprinter. It’s a historic photo of two men of color rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. For this reason I never really paid attention to the other man, white, motionless on the second step of the medal podium.
Rupert Murdoch Is Deviant Scum
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
For Murdoch and Fox, the Chickens Might Be Coming Home to Roost - Murdoch owns or controls print, cable and film outlets in so many places that his cultural and political views are fast becoming a feature of global geography.
(Português) A barbárie no ar: as TVs brasileiras e o estímulo à violência
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
O fato de se apresentarem como 'jornalísticos' faz com que escapem da classificação indicativa. O estímulo à violência como forma de resolver conflitos é marca desses programas.
This Week in History
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
October 19-25 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.” – Unknown
“War Is a Racket”
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The Record U.S. Military Budget! The U.S. military receives more funding than the rest of the 10 largest militaries in the world combined (China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, U.K., France, Japan, India, Germany & South Korea): $1.3 trillion dollars per year.
How Can We Win America’s Peace?
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The current map of instability in the Middle East can be traced back to the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration in World War I. The war in Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban are repercussions from the Cold War, which was itself a result of WWII. Forty-five years after Nixon’s disastrous decision to continue the war in Vietnam, the lesson should seem clear. A policy that favors warfare more than diplomacy will not bring peace.
(Swahili-Haiti Kreyol) Hotuba ya Rais wa zamani wa Kiswahili Jean-Bertrand Aristide juu ya Maadhimisho ya 24 ya Statskupp
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Hai vle di non, pa. Tii vle di obeyi nan lang Swaili. Haitii vle di pa obeyi. Haïti ou Haitii vle di pa obeyi. Lontan, esklav yo te toujou ap di: Pa obeyi kolon yo. Jodia, nou di: pa obeyi moun ki pa respekte dwa moun. Haitii!
Commuters
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Alice used to come to the office with public transportation, and Bill, who lived a little farther away in the same direction, drove to the office by car. He offered to Alice to pick her up on his way to the office every morning and bring her home after work. Both were happy with this arrangement.
Economic Theory and Community Development – An Exercise in Applied Philosophy
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
The Imaginary World That Holds the Real World Captive
To Johan Galtung on His Birthday
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Peacebuilders/educators/makers everywhere let’s rejoice Today let’s acknowledge the privilege of hearing Johan Galtung’s voice. On October 24, 85 blessed years old he will be
Linguistic Rights of the Elderly
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
A Checklist for Reflection/Research
Professor Dietrich Fischer, Ph.D., Co-Founder of TRANSCEND, Passed Away Today, 18 October 2015
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
My dear friend, co-founder of TRANSCEND in 1993 with myself and Fumiko Nishimura left us today after a short hospital stay in coma, basically due to his diabetes for many years. Let us celebrate your life while deploring that you are no longer among us, in deep gratitude for all you did to inspire and help--and for peace in general.
After Ankara: Why Erdogan and NATO’s Strategy Is in Ruins
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Tariq Ali: Turkey (leaving aside the Gulf States for the moment) was the principal promoter of ISIS as a new force to bring down Assad. Without this support ISIS could not have proceeded so far, so fast. A stalemate was finally broken by Putin’s recent demarche.
Reclaiming the Heart of Our Humanity: Working Together for a World of Compassion, Peace, Justice and Sustainability
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
Ideological extremism and fundamentalism, whether religious/political, or of any other kind, cannot be bombed out of existence and there are no military or paramilitary solutions to many of the violent conflicts we are now living through.
Beyond Global Disorder
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
“The two state solution is dead (I think was always dead and a mirage but even if you think it was alive, Zionism killed it). The apartheid system we have is even worse than in South Africa as testified to by many leaders from South Africa. The resistance is the main form of combating injustice, occupation, and colonization.”
The Fog of Intelligence: Or How to Be Eternally “Caught Off Guard” in the Greater Middle East
October 19, 2015 5:00 AM
1,500. That figure stunned me. I found it in the 12th paragraph of a front-page New York Times story about “senior commanders” at U.S. Central Command playing fast and loose with intelligence reports to give their air war against ISIS an unjustified sheen of success: “CENTCOM’s mammoth intelligence operation, with some 1,500 civilian, military, and contract analysts, is housed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
Manipulating Reality: Facebook Is Listening to You
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
We have become all too used to our reality being manipulated. Invading another country is defensive, rigged elections are democracy in action, more guns (or nuclear weapons) ensure the peace, trade and foreign investment increase jobs at home. Orwellian logic has become commonplace.
Four More Carmakers Join Diesel Emissions Row
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi’s cars are shown to emit significantly more NOx pollution on the road than in regulatory tests.
The Nuclear Challenge: 70 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Civil Society Activism on Behalf of Nuclear Zero (8)
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
The Jeffersonian faith in the future of democracy rested on the cumulative impact of education on citizen participation encouraging a robust and vigilant civil society. The advocacy of nuclear disarmament must become joined at the hip with the recognition that global demilitarization and conventional disarmament are part of a retrofitted political package of unconditional anti-nuclearism.
Forgotten
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
For the Dalit People of India
Haiti: Will Democracy Be Denied—Again?
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Haitians are in the streets demanding their votes be counted, their voices heard. International solidarity groups are demanding the same. US Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a courageous and consistent champion of the Haitian people, is demanding no less in her recent letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry.
After 70 Years: The UN Falls Short, and Yet…
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Seventy years later the UN disappoints many, and bores even more, appearing to be nothing more than a gathering place for the politically powerful. I think such a negative image has taken hold because the UN these days seems more than ever like a spectator than a political actor in the several crises that dominate the current agenda of global politics.
New York New York (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Nov 12, 2010 - Frank Sinatra's "Theme from 'New York New York'" performance from the "Sinatra: The Man and His Music " special.
TPP Treaty: Intellectual Property Rights Chapter
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Today, 9 October, 2015 WikiLeaks releases the final negotiated text for the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The document is dated October 5, last Monday. This has been perhaps the most controversial chapter due to its wide-ranging effects on internet services, medicines, publishers, civil liberties and biological patents
The Making of a Sociopathic Killer: A List of Risk Factors for School Shooters
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
And the FBI’s Deadly, Deceptive Blind Spot - “What brain-damaging, addictive psych drug(s) was this brain-altered shooter taking or withdrawing from?”
(Português) Alerta Ecolinguístico
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Atenção à digital descomunhão Cuidado com a desagregadora WhatsApptidão:
George W. Bush Enjoying New Status as Smarter Bush
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Speaking to reporters at his home in Dallas, Bush said he was deriving “quiet satisfaction” from a new poll showing that ninety-one per cent of the American people now consider him the smarter Bush.
French Government Aligns with Russia’s War against ISIS
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
11 Oct 2015 - The French will support Russia’s fight against terrorists in Syria. U.S. President Obama will be kept informed about developments as a permanent information exchange concerning the progress of the raids has been established. Israel is being informed as well and cooperates with the Russians on an informal basis.
(Português) Ecce Bestia: tratado de zoofilia e de outras transações descaradas entre humanos e bichos
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
A Dinamarca aprovou uma lei nesta terça-feira [6 out] que veda toda forma de bestialismo. A medida foi tomada após ativistas protestarem contra brechas na legislação que estariam incentivando certo turismo sexual com animais.
From Blasphemy Law to Freedom of Speech
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Do people have the right to challenge and criticize things that other people consider holy and sacred? Do people have the right to kill those who offend their religious beliefs?
School Shootings in the USA: 10 Points
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
The Oregon community college was the 45th school shooting this year in America; the 142nd school shooting since the Newton massacre in 2012. 25% of women experience domestic violence, 6 million children witness it every year, 28% of children are bullied during the year and they are 2 to 9 times more likely to commit suicide. What can be done?
The Mystery of ISIS’ Toyota Army Solved
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Mystery Solved: Just last year it was reported that the US State Department had been sending in fleets of specifically Toyota-brand trucks into Syria to whom they claimed was the "Free Syrian Army." Asking Toyota where the USSD's own trucks came from is another indication of just how lost US foreign policy, legitimacy, and credibility have become.
Columbus Day, 12 October, Is a Reminder That Nothing Exists Until a White Guy “Discovers” It
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
We know that Native Americans were living in the Americas for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. We know their ancestors crossed the Bering Land Bridge from northeastern Asia, and in the ensuing 10,000 to 15,000 years populated the New World with civilizations as diverse and distinct as the Mayans, the Inuit, [the Tupi-Guaranis in the South], and the Mapuche.
Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life. There may be countless trails and bridges and demigods who would gladly carry you across; but only at the price of pawning and forgoing yourself. There is one path in the world that none can walk but you. Where does it lead? Don’t ask, walk!
October 9, 1967: Che Guevara Is Executed in Bolivia
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army on this day in 1967. When his self-selected executioner hesitated before firing, Guevara allegedly spat at him and shouted: “Shoot me, you coward! You are only going to kill a man!”
The Future of Work: Business and Community in the Information Age
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
The Information Age Reverses the Industrial Age - Sleeping next to a snoring dog ensures better sleep. So says evolutionary biologists who argue that for millennia, snoring dogs meant safety. If your dog was not worried, you didn’t have to be either. Meanwhile, the opposite is also true.
(Italiano) Politica USA contro sfidanti: 10 punti
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
La giovane repubblica degli Stati Uniti, non disposta a spartire il litorale Atlantico con Londra, emerse vittoriosamente nel 1812 con un forte esercito centrato nel Sud. Il Destino Manifesto puntava a Ovest, poi anche a Sud, e, sostituendosi al morente impero spagnolo nel 1898, al mondo intero.
10 October: The Death Penalty and Human Dignity Day
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
10 October is the International Day against the Death Penalty. Since the end of World War II, there has been a gradual abolition of the death penalty due to the rather obvious recognition that putting a person to death is not justice.
Fortune 500 Companies Stash $2.1 Trillion Offshore as US Taxpayers Foot the Bill
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
America's Fortune 500 companies are "playing by different rules" when it comes to the federal tax system and, according to a new report out Tuesday [6 Oct 2015], are stashing $2.1 trillion in offshore tax havens—with as much as $620 billion owed to the U.S. taxpayers who are left footing the bill.
War on Islamic State: A New Cold War Fiction
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
The Islamic State group is little more than the proxy bastard child of a New Cold War that looks set to escalate.
(Italiano) L’uomo bianco in quella foto
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Le fotografie, a volte, ingannano. Prendete questa immagine, per esempio. Racconta il gesto di ribellione di Tommie Smith e John Carlos il giorno della premiazione dei 200 metri alle Olimpiadi di Città del Messico e mi ha ingannato un sacco di volte.
It’s Official: 19 European Countries Say ‘No’ to GMOs
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
The 19 countries opting out are: Austria, Belgium for the Wallonia region, Britain for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia.
On Japan’s new Pacifism: Questions —
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
The mass media say that, in Japan, pacifism is being rethought. What kind of perspective/government policy is being sought?
Wide Range of Cars Emit More Pollution in Realistic Driving Tests, Data Shows
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Diesel cars made by Renault, Nissan, Hyundai, Citroen, Fiat and Volvo among others emitted far more NOx in more rigorous tests, research shows.
Meet the Secretive Committees That Run the Global Economy
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Bank are the two most important American institutions in global financial governance. Both institutions are headquartered in Washington, D.C., just down the street from the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group, two global financial bodies created in 1944 to manage the world economy on behalf of the rich Western nations that founded them.
Friedrich Nietzsche (15 Oct 1844 – 25 Aug 1900)
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Friedrich Nietzsche’s attempts to unmask the motives that underlie traditional Western religion, morality, and philosophy deeply affected generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights. He thought through the consequences of the triumph of the Enlightenment’s secularism, expressed in his observation that “God is dead.”
Electroconvulsant Shock Therapy: Is It Safe or Even Effective?
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
General anesthesia plus intravenous sedatives are also administered in order to eliminate any memory of the otherwise painful procedure and also to relax muscles (thus minimizing muscle damage and the possibility of fractured bones during the often violent seizure). Both drugs are brain-altering and potentially brain-damaging but are routinely given.
Over 40 Rodent Feeding Studies Show GM Food is Disastrous to Health
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
GMO Free USA has published a listing of more than 40 rodent studies showing that animals fed GM corn and soy suffer dire results. For those who say there is no ‘science’ to prove that GMOs are unsafe, I enjoin them to peruse the following list.
#GlobalGoals? The Truth about Poverty and How to Address It
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Without a collective worldwide awakening to the injustice of widespread poverty amidst excessive wealth inequalities, it may remain impossible to overcome vested interests and the political inertia of governments. The responsibility for change falls squarely on the shoulders of us all.
Pests, Pesticides and Propaganda: The Story of Bt Cotton
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Bt. crops are a continuation of a non-sustainable strategy for pest control, which, instead of controlling pests, creates new pests and super pests. Monsanto advertised that Bt cotton would not need pesticide sprays, clearly a case of false advertising.
Does Free Speech Have a Palestine Exception? Dismissed Professor Steven Salaita Speaks Out
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
Oct 7, 2015 - A new report by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal has documented hundreds of cases of Palestinian rights activists in the United States being harassed, disciplined, fired, sued, censored or threatened for their advocacy around Palestine.
Top European Court Rules That NSA Spying Makes U.S. Unsafe For Data
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
6 Oct 2015 - The European Union no longer considers the United States a “safe harbor” for data because the National Security Agency surveillance exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden “enables interference, by United States public authorities, with the fundamental rights of persons.”
This Week in History
October 12, 2015 5:00 AM
October 12–18 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” – Carl Sagan

Steve Bell’s If … on l’artiste who paints God.

By Steve Bell 12th January 2015.

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Leon Brittan Videoed at Paedo Orgy.

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January 22, 2015
BBC retrospective on the Iraq War.

By Craig Murray 21st January 2015. Find Article Here:- The BBC led their 10 O’clock News today with

January 22, 2015

Can Lunar Earthshine Reveal Ashen Light on Venus?

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Scientists Want ExoMars Rover to Land at Oxia Planum

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October 21, 2015

Our Destiny? Researchers Find ‘Cosmic Zombie’ That Eats Planets - Veterans

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Three sunken ships from PQ-17 Arctic convoy found on Barents Sea floor

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A new Crimean War? Really?

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Guantánamo’s Tainted Evidence: US Government Publicly Concedes Its Case

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October 21, 2015
Five Days to Go: The Countdown to Shaker Aamer’s Release from Guantánamo

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October 20, 2015
Video: Andy Worthington’s Band The Four Fathers Play “81 Million Dollars

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October 19, 2015

Most Earth-like worlds have yet to form, study says

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Early Earth wasn’t so hellish—and life was here, scientists say

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Researchers find brain switch said to turn dreams on and off

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October 15, 2015

Noble Energy’s midstream company has filed for an IPO

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