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First Lady Laura Bush and Mrs. Michelle Obama ...First Lady Laura Bush and Mrs. Michelle Obama sit in the private residence of the White House Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, after the President-elect and Mrs. Obama arrived for a visit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Beyoncé turned 35 today, so she can officially run for president
Sept. 4, 2016 is finally upon us. Not only does today mark the anniversary of the birth of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , but on this blessed day our queen turns 35 year old. This means Beyoncé is officially eligible to run for president of the United States. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama throws wicked shapes to Beyoncé in epic Carpool Karaoke trailer With such chaotic presidential campaigns unfolding befo
Fans froth over Chris Hemsworth's Insta-homage to his 'hot dad'
The first Sunday of September sees Australians all over the nation posting pictures of their patriarch for Father's Day, so it's only fitting that Chris Hemsworth paid Instagram homage to his own dad with a throw back to rival all throw backs. The snap shows Pappa Hemsworth as a paragon of "Aussie dad," with the chiselled good looks of his famous Asgardian son . Understandably the posts
Can EmDrive take us to Mars in 70 days ?
NASA's mysterious electromagnetic propulsion engine has managed to pass a rigorous peer review process. First developed back in 2001 by aerospace engi...
Maine snakeskin is actually from an anaconda
A mysterious snakeskin found in Maine recently has turned out to be from a very large snake indeed. Discovered back in August by a member of the publi...
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Great European city breaks you've probably never thought of
These small cities may not pack the cultural punch of Europe’s grande dames – and that’s the point of going. All are full of local colour but also served by budget airlines. Perfect for a weekend break The Montenegrin coast feels very different from neighbouring Croatia: it’s more Russian-influenced and beauty spots can be thick with jetskis, large black 4x4s, and beach bling. But Kotor, served b
Richard Neville obituary
Co-founder and editor of the 60s counterculture magazine Oz, Richard Neville, dies aged 74 In early 1963, Richard Neville, who has died aged 74, gathered together a band of fellow students at his parents’ home in suburban Sydney to put together a satirical magazine. Along with Richard Walsh, the artist Martin Sharp and others, Neville created Oz , a 16-page black-and-white publication. The first
Mother Teresa Becomes A Saint As Pope Francis Performs Canonization Ceremony
She's long been considered a model of selflessness by many, for a lifetime of service to the world's most impoverished. Sunday's canonization marks a highlight for the pope's Jubilee Year of Mercy.
World's Largest Ape Listed As Critically Endangered; Pandas Upgraded To 'Vulnerable'
Giant panda populations have risen, thanks to forest protections. But populations of Grauer's gorilla total only around 3,800 individuals — a 77 percent reduction — according to a recent survey.
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World's Largest Ape Listed As Critically Endangered; Pandas Upgraded To 'Vulnerable'
Giant panda populations have risen, thanks to forest protections. But populations of Grauer's gorilla total only around 3,800 individuals — a 77 percent reduction — according to a recent survey.
The Mythbusters Build Team is Heading to Netflix
Mythbusters may have booted out its Three Musketeers shortly before the entire series was shut down, but the M7 Build Team is coming back with a new Netflix show about the dark corners of web science. Read more...
In the Year Following Fire, a Mushroom Bonanza
Morels, odd yet delicious, are often hard to find -- but not in western forests that just burned -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In the Year Following Fire, a Mushroom Bonanza
Morels, odd yet delicious, are often hard to find -- but not in western forests that just burned -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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'Magic Michelle'
You've seen "Magic Mike." Now prepare yourself for the all-new female reboot, "Magic Michelle," starring the sexiest leading ladies! From: TheEllenShow
Johanna Under The Ice - NOWNESS
Finnish freediver Johanna Nordblad holds the world record for a 50-meter dive under ice. She discovered her love for the sport through cold-water treatment while recovering from a downhill biking accident that almost took her leg. British director and photographer Ian Derry captures her taking a plunge under the Arctic ice. Read more on NOWNESS - bit.ly/2bKRuzm Cast: NOWNESS and Ian Derry Tags: D
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Audeze iSine 10: the world’s first in-ear planar magnetic headphones
Audeze has done the seemingly impossible by shrinking its planar magnetic technology down to the size of an in-ear headphone. Our resident audiophile Vlad Savov gave the new iSine 10 in-ears a listen and, even in their early prototype, they impressed him with their great sound. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/lfcGfq Visit our playlists: https://go
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Montana’s Newest State Park Signals Shift from Extraction to Recreation
In a state once dominated by mining and logging, outdoor recreation is now a bigger revenue generator
The Real Twitter Feed That We Have Lost Track Of
Interspecies communication may be more advanced than we originally thought
A Helping Hand for Fledgling Puffins and Petrels in Newfoundland
Local conservation group rescues stranded birds, assists them on their way to the ocean
Long-Studied Alaskan Wolf Pack May Be Dead After Years of Aggressive Hunting
East Fork wolf pack, found near Denali, was first researched in the 1930s
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Interview 1205 – Newsbud Roundtable on Turkey and Multipolar Chess
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-09-04%20Newsbud%20Roundtable.mp3"][/audio] In this week’s Newsbud Roundtable Sibel Edmonds, James Corbett and Spiro Skouras discuss Vice President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Turkey. What kind of back room deals were reached in Biden’s meeting with Turkish and Kurdish officials? What’s the prize behind the multi-polar decision on further
Interview 1204 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-09-01%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: the shadow government is renewed for another year; the UN internet debate completely misses the point; and Homeland Security is taking over the rigging of the elections.
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Giant panda no longer 'endangered' but iconic species still at risk
In a welcome piece of good news for the world's threatened wildlife, the giant panda has just been downgraded from 'Endangered' to 'Vulnerable' on the global list of species at risk of extinction, demonstrating how an integrated approach can help save our planet's vanishing biodiversity. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced the positive change to the giant panda's o
WWF teams up with Love Nature to share incredible stories of wildlife worldwide
GLAND, Switzerland (1 September 2016) – From the pristine waters of Palau to the dense jungles of Cambodia, WWF is partnering with Love Nature , creators of the world's largest video library of 4K (Ultra-HD) nature documentaries and series, to bring previously untold stories of wildlife to audiences worldwide. As part of a three-year partnership, WWF International will share exclusive, original s
US, China send powerful political signal for global climate action
GLAND, Switzerland – Today's joint announcement by the world's two biggest carbon emitters – China and the US – that they have formally joined the global climate Paris Agreement sends a very powerful signal that there will be real global action on climate change. China and the US are responsible for nearly 40 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. So far, 24 countries representing just over
Living 'in the red'
Eight months into 2016, humans have already spent Earth's ecological budget for the year. Earth Overshoot Day – the approximate date when humanity's annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year – is on Monday, 8 August this year, according to the Global Footprint Network . As global consumption rises, we are emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than our ocean
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Cranky in Paradise: How life in a fairly perfect place makes us angry
I felt a quick flash of annoyance during a swim this past weekend at Thetis Lake when a group of young people on a raft of floaties cranked up their music a little too much. I then felt an immediate and sobering flash of alarm that a bunch of mild-mannered young people having a little fun in the sun had annoyed me. Could it be that Cranky Capital Regionite Syndrome is already upon me, a mere thre
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I met Michael Thompson aka Freestylee, Artist Without Borders online. I saw one of his posters of a veiled woman with e...
I met Michael Thompson aka Freestylee, Artist Without Borders online. I saw one of his posters of a veiled woman with exposed lips and one that made direct eye contact with the viewer. I found it at the time of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill in The Gulf of Mexico. Another showed an iconic image of Marilyn Monroe black oil running down her face and onto a sexy satin dress. A major theme in
Missing a Wonderful Artist and Friend Michael 'Freestylee' Thompson | Graphic Art News
Missing a Wonderful Artist and Friend Michael 'Freestylee' Thompson | Graphic Art News
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happy labour day
How have labour unions benefitted our society? Union activism brought us: Weekends! Literally. There used to be an expression: "Don't come to work on Sunday, don't come to work on Monday." Meaning, if you took one day off, you were fired. Vacations - any vacation Paid vacations The 8-hour work day An end to child labour, so every child could have an education Rest breaks Equal pay for e
thank you, colin kaepernick!
Another awesome athlete protest that I have no time to write about. I can only thank Colin Kaepernick for his courage. Joy of Sox speaks for me: To Mookie Betts (And Others): The Right To Protest Has Nothing To Do With The Military .
labour day readers' advisory: books and movies that celebrate labour
I spoke to a customer yesterday who was visiting from Denmark. He described himself as a trade-unionist, and he came to the library, looking for me, to learn about our strike! He also said he had read a book he loved, and was looking for more like it. He described the book: "by a Canadian author, takes place in Toronto, about the struggles of workers building a viaduct". It is some measu
in which i test a bit of conventional wisdom and find out is in false: the mystery of roman tuna salad
I've noticed that ideas that I used to blog about, I am now posting on Facebook instead -- a combination of laziness and time pressure. I'm going to try to get the ideas here, first. Conventional wisdom has it that preparing food at home is less expensive than buying prepared food. I'm not talking about frozen or processed food, but freshly prepared food from a store like Whole Foods, or increasi
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The Queen of War
Muricans: Those of you who will vote for Hillary Clinton will vote for the greatest risk of more domestic instability and violence, and for the greatest risk of major increased wars and destruction. It's that simple. Any other vote will be a more humanistic and self-preserving one. The Queen of War is not the right choice.
"Hate crime" is sick
"Hate crime", as a crime in state statutes, is a feature of a totalitarian society. Democratic societies have only regular crimes and a strong presumption of innocence until proven guilty, with no thought or expression crimes. A regular crime must have a victim (different from the accused, and not society at large) that was actually, measurably and willfully harmed by the actions of the
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Deeply Dystopian
Based on a free excerpt captioned "A quick rundown of the ecocidal empires that came before us", I purchased the electronic version of "Extinction: A Radical History" by Ashley Dawson. Upon reading the entire book I was not surprised, having been forewarned, to see the typical finger pointing at capitalism - but it was more disappointing than usual since the author, who is a s
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The Call of Distant Mammoths
I’ve long been interested in the megafauna extinctions of Pleistocene North America. A number of books endorse Paul Martin’s “Pleistocene Overkill Hypothesis,” which asserts that the early humans on the continent were “super predators” who launched a blitzkrieg of overhunting. Hunting began in northwest Canada, and spread south and east like a wild fire. Within 2,000 years, at least 33 genera (50
The Dawn of World Renewal
My ancestors include tribal people who inhabited the ancient forests of Norway, Wales, and Germany. Bits and pieces of their myths and folkways have managed to survive the passage of centuries. These people lived close to wild nature, and venerated oak trees, salmon, wolves, ravens, mistletoe, thunder, rainbows, and so on. Their cultural heroes were a pantheon of human gods and goddesses who poss
Are We Smart Enough
Primatologist Frans de Waal has made a career out of pounding his head against the rugged wall of human exceptionalism — the belief that humans are the only species that is conscious, self-aware, rational, cooperative, goal-oriented, empathetic, and so on. This wall of calcified grandiosity has resisted change for a long time, and has inspired an abusive relationship with the rest of the family o
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Biden Dellivers Message To Turkey ~ It'S Not Personal , It'S Strictly Business
Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand It was a scene straight out of the Godfather as US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Turkey to announce that we would directly support NATO member Turkey's incursion into northern Syria, while in July Turkey's President Erdoğan barely survived a military coup, which is widely believed to have enjoyed US support. Biden’s reversal was at the same
America'S Dark Side Is Hillary'S Cross Of Iron
A leaked Hillary Clinton email confirms that the Obama administration, with Hillary at the helm, orchestrated a civil war in Syria to benefit Israel. See story ~ https://www.transcend.org/tms/2016/08/clinton-email-we-must-destroy-syria-for-israel/ America's Cross of Iron speech was immortalized by President Eisenhower in 1953 as well as his farewell address to the nation in 1961 and he correctly
Fifth Force Of Nature Is A Unified Field Of Love And Soul Consciousness / An Urge To Unite That Exists Beyond Time And Space
“ If confirmed by further experiments, this discovery of a possible fifth force would completely change our understanding of the universe ,” says UCI professor of physics & astronomy Jonathan Feng, including what holds together galaxies such as this spiral one, called NGC 6814. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt. You can well imagine my excitement when I recent
The Greening Of America / It'S Final Act Is Approaching
THE GREENING OF AMERICA / IT'S FINAL ACT IS APPROACHING The Greening of America is a 1970 book by Charles A. Reich. It is a paean to the counterculture of the 1960s and its values. Excerpts first appeared as an essay in the September 26, 1970 issue of The New Yorker. The book was originally published by Random House . In 1970, Charles Reich wrote The Greening Of America , a book that profoundly i
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(NDAA Fascism Triumphs - (Tragedy of Trumpism) Trump Is Not the Phenomena: Not Living in a Functioning Democracy and Betraying Lower Class Interests Is) The Dark Dynamics of the Deep State (Poisoned Air for All) Regime Change in Libya Mirrors Iraq: Both Efforts Led to Failed States and Destabilized Region (Corporate Media Vs. Reality)
Bet these bonuses were mentioned in Hillary's Wall Street speeches? Wouldn't wanna get in the way of that gravy train! Taxpayers Subsidize Billions in Wall Street Bonuses: Report02 September 16 According to the study, 20 U.S. banks paid more than US$2 billion in bonuses to their top five executives over the past four years. U.S. taxpayers have been subsidizing more than US$2 billion in
(Worst People on the Planet: War Criminals Compete for Place) Did Moody’s Just Sever Energy Giant’s Last Life Line? (Unreported S&P Earnings Decline for 5 Quarters) (USA: Dead Nation Walking) Bernie Moonlighting for Dollars?
There still is no honor among thieves. Worst people on the planet. Mob hitters. Mass murderers doubling down. Gravy train meal tickets du jour. It's hard to go too negative. ABC Shifts Blame from US Wars to Doctors Without Borders Urban Militarized Police – No Real Security Hillary and Colin: the War Criminal Charade Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions
The Best Reason Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton and How the MSM Keeps US Ignorant (Empire of Lies Run Amuck: Humanitarian Wars Slay Millions of Innocents Encouraging Lies at All Levels) Hillary & Bill, Inc., Lee Camps
And we're already attacking Syria. Before she's the actual President. So how's that for most effective warmonger? Was that a competition? "You've seen the inside of the honeycomb, June." "You can never go home." - Simon "Knight and Day" "With me? Without me? With me? Without me? With you."_ _ _ _ _ _ _ The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugos
(Loathing Lessers) Here’s Why Americans Are Mad as Hell at Wall Street and Washington (Catch 22 Revisited) Bonnie Raitt: Not Ending Well for Global Elites (Foreign Floods of PAC Money) Summer of the Shill(s) (Continuing Bank Corruption Print Gobs of $$$ To Keep Market Roaring?)
Tom Frank is obviously the man of this minute. But no one is paying attention to the time(s) now. At the convention in Philly, Truthdig founder and editor Robert Scheer ran into Thomas Frank, whose latest book, Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened To The Party Of The People? is a must-read for all progressives and, hopefully, for some Democrats who aren't already too far gone. Frank
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Thoughts on Health Care
The NHS is supposedly running out of money, so much so that one NHS body has decided to withhold treatment to obese people and smokers : The Vale of York clinical commissioning group (CCG) will make people wait for up to a year for treatment for non-life-threatening conditions such as hip and knee replacements if their body mass index is 30 or higher. adult smokers will have elective surgery post
Mother Theresa Was No Saint
Instead she was a sadistic religious fanatic .
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Albert Woodfox in San Francisco on Sept. 7 and in Chicago on Sept. 21
September 7: Albert is speaking in San Francisco, California on Wed. Sept. 7, 7pm at 2969 Mission St. For more information, please visit the ANSWER Coalition website . September 21: Albert is speaking in Chicago, Illinois at 6pm, at Gallery 400, at 400 S. Peoria Street. For more information, see flyer above and visit the event's Facebook and Eventbrite pages.
VIDEO: Albert Woodfox recieves Arthur Kinoy Award from National Lawyers Guild
2016 #Law4thePeople Convention Keynote Address (8/4/16) from National Lawyers Guild on Vimeo . On August 4, Albert Woodfox received the Arthur Kinoy Award from the National Lawyers Guild at the organization's convention in NYC . In this video, Albert is introduced at 26:00 and then comes onto the stage to receive the award and begins to speak at approximately 33:00
October 3: Albert Woodfox to speak at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA
On Monday, October 3, as part of Southern University Law Center's 2016-2017 Speakers Series, Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 will be speaking about: "Use of International Laws and Coalitions in Justice Movements / Prison Reform." The event will be held from 12-1 pm in 129 A.A. Lenoir Hall at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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KN-11 and THAAD
North Korea has now tested what appears to be a two-stage, solid-fueled ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to more than 1,000 km, probably much more. I would have thought that would garner some attention. North Korea’s new ballistic missile, which the US calls the KN-11, is a technically submarine-launched ballistic missile. But …
The Lesson of Nagasaki
Hiroshima gets all the attention, but Nagasaki teaches the more important lesson. The need to destroy Hiroshima will be forever debated, but the counterarguments were unpersuasive to President Harry Truman and Secretary of War Henry Stimson. A world war had taken the lives of tens of millions. Noncombatants were not spared. When a war-ending weapon …
The Demise of the Republican National Security Establishment
The skirmish between Senator Bob Corker and the Obama Administration over the UN Security Council resolution on the CTBT is yet another reflection of the demise of the internationalist wing of the Republican Party. Donald Trump’s nomination and his musings about Vladimir Putin are (hopefully) sui generis, but his random thoughts about the Bomb, NATO, …
Donald Trump’s Challenge to Nuclear Orthodoxy
The belief system in nuclear deterrence makes the most sense at the most elementary level: nuclear weapons deter use by an adversary for fear of retaliation in kind. Deterrence therefore requires survivable nuclear capabilities. It doesn’t take much by way of force structure to convey the threat that leaves something to chance, which is the …
Senator Corker and the CTBT
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Sgt David Clarke Of Milwaukee Gives Speech At RNC On July 18, Then Milwaukee Cop Shoots Black Guy August 13 In Milwaukee, Then Sgt David Clarke Becomes FOX's On-The-Scene Police Expert: HOW CONVENIENT!!!!!!
July 18 unknown Milwaukee black cop (who seems to hate blacks btw...) gives speech at RNC: August 13, about a month later, Milwaukee cops shoot and kill black guy: Guess where the shooting occurrred? In Milkwaukee, where SGT DAVID CLARKE is from! The same guy who gave a speech at the RNC a month ago! And guess who conveniently becomes FOX's "on the scene police expert"? SGT DAVID CLARKE
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Escritura en la pared
A 16 August article in El Deber - http://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/vagabundo-boliviano-apoya-trump.html - captured the graffiti art work of a homeless Bolivian who is writing that in Iran, there are no free elections, and that he is supporting Donald Trump in the US elections. He is not the only Bolivian to support Trump, and far from being the only Latin American. Thousands of Bolivians in the s
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Assessing Hearts and Minds
The old adage to avoid discussing politics and religion remains a wise social decision in plenty of situations. However, such discussions have to be held somewhere. (Alas, honest, intelligent discussion is fairly rare on the Sunday political shows – the good guests tend to be badly outnumbered by hacks and dolts.) The art of discussion, listening and persuasion isn't dead in politics, and blogs
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harper Retires
stephen harper recorded a video of himself announcing his retirement from politics and posted it on social media. No questions. No having to face other humans. All tightly controlled. It was consistent with the overall pattern of cowardice that marked his career. harper did not like having to face other human beings. he liked to utter brazen lies and ignore questions. Whenever things got to hot h
More About Hilary-Bots n' Stuff
Infuriatingly, some USA-liberal, Hillary-bot blog tried to guilt "purists" who stupidly won't vote for Hillary Clinton due to "argle-blargle" that it would be their fault about all the people who would be hurt by a Trump victory. So, to begin, ... un-fuck you you miserable piece of shit. Number one: Bernie Sanders consistently polled as being far better at defeating Trump. But
Liberal Hillary-Bots
No. It's not "progressive" to support Hillary Clinton. She's a corrupt, mass-murdering, neo-liberal, imperialist scum-bag. Reading and watching all these US and Canadian liberals twist their minds up into pretzels about how awesome she is and how evil, selfish and deluded her critics are is really just depressing. I get that there's fear of the ignorant boor Donald Trump's racism and hi

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