3 February - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

View from the Colonnade, St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Fortress Oreshek Русский: Крепость Орешек (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ria Novosti Online News

• Hundreds Rally to Defend St. Petersburg Child ...
  Some 800 people gathered in downtown St. Petersburg on Sunday to protest the possible closing of St. Petersburg’s unique children’s cancer treatment center.
• FIS Confident of Olympic Cross-Country Readiness
  The International Ski Federation is confident in Russia’s ability to be ready for Olympic cross-country skiing in Sochi next year, an FIS spokesman told R-Sport on Sunday.
• India Moves to Stop Illegal Sales of Dinosaur Eggs
  India’s government plans to introduce a ban on illegal sales of dinosaur eggs that are millions of years old, The Times of India said on Sunday.
• Russia Mulls Ban on Duty-Free Alcohol on Planes
  Russian lawmakers are looking to ban passengers from carrying duty-free alcohol on board airplanes, amid a rise in disruption caused by Russian drunk travelers, Russian media said on Sunday.
• Two Dead as Hang Glider Crashes into Urals House
  Two people were killed when a motorized hang glider crashed into the wall of a house in Russia’s Urals, investigators said on Sunday.

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

• Zenit Engine Worked Normally - Roscosmos
  The first stage engine of the Zenit-2S rocket that failed shortly after Friday’s launch operated in the normal regime during and after the liftoff, the press service of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
• Russian Makes Record First Dive in 'Pole of Co ...
  A Russian research expedition performed a record-breaking first dive on Friday at one of the world’s coldest lakes in Siberia, reputed to be home to a monster.
• Zenit Rocket Launch Fails as Engine Shuts Down
  A Zenit-3SL rocket carrying an Intelsat-27 (IS-27) telecoms satellite crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch on Friday, following an emergency shutdown of its first stage motor, Russian space corporation RKK Energia head Vitaly Lopota said.
• Russian Rocket with US Telecoms Satellite Set ...
  A Russian rocket is set for a seaborne launch on Friday morning to put the U.S. Intelsat 27 telecoms satellite into orbit, a spokesman for Energiya space corporation said.
• Astronomical Battle in US Over Lomonosov’s Ven ...
  In an academic dustup of astronomical importance, a team of Russian and American scientists have replicated an experiment by 18th-century Russian scientific and literary luminary Mikhail Lomonosov in a quest to demolish skeptics’ doubts that he discovered Venus’ atmosphere.

Pruning Shears

• Blogroll Amnesty Day 2013 is here!
  Today is Blogroll Amnesty Day (BAD), the day where bloggers promote their lesser trafficked bretheren (and sisteren(?)). Skippy has officially kicked it off, so here are my 2013 selections:Systemic DisorderThe Titanic sails at dawnMario Piperni dot ComAlternate BrainThe Mills River Progressivep ...
• Away from energy independence, and towards ene ...
  Two of the more loaded words in contemporary politics are independence and freedom. Despite their similarities in meaning they get used in very different ways. Independence is used in a more national sense, which might be natural because of its prominence in what is arguably our founding docum ...
• Utopian colonies and the deep roots of Occupy
  Last year I worked on a series of posts1 with a loose collection of bloggers, mostly from Corrente. The general theme was arguing against the “diversity of tactics” approach being introduced at numerous Occupy encampments, Occupy Oakland in particular. During this process one of ou ...
• Testing water and building community
  Last summer I wrote about the Sierra Club’s Water Sentinels program for testing water. Our town’s anti-fracking activists have been using it at their homes for a while now, but around the time of my post we also began free monthly water testing for the community. We are careful to ...
• Best Music of 2012
  IntroductionIf you dig these songs please consider buying them. Most can be had for less than a buck.Links will be live for one week. If you hold the copyright on one and would like it removed, please let me know and I’ll comply. You heartless, small-minded, ungenerous b******.Here are ...

Organic Consumers.org

• Genetic Changes to Food May Get Uniform Labeling
  With Washington State on the verge of a ballot initiative that would require labeling of some foods containing genetically engineered ingredients and other states considering similar measures, some of the major food companies and Wal-Mart, the country's largest grocery store operator, have been ...
• The Repentant Environmentalist Mark Lynas is ...
  In 2011 emails leaked to The Guardian newspaper showed that Europe's leading biotech industry lobby group, EuropaBio, was working to recruit high-profile international ambassadors as key players in achieving the industry's goal of getting a line drawn under the present GM debate - the critical f ...
• 'Bringing It All Back Home': How Vermont Can L ...
  It is a great and signal honor for me to be here at my second-favorite legislative body on the planet. Click here to read this article
• Care about Your Food? Then Care about Your Far ...
  These days, most people involved in buying and advocating for local and organic food say they want to support their farmers. They imagine the people that grow their vegetables as sweating in the fields, cheerfully smiling as they pull carrots from their own land, which they till until the sun go ...
• Are Wal-Mart and Big Food Lobbying the FDA for ...
  High-level executives from some of the U.S.’s largest food corporations are meeting with the FDA behind closed doors this week to lobby for a mandatory federal GMO labeling law. Could it be that bad press and consumer backlash have dulled the enthusiasm of these former biotech cheerleaders? Or i ...

Center for a Livable Future

• The CLF Week in Links: Meat Safety, McDonalds ...
  McDonalds fish supply is entirely wild-caught Alaska Pollock—why not include small oily fish that are lower on the food chain? They probably tastes the same fried and would have more omega-3-fatty acids.
• The CLF Week in Links: Horsemeat, Transgenic S ...
  The discovery of horse DNA in supermarket beef products in the UK created quite a stir. But it’s not just horsemeat, offensive enough to horse lovers, there may be pig meat in the beef as well—I can’t imagine British Muslims are taking this news lightly. Food safety issues are being investigated ...
• If You Grow It, They Will Taste It
  A faith garden is what you might expect: a plot of land, a lot of mulch, some herbs, some tomatoes, a ton of squash. But it’s also food woven into tradition, a commitment to feeding those who are less fortunate, and a plan to help children connect with the Earth.
• The CLF Week in Links: Climate Change, Cabinet ...
  With Lisa Jackson’s departure from the EPA, announced at the turn of the year, and now Salazar's from the Interior, President Obama has some serious recruiting to do. We hope the replacements for both agencies will bear similar profiles in courage.
• The Year of Ethical Eating
  You may be surprised by which restaurants do not provide paid sick days. Hint: Five Guy Burgers and Fries, Maggiano’s Little Italy, McCormick & Schmicks, Morton’s & Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses, and Starbucks.

Investigate - Breaking News

• US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megauplo ...
  US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom. US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom
• Berlusconi’s fingerprints on Kate Middleton’s ...
  Berlusconi’s fingerprints on Kate Middleton’s topless photos. Berlusconi’s fingerprints on Kate Middleton’s topless photos
• Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims
  Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims. Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims
• The Vitamin D Briefing
  The Vitamin D Briefing. The Vitamin D Briefing
• New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife p ...
  New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife pregnant, possible miscarriage. New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife pregnant, possible miscarriage

My Care2 Picks

• Capitalism is outdated; is there a better alte ...
  Our economy is a system operating past its limits and outgrowing the earths ability to support it. It will break down and the breakdown is already starting. Toronto Sustainability Speakers Series (TSSS). TED talk by Paul Gilding Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |  ...
• FAKE FACTS ABOUT ALBERTA PUBLIC SECTOR PAY
  The Fraser Institute twists facts like pretzels to fit their paymasters ideological agenda. There is habitual willingness of mainstream media to reprint this baloney without critically examining it. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |  ...
• Idle No More: An Open Letter to My Non-Aborig ...
  Chief Shining Turtle, Whitefish River First Nation The legislation we are protesting does not just harm us -- it hurts you and your children and your grandchildren Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• The Myth of Purifying Fracking Water in Saudi ...
  Farmers are losing to Frackers....so are all of us.."The waste from fracking is about 70% of the 8 million gallons of water containing 400,000 gallons of toxic chemicals per well. 649 chemicals are used in fracking water."Please read this great article! Submitted by Shelly Peterson to Environmen ...
• Livestock falling ill in fracking regions, rai ...
  In the midst of the US domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Angry Indian News

• Excellent Service to Solve Your Fluid Mechanics
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• Home insurance and the dilemma of replacement ...
  When it’s time to renew your home insurance policy, make the time to go over the details. Understanding the nuances in the fine print can save you money. It is up to you to decide if money today is... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Sushi - Trend and Tradition
  Today sushi is associated with a global trend as well as a Japanese food tradition. Not all countries’ traditional dishes are welcomed that eagerly by the rest of the world, like lutefisk from Norway... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• How Online Learning Has Introduced MBA Courses
  Few decades back we hardly thought of distance learning evolving as a major schooling practice. With the advent of distance education students were surprised at the numerous opportunities they were... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Online High School Programs Help Troubled Students
  As the popularity of online higher education continues to grow, a younger group of students has noticed the convenience of online learning. Online courses are a realistic option for young students... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

• FLUORIDEGATE An American Tragedy
  FLUORIDEGATE is a new documentary that reveals the tragedy of how the United States government, industry and trade associations protect and promote a policy known to cause harm to our country and especially to small children who suffer more than any other segment of the population. While governm ...
• Polish Resistance to GMO Deception Swells to F ...
  The swelling farmers’ protest against the Polish government’s sell-off of prime Polish farmland to foreign multi-national corporations has now spread to five Polish provinces.
• Hazardous Virus Gene Discovered in GM Crops af ...
  ISIS has warned against the CaMV 35S promoter and called for all affected GM crops to be withdrawn since 1999 while damning evidence on its safety continues to emerge.
• Sir Julian Joins Polish Farmers in Solidarity ...
  Sir Julian will drive a tractor from Path Hill Farm, carrying Polish flags and placards proclaiming 'Solidarity with the Polish farmers', 'Stop GMO' and 'Free-up Repressive Food Regulations' that inhibit local sales.
• Farmers Land Stolen for GM Food Production
  Once again, the public has been duped by tricky political rhetoric into believing that the public’s demands are being heeded, when in actuality, this is just another deceptive act which opens the door for the introduction and take over of genetically modified seed, supplied by the world’s most d ...

True/Slant Headline Grabs

• The stupidity of crowds helps kill a planet - ...
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• Sex, death, and the noble American toad - Scot ...
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• How to save a fishery: owning, renting, and ex ...
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• ‘Gossip Girl’ unethical because of threesome? ...
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Citizens for Legitimate Government

• Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle Killed at Gun Rang ...
  ShareThisFormer Navy SEAL Chris Kyle Killed at Gun Range; Former Marine Charged 03 Feb 2013 A former Marine has been charged with three counts of murder in the killing of former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle, the most deadly sniper in U.S. history, and another man at an Era ...
• Mini helicopter drone for UK troops in Afghanistan
  ShareThisMini helicopter drone for UK troops in Afghanistan 03 Feb 2013 British soldiers in Afghanistan have become the first to use miniature surveillance helicopters in frontline operations. The Norwegian-designed Black Hornet Nano features a tiny camera and relays video and still images to a ...
• White House rebuffed Clinton-Petraeus plan to ...
  ShareThisWhite House rebuffed Clinton-Petraeus plan to arm Syrian rebels: report 02 Feb 2013 A plan developed last summer by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David Petraeus to arm and train Syrian rebels was rebuffed by the White House, The New York Times reported ...
• A living, lurking threat in Sandy-hit homes: mold
  ShareThisA living, lurking threat in Sandy-hit homes: mold 03 Feb 2013 Three months after Superstorm Sandy, mold lurks in once-waterlogged buildings, hiding below subflooring, under foundations, and in door and window frames. Sometimes it mottles walls in plain sight. And it can make dwellers si ...
• Officials: Militants target Pakistan army base ...
  ShareThisOfficials: Militants target Pakistan army base in attack that leaves at least 35 dead 03 Feb 2013 Militants attacked an army base in northwest Pakistan in a coordinated assault that resulted in an hours long gun battle that left at least 35 people dead on Saturday, intelligence and s ...

Daily Loaf

• 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
  I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
• Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
  Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
• D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
  Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
• Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
  The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
• Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
  April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

• VRM: Mandatory Vaccinatio​ns – How They ...
  The modern healthcare system, like any powerful corporation, is designed to favor those who acquiesce with their rules & regulations; likewise to weed out & alienate those who do not fall into line with the rest of the “herd”. The entire cesspool of Western Allopathic Medicine, fueled by ...
• VRM: The A,B,C’s of Respiratory Health
  Typically those living in the West are annually starved of the life-giving UVA Ultra-violet light rays (which manifest as the steroid hormone Vitamin D3) throughout the entire duration of Winter & early Spring. As a result the Lymphocytes in their lungs cannot process Vitamin C & E, whic ...
• VRM: Weaponized Polio & The African Green Monk ...
  According to a groundbreaking, controversial report, released in 1961 in the wake of the Salk & Sabin Polio vaccine debacle, Medical researchers identified that ‘all primary monkey kidney may contain one or more latent viruses whose characteristic cytopathology becomes evident when such tiss ...
• VRM: World Health Organization Mafia – L ...
  ‘The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and ...
• VRM: The Autism Report
  Due to the complex nature of Autism Spectrum Disorder a formal definition will be helpful in establishing the parameters of this report; while differentiating the co-factors from other similar conditions. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) , considered the standard of current Medical Industry ...

B.C. Preppers Network

• You Know You're Getting Old When...
  A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
• Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
  Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
• Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
  After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
• Strawberry Picking
  Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
• Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
  I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

• FBR: Burma Army Attacks Continue in Kachin State
  Burma Army Attacks Continue in Kachin State Kachin State 29 January 2013 From Free Burma Rangers Despite the Government of Burma declaring a ceasefire, Burma Army troops still continue to launch attacks in Kachin State. In this Report: • Burma Army troops take Hkaya Bum after repeated attack ...
• Air Force Crashing
  25 January 2013 Team AFMC, The budgetary uncertainties currently facing the Department of Defense combined with a projected $1.8 billion shortfall in Air Force funding for overseas contingency operations, require us to take prudent steps to mitigate budget execution risks. Based on guidance r ...
• SAR Overnighter
  24 January 2013
• US Military Preparing to take Gut Shot
  24 January 2013  
• Press Release from Free Burma Rangers
  FBR Report: Burma Army attacks against Kachin continue despite ceasefire 18 January, 2013 Kachin State, Burma At 5pm Friday, 18 January 2013, Burma Army airstrikes occurred near Lajayang and Laiza in Kachin State.  On Friday evening, the Government of Burma announced a ceasefire to begin 6 ...

The Killing Train

• The Delhi Rape and the Struggle for Space
  First published at http://www.countercurrents.org/podur310113.htm Sometimes, at night in the city where I live, in Toronto, I will be walking alone to or from the subway station. No one else will be on the street, and I'll see a woman walking towards me in the distance. My protocol is to cross t ...
• Questioning Natural & Community Capital
  A Conference at York University about Capitalizing Power, organized by Jonathan Nitzan. In my talk, I try to relate Nitzan's "Capital as Power" framework to environmentalist thinking.
• Two Uprisings
  A Review of Douglas Bland. 2009. Uprising: A Novel. Blue Butterfly Books. read more
• Joe Emersberger's review of Haiti's New Dictat ...
  Joe Emersberger's got a sharp eye for discerning when media information is misleading or false. When the 2004 coup happened in Haiti, Joe published his correspondence with the Globe and Mail reporter in Haiti at the time, and very ably showed me how someone with a keen eye and decent principles ...
• Duets for Abdelrazik
  I'm listening to Duets for Abdelrazik, which my friend Stefan Christoff sent to me as an early holiday present. It's mellow music considering that it is the story of the thoroughly appalling mistreatment of someone by an appalling system. read more

treehugger

• U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu Steps Down
  Steven Chu, who is no doubt one of the best Energy Secretaries ever, is announcing that he is stepping down. We thank him for fighting the good fight for nature and science.
• The Month in Design, From Micro-Apartments to ...
  Also tanks in your backyard and killer stairs
• Nissan to Build 500 EV Fast-Charge Stations in ...
  There are currently only about 160 fast-charge stations for electric vehicles in the U.S., but Nissan plans to triple that number over the next 18 months by building at least 500 quick-charge stations.
• 10 Reasons Why Dolphins Are Undeniably Awesome
  Dolphins possess many admirable qualities and characteristics that endear them to us like few other species on Earth.
• Top 10 Tech Stories From January
  Drones scan for rhino poachers, self-repairing wires, hedgehog robots on the moon, disillusionment with gadgets, make a battery with pennies, and more!

Democratic Voice of Burma

• Kachin rebels to stop fighting if govt ceases ...
  The Kachin Independence Organisation stated today that they would be willing to refrain from engaging in ‘military activities’ if the Burmese army agrees to end their offensive against their forces
• Burma’s human rights record remains ‘poor’ des ...
  The Burmese government continues to systematically violate human rights throughout the country, despite taking significant steps towards political reform over the last year, reports Human Rights Watch
• UNHCR urges govt to resolve Rohingya crisis
  The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) looks to the Burmese government to solve the crisis involving Rohingyas Muslims being pushed out of Arakan state.
• Parliament approves new religious affairs minister
  The Union Parliament yesterday approved the president’s appointment of Irrawaddy division’s parliamentary speaker Hsan Sint as the country’s new religious affairs minister
• Court officially drops defamation case against ...
  A defamation case by Burma's mining ministry against The Voice Weekly for reporting graft allegations was dropped Thursday, in the latest sign of easing pressure on the nation's long-muzzled media

Telegraph - Climate Change

• Photographer Hans Strand travels to the Arctic ...
  Hans Strand travels to the Arctic to photograph icebergs and glaciers.
• Andes glaciers 'have shrunk by up to 50 per cent'
  Climate change has shrunk Andean glaciers between 30 and 50 per cent since the 1970s and could melt many of them away altogether in coming years, study finds.
• A forecast the Met Office hoped you wouldn't see
  The Met Office thought Christmas Eve would be a good day for burying good news, says Christopher Booker
• Wildfires across Australia and the US's hottes ...
  The only honest appraisal of the world's climate is to look at long-term trends, writes Geoffrey Lean
• Global warming at a standstill, new Met Office ...
  The Met Office has downgraded its forecast for global warming to suggest that by 2017 temperatures will have remained about the same for two decades.

National Geographic | Environment

• Will Deep-sea Mining Yield an Underwater Gold ...
  The lure of precious minerals is provoking experiments with deep-sea mining—and causing some environmentalists to worry.
• How Drought on Mississippi River Impacts You
  The drought-plagued Mississippi River is holding up barge traffic, impacting everything from Japanese feedstock to American beer.
• Water Demand for Energy to Double by 2035
  Water consumption for power and transportation will soar due to expanding coal power and biofuel production, the International Energy Agency says.
• Biochar Cookstoves Boost Health for People and ...
  Innovative nonprofits are taking clean cookstoves a step further by designing them to produce biochar, a byproduct with the potential to fortify soil and fight climate change.
• Urban Heat May Warm Faraway Places
  A new study finds that areas such as New York City can affect the weather of places as far away as Siberia.

Jurist - Legal Research

• Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft ...
  [JURIST] The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft [corporate websites] on Friday. This was the fourth decision [FOSS Patents report] in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft to be issued this year, all of which were countersuit ...
• UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violat ...
  [JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] a draft law [bill 8711 materials, in Ukrainian] that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said that the bill would be open to abuse and that it violates ...
• UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for ...
  [JURIST] The Queen's Bench Division [official website] on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial Administration in the 1950s. Judge Richard McCombe ruled th ...
• UK court approves extradition of terror suspec ...
  [JURIST] The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] gave its final approval of the extradition, which it had initially approved [JUR ...
• Australia High Court upholds tobacco plain-pac ...
  [JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Friday published its reasons [text, PDF] for dismissing a lawsuit brought by several large international tobacco companies challenging the labeling requirements of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (TPP Act) [materials]. The court ori ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

• Is the Press Fair to Palin?
  The former Alaska governor likes to criticize the "lamestream media." Does it hold her to a different standard?
• Will Nuclear Watchdog Report Change U.S. Polic ...
  The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran may still be working toward a bomb
• Obama to Issue 'Wikileaks Order'
  After the leak of classified State Department cables, the president will direct federal agencies on sharing information
• Why U.S. Presidents Lecture the UN
  American leaders consistently hector the global body, challenging it to live up to its charter
• Obama's Lonely Middle Ground
  The president and Congress just haven't gotten along. In tonight's speech, he'll face a tough political calculus yet again.

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

• [COAT] WikiLeaks on Canada in Iraq War - coat
• [COAT] CANSEC Arms Bazaar Protest, June 1, Ott ...
• [COAT] Put a SNAG in CANSEC: Spring Nuremberg ...
• [COAT] WikiWeapons Cda Exposes 18,888 Export C ...
• [COAT] Latest on Cda's Arms Exports & CANSEC r ...

Expose the BNP

• Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
  Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
• Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
  A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
• Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
  The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
• Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
  On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
• Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
  On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

• Sonic boon
  A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
• The secret’s in the sauce
  What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
• Clean water, clean energy
  In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
• Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
  Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
• A winter’s tale
  Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

• President Obama Alone Can't Stop Black Murder ...
  The murder of 15 year old honor student Hadiya Pendleton on Chicago's South Side drew national attention because she performed at President Obama's inauguration. Her murder defied the well-worn and infuriating pattern that when a black is gunned down in a poor or any other neighborhood it draws ...
• Building Critical Mass for a Progressive Future
  How can the progressive left, as everyone keeps wondering, come together to build the critical mass necessary for change that works for life? Well, there are some core requirements that we might want to try implementing, as it seems what we're doing isn't going real well.
• Money, Politics and the Science of Global Warming
  It is profoundly disturbing that in the case of global warming, its existence, severity and its impact should be part of an individual's ideology instead of scientific evidence. The US matters, and such a distortion of science could have consequences that will affect all of life on earth.
• Should we call gun nuts "gun nuts"?
  Are gun nuts really nuts? Is it counter-productive to insult them? How can progressives win in the battle for the hearts and minds of Americans on this issue and other issues dear to us?
• Bella Coola: The Rainforest Brought them Home!
  Fiction oftentimes speaks louder than non fiction for its able to put us into the hearts and soul's of characters that face various situations. This book is a gold mine.....and the interview we will be doing with the author on Monday Evening at 6:00 PM should be nothing less than being a diamon ...

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• The World Bank Is NOT Coming After Our Ice Cre ...
  Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C. Last week, World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim came out with a powerful, laudable statement supporting urgent action on climate change. “If there is no action soon,&rdqu ...
• LCFS "Red Flags" Don't Hold Up Under Scrutiny
  Simon Mui, Scientist, Clean Vehicles and Fuels, San Francisco As a scientist working on clean fuel policies, I spend much of my time working to protect our environment, health, and economy from the negative, unintended consequences from petroleum us ...
• ¡Sí Se Pudo! - I-710 Communities Gain Momentum ...
  Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California There’s nothing like a raucous public hearing to get the blood pumping on a Thursday night.  Last night, I attended the Project Committee meeting for the I-1 ...
• Southern California's Air Agency to decide whe ...
  Morgan Wyenn, Project Attorney, Santa Monica UPDATE: The AQMD Board voted today, February 1, to adopt the Port Backstop rule. They also voted not to do an agreement with the Ports. We applaud the AQMD Board for taking this important step to clean up ...
• Steven Chu, Champion of Clean Energy and Effic ...
  Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City "We are in a global race to develop and deploy clean energy technologies," Steven Chu wrote in his White House blog in 2011. "We can either sit on the sidelines and watch the competition pass us b ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• BREAKING: Richard III Found Dead
  England’s long national nightmare may be over: A skeleton found underneath a car park in Leicester is expected to be confirmed as that of Richard III. The remarkable discovery of the remains, entailing a curved spine back and wounded skull, was made last September. Since then scientists ha ...
• NFL Hall of Fame
  Yesterday, seven people were elected to the NFL Hall of Fame: Bill Parcells, Jonathan Ogden, Larry Allen, Warren Sapp, Cris Carter, and veterans committee candidates Curley Culp and Dave Robinson. A few thoughts. 1. While I can’t speak to the veterans committee guys (more on this in a seco ...
• America’s Worst Senator
  It’s a tough competition. I figure you have three candidates. First is the long-standing champion, James Inhofe, arguably the dumbest person to sit in the Senate for a long, long time. Second, is the relative newcomer Ron Johnson. Johnson is so out of his league in the Senate, it’s l ...
• Threats to Academic Freedom, Based On “P ...
  Greenwald’s post on the attacks against Brooklyn College is brilliant, and I encourage you to read it in its entirety. To reiterate, the idea that any speaker on campus needs to be immediately “balanced” with an opposing viewpoint is silly in theory and doesn’t exist anyw ...
• Saturday
  Hope you all are having as good a Saturday night as Zevon did when writing “Carmelita.”

Desert Research Institute

• DRI’s GreenPower Administrator was recognized ...
  Amelia Gulling, DRI’s GreenPower Administrator was recognized at the annual Women To Watch ceremony for the Las Vegas business magazine, Vegas Inc at the Vdara in City Center on Tuesday Jan. 29th.
• Kathryn Bywaters, Jan. 2013 Featured DRI Gradu ...
  Meet Kathryn Bywaters, an Environmental Science student working on her Ph.D. Her current work focuses on utilizing microalgae and cyanobacteria consortia as a potential source for biofuel production.
• Gary Trubl, Dec. 2012 Featured DRI Graduate St ...
  Meet Gary Trubl, a student working towards his masters in Environmental Science and currently studying the biogeochemistry related to denitrification of Lake Vida, Antarctica.
• Geochemistry and Microbiology of the Extreme A ...
  This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a ...
• Tom Malamakal, Nov. 2012 Featured DRI Graduate ...
  Meet Tom Malamakal, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, whose focus has been on monitoring the influence of wildfires and prescribed burns in and around the Lake Tahoe basin.

Earth Techling

• Brazil’s Cheap Wind Play: Can It Really Happen?
  Brazilian wind developers will be challenged to come through with wind energy that's supposed to be as cheap as U.S. shale gas.
• Win Or Lose, Super Bowl’s 49ers Will LEED NFL
  The San Francisco 49ers, playing in tomorrow’s Super Bowl XLVII, may become the NFL’s new symbol of sustainability as their new stadium vies for LEED certification.
• Toyota Turns Prius Batteries Into An Energy St ...
  Toyota has announced plans in Japan to turn old nickel-metal hydride batteries from hybrids into energy storage solutions for its dealers.
• Reducing The Super Bowl’s Environmental Impact
  Rocky Mountain Institute writes about what the NFL should truly do to help make the Super Bowl more green.
• New App Makes Home Energy Audits Faster & Cheaper
  A mobile app makes it easy for field auditors to evaluate home energy use and help homeowners visualize potential savings.

National Law Journal | U.S.

• Circuit used wrong standard in DOMA ruling, br ...
  Lawyers for the Republican majority in the House of Representatives are disputing on several fronts a ruling by the Second Circuit that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex married couples. But they argue that the issues in the case can be distilled to a ...
• THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Don't fear the Twitter
  Twitter continues to grow in popularity not because it is trendy, but because it is useful.
• OPINION: Raise the cost of gun violence
  Creative use of the tax and liability laws can discourage illegal or careless use of firearms.
• OPINION: A political question imperative
  The D.C. Circuit's ruling against NLRB recess appointments proves DOJ should rely on the political-question defense that was upheld by the Supreme Court in 'Goldwater v. Carter . '
• THE PRACTICE: Anti-bribery compliance programs ...
  Companies that believe their programs always work because they have found no misconduct are getting it backwards.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Worried about Water in Blossburg, PA
  Blossburg, PA had a scare the other day of high mercury levels in their water supply. Update info says new tests show the levels are now reading appropriately but folks living in the borough of Blossburg should avoid drinking the water or washing their dishes in it. You can read more details abo ...
• Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
  The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...
• New State Impact PA App
  Since I now live in south central PA (I moved south from Tioga County; north central PA) and have less access to the center of the gas drilling, I frequently use State Impact PA as a resource as well as tune in to WITF radio on my commutes to work, when I’m not pedaling my [...]
• OilandGasHelp.com
  I happen to be looking for the location of a specific Northwest Savings Bank in PA and when I pulled up their website I found the below link. http://www.oilandgashelp.com/ It looks like Northwest Savings Bank has put together a section of their website to answer questions or help folks who are c ...
• The Passage of House Bill 1950…
  I thought I’d highlight a few of the items that I find horrifying that passed with house bill 1950 during yesterdays vote. Municipalities will no longer be safe from drilling and the acceptable distances of drilling pads and compressor stations from homes or public spaces, such as schools, ...

News Blaze

• Google Chromebooks in 2000 Schools
  Google has their Google Chomebooks in 2000 schools to help children with education
• Feminist Archiving: All About Loss and Recovery
  Feminist Archiving Celebrates The Richness of India's Feminist History
• Ensuring Access to Contraception Empowers Women
  In a state like Himachal, where the TFR, at 1.8, is already well below the replacement level of 2.1, the District Level Health Survey III (2007-08) puts the total unmet need for contraception at 14 per cent.
• Could Prescription Drugs Be Causing Military S ...
  This week the Pentagon announced there were more suicides among active-duty members of the armed services in 2012 than combat deaths-a staggering 349. Eighty-five percent had not even seen combat, reported Bloomberg.
• Twitter Hacked! 250,000 User Accounts Compromised
  Twitter reports that it recently detected a series of attempts to hack into user data, and that the attackers may have successfully absconded with some users' information

environment 360

• U.S. Carbon Emissions Fall to Lowest Level Sin ...
  The continuing expansion of renewable energy technologies, advances in energy efficiency, and the rapid shift from coal to natural gas for generating electricity combined to bring down U.S. carbon dioxide emissions last year to their lowest levels since 1994, according to a report by Bloomberg N ...
• U.S. Carbon Emissions Fall to Lowest Level Sin ...
  The continuing expansion of renewable energy technologies, advances in energy efficiency, and the rapid shift from coal to natural gas for generating electricity combined to bring down U.S. carbon dioxide emissions last year to their lowest levels since 1994, according to a report by Bloomberg N ...
• Massive UK Wind Turbines Are a Sign of ‘Super- ...
  Two of the world’s largest wind turbines, with blades 60 meters (196 feet) long, have been installed off the Yorkshire coast, a sign of a growing trend toward producing colossal wind turbines to boost generating capacity. The 6-megawatt turbines, manufactured by Siemens, are so large that they h ...
• Mercury’s Silent Toll On the World’s Wildlife
  Scientists are only beginning to understand the impacts of mercury contamination on birds, fish, and other wildlife populations. But what they are finding is alarming — even low levels can cause harm, and chronic exposure has unexpected and troubling effects. BY REBECCA KESSLER
• Satellite Analysis Shows Gulf Oil Spills Typic ...
  An analysis of satellite images has revealed that small oil spills that have become common in the Gulf of Mexico are often much larger than reported, U.S. scientists say. Using technology that calculates the size of oil slicks based on differences in the texture of water surface, as captured in ...

Red Ice Creations

• Ursula and Sabina: A Madness Shared By Two
  The tale of identical twin sisters Ursula and Sabina Eriksson is stunning and incredible, but also terribly true. The Swedish women gained international notoriety in 2008 after being filmed repeatedly and deliberately rushing headlong into speeding traffic. As onlookers watched in astonished ho ...
• Google Glass: Augmenting Minds or Helping Us S ...
  Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google along with Larry Page, was photographed recently on the New York subway wearing Google Glass, the company’s latest offering to augment your mind. But will our minds be truly augmented? The Google Glass “glasses”, if connected to Wi-Fi, show information on a scre ...
• Italian Prosecutor Implicates Bilderberg Group ...
  The Bilderberg Group has now been directly implicated for the murder of Italian activists during the seventies and eighties. According to Ferdinando Imposimato [right], a former prosecutor that investigated the Italian Mafia who is also an honorary president of the Italian Supreme Court, during ...
• Big Brother Takes over from Uncle Sam: A Singl ...
  National Security Agency While budgets are being slashed by governments around the world, national intelligence agencies are not only flush with money but they are increasingly networking their resources against the «threat». What is the threat? It is whatever national leaders and their governme ...
• Israel’s Mysterious Raid into Syria
  Israel attacked a target in Syria, allegedly out of concern that some antiaircraft missiles might be shifted to Hezbollah in Lebanon. But the mysterious raid raises troubling questions about the possible region-wide spread of the Syrian civil war, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. Israeli wa ...

Russia Today

• ‘Burkas for baby girls’: Saudi preacher slamme ...
  A Saudi cleric who called for baby girls to wear burkas for their own safety has been subjected to a barrage of criticism on social media. The preacher’s remarks have been widely condemned for denigrating Islam, and as... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Syrian TV shows 'aftermath' footage, Israel im ...
  Syrian TV has broadcast images of what it said was the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a research facility near Damascus. Israel has implicitly admitted it was behind the raid, which allegedly targeted a weapons... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Dozens killed as suicide bomber, gunmen attack ...
  A suicide bomber and a group of gunmen have besieged a police station in northern Iraq, killing at least 33 people. The ensuing gun battle between militants and officers wounded a further 70 people. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Saudi preacher gets fine and short jail term f ...
  Public anger has gripped Saudi Arabia after a prominent preacher who raped and beat to death his 5-year-old daughter was sentenced to a few months in jail and a $50,000 fine – known as 'blood money' – to compensate the... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Spaniards outraged by prime minister’s corrupt ...
  Demonstrations have taken place across Spain following the Prime Minister’s denial of corruption. In Madrid riot police were called in to quell the crowd. Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

• Punxsutawney Phil fails to see eclipse of mank ...
  You know it’s GROUNDHOG DAY when newspaper weather forecasts read like articles in the Onion. The unseasonably warm winter that followed a record breaking hot summer has been declared by Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania’s mascot meteorologist to be an “Early Spring”. FOR NATURE ...
• Time Mag trio wants to stop violence. Whose? L ...
  OMG YES. OF COURSE. STOP THE VIOLENCE. Wait. By whose pinheaded definition? “Too many children are dying” exclaims Gabrielle Giffords! But looking into the eyes of these posterchild sociopaths, you know they’re only talking about domestic gun deaths, the collateral damage of ou ...
• Idle No More versus War On Terra
  Rap News skewers environmental destruction of Canada and Australia, as alien invasions competing for first place in “War on Terra”, praises IDLE NO MORE for rising against non-indigenous expropriation of the “Commonwealth”.
• US forces push women to front lines, canon fod ...
  Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat. I guess US prisons have consumed the traditional canon fodder labor pool. What’s the upside to this news –a kinder gentler militarized empire? Fail. Our culture of violence doesn’t breed matriarchs. American women on the front lines is goo ...
• Israel caught birth controlling the Falash Mur ...
  How’s this for a Wikipedia item update? After five years of having denied the practice, the Israeli government admits it is secretly administering birth control injections to its Falash Mura population, reducing that community’s birth rate by half. Falash Mura you may ask, translates ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• New Conspiracy Funhouse: Parody Interview with ...
  Stew's Conspiracy Funhouse Audio podcast,(conspiracy based sketch comedy,) Kicking off our 3rd year with our best episode yet! Doomsday Preppers gets blasted, a game show parody exposes the Bush family, and an interview with Skeptic Michael Shermer. Plus new parody commercials and music from Sla ...
• The WTC Dust: Science and Replication
   Bilbo's Blog A few years ago a team of scientists studied the red/gray chips in dust samples of the World Trade Center buildings and came to the conclusion that they were the remains of an active thermitic material, which could have been used as explosives. Since then their claim ...
• Speaking Truth to Power
  I’ve recently been involved in a series of debates with science blogger Myles Power over the events of 9/11. Though I’m currently working on Part 2 of my response to his YouTube video series, I need to address one issue that’s recently come to my attention. It seems that Mr. Power has decided to ...
• Lupe Fiasco Kicked Off Stage At Obama Inaugura ...
  On June 10th 2011, I posted the official video and lyrics for Lupe Fiasco's "Words I Never Said" ft. Skylar Grey. So he was already cool in my book. Now I think hero is more befitting than cool. As recently reported on 9/11blogger: Score one for truth, justice and accountability. "At the Obama ...
• Quotes Rant
  Ok, this is getting ridiculous! Why the hell would Albert Einstein ever say that?! He was a physicist, not a botanist! I found this image on the front page of David Icke's site and it's obvious from the file name that it came Facebook - probably some "truth" page. I called BS immediately ...

Fooducate

• Whole Grains = Whole Lot of Confusion
• USDA Considering Adding Greek Yogurt to School ...
• Five Ways to Healthify Your Superbowl Sunday
• The World’s “Most Amazing” Breakfast Cereal is ...
• Learn to Love Kale! 3 Simple Steps

Traffikd

• How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO Campaign
  People who are just beginning to focus on their website or blog may or may not know that they should make their content live up to the standards of search engine optimization or SEO. Making content SEO rich is the one of the most effective strategies for boosting the number of visitations on you ...
• Twitter Step by Step
  Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
• SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
  When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
• How To Choose Keywords
  Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
• Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
  So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...

Survival International

• Game of Thrones star speaks out over Colombian ...
  Game of Thrones and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena has done a voice-over for Survival's interview.© SurvivalGame of Thrones and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena has lent her support to a Survival International campaign to finally bring the killers of three Colombian Indian leaders to justice. ...
• Jared Diamond's new book 'The World Until Yest ...
  Diamond says that state governments stop tribal people from killing each other, but doesn't mention that an estimated 100,000 Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian authorities.© Jeanne Herbert/SurvivalTribal rights organization Survival International has launched a vigorous critique of ...
• Survival launches 'Stop Complaining' ad for Ea ...
  Survival's new ad 'Stop Complaining' will bring global attention to the plight of Earth's most threatened tribe.© SurvivalHuman rights organization Survival International has launched a worldwide advertising campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the Awá tribe in Brazil ...
• Victory for ‘human safari’ campaign as court b ...
  The campaign against 'human safaris' to the Jarawa tribe has won an important victory.© SurvivalSurvival International’s campaign to stop ‘human safaris’ in India’s Andaman Islands has gained an important victory, after the Supreme Court banned tourists from traveling along the road wh ...
• Indigenous protests sweep Canada
  Idle no more protesters marching in Victoria, BC, December 21, 2012.© r.a. paterson/ Creative Commons LicenseNative people across Canada have blockaded roads, bridges and railway lines as part of the grass-roots indigenous movement Idle No More. From British Columbia, where dozens of protesters ...

Greg Palast

• Aaron Swartz Died for Piers Morgan's Sins
  By Greg Palast for Vice.com This is the tale of two geniuses. In 2000, Aaron Swartz, aged 14, had just released his astonishing invention, RSS, to ease the flow of information and news around the Internet. Around the same time, one of Piers Morgan’s stringers hacked into the phone of Sir Paul Mc ...
• Piers Morgan And My Pee Pee
  By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine Now, if this were a movie, you would hear the audience scream, "DON’T TAKE THE KEY! DON’T GO UP THOSE STAIRS!" The reporter part of my brain was screaming, too: 'THIS SMELLS BAD.' But I couldn’t  hear a thing because, while I was out for the story, the memory of  ...
• Assault Gun Ban - Weapon of Mass Distraction
  By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine George Bush told America he'd keep us safe from terrorists by having us take off our shoes at the airport. Yesterday, Barack Obama again took the Oath of Office. And this Obama 2.0 is also going to save America from insane killers – by limiting ammo clips to ten ...
• Alex Jones, Guns, Piers Morgan – and My Penis
  By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine This is the first of Palast's weekly columns for VICE – beginning with a bang: a four-part series on Alex Jones, guns, Piers Morgan and Palast's penis. PART ONE: ALEX JONES VERSUS DOWNTON ABBEY Alex Jones is right. Deport Piers Morgan. NOW. Send him back. In chai ...
• Big Oil, Big Ketchup and The Assassination of ...
  By Greg Palast for Truthout Venezuelan President Chavez once asked me why the US elite wanted to kill him. My dear Hugo: It's the oil. And it's the Koch Brothers – and it's the ketchup. [As a purgative for the crappola fed to Americans about Chavez, my foundation, The Palast Investigative Fund, ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle a wooden shoe rack?
  There was a neighbourhood “give and take” event near me at the weekend – people took along their unwanted items and took home anything other people had donated that took their fancy — all for free. It was mostly small things – crockery, household knick-knacks and bo ...
• How can I reuse or recycle old glass blocks/gl ...
  We’ve had an email from Whitney, asking about reuse/recycling ideas for glass blocks (or glass bricks, as they’re also known): We just bought a house and making a lot of renovations. We removed some glass blocks from an old bathroom window and I want to reuse them for something. I lo ...
• How can I “reuse” fresh eggs that ...
  (Hi! Sorry to regular readers for the stupidly long break in posting – I’ve been reading all the comments as usual as they come in, just not posting any new content myself due to a combination of busy-ness, illness and laziness. I’m hoping to get back to regular scheduled blogg ...
• How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
  Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
• How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
  Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]

Age of Autism

• Let Him Eat Cake
  By Cathy Jameson Last week I was doing some writing in my office when I heard a strange noise coming from the kitchen. I asked one of Ronan’s siblings to check out the noise hoping I could finish what I...
• Treaty Negotiations INC5 Wrap Up SafeMinds Per ...
  From the Safeminds.org newsletter: By Eric Uram, SafeMinds Executive Director So what happened in Geneva at the negotiating session for finalizing language contained in UNEP's international mercury treaty? In particular, when it came to making real headway on addressing the...
• Dachel Media Update: Closet Punishment, Flu Sh ...
  ff Jan 31, 2013 NBC10 Philadelphia: Sixth Grader Punished in Windowless Closet and NY Daily News Sixth-grader says he was locked in a windowless closet as punishment, superintendent calls description patently inaccurate Jan 30, 2013, Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun:...
• Dachel Media Update: Babies, Bus, Wait Lists
  Jan 31, Hamilton (OT) Spectator: Autism traits found in babies Jan 30, CBS Miami: School Bus Attendant Accused Of Abusing Autistic Child Pleads Not Guilty Jan 30, WUSA Washington DC: Doctors With The ConnectMe Study Are Looking For Families Affected...
• Katie Wright on the IOM Vaccine Report
  By Katie Wright Vaccines are the most effective and safe health care interventions in history. OK listen up dummies. Thanks to all those exasperating parents who dare to question vaccine safety the IOM has released a thorough and objective report...

Global BDS Movement

• G4S loses its contract with the European Parli ...
  Campaigners had raised concerns about the role the company plays in equipping Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law
• Palestinian civil society and human rights org ...
  Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S, supplier to Israeli prisons at which political prisoners are detained
• BDS roundup: Los Angeles activists urge city t ...
  In this week’s BDS roundup from the Electronic Intifada, LA activists, international campaign urges Yves Béhar, university students in Pennsylvania protest, boycott activists, and more
• Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should ...
  The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade
• Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS
  Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government

Farm Wars

• FLUORIDEGATE An American Tragedy
  FLUORIDEGATE is a new documentary that reveals the tragedy of how the United States government, industry and trade associations protect and promote a policy known to cause harm to our country and especially to small children who suffer more than any other segment of the population. While governm ...
• Polish Resistance to GMO Deception Swells to F ...
  The swelling farmers’ protest against the Polish government’s sell-off of prime Polish farmland to foreign multi-national corporations has now spread to five Polish provinces.
• Hazardous Virus Gene Discovered in GM Crops af ...
  ISIS has warned against the CaMV 35S promoter and called for all affected GM crops to be withdrawn since 1999 while damning evidence on its safety continues to emerge.
• Sir Julian Joins Polish Farmers in Solidarity ...
  Sir Julian will drive a tractor from Path Hill Farm, carrying Polish flags and placards proclaiming 'Solidarity with the Polish farmers', 'Stop GMO' and 'Free-up Repressive Food Regulations' that inhibit local sales.
• Farmers Land Stolen for GM Food Production
  Once again, the public has been duped by tricky political rhetoric into believing that the public’s demands are being heeded, when in actuality, this is just another deceptive act which opens the door for the introduction and take over of genetically modified seed, supplied by the world’s most d ...

Open Your Eyes News

• Twitter’s transparency report reveals in ...
  Guardian – Government requests for Twitter users’ data rose by 20% in the second half of 2012, the social network said on Monday. The requests came from 30 countries around the world, but the vast majority were from the US and were usually linked to criminal investigations. Updated f ...
• A Really Inconvenient Truth: EU Carbon Trading ...
  Herald Sun – The Gillard Government’s carbon trading plans are in tatters after two developments in Europe overnight, leaving it staring at billions of dollars in Budget deficits. First, the EU carbon trading scheme to which the Government linked Australia from 2015 has been rocked with fr ...
• Moody’s downgrades Canadian banks over consume ...
  Financial Post – One of the world’s leading debt rating agencies on Monday downgraded five of Canada’s big banks because of exposure to over-leveraged consumers, but stock markets seemed not to notice as bank shares continued on a winning streak that’s been going on more than six months. T ...
• 7 Big Defense Companies With Big Transparency ...
  Wired – The combination of tons of cash from advanced military projects and excessive secrecy is a dangerous one — it fuels corruption and graft in defense industries around the world. This week, Transparency International released its summary of corruption in the defense world, and broke ...
• The People Fight Back – Game to destroy ...
  Guardian – Activists in Berlin are teaming up to trash surveillance cameras. Points are given, with bonus scores for the most innovative modes of destruction. As a youth in a ski mask marches down a Berlin U-Bahn train, dressed head-to-toe in black, commuters may feel their only protection ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• Climate change threatens wolverines; protectio ...
  Citing shrinking mountain snowpacks as a result of climate change, federal wildlife officials are proposing to list wolverines as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
• Does Central Valley irrigation boost the South ...
  Irrigation in California’s Central Valley pours so much water vapor into the atmosphere that it significantly drives up summer rainfall and runoff in the Southwest, according to a new study.
• McDonald's fast-food fish gets Eco-label as su ...
  Can we eat our way to sustainability?
• Groups say smaller delta tunnel is better
  A group of conservation organizations and Bay Area water agencies is proposing a vastly scaled-down version of a new export system for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, arguing that it would cost less and be more reliable than a plan supported by Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration.
• Listen to call of the wild at vast online arch ...
  Wonder what a walrus sounds like underwater? Or what sounds a West European hedgehog makes? Or an ostrich chick while still inside its shell?

water.org

• From Kutcha Well to Water Point
  In Assam, access to safe drinking water and sanitation in rural communities and small towns is often unavailable. Community residents are dependent on rain, streams, and rivers for drinking and agricultural water. Additionally, unhygienic practices have contributed to the pollution of available ...
• Live from Davos
  April Rinne, Director of WaterCredit, speaks with The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore live from The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Watch the full interview here.
• How far would you go?
  When you complete daily actions to earn points, you climb the virtual mountain and can win prizes! Ascend the 7 routes of Kilimanjaro and along the way qualify to win prizes from HP, Intel, P&G, KLM and Eddie Bauer. The more points you have, the better your chances to win the ultimate grand priz ...
• Household Water in Ongata Rongai
  When individuals lack household access to water, they must purchase it from another source. This water cart was selling water for 15-20 KES (USD $0.18 and $0.24) per 20 liters in a neighborhood in Ongata Rongai, Kenya. (The average income per person in Kenya is $2.25 per day. Source: The Wor ...
• Rainwater Harvesting
  Tabitha is a 28 year old primary school graduate living within Rongai town. She lives on a 1-acre farm with her husband’s family and their 4 year old daughter. The family’s semi-permanent (corrugated sheet metal walled) bungalow houses 5 adults and 2 children, which is connected to the electrici ...

Cryptogon

• Who Held Kevin McGeever in a Dark Room for Eig ...
  This is a pretty weird one. Via: Irish Independent: THE enigma of the Irish property developer who claimed he was held captive for eight months and tortured deepened this weekend as more details emerged about his bizarre ordeal. Kevin Michael McGeever was found wandering by the side of a Leitrim ...
• World’s Largest Natural Sound Archive Is ...
  Via: Cornell: After 12 years of work, Cornell’s Macaulay Library archive, the largest collection of wildlife sounds in the world, is now digitized and fully available online. “In terms of speed and the breadth of material now accessible to anyone in the world, this is really revoluti ...
• Don’t Let Them Pull Out Your Teeth
  Via: DailyKos: A few years ago I was diagnosed with an advanced case of gum disease. I was showing pocket depths of 9s and 10s. Many of my teeth were actually loose. And it had become painful to eat certain foods. My periodontist told me that in order to stop it from getting worse, I [...]
• Gasoline at Highest Price Ever for This Time o ...
  Via: CNBC: U.S. drivers are now paying more to fill up their gas tanks than they ever have at this time of year. The national average price of retail gasoline posted its biggest one-day increase in 23 months on Friday, rising four cents to $3.46 a gallon, according to AAA. The average price has ...
• The Spy Novelist Who Knows Too Much
  I wonder what these novels contain about 9/11… Via: New York Times: Last June, a pulp-fiction thriller was published in Paris under the title “Le Chemin de Damas.” Its lurid green-and-black cover featured a busty woman clutching a pistol, and its plot included the requisite car chases, exp ...

The Economic Collapse

• Shocking Numbers That Show The Media Is Lying ...
  Did you know that the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is employed has continually been falling since 2006 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics?  Did you know that the increase in the number of Americans "not in the labor force" during Barack Obama's first four years in the White H ...
• 15 Signs That You Better Get Prepared For The ...
  You better get ready, because there are a whole host of signs that economic trouble is on the horizon.  U.S. economic growth slipped into negative territory during the fourth quarter of 2012.  That was the first time that has happened in more than three years.  Several important measures of manu ...
• Who Runs The World? Solid Proof That A Core Gr ...
  Does a shadowy group of obscenely wealthy elitists control the world?  Do men and women with enormous amounts of money really run the world from behind the scenes?  The answer might surprise you.  Most of us tend to think of money as a convenient way to conduct transactions, but the truth is tha ...
• Federal Reserve Money Printing Is The Real Rea ...
  You can thank the reckless money printing that the Federal Reserve has been doing for the incredible bull market that we have seen in recent months.  When the Federal Reserve does more "quantitative easing", it is the financial markets that benefit the most.  The Dow and the S&P 500 have bot ...
• Social Decay + Illegal Immigration + Poverty = ...
  What did you think was going to happen?  Moral standards have been falling for decades, we have allowed massive hordes of criminals, gang members and drug dealers to enter this country illegally, and thanks to our declining economy our inner cities are being absolutely ravaged by poverty.  Was s ...

Desertification

• Char development in Bangladesh (IFAD)
  Read at : http://ifad-un.blogspot.be/2013/02/living-on-new-land-char-development-in.html Living on new land: Char development in Bangladesh Posted by Sarah Hessel The coastlines of Bangladesh are constantly moving. Surveys, based on satellite images, have shown that each year there is a net accr ...
• Mitigating the Impacts of Desertification (Goo ...
  Read at : http://yadingeria.wordpress.com/tag/desertification-and-drought/ Mitigating the Impacts of Desertification and Drought BY: ABUBAKAR JIMOH Over the years, desertification and drought are two related disasters largely contributing to high rate of famine, especially in the Northern part o ...
• Combating Soil Erosion and Desertification wit ...
  Read at : http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/guidelines-for-combating-soil-erosion-and-desertification-with-plants-352664 Guidelines for combating Soil Erosion and Desertification with plants Source: European Commission, Environment DG A set of guidelines has been developed to reduce soil ...
• Appropriate Technology
  This publication is for communicating new practical technologies, policies and ideas addressed to the elimination of poverty and hunger. December 2012 issue front cover picture Sanergy is bringing sustainable sanitation to urban slums in Kenya with ‘Fresh Life Toilets’. In … Continue readi ...
• Locust threat in Chad (IRIN News)
  Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97371/In-Brief-Chad-averts-locust-threat In Brief: Chad averts locust threat Chad has eliminated the threat of a full-scale locust invasion in its northern region, a pastoralist zone dotted with oases that provide water for small-scale farming, says the N ...

The Paper Trail

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backofthebook.ca

• RIM’s — er, Blackberry’s &#8 ...
  By Mark Evans While the new and much-anticipated BlackBerry 10 has finally launched, there’s another story that I think is as compelling: the public relations campaign that has happened over the past six months that let RIM arrive at yesterday’s launch with the wind in its sails. The PR work has ...
• BC throws a film party — for India
  \\\|\\\ Tags:  Bollywood, British Columbia, film, India, Ontario, Quebec Del.icio.us Facebook TweetThis Digg StumbleUpon ...
• Sun News might just get its way
  By David@sixthestate.net I don’t think there’s really any need for a detailed analysis of the following: Sun News Network, the right-wing, free-market, anti-government “news” channel set up by Quebecor and some former Harper staffers is losing money and wants the government to mandate a special ...
• The NHL is back, but I won’t be
  By Montreal Simon A couple of my friends came over this evening to watch the Habs-Leafs game on my big screen TV. And they were surprised to find out that I hadn’t been planning to watch it, until they turned up. And that I wasn’t the least bit excited that the season had finally sta ...
• An Idle proposal to Canadian journalists: STFU
  By Frank Moher Kevin Newman’s interview with Chief Theresa Spence, aired today on CTV’s “Question Period,” illustrated pretty neatly in its first few minutes all that’s been wrong with mainstream coverage of Spence’s fast, and of Idle No More. Newman began by ...

libcom

• The new Jim Crow discredited, Advocates demand ...
  BarCodePrisonBars.jpg Radical scholars and social justice activists say the popular discourse of The New Jim Crow promotes a false understanding of mass incarceration in the United States and serves t ...
• Freedom Bookshop firebombed
  72898_10151473864771873_1823619268_n.jpg London based anarchist bookshop, Freedom was firebombed in the early hours of the morning. On twitter, Freedom said: read more
• British TV news airs footage refuting South Af ...
  Ben Fogel on the new footage of the Marikana Massacre screened on Channel Four in the UK. Five months after the Marikana Massacre in South Africa, footage of police action at the ‘killing koppie‘ ["hill"] has finally reached the publi ...
• The community turns out in force for the Hales ...
  halesowen4rally.jpg On Saturday 26th January over 200 people took to the streets of Halesowen to demand the reinstatement of four members of the Maths department who had been sacked. On a cold day, w ...
• Budapest: Thirty housing rights activists arrested
  1.jpg On the 19th January 2013, homeless activists and their allies squatted an empty building in the 7th district of Budapest. The squatters demanded the institutionalization of a right to housing an ...

Free Range International

• The Last Post
  This will be the last post I write for the FRI blog.  If this is the first time you have seen this blog stop reading this right now and go back to October 2011 in the archives section because those are some of the best posts I ever wrote about Afghanistan.  Or go to the [...]
• How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
  Our little posse made it out of Afghanistan without any dramas.  My brother Tim left with me because The Bot had made it perfectly clear that his IED hit from the year before had made him completely unstable and a big pain in his ass.  We went to London again and both my brother and [...]
• Vision Quest
  Editors note: Be sure to start this series from the beginning (Dalton Thomas Comes Home) so it makes sense.  We will try to get more posts up sooner than we have been lately but Dalton is, to be honest, not doing as well as we hoped .  Baba Tim is also banged up again and [...]
• Band On The Run
  Editors Note:  It is important for first time readers to start this story from the beginning.  This is a (mostly) fictional account by my brother, Dalton Thomas Lynch, who is using the pen as therapy as he adjusts to living a normal life back in the states.   Any donations received by the FRI bl ...
• Dead Man Walking
  Dalton continues to heal himself using creative writing as his vehicle for change.  Any donations our loyal readers are able to spare for this cracking tale will go directly to Dalton.  For the record, I (Baba T) did not say “Vet or Ventilate” and insist it was “If we can&#8217 ...

The Story Behind the Story

• Update: Another Anomaly on the Sandy Hook Lin ...
  This is an incredible smoking gun, dear readers.   It should be more than enough evidence to open a Citizen’s Grand Jury investigation. Imagine -  absolute PROOF of a series of Vimeo posts and Twitter/Facebook accounts “memorializing’ the Sandy Hoax Shootings a full month befor ...
• Update: Another Anomaly on the Sandy Hook Lin ...
  This is an incredible smoking gun, dear readers.   It should be more than enough evidence to open a Citizen’s Grand Jury investigation. Imagine -  absolute PROOF of a series of Vimeo posts and Twitter/Facebook accounts “memorializing’ the Sandy Hoax Shootings a full month befor ...
• The Original “Savage Chick” Speaks ...
  Man, what I wouldn’t give to see this “Savage Chick” square off with Edomite Khazar Psycho Sherri Kane. It would make THE OCTAGON of the MMA look like a Sunday School picnic! She nails it all RIGHT ON THE HEAD!  No “hate speech” here, just a good 10 minutes of gospe ...
• The Original “Savage Chick” Speaks ...
  Man, what I wouldn’t give to see this “Savage Chick” square off with Edomite Khazar Psycho Sherri Kane. It would make THE OCTAGON of the MMA look like a Sunday School picnic! She nails it all RIGHT ON THE HEAD!  No “hate speech” here, just a good 10 minutes of gospe ...
• The Origin of All Evil – What is TRUTH?
  Allow me to wax philosophical in this post.  Allow me to share my deepest thoughts about the meaning of life to me personally.    Allow me to be logical, in other words. In the New Testament, we read that in His interview with Pilate, Christ Jesus, The Promised Messiah, the literal King of all K ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

• Life in a carbon neutral world…
  There’s a great Story from the New York Times / International Herald and Tribune about a 28 year old product designer from Luxembourg attempting to live a carbon neutral life in Barcelona, Spain. Her story is at certainly inspiring, although sometimes uncomfortable to read about… who ...
• BPA, Phthalates, Toxic Plastic Bottles, Sippy ...
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• Green Spring Cleaning!
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• Food Miles – how far your food travels & ...
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• Getting real about energy production & reduction
  Here’s a great video from a Cambridge University Physicist David Mackay. He’s discussing practical ways of measuring domestic power consumption, ways of producing energy, and he debate about replacing traditional fossil fuels based methods of producing electricity with more sensible ...

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

• Chris Hadfield, astronaut (Jan 26, 2013)
  Peter talks to the Canadian Astronaut from his current home in space aboard the International Space Station.
• Jesse Hirsh, tech expert
  Making sense of changes in technology and what it means for business, privacy and democracy.
• Alex Anthopoulos, Toronto Blue Jays GM (Jan 12 ...
  Thirteen years ago he was destined for a life in the heating business in Montreal – but something happened and Alex Anthopoulos changed his life direction. In many ways he taught himself to become a big league baseball manager – and now he is, with a chance to be at the top of the game.
• Stephen Starr, author "Revolt in Syria"
  How long can Assad cling to power and what's the road ahead for the Syrian people? Peter talks to a journalist who spent the past five years living in Syria.
• Amos Yadlin, Israeli security expert (Dec 1, 2012)
  Peter sits down with Retired Major General Amos Yadlin, Director of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, to discuss Iran, Syria, and continuing instability in the Middle East.

Scotts Contracting

• ALERT: HB44 Threatens Missouri’s RES
• Introducing the NewPower™ Standard
  the World’s First: Triple-Redundant Alternative Power System For Homes and Business Your Building will never lose power again with this robust power system; 4500 Watt Solar Power Generation 8000 Watt Line-Interactive Inverter / Battery Back-up UPS / Power Center 8000 Watt Stand-by Generator to r ...
• 27 January, 2013 10:42
  Twitter (314) 669-5598 Facebook Web Site: http://stlouisrenewableenergy.com scottscontracting Job Site Photo Album Green Blog
• Congressional Democrats Launch Climate Change ...
  EcoWatch Building on President Obama’s  inaugural commitment to address climate change, key congressional leaders announced a new Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that will be co-chaired by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). The goal is to provide a Congressional ...
• 2 Topics Near and Dear to My Heart
  Missouri Farmers and Renewable Energy Information ADDITIONAL FARM REVENUE FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES The following information covers topics that are very dear to my heart. 1) Clean Energy and 2) Farming / Ranching. For everyone who has not read the About Me Page; I was raised on a 4,000 acre ...

The View From Abroad

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Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

• Cracks in the Eritrea Edifice
  Fissures are beginning to appear in Isaias Afewerki's dictatorship.
• Non-nuclear Weapons States Forget How Much Pow ...
  Non-nuclear weapons states forget that the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty exists at their pleasure.
• The In Amenas Fiasco Throws Cold Water on the ...
  The Algerian hostage crisis was both a human and political fiasco and its regional implications are still evolving.
• Drones on Their Own at Home and Abroad
  Drones are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, not to mention -- however artificially -- intelligent.
• Powering the Pacific "Pivot" With Leon and Chuck
  Will Hegel follow in Panetta's ideological footsteps when it comes to the Air-Sea, Cold War style battle in the Pacific?

Law.com

• Latest Chevron Outtake: 'They're All Corrupt!'
  Donziger muses 'The judicial system is so utterly weak' in Corporate Counsel's latest release of outtakes from the documentary Crude.
• Minus Kagan, Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask' Po ...
  In an order Friday, the Supreme Court denied a motion aimed at allowing a worldwide ban on enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to take effect.
• MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight W ...
  A Los Angeles judge issued a tentative ruling Friday denying toymaker MGA Entertainment's efforts to stay a lawsuit that was filed by its former lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers.
• Proskauer and English Firm End Their Merger Di ...
  Proskauer Rose and SJ Berwin said Friday they had decided against merging, putting to an end months of speculation about a possible trans-Atlantic tie-up between the two law firms. The firms in a joint statement said "we recognized that the timetable necessary to reach the agreements that would ...
• IRS Throws In Towel on Closely Watched Interna ...

Iranian.com

• Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge ne ...
  French lawmakers invited the head of a previously shunned Iranian dissident group to parliament on Wednesday, aiming to help it gain credibility as a viable opposition to Tehran's government. read more
• زهر مار ایرانی برای نجات سربازان آمریکایی
  در راهنمای پزشکی فرماندهی مرکزی نیروهای آمریکا در افغانستان تاکید شده است که پادزهر تولید شده در انستیتو رازی تهران، بهترین دارو برای مقابله با نیش مارهای کبرا و انواع دیگر مارهای سمی و خطرناک آسیای میانه است که در افغانستان به فراوانی وجود دارند.
• نسرین ستوده اعتصاب غذای خود را شکست
  ه گزارش رسیده به کلمه، متعاقب دیدار رضا خندان همسر این زندانی سیاسی و گروهی از فعالان زنان با برخی از نمایندگان و پیگیری های محمدرضا تابش و ابوترابی فرد و مذاکره آنها با رییس مجلس و قوه قضاییه و با برداشتن محدودیت های قضایی از مهراوه خندان، دختر نسرین ستوده، وی به اعتصاب غذای خود پایان داد.read more
• Iran’s Claim of Drone Capture Is Denied by U.S.
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• Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explo ...
  The latest image from DigitalGlobe clearly showing the new blue roofing of the two major buildings, new equipment and materials and the rows of earth piles. Numerous cars present at the site suggest a considerable level of activity at the site.

Most Revolutionary Act

• FBI Refuses to Disclose Surveillance Policy
  In August the American Civil Liberties filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit with the FBI seeking details of its of its surveillance policy — who it spies upon, how, and under what circumstances. The FBI sent back two 50+ page memos in reply, each totally blacked out excep ...
• US Trained Mali Rebels Who Overthrew Government
  General Carter Ham, the AFRICOM commander for the Pentagon, admitted last week that the US had helped trained the Mali rebels, including Captain Amadou Sanogo, who led the military coup which overthrew Mali’s constitutionally-elected government. In describing the statement ...
• Was Stevens Running Guns in Benghazi?
  Retired General William G Boykin believes when he was assassinated in Benghazi, former ambassador Chris Stevens was working for the CIA running guns (or preparing to run them), via Turkey, to the  Syrian rebels. He explains his reasoning in an interview with CNSNews.com. Boy ...
• Wild Dophin Approaches Diver for Help
  A wild dolphin approached a Hawaiian diving instructor last week after getting entangled in a fishing line and getting the hook caught in its dorsal fin.  Note how the animal positions its body to make the hook easier to remove and how the diver users his hands to communicate. In all proba ...
• Anonymous - Response to Obama's 2013 Gun Contr ...
  The hactivist group speaks out strongly in favor of the second amendment. In a classic act of YouTube censorship, the original video was taken down. Fortunately viewers copied it to numerous mirror sites. If video fails to play try one of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ5V5g9ZHkM htt ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

• Top Wall Street Banker: "It's a Shame We Can't ...
  In his new book Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington and the Education of a President, Ron Suskind describes the perspective of a top Wall Street banker on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and the Obama administration in September, 2009, soon after Obama delivered a speech about financial refo ...
• Milhous, in Three Acts
  Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore ACT I: Nixon’s the One Every good Catholic blamed Lyndon Johnson for Kennedy’s death. Not that he had anything to do with the actual assassination (though there were those who believed he did). But we all kne ...
• Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, Supporting ...
  From The Final Days by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: Almost from the beginning, Kissinger had secretly had all his telephone calls, including those with the President, monitored and transcribed... Nixon was often on the phone with Kissinger for fifteen minutes or longer. The President was r ...
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Quantico psychiatrist: ...
  Ft. Meade, MD -November 29, 2012 - Yesterday at Bradley Manning's Article 13 hearing, professional military psychiatrist Captain Kevin Moore testified that Bradley Manning's pretrial confinement conditions at Quantico military brig were worse than that of any other long-term pretrial pr ...
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Letter Criticizing Democ ...
  When President Franklin D. Roosevelt made plans to run for a third term in 1940 he decided to drop conservative Vice President John Nance Garner from the ticket, both because Garner disapproved of Roosevelt running again and Garner's opposition to much of the New Deal. Instead Roosevelt chose Se ...

Salon

• Student sues Columbia University for involunta ...
  A former Columbia student alleges he was involuntarily committed to St. Luke’s Hospital and held there for 30 days
• 787 remains grounded, but their batteries can fly
  The Dreamliner's batteries are now allowed to fly -- only if they're not attached to a Dreamliner
• Archbishop letter on sex abuse read at LA churches
  Archbishop Jose Gomez's letter called the newly released files on clergy sex abuse "terribly sad and evil"
• Skeet-gate rocks the Internet
  A newly released photo of the president shooting clay pigeons didn't fly well with the far-right
• Gun control battle goes prime time with Super ...
  The ad, calling for mandatory background checks, uses footage of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre to make its case

SMB News

• Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
  For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
• Kasaba throws spit on the camera
  \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
• K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
  For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
• Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
  For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
• Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
  For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

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Energy Collective

• Can Natural Gas Push Nuclear Out of Energy Market?
  Making long term energy decisions based on today’s North American natural gas prices is a bit like swinging a hockey stick under the assumption that pucks don’t move, even when they are placed on slick ice.
• Green Car Technology: Workhorses vs. Thoroughbreds
  Yesterday I made my annual trek to the Washington Auto Show, which hosts a media day before opening to the public. Between the show's focus on policy--a natural draw inside the Beltway--and the opportunity to connect with OEM contacts, it's always worthwhile.
• Fun Energy Facts About Super Bowl Sunday
  With all of the microwaves heating up cheese dip, stoves preparing food, and refrigerators being constantly opened and closed, the assumption is that electrical draw would be monstrous on Super Bowl Sunday, right?
• Ethanol: Back to the Facts on E15
  Instead of attacking research it doesn’t like, the ethanol industry should welcome information that could help more and more auto manufacturers adapt future vehicles to accommodate higher levels of ethanol.
• The Superdome Scores a Touchdown for Energy Ef ...
  This year, the Baltimore Ravens will take on the San Francisco 49ers at the newly renovated Superdome. With $336 million worth of renovations, the Superdome is more modern, luxurious, and energy efficient than ever.

EU Times

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Stonecipher News

• WPMU Dev - The WordPress Experts!
• Stay Value Neutral When Counseling Clients
  From Chris Stonecipher's http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifFactoidz page: It is important to be value neutral wihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifth clients to avoid harm by mixing your own values and beliefs with clients that is potentially damaging to th ...
• Receive up to $50 of personalized Pexagon Tech ...
• This Seasons Biggest Blow-out Sale! 74% off Au ...
• Video Games and Teen Violence Correlations
  With the rising increase in teen violence, much research has been directed to determine if video games, violent television shows and other electronic media is directly related. Gentile, D.A. & Anderson C.A (2003) has done extensive research in which supports the theory that video games lead to v ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

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Groklaw

• What is Aaron Swartz's legacy?
  Computer programmer and internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz takes his own life. But what was really at stake in his work to ensure internet freedoms and free access to public information? Guests: Lawrence Lessig, Tim Lee, Maria Bustillos. - AlJazeeraEngish, YouTube
• Class Claims X-Box Soaks Parents Through Kids
  Lead plaintiff Norma Roy claims that Microsoft saves parents' credit card numbers and bills them - and breaks a slew of laws - by letting kids buy extra weapons and other tools in multiplayer online games.... "What Microsoft fails to disclose is that once the credit card info is input into the ...
• Notice of Public Hearing USPTO: Asks for Comme ...
  The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking stakeholder input on certain matters relating to international harmonization of substantive patent law, in particular, information and views on: (1) The grace period; (2) publication of applications; (3) the treatment of conflictin ...
• Yes, U.S. authorities can spy on EU cloud data ...
  Former Microsoft privacy chief Caspar Bowden, speaking at a panel discussion in Brussels this week, warned that U.S. law allows the government to spy on non-U.S. citizens files and documents, and that new Europe-wide data protection law proposals specifically allow such surveillance.... Bowd ...
• Reddit review puts some teeth into Aaron's Law
  Shortly after the suicide of Internet entrepreneur and activist Aaron Swartz, Silicon Valley lawmaker Zoe Lofgren proposed "Aaron's Law." The bill aims to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the law under which Swartz was prosecuted for mass-downloading academic documents from MIT's ...

WideShut

• What Zero Dark Thirty isn’t Telling You about ...
  Critically acclaimed film Zero Dark Thirty might win awards and make money, but that doesn't mean it presents the truth about the CIA and their history with Bin Laden. Why would it? The CIA helped with the film's development.
• Police Further Contradicted Over Mark Duggan S ...
  Mark Duggan didn't shoot at police, appears to have been unarmed and the pathologist's injury analysis does not match police testimony.
• Satanic Panic Reemerges In Jimmy Savile Scandal
  Notorious "satanic ritual abuse" psychoanalyst Valerie Sinason, uses the Jimmy Savile scandal to give new coverage of her baseless theories, and the press who once mocked her are eating it up.
• The Case for Marijuana in Pro Wrestling
  With painkillers and other prescription drugs causing the untimely deaths of many wrestlers, is it time for the industry to embrace marijuana?
• Unlawful Killing: Princess Diana’s Death ...
  After being blocked by UK lawyers the controversial Keith Allen documentary Unlawful Killing: Princess Diana's Death has been leaked online.

Politics in the Zeros

• Cheap 3D printers create replacement hand for ...
  Liam had no fingers on his right hand. Two designers created a Robohand for him using 3D printers. Not only can Liam use his new Robohand, the designers have published the plans and made them public domain so anyone can now 3D print a Robohand as well as tweak the design. Ars Technica has [...]
• Poe’s Law and the Kenyan Socialist skeet-shooting
  I posted satirically on Facebook and Twitter about Obama skeet shooting and it turned out to be a fine, if unintentional, example of Poe’s Law. Don’t be fooled. Photos of the Keynan Socialist skeet-shooting are simply meant to lull gun owners before their weapons are confiscated by ...
• Flipper the cat gets new set of wheels
  A high school robotics club designs contraption for Flipper, a paralyzed cat with a twisted spinal cord
• White and scary. Was Mark Hasse killed by Arya ...
  The Field Negro ponders speculation Assistant Attorney General Mark Hasse of Kaufman County, Texas was murdered by the Ayran Brotherhood. Oh lawd! Please tell me that the race war isn’t here already. I honestly wasn’t ready for this. At least give a brotha a chance to get his papers ...
• ICE freeing sex slaves through data mining
  Bravo. ICE is using big data to ferret out and arrest those engaging in sex slaves trafficking as well as locating victims. This highlights how data mining can be used for good purposes and not just for surveillance. There are huge amounts of data on all of us out there. With the proper tools [...]

TVNZ - Top Stories

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Just World News

• Four important reads on Syria
  The first two are excellent, on-the-ground reporting from Aleppo, by the seasoned, native Arabic speaker Ghaith Abdul-Ahad: Dec 27 and Dec 28. The second two are from the Carnegie Endowment: This thoughtful Dec 24 piece by Yezid Sayegh: Can the National Coalition Lead Syria?; and this very well ...
• Crunch time for funding G. Porter's book on Iran!
  Hi, everyone! We have just six days to go in our online fundraiser for Gareth Porter's very important planned book Manufactured Crisis: The Secret History of the Iranian Nuclear Scare. We've just topped getting pledges for 2/3 of the $10,000 we need for this. Can you do anything to help us get ...
• Palestine and the Arab Spring
  Plenty of western commentators have asserted that the attention that participants in the Arab Spring have been paying to governance issues in their own countries means that somehow they no longer really care about Palestine. (A few people, most notably As'ad Abou-Khalil, have challenged that as ...
• Obama admin wilfully blind on Gaza crisis?
  Quick! Someone help free Pres. Obama from the kidnappers who are holding him hostage! The kidnappers in question are, of course, our old friends from the Israel Lobby, who have succeeded so thoroughly in their decades-long campaign to stuff the whole of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment with ...
• Notes on Israeli threats of launching a 'Dahiy ...
  1. Some prominent Israelis are calling for a 'Dahiyeh' operation against Gaza. I just watched this clip from a news/discussion program on Israel's Channel 2. In it, "military analyst" Roni Daniel openly calls for the implementation of a "Dahiyeh" operation ("like in Beirut"), against Gaza. Dahi ...

frogblog

• General debate, February 3, 2013
• Infographic – jobs in manufacturing vs m ...
  One of these industries is shedding thousands of jobs, urging the Government to help, and being ignored. One of these industries is jobs-poor, urging the Government to back it, and being listened to. How about this instead?
• Looking up for bees?
  Protection for bees is one step closer after a proposal was brought to the European Commission to suspend the use of bee-harming chemicals on certain crops. Beekeepers in New Zealand are really concerned about the loss of bees here, as are the big food growers including Federated Farmers because ...
• Latest overseas investment decision ABBAsolute ...
  The Overseas Investment Office has just approved the sale of eight Waikato dairy farms comprising 3,205 hectares of land to Swedish consortium. This decision follows last year’s contentious decision to allow Chinese Company Shanghai Pengxin to purchase the Crafar farms.  The 16 Crafar farms comp ...
• January Water Woes
  Summer should be about lazy days at the beach, picnics on the riverbank and swimming. But increasingly we have a new summer ritual of warnings in newspapers around the country; warnings telling you to stay out of the local beaches, lakes and many of the rivers where families and friends have tra ...

Patronus Analytical

• Greek aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan
• Aid worker killed in Iraq
• Update on kidnapped Greek aid worker
• NGO worker beaten to death in Dhaka
• Canadian aid worker murdered in Honduras

J Kozy

• Violence: The American Way of Life
  The United States of America was conceived and nurtured by violence. Americans not only engage in violence, they are entertained by it. Killing takes place in America at an average of 87 times each day. Going to war in Afghanistan is less dangerous than living in Chicago. The Romans went to ...
• Democracy's Sickness Unto Death
  Governments do not exist for the benefit of common people, those people referred to in the Constitution as "We the people." Regardless of what officials claim, common man exists merely as a means to fulfill the ends the factions in control wish to attain. Madison's "diseases of faction" have ...
• Fraudulent Educational Reform in America
  What goes on in America's schools is essentially identical to what goes on in the Madrassas of the Muslim world. In both, orthodox beliefs are taught as truth and critical examination is discouraged. Two worlds clash in loggerheads.
• The Short, Miserable Life of American Prosperity
  History is not always progressive; there have been many instances of extensive regression. Immoral institutions can more easily become worse than better. When the Capitalists have accumulated all the wealth there is and have the means to take away any that is subsequently created, what will ...
• SCOTUS and the Rule of Flaw
  The Supreme Court of the United States is an institution that has failed in every possible way. It is notorious for having issued iniquitous opinions; it has not only failed to resolve but has exacerbated conflicts; and it has consistently negated the ideals the founding fathers wrote into t ...

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

• The Benefits of Minimally Invasive Dentistry
  By Dr. Mercola It’s very difficult to achieve high-level physical health if your dental health isn’t effectively addressed. I’ve been involved with alternatives to regular dentistry for quite some time. I think many people fail to appreciate how important dentistry is to our ...
• Shocking Revelation: US Health Care System Was ...
  By Dr. Mercola A review of U.S. healthcare expenses by the Institutes of Medicine1 has revealed that 30 cents of every dollar spent on medical care is wasted, adding up to $750 billion annually. The report identifies six major areas of waste: Unnecessary services; inefficient delivery o ...
• An Inspiring Visual Journey of Personal Healing
  By Dr. Mercola A number of fascinating and well-produced documentaries about health have emerged over the past few years, and this one is no exception. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, the award-winning film by Australian entrepreneur Joe Cross, offers an inspiring glimpse into the journey of sel ...
• TVs In Kids' Rooms Linked To Obesity And Unhea ...
  By Dr. Mercola Putting a television in your child’s bedroom may seem like a special treat, but it’s one that could be setting them up for a lifetime of poor sleep habits, and by association, obesity. And it’s not only TVs that are to blame. Computers, video games, cell ...
• Link Between Fetal Exposure to PVC Plastic Che ...
  By Dr. Mercola When you get out of the shower in the morning, you probably don’t pay much attention to your vinyl shower curtain, except to maybe note when it needs a cleaning. And if your home contains soft, flexible plastic flooring, such as vinyl or those padded play-mat floors for ...

JAMA

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Survival - tribal peoples

• Game of Thrones star speaks out over Colombian ...
  Game of Thrones and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena has done a voice-over for Survival's interview.© SurvivalGame of Thrones and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena has lent her support to a Survival International campaign to finally bring the killers of three Colombian Indian leaders to justice. ...
• Jared Diamond's new book 'The World Until Yest ...
  Diamond says that state governments stop tribal people from killing each other, but doesn't mention that an estimated 100,000 Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian authorities.© Jeanne Herbert/SurvivalTribal rights organization Survival International has launched a vigorous critique of ...
• Survival launches 'Stop Complaining' ad for Ea ...
  Survival's new ad 'Stop Complaining' will bring global attention to the plight of Earth's most threatened tribe.© SurvivalHuman rights organization Survival International has launched a worldwide advertising campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the Awá tribe in Brazil ...
• Victory for ‘human safari’ campaign as court b ...
  The campaign against 'human safaris' to the Jarawa tribe has won an important victory.© SurvivalSurvival International’s campaign to stop ‘human safaris’ in India’s Andaman Islands has gained an important victory, after the Supreme Court banned tourists from traveling along the road wh ...
• Indigenous protests sweep Canada
  Idle no more protesters marching in Victoria, BC, December 21, 2012.© r.a. paterson/ Creative Commons LicenseNative people across Canada have blockaded roads, bridges and railway lines as part of the grass-roots indigenous movement Idle No More. From British Columbia, where dozens of protesters ...

Montreal Gazette

• Hockey deal augurs poorly for rebirth of Nordiques
  With a new collective bargaining agreement in place, National Hockey League play resumed on the weekend. The enthusiastic fan reaction suggests that the four-month lockout will not result in any significant fan blowback in the short term.
• Editorial: A historic moment for Ontario, and ...
  When Kathleen Wynne becomes Ontario’s new premier, Canada will be in the remarkable position of having women as leaders of six of its provinces and territories.
• Editorial: Charbonneau Commission’s mandate mu ...
  The larger problem with the Charbonneau Commission is starting to look conceptual, having to do with what it can and cannot investigate.
• Editorial: If 2013 is to be a year of reform, ...
  Generally speaking, 2012 might be said to have been the year of red squares and brown envelopes. Both were symbolic of things going badly in Montreal.
• Editorial: Poll confirms sovereignist movement ...
  The separatist movement’s problem is not so much that it is divided into partisan factions , but that most Quebecers aren’t interested in what it’s peddling.

Food World Order

• Morningland Dairy destroyed by feds, $250,000 ...
  from naturalnews.com: There is a reason why America's founding fathers were willing to shed their own blood to gain independence from the crushing authoritarianism of the Crown of England. Nearly three years after first becoming a target for destruction by state and federal government agencies ...
• #Video: Avoid Doctors to Protect Your Health!
  Or: If You Want To Get Sick, Go To The Hospital! from therealfoodchannel.com: Simple advice that will save you time, money - and maybe even your life. And the good news is that you don't have to do anything to benefit.
• Vaccine Court Awards Millions to Two Children ...
  from huffingtonpost.com: The federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, better known as "vaccine court," has just awarded millions of dollars to two children with autism for "pain and suffering" and lifelong care of their injuries, which together could cost tens of millions of dollars. The ...
• 2 meter opponents arrested in Naperville: 'A s ...
  from chicagotribune.com: Two vocal opponents of Naperville’s initiative to install wireless electric meters on homes were arrested after interfering with the installation process, according to city officials. Police are accompanying crews this week as they install smart meters at homes that p ...
• BPA Substitute Could Spell Trouble: Experiment ...
  from cryptogon.com: Via: ScienceDaily: The industry responded by creating “BPA-free” products, which were made from plastic containing a compound called bisphenol S. In addition to having similar names, BPA and BPS share a similar structure and versatility: BPS is now known to be used in every ...

CrusadeWatch

• The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
  source:  Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
• Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
  source:  Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
• Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
  source:  India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
• The changing face of the church
  source:  Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
• Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
  source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011   In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort   S Shyam Prasad  

Whole Truth Coalition

• Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
  COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
• The Big Awakening Conference 2011
  Click here for more information …
• Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
  “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
• Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                       SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
• COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
  COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...

The Economic Collapse

• Shocking Numbers That Show The Media Is Lying ...
  Did you know that the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is employed has continually been falling since 2006 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics?  Did you know that the increase in the number of Americans "not in the labor force" during Barack Obama's first four years in the White H ...
• 15 Signs That You Better Get Prepared For The ...
  You better get ready, because there are a whole host of signs that economic trouble is on the horizon.  U.S. economic growth slipped into negative territory during the fourth quarter of 2012.  That was the first time that has happened in more than three years.  Several important measures of manu ...
• Who Runs The World? Solid Proof That A Core Gr ...
  Does a shadowy group of obscenely wealthy elitists control the world?  Do men and women with enormous amounts of money really run the world from behind the scenes?  The answer might surprise you.  Most of us tend to think of money as a convenient way to conduct transactions, but the truth is tha ...
• Federal Reserve Money Printing Is The Real Rea ...
  You can thank the reckless money printing that the Federal Reserve has been doing for the incredible bull market that we have seen in recent months.  When the Federal Reserve does more "quantitative easing", it is the financial markets that benefit the most.  The Dow and the S&P 500 have bot ...
• Social Decay + Illegal Immigration + Poverty = ...
  What did you think was going to happen?  Moral standards have been falling for decades, we have allowed massive hordes of criminals, gang members and drug dealers to enter this country illegally, and thanks to our declining economy our inner cities are being absolutely ravaged by poverty.  Was s ...

CASSE

• The Top Three Actions to Fix the Economy
  The typical prescriptions for fixing the economy won't cut it -- it's time to consider some better options.
• Today’s Irrational Policies Increase the Costs ...
  Congress appears to be trying to maximize the costs of future coastal storms. What could lawmakers do differently?
• Confessions of a Closet Football Fan
  by Brian Czech If you’re an American or just familiar with the American scene, you know what’s brewing. We’re not talking about the inauguration, sequestration, or Secretary of State nomination. No, something much bigger. We’re into the NFL playoffs and the biggest sporti ...
• Enough: the Central Concept in Economics
  In his foreword to the book, Enough Is Enough, Herman Daly contemplates the role of sufficiency in obtaining "the good life."
• The Visible Hand: Manipulating Market Prices b ...
  Just how efficient are are market prices when they put the future of all species, including humans, at risk?

The Talking Clock

• Every end is a new beginning...
  Just remember that death is not the end... So, whilst The Talking Clock is - for now at least - mothballed, the many friends and regular readers who are "awake" might want to join me in my little sidestep venture: http://conspiracywatch.blogspot.co.uk/ Blogrolls need to be added and the ...
• Okay Captain Ranty... this blogger resigns fro ...
  On the day that the BEST blogger in the blogosphere - Captain Ranty - has posted to announce 'end of transmission' (though not for the first time)... ...having mulled over what Captain Ranty has to say, rather than replying to the above linked blogpost in comments or via 140 characters on Twi ...
• European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment D ...
  Here are the highlights of the European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill, Second Reading debate which took place in the House of Commons yesterday. Bill Cash MP Plainly, the implosion in Europe does affect us, and this failed attempt to put a sticking plaster on an increasi ...
• Nothing Tutu Hide, Nothing Tutu Fear, Mr. Bliar
  Archbishop Desmond Tutu is all over the world's media for boldly coming out in public with a call for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Part of Tutu's thinking ...
• The People's Memorial: 15th Anniversary Tribut ...
  As is now a yearly thing for this blog, a few images of the tributes left at Kensington Palace for the fifteenth anniversary of Diana's death. Those of our readers who come here as fellow Diana admirers are more than welcome to save the images - links back greatly appreciated. Click on the th ...

Facing South

• INSTITUTE INDEX: States' rights wielded agains ...
  A by-the-numbers look at how claims of "states' rights" -- once used to defend racial segregation -- are being used to justify legislative assaults on the interests of economically struggling citizens in North Carolina, Mississippi and elsewhere across the South. read more
• Watchdogs dig up troubling questions about fed ...
  The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy fought the Obama administration in court to get it to disclose details about the $8.3 billion in loan guarantees it offered private companies to build two nuclear reactors at Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle. Though heavily redacted, the documents they got sugg ...
• Does UAW rally at Mississippi college signal r ...
  A gathering at historically black Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. this week to support workers' organizing efforts at a nearby Nissan plant felt like an old-time revival meeting. Was it signaling the revival of the labor movement in the region and beyond? read more
• Bulk of Pope Foundation money channeled into c ...
  Every December, the family foundation run by GOP mega-donor Art Pope publicizes the money it gives to the arts and community services. But it rarely mentions its grants to conservative groups and causes -- even though they make up 70% of the Pope Foundation's philanthropy. read more
• In North Carolina, full speed in reverse
  The legislative session that starts today promises to bring big changes to North Carolina as the leaders of the once-progressive state seek to slash unemployment insurance, create a more regressive tax code, impose voter ID requirements, increase private control of public schools, and enshrine r ...

CenterLine

• Search for new executive director of Center on ...
  Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003.  Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

• Today on New Scientist: 1 February 2013
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: the biology of tough childhoods, Texan mega-battery, steering spaceships with two brains, and more
• Fishy origin of remora's shark-sucking hat
  In a case of nature's love of recycling, the remora's unique sucking disc headgear starts life as a bog-standard dorsal fin
• Today on New Scientist: 31 January 2013
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: tough lessons for rookie drone pilots, social whodunnit in India, muscle-zapping games, and more
• Muddy sprawl of Limpopo flooding seen from space
  This is what 5 metres too much water looks like. The Limpopo river has burst its banks, causing floods that have killed at least 38 people
• Immigration reform – just part of Americ ...
  US leaders are weighing in on immigration reform, but much more needs to be done for the country to retain its economic and technological edge

Tech Drive In

• Ubuntu Phone Android Live Wallpaper is One of ...
  Ubuntu for Phones initiative was able to generate enormous interest in brand "Ubuntu". It was one of the biggest hits at CES 2013 and smartphone demos featuring Ubuntu Phone OS became instant hits on YouTube. Now, here's one for the fans. A brand new Ubuntu Phone OS style live wallpaper for An ...
• Valve Now Actively Promoting Steam for Linux, ...
  This has been an amazing turn of events. Until an year or two ago, Valve Inc. was a company popular among Windows users primarily. A great number of Linux users maintained a dual boot system with Windows on it because of the lack of good games for Linux, especially those from the Steam library ...
• A 10.1 inch Tablet that Dual-Boots Android 4.0 ...
  Kite (Nibbio in Italian) is a Full-HD tablet made by little known Italian electronics firm, DaVinci Mobile Technology. Kite tablet will be powered by Samsung Exynos 4412 quad-core processor and is supposedly going to dual boot latest stable versions of Ubuntu and Android, an idea no oth ...
• Top 5 Fast, Lightwieght and Free Android Launchers
  First, we introduced you to a chosen collection of 6 awesome launchers for Android. Then we featured 3 more launchers tailor-made for Android 4.0 ICS+ operating system. Since then, a lot of our readers have been asking for more lightweight alternatives to the ones we already featured. SPB Shel ...
• Ubuntu Phone OS Demo at CES 2013: Showcases Ca ...
  Yet another video is up showcasing several new features of Ubuntu Phone OS. While the first video, demoed by Mark Shuttleworth himself, illustrated how slick the OS has become since it was announced, the second video here features default Camera and Photo apps, Facebook integration and brill ...

Case About Bird Flu

• COMING NEXT WEEK: MY NEW WEBSITE FROM BERLIN, ...
  Check out this blog for details of my new website due to go live next week. In addition to writing new books, I also hope to do regular reports from Berlin, Germany, where I have taken up residence after leaving Austria this summer. The capital of Europe’s most powerful economy, the decisi ...
• AUSTRIANS VOTE BY TWO THIRDS FOR DRAFT ARMY IN ...
  *Austrians vote overwhelmingly to keep conscription in historic referendum and triumph for direct democracy *Mainstream media propaganda machine suffers death blow as new style of political campaign emerges *Politicians use internet to connect with grass roots, bypass corporate media *Austria&#8 ...
• The Death of a Father: an old photo brings bac ...
  Sipping some wine to mourn – or perhaps to celebrate? – my leaving Austria, one of my elderly neighbours  mentioned the resignation speech of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schusschnig in 1938, which ended with the words “May God protect Austria.” Every Austrian knows what happened after the Annexatio ...
• The Death of a Father: an old photo brings bac ...
  Sipping some wine to mourn – or perhaps to celebrate? – my leaving Austria, one of my elderly neighbours  mentioned the resignation speech of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schusschnig in 1938, which ended with the words “May God protect Austria.” Every Austrian knows what happened after the Annexatio ...
• Stronach’s new “false flag” ...
  You read about it on this blog first: Globalist and Magna chief Frank Stronach has been trying to recruit people for a new „false flag“ opposition party as the euro crisis escalates. Stronach even rang the solictor handling the sale of my flat in Vienna and offered him a job as Justice Minister. ...

Invisible Opportunity

• Obama Pushing Aspartame on Grade Schoolers
  The Obama administration’s Department of Agriculture has released nutrition standards for “competitive” foods and has outlawed snacks considered unhealthy by the nanny state federal government. “Regular soda is out, though high-schoolers may have access to diet versions,” The Hill reports. That’ ...
• Cairns to halt water fluoridation (Australia)
  by Jacque Fresco Fluoride water CairnsThe Cairns City Council will remove fluoride from its water supply, saying it amounts to the “involuntary medication” of residents. But the council says it won’t be doing anything to determine if there’s broad community support for fluoridation to continue. ...
• Sandy Hook Hoax Compared To A Real school Shoo ...
  Sandy Hook Hoax Compared To A Real school Shooting – YouTube.
• Sandy Hook Fully Exposed – OFFICIAL PART ...
  Sandy Hook Fully Exposed – OFFICIAL PART 2 – YouTube.
• U.S SOLDIER SAYS “WE ARE THE TERRORISTS& ...
  U.S SOLDIER SAYS “WE ARE THE TERRORISTS”. – YouTube.

Veterans Today

• BBC: GOP Attacks on Hagel Exposed
  - In attacking him, they are also seeking to define Mr Obama, portraying his policies as defeatist and disloyal.
• Johns Hopkins Genome Study of Jewish Origins
  First peer reviewed study proving the Jewish population's origins to be other than the Middle East.
• Assad’s Best Friend Attacks Syria
  Do you know what love is? I'll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray.—John le Carré, The Looking Glass War
• Press TV: Gordon Duff on Veterans Suicides
  The candid interview below runs a full five minutes and deserves to be sent around for distribution.
• Iran’s Legal Right to Enrich Uranium Unc ...
  It's been that way for years. Iran fully complies with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) provisions. Its nuclear program is peaceful. US intelligence says so. Annually it repeats earlier assessments.

electric politics

• Congo Nocturne
  The Europeans required over a thousand years to come up with the European Union (and the EU still doesn't work right). The Congo, approximately the same size as Europe, has never had any history of legitimate, national self-governance. When Europeans started exploring the region in the late 1800 ...
• On Magical War
  Secure in the ignorance of our traditions we treat war as if it were a game, as if we should try to win when we play. Oorah! But if we think like a human being war assumes a great deal more complexity, indeed, a necessary ambiguity. Dr. David Keen challenges conventional wisdom in a great book, ...
• Wampum Wranglers
  So Mr. O won't mint the magic coin. He says. Well, good luck to him, then, getting the Southern secessionists to grovel. More's the pity, though, that neither side have a clue what they're talking about. Essentially, they're disputing the finer points of a primitive theory of value: call it wamp ...
• Speaking Truth
  These days, the only reasonable thing to say to Power is, "Here's the arrest warrant, please come quietly." But Speaking Truth, that's a different story. We speak truth to affirm and reaffirm who and what we are, what the reality of the world is, and why it is the way it is. Not an easy task &md ...
• Counting Electors
  If the Republican Party were to adopt a scorched earth policy — counting electors one way in certain swing states and another way in solid red states — they could conceivably lock in a Republican presidential win for the next several election cycles. As a practical matter it would no ...

PR News

• Immigration groups work to put a face on the issue
  WASHINGTON: With both the president and senators from both sides of the aisle proposing immigration reform measures, advocates for undocumented immigrants are working to put a face on the issue.
• Lane bolsters client roster with three wins
  NEW YORK: Lane, which specializes in PR, digital marketing, and investor relations, has added three accounts to its client portfolio.
• Allstate moves corporate relations under Gupta
  NORTHBROOK, IL: Allstate has added oversight of corporate relations to the responsibilities of marketing head Sanjay Gupta.
• Brands' Super Bowl work extends far beyond the ...
  Super Bowl Sunday is no longer solely the advertising world's night to shine, nor is it a time for PR practitioners to just sit back and watch the big game.
• Tucker/Hall appoints Amberg vice president
  TAMPA, FL: Communications firm Tucker/Hall has named Stephanie Amberg VP.

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

• Panetta reassures Israel; Karzai to the Pentag ...
• Saving Afghanistan
  It can be done, but only if the international community truly invests in democracy.
• The race tightens as Obama, Romney prepare for ...
  AUSA begins, What Ishmael Jones’ experience tells us about “No Easy Day,” Thanks for the cowbells, and more.
• Pakistan's Bid for Tolerance
  A tour of 35 towns throughout the country in an investigation of civil society's capacity to counter Talibanization.
• Leaving Afghanistan
  Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

• Volunteers Needed: Hypothermic Half Marathon, ...
  Position:  Race Marshalls Organization:  Nature Alberta Nature Alberta is in need of about 50 vol ...
• CFSEA Spring Grant Cycle
  Deadline:  15 Mar 2013 (All day) Organization:  Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta The ...
• Little Bow Reservoir Rehabilitation and Upgrad ...
  Organization:  Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Initiative:  Little Bow Reservoir Rehabilitation and Upgradin ...
• Job Opportunity: Conservation Volunteers Inter ...
  Position:  Conservation Volunteers (CV) Intern Organization:  Nature Conservancy of Canada ...
• Walmart–Evergreen Green Grants Program
  Deadline:  1 Mar 2013 - 15:00 Organization:  Evergreen Evergreen is now accepting applications fo ...

Stop NATO

• Munich: Russia Tells West Not To Impose &#8220 ...
  Itar-Tass February 2, 2013 Moscow calls on West not to impose outside values on peoples of Middle East, Africa ==== “If we consider the most unstable regions – the Middle East, Northern Africa, the Sahel zone, it is complicated to ignore a feeling of some curved space. Does support for change of ...
• “Three-Ring NATO”: Europe, Africa ...
  The German Marshall Fund of the United States February 1, 2013 NATO’s Second Annual Report: Defense Matters! Mark R. Jacobson* ==== NATO has demonstrated the ability to react on short-notice with airpower in Libya and addressed Alliance concerns about Syria through the deployment of Patriot miss ...
• R2P and Genocide Prevention: Good Intentions T ...
  R2P and “Genocide Prevention”: The Good Intentions That Pave the Road to War By Diana Johnstone Paris: Opposing genocide has become a sort of cottage industry in the United States. Everywhere, “genocide studies” are cropping up in universities. Five years ago, an unlikely “Genocide Prevention Ta ...
• NATO Builds Global 21st Century Special Operat ...
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization February 1, 2013 Building connectivity between Special Forces and partners Photograph: NATO Optimising the employment of Special Forces and building on the lessons learnt in current operations is crucial to improving Alliance capabilities. To help do this, the ...
• Interview: Syria and “threats to U.S. na ...
  Progressive Radio News Hour February 1, 2013 Stephen Lendman interviews Rick Rozoff Audio:  Download Rozoff’s an activist, anti-war supporter, and editor of the web site Stop NATO. It “document(s) and oppose(s) global militarist trends and an expanding theater of war that began” by balkanizing Y ...

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Intel Hub

• Armed Guard Stops School Shooter – Media Fails ...
  By Andrea Roltgen FreedomOutpost.com February 2nd, 2013 “As a parent, you just think you can send your child to school and you hope they come home OK”, Laquanda Pittman said, while still looking for her 6-year-0ld son in the aftermath of a school shooting where an armed guard took down a shooter ...
• Rise Of The Preppers: 50 Of The Best Prepper W ...
  By Michael Snyder The Truth February 2, 2013 Are you preparing for the collapse of society?  If so, the truth is that you are definitely not alone.  The number of preppers in the U.S. has absolutely exploded in recent years. It has been estimated that there are now approximately 3 million preppe ...
• Tough Love: You DO Have Enough Money to Prep
  By Daisy Luther theintelhub.com February 2, 2013 People all over the globe are struggling right now to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads. For some, these tips will not be helpful because their situation has become so dire. For the rest of us, though, there are many places th ...
• Imprinted: Kids’ Brains “Branded” with Fast-Fo ...
  By Elizabeth Renter theintelhub.com February 2, 2013 If you think the millions that fast food restaurants spent on commercials don’t have a profound effect on our brains, you may be in for a surprise. It turns out their logos are having a serious impact on the brain—in particular, the brains of ...
• CTC Says Opposition to a New World Order is Te ...
  Alex Allen | According to a report from the "Combatting Terrorism Center" at West Point, 'Anti-Federalists' who oppose a New World Order as well as members of several other far right wing activist groups are potential terrorist threats.

FRS

• Power Politics 101: Promoters of butcher Assad ...
  [Seeing the writing on the wall--that the days of their "ally" Assad of Syria are numbered--capitalist-imperialist power Russia (a growing imperialist contender to US' imperial hegemon) seeks to ensure and preserve a piece of post-Assad Syria for its own regional interests.  Those who have made ...
• India, the ever-present threat of rape, and th ...
  Indian women demanding guns for defense against rapists Indian bus rape: Delhi sees rush for guns Hundreds of women inquire about gun licences following woman’s murder, showing the lack of faith in law enforcement Jason Burke in Delhi guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 January 2013 [An Indian man t ...
• India, the ever-present threat of rape, and th ...
  [In a culture of male 'rape entitlement' and government's disregard for women, knives for self-defense--Shiv Sena party began handing out the weapons to women at a function in Mumbai.  Local party official Ajay Chowdhary told supporters "the way you cut vegetables, cut the hand of the person who ...
• India, the ever-present threat of rape, and th ...
  Women Maoists pledge security to tribal girls RANCHI: ‘Tribal girls who go to cities in search of jobs get raped in return and either come back home pregnant, or with babies and diseases,’ read a poster of the women’s wing of the CPI (Maoist) Nari Mukti Sangh (NMS), a frontal organization of the ...
• India: Academics Condemn Israeli-Indian Partne ...
  [The international boycott of Israeli academics is growing, as the following statement from India indicates.  And it challenges the abstract claims of "academic freedom" and "objectivity" by describing the actual function of academic work--for instance, regarding studies of water management, it ...

Ken O'Keefe

• Words from an Honest, Intelligent & Compassion ...
  Words from an honest, intelligent and compassionate Jew... words from a respected brother with a hugely important message that should be heeded by every single Jew on this planet.
• Press TV’s News Analysis – Israel ...
  In this program I get to respond directly to one of Israels countless prostitutes of propaganda in the mainstream media, Daniel Pipes.
• Trade Not Aid Update – November 6, 2012 &#8211 ...
  Today was the final hearing for the case against the Trade Not Aid hijackers Cate (Catherine) Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald) and Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja).  It cost over £600 in court fees, money that should have gone directly into the cause.  It took countless hours o ...
• Transcript & Video – Update from Ken O&# ...
  Catherine Myles, I have found the funds for you to come to Gaza. We will pay for you to go to Gaza. I will pay for your tickets from the UK to Cairo and then your taxi fare to Gaza and your accommodation in Gaza and your return taxi fare back Cairo, back to the UK. You have a paid, PAID trip to ...
• Max Igan & Ken O’Keefe in Gaza – F ...
  I think this is going to be one of people's favorite videos as it is genuinely funny and yet very serious. Max Igan and myself get into this one by showing a sycophantic Patrick Clawson of the Washington Institute for Near East spouting some truly incredible historical narrative. This useful idi ...

StillSmallVoice

• Life is change and change is life
  And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
• Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
  "Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
• De-pinkifying breast cancer
  There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
• Why the occupation?
  You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
• Cleansing after Yom Kippur
  Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo

Associated Content

• Giffords’ Plea for More Gun Control Legislatio ...
  Gun control legislation won’t solve all of the country’s gun violence problems, but at least laws would put the authorities in the position to enforce tighter measures and make it harder for criminals to get access to certain weapons.Contributor: Roy A. Barnes Published: Jan 31, 2013
• Georgia Storm Warnings Get an “A,” Preparation ...
  Tornadoes struck West Georgia again. The only lesson that seems to have been learned from prior disasters is to provide a ton of warnings. But we had those back then. What we need are protective shelters, not hallways.Contributor: John A. Tures Published: Jan 30, 2013
• Benghazi: Yes, Secretary Clinton, it Does Matt ...
  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants to know "What difference, at this point, does it make?" Either the administration had faulty intelligence reporting which needs to be exposed or President Obama lied about Benghazi.Contributor: L. Vincent Poupard Published: Jan 23, 2013
• President Obama's Right: We're Made for This M ...
  At his second inauguration, President Barack H. Obama hit on something universal when he added a line apparently not in his prepared remarks.Contributor: Isa-Lee Wolf Published: Jan 21, 2013
• Congress Must Limit Executive Order Powers Now
  Congress needs to take steps now to define what the president can and cannot pass by executive order. President Obama's discussion about passing gun control legislation through executive order should be the catalyst.Contributor: L. Vincent Poupard Published: Jan 15, 2013

Popsci - Science

• Was Iran's Monkey Launch A Fake?
  Space Israel alleges that the monkey Iran launched into space wasn't the same monkey they showed the world on Monday. Did Iran present us with an impostor? On Monday, Iranian state television announced that the country had successfully launched a monkey into space and received him back safely, ...
• Birds Go Gray In Old Age, And The Ladies Like It
  We aren't the only species that appreciates the George Clooney look. A little bit of gray can go a long way for a discerning bird. Researchers tracking garden variety birds in Britain have found that blackbirds, jackdaws and house sparrows go gray as they get older, and it ups their game when ...
• As The Earth Warms, The Lure Of The Arctic's N ...
  Under the thawing Arctic ice lies bounty that could fill mouths, and pockets, around the world. For all the concern among scientists, environmentalists and others about how melting ice in the Arctic could wreak havoc on local ecosystems, the loudest message about climate change among politicians ...
• A Shark In The Hallway And Other Amazing Image ...
  Including a solar-powered balloon, a storm on Saturn, how NASA watches the Super Bowl and more Click here to enter the gallery
• Physicists Create Crystals That Are Nearly Alive
  They can't reproduce, but they still make us question what it really means to be "alive." The best way to understand something--such as life--is to build it yourself. That's why, determined to understand the way groups move, a team of New York University physicists set out to create particles ...

Veterans Today

• BBC: GOP Attacks on Hagel Exposed
  - In attacking him, they are also seeking to define Mr Obama, portraying his policies as defeatist and disloyal.
• Johns Hopkins Genome Study of Jewish Origins
  First peer reviewed study proving the Jewish population's origins to be other than the Middle East.
• Assad’s Best Friend Attacks Syria
  Do you know what love is? I'll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray.—John le Carré, The Looking Glass War
• Press TV: Gordon Duff on Veterans Suicides
  The candid interview below runs a full five minutes and deserves to be sent around for distribution.
• Iran’s Legal Right to Enrich Uranium Unc ...
  It's been that way for years. Iran fully complies with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) provisions. Its nuclear program is peaceful. US intelligence says so. Annually it repeats earlier assessments.

War is Business

• State Lawmaker Accused Of Diverting Contract M ...
  Startling allegations against a conservative Oregon legislator who also runs a hot-zone aviation business and a military training range.
• “Surveillance Inc.”: Profit Makes ...
  Sell moral responsibility Sell moral responsibility • Read more at The Atlantic
• 2011 Not So Bad For U.S. Defense Contractors, ...
  Buy downturn insurance Buy downturn insurance • Read more at Govpro
• Americans In Afghanistan Likely Causing More C ...
  Even the most cash-strapped, podunk county prosecutor's office would be embarrassed by these numbers. Three audits completed. Two bribery convictions. Three million bribes a day.
• Obama To Sidestep Rules In Bahrain Arms Deal ( ...
  Sell formalities Sell formalities • Read more at Foreign Policy

Hudson's Weather & Climate

• Global and regional climate update
  Is recent flooding and heavy rainfall unusual? I've written at length about the excessive rainfall the UK has experienced, particularly last year but also since the late 1990's; six out of the years from 1998 to 2012 are in the top ten wettest on record, based on Met Office rainfall data which ...
• In the big freeze - but for how long?
  Amounts of snow across some parts of our region are the deepest since December 2010, with 21 cms being reported at Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale at midday, and a notable 18 cms in the middle of Sheffield at Weston park. Waddington in Lincolnshire is reporting 14 cms of snow. There are some big ...
• Disruptive snow possible at the weekend
  Many parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire had their first snowfall of the winter yesterday, with coastal areas suffering the largest falls with around 10cms (4 ins) of fresh snow being reported by yesterday evening. With high pressure developing across Scandinavia, cold air will be with us ...
• Met Office scale back global warming forecast
  A new global temperature forecast published by the Met Office, through to 2017, has scaled back projections of the amount of warming they expect compared with previous estimates. The new projection can be seen below with more details on the Met Office website. I have written several times ...
• Dry weather returns to UK following 2nd wettes ...
  2012 averaged across the UK was the second wettest on record in data which stretches back to 1910, falling short of a new record by only 6.6mm. In total 1330.7mm fell last year, compared with the average of 1154mm. A new record has been set across England and Wales with 1205mm of rain. And ...

Internat'l Political Economy

• EU-Mercosur FTA vs Trade-Willing 'Pacific Alli ...
  Which does not belong? In case you missed it, recent talks between EU and Latin American leaders again failed to produce an FTA that has long been under consideration, EU-MERCOSUR. This was at a CELAC gathering in Santiago, Chile where European leaders who bothered to make the trip alike Angela ...
• South Korea Declares Int'l Currency War on Japan
  Ho hum, another week, another declaration by a non-Western country that it will attempt to staunch the inflow of capital from elsewhere that is driving up the local currency and making imports less competitive. Japan of course started the latest salvo when the LDP regained power and promptly dec ...
• US GDP Shrinks, But Stocks Near All-Time Highs?
  The partisan wuss Krugman and his various acolytes have long argued that the United States is "doing better" than Europe for the main reason that, instead of starting processes of fiscal consolidation, the Americans have the fiscal and monetary spigots wide open. On the other hand, there are tho ...
• Obvious? IMF & Another Egyptian Regime Change
  The facts of the matter are as follows: (a) The IMF wanted Egypt to achieve "broad-based domestic and international support" for reform prior to lending $4.8 billion or so to the country in a statement dated 20 November 2012; (b) Since then, the Islamic fundamentalist regime of Muhammad Morsi ...
• Fleeing Egypt? Buy Caribbean Dual Citizenship
  Mur-dah! Today, let's look at the utterly fascinating intersection of e-commerce, nationality for sale, and the turn for the worse in any number of Middle East countries. I saw the banner advertisement above while visiting Ahram Online that pretty much sums up the mood in Egypt and that outstand ...

Economic Collapse Blog

• Shocking Numbers That Show The Media Is Lying ...
  Did you know that the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is employed has continually been falling since 2006 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics?  Did you know that the increase in the number of Americans "not in the labor force" during Barack Obama's first four years in the White H ...
• 15 Signs That You Better Get Prepared For The ...
  You better get ready, because there are a whole host of signs that economic trouble is on the horizon.  U.S. economic growth slipped into negative territory during the fourth quarter of 2012.  That was the first time that has happened in more than three years.  Several important measures of manu ...
• Who Runs The World? Solid Proof That A Core Gr ...
  Does a shadowy group of obscenely wealthy elitists control the world?  Do men and women with enormous amounts of money really run the world from behind the scenes?  The answer might surprise you.  Most of us tend to think of money as a convenient way to conduct transactions, but the truth is tha ...
• Federal Reserve Money Printing Is The Real Rea ...
  You can thank the reckless money printing that the Federal Reserve has been doing for the incredible bull market that we have seen in recent months.  When the Federal Reserve does more "quantitative easing", it is the financial markets that benefit the most.  The Dow and the S&P 500 have bot ...
• Social Decay + Illegal Immigration + Poverty = ...
  What did you think was going to happen?  Moral standards have been falling for decades, we have allowed massive hordes of criminals, gang members and drug dealers to enter this country illegally, and thanks to our declining economy our inner cities are being absolutely ravaged by poverty.  Was s ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

• What's new with Little Black Cart - Winter 2013
  From LBC Blog Anarchist publishing thrives ...
• Fifth Estate, Winter 2013 issue, now available
  After much toil the Winter 2013 "Education" issue of Fifth Estate is now available! Anarchist Violence or State Violence? Propaganda ...
• The Broken Teapot: A critical analysis of curr ...
  We all start life with our teapot intact and at some point a little crack starts and slowly grows, or maybe one day we slip and the whole thing ...
• Modern Slavery journal has new website
  Modern Slavery is a new journal for the abolition of all forms of enslavement, published as an independent, not-for-profit project of CAL Press....
• Latest Issue of Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed
  Despite rumors to the contrary, Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed continues, as provocative and exciting as ever. We have decided to stick with...

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Voiceless Victim

• George “Marie Antoinette” Pell tel ...
  Like the opulently robed 18th Century Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, who reportedly dismissed her  starving peasants’ need for bread with the stunningly insensitive quip, “let them eat cake”, the opulently robed Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, yesterday dismisse ...
• Voiceless Victim Invited to Tea with the Prime ...
  Who would have imagined as little as twelve months ago, that Australian victims would be about to start work on their submissions to the Royal Commission into institutional child sex abuse we were told so many times would never happen. And that we would be generally pretty happy with its newly a ...
• Lies, Damn Lies, and Catholic Church Funded St ...
  It was encouraging to learn today that German researchers working with catholic officials to produce the latest, supposedly independent, supposedly research based support for Vatican lies about endemic child rape by catholic religious have had enough and pulled the plug on the project. Read the ...
• Fire’s Too Good for These Devils
  As much of Australia prepares to face catastrophic bush fire conditions today, I hope everyone is safe from fires and comes through unscathed. That even includes the church’s carefully protected child rapists and those who sacrifice additional children to cover up their crimes. Fire is too ...
• Smokescreen Council Working for Deceitful Chur ...
  The CEO of the Council Which Should Not Exist, Francis Sullivan, is following in the footsteps of church officials by claiming, without basis, to speak for victims of the serial child sex offenders enabled and protected by his church. This week’s comments include a stated desire to be &#82 ...

WL Central

• 2013-02-02 Exclusive: CIA Drug Money Plot to O ...
  WikiLeaks Central presents an exclusive interview with Chilean journalist Patricio Mery, who claims the CIA has been actively plotting to destabilise or even assassinate Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, after US anger over decisions such as the granting of political asylum to Julian Assange an ...
• 2013-01-17 Senator Ludlam to Foreign Minister ...
  Senator the Hon Bob Carr Minister for Foreign Affairs PO Box 6100 Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 14 January 2013 Dear Minister, Please find below a series of statements made by members of the Swedish Executive and government officials on the Assange case. read more
• 2013-01-17 Senator Ludlam to Foreign Minister ...
  Senator the Hon Bob Carr Minister for Foreign Affairs PO Box 6100 Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 28 November 2012 Dear Minister, Please find below a series of links to evidence relating to the existence of a criminal grand jury investigation into Wikileaks. read more
• 2013-01-02 Inside the Hourglass, A World Risin ...
  With economic and military force, in the last decades the United States has attained sole superpower status in the world. The legacy of the US empire carries a dark history: genocide of natives, slavery of blacks and criminalizing immigrants from the South. None can deny that much of US hegemon ...
• 2012-12-28 Julian Assange essay wins "Russian ...
  This month, Russian Pioneer magazine reportedly awarded WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange the "Grand Prix" in the publication's second annual literary competition. Assange received the prize for his essay "Washington vs. Mankind" Winners were said to receive bicycles and bottles of cogna ...

U N News

• Elections, jobs critical for Haiti's current a ...
  The outgoing head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti says that during his 20-months tenure, security had greatly improved in the Caribbean country, but delayed elections and unemployment still threatened stability.
• Haiti: Security Council calls for timely elect ...
  Reaffirming its commitment to Haiti as the United Nations seeks to complete its peacekeeping mission in the crisis-beset country, the Security Council has urged all political actors to work constructively on priorities, including credible 2013 elections and security sector reform.
• Dismissal of Honduran Supreme Court judges an ...
  A United Nations independent expert today expressed grave concern over the decision by the Honduran Congress to dismiss four Supreme Court judges, and called on the Government to reconsider its decision.
• UN rights office concerned at alarming' levels ...
  The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern at an "alarming" pattern of violence in Venezuelan prisons, with the latest incident leaving 58 inmates dead and around 100 injured.
• UN chief saddened by tragic fire at Brazil nig ...
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was saddened to learn of the tragic fire that occurred at a nightclub in Brazil on Saturday night, which led to the death of hundreds of people.

Conspiracy Reality TV

• Aurora Batman Shooting – Many Coincidences
  The trailer for Gangster Squad (shown before the movie) shows a theatre full of people being shot by numerous gunmen. This Batman comic "The Dark Knight Returns" depicts a Batman inspired shooting at a movie theatre.
• CIA Agent Warns: “Never Watch the TV, the Grea ...
  He'll never give anything away whatsoever, except one bit of advice. He said, never watch the television. Never watch the television. It's the greatest scientific indoctrination tool ever devised.
• The Magic Weed
  Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
• Blood Coltan
  Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
• CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
  Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.

Rewilding Institute

• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Launches Two ...
  Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the world’s leading direct-action conservation non-profit, today has filed two petitions on the White House  “We The People” page of the website which seek the U.S. Government’s support in upholding conservation law regarding protecting at-risk whales in the An ...
• Life on the Brink
  LIFE ON THE BRINK  Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation Edited by Philip Cafaro and Eileen Crist University of Georgia Press, December 2012 About the book Life on the Brink aspires to reignite a robust discussion of population issues among environmentalists, environmental studies scholars, ...
• Wild Utah Project needs your help!
  HERE’S WHY: Wild Utah Project is raising awareness and funds for their ongoing sage-grouse campaign because sage-grouse numbers have been diminishing West-wide for years. They have just gone live with their first video, Dance for Survival: Protecting the Sage-Grouse and a fundraising chall ...
• Sea Shepherd sheds some light on the recent Sh ...
  Posted by Marcel Evans on October 17, 2012 in Science News In the past week The Costa Rica Star has published on the shark finning ban that was signed by Laura Chinchilla in the presence of Sir Richard Branson, near Manuel Antonio National Park. Sea Shepherd is not buying it. This is simply smok ...
• Progressives to Launch an Environmental Impact ...
  (September 4, 2012)  The DC-based group Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) recently announced a major new project: an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on U.S. immigration policy.  PFIR has also unveiled the website for the new project, and invites public comments on the proper scope ...

Asia Sentinel

• Indonesian Islamists Stumble But Keep Going
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Arrest of party leader, thuggery and even a sex scandal is unlikely to mute rising power
• The Crisis in Thai Buddhism
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Is endemic corruption endangering the faith
• Indonesia Peat Destruction Continues
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Nature Magazine study says carbon release is larger than previously thought
• Malaysian Election Deadlock Seen Possible
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Even before the election is called, the political scheming grows in volume
• Gangnam Style? Korea Style!
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Nation Brand Survey Results show rapper Psy did what he could for his country

We Know the Lies

• WARNING!... U.S. Government Moving Ahead to Di ...
  Having failed in the ‘80s and ‘90s to free the nuclear bomb factories and national laboratories of millions of tons of their radioactively contaminated scrap and nickel, the DOE is trying again. Its latest proposal is moving ahead without even an Environmental Impact Statement. read more
• Will the Jerry Sandusky Pedophile Case Bring D ...
  Why did it take Republican Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett—formerly the state’s attorney general—almost three years before he launched an investigation into convicted pedophile and child abuser Jerry Sandusky after the first accuser had come forward? ~ Richard Metzer read more
• Debt Collectors Are Infiltrating Facebook To T ...
  Debt collectors have time and again proven to be ruthless in tracking down delinquent borrowers, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before social media became their go-to hunting grounds. read more
• Debtors Prisons Return in the US and are Rapid ...
  How did breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay end up behind bars? She didn't pay a medical bill -- one the Herrin, Ill., teaching assistant was told she didn't owe. "She got a $280 medical bill in error and was told she didn't have to pay it," The Associated Press reports. read more
• The Red China Takeover of America by Way of Fr ...
  The long-term goal of Communist Red Chinese is to take over the wealth creation resources of the planet... In the U.S. China would own U.S. businesses, U.S. infrastructure and U.S. high-value land, all with a U.S. government guarantee against loss. ~ James Hall read more

Tarpley

• Obama’s Second Inaugural: No Help for J ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV January 29, 2013 This past Monday marked the beginning of Barack H. Obama’s second term in the White House. The centerpiece was Obama’s second inaugural address. This speech merits a few minutes of close attention since, although the essence of Obama’s method is ...
• United Front Against Austerity Organizes for W ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. UFAA January 27, 2013 Recorded on January 21, 2013 [download video]
• Assad of Syria Grows Stronger as Population of ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV January 27, 2013 [download video] [download audio] Press TV: The Syrian government has called on people who have been forced out by insurgents to return back to their homes. Just how much is the Syrian government and army gaining ground in Syria? Tarpley: There ...
• Obama Second Inaugural Address Sells Out Joble ...
  Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D. TARPLEY.net – World Crisis Radio January 27, 2013 [download audio]
• United Front Against Austerity Brings Fight fo ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. UFAA January 20, 2013 From CNN interview with Cyndi Lauper on January 20, 2013 — view video

Modern Survivalism

• The Warmest Survival Blanket
  The warmth of a blanket doesn’t just come from the fabric of the threads that cover you from cold. Warmth also comes from the air gap spaces between the threads themselves, which keeps warm air made by body heat close to the body. A very important and essential component in the warming ext ...
• Next Time You’re REALLY Hungry, Think of ...
  The next time you get really hungry, I mean the kind of hungry that results from having gone way too long since you should have eaten some food, think about what it would be like if thousands or millions of people around you were just as hungry (or more) all at the same time. A [...]
• The Truth in News
  Many of us have a feeling that something out there in the world (and in our own backyard) is not quite right; in fact, your gut may be telling you that something is very wrong. That looming sense can be strong for those who go out of their way to seek the truth in the [...]
• Fracking For Petroleum, Our Water, Future, Life
  Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is the process of generating fractures in a rock layer by a pressurized fluid. Fracking is used to extract natural gas and petroleum from these rock layers because the ‘easy’ extraction methods are already in process and being used up. There are appare ...
• Preps for the Flu or Cold
  If and when you come down with the flu, it will be too late to go out and get medicines for treatment. One of the big differences between the flu and a cold is that the flu comes on very fast. Once you begin to notice that you are getting sick (weakness, aches, onset of [...]

Fast Company

• Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen Compete for Samsung’s ...
  Both comedic performers want to star in the new Samsung spot, but little do they know that another big name is waiting in the wings. Is this a Samsung ad or the new Judd Apatow movie? If there’s any confusion there, it’s 100% intentional, as the electronics manufacturer’s ...
• An Art Installation Made Of The Cable News Crawl
  In this amazing news installation, chirons manifest as poetry projected on a building. We’re constantly inundated with news. Just look at your Twitter feed. We hop from North Korea to "Top Chef" to productivity tips without a second thought. But it’s strange, if you really thin ...
• Steven Holl’s Mirror-Image Museums Are Inspire ...
  The architect’s latest project is informed by the additive/subtractive symbol. And no, it doesn’t look like the kind you got tattooed on your ankle in college. There’s a dozen metaphors that apply to Steven Holl’s latest project, a pair of museums in Tianjin, China. ...
• When Recruiting The Best Candidate Means Takin ...
  How far will you go to find the right people for your startup? Probably not as far as Shopify, which took "draw the owl" to a serious extreme for a YouTube job posting. On Friday, while your old-school HR department was putting up job postings on Monster.com and sorting through the 6,237 y ...
• New Work From Photography’s Greats, All Shot O ...
  A new show at Aperture Gallery includes new work from six photogs all using Fujifilm’s X-Series. How do you get six of the biggest names in contemporary photography to make new work for your show? It’s actually easier than it sounds--or it was for Ken Miller, the curator of the ...

Jadaliyya

• هل يعود العسكر لحكم مصر من بوابة قناة السويس؟
  تقدير موقف ظهرت منذ شهرين بعض الشواهد المريبة - أكثر ريبة من نظيراتها - في مهاجمة مقرات الحرية والعدالة في مدن القناة تحديداً، وبدا أن الأمور تسير في إتجاه تبرير نزول العسكر إلى شوارع مدن القناة بدعاوي حفظ الأمن وتأمين المجرى الملاحي ومصالح الأمن القومي. وكانت هذه الشواهد تتضافر لتشير إلى اق ...
• Romancing the Throne: The New York Times and T ...
  On 23 January 2013, elections were held for the seventeenth parliament of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. During the past several months, the monarchy and its allies hailed the 2013 parliamentary elections in Jordan as both the symbol and litmus test of the regime's commitment to "reform&q ...
• Regarding the Torture of Others in "Zero Dark ...
  Much of the hype and controversy surrounding Zero Dark Thirty centers on the issue of torture. The acting director of the CIA as well as three US senators have criticized the film for exaggerating the role of “enhanced interrogation techniques” in the search for Osama bin Laden, while commentato ...
• الحائِرُ بِحَياتِهِ
  اليوم تذكّرتُ الحياةَ. تذكّرتُ أني حين ركضتُ خلفَ الحياة تركتُ الحياة خلفي. شعرتُ بِرُهاب كبير. أخفيه ولكنه يتسرّبُ من جوارحي. رأيتُ أحدهم  يضحكُ فعجبت. رأيته يشعر بالبهجة فغبطته.  لم أغبطه. كأنه عندي كان يفتعل السعادة. تساءلتُ كيف يشعر من يكون على ما يرام. كان يحاول أن ...
• Mohamed Majd
  The great Moroccan actor Mohamed Majd passed away last Thursday, at the age of seventy-three, at a clinic in Casablanca. He was admitted the week before for respiratory problems, following a short stay in Dubai to promote Noureddine Lakhmari’s latest feature Zero (2012). Majd plays one of the le ...

mediagazer

• The ad zone - How Super Bowl commercials becam ...
  Emily Steel / Financial Times: The ad zone  —  How Super Bowl commercials became a cultural phenomenon  —  San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick  —  When Bernie Goldblatt first appeared on Twitter in December last year, using the profil ...
• Look, you're right, okay? But you're also wron ...
  Jay Rosen / Pressthink: Look, you're right, okay?  But you're also wrong.  —  This arises from a certain image I have of disaffected newsroom “traditionalists,” who look upon changes in journalism since the rise of the web with fear and loathing.  It is not ...
• Twitter Got Hacked. Expect More Companies to F ...
  Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: Twitter Got Hacked.  Expect More Companies to Follow.  —  The last week of tech headlines reads like some sort of cybersecurity end of days scenario.  The New York Times hacked.  The Wall Street Journal hacked.  The Washington Post ha ...
• Jon Klein: I Don't Regret Piers Morgan Hire, K ...
  Danny Shea / The Huffington Post: Jon Klein: I Don't Regret Piers Morgan Hire, Keith Olbermann Could Have Helped CNN (VIDEO)  —  Former CNN/US president Jon Klein joined HuffPost Live Friday to discuss the changes at his old network, and defended his decision to give Larry King' ...
• Facebook Ramps Up News Discovery Battle Agains ...
  Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook Ramps Up News Discovery Battle Against Apps Like Flipboard With “Articles Related To”  —  Rather than trust your friends and favorite Pages to post interesting stuff, Facebook is taking news discovery into its own hands with &ldqu ...

Chemtrail News

• CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
  I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
• Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
  Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
• 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
  probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
• ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
  Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
• Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
  Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

• CT scan may accurately depict 4,000-year- ...
  A Virginia museum is using CT scan to uncover the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. This week, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered with a medical imaging center to complete a CT scan on Tjeby (CHEH-bee), its...
• Ricky Gervais: the elderly are neglected ...
  The elderly are neglected and “forgotten” by society because people don’t want to be reminded of their own mortality, the comedian Ricky Gervais has said. Derek: Ricky Gervais stars in the new one-off comedy drama. Photo: Channel 4 11:32AM GMT 03 Feb 2013 Comments Gervais, ...
• Support for Spain's ruling party falls in ...
  MADRID (Reuters) - Public support for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his ruling People's Party has fallen as they have been engulfed by a corruption scandal, an opinion poll showed on Sunday. Media reports over the past fortnight have alleged that at least a dozen top party officia ...
• Why did Rush Limbaugh abandon Twitter?
  Remember when Rush Limbaugh joined the rest of modern society and got himself a verified Twitter account? Yeah, that was some hot news -- enough to garner him an instant 300,000+ followers. Well as of Feb. 3, 2013, it appears that El Rushbo's online persona is as dead as the GOP's hopes of r ...
• Hussey says extended Oz squad necessary f ...
  Tweet Sydney, Feb 3 (ANI): Former Australian Test cricketer Michael Hussey has supported Cricket Australia's move in sending an extended squad to India, and said that the move is necessary to prepare the players for the potential difficulties in India. Hussey, who criticised the omission of ...

no frakking consensus

• Is Climate Change Like Gravity?
  If climate change is as straightforward a scientific concept as gravity, why does the IPCC continue to produce multi-thousand-page reports?
• Suzuki: Money Doesn’t Matter, Here&#8217 ...
  In a speech to students, David Suzuki condemned society's fixation with money. So why did he charge their school more for a day's work than many Canadians earn in a year?
• David Suzuki, Dirty Old Man
  When David Suzuki visited a school in Quebec, why was he assigned attractive, female, student bodyguards?
• Pity Poland
  Persecuted for decades? Poor? Green groups will still kick you when you're down.
• The Sierra Club’s Broken Moral Compass
  The Sierra Club took fossil fuel money. Lots of it. How dare it falsely accuse other people of doing this.

Anna's News

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

Medical Marijuana

• 2/1/13 - Illegal Immigration Solutions Introdu ...
  immigration.procon.org - Illegal Immigration Solutions Introduced by Congress and President Obama
• 1/28/13 - Voting Systems & Use: 1980-2012
  votingmachines.procon.org - Voting Systems & Use: 1980-2012 - Find the availability of voting systems in US presidential elections from 1980 to 2012 by percentage of registered voters, as well as explanations and quotes from organizations (like the US Election As ...
• 1/23/13 - Marijuana Reclassification Rejected ...
  medicalmarijuana.procon.org - Marijuana Reclassification Rejected by DC Circuit Court
• 1/23/13 - Marijuana Reclassification Rejected ...
  medicalmarijuana.procon.org - Marijuana Reclassification Rejected by DC Circuit Court
• 1/22/13 - Official 2012 Presidential Election ...
  2012election.procon.org - Official 2012 Presidential Election Results - On Jan. 17, 2013 the Federal Election Commission released the official 2012 presidential general election results. Barack Obama won the general election with 51.06% of the vote. Mitt Romney received 47.21% of the vote follow ...

Truth About Our World

• Notification
  This blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Gyrovague's Raves

• Verbs, nouns, grammar
  Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch Constance Hale I wanted really to understand the relationship between nouns and verbs. Another question that I had: Why do linguists look so scathingly at grammarians? And why do grammarians look so scathingly at the history of English? Why is there a divide? And why is t ...
• V. Bush
  Vannevar Bush This has not been a scientist’s war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It has been exhilarating to work in effective partnership. No ...
• The Killing of the Liberal Arts
  JOSEPH EPSTEIN In a loose definition, the “liberal arts” denote college study anchored in preponderantly Western literature, philosophy, and history, with science, mathematics, and foreign languages playing a substantial, though less central, role; in more recent times, the social science subjec ...
• Tyrants and Art
  Culture thrives on conflict and antagonism, not social harmony – a point made rather memorably by a certain Harry Lime, says philosopher John Gray. "In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vin ...
• Barthes in China
  Adrian Versteegh “It will be necessary to start off with the major fact,” writes Roland Barthes in Travels in China, “the absolute uniformity of clothes.” That this should count as a “major fact”—partway through a journal that opens with a gripe about freshly stained trousers—ought to provide so ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

• Tomorrow’s World: Will Intellectual Property a ...
  In his recent ‘Tomorrow’s World’ speech at the Policy Exchange, the Right Honorable David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science  sets out a vision for how the UK could become a world leader in eight future technologies (building on the Chancellor’s speech at the Royal Society in Nov ...
• Post-revolutionary science
  Last year’s Muslim Brotherhood victory in Egypt’s first free presidential election made headlines around the world. There have been differing perspectives on what a Muslim Brotherhood victory might mean for science. For example, it was recently reported in Nature that some Egyptian scientists we ...
• The Future of Academic Impact
    LSE’s public policy group put on an excellent conference programme on 4 December at Beveridge Hall. The conference explored the themes:1) the Economic impact of academic research; 2) impact and the new digital paradigm; 3) next steps in assessing impact; 4) impact as a driver for Open Access. ...
• LERU 10 – Open Horizons: A Revolution in Open ...
    Brussels on a cold morning, the sun reluctantly rising in the clear sky, and there’s science to be done. Sitting at a jaunty angle from the European Parliament is “possibly the best investment Bavaria ever made” (according to Gunnar Wiegand, Deputy Director at the Representation of the Free St ...
• CODATA 2012
    On the understanding that we needed to be indoors for a conference, the Taipei weather was accordingly drizzly with rain. The CODATA 2012 International Conference began on Sunday 28th October running until Wednesday 31st October. With several keynotes, high level panel discussions, and 4 or 5 ...

NAU Resistance

• End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
  Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
• Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
  "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
• The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
  "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
• Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
  We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
• Paving The Way For A North American Union
  By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

• Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
  WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
• Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
  LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
• Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
  SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
• Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
  WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
• How sex hormones influence right heart function
  WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...

TruthNews Australia

• Fracked to death: how gas companies and their ...
  Explaining coal seam gas and its extraction (Source) Today's show reveals the shocking truth about the toxic, and one might say, genocidal effects of Coal Seam Gas, which is now spreading like a cancer throughout the country in both rural and urban environments. My guest in the second hour i ...
• Count me out of the Sandy Hook truther movement!
  You know what worries me even more than the predatory agenda of the ruling elites? It's the tendency of truthers to fall into line like lemmings on any given conspiracy, to engage in mass group think and, even worse, the readiness to leap to defammatory accusations about people whom they know ...
• 3 way discussion on guns, your rights and the ...
  President Obama's attempt to "get tough" on gun control has provoked a massive backlash from the patriot community in the US who are sworn to uphold the 2nd amendment at all costs, even if that means civil war. On today's show we take a long hard look at some of the key questions in the debate ...
• Lies and cover-ups by the Australian national ...
  Today, in the second hour, we welcome journalist Chris Graham to the show. Chris is the founding editor of the National Indigenous Times and the recipient of the prestigious Walkley Award for Excellence in Indigenous Affairs reporting. In the course of our interview Chris documents a range of ...
• The pharmacracy exposed, with Thomas Szasz - P ...
  In the second hour of today's show we bring you some audio clips from the late Dr. Thomas Szasz, pyschiatrist, philosopher and intellectual giant of the modern era. Szasz was well known for his critique of biochemical reductionism in psychiatry, but it is interesting to note that he was also a ...

Beacon

• Portugal Nominates Gorringe Seamounts for MPA
  Turn that frown upside-down, pink frogmouth! (In the Gorringe Bank. © Oceana)  We are thrilled to announce another ocean victory this week! In an ambitious step for ocean protection, Portugal has decided to nominate the rich ecosystem of the Gorringe Bank as a new Marine Protected Area. ...
• Triumphs for Troubled New England Fish
  The mythical Atlantic cod. (Via Wikimedia Commons) We are excited about two big wins this week for the future of fish in New England. The first is a major legal victory that establishes the first full count, cap, and control fishery in the Northeast. This lawsuit settlement means that the Ne ...
• Congress Provides Minor Relief for Fisheries D ...
  Image of Hurricane Sandy via NASA. Congress has finally passed a long-awaited supplemental appropriations bill to bring relief to those affected by Superstorm Sandy and to promote better preparedness for future disasters. On top of the $9 billion agreed to in early January for direct flood i ...
• 10 Reasons to Prevent Seismic Airgun Testing i ...
  Image via Current.com. Yesterday, members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate sent letters to President Obama urging him to stop proposed seismic airgun testing in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is currently deciding if seismic airgun testing s ...
• Feeding the World with Wild Seafood
  The Economist hosts it's Feeding the World summit this week in Amsterdam. What food requires no fresh water, produces little carbon dioxide, does not use any arable land, and provides healthy, lean protein at a cost accessible to the world’s poor? WILD SEAFOOD. This is the same question our ...

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Taylor Marsh

• “Skeet Birthers,” The Latest Obama Derangement
  Day made. The skeet birthers are out in full force in response to POTUS pic. Makes for most excellent, delusional reading. #whereistrump — David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) February 2, 2013 YOU KNEW it was going to hit the minute the Obama skeet shooting photo was released. The attacks also ig ...
• Super Bowl #Clydesdales Sunday
  THIS IS America’s Sunday of sharing one sport. But if football isn’t your thing, TCM is in their Oscar month of greatest films. Even many football agnostics watch the Super Bowl. Some watch it for the commercials. Some pretend to watch it, but simply tolerate it for the good eating. ...
• Tonight’s Music… Gin Wigmore.
  A FRIEND just introduced me to Gin Wigmore after seeing her, ensconced in the second row and then meeting her after the concert. Jimmy Kimmel gave her the spotlight earlier this week. Wigmore’s music would fit perfectly with “GIRLS.”
• In Your Face Photo: President Obama Skeet Shooting
  ANY OTHER requests? The Weekly Standard didn’t say a peep other than to post the picture with the description. They’ve been rendered mute by the release of the photo. Rep. Marsha Blackburn challenged President Obama, saying she could beat him at skeet shooting. Who cares? It wouldn&# ...
• John Pilger Cites “A Full-Scale Invasion of Af ...
  In late December I posted US Deploying Troops to 35 African Nations, which began: The headline for this story, at Current is Growing The Empire. US Deploying Troops To 35 African Countries. Of course the DC spin is that this is all about ‘training’ troops of these nations. Yesterday at TruthOut, ...

Hudson New York

• Does Brooklyn College pass the "shoe on the ot ...
  The decision by the Brooklyn College political science department to endorse the BDS movement—which includes the boycotting of Jewish-Israeli academics—has been "justified" on freedom of speech and academic freedom grounds by the Chairman of the
• Open Letter to Glenn Greenwald Regarding Brook ...
  Dear Mr. Greenwald: Before I respond to your questions I have two questions for you: 1. Are your editors aware that you are an active participant in the controversy at Brooklyn College about which you are writing—that you have threatened to cancel your
• New Hijab Controversies Looming in Europe
  The Belgian branch of the popular Dutch department store chain HEMA has lost a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a Muslim shop assistant whose contract was not extended after she refused to stop wearing a hijab, the traditional Islamic headscarf. The
• Muslim Persecution of Christians: November, 2012
  Reports of Christian persecution by Muslims around the world during the month of November include (but are not limited to) the following accounts. They are listed by form of persecution, and in country alphabetical order, not necessarily according to
• Palestinians' Nazi-Style Youth Movement Prepar ...
  Thousands of Palestinian schoolchildren have been receiving military training in the Gaza Strip to prepare them for jihad against Israel. According to Mohamed Siam, a senior official with the Hamas-run ministry, some 9,000 high school children have

Urban Survival

• Is Unemployment Stable? Hardly!
  The report out this morning says 7.9% and that's up 1/10th from the previous month, with about 157,000 new jobs. From there...(pay attention to the highlight) Continue reading →
• Coping: With a Satisfying Birthday Present
  I got my first birthday present early this year. What is it? Well it's a good portable radio that does everything I want it to: TECSUN PL660 Portable Radio FM/LW/MW/SW/SSB/AIRBAND PLL World Band Synthesized Receiver, LCD Display, Dual Conversion ($110, Amazon). Continue reading →
• “Ritual” Thursday
  OK, I’ll admit it:  Most mornings we’d start off with a cleverly worded story about the Fed non-decision on rates but before we attempt that here’s an email that came in from my friend G.A. Stewart to keep an eye … Continue reading →
• Coping: With our “Boundaries of Awarenes ...
  If you’re an astute reader, you no doubt caught the change in the column this week ahead of the Amazon ad.  We’re back to the simple “More after this” cutaway.   Reader John T, however, along with several others, were … Continue reading →
• Housing Roars Ahead–Sort of…
  The Case-Shiller/S&P Housing Index numbers have just been released and while we don’t know how much of the increase is due to venture groups sucking up the middle/upper income properties in places like Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Tampa, what is … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

• Bio-Microchip ready in March 2013, After Israe ...
  When President Obama realized the importance and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
• BREAKING ~ American Sniper author Chris Kyle s ...
  Former Navy Seals Chris Kyle, Author Of 'American... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
• David Icke ~ Global Conspiracy
  Date: 11-20-07 Host: George Noory Guests: ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
• How the coming World War 3 will develop in 2013 ?
  How the coming World War 3 will develop in 2013... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
• Paul Krugman : No Debt Crisis, We Can Just Pri ...
  Responding to House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://financearmageddon.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Radical Chic

• NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
  Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
• AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses&#821 ...
  I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
• AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
  This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
• RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
  It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
• FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle&#821 ...
  Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

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NRDC Switchboard

• The World Bank Is NOT Coming After Our Ice Cre ...
  Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C. Last week, World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim came out with a powerful, laudable statement supporting urgent action on climate change. “If there is no action soon,&rdqu ...
• ¡Sí Se Pudo! - I-710 Communities Gain Momentum ...
  Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California There’s nothing like a raucous public hearing to get the blood pumping on a Thursday night.  Last night, I attended the Project Committee meeting for the I-1 ...
• LCFS "Red Flags" Don't Hold Up Under Scrutiny
  Simon Mui, Scientist, Clean Vehicles and Fuels, San Francisco As a scientist working on clean fuel policies, I spend much of my time working to protect our environment, health, and economy from the negative, unintended consequences from petroleum us ...
• Steven Chu, Champion of Clean Energy and Effic ...
  Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City "We are in a global race to develop and deploy clean energy technologies," Steven Chu wrote in his White House blog in 2011. "We can either sit on the sidelines and watch the competition pass us b ...
• News Report Reveals Pennsylvania DEP Fails to ...
  Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York Last week, a news report by the Timesonline revealed that the Pennsylvania Department of Environment (DEP) has been avoiding using its most stringent water testing method for determining if local drinking water ...

Injustice Everywhere

• Corruption in the Philadelphia Courts
  From Philly.com: Nine current and former Philadelphia Traffic Court judges were charged with conspiracy and fraud Thursday, capping a three-year FBI probe into what authorities said was rampant ticket-fixing and pervasive corruption on the bench. The charges, outlined in a … Continue readi ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, January 31, 2013: Update: Twin Rivers, California: About four months after five men filed a lawsuit accusing officers of brutality and false arrest, the district has paid $650,000 to … Continue reading →National Police ...
• 7-year old Arrested, Handcuffed, Interrogated
  From ABC News: Wilson Reyes, a student at Public School 114 in the Bronx reportedly got into a fight with a fellow student in December after he was accused of taking $5 of lunch money that had fallen on the … Continue reading →7-year old Arrested, Handcuffed, Interrogated is a post f ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, January 30, 2013: Nora Springs, Iowa: A police officer was arrested and charged with child endangerment. He allegedly choked his victim, causing him to have difficulty breathing and leaving … Continue reading →Nationa ...
• ATF Mess in Milwaukee
  ATF set up a undercover sting operation.  But criminals stole weapons from them and the ATF, in turn, rips off citizen-landlord.  Note also that when the citizen lodges complaints about damages and unpaid bills, he is threatened with criminal charges.   … Continue readi ...

Total Collapse

• Russian Navy to Get over 50 Warships by 2016
  The Russian navy will receive more than 50 new warships by 2016, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. In the coming three years, 18 surface warships, 30 special-purpose and counter-subversion vessels as well as six multi-purpose strategic submarines will be put into service, the ministry said in ...
• Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death
  A startling Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Obama was informed by White House medical personal shortly after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s return to the United States that her health prognosis was “grim” as her likelihood o ...
• Russian Navy to hold biggest war games in decades
  The four major Russian Navy fleets will hold a joint exercise in late January in the Mediterranean and Black seas. It will be the biggest such event in decades. Commands for the Northern, Baltic, Black Sea and Pacific fleets have been preparing for the exercises since December of last year, the ...
• Hillary Clinton in hospital amid speculation o ...
  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s admittance to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Monday, Dec, 31 – with a blood clot caused by concussion – gave wings to a cloud of rumor and conspiracy theories surrounding her state of health. The hospital, where Saudi King Abdullah was also ...
• Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret ...
  A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd left]was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed when their C-12 Huron military passenger and transport aircraft crash landed near ...

Daily Dose

• TNW’s Daily Dose: Path settles with the FTC ov ...
  Path settles with the FTC over user data privacy, Facebook launches physical cards for its Gifts product, and also re-enables the controversial Photo Tag Suggestions in the US. It’s all... Keep reading →
• TNW’s Daily Dose: The New York Times vs ...
  In today’s Daily Dose: The New York Times accuses China of hacking, Mega hosts nearly 50 million files and Google gets down in the Grand Canyon. You can catch The... Keep reading →
• TNW Daily Dose: Blackberry not RIM, Yandex no ...
  In today’s Daily Dose, Blackberry (not RIM) launches new brand, OS and phones, Yandex withdraws Wonder and Google wants your teenagers. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through... Keep reading →
• TNW Daily Dose: Google hands out Raspberry Pis ...
  In today’s Daily Dose, Mozilla announces ‘Click to Play’ for plugins, Google donates Raspberry Pis, the New York Times starts incubating and Foursquare takes aim at business managers. You can... Keep reading →
• TNW Daily Dose: Twitter’s transparency r ...
  In today’s Daily Dose, a gas leak at Samsung’s semiconductor plant in South Korea, Twitter’s transparency report, Plurk funding and Chinese games consoles. You can catch The Daily Dose every... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

• Feb 1st - Reef Day of Action events
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• Go LED and kill Hazelwood?
  By Trent Hawkins According to analysis conducted by Beyond Zero Emissions, lighting in homes is responsible for about seven per cent of household electricity use, and around 30 per cent of electricity for commercial and retail buildings. That's quite a large amount of energy use, but it could ...
• A turn for the better
  If there’s one thing Wonthaggi has plenty of it’s wind. Energy researcher BEN COURTICE looks at whether it could prove to be one of the shire’s biggest assets. IF YOU install solar panels to offset your entire electricity use, you pay no electricity bill – you may even get a credi ...
• Submissions to the SA Select Committee on the ...
  To download BZE's full submission click here. To download the Repower Port Augusta Alliance submission click here. (NOTE: Some people have trouble downloading files from our website, with some downloads stopping before completion. If you have this problem then right-click on the li ...
• This summer, BBQ without cooking the planet
  For the summer holiday season, the first thing on everyone's mind is naturally how to minimise their carbon emissions. Well, maybe not the first thing on everyone's mind, but it is at least possible to have a barbie without contributing extra greenhouse emissions – and probably more convenient ...

Monga Bay ( News )

• Indonesian province of East Kalimantan imposes ...
  The Indonesian province of East Kalimantan has imposed a one-year moratorium on new permits for logging, mining, and oil palm plantations, reports Reuters.
• Rate of tree die-off in Amazon higher than con ...
  The rate of tree mortality in the Amazon rainforest due to storm damage and drought is 9-17 percent higher than conventionally believed, reports a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
• Man drove Tasmanian Tiger to extinction in Aus ...
  Man, not disease, drove the Tasmanian Tiger to extinction, according to a new study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology.
• Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatla ...
  Degradation of peat swamps for oil palm and timber plantations is a substantially larger source of greenhouse gas emissions than previously believed, finds a new study published in the journal Nature.
• From slash-and-burn to Amazon heroes: new vide ...
  A new series of short films is celebrating the innovation of rural farmers in the Manu region of Peru. Home to jaguars, macaws, and tapirs, the Manu region is also one of the top contenders for the world's most biodiverse place. It faces a multitude of threats from road-building to mining to gas ...

Sierra Express

• Bolton Wanderers sign Sierra Leonean Medo Kamara
  Ahead of the transfer deadline Bolton Wanderers signed Sierra Leonean midfielder 25 year old Medo Kamara (in photo) in a 3½ year deal from Partizan Belgrade for an undisclosed sum. Although he thought he had no chance of obtaining the player, Manager Dougie Freeman targeted Medo Kamara for his l ...
• President Yahya Jammeh Again -“Thank God it’s ...
  The President of the West African State of The Gambia, Dr. Yahya AJJ Jammeh has once again taken his people by what most of them described as ‘2013 bash surprise’ by announcing through the National Broadcaster that effective February 1st 2013 government working days in the week has been cut down ...
• Sierra Leone’s Envoy to China highlights China ...
  Sierra Leone’s Envoy to the People’s Republic of China, Abubakarr Multi-Kamara has spoken, that China is now a major player alongside other traditional bilateral and multilateral donors in providing financial and technical assistance to Africa for its (Africa) sustainable development and future ...
• Africans Sent $60 Billion to Africa in 2012, B ...
  South Africa, Tanzania, and Ghana are the most expensive sending countries in Africa, with prices averaging 20.7 percent, 19.7 percent, and 19.0 percent respectively Jan. 28, 2012  -  In a report this morning by the World Bank, African immigrants sent a whopping $60 billion to Africa in 2012, bu ...
• This Week In English Football – Premiership Mi ...
  Queens Park Rangers played their seventh game in January on Tuesday and held he reigning champions, Manchester City, to a 0-0 draw at Loftus Road.  In their contests during the month, QPR drew with City, Tottenham, West Ham, and West Brom (the latter in the FA Cup); beaten West Brom (in the repl ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

• Soy, ahoy! Cow milk gets brush
  More Kiwis are swapping cows' milk for soy and other milk alternatives, new data shows.Foodstuffs spokeswoman Antoinette Shallue said retail sales of soy milk in New World and Pak'nSave stores grew 3.4 per cent in 2011 and 1.5 per...
• NZ sales pitch hit by DCD milk issue
  The head of the Government's tourism agency says revelations of chemical residues in milk from this country are "unhelpful" in the pitch to potential visitors.Tourism NZ chief executive Kevin Bowler said New Zealand had to be very...
• Editorial: Milk formula fuss warning for exporters
  The words "New Zealand" have to be synonymous with food safety. The country cannot afford its reputation as a pure and wholesome food producer to be tarnished anywhere in the world, but especially in milk fed to babies and especially...
• 'Entering the grip of a drought'
  Hot, dry weather has many Bay of Plenty dairy farmers struggling to make ends meet and Tauranga staring down the barrel of the third driest month in living memory.A mere 4mm of rain will have fallen in January, if the forecast for...
• Fran O'Sullivan: Battle plan lacking for dairy ...
  New Zealand Ambassador Carl Worker's fulsome apology for the "confusion" caused to Chinese consumers over the detection of DCD residues in New Zealand-sourced milk is clearly an attempt to stop the trade risk to New Zealand dairy...

Hit & Run | Reason

• Court Silences Man Who Painted Protest Sign on ...
  William Bowden painted “Screwed by the Town of Cary” on his house after a road-widening project (allegedly) directed runoff onto his property, damaging his North Carolina home. Within hours, zoning officials paid him a visit, ordering him to remove the sign or pay fines of up to $500 ...
• Anthony Randazzo on a Debt Ceiling Lesson from ...
  American progressives are fond of gazing across the pond at Europe and wishing the U.S. would emulate it. So as soon as President Obama started announcing from all reaches of the country that Congress "must" eliminate the debt ceiling, progressive cheerleaders echoed his demands, poi ...
• Sheldon Richman on the Ominous U.S. Presence i ...
  Ominously but unsurprisingly, the U.S. military’s Africa Command wants to increase its footprint in northwest Africa. As Sheldon Richman explains, what began as low-profile assistance to France’s campaign to wrest control of northern Mali (a former colony) from unwelcome jihadists co ...
• National School Choice Week Lights Up Chicago
  "National School Choice Week Lights Up Chicago" is the latest from Reason TV. Watch above or click on the link below for video, full text, supporting links, downloadable versions, and more Reason TV clips. View this article.
• Ed Krayewski Starting Off Conversation About M ...
  On Wednesday, I participated in The Young Turks' online show "The Point," in an episode focused on the war on terror and the consequences of intervention. I was asked to submit a video to start off the first topic of this episode, the intervention in Mali and how it may have b ...

Mercury Rising

• Obama Adminstration Joining Overseas Publisher ...
  It’s sure starting to look that way: In 2011, we wrote about an important copyright case involving three publishers suing Georgia State University for daring to have “e-reserves” that allow professors to make certain works available to students electronically via the university ...
• Why You Should Read Bluestem Prairie, Groundho ...
  Why should you read Bluestem Prairie? Because of stories like this one on a particularly stupid and crazy state rep’s playing with imaginary legislation: Publicity-hungry Representative Tony Cornish (R-Good Thunder) is withdrawing two controversial bills he didn’t yet introduce, and ...
• Friday Cat Blogging
• More on the Aaron Swartz story
  We previously covered the tragic story of Aaron Swartz, who was hounded to his death by a prosecution that seemed malicious and disproportionate, charging him with 13 felonies for downloading publicly-accessible files from MIT’s JSTOR account–even though JSTOR refused to say Swartz h ...
• Guatemalan dictator on trial for genocide
  From NSArchive: Guatemala achieved a breakthrough for justice today with the opening of the landmark criminal trial of Efraín Ríos Montt, former military dictator, for genocide and crimes against humanity. Ríos Montt, along with his chief of army intelligence José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, is ...

Reality Sandwich

• Please Don't Frack My Mother
  As many of you may know, Governor Cuomo is announcing his decision on whether or not to lift the moratorium on fracking in New York State on or before Feb 27th.. This means we have to turn up the heat in the next few weeks (while turning down the gas of course). read more
• Advanced Mind Mapping
  Discover Magazine reports that a group of scientists are working on a brand new form of brain mapping. The $30 million Human Connectome Project will provide a model showing the main neural pathways that link the 500 major areas of the brain in an attempt to show how our biological hardwiring c ...
• Psychedelic Science 2013
  This April sees the second international MAPS conference, Psychedelic Science 2013. Over 70 of the world's leading researchers from more than 12 countries will present recent findings on the benefits and risks of LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, ayahuasca, ibogaine, 2C-B, ketamine, marijuana, and m ...
• The Experiment at La Chorrera
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• Reality Sandwich Reviews, February 1, 2013
  In this edition of Reality Sandwich reviews:  The Hobbit Hallucinations The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Occupy This! Among Mediums: A Scientist's Quest for Answers The Im ...

Desertification

• OP-ED: Weird, and Getting Weirder
  Weird is the only way to describe January temperatures whipsawing between record warm and arctic cold over a span of a few days. Experts say that is what climate change looks like: weird, record-shattering weather. Here’s a fact that goes beyond weird to astonishing. Anyone who is 27 years ...
• Peering into the Energy Crystal Ball
  Trying to predict the future of the energy sector is like trying to predict the weather in London in an era of global warming. But delegates had a go at it during the three-day World Future Energy Summit that ended in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 17. They foresee new world leaders in the energy sector, [...]
• Digging for Water, But Striking Oil
  The volatile politics of the Middle East have long been dominated by the fluctuating fortunes of a single commodity: oil. But when the oil-blessed region runs out of water, there could be a change in the political landscape, triggering potential conflicts. The world’s future wars, experts predic ...
• Experts Fear Collapse of Global Civilisation
  Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future. They can clearly see the coming collapse of global civilisation from an array of interconnected environmental problems. “We’re all scared,” said Paul Ehrlich, president of the Center for Conservation Biology at St ...
• OP-ED: Climate Inaction Is a Clear Failure of ...
  Around the world, 2012 was the year of extreme weather, when we unequivocally learned that the fossil fuel energy that powers our societies is destroying them. Accepting this reality is the biggest challenge of the brand new year. Re-engineering our societies and lifestyles to prosper on green a ...

Blogging Canadians

• "Corporate Bosses"
  How many corporate bosses does it take to solve a problem? 'They're too busy lashing out at workers for sexual thrills'. by "Texts To My Boss" As originally posted on: Texts To My Boss (TextsToMyBoss) on Twitter December 13, 2012
• "Anybody"
  How to Remove Your Online Identity: The Ultimate Guide to Anonymity and Security on the Internet by Alex Long As originally posted on: Null Byte [Post date not given] Anonymity is something that doesn't exist today. Everything you do in the world is tracked, from the purchases you make to ...
• "This Admin that Got Hacked" and "You Guys"
  The following tweets were originally posted by "Hmei7" on Twitter via the hacked personal account of "The Lulz Boat" (https://twitter.com/TheLulzSecPress) on January 19, 2013. They have been edited in terms of formatting. This account is now under the control of @officialHmei7 ;-) Hey follo ...
• "The Evil"
  The following tweets were originally posted by Bryan Runnels on Twitter via his personal account (https://twitter.com/TheLibertysmith), variously, on January 4, 2013 and January 18, 2013. They have been edited in terms of formatting. Network with people who serve each other for each others ...
• American Businessman / Television Host / Pop C ...
  @realDonaldTrump Go fuck yourself. As originally posted on: Deadspin (Deadspin) on Twitter January 17, 2013

Press TV - Middle East

• Bahrainis hold anti-regime protests
  Thousands of Bahraini demonstrators have staged anti-regime protest rallies across the country to renew their calls for freedom and democracy.
• Kuwaiti activist jailed for insulting Emir
  A court in Kuwait has sentenced an opposition youth activist to five years in prison for insulting the Emir on Twitter website, a rights group said.
• Israel aims to destabilize Syria: Assad
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Israel is trying to destabilize Syria by attacking a military research base outside Damascus.
• White House rejects plan of arming Syria
  The White House has rejected then-Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and then CIA Director David Petraeus’ plan to arm and train Syrian militants, a report says.
• Attacks kill over 30 in Iraq’s Kirkuk
  Over 30 people have been killed and about 70 others wounded in coordinated attacks on police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

• Spring 2013 Welcome Letter From Dean Mogulescu
  Dear SPS Students: I hope you have enjoyed your winter holidays, and are looking forward to the challenges and rewards of the upcoming semester. Whether you are a new or returning student, I am happy to welcome you to the School of Professional Studies for the Spring 2013 term, and to thank you ...
• On The Day My Life Changed Forever
  Recently I read an FB status on a friend’s page that asked what a panic attack felt like and I smiled in sympathy. I wanted to reply and describe it, but I didn’t want to take up that much space. I recently experienced my first panic attack. Now if you’ve been a reader for a [...]
• MA in Applied Theatre Students and Alumni in t ...
  In September, SPS announced that Linda Key (’12) received a prestigious Fulbright award. Applied Theatre students and alumni continue to break ground. At elementary schools in all five boroughs, Leah Page (’13), Liz Parker (’11), Rachel Evans (’13), Amy Sawyers (’13), Anneka Fagundes (’11) ...
• Code for Change: Student-to-Student Text Book ...
  In October of this year, Paul Russo, Ph.D., SPS’s Director of Online Programs and an instructor in the Sociology program, led a team of current CUNY students and graduates to develop a free student-to-student text book exchange as part of the ApplicationsforGood codathon sponsored by the M ...
• I am a marathoner.
  Reblogged from xahndra: I’ve struggled with putting words to my incredible marathon experience… That’s why it’s taken me so long to even think about this post; but here I go. The day before the Philly Marathon, with “Rocky.” The back of my marathon shirt&#8230 ...

Dissident Voice

• Veterans For Peace Supports U.N. Committee in ...
  Leah Bolger, President of Veterans For Peace, applauded a United Nations Committee this week for raising concerns about the recruitment of children into the U.S. military, the U.S. killing of children in Afghanistan, the U.S. detention and torture of children labeled “combatants,” an ...
• The Dawn of Medicare
  A highly risible tactic of the Tea Partyers in the United States has been criticism of president Barack Obama as a “socialist”1 (insulting to Obama but more so to socialists), particularly since he attempted to reform a medical care system in a country where over 50 million were without medical ...
• Hope is for the Lazy: The Challenge of Our Dea ...
  In 2005, I preached on the ecological crisis in a sermon I titled “Hope is for the Weak: The Challenge of a Broken World.”  Looking back, I realize that I had been far too upbeat and optimistic, probably trying too hard to be liked. Today I want to correct that. Hence, my updated title: “Hope [...]
• Inflation of the University Degree
  Catch 22s Well it seems now that college graduates are up in arms about the student loan payments that they will have to make after graduation, and while Congress and the President have taken the necessary measures to keep student loan rates from increasing, college graduates still must confront ...
• After The Fireworks Have Faded
  On July 4, the people of the U.S. marked the passing of another year’s perfunctory Independence Day festivities. The date, also, was occasioned by the formal announcement from physicists at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) that, according to the banner headline at CERN&#82 ...

Nick Turse

• killanythingthatmoves:U.S. Marine wields a f ...
  killanythingthatmoves: U.S. Marine wields a flame thrower during Operation New Castle, 03/26/1967. Photo courtesy of NARA, Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - onward. Buy the book: Also available as an ebook:
• killanythingthatmoves:This video was made in ...
  killanythingthatmoves: This video was made in 2008 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of The Ridenhour Prizes. It highlights the last five years of the awards process and provides a short history of Ron Ridenhour’s career and the inspiration behind the establishment of the prizes.
• killanythingthatmoves:Troops in the field re ...
  killanythingthatmoves: Troops in the field regularly carved their unit’s initials or numbers into corpses, adorned bodies with their unit’s patch, or left a “death card”— generally either an ace of spades or a custom- printed business card claiming credit for the kill. Company A, 1st Batta ...
• projectrenew:Two members of RENEW’s roving c ...
  projectrenew: Two members of RENEW’s roving clearance team are moving unexploded ordnance found in a rice field for transportation to the central demolition site for later destruction. 
• How Disaster Aid Recipients Voted on Sandy Rel ...
  How Disaster Aid Recipients Voted on Sandy Relief By Al Shaw and Jeff Larson, ProPublica, Updated February 1, 2013 “Late Tuesday evening, President Obama signed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, which allocates $50.7 billion for Hurricane Sandy aid. Though the measure passed bo ...

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