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Matt Weidner Blog

  • Florida Consumer Justice Advocates- Fighting F ...
    Lawmakers Try Taking Away Judge’s Right to Correct Court Errors A group of Florida attorneys, who joined together to form the Florida Consumer Justice Advocates (FCJA), are speaking out against a bill Governor Scott will soon be asked to sign into law.  The legislation, HB 87, was passed by lawm ...
  • BOMBSHELL- Florida Judges Recognize Faster For ...
    I give the judges here in the western part of this state a great deal of credit.  While other areas of the state seem to have been sucked into the whole… CLEAR THESE FORECLOSURE CASES! THROW THESE FORECLOSURE CASES OUT! WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT, WE’RE SETTING TRIALS ANDRead the Rest...
  • The Foreclosure Bill is On Governor Scott&#821 ...
    Forget about what you think about foreclosures or people in foreclosure. The biggest problem with the foreclosure bill is that it strips away the fundamental power our judges and the court system has to correct mistakes a court makes. Florida’s judges should support our appeal, because thi ...
  • Gulf Coast Legal Lawyers Fired Foreclosure Law ...
    He misses the work. “I got more out of it than the clients, and every volunteer lawyer said the same thing.” Until Mullin became executive director, the insurance issue had never been raised. Volunteer attorneys are a common fixture within the legal aid community. Several are now vol ...
  • BOMBSHELL- The Most Important Prosecution in F ...
    Settle down…this was two years ago: The first sign of what would ultimately become a $3 billion fraud surfaced Jan. 11, 2000, when Fannie Mae executive Samuel Smith discovered Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. sold him a loan owned by someone else. Fannie Mae, the government-spons ...

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The Parallel Parliament

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Vaccine Awakening

  • Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
    posted May 14, 2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher   These are desperate times for those denying vaccine risks. We know it because we are witnessing so many acts of desperation being committed by doctors determined to shut down the public conversation about vaccination and health. Vaccine r ...
  • Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity
    Posted 1/24/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot. Defending Freedom of Consc ...
  • IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
    Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...
  • Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & ...
    Posted: 11/20/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in America.[1] Each year du ...
  • Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
    Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5  ...

2020 Science

  • The science of VidCon – Connecting with Scienc ...
    Where I cover science at this year’s VidCon YouTube convention, take a look at science and engineering more broadly on YouTube, and suggest that for next year’s VidCon the organizers should bring together some of the leading science projects on YouTube with grass-roots science-advoca ...
  • Frying your brains on information overload: Ol ...
    Living online is changing our brains – at least according to Baroness Greenfield in an interview posted today by New Scientist. Leaving aside questions over the extent to which Greenfield’s concerns are driven by misapprehension or plausibility, the interview put me in mind of a rath ...
  • Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot? and ...
    Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot Or Drink Toilet Water For An Hour? Can you explain how gravitons can escape a black hole?  Or do you have a good answer to the question “why are people annoying?” This is just a sampling of some of the more entertaining and challenging questio ...
  • What was worrying us about nanotechnology safe ...
    In 2004, the first International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials was held in Buxton in the UK.  Seven years later, I’m preparing for a discussion panel at the fifth meeting in this very successful community-led series (being held this week in Boston MA), and ...
  • Want to know about teens and social media from ...
    If you are a teen who uses YouTube (or know of one – maybe even your own teenager), please think seriously about posting a response to this video: (You can also watch it directly on YouTube here). Over on the Risk Science Blog, I’ve just posted a piece about Baroness Susan Greenfield ...

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War Resisters League

  • Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Inter ...
    [Originally published on January 22nd, 2013 on Jadaliyya.] by Ali Issa  The Iraqi state releasing 335 detainees this past week? Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki bussing in a few hundred paid “supporters” to rally? What gives? Signs point to the wave … Continue reading →
  • U.S. Tear Gas Still on the Streets of Egypt: H ...
    Earlier last week, Egyptians poured out onto the streets across Egypt to protest President Morsi’s dictatorial decree overriding the power of the courts, attempting to keep a heavily Muslim Brotherhood-influenced constitutional assembly in tact, and granting himself seemingly unchecked authority ...
  • منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية ال ...
    للنشر الفوري 11-26-2012   للاتصال: ali@warresisters.org علي عيسى – في نيو يورك 718-310-9968  اسماء محمد – في سويس, مصر012-680-9980 منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية العمالية, اسماء محمد محمد, التي قالت لا للغاز المسيل للدموع, جائزة سلام كان رفضها لتمرير … Continue reading →
  • Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Moha ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26th, 2012 Contact:         Ali Issa, 718.310.9968, ali@warresisters .org, New York City, U.S.A. Asma Mohammed, 012-680-9980 – Suez, Egypt Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Mohammed, Who Said No to Tear Gas, to be honored with War Resisters … Continue ...
  • Celebrations, Resistance, and Us
    by Matt Meyer This week, a project six years in the making – and which many of us hope will have a significant positive impact on US movements for social change – finally shot off the presses. We Have Not … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

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  • Algebraic Art
    Zitrus: x2 + z2 = y3 . (1-y)3
  • The next 100,000 years
    How humans will develop over the next 100,000 years is just speculation and a thought experiment, but the critical difference from the last glacial period will - I think - be that man will effectively have as much energy as he needs or wants. This availability of "abundant energy" will lead to ...
  • Back from UK’s coldest spring for 50 years
    I reckon that in W Europe the subsidies provided for non-commercial energy production has provided windfalls for about 500,000 owners/developers of wind farms and solar plants but has cost the jobs of about 15 million. It has been the idiot pursuit of "low carbon dioxide emissions" which is now ...
  • Back from UK’s coldest spring for 50 years
    I reckon that in W Europe the subsidies provided for non-commercial energy production has provided windfalls for about 500,000 owners/developers of wind farms and solar plants but has cost the jobs of about 15 million. It has been the idiot pursuit of "low carbon dioxide emissions" which is now ...
  • A glass half full…..
    Nothing is ever half-empty without also being half-full.

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Consumerist

  • These Amazon Reviews Might Not Sell Any Produc ...
    A few weeks ago we had a couple chuckles over a round-up of hilarious Amazon product reviews, those bits of tongue-in-cheek humor and working of words through the medium of comedy are, in most cases, more of a reward than whatever the product being sold is. We asked you, dear readers, to rustle ...
  • I’m So Relieved That These Plastic Salt ...
    Consumerist reader Roy knows his stuff — there’s no messing around when it comes to scoring deals and as such, he keeps his peepers peel for the juiciest ones the Internet has to offer. In his pursuit of one item, he had to buy one other, tiny thing to make his deal dreams come true. The g ...
  • Air Canada Rouge Flight Attendants: Hipsters O ...
    Air Canada’s new discount carrier, Air Canada Rouge, bills itself as a “new stylishly affordable leisure airline.” Rouge introduced its new uniforms to the flying public this week, and they’re very versatile. Flight attendants can wear them from work to a concert to picki ...
  • Report: Thai Fishing Industry Is Using Slave L ...
    A new report from a British activist group is placing Thailand’s fishing industry in some pretty hot water, with allegations that 15 Burmese workers of a Thai crew were basically slaves. The group is now urging the United States, which is the No. 1 importer of Thai fish products, to hold T ...
  • Jockey Wants To Change How Bra Sizes Work. Can ...
    The standard American bra size consists of a number and a letter: the measurement around the wearer’s body in inches, and the lettered cup size, which indicates the difference between the bust measurement and the measurement around the ribcage: in other words, how big the breast is. As any ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • UNHCR Whistleblower Wins Case After Long Legal ...
    Associated Press: UN Judge Rules in Long-Running Refugee Agency Investigator's Case of Retaliation In a near decade-long legal battle, former UN investigator Caroline Hunt-Matthes has won her whistleblower retaliation case. Two judgments found that she was unfairly punished for documenting a ...
  • UNHCR Whistleblower Wins Case before the UN Di ...
    After nine years of legal battles, a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) whistleblower has won her case. On May 28, 2013, the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) – the court of first instance of the two-tier internal justice system through which UN employees contest violatio ...
  • GAP Client Kiriakou Releases Letter from Priso ...
    FireDogLake: Imprisoned CIA Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou Pens “Letter from Loretto” GAP client and CIA/torture whistleblower John Kiriakou, currently serving 30 months in jail for blowing the whistle on the Bush administration’s ‘enhanced interrogation program,’ describes his life at th ...
  • Still, No Bankers Prosecuted? And No Straight ...
    As criminal misconduct in the financial sector continues (e.g., manipulation of benchmark interest rates and money-laundering), the US public still cannot get a straight answer out of the Justice Department about the lack of prosImage via flickr user Andrés Nieto Porrasecutions. At GAP, we suspe ...
  • GAP Stands Against Obama's 'Sensitive' Jobs Ru ...
    Bloomberg: Watchdog Groups Decry Obama Limits on Whistleblowers Public interest groups including GAP are fighting against a proposed rule from the Obama administration that would make it easier to fire federal whistleblowers. The draft rule, published in the Federal Register yesterday, allows ...

UK Progressive

  • The Boston Marathon Bombers and the Theory of ...
    by Tina Dupuy My working theory—you could call it a philosophy, or a freestanding reason of how the world works—is what I call the Theory of Relative Laziness. It goes like this: Never attribute anything to conspiracy, coordination or planning when laziness could explain it. Call it Occam’s Armc ...
  • Six Claims on Detainee Torture, Skewered
    by Christie Thompson ProPublica Among the news that ended up being buried in the events last week: A nonpartisan think tank, the Constitution Project, released a scathing, 577-page report on the U.S.’s treatment, and torture, of detainees in the aftermath of 9/11. The investigation began in 2009 ...
  • Illegal Abortion and ‘The Way of the World’
    by Tina Dupuy The Women’s Medical Society in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell was one of the few places in the state to provide late-term abortions. From witness accounts the clinic smelled of cat urine. There was a free-roaming, flea-infested feline that reportedly def ...
  • The Dis-Uniting of America (2): Social Issues ...
    by Robert Reich My first reaction on hearing of the Senate’s failure to get 60 votes for even modest measures to regulate the flow of guns into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, such as background checks supported by 90 percent of Americans, was to be furious at the spinelessness of t ...
  • Boston Strong!
    by Janet Landry-Borden On March 5, 1770 three men were killed on the streets of Boston in what came to be known as the Boston Massacre. Two more died later from their injuries, and several more were wounded. It took five years for the British to begin to feel the tremors of the outrage of that [...]

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JoNova

  • Weekend Unthreaded
    Is it cold where you are? Rating: 6.3/10 (6 votes cast) Rating: 6.3/10 (6 votes cast)
  • Arid regions of the world are 11% greener, mos ...
    Increasing CO2 makes life easier for plants that live in hot dry places. Thanks to satellites we know the world has “greened up” since 1980, but we were not sure how much of that was due to the fertilizing effect of CO2. To solve that, one group suggests we need to look in warm arid ...
  • Fitness consensus takes a hammering. For couch ...
    Sorry to do this, but now there are no excuses (apart from arthritis, amputation and angina). Don’t read on if you are a conscientious objector to exercise. The “I don’t have time” excuse doesn’t wash anymore. Though, if you are habitually running to catch the bus, ...
  • Tim Yeo’s switches from “Deniers l ...
    Tim Yeo, conservative MP who heads the UK climate change committee has broken the litany. This is a man who’s wanted to decarbonize the Brits for years, and he has just admitted “natural phases” might be to blame. He is only saying the bleeding obvious, but what happened to the ...
  • Who’s a conspiracy theorist then Paul Sy ...
    Paul Syvret  seems to be hoping no one will notice that he doesn’t even try to respond to arguments about wind turbines. His technique to avoid debate is to decree that some other people were wrong once on a different topic. They used a rapid fire technique called a Gish Gallop, so therefo ...

ReNew America

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

Truth Offering

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2012 Blog

  • What Will (likely) Kill You – Giving Doomsday ...
    Often when I am discussing killer solar storms with people, they’ll say something like I’m going to die one day anyway, so, whatever. It’s the opposite attitude of a prepper. But how do preppers react to the concept of something mundane killing them? I guess some strive to stay ...
  • Governments Should Be Supply Bottlenecks
    Of the many major concerns I have with a general lack of preparedness in society, two stand out that can be jointly fixed: Lack of government preparedness – especially in the more major scenarios like the next Carrington Event Just in time delivery to stores and supermarkets, as well as j ...
  • Salt and Survivalism
    Forget what they tell you about salt being bad for you – the jury is still out. And that’s only regarding too much salt. In ancient times salt was a valuable commodity! Ever wonder why? There are many good reasons for storing salt in your prepping supplies: Preserve meat – whe ...
  • Some Worrisome Virus Updates
    Flu Professor Hualan Chen, director of China’s National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, deliberately mixed the H5N1 bird-flu virus, which is highly lethal but not easily transmitted between people, with a 2009 strain of H1N1 flu virus, which is very ...
  • Wish List? Axe Multi-Tool
    There are a lot of choices when it comes to multi-tools. They are almost always small, like a Swiss army knife. But there’s another way of achieving similar results – store all the little tools inside one big tool, like an axe: Mo-Tools Wood Inlay Axe On the big side we have an axe, ...

Facing South

  • A historic win for voting rights in Virginia
    Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled a plan this week to automatically restore voting rights to nonviolent felons in a state where one in five African-American adults is disenfranchised due to an unusually harsh law. Civil rights advocates praised the move, but some say the governor should go ...
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: Nervous fossil-fuel giants tu ...
    With a fast-growing number of U.S. residents installing solar panels on their homes and businesses, utilities worried about their bottom line are jumping into the distributed solar power market -- even in the coal-dependent South. read more
  • What are companies doing with taxpayer money?
    Each year, cities and counties give more than $25 billion in tax breaks and other subsidies to lure businesses. What happens to the money? In most areas, it's hard to find out. read more
  • No relief in sight for Alabama community sicke ...
    A chemical spill from a natural gas facility has been sickening residents of an African-American community near Mobile, Ala. for five years now -- and it could take years to clean up the mess. read more
  • No relief in site for Alabama community sicken ...
    A chemical spill from a natural gas facility has been sickening residents of an African-American community near Mobile, Ala. for five years now -- and it could take years to clean up the mess. read more

One News Page

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

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Oriental Review

  • The Syrian Crisis in Light of the Decline of E ...
    What does the legalization of single-sex «marriages» in France, which even such desperate acts as Dominique Venner’s suicide in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris have been unable to stop, have in common with the civil war in Syria? The common factor is that in both cases we can see sign ...
  • Syrian Rebels Losing Big in Qusayr
    Events in Syria are overtaking the plans of the Western powers and Gulf oils states to oust the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. An outright victory by the Syrian Army against rebels in a nearly concluded battle close to the Syria-Lebanon border could be a major turning point in t ...
  • Nobel Prize Laureate: Peace Is Possible In Syria
    Mrs. Mairead Maguire, the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and currently a spokesperson for Mussalaha International Reconciliation Movement, has kindly submitted ORIENTAL REVIEW a special Report, based on her visit to Lebanon and Syria in May 2013. The Report is published by OR in full. Report an ...
  • Internal and External Dynamics of Syrian Crisis
    A wave of dissatisfaction with the incumbent regimes has spread in a number of North African and Middle Eastern Muslim countries. Some have been hard-hit by this wave, some have survived it, and some are still burning under the fire unleashed not merely by people’s discontentment, but also by th ...
  • The Syrian Pendulum
    The situation surrounding Syria is like a pendulum; first it swings in the direction of a major war, then suddenly a peaceful resolution glimmers. Observers barely have a chance to evaluate the new tendency before the pendulum starts to swing in the opposite direction again. The amplitude of its ...

BlogHer

  • When Reading Becomes the Preferred Form of Playing
    Editor's Note: Since our summer break started, I've watched my younger son plead with his older brother to play. "Play with me," he'll say, pouty lip and all. Meanwhile, my older son sits with his head in a book, oblivious to the pleading as he is lost in the pages of another world. Jessica at S ...
  • NaBloPoMo Soup: Add Your June Posts
    You have posts and we want to read them. This is a way for people to post a link to their daily June NaBloPoMo posts that they publish on their personal blogs. Please use the linky feature below daily to add your post, and peruse the ones already entered in order to find great things to read as ...
  • Would You Rather: The Pregnancy Edition
    Editor's Note: Did you ever play the "Would You Rather" game? You know, would you rather kiss Brad Pitt's left pinky toe or George Clooney's right big toe? Neither and no aren't answers, by the way. Hillary at Because My Life Is Fascinating came up with the pregnancy version of Would You Rather. ...
  • She Threw a Tantrum in Target -- and It's Okay!
    Editor's Note: Kids throw tantrums. End of discussion. So why do we, as parents, freak out when those tantrums happen in a public place? Heather at Amateur Parenting shared a recent public meltdown scenario, proving that parents can survive the woe of public humiliation brought on by toddler ant ...
  • Israel's Cheese Trail, One Goat Farm at a Time
    Editor's Note: Sarah and her family had just finished the Israel Trail at Tel Dan and needed a new travel goal. “Let’s walk from the sea to sea” was one suggestion, "The Golan Height Trail?” was another idea. The popular Jesus Trail also came up. And then Sarah made a final statement: “Guys, we ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to High Risk of Pr ...
    A prospective study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found that low serum vitamin D levels in the months preceding diagnosis may predict a high risk of ... Related posts:Reduced vitamin D levels associated with obesity  An ...
  • Kiwi Orange Coconut Flu Busting Smoothie
    There’s little that tastes better than a fresh fruit smoothie in the morning. They do wonders for the immune system and if you pack them with the right ingredients, they can supercharge your ability to not ... Related posts:Turmeric Among Natural Cures for Sinus Infection Acco ...
  • Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Increased Risk o ...
    Regular aspirin use appears to be associated with an increased risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of blindness in older people, and it appears to be independent of a ... Related posts:Reduced vitamin D levels associated with obe ...
  • Cleaning products ‘linked to adult asthm ...
    People who work with cleaning products risk developing asthma, believe UK experts who have explored the link. Their study of more than 7,000 people suggests exposure to bleach and other chemicals is a factor in one ... Related posts:Eating Meat and Dairy Products Linked to Earl ...
  • Farmers Join Hundreds to Protest Outside Monsa ...
    Protestors Near White House Also Call on President Obama to Halt Approval of Genetically Modified Crops and GMO Salmon Until Long Term Safety Tests Are Completed Nearly 300 family farmers, activists, and members of Food Democracy ... Related posts:Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto: ...

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

  • Trouble ahead: What the Patriot Coal ruling me ...
    Photo by David Kameras, UMWA When the word came down from St. Louis earlier this week that a federal bankruptcy judge had approved Patriot Coal’s plan to dump its union contract and its retiree health-care plan, the reaction from the United Mine Workers was about what you would expect. Uni ...
  • Judge allows Patriot to reject contract, benefits
    The breaking news is out that a U.S. bankruptcy judge has ruled in favor of Patriot Coal’s motion to reject its contract with the United Mine Workers union and to alter its retiree health-care plant. You can read the 102-page decision from Judge Kathy A. Surratt-States here. This is the &# ...
  • Busy day: Patriot Coal, power plants and the PSC
    Today promises to be a busy one for coal-related news. Thousands of Patriot Coal miners and retirees are anxiously awaiting the decision from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy A. Surratt-States on Patriot’s efforts to throw out the terms of its contract with the United Mine Workers and modify it ...
  • AG Morrisey’s rule of law and the future ...
    Gazette photo by Kenny Kemp If you missed the news Friday afternoon, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that he and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin had filed a “friend of the court” brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take in a case that challenges the federal Environ ...
  • Friday roundup, May 24, 2013
    Coal bound for South Korea via a West Coast port passes through a loading terminal at Cloud Peak Energy’s Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont., on April 4, 2013.   (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) Over at the State Journal, Pam Kasey this week provided an up-close look at the progress Arch Coal In ...

Daniel Miessler

  • Toddler Convinces Mother to Become Vegetarian
    This appeals to me in a number of ways: The kid is adorable He speaks truth about humanity (or lack thereof) that we get trained out of us later in lifeRelated Posts:A Guy Talking About LifeThis Drummer is Into ItA Happy CommercialHow to Handle BullyingA Talk on Parenting You Should SeeGoT Analy ...
  • Forward Progress
    Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Lot’s of progress around here the last couple of weeks: I just got my first pair of real shoes (Allen Edmonds Cap-toe Oxfords) Threw out all my square-toed and slip-on “dress” shoes I got my new bookshelf, and am slowly adding my deadtr ...
  • On Light vs. Dark Coffee
    Many are confused about the various coffee roast levels. What does it mean that something is light vs. dark roast? Which has more caffeine? What do experts prefer? Here are some answers: Lighter roasts maintain more of the natural flavor of the bean, i.e. a soil/planty type of taste Lighter roas ...
  • Amazon Rainforest Deforestation
    Related Posts:Existing Bookstores Should Become Front-ends for AmazonAmazon Buys GoodreadsBertrand Russell’s Essay: What I BelieveBooks After Amazon | Boston ReviewStored XSS on AmazonTwo (Hot) Gifts You Can Give AnyoneSilk Road | An Online Amazon for DrugsSome Site TweakingThe Coffee Trin ...
  • What Can America Learn From Denmark?
    In the U.S. Senate today, my right-wing colleagues talk a lot about "freedom" and limiting the size of government. Here’s what they really mean.They want ordinary Americans to have the freedom NOT to have health care in a country where 45,000 of our people who die each year because ...

Fitwatch

  • Why we need dissenting voices to ruin the stat ...
    Thatcher has been given a state ceremonial funeral. Our ruling class want to show the world how much she was loved and respected. They desperately don’t want any dissenting voices ruining the show. Fitwatch truly hopes that they do not get their wish. Thatcher was a prime architect of repressive ...
  • PLO block hits the streets at Sussex
    The following report is from PLO block, operational at Sussex university on Monday... A large banner and a small group of people (it can work well with just 3 people) is all you need for PLO blocking. PLO block turned out for the Sussex National Demo against Privatization. Although the group hav ...
  • Vauxhall Squat Raids
    These pictures were taken during the eviction of squats in Vauxhall tonight. The eviction was resisted, and it took a reported eight and a half hours to finally clear squatters from the building and the roof. From what we have been told, the buildings are being torn down for redevelopment. There ...
  • New Years Eve Prisoner Solidarity Demo
    Does exactly what it says on the tin. Lets be honest, this year has been a disheartening one. State and security forces have repositioned themselves with guns towards us (quite literally, in some cases) and scored significant victories against the dissenting population. Next year looks set to be ...
  • Plain clothes cop at Fridays demo
    Cops turning up to demos in plain clothes seems to be a regular occurence these days. These pics were taken at the Fight for Sites demo on Friday. Although he appears to have forgotten his uniform, the man pictured is Constable Mark Stoddart. A number of cops in plain clothes have been pictured ...

Worldwide Hippies

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  • Quintuplets in physics
    Ms Alexandra Kiňová (23) is expecting the first Czechia's naturally born quintuplets (a package of 5 babies) which would mean that we match the achievement of the most fertile U.S. state – Utah – from the last month. The Daily Mail tells us that the pregnancy has been easy so far. Doctors w ...
  • AGW: due to cosmic rays and freons?
    Lots of skeptics and the überalarmist Alexander Ač sent me the information about a widely discussed paper Cosmic-Ray-Driven Reaction and Greenhouse Effect of Halogenated Molecules: Culprits for Atmospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change (arXiv, PDF) WUWT, Google News written by ...
  • An extremely cloudy Prague in 2013
    A Czech Canadian e-pal has complained to me that "the month of May was worth [an excrement]: cold, windy, rainy etc". But that's nothing compared to the first five months as we have experienced them in Czechia. The Czech media such as The Week (EN) have told us about some cold hard fi ...
  • SUSY GUT with \(A_4\): six predictions for fer ...
    Stefan Antusch, Christian Gross, Vinzenz Maurer, and Constantin Sluka of Basel, Switzerland (Antusch is also affiliated with the Werner Heisenberg Institute, a part of the Max Planck Instiute in Munich) released an extremely intriguing preprint: A flavour GUT model with \[\Large\theta_{13}^{PM ...
  • Encouraging high school students talented in p ...
    ...and astronomy In the afternoon, I spent about 5 hours in Techmania, our local science center/museum built in some no longer operational construction halls of Škoda Works, a major factory in our city. Your humble correspondent was partly invited as a (now aged) kid who could ha ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • Two rivers near Quebec City overflow, flooding ...
    As much as 60 millimetres of rain fell over a short period overnight, causing the Lorette River in the western suburb of Ancienne-Lorette in Quebec City to overflow and flood dozens of basements. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: R ...
  • Rebuilding the Case for Silver
    from GoldSilverBitcoin: Silver got to $ 50. So what? I wrote after the price collapse on MayDay 2011 an article I entitled “The Sorrow of the 49er.” It looked into those who had come into the silver story, as we all know now, late. The price tumbled, and many middle classers were left underwater ...
  • Ont. helicopter crash victim was ‘brave,’ ‘cou ...
    One of the victims of Friday’s deadly helicopter crash in Northern Ontario is being remembered in Cape Breton. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: 4 killed in Ornge air ambulance crash in northern Ontario Four people are dead a ...
  • Standard Bank lowers gold forecast as equity c ...
    [Ed. note: Yet another criminal operation telegraphing they are going to manipulate the exchange rate of gold down further. Thanks for the heads up!] Standard Bank believes that since the end of last year, gold is trading in a similar fashion to the way it did between 1990 and 2003, and as a res ...
  • Senators debate who’s to blame in Duffy expens ...
    The Senate’s internal economy committee referred Senator Mike Duffy’s expenses to the RCMP. Two members of that committee, Conservative Senator Larry Smith and Liberal Senator Jim Munson, weigh in on the latest developments in the Senate expenses scandal on CBC Radio’s The Hous ...

Truth About Our World

Bloomberg

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

Enviroblog

Quick Hits

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

Capital - NYC

Views & News from Norway

  • Munch’s art wins place in the sun
    It’s been a big week for Norway’s most famous artist, Edvard Munch. Long hailed abroad but seemingly ignored at home, Munch’s art itself is finally getting massive display, through a major exhibition opening this weekend at both the Munch Museum and the National Gallery in Oslo ...
  • Few firms willing to hire foreigners
    American, Australian, Indian and other foreign workers have little chance of landing good jobs with Norwegian companies, no matter how educated or qualified they are, according to a new survey. Its results show that Norwegian employers prefer to hire Norwegian employees, even when faced with a l ...
  • Workers evacuated from offshore drilling rig u ...
    More than 60 persons on board the Norwegian operated drilling rig “Island Innovator” were evacuated early Friday when water started gushing into the rig’s pump room and the rig started to list to one side. The rig was berthed at Hanøytangen just west of Bergen for routine maint ...
  • War hero’s statue damaged again
    A statue of Norwegian war hero Gunnar Sønsteby has now been removed from its base at Solli Plass in Oslo, after it was found broken and lying on its side Friday morning. The statue that was formally unveiled by King Harald V six years ago was already in need of repairs after vandalism earlier th ...
  • LO leader accused of ‘bullying’ moms
    The new head of Norway’s largest trade union federation (LO) is being accused of “bullying” women in Norway who choose to work part-time. Gerd Kristiansen claims that mothers who work part-time are “using the mother’s role as an excuse” to stay at home, and th ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • Genetically Modified Crops and Hunger – Anothe ...
    Genetically modified crops are hailed by their proponents as the basis for a “new green revolution”, and as the key solution to feeding the world in the face of population growth and the exhaustion of new sources of agricultural land. There is a massive volume of research and researc ...
  • Connecticut Senate Backs Bill to Label GMOs
    With my home state being recently known for tragedy beyond imagining, it is refreshing that our senate has backed a bill 35 to 1 to label genetically modified food. While this has been hailed by supporters as a victory thus far, we are not out of the water just yet. The bill still [...]
  • Building an Edible Floating Island
    Here we are! We are underway with our Ten Week Internship with Geoff Lawton at the Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, in The Channon, New South Wales, Australia. We are a small group of only six interns, two teacher assistants and Mr. Geoff Lawton. The team has really formed a synerg ...
  • James Hansen: Why I Must Speak Out About Clima ...
    Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply worried about the future.
  • An Adventure with Bees in Guatemala
    This is a story of young permaculture practitioners with big dreams, a gang of plucky volunteers, and a wiley Mayan bee man doing the proverbial waggle dance with nature’s best pollinators, in an attempt to monopolise their golden liquid treasure for ourselves. The story takes place in Gua ...

Pointman's

  • Politicians, thieves and those greedy pigs in ...
    It’s simple, easy and a mistake, to despise all politicians. In my experience, they’re actually like us and mostly decent people, and when push comes to shove, they’ll usually try to do their best for the people they’ve been elected to represent. To some extent or another ...
  • Birthday bash.
    It’s my birthday in May, there’s going to be a party and it’ll follow the same procedure as every year. An intermittent BBQ throughout the afternoon and evening, followed by a bonfire after it gets dark. The buildup is happening; wooden pallets are arriving and being stacked up ...
  • Working together.
    You’re moving through hostile territory, so you stick close to each other. The boss is a real leader man, and he’s as good as they come, brave as a fighting Rhode Island Red rooster, liked and held in high respect by his men, which is why he’s right up front, doing the leadersh ...
  • Some thoughts about policy for the aftermath o ...
    Charles Mackay wrote in his book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds – “Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” The book may have been written in ...
  • The big green killing machine: They sit with G ...
    It was a hellishly hot African day. Mac stood behind the young Danish girl, who sat at a table in the open air. He’d rigged a tarpaulin shade over them to give some relief from the midday sun. They’d never quite worked Mac out. What he didn’t appear to have in terms of any obvi ...

Journalists' Toolkit

  • JavaScript Console in Chrome
    For testing things quickly in JavaScript, open the JavaScript Console in the Google Chrome browser. View menu > Developer > JavaScript Console. You’ll see the console at the bottom of the current page. The console gives you a command line so you can test short pieces of code to see ...
  • Typography for the Web
    In your CSS, you can specify typefaces (font families) to be used for the headings, paragraphs, etc., in your HTML. However, what you see on your computer is not always going to be the same thing your audience sees. Why? Because different people have different fonts installed on their individual ...
  • Good tutorial sites for HTML, HTML5, CSS, jQuery
    There are a zillion sites out there offering free tutorials, but many are pure junk. So here are a few that I recommend, in no particular order: Codecademy: Web Fundamentals Codecademy: HTML Fundamentals HTML5 Please (not actually a tutorial, but very helpful) Nettuts+: The Best Way to Learn Jav ...
  • Baby Steps in Data Journalism
    This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
  • The best video export options
    How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

  • Statement From the Original Big 7 Social Aid a ...
    Reprinted from the Original Big 7 facebook page: The Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club community is deeply saddened by the foolish violence that took place during our annual Mother’s Day’s Parade today. Our hearts and prayers go out to all of the victims of this tragedy and their fami ...
  • Tulane University to Host Notorious White Supr ...
    Tulane University is sponsoring an event featuring notorious racist David Horowitz this Wednesday. Horowitz is a nationally-known right wing extremist who denies that racism exists, calling institutional racism a "fantasy of the left." He has also said that the fact that Oprah Winfrey– ...
  • Activist Profile: Marie Aubrey of VOTE-NOLA
    This profile is republished from our friends at VOTE-NOLA: How did you get involve with VOTE? In June of 2012 I was listening to the WBOK morning show and Norris Henderson was on the radio talking about how to get prisoners released, and it was interesting to me. I remembere ...
  • 14-Year-Old New Orleans Youth Held in Israeli Jail
    According to an article in today's Haaretz newspaper, a 14-year-old youth with roots in New Orleans is currently being held by the Israeli military. The paper says the child was accused of "throwing rocks." The case highlights Israel's system of military detention for Palestinian minors, which h ...
  • World Social Forum Highlights Shock Doctrine i ...
    An earlier version of this article appeared at truthout.org: An estimated 50,000 people from 5,000 organizations in 127 countries spanning five continents participated in the World Social Forum in Tunisia over the past week. By choosing to come together in Tunis, this year’s Forum evoked the sp ...

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

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

  • Anatomy of a terrorist attack: the Boston Mara ...
    Remains of the pressure cooker bomb believed to been packed with ball bearings Today's show focusses on the recent terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. Our aim is to understand the underlying "message" behind this attack, and to deconstruct the MSM propaganda which seeks to portray this a ...
  • Introducing Nicole Bijlsma: building biologist ...
    Today it is my pleasure to welcome to the show Nicole Bijlsma, a best selling author with extensive knowledge on many health issues related to the toxic effects of ordinary things found in your home. Nicole joins us in the 2nd hour of today's show. Nicole's website provides information on th ...
  • Full body scanners now in full operation at Sy ...
    In today's show we re-visit the thorny issue of full body scanners and what they signal for your rights, your privacy, your health and human freedom generally. Full body scanners (millimitre wave) are now in operation at all international airports in Australia. The devices deployed in Australi ...
  • An unprecedented assault on media freedom
    In today's show we are joined by Josh Jackson to discuss highly controversial media reforms proposed by the Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy. We also take a look at the implications of the Cyprian crisis for internatinal banking, and the alternate non-centralised currency bitcoin. ...
  • Live show with current news and some callers - ...
    In today's show we take calls from TNRA listeners, as well as covering news and current topics of interest, including reflections on the death of Hugo Chavez. Related links What happens when you refuse a search in Parramatta

Beacon

  • EU Takes a Big Step to Healthy Fisheries
    Polish fishing boat in the Baltic Sea | © OCEANA / Carlos Suárez Big news out of Oceana Europe today! Given that the EU is one of the 10 governing bodies that controls a majority of the world's fisheries, it's a big damn deal whether they manage their fisheries well. With so many countries we ...
  • CA Legislation To Reduce Ocean Plastics Trashed
    Ocean creatures and sea birds like this Laysan albatross chick are mistakenly fed a steady diet of ocean plastics like lighters, bottlecaps, pens, and toothbrushes instead of fish and squid. Photo: PLoS One  Plastic debris has become as ubiquitous to U.S. beaches as sand, surf, and shell ...
  • Swine Flu Discovered in Marine Mammals
    Swine flu: Not just for pigs anymore Photo: Mike Baird Scientists have recently published a paper  revealing that Northern elephant seals in California contracted swine flu (H1N1) during the epidemic that affected thousands of people in 2010.  This is the first time that this virus ...
  • Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless's New Book, The Perf ...
    The Perfect Protein Trailer from Oceana on Vimeo. We're thrilled to announce that today is the launch of Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless's new book, The Perfect Protein! As the CEO of Oceana, Andy is dedicated to the protection of our world’s oceans. Over the years, however, he realized that the work ...
  • Washington Passes Legislation to Fight Seafood ...
    Washington state is working to ensure that seafood consumers don't fall for a bait-and-switch Earlier this week, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1200 (HB 1200), which will begin to tackle seafood fraud throughout the state. Seafood fraud switches out the fish ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

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Taylor Marsh

  • A Brit’s View: Tory MP Resigns Following “Cash ...
    I thought we’d gone back 15 years when I read the words ‘cash for questions’ and ‘Tory MP’ in the same sentence yesterday. A quick check of the calendar assured me I was awake and that I wasn’t dreaming, it was just the Conservatives that were living in the pa ...
  • Queer Talk: Illinois House Vote on Marriage Eq ...
    On the last day of the session, in the last hours, the much anticipated vote on marriage equality in the Illinois House was delayed. The Sun Times reports: His voice breaking with emotion, state Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) tearfully said Friday that he would not call for a vote on his bill lega ...
  • Big Marijuana Chain Planned as Drug Dogs are R ...
    BIG MARIJUANA is what Jamen Shively’s ambitious enterprise is being called and it can only help the rest of America stand up and be counted so that marijuana can take its place next to alcohol as a legal recreational substance. At a press conference in downtown’s tallest skyscraper, ...
  • The Erotic Revolution in Iran
    Again, there are no good countrywide statics on the number of prostitutes — the head of Iran’s state-run Social Welfare Organization recently told the BBC: “Certain statistics have no positive function in society; instead, they have a negative psychological impact. It is better ...
  • Protests in Turkey Answered by Police Crackdown
    PROTESTS in Turkey over what’s being called privatization of one of the last remaining parks in Istanbul got serious when police began using what is being reported as extreme force to disperse the protesters. It was followed by calls for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to step down, which is ...

Hudson New York

  • Britain's Islamic Future
    Islam is on track to become the dominant religion in Britain within the next generation, according to new census data published by the British government. The numbers show that although Christianity is still the main religion in Britain -- over 50% of
  • Palestinians Threaten Their Own Businessmen
    After rejecting US Secretary of State John Kerry's new plan to boost the Palestinian economy by investing $4 billion in the private sector, the Palestinians have begun threatening businessmen who want to work with Israeli counterparts. Kerry's plan,
  • Islamophobia Comes to Canberra
    Like student magazines all over the world, Woroni, put out by students at the Australian National University, publishes satire. It did when I attended 30 years ago, and it still does today. Much of what is written is offensive to someone or other, but it
  • The "Grievances" Defense
    The April terrorist attacks during the Boston Marathon killed and wounded scores of people. Machete-wielding thugs last week butchered a British soldier in full view of citizens on a London street. Simultaneously, in Sweden, a full five days of riots
  • Bethlehem's Female Mayor Faces Smears, Threats
    The good news is that Bethlehem has its first female mayor. But the bad news is that Mayor Vera Baboun, elected in October 2012, has since been facing a smear campaign that reached it peak last week when assailants damaged her private vehicle. The

Urban Survival

  • Asteroid Friday to “Turn-Around Tuesday? ...
      When I looked earlier, the bulls were seriously on the verge of “losing it” as we speculators, gamblers, and those anxious to get money for being smart in lieu or hard work were getting ready to abandon the rally … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Move to Texas?
    When we made our decision to move to the Piney Woods of East Texas back in 2002 it was something of an outlandish decision.  I was on of those hard-working six-figure software guys, after all, and why would we want … Continue reading →
  • Spread ‘Em
      Earlier this week I advised you to carefully watch the video link wherein a financial professional explains the key difference between the “gold price” and the Price of Gold.  The distinction being one is “paper gold” as in shares … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With a UFO Sighting
    With “summer” nominally here, we arrive at the time of year when UFO sightings generally go through the roof.  Sure enough, I’ve already had my first phone call from an acquaintance who spoke – a bit freaked-out – about seeing … Continue reading →
  • Housing: Up, But No Surprise
    Just out from Case Shiller/S&P we have the new Housing data to report.   “Data through March 2013, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • BODY HOSTAGE
     A gun wasn’t held to my head. No, this was a threat that was entirely different. It was 9a.m. I had just finished a grueling maths class and I was dreading going for the next lecture. Exams were coming up and there was a lot I needed to learn. While I struggled to gather my [...]
  • MURDER BY MEDICINE 5: Short Term Advantages vs ...
    Most of us never really stop to consider the long term effects of some of the drugs we take. We are eager to attain short term relief without taking into account the many effects these drugs may have further down the line. Aspirin is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with over [...]
  • WOULD MEN HAVE LESS SEX IF THEY WERE CAPABLE O ...
    Men are without a doubt the most promiscuous of the two sexes. Women can go significant periods of time without needing to experience sexual relief; and episodes such as periods, giving birth and menopause play a role in limiting or changing their desire to do so in any case. Men really don&#821 ...
  • MURDER BY MEDIA 13: Addiction To Recognition
    It’s always good advice to be told to question every desire, because its easy to forget that deceiving ones self is the easiest form of deception. The media has helped to create a world where recognition has become a not so subtle addiction that we feed on and hunger for everytime we are s ...
  • IS A MARRIAGE FOR LOVE TOO UNREALISTIC?
    Love has come to be the proud and somewhat reluctant owner of many definitions; one of which likens it to a ‘fairytale’. In today’s world the reality is that there are quite a number of other things to think about before love is even considered. After all, love doesn’t pu ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Fracking legislation passes State Legislature ...
    Ann Alexander, Senior Attorney, Chicago  By an overwhelming margin, the Illinois state legislature has passed SB1715, the legislation putting in place regulations governing high volume fracking.  The House passed the bill yesterday 108 to ...
  • Hellooo, Iceland! Please Stop Killing and Tra ...
    Taryn Kiekow, Staff Attorney, Marine Mammal Protection Project, Santa Monica, California Iceland’s President is in Portland, Maine today giving the keynote address at Maine’s International Trade Day. I’d love to talk about trade wi ...
  • Latin America Green News: air pollution puts S ...
    Denée Reaves, Program Assistant, International, Washington, D.C. Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. May 25-31, 2013 Chile Chile’s environmental aut ...
  • Hurricane Season Begins June 1st
    Rob Moore, Senior Policy Analyst, Chicago The beginning of June is upon us. Cookouts, plans for summer vacations, high school and college graduations are all on our mind. But did you know the start of June marks the official beginning of hurricane s ...
  • May 2013 Legislative Threats to the Endangered ...
    Elly Pepper, Legislative Advocate, Washington, DC As two bills with funding for Members’ pet projects received floor time in the Senate this month, Members lined up to file their amendments. As you might guess, many concerned the Endangered Sp ...

Injustice Everywhere

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

Total Collapse

  • Syria already in possession of Russia’s S-300 ...
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Damascus is already in possession of the first batch of S-300 missile defense systems from Russia. During an interview with Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV, President Assad also said that the second shipment of the Russian systems will be delivered to Syria soon. He a ...
  • Former Ukrainian colonel calls on vets to figh ...
    Ukraine’s New Region reports on a YouTube video created by retired colonel Sergey Razumovsky, calling on Ukrainian veterans to fight on behalf of Syria’s government in exchange for citizenship and benefits. The Ukrainian government has reportedly ignored the video. Host Kim Brown tal ...
  • Israeli military moves up to Lebanon border
    The Israeli military has moved resources and personnel up to the border with Lebanon, installing a barbed wire fence near the occupied Shebaa Farms area on Jabal Al-Shaikh (Mount Hermon). According to a Lebanese security source in Beirut, the Israelis have also sent pilotless drones as well as m ...
  • Russia Ready For War, Orders Thousands Of Troo ...
    As has been expected since President Putin on 17 May ordered Russian military forces to “immediately move” from Local War to Regional War operational status and to be “fully prepared” to expand to Large-Scale War should either the US or EU enter into the Syrian Civil War, the Ministry of Foreign ...
  • Israeli DM Threatens to Attack Russian Ships
    Israel’s long-standing habit of making bellicose threats in the face of neighbors potentially acquiring defensive weapons has reached a new level today, with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon threatening to attack Russian ships in the Mediterranean if they attempt to deliver anti-aircraft weapons t ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Facebook design tests, ...
    In today’s Daily Dose, Facebook design tests in New Zealand, porn blocking in China and Google Books for India. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google Calendar, Insta ...
    In today’s Daily Dose, a new Google search test, Instacart keeps up the yuppie pressure, and North Korea gets tinted. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google+ Sign-In, Angry ...
    In today’s Daily Dose: Google+ Sign-In, The Flixies, music making money and Rovio’s Angry Birds Toons. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Mobile World Congress ...
    Mobile World Congress is in full swing in Barcelona. Listen to today’s Daily Dose for a roundup of news from the first 24 hours of the event. Check our full... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google Glass details, ...
    In today’s Daily Dose: Google Glass pricing and availability, North Korea’s 3G plans and tech words in the dictionary and more. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • National Food Plan blind to biggest threat: cl ...
    This week’s National Food Plan ignores the serious threat to agriculture posed by climate change. Yet research shows that an expanded Carbon Farming Initiative could have major benefits in combating climate change. Andrew Longmire, research fellow with Beyond Zero Emissions, said, “The Feder ...
  • Announcing the 5x4 Hayes Lane project
    Beyond Zero Emissions is proud to be an official Project Supporter of the 5x4 Hayes Lane Project. The goal of the development is to be a super energy efficient and zero carbon dwelling in the heart of the City of Melbourne. The team are looking to transform an under-used laneway into a demon ...
  • Solar campaigner dies
    Joy Baluch the mayor of South Australia's Port Augusta, who campaigned for solar energy for her city has died but not before South Australia's take-up of rooftop solar has risen to double the national average. Transcript (ABC TV Lateline) TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Joy Baluch, the legendary mayor ...
  • Solar warrior, Port Augusta mayor Joy Baluch d ...
    By Sophie Vorrath Port Augusta’s long-serving mayor, Nancy Joy Baluch AM, died in hospital on Tuesday night, after a long battle with cancer. Baluch, who would have turned 80 on Wednesday, was mayor of the South Australian city for 29 years over three separate terms – a large part of which sh ...
  • 100% renewable energy advocates validated by n ...
    The authors of Australia’s first significant study into providing 100% renewable energy have welcomed the new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), which has found that it is technically feasible and affordable to run the National Electricity Market with 100% renewable energy ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Loss of big fruit-eating birds impacting trees ...
    The extinction of large, fruit-eating birds in fragments of Brazil's Atlantic rainforest has caused palm trees to produce smaller seeds over the past century, impacting forest ecology, finds a study published in the journal Science.
  • World's largest REDD project finally approved ...
    Rimba Raya, the world's largest REDD+ project, has finally been approved by the Indonesian government and verified under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), a leading certification standard for carbon credits.
  • Higher CO2 levels cause 'greening' from fertil ...
    Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels has triggered 'greening' in arid regions around the world due to a fertilization effect that has increased plant growth, reports a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters.
  • Market for REDD+ carbon credits declines 8% in ...
    The market for carbon credits generated from projects that reduce deforestation and forest degradation — a climate change mitigation approach known as REDD+ — dipped eight percent in 2012 according to an annual assessment of the global voluntary carbon market.
  • Indonesian official arrested for running $150m ...
    A former police officer has been arrested in Indonesia for orchestrating a $150 million illegal logging ring in Indonesian New Guinea.

Sierra Express

  • Drop in gold price may affect mining companies ...
    The current drop in prices for gold around the world is a cause for concern for gold exploration companies in Sierra Leone, including Amara Mining (Cluff Gold) and Polo Resources (Nimini Holdings Limited).   (Photo: Country Manager of Amara Mining’s subsidiary in Sierra Leone, Cluff Gold SL, Alu ...
  • UNDP reaffirms its support for African develop ...
    Organizers hope for sustainable development breakthrough on the continent 31 May 2013, Tokyo – More than 40,000 people will gather in Yokohama, Japan, over the next three days for a landmark conference focused on strengthening partnerships to accelerate the momentum on human development in Afric ...
  • Faith Healing Bible Church empowers church lea ...
    Faith Healing Bible Church has concluded a five-day Gospel Ministers Church Growth and Renewal Conference held at the Church’s Conference hall at Grafton from 27th to 31st May 2013.  The seventh conference was graced by over 1, 500 people, including Bishops, Evangelists, Pastors and other Church ...
  • Ambassador Bassir Expresses Appreciation to Se ...
    Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Senegal H E Ambassador Khadijatu Bassir over the weekend in a continuous show of diplomatic ties between the two countries presented the Prime Minister of Senegal Abdoul Mbaye with portraits (in photo) , frame and photo albums taken of him, his delegation and Preside ...
  • Transforming Africa’s Trade Finance Industry: ...
    MARRAKECH, Morocco, May 31, 2013/ – On the margins of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) 48th Annual Meetings, in a side event gathered on May 29th 2013, Trade Finance (TF) leaders and practitioners met to exchange views on their perspectives of the trade finan ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Chile a model for Fonterra expansion
    Fonterra's Chilean subsidiary is an example of what the co-operative would like to achieve in the rest of the world, says former general manager Jose Miguel Porraz.Porraz, who left Soprole last year to become managing director of...
  • Farmers cash in on high Fonterra shares
    The allure of a high share price is proving too much for a growing number of Fonterra's farmers, with more choosing to sell up and move to competing cooperatives and dairy companies, says Fonterra's director of milk supply, Steve...
  • Crafar bidders could lose millions
    The pair behind the failed Crafar Farms bid could lose millions of dollars worth of real estate in Auckland and rural Manawatu.The Police Commissioner has restrained million dollar properties as well as company shares, bank accounts...
  • Fonterra's payout won't lead to higher milk pr ...
    Fonterra's sharply higher milk price forecast for 2013/14 will not translate into higher prices for the consumer, chief executive Theo Spierings said today.The farmer's cooperative forecast a $7.00 per kg of milksolids milk price...
  • Fonterra payout could give economy $2b boost
    The economy will get a $2 billion boost if Fonterra's forecast farmgate milk price of $7.00 per kg of milksolids holds true for the 2013/14 season, economists said.At that level, the milk price would be a $1.20 per kg, or 20.7 per...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Anti-Government Protests in Turkey Continue, S ...
    Tens of thousands of demonstrators reportedly flooded into Taksim park earlier today after riot police retreated, having failed to evict protestors opposed to the park’s demolition, which began Monday. Recep Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister who said on Wednesday the protests w ...
  • Scott Shackford on Dan Savage
    Advice columnist Dan Savage's new book, Scott Shackford reports, is much more engaging when Savage writes about his own experiences than when he relies on boilerplate progressive arguments. View this article.
  • Video: Robert Lipsyte on ESPN, Muhammad Ali, A ...
    "Robert Lipsyte on ESPN, Muhammad Ali, And Why Billie Jean King is the Most Important Sports Figure of His Lifetime" is the latest offering from Reason TV. Watch above or click on the link below for video, full text, supporting links, downloadable versions and, and more Reaso ...
  • Rand Paul Calls For Sustainable Government, En ...
    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) made a visit to Silicon Valley this week. And last night, he stopped by the Reagan library for a speech. Here are a couple of snippets from this morning's reports.  On the size of government, via The Washington Times: “Sometimes conservatives get tagg ...
  • Baylen Linnekin on a Raw Milk Victory in Wisconsin
    Raw milk consumers and advocates have both deserved and needed a taste of good news for some time now. Last week they got their wish when a Wisconsin jury found area farmer and activist Vernon Hershberger not guilty of three out of four counts against him. As Baylen Linnekin reports, ...

Mercury Rising

  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • Study: Media Fact-Checker Says Republicans Lie ...
    Study: Media Fact-Checker Says Republicans Lie More (via Tom Kludt at TPM) Gee. Ya think? According to CMPA [George Mason Univ. Center for Media in the Public Interest] President Dr Robert Lichter, “While Republicans see a credibility gap in the Obama administration, PolitiFact rates Republicans ...
  • She won’t be Bachmann
    Michele Bachmann has decided to spare the 6th District her services.
  • Anti-Choice “Family Policy Institute&#82 ...
    Laurel Ramseyer brings us this news about the sickening anti-family, anti-female actions of a self-styled “pro-family” group’s leader in Washington state: In a blog post erroneously titled “WA Law Helps Conceal Rape of 12-Year Old”, Mr. Backholm wrote last week that: In a ...
  • The Iraq War is not over
    John Pilger, The Guardian: The dust in Iraq rolls down the long roads that are the desert’s fingers. It gets in your eyes and nose and throat; it swirls in markets and school playgrounds, consuming children kicking a ball; and it carries, according to Dr Jawad Al-Ali, “the seeds of o ...

Reality Sandwich

  • Mystic Chemist: The Life of Albert Hoffman and ...
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  • Transformational Festivals Are a Symptom of Di ...
    This rant started as part of a discussion about The Bloom Series, a documentary project chronicling the culture of “transformational festivals,” following a screening of its first installment in Austin, Texas.  I have dedicated years of my life to the aims and values of this culture, and yet can ...
  • Psi in the News
    More results from the physical mediumship experiments conducted by the Felix Circle in Germany, clinical interest in exceptional experiences continues to grow, Near Death Experiencers don’t fear the reaper, and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers continue to show results that meditati ...
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  • Sex in the News
    Gay marriage...right now, the Boy Scouts soften, Miracle Village for sex offenders, Augusten Burroughs gets married, and more in this week's update.read more

Desertification

  • Fresh Water “More Precious Than Gold” in Bangl ...
    Fahima Begum rises each morning at dawn and walks two kilometres to a small pond, the nearest source of fresh water. On her way she passes the rusty old hand-pumped tube well that used to supply water to her village in Bangladesh’s arid Barind region until the water table here dropped out of rea ...
  • Stressed Ecosystems Leaving Humanity High and Dry
    Everyone knows water is life. Far too few understand the role of trees, plants and other living things in ensuring we have clean, fresh water. This dangerous ignorance results in destruction of wetlands that once cleaned water and prevented destructive and costly flooding, scientists and activis ...
  • Caribbean Farming Gets Its Roots Wet
    As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region’s stagnating agricultural sector can be made more profitable. For the past six years, the University of Central Florida (UCF) has teamed up with ...
  • Migratory “Flyways” Decimated by H ...
    Migratory birds, which play an important role in the complex web of life known as ecosystem services, are under threat as never before, with some species facing extinction within the next decade. Ahead of the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22, focused this year on water resour ...
  • Protecting Niger’s Desert Salt Pans
    The Bilma community has mined the salt pans in the massive Ténéré desert region in northern Niger for centuries. But the threat of the ever-encroaching desert has become a real concern as locals here struggle to cope with a decline in salt prices. “If we don’t protect this site, salt mining will ...

Blogging Canadians

  • Chair of Toronto Catholic School Board Tries t ...
    Just when you thought you’d seen it all in the Catholic school system, they find a way to further disgust you. The Toronto trustees are preparing to vote on a motion tomorrow to replace the government-mandated Gay-Straight Alliances with the Archdiocese’s Catholic alternative called ...
  • Detroit’s amazing urban farms help build community
    When I ran for the Presidency of the McMaster Student Union, one of the platform points I was most passionate about was one concerning the creation…
  • Akaash Maharaj: A Witness to Triumphs and Terrors
    My article in the Huffington Post: Recently, work took me to Istanbul to meet with the Syrian resistance. We discussed options for the international community to help bring an end to the Syrian war, by destroying the financial networks that enable the Assad regime to purchase weapons and fina ...
  • During the 2011 Federal Election Senator Walli ...
    The following email was sent by Senator Pam Wallin to Postmedia News on April 15, 2011: I am in Saskatchewan supporting our MP’s who are seeking re-election. The NDP opposes the existence of the Senate so any comments or criticism they might have must be looked at in that light. They would ...
  • 'DuffyGate' now expands to include political i ...
    "You know people at the CRTC, This is an important decision on Sun Media. They (CRTC) have to play with the team and support Sun Media’s request.” CTV .Sen. Mike Duffy attempted to influence the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission’s upcoming decision involving the ...

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Dissident Voice

  • Crime Fiction and Capitalist Reality
    The novel is generally acknowledged to be a bourgeois form of literature. It wasn’t until there were enough literate people with time for leisurely reading that this entertainment came along. The crime novel reflects the bourgeois obsession with order and usually represents the concerns of ...
  • Kenneth N. Waltz: Realist in Clover
    The study of jurisprudence and international relations is evidently far better for your health than actually practising them. Kenneth N. Waltz was no exception, at 88 having left a mark in a field where jostling for primacy was conducted with as much ruthlessness as a civil conflict. Writers on ...
  • Engineering Empire
    Educating yourself about empire can be a challenging endeavor, especially since so much of the educational system is dedicated to avoiding the topic or justifying the actions of imperialism in the modern era. If one studies political science or economics, the subject might be discussed in a hist ...
  • A Hefty Bill: Guarding Assange in London
    They set the rules about what a win was. They lost in every battle they defined. Their loss is total. We’ve won the big stuff. – Julian Assange, Salon, May 10, 2013 We live in an age of austerity, if we are to believe the scorched earth cult that has taken over most Western governments. [...]
  • Now They’re Mad? Media Hypocrisy in Rosen Case
    In 2013 elite American media outlets are in a fury about the Obama DOJ’s criminal investigation of James Rosen of Fox News under the Espionage Act of 1917.1 In contrast, the criminal pursuit of Julian Assange of WikiLeaks for the same “crime” led much of the US journalistic community to shun him ...

Nick Turse

  • A South Vietnamese soldier holds a cocked pist ...
    A South Vietnamese soldier holds a cocked pistol as he questions two suspected Viet Cong guerrillas captured in a weed-filled marsh in the southern delta region late in August 1962. The prisoners were searched, bound and questioned before being marched off to join other detainees. (AP Photo/Hor ...
  • Seventh Avenue looking south from 35th Street, ...
    Seventh Avenue looking south from 35th Street, Manhattan. (December 05, 1935)
  • pulitzercenter:syjabudu:Haiti, One Year ...
    pulitzercenter: syjabudu: Haiti, One Year Later Photo by Allison Shelley via The Big Picture Pulitzer Center grantees Allison Shelley and Allyn Gaestel are in the field in Nepal, and they are posting to our In the Field Tumblr. 
  • globalpost:By Jessica PhelanCyclone Nilam h ...
    globalpost: By Jessica Phelan Cyclone Nilam has reached the southeast coast of India, where residents are braced for floods, power cuts and widespread damage. Nilam made landfall south of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, at about 4.30 p.m. local time, NDTV reported. It was carry ...
  • 10 Obscure Punctuation Marks That Should Reall ...
    10 Obscure Punctuation Marks That Should Really Get More Play – Flavorwire

    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • The Bitter Taste of Liberia’s Palm Oil Plantations
    Sackie Qwemie works for Equatorial Palm Oil, the company that took his land in northwestern Liberia. He has been working on the EPO plantation for three years because the land that he once farmed was given away in a lease to the concession company based in Grand Bassa County, one of this West Af ...
  • Child Malnutrition Costs Global Economy Billio ...
    In addition to the serious health problems it causes, child malnutrition is costing the global economy tens of billions of dollars a year by depriving its victims of the ability to learn basic skills, according to a new report released Tuesday by Save the Children (STC). Based on a multi-year st ...
  • Africa “Net Creditor” to Rest of World, New Da ...
    Over the past three decades, Africa has functioned as a “net creditor” to the rest of the world, the result of a cumulative outflow of nearly a trillion and a half dollars from the continent. The new data, to be formally released Wednesday by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Global Financ ...
  • Cuba to Open Public Internet Outlets – at 4.50 ...
    Cuba will continue to prioritise public Internet access over connectivity in private homes, as indicated by a government announcement Tuesday that 118 new public cyber salons would open nationwide as of early June. The new Internet outlets were reportedly made possible by the “full functioning” ...
  • Rescuing “Misfit” Vegetables – and Other ...
    Cooking with vegetables that are perfectly healthy but do not meet the appearance standards of supermarkets is one of many ways to reduce the alarming rates of food waste.

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • The Self-Defeating Dynamics of American Hegemo ...
    Summary: Our experience in the U.S. government—running from roughly the period of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s until March 2003, just before the invasion of Iraq, when we left our positions at the White House on the National Security Council staff—effectively spanned the high-water m ...
  • Former Canadian ambassador to Iran: Canadian F ...
    Summary: John Mundy, the last Canadian ambassador to Iran, writes that the Canadian Foreign Minister Baird's hawkish position on Iran has prevented real solutions from being considered, and notes that Iran had already accepted many of the demands placed on its nuclear program source: Iran ...
  • Print What Message New US Sanctions Are Meant ...
    Summary: The United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Relations passed a bill on May 22, 2013, which has paved the way for the US President Barak Obama to enforce new sanctions against all companies conducting transactions with Iran regardless of the type of their transact ...
  • On Ambassador Sherman’s Testimony on Iran
    Summary: The Congressmen were told that Iran is “isolated”. In reality, Iran maintains full diplomatic relations with some 100 states. Iran’s Foreign Minister is received courteously almost everywhere in Asia and Europe apart from the UK and Israel. Just this week Iran assumed the chair of th ...
  • “Iran and American Foreign Policy: Where Did t ...
    Summary: Earlier this week, the Technology and Culture Forum at MIT sponsored an event, “Iran and American Foreign Policy: Where Did the US Go Wrong?”, featuring Noam Chomsky and the two of us. The event was moderated by Prof. Ali Banuazizi of Boston College. source: Going to Tehranread more

The Daily Galaxy

  • The "Dark Flow" & the Existence of Other Unive ...
                          Is our universe merely one of billions? Evidence of the existence of 'multiverse' revealed for the first time by a cosmic map of background radiation data gathered by Planck telescope. This past week, the first 'hard evidence' that other universes exist has been cl ...
  • Was Existence of Our Solar System Triggered by ...
                   The image above shows the Cygnus Loop supernova shockwave, created some 15,000 years ago a star in the constellation of Cygnus exploded.  The Cygnus Loop is an example of the shock wave from a supernova explosion that may have triggered the formation of our Solar System. ...
  • New Chemical Source of Possible Life on Mars
                  A chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen "food" to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents, according to a new study led ...
  • NASA 'Curiosity' Disovery --Solid Evidence of ...
                  Detailed analysis and review have borne out researchers’ initial interpretation of pebble-containing slabs that NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity investigated last year: they are part of an ancient streambed. The rocks are the first ever found on Mars that contain streambed grave ...
  • NASA Mission Pinpoints Lost & Hidden Asteroids
                  Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a new and improved family tree for asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers used millions of infrared snapshots from the asteroid-hunting portion of the WISE all-sky survey, cal ...

Natural News

  • 150 million Americans go to Mexico, swim back, ...
    FOX News: "Illegal immigrant mother of seven given food stamps, meds, housing, and Social Security -- for 20 years." Bob and Sally Craft have written a book. Overnight, it's leaped to the top of the New York Times best-seller list: The Key to Wealth: Swimming Lessons...
  • Who in his right mind freezes a lemon?
    (NaturalNews)When I got this from a friend, I was in utter disbelief. So, I go to Snopes and they back it up. So, In answer to the question, everyone should freeze lemons. All kinds of people are saying that the entire lemon should be used with nothing wasted. How? &# ...
  • Obama Commerce Secretary nominee 'accidentally ...
    Remember during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles when candidate-then-President Obama railed against Americans who were successful, claiming that they don't "pay their fair share?" Now he can count a member of his own administration as being equally guilty - but will...
  • College prices, student loan debt skyrocket wh ...
    The president of the United States is paid $400,000 a year for his services, but that's not as much as most presidents of American universities are making, according to a new study. What's more, data show how expensive college has become, which could be a reason why...
  • Beating gluten intolerance
    (NaturalNews)Gluten intolerance, or celiac disease, is the bummer of all bummers. The gluten intolerance creates a chronic malabsorption syndrome that is the worst of the worst. If someone experiences lethargy, weight loss, loss of appetite, diarrhea, stools that are bulky, pa ...

Threat Level

  • Friend of Bradley Manning Drops Lawsuit Agains ...
    A former WikiLeaks' supporter and friend of leaker Bradley Manning who had his laptop seized by the Department of Homeland Security has dropped his federal lawsuit challenging the seizure.
  • Boston Bombing Investigation Exposed Successes ...
    New documentary tracks the successes and failures of surveillance technologies used in the Boston bombings manhunt.
  • Anonymous Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Pleads Gui ...
    At a time when the word "hacktivist" is routinely used to describe random brigands and petty vandals, Jeremy Hammond stands out as the real deal. Today, the 28-year-old Chicagoan pleaded guilty to conspiring in the keystone attack of the short-lived ...
  • Child-Porn Suspect Ordered to Decrypt Data
    federal magistrate is reversing course and ordering a Wisconsin man suspected of possessing child pornography to decrypt hard drives the authorities seized from his residence. Decryption orders are rare, but are likely to become more commonplace as the public ...
  • Liberty Reserve Founder Indicted on $6 Billion ...
    The founder of digital currency system Liberty Reserve has been indicted in the United States along with six other people in a $6 billion money-laundering scheme, according to documents unsealed today.

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Ann Romney's Cookbook to Hit the Shelves in Oc ...
    Back in 2002, Ann Romney revealed, "I truly want Mitt to fulfill his destiny, and for that to happen, he's got to do politics." As it turned out, Mitt Romney's destiny was to be the husband of yet another political spouse turned cookbook author. As Politico reported: The wife of former presid ...
  • CBO Study Shows Tax Breaks Favor the Rich
    Every year, tax expenditures--Uncle Sam's myriad credits, exclusion, loopholes and breaks--cost the U.S. Treasury over $1 trillion a year. To put that in perspective, that figure is greater than the cost of Medicare, Social Security and national defense. Much larger than this year's projected ...
  • Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and Murphy's Law
    Back in 2006, Michele Bachmann announced that "God then called me to run for the United States Congress." Seven years later, He has apparently changed His mind, admitting "I've made a huge mistake." Much like half-term Governor Sarah Palin's explanation of her 2009 resignation ("It's all for A ...
  • Catholic Hospital Mergers Put Women's Health a ...
    Since the overwhelming Republican triumph in the 2010 elections, conservative majorities in states across the nation have implemented draconian new abortion restrictions at a dizzying pace that shows no signs of letting up. So-called "human life" amendments, punitive clinic regulations, "person ...
  • McCain Meets with Rebels Inside Syria
    While Americans marked this Memorial Day by honoring the fallen of the nation's wars, Republican Senator John McCain was inside Syria making the case for the next one. As reported in the Daily Beast, McCain slipped across the Turkish border to meet with Syrian rebels. As Josh Rogin detailed, M ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • THREE PANELS OPEN: Eric Grissom & David Halvorson
    Eric & David have a free download of the zero issue of their comic PLANET GIGANTIC here.
  • “Central Park Five”: New Film On How Police Ab ...
    An explosive new documentary looks at a case once referred to as "the crime of the century”: the Central Park Five. Many people have heard about the case -- but far too few know that innocent men were imprisoned as a result. The film tells the story of how five black and Latino teenagers were ar ...
  • Former GOP Strategist Kevin Phillips on the Ro ...
    With the Republican Party in a state of turmoil following Mitt Romney's loss three weeks ago, we begin today's show with a guest who was once one of the most influential Republican strategists. In 1969 Kevin Phillips wrote the groundbreaking book, "The Emerging Republican Majority." Newsweek des ...
  • Headlines for November 28, 2012
    Egypt: More than 200,000 Fill Tahrir Square in Biggest Protest Against Morsi, At Least 34 Dead in Syrian Car Bomb Blasts, Shiite Worshipers Among At Least 30 Killed in Iraq Explosions, Report: M23 Rebels Preparing to Leave Goma After Initially Defying Deadline, Bangladeshi Factory Managers Arres ...
  • Palestine Activism in the UK
    Across Britain growing numbers of people are acting in solidarity with Palestinians

Consortium News

TruthOut

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

Planetsave

  • Top 50 Solar Energy Stories Of 2013 (So Far): ...
    We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going here on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 EV Stories article I recently published, I’m splitting this one into 5 posts. Otherw ...
  • Top 50 Solar Energy Stories Of 2013 (So Far): ...
    We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going here on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 EV Stories article I recently published, I’m splitting this one into 5 posts. Otherw ...
  • Monsanto Corporation Reports 20% Increase In E ...
    Monsanto Company recently reported that it was expecting significant earnings growth for fiscal year 2013 — greater than 20%. And also that said growth will likely continue through into fiscal year 2014 — with the continued growth then projected to be somewhere around 10-20%. That&#8 ...
  • Shark Ecotourism More Economically Valuable Th ...
    Shark ecotourism is more economically valuable than shark fishing is, according to new research from the University of British Columbia. With the rapid decline of shark populations around the world in recent decades, and the many warnings of their possible extinction in the near future, hopefull ...
  • Woolly Mammoth Found With Liquid Blood Still I ...
    A woolly mammoth carcass, still with liquid blood in it, was recently discovered in the Arctic. The 10,000-year-old mammoth was found in the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean. A place where temperatures get as low as -10 Celsius. The mammoth is estimated to have been about 60 years ...

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Axis of Logic

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

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Obama, Reagan And The GOP Double Standard
    An old joke: Ronnie and Nancy are back in Southern California, at their favorite restaurant on Rodeo Drive. The waiter asks for Nancy's selection. "I'll have the filet mignon," she tells him. The waiter asks, "What about the vegetable?" Nancy quickly replies, "Oh, he'll have the same." Groan! I ...
  • The Right Expects, Demands Conformity
    By @TedFrier Imitation being the highest form of flattery, Chris Matthews provides an example of a tactic used more than 50 years ago to promote group solidarity that is still being used by right wing "movement" conservatives today to keep their followers in line. In his worshipful new biography ...
  • So, Who's Responsible for the "Culture of Inti ...
    By @TedFrier There is a flip side to the "culture of intimidation" Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell accuses President Obama of creating when, as McConnell baselessly alleges, federal agencies controlled by Obama single out for "targeting" right wing groups like the Tea Party for inordina ...
  • "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" -- Who Needs 'Em?
    By @BGinKC If you think they are just manufacturing outrage to placate their base, you're kidding yourself. The base will not be placated until they get a vote on Articles of Impeachment. And faced with a lack of actual high crimes and misdemeanors, they are just making shit up. Now comes Rand P ...
  • Obama *is* pretty dastardly, but is he Mark Ma ...
    By @BginKC It's a pretty safe bet that if something is batshit crazy it originated with Alex Jones. I used to laugh at him, but now I don't. He isn't funny any more, he's dangerous and his lunacy is falling on heavily armed, militant, right-wing, radical, violence-prone ears.   The man obvi ...

Care 2

  • 25 Accidental Inventions That Changed The Worl ...
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  • VICTORY UPDATE Johnsonville now agreeing that ...
    After you and 73,044 people signed, we won! The company quietly posted on its website that it will be working with (its) pork suppliers to transition from traditional gestation stall housing, to alternative pregnant sow housing. WE HELPED Submitted by Kelly Rogers to Health & Wellness &nbsp ...
  • Why Sharks Generate More Money Alive Than Dead
    Sharks that are free to swim around in their natural habitats are a valuable part of tourism around the world, a new study finds, which suggests sharks are worth more in the world's oceans than they are on restaurant menus. Submitted by Marty Powell to Offbeat  |   Note-it! &nbsp ...
  • Justice for 7 year old slain by police *** ple ...
    During filming of an episode of The First 48, a television show similar to Cops, Detroit Police entered a home in search of a murder suspect. After throwing a flash grenade through a window a device that emits a bright flash of light incapacitating ... Submitted by Frans Badenhorst to Society & ...
  • Amazon Tree Seeds Become Smaller, Weaker Becau ...
    Over the last century, the disappearance of large, fruit-eating birds from the tropical forests of Brazil has caused the regions forest palms to produce smaller, less successful seeds, according to an international team of researchers. The findings Submitted by Marty Powell to Science & Tech ...

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Are Muslims Fascists?
    This should get your blood boiling. Have you been to Belgium? Best beer in the world. Hands down. Also the country where America’s 101st Airborne made its famous stand at Bastogne in December 1944. The following, courtesy of Pat Robertson, is quite revealing: So I ask–are Muslims fas ...
  • John McCain’s Imbecility on Syria
    Are we to conclude that John McCain, by virtue of his age, is experiencing some form of Dementia or other brain disorder? I ask in light of his latest misadventure in the Middle East. Seems that the Arizona Senator: paid a surprise visit to Syria on Monday and spoke with rebel leaders allied wit ...
  • Larry Doyle’s Sense on the IRS
    Our old friend, Larry Doyle, who has made his mark as the author of Sense on Cents, is out with a new post that merits your attention. He hones in on one of the IRS Commissioners, Doug Shulman, who apparently is suffering from early onset Prefrontal Lobe Dementia. How else to account for his ina ...
  • Does the CIA Have Its Head Up its Ass on Benghazi?
    Eli Lake at the Daily Beast put up an interesting piece today that, if correct, reveals total incompetence on the part of CIA analysts. Again, to be clear, if this report is accurate it is damning. According to Lake, who is reporting on the results of Wednesday’s closed hearing before the ...
  • Unfolding the Benghazi Mystery with Sergeant S ...
    The failure of the Obama Administration to respond effectively and decisively to the attack on US diplomats and intelligence officers last September in Benghazi continues to dog the President, and rightly so. Why did the White House decide to not seek the guidance of the Counterterrorism Securit ...

Futurismic

  • Consequences
    I do keep saying that futurism isn’t about making predictions, don’t I? Well, that’s because I really believe it. Prediction — in the sense of declaring with great certainty that [x] will come to happen — is a waste of time, because you have no way of accurately det ...
  • The (contested) street, finding new uses for t ...
    From a photo-essay/collection thingybob at The Atlantic: Syrian rebel fighters and their homebrew military hardware. There are lots of shots of chaps lathing mortar shells, as well as crude hand-welded onagers made from shelving and rebar; that’s your continuity verification, a through-lin ...
  • Science fiction and science, part II: smashing ...
    So, last week saw me take the train down to London in order to give a presentation on science fiction narratives as strategic planning tools to the Strategic Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management. (That’s neither a topic or audience I’d have ever expected to add ...
  • Science fiction and science, part I: you’re do ...
    *blows dust off microphone* I’ve been absent from here for a while because I’ve been working on other things, but those things are very much related to Futurismic as a project, both in terms of what it has been, and what it will be. More on that later, though. I want to get things ba ...
  • Hope for a Global Spring?
    Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • New lawsuits target mountaintop removal landow ...
    New lawsuits target mountaintop removal landowners Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia environmental groups have renewed a legal effort that targets the landowners of former mountaintop removal operations that continue to pollute state streams. Lawyers for the Ohio Valley Envir ...
  • New lawsuits target mountaintop removal landow ...
    New lawsuits target mountaintop removal landowners Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia environmental groups have launched a new legal effort that targets the landowners of former mountaintop removal operations that continue to pollute state streams. Lawyers for the Ohio Valley ...
  • A better life beyond mountaintop removal and c ...
    A better life beyond mountaintop removal and coal? The Courier-Journal (blog) A few weeks ago, I visited Eastern Kentucky to see firsthand sites relevant to some of today's environmental controversies. Among those controversies, of course, is coal and the way it's often mined. I'm fr ...
  • Arrest made in mountaintop removal protest nea ...
    WCYB Arrest made in mountaintop removal protest near Alpha headquaters TriCities.com They were protesting Alpha's use of mountaintop removal mining and coal slurry impoundments. Members of activist groups Mountain Justice and Radical Action for Mountain Peoples' Survival participated. Fi ...
  • Mountaintop removal protestors arrested in dow ...
    WBIR-TV Mountaintop removal protestors arrested in downtown Knoxville WBIR-TV The three used logging chains and bicycle locks to lock themselves together, and the teen wore a large mask that depicted an investment banker. They said the move was in protest of UBS's funding of projects that in ...

Memeorandum

  • C-section OK for pregnant woman in El Salvador ...
    Associated Press: C-section OK for pregnant woman in El Salvador  —  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's government gave permission Thursday for doctors to perform a premature delivery for a seriously ill woman whose pregnancy attorneys say is putting her life a ...
  • Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims deni ...
    CBC News: Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border  —  U.S. border officials want 20,000 kg of food itemized, physically inspected before entering  —  A tornado in Moore, Okla., killed 24 people and injured nearly 400 more on May 20.  It de ...
  • Turkey protests rage for second day (Conal Urq ...
    Conal Urquhart / Guardian: Turkey protests rage for second day  —  Police use water cannon and teargas to disperse protesters, whom prime minister described as ‘extremists running wild’  —  Violent clashes between police and protesters have continued ...
  • Kicking Habit: Wash. State Police Dogs Must Un ...
    Manuel Valdes / Associated Press: Kicking Habit: Wash. State Police Dogs Must Unlearn How To Smell Pot  —  BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — When Dusty, a 19-month-old black Labrador, walked past a pipe full of marijuana during a recent police search of a house, he was doing exactly ...
  • Surpluses Help, but Fiscal Woes for States Go ...
    New York Times: Surpluses Help, but Fiscal Woes for States Go On  —  While the fiscal picture is brightening around the country, with many states expecting surpluses this year after years of deficits and wrenching budget crises, mounting Medicaid costs and underfunded retirement ...

Energy & Environment News

5+ quakes - 7 days

  • M 5.5, Solomon Islands
    Saturday, June 1, 2013 17:32:51 UTC Sunday, June 2, 2013 04:32:51 AM at epicenterDepth: 70.50 km (43.81 mi)
  • M 5.6, Mindanao, Philippines
    Saturday, June 1, 2013 14:10:07 UTC Saturday, June 1, 2013 10:10:07 PM at epicenterDepth: 16.00 km (9.94 mi)
  • M 5.1, Samar, Philippines
    Saturday, June 1, 2013 05:17:29 UTC Saturday, June 1, 2013 01:17:29 PM at epicenterDepth: 64.30 km (39.95 mi)
  • M 5.3, south of the Fiji Islands
    Saturday, June 1, 2013 01:34:15 UTC Saturday, June 1, 2013 01:34:15 PM at epicenterDepth: 184.10 km (114.39 mi)
  • M 5.2, Kermadec Islands region
    Friday, May 31, 2013 13:25:55 UTC Saturday, June 1, 2013 01:25:55 AM at epicenterDepth: 262.90 km (163.36 mi)

China Dialogue

  • “死飞”单车 ...
    传言中的“死飞”禁令难掩自行车的魅力。固定齿轮（俗称“死飞轮”）自行车以其&#20 ...
  • 邻避运动：&#2001 ...
    “邻避运动”是中国近期环境运动的典型形态。唐昊认为：不同利益群体环境权的不&# ...
  • 如何推动碳&#2542 ...
    推广碳捕集与封存技术需要中国政府将气候政策提到最重要的议程之一，像重视节能 ...
  • 中国政府应&#2115 ...
    曾在中国环保部工作的环境经济学家胡涛认为，应将企业在海外的投资项目纳入国内 ...
  • 气候变化或&#2035 ...
    中国、中东及非洲的气候变化可能导致蝗灾频发，农作物歉收沙漠蝗繁殖速度快，能 ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • 'Undocuqueers' at Crossroads Over Immigration, ...
    Gay advocates of immigration reform are being forced to abandon same-sex partner rights to pass bill. PHOENIX – Daniel Rodriguez has been a part of the immigrant rights movement for as long as he can remember. He is gay, 27 and a law school student who hopes to become an immigration att ...
  • We Need to Address the Profound Stupidity That ...
    Crackdown on Florida high school science student is prime example of American idiocy. It's not as though a bunch of people in central Florida have been consciously conspiring about the best way to trash a 16-year-old girl's life, but the effect of their collective personal and institutional st ...
  • Yet Another Media Version of FBI Agent Shootin ...
    The incident raised questions from the start, but now it is approaching absurdity—maybe parody For more great articles like this, go to TheNation.comThe incident raised questions from the start, but now it is approaching absurdity—maybe parody. Next thing we know the weapon will ...
  • Fox News Commentator: Breadwinning Women Are “ ...
    Erick Ericson's neanderthalian views of gender roles will really make you scratch your head. Conservative commentator Erick Erickson earned himself a lot of detractors Wednesday night when, responding to the news that a record number of families rely on women’s income, he&#xA0 ...
  • AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorenson on The Gap's Dea ...
    How many more lives will it take?  Related StoriesOne Quarter of Americans Don't Get Paid Days OffCorporations and Law Enforcement Are Spying on EnvironmentalistsGap: Receiving Bloody Property

Threat Level

  • Friend of Bradley Manning Drops Lawsuit Agains ...
    A former WikiLeaks' supporter and friend of leaker Bradley Manning who had his laptop seized by the Department of Homeland Security has dropped his federal lawsuit challenging the seizure.
  • Boston Bombing Investigation Exposed Successes ...
    New documentary tracks the successes and failures of surveillance technologies used in the Boston bombings manhunt.
  • Anonymous Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Pleads Gui ...
    At a time when the word "hacktivist" is routinely used to describe random brigands and petty vandals, Jeremy Hammond stands out as the real deal. Today, the 28-year-old Chicagoan pleaded guilty to conspiring in the keystone attack of the short-lived ...
  • Child-Porn Suspect Ordered to Decrypt Data
    federal magistrate is reversing course and ordering a Wisconsin man suspected of possessing child pornography to decrypt hard drives the authorities seized from his residence. Decryption orders are rare, but are likely to become more commonplace as the public ...
  • Liberty Reserve Founder Indicted on $6 Billion ...
    The founder of digital currency system Liberty Reserve has been indicted in the United States along with six other people in a $6 billion money-laundering scheme, according to documents unsealed today.

Equality Trust

  • UK Drug Policy Commission Report published today
    The UK’s approach to drug policy appears simplistic in several ways. Seeing all drug use as invariably problematic can reduce the cost-effectiveness of policy. Equally, drug problems need to be seen and addressed within their wider social and economic context; entrenched drug problems appear to ...
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    We're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...    
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PDA AMERICA

  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • Why no Recall of Townsend Farms Organic Anti-o ...
    No product recall issued by Townsend Farms.  Costco does pull product from shelves and calls some – but not all members to return product.  Where is FDA recall authority? According... Continue Reading
  • Townsend Farms Berry Hepatitis A Outbreak – Wh ...
    Get a hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin shot! If you have eaten Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries during the past 14 days, please discuss with your doctor... Continue Reading
  • Toccoa BBQ Shack E. coli Outbreak Now 18
    An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to BBQ Shack in Toccoa Georgia sickened as many as 18 people, health officials announced Friday. Several of the victims were hospitalized as a... Continue Reading
  • Hepatitis A in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, A ...
    According to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries purchased from Costco appear to be the source of a five state Hepatitis... Continue Reading
  • Farm Rich E. coli O121 Outbreak Over at 35
    A total of 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 (STEC O121) were reported from 19 states. 82% of ill persons were 21 years... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • First Drive: 2013 Nissan Leaf [w/video]
    Filed under: Hatchback, Nissan, First Drives, ElectricIf It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It Look at the 2013 Nissan Leaf - even one parked next to a 2012 model - and you'll be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Changes and updates have been made, but you have to know the details to tell. It ...
  • Video: Tesla Model S has secret menu that show ...
    Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, Tesla, Electric, Luxury The Telsa Model S may have won just about every automotive award it could last year, but that doesn't mean it's a perfect vehicle. Far from it. Drivers have been asking when the already high-tech vehicle will get somewhat normal ...
  • Shanghai: Detroit Electric, Geely announce str ...
    Filed under: Shanghai Motor Show, Electric, MISC The revived Detroit Electric company will be partnering with China's Geely, but the mission is not to cooperate on bringing the all-electric Tesla Roadster-like SP:01 to market. Instead, Detroit Electric and Geely will co-develop more normal p ...
  • First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500e
    Filed under: Hatchback, First Drives, Electric, FiatCinquecento's Electrifying One-Price Strategy Is A Gas America's electric vehicle segment is getting crowded, but sales remain tiny compared to the overall market. Listening to EV pitchmen, a key phrase heard over and over is "no comprom ...
  • New York: 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid fina ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Crossover, Subaru For a company that does a pretty great job of tying its vehicles to the environment - or, better said, to people who like to actually get out into the environment - Subaru hasn't exactly been a leader in green vehicle production. In f ...

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Invisible Opportunity

  • Bilderberg 2013: Attendees Scared as Protestor ...
    Intellihub.com May 30, 2013 BRITAIN — For the first time in fifteen years the secretive Bilderberg Group will be meeting on British soil at the Watford Hotel, starting June 6th. Amongst the attendees will be some of the most diabolic, powerful, wealthy, royalty, politicians, head’s of state, and ...
  • Monsanto set to halt GM push in Europe
    Monsanto plans to halt lobbying for its genetically modified plant varieties in Europe due to low demand from local farmers, a representative from the US agricultural giant told a German daily. “We are no longer working on lobbying for more cultivation in Europe,” Brandon Mitchner a representati ...
  • Visible Origami | Going in Reverse, from the C ...
    By Visible It’s been nearly two and a half months of bad weather. The last 30 days, absent two or three, have been steady rain, or gray skies waiting on rain. One could say that both media, almost completely composed of manufactured lies on the one hand and partially (actual percentage unk ...
  • EDITORIAL: Holder’s contempt for the tru ...
    The Associated Press, the New York Times and CNN have turned their backs on one of President Obama’s top Cabinet officials. It’s no surprise to conservatives, but the true meaning of Chicago-style politics is dawning on the news outlets that have refused to participate in an off-the-record chat ...
  • Basel III: How The Bank For International Sett ...
    Michael Snyder Economic Collapse A new set of regulations that most people have never even heard of that was developed by an immensely powerful central banking organization that most people do not even know exists is going to have a dramatic effect on the global financial system over the next se ...

Global Insights

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

Twilight Earth

  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
  • Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
    US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
    Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...

Fabius Maximus

  • A second try at describing The First Step to r ...
    Summary: The first post in this series reviewed my posts about the state of the American Republic, asking why it has deteriorated far faster than I expected — or considered possible. This post attempts a diagnosis, and points to a path perhaps leading to a cure. A series about America Conf ...
  • How can we better honor our vets on Memorial Day?
    Summary: Some thoughts about Memorial Day about ways we can honor the sacrifices made by our veterans, past and present. After 150 years of frequent wars, perhaps we need to up our game as the total of dead increases. Origin of the Memorial Day holiday The Grand Army of the Republic was a frater ...
  • Confession about a failed forecast
    Summary: Time to check the score for the FM website. 2,400 posts, 4.1 million pageviews, 28 thousands comments. Many forecasts, mostly accurate. One very important forecast that was very wrong. . Content Forecasts about many things A diagnosis of America For More Information The second part of t ...
  • Update about one of the seldom-discussed trend ...
    Summary: One of the great stories of 21st century looks to be the conflict between nations using conventional military methods (2GW and 3GW), and forces using 4GW. So far the latter are winning almost every time. America’s inability to adapt to this new world, part of our larger #FailureTo ...
  • Learning to see beyond the American Pravda
    Summary:  Here we discuss a powerful article about a serious weakness of America — our broken observation-orientation-decision-action loop. Specifically, our ability to orient our present in term of our history, a broken mechanism because of our amnesia and gullibility. We need not be like ...

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Tiger Stripes of ...
    Do underground oceans vent through the tiger stripes (in false-color blue) on Saturn's moon Enceladus? The long features, dubbed tiger stripes, are known to spew ice from the moon's icy interior into space, creating a cloud of fine ice particles ...
  • California Shipping Lanes Moved in Attempt to ...
    Whales near California’s largest ports are about to gain a bit more protection from the cargo ships with which they share their marine homes. Changes to the mile-wide shipping lanes that funnel maritime traffic into the San Francisco Bay and ...
  • Watch Live: Asteroid a Third the Size of the D ...
    Watch as an enormous asteroid safely careens past the Earth, giving astronomers an unprecedented view of its surface, during a live show from the Slooh Space Camera team. The program starts at 1:30 p.m. PDT/4:30 p.m. EST.
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Red Stellar Nursery
    This intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray ...
  • This Week’s Most Bizarre Wild Animal Incidents
    A roundup of odd ways humans and wild animals crossed paths this week compiled by Jon Mooallem, author of the upcoming book Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America.

PakAlert

  • The hi-tech tattoo that could replace ALL your ...
    Motorola has announced it is looking at alternatives to traditional passwords in a bid to make logging into online sites, or accessing mobile phones, more secure. Among the ideas discussed at the D11 conference in California on Wednesday were electronic tattoos and authentication pills that ...
  • No One Will Hold Henry Kissinger Accountable
    As the unofficial envoy of the Rockefeller Empire and a member of the Bilderberg Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, Aspen Institute, Bohemian Grove, Trilateral Commission, etc., Kissinger is at the heart of the power structure and closely tied to many underhanded deeds as well as big plays ...
  • 10 Ways to Starve a Multi-National GMO Conglom ...
    Monsanto seems intent on taking over the food supply of the entire world. Their sterile, toxic seeds are in every corner of the globe. Hungary recently made headlines for burning 1000 acres of fields of GMO crops to the ground. Dozens of nations have banned, or at the very least, regulated, GMO ...
  • Judge orders Google to comply with warrantless ...
    A legal battle between Google and the United States Department of Justice is heating up as the Internet behemoth challenges the Obama administration’s warrantless requests for personal user data
  • Israel and U.S. generals draw up theoretical s ...
    A position paper weighing US and Israeli military options against Iran, written by retired US Marine Corps general James Cartwright and Amos Yadlin, former IAF head and military intelligence chief, posits that a US-led strike on the Iranian nuclear facilities would be preferable from a military ...

Andy Worthington

  • It’s 28 Years Since Margaret Thatcher Cr ...
    It has become something of a tradition that, on June 1 every year, I add another year to the counter and write an article explaining how many years it has been since the Battle of the Beanfield, and why it is important for people of all ages to recall — or to find out about [...]
  • EXCLUSIVE: Two Guantánamo Prisoners Released i ...
    In news that has so far only been available in Arabic, and which I was informed about by a Mauritanian friend on Facebook, I can confirm that two prisoners from Guantánamo have been released, and returned to their home country of Mauritania. The links are here and here. The two men are Ahmed Oul ...
  • From Guantánamo, Shaker Aamer Tells BBC He Is ...
    On Guantánamo, despite President Obama’s fine words at a news conference a month ago, and in a major speech on national security last week, we wait and we wait and still nothing happens. Eight days after he promised to resume releasing prisoners, not one of the 86 prisoners cleared for rel ...
  • Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans
    In the coverage of the ongoing, prison-wide hunger strike at Guantánamo, which is now in its fourth month, there has been widespread recognition that it is unacceptable to indefinitely detain the 86 prisoners (out of 166 in total) who were cleared for release over three years ago by the Presiden ...
  • Please Support the International Day of Action ...
    On Monday (June 3), three years and one week since he was first arrested in Kuwait, the trial by court-martial begins, at Fort Meade in Maryland, of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower responsible for making available — to the campaigning organization WikiLeaks — the larg ...

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Sciencebase

  • Translating teenage grunts
    Linguistics of adolescent phonetics If you don’t get it, then I just have one thing to say and it’s: “A voiced alveolar stop and breathy-voiced low-back unrounded vowel, with advanced tongue root” – duuuuh… (That latter words is described by James Harbeck in h ...
  • Deceived wisdom about pruney fingers
    I discuss the myths about why our fingers go “pruney” in the bath or swimming pool in my book Deceived Wisdom, the truth seems to lie in the work of Mark Changizi. In this cartoon, we see the explanation and get to hear his theory in his own words. Deceived wisdom about pruney finger ...
  • SIDS, cot death absolute risks
    The tabloids were screaming at new parents this week desperately yelling at them not to share a bed with their newborn because it could be lethal, causing sudden infant death syndrome, or cot death. The research said so. SIDS is tragic, of course, but a little composure, please. As NHS Choices e ...
  • A design for life
    As the average age of the population goes up with people surviving many years more than their allegorical three score years and ten, the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of senile dementia will rise too. Many people can suffer symptoms for many years and yet live independen ...
  • How did feathers evolve?
    Carl Zimmer offered some insights at TED-Ed into how dinosaurs got their plumage and evolved into the flying birds, excellent birds, we see today. This is witty animation plucks up the courage to fill in the gaps. On an entirely unrelated note, I wrote a song about flight, which you can hear on ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Ahead of Trial, Supporters Rally for Pfc. Brad ...
    "Free Bradley Manning! Free Bradley Manning!" Those were the repeated words chants being heard outside Fort Meade in Maryland on Saturday as supporters of the confessed Army whistleblower gathered ahead of his trial that's set to begin on Monday. As the Guardian reports: ...
  • 1,000 Iraqis Killed in May Shows Nation in Pol ...
    Iraq violence broke another sad record in May, with at least 1,000 people killed in ongoing political and sectarian violence during the month. With the previous month of April nearly as bad, the warnings that Iraq is already fighting an undeclared civil war are given new credence with each passi ...
  • Across Europe, People 'Rising Up' Againt Auste ...
    Blockupy activists in Frankfurt meet the police barricade near the headquarters of the ECB in Frankfurt on Saturday. (Photo: AP) Europe's anti-austerity movement was flexing its muscles again on Saturday as tens of thousands joined street protests in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and els ...
  • Hand 'Em Over: Judge Rules Google Must Comply ...
    In a defeat for privacy advocates and a warning to those worried about the encroaching ability of federal law enforcement agencies to spy on electronic communications without search warrants or judicial oversight, a judge has ruled against Google Inc. saying the internet giant must hand over cus ...
  • 'Not About Trees Anymore' as Turkey Protests I ...

Lifehacker

  • This Week's Top Downloads
    Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. Read more...    
  • Return a Lost Driver's License By Dropping It ...
    Should you ever come across someone's lost driver's license, how would you go about getting it back to them? The answer is simpler than you might think.Read more...    
  • NewsBar Is a Minimal RSS Reader with iCloud Sync
    Mac/iOS: If you haven't settled on a Google Reader replacement yet, NewsBar offers a tempting option if you live inside the Apple ecosystem.Read more...    
  • Become a DIY Cyborg with this Glove-Mounted So ...
    Ever wished you had an extra hand free while working on electronics projects? It just so happens that you can mount an entire soldering station to a glove to keep working at peak efficiency.Read more...    
  • Freeze Your Grains Correctly for Better Leftovers
    When you have leftover grains after dinner, your first instinct might be to put them in the refrigerator. This if fine if you want to heat them up for lunch over the next couple of days, but did you know that you can actually freeze them for long term storage?Read more...    

Water Wars

  • Backers of Klamath Basin dam removal and resto ...
    Authorization of deals to remove four dams in the basin and restore the Klamath River has stalled in Congress. Supporters argue that approving the 2010 agreements is the best way to end one of the nation's fiercest water wars.
  • Supervisors fear Delta water grab
    Frank Ruhstaller and Steve Bestolarides are rallying the troops as California’s perennial water wars heat up.
  • Anthony Westbury: Could Port St. Lucie land bu ...
    St. Lucie County is fighting Port St. Lucie's bid to annex its new land at McCarty Ranch.
  • Skullduggery In The Water Pipes: Newspaper Con ...
    Almost everyone in the United States has a stake in California's water wars. That's because the state grows most of the fresh fruits and vegetables the rest of us eat. But in recent years farmers haven't been able to get the water they need to grow their crops. The water system is in ...
  • Nisswa parks kick off summer
    NISSWA - The Nisswa Parks Department announced a Summer Kick-off Party from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 1 at Nisswa Park. The event will feature Water Wars and the St. Christopher youth group will serve food.

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The Wonk Room

  • What TransCanada’s CEO Is Not Saying About The ...
    TransCanada has lobbied the U.S. government to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, hoping to transport the heavy, bitumen-laden tar sands crude oil to coastal refineries in Texas. The corporation’s Chief Executive Officer Russ Girling said in an interview scheduled to air this weekend on Blo ...
  • Weekend Open Thread: Where Were You When CO2 H ...
    Earth’s atmosphere hit 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide last month — the highest level humans have ever experienced. This can be easily tracked here through measurements at an observatory on Mauna Loa in Hawai’i. The Keeling Curve (which really appears as more of a line ...
  • BREAKING: Illinois House To Adjourn Without Pa ...
    The Illinois House of Representatives will adjourn Friday without voting on marriage equality. The Senate passed its version of the bill back on Valentine’s Day, and Gov. Pat Quinn (D) had promised to sign it into law. As supporters jeered from the gallery, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. G ...
  • The Latest Report On Medicare Shows The Progra ...
    The Medicare Trustees had great news for American seniors on Friday: the program’s solvency has been extended for two full years past what the trustees predicted in 2012. In their annual report, the trustees wrote that Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund will be fully solvent th ...
  • Aspiring Marijuana Mogul, Former President Of ...
    A former Microsoft manager who is acquiring chains of medical marijuana dispensaries announced his plans for a major national, and eventually international, brand at a press conference this week. Jamen Shively’s claims of establishing international trade on marijuana might have seemed a pi ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • I've noticed ...
    ... that when right-wingers start off, it's always about the stupid leftard fairy tree-huggers who don't know shit from shinola about the real world. Then, when you bring on the facts and arguments that decimate their arguments and leave them looking like the ignorant chumps that they are, they ...
  • Conservatives on Crack
    You know, I've said elsewhere that given the fact that US-American right-wingers have embraced draft-dodging, adopted daughter banging, brood of abandoned children spawning, intellectual and moral degenerate Ted Nugent as one of their own, simply for his gun-loving, vegetarian-hating, chickenhaw ...
  • It's Over ...
    Miley Cyrus just broke up with whatsisface.
  • Keeping Up With The Thwapmeister General
    I said that I'd take a break from online "activism" but yet, still I blog. It's because I'm an egotistical narcissist. Also, ... I'd say my blogging has been reduced. Also, I'd say that it's much more slap-dash. (I often don't bother to put in hyperlinks to stories. Look it up yerselves if you d ...
  • If They've Got Nothing to Hide ...
    ... then why are they acting like complete fucking assholes??? It's so obvious.

Science Express

  • Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratosph ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additiona ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
  • Lizard moms choose the right genes for the rig ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards make an interesting choice when deciding which males should father their offspring. The females of this species mate with several males, then produce more sons with sperm from large fathers, and more daughters with spe ...
  • More than One: Long-Reigning Microbe Controlli ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • Peacekeeping: Changes and constants
    Steve Staples and Josh Libben discuss what's changed and what hasn't over the history of U.N. peacekeeping and call on the Canadian government to once again become a significant contributor to peacekeeping missions.
  • Think carefully about the push for drones
    The Hill Times talks to Steve Staples and others about the Harper government's plan to acquire armed drones for Canada.
  • Fighters and Arctic sovereignty
    Ernie Regehr debunks the claim that fighter aircraft such as the F-35 have any significant contribution to make to Canadian security and sovereignty in the North.
  • Do you have a Peace Mom?
    How did your Peace Mom make a difference in your life, and in your community? Let us know, and send her an eCard for Mother's Day!
  • Missile-defence radar at Goose Bay?
    The Department of National Defence is looking for ways to contribute to the U.S. missile defence system and may try to revive a proposal to build a radar at Goose Bay.

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 2-9-13
    Today, Kevin gives you more proof that the FTC is monitoring this radio show! Self Help: Click Here If You’ve Ever Taken An Antibiotic Don’t Let Fear Control Your Life Delete Nutritional Deficiencies Videos: Muse – Uprising Bob Basso – We The People Stimulus Package Health: The New Hot Celebrity ...
  • Read before buying candy for your Valentine th ...
    It’s not just me folks. It’s in the news too. This headline reads… “Despite Costs, More Packaged Food Producers Replace High Fructose Corn Syrup” High fructose corn syrup is a poison. It causes illness and disease. Period. You get chemically addicted to high fructos ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 2-16-13
    Today, Kevin exposes the truth behind Subway’s false and misleading advertising, body scanner radiation vs. airplane radiation, and even Your Wish Is Your Command! Self Help: Protect You & Your Family Grass Fed Beef & Dairy Change The Way You Think Health: Your PC, TV or Cell Phone May B ...
  • Why would anyone eat commercial meat in America?!
    An internal government audit, which was not supposed to be released to the public, shows that there are unacceptable levels of heavy metals, veterinary drugs and pesticides in the meat that we eat every single day. This, folks, is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Se ...
  • The Bitter Truth…
    Well, you’ve asked for it and NaturalCures.com has done it! The NaturalCures.com team has written a no-holds barred, in-depth, special 130-page exposé on the deadly artificial sweetener, aspartame, and it is on sale now. The report, Aspartame, The Bitter Truth tells you all you need to kno ...

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