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k2p blog

  • Intelligence Agencies have become a law unto t ...
    Invoking the spectre of "terrorism" or the "war on terrorism" appears to silence politicians with remarkable rapidity and to bypass any attempt to apply ethical standards. The end justifies any means whether it involves simple snooping or secret renditions, secret prisons or torture. If we judge ...
  • Shubh Diwali
    For Indians and the Indian diaspora it is the biggest festival of the year. For the children, the excitement is unbearable and the anticipation is sublime. A time for Presents. New clothes. Lights. Fireworks. Nuts. Sweets galore. And for the young men (mainly) there a session of teen patte (thre ...
  • A waggish tale of tails and wagging and of the ...
    New research shows that in dogs, wagging on the left is quite different and communicates a different message to wagging on the right. Needless to say tail-wagging on the sinister side was a cause for concern to other dogs while a wag on the dexter side was reassuring!
  • Broken link between carbon dioxide and global ...
    Theories change only when anomalous observations stress the ”dominant paradigm” to the point that it becomes untenable. The failure of climate models and the increasingly shaky link between carbon dioxide concentration and global temperature is stressing the dominant paradigm of climate theory.
  • Ice Age must be imminent: UK government predic ...
    The only thing we can be absolutely certain about is that the UK Government and Baroness Verma have surely got it wrong. In fact, the propensity of Baroness Verma to get things wrong would suggest that glaciation has already started.

Left Foot Forward

Consumerist

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Intel Hub

  • Eric Holder: Four Americans Killed by US Drones
    JG Vibes | The Obama administration finally admits that their drone program has targeted US citizens.The post Eric Holder: Four Americans Killed by US Drones appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Department of Homeland Security Teaching Kids ...
    Cassius Methyl | Public schools in cooperation with the department of homeland security are now teaching kids safety measures, and advising that they seek relief in FEMA camps in a time of crisis. But are these post disaster relief camps, or military internment camps? The post Department of ...
  • JFK Assassination Controversy Erupts at Huffin ...
    author | An interesting controversy over the JFK assassination has erupted at the Huffington Post.The post JFK Assassination Controversy Erupts at Huffington Post appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Salt Lake City Cop Rips Out My Insulin Pump
    Cop Block | Long story short, the supervisor showed up and made the cop give me back my pump. The ambulance showed up and I went with them because I was then bleeding where the port is.The post Salt Lake City Cop Rips Out My Insulin Pump appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Researchers Discover that the Tulasi Plant Can ...
    Andrew Puhanic | An exciting and new water treatment breakthrough has been announced that will now make the removal of fluoride from the drinking water supplies of the world’s poorest people more affordable than ever.The post Researchers Discover that the Tulasi Plant Can Be Used To Remove ...

FRS

  • New York: City College Protest Leaders Suspend ...
      By Jeff Mays, www.dnainfo.com  October 28, 2013     HARLEM—Two City College students who led protests against the closure of a student-run community center have been suspended indefinitely after officials accused them of trying to incite a riot.   Khalil Vasquez, 22, a seni ...
  • N.S.A. Promises to Stop Getting Caught Spying ...
    October 29, 2013 Posted by Andy Borowitz, The Borowitz Report, The New Yorker WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Responding to the firestorm of controversy over its spying on European allies, the head of the National Security Agency said today it would do everything in its power to avoid being c ...
  • Chile: Police Special Forces Evict Mapuche Com ...
    By Felipe Cordero • Oct 21, 2013   “Welcome to the Temucuicui Autonomous Community” Photo by Donmatas1 on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) In the early morning of Wednesday, October 9, riot police and members of the Group of Special Operations (GOPE in Spanish), an elite, special unit of the Chilea ...
  • Chile: Police Special Forces Evict Mapuche Com ...
    By Felipe Cordero • Oct 21, 2013   “Welcome to the Temucuicui Autonomous Community” Photo by Donmatas1 on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) In the early morning of Wednesday, October 9, riot police and members of the Group of Special Operations (GOPE in Spanish), an elite, special unit of the Chilea ...
  • “Senior” Imperialist’s Arrog ...
    France and Mexico Angry With N.S.A. By Brandon Cottrell Impunity Watch Reporter, North America WASHINGTON, D.C., United States – As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in France today, Le Monde, an authoritative newspaper, published a report based on the secret documents leaked by Edward ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Egyptian Blockade of Gaza, Israeli Trade for W ...
    This is simply amazing, the border that Israel controls 100%, the border between Jordan and the West Bank, is now open for the very first time... for TRADE! Yet, the border controlled by the 'Muslim Brotherhood', the border between Gaza and Egypt, remains virtually closed to trade.
  • Ken O’Keefe in Tehran – “Ira ...
    It is time to stop being chumps, it is time to actually give some meaning to the word patriot. It is especially time for those in the police, military and government who took an oath to uphold the Constitution to honor that commitment. Are you a person of honor? Or are you a fraudster? A coward?
  • Words from an Honest, Intelligent & Compassion ...
    Words from an honest, intelligent and compassionate Jew... words from a respected brother with a hugely important message that should be heeded by every single Jew on this planet.
  • Press TV’s News Analysis – Israel ...
    In this program I get to respond directly to one of Israels countless prostitutes of propaganda in the mainstream media, Daniel Pipes.
  • Trade Not Aid Update – November 6, 2012 &#8211 ...
    Today was the final hearing for the case against the Trade Not Aid hijackers Cate (Catherine) Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald) and Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja).  It cost over £600 in court fees, money that should have gone directly into the cause.  It took countless hours o ...

StillSmallVoice

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

Truth Offering

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2012 Blog

  • Europe’s Nuclear Plants: Not Very Safe
    I just stumbled across this New Scientist story from a year ago (and presumably the situation hasn’t improved…) European nuclear power plants ill-set for disaster It’s just as well earthquakes and tsunamis are comparatively rare in Europe, because the continent’s nuclear ...
  • Islands Can Arrive (and disappear) Overnight
    Pakistan’s recent deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake had a surprising twist – an entire island rose out of the ocean.   I think it looks bigger in the photo than it really is, because it is only 600 meters from the shoreline: The earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabe ...
  • When The Shit Hits The Field
    SHTF has been a common name for a global disaster or cataclysm, but the reality is that in many parts of the world it is our own faeces that helps feed us. Check out these snippets from an article in the South China Morning Post: You produce some 500 litres of urine and 50kg of faeces a year. Be ...
  • Weakest Solar Cycle in 50+ Years
    Well, it will be the weakest solar cycle in more than 50 years if it doesn’t pull off a double peak. Look at this graph to see how weak it has been compared to the last solar maximum: Source: SpaceWeather Solar cycles vary between 10 and 13 years, so cycle 24 should definitely be peaking ...
  • Study: Global Warming = Increasing Violence
    I opened this news item with my skeptical hat on, given that there are so many parameters that could be used. However, it looks pretty legit*. Climate change (regardless of what is causing it) means more violence – yet another reason to be a prepper and/or shift away from highly populated ...

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

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Nobel Peace Laureate: ‘EU developing in ...
    Address by Mairead Maguire at the 13th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Warsaw, Poland, on October 2l-23rd, 2013. ‘STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR PEACE TIME TO ACT’. REPLACING VIOLENCE, ARMED REBELLIONS, MILITARISM AND WAR WITH NONVIOLENCE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Dear Friends, I believe the next ...
  • Revelations of Edward Snowden – Geopolitical I ...
    Part 1 Third lesson. Being a US ally is not a guarantee of a country’s information sovereignty being respected. The cyberspace control is not an end in itself. The real objective is carrying out the traditional strategic mission of gaining geopolitical dominance over large spaces. It would be na ...
  • Revelations of Edward Snowden – Geopolitical I ...
    As a rule the discussions related to what has been revealed by Edward Snowden about US global electronic surveillance boil down to violations of human rights and illegal interference into the private lives of millions in different parts of the world. If it were all about it, then the White House ...
  • The Sectarian War at Hand: Redrawing the Middl ...
    A new era of sectarian violence was born amid the disastrous US invasion and occupation of Iraq. And now, it is spreading. The warm waters of the Gulf look quiet from where I am sitting, but such tranquility hardly reflects the conflicts this region continues to generate. The euphoria of the so- ...
  • Ukraine: Europe’s Partner or Europe’s Puppet?
    As the second  most populous  former Soviet republic, Ukraine has  seemed uncomfortable with its independence since 1991 and less than committed to making it work. The fundamental issue has always been: does the country remain entwined with its larger neighbour Russia or, does it succumb to the ...

E U Times

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Voiceless Victim

  • Will the Royal Commission Use Its Teeth?
    There have been a number of times when evidence before the Royal Commission’s public hearings has been conflicting. Confusing. Dodgy even. But this week’s questioning of YMCA managers has uncovered what only the most naïve would consider to be anything other than direct and deliberate lies to th ...
  • Sexually Abused Kids Don’t Have to Suffer All ...
    Evidence about the Jonathan Lord YMCA case continues at Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. A number of brave, strong, articulate mothers spoke about discovering their small boys had been abused by Jonathan Lord. Each one is the kind of mother, the ki ...
  • AO is a hero and his mum AN is a hero too
    Today the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard from the amazing mother of a child victim of the child sex offender, Jonathan Lord. AN was the first witness in Case Study 2, which started today, into Lord and the YMCA, which employed, and then promoted him. In ...
  • A Tale of Three Inquiries – Part 2 The N ...
    Many hopes are pinned on the National Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to fill the massive gaps left by the narrow terms of reference of the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry, and the inadequate time and powers of the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry. This is th ...
  • A Tale of Three Australian Inquiries – P ...
    Everyone supporting survivors in Australia seems to have been suffering from constant exhaustion for the last few months, trying to keep up with three different inquiries and numerous media issues. They do say to be careful what you wish for. Every time we are tempted not to bother dragging ours ...

WL Central

  • 2013-11-02 Geoffrey Roberton's "The Refugee"
    In an exclusive for the Sydney Morning Herald, Geoffrey Robertson has provided, from his new book published this week, an excerpt dealing with the "case" against Julian Assange. This might be the most complete and most accurate summation yet. read more
  • 2013-10-14 Warning: The WikiLeaks Forum can no ...
    Dear user, You are contacted because you are still registered with wikileaks-forum.com. This is to warn you that this website can not be trusted. People joined this forum in the belief that they were becoming members of WikiLeaks' official forum, a place to express and nurture their support. Reg ...
  • 2013-09-05 Barrett Brown to lose his free speech
    In the US, we've increasingly seen attacks on the free press. Now, in the case of Barrett Brown, a journalist who's been jailed for the past year stands to lose his free speech. read more
  • 2013-09-03 WikiLeaks to launch criminal invest ...
    Assange lawyer Per E Samuelson has confirmed that a criminal complaint has been filed at 09:44 on Tuesday 3 September 2013 with Swedish police authorities. The complaint concerns the likely unlawful seizure of WikiLeaks property on 27 September 2010, following publication of the Afghan War Diari ...
  • 2013-09-01 Detached Reflections on Resignation ...
    Daniel Matthews offers a furtive thought in the context of his resignation on behalf of pure democracy: read more

U N News

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • Evidence of Missile Attack on West, TX Fertili ...
    Why blow up a fertilizer plant in the middle of nowhere? Makes no sense, right? Well actually is does considering that the West Fertilizer plant in Waco Texas was becoming a big issue for the Monsanto Corporation.
  • Boston Marathon Bombing Predicted in Family Gu ...
    The fact that police were engaged in a bomb drill before the event, yet after the bombing, came out and said there was no drill whatsoever.
  • Scientists Lose Funding for Speaking the Truth ...
    Global Research is posting several points of view with regard to Global Warming with a view to fostering analysis, discussion and scientific dialogue. For further details see our Dossier on Climate Change (M.Ch., March 31, 2013) This article was originally published by Global Research in April 2 ...
  • Fusion Centers Full of Rogue Law Enforcement S ...
    Now we have the United States Senate saying the complaints are true. These are rogue law enforcement people serving no good, just becoming spies.
  • September 11, 2001 – A Danish Point of V ...
    And after 15-20 minutes they turned towards New York, turned off their transponder, and nobody did anything. It was if they were deliberately permitted to go astray, without any authoritative interference.

Rewilding Institute

  • TRI Comments on Proposed Revision to the Nones ...
    The US Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to add the Mexican Gray Wolf subspecies (Canis lupus baileyi) to the list of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.  At the same time FWS is proposing to classify the only wild population of about 75 Mexican wolves as a “nonessent ...
  • TrekWest Blog 44: Thanks for a Successful West ...
    Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:46 AM PDT “Praying (yes, empiricists, I admit it) for the last few Pronghorn struggling to rejoin their herd divided by a barb-wire fence, and shedding tears of joy (yes, hard-core rationalists, I admit it) when the last one found a way under, and galloped off into the Bit ...
  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Chopping ...
    ©2013 by Dave Foreman Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act and we will mark it with merrymaking and wingdings all over the United States.  The big national celebration will be in Albuquerque in October, and I am most happy that Terry Tempest Williams and I ...
  • Mexico’s president cancels Nevado de Toluca pr ...
    Through a decree, the president canceled the National Park status granted to the Nevado de Toluca, which since 1936 has prohibited any exploitation of the resources of this natural area. http://www.animalpolitico.com/2013/10/epn-cancela-proteccion-al-nevado-de-toluca-otorgada-por-lazaro-cardenas ...
  • Log Yosemite National Park?!
    Received by TRI October 4, 2013 The Federal Government may be shut down, but that hasn’t stopped the House Natural Resources Committee from taking up a radical pro-logging measure for Yosemite National Park, the Ansel Adams Wilderness and other treasures in the Sierra Nevada affected by the mass ...

reference frame

  • Bond buyback program is a neutral event
    If the previous discussions are representative of the society, then well over 90% of the population misunderstands the concept of "money", misunderstands how capitalism works, and indeed, misunderstands that it works. In this blog post, I want to explain really slowly that the quantitative ...
  • Some former European politicians want an EU KGB
    Some readers suggested that Europe should have its own "unified" surveillance agency – probably for Europe to resemble the U.S. with its NSA etc. I was terrified by the idea. Unfortunately, you are going to be shown an example of the reasons why I was so terrified. The Gatestone Institute a ...
  • ScienceMag: Medieval Warm Period global, 0.65 ...
    The largest ocean was 2 °C warmer than today when ancient civilizations exploded Some fun events and articles related to the climate were recently posted. Pierre Gosselin pointed out that a well-known German daily, TAZ, told its readers that the German environmental psychologists determined ...
  • Stock markets and random walks
    I was surprised how widespread the misunderstanding of Eugene Fama's observations about the economy was. Fama explained that the QE program is just about buying one type of bonds for others so its effect is similar to removing $100 bills from the circulation and replacing them with a 10 times gr ...
  • Fiat LUX
    Guest blog by Dr Adam Falkowski, Orsay, France A new episode of the dark matter detection saga was just broadcast live from Sanford Lab. LUX is a new direct detection experiment located in a South Dakota mine, not far from Mt Rushmore. Today they presented their results based on the first 3 ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • Supernova spotted by 10-year-old N.S. boy
    A ten-year-old boy in Nova Scotia has become the youngest person to discover a supernova, just two years after his sister found one when she was ten years old. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: Nova Scotia boat spotted capsized, bu ...
  • Gold And Silver – Fundamentals Do Not Matter
    by Michael Noonan, Gold Silver Worlds: If fundamentals mattered, gold and silver prices would be substantially higher. They are not, and for a reason. It is not hard to define what factors are influencing price, for they are political, even criminal under normal circumstances. These factors are, ...
  • Ontario contest to alter wheelchair logo finds ...
    The disability symbol — that familiar, white stick figure in a wheelchair set against a blue background — may be flawed, but it’s here to stay for a while longer after a contest that aimed to replace it couldn’t pick a winner. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so [ ...
  • Scientology’s Great Grandson Warns Against the ...
    from breakingtheset: Abby Martin interviews Jamie DeWolf, the great-grandson of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. DeWolf calls Scientology a brainwashing cult and fears for his own life for speaking out against the religious institution. SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote &#82 ...
  • Southern Quebec cleans up after powerful wind ...
    Close to 126,000 Hydro-Québec customers are still waiting to get their power back as of 9 a.m. this morning, after high winds whipped through southern Quebec on Friday. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: 65,000 still without power i ...

Modern Survivalism

  • Best Wood For Heating
    Have you ever wondered what is the best wood to use for heating and burning in a wood stove? Ever wondered how much heat that a particular wood species will provide when burned?   Did you know that one cord of firewood provides the heat equivalent to that produced by burning 200 to 250 gall ...
  • Impacts Of Jobs Offshoring On The U.S. Economy
    Is it too late? I think it might be too late. When skilled jobs are sent abroad, the skills disappear at home. So do the supply chains and the businesses associated with the skills. Things close down, and abilities are lost. Why take a major in college for a job that is offshored. A culture [&#8 ...
  • Iran Is Likely Building Super-EMP Nuke Bombs L ...
    Doctor Peter Pry, executive director of the Task Force (EMP) on National and Homeland Security, sounds the alarm… Our electric power grid is vulnerable to EMP, and is (according to Pry and others) the reason that Iran is developing nuclear weapons (Super EMP bombs) to wipe out the United S ...
  • Modern Flashlights And Batteries After The Pow ...
    In a SHTF collapse where the electrical power grid is down, when your flashlight batteries die, will you be left in the dark? If you plan ahead of time, you can still use some of our modern technology after the lights go out. Here are the best flashlights and batteries for a blackout… &#16 ...
  • Pitch Black
    The next ‘Carrington event’ will send the world to pitch black as we are plunged into darkness as the power grids fail – wiping out much of humanity. Sound like science fiction? Think again. There is apparently a one in eight chance that it could happen within 10 years… & ...

Fast Company

  • Dynamic Duos: Acumen Fund's Jacqueline Novogra ...
    Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund Jocelyn Wyatt, co–lead and executive director of Ideo.org Novogratz: The privilege for me has been to see Jocelyn going from being a fellow, or an intern, at Acumen to creating an organization and becoming a leading voice around design for lo ...
  • The NSA Spy Scandal For Dummies, Via The Guardian
    After six months of detailed yet complicated revelations about the scope of the National Security Agency's digital spying program, the Guardian on Friday released a multimedia experience for those who haven't been paying the closest attention, which, let's be honest, is a lot of us. "NSA Files: ...
  • This Is How To Do Corporate Tweets Customers A ...
    Tesco Mobile isn't exactly the U.K.'s sexiest mobile network. But you'd never know it upon first glance at some of the sassy tweets it sends out to Twitter users who say less–than–flattering things about the company's services. For the past several months, Tesco has been working with the digi ...
  • Why Not? The World's Furriest Travel Book
    "I was just sitting with my dog in the sun daydreaming and the book came along, the rabbit fur cover, the feeling of the thing, its weight," Iranian–New Zealander artist Nabil Sabio Azadi tells Co.Design of For You the Traveller, the world's furriest travel book, available this week for the firs ...
  • A Greenhouse To Go
    When it was introduced in the 1800s, the modern greenhouse was at the forefront of architectural design. While architects of the time were busying themselves with gargantuan pastiche, gardeners and craftsmen like Joseph Paxton, of later Crystal Palace fame, were building the ferrovitreous struct ...

Jadaliyya

  • Syria Media Roundup (November 2)
    [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to syria@jadaliyya.com by ...
  • الجزائر: تعاقُب أجيال وتغييرات سياسية
    تعيش الجزائر تراجعا يتطابق مع إيقاع الوضع الصحي لرئيس صامت وعاجز عن ترؤس مجلس الوزراء طيلة أشهر عدة. وقد هدف اجتماع الحكومة في 29 أيلول/سبتمبر الماضي إلى وضع حدّ للشائعات حول تدهور صحة عبد العزيز بوتفليقة. وهذه إدارة إعلامية لمسألة صحة الرئيس، وأما البلاد فلم تعد في الواقع محكومة حقاً. فالأمور ا ...
  • The Square: So Close Yet So Far
    The Square. Directed by Jehane Noujaim. Egypt/USA, 2013. The Egyptian revolution has been hiccupping from crackdown to revolt. Meanwhile, it has collapsed from a climate of feverish utopia into violent party altercations often waged according to foreign interests. In a new documentary, The Squa ...
  • Maghreb Media Roundup (November 1)
    [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to maghreb@jadali ...
  • ملف من الأرشيف: كاتب ياسين
    ["ملف من الأرشيف" هي سلسة تقوم "جدلية" بنشرها بالعربية والإنجليزية بالتعاون مع جريدة ”السفير“ اللبنانية. الملفات لشخصيات أيقونية تركت أثراً عميقاً في الحقل السياسي والثقافي في العالم العربي.]      الاسم: كاتب الشهرة: ياسين تاريخ الولادة: 1929 تار ...

mediagazer

  • Two French journalists abducted, killed in nor ...
    Reuters: Two French journalists abducted, killed in northern Mali  —  (Reuters) - Two French radio journalists were killed by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday shortly after being abducted in the town of Kidal, French and Malian officials said.  —  The French g ...
  • YouTube Music Awards Are Readied for Webcast ( ...
    Dave Itzkoff / New York Times: YouTube Music Awards Are Readied for Webcast  —  “Does there really need to be another awards show?”  Spike Jonze recently wondered aloud.  “If there's going to be one, why?”  —  This was a reasonab ...
  • YouTube Live: a disastrous spectacle Google wo ...
    David Grossman / The Verge: YouTube Live: a disastrous spectacle Google would like you to forget  —  On the eve of its next attempt, has the company learned from its mistakes?  —  This Sunday, November 3rd, the world will experience the first annual YouTube Music ...
  • UK: Snowden reporter's partner involved in 'es ...
    Mark Hosenball / Reuters: UK: Snowden reporter's partner involved in ‘espionage’ and ‘terrorism’  —  (Reuters) - British authorities claimed the domestic partner of reporter Glenn Greenwald was involved in “terrorism” when he tried to carry do ...
  • BitTorrent's Music Industry Team-Up (Devin Leo ...
    Devin Leonard / Businessweek: BitTorrent's Music Industry Team-Up  —  When Moby was planning the September release of Innocents, his 11th studio album, he didn't want to simply put out another collection of danceable songs.  In an innovative maneuver, he open-sourced the dr ...

Chemtrail News

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World News - Top Stories

  • Longoria lands new man
    Eva Longoria is reportedly dating a successful businessman who’s “crazy about her”. The 38-year-old actress was rumoured to have rekindled her relationship with ex-boyfriend Eduardo Cruz in recent weeks but new reports suggest she’s over the failed romance. A source tells America’s People ma ...
  • Top chef Gyllenhaal
    Jake Gyllenhaal’s romance with model Alyssa Miller is going from strength to strength. The Hollywood heartthrob has been dating Sports Illustrated model Alyssa Miller for around four months. It seems the pair are smitten and enjoy inviting friends over for a meal – with Jake firmly in contro ...
  • Kelly ‘pleads for Gaga call’
    Kelly Osbourne is reportedly desperate for Lady Gaga to give her a telephone call to end a spat stemming back years. The pair’s public feud escalated over the weekend when Kelly told Gaga to “eat my s**t” after the singer presented Kelly’s mother, Sharon Osbourne, with a birthday cake for he ...
  • Brown assault on video?
    Chris Brown’s alleged altercation with a man in Washington, D.C. may have been captured on video. The 24-year-old singer is facing criminal charges amid accusations he punched 20-year-old Isaac Parker in the face outside of a Washington, D.C. hotel when the man tried to photobomb a picture w ...
  • Moore ‘finding spirituality’ in India
    Demi Moore is reportedly attending a life conference in India where the Dalai Lama is expected to speak. The actress, who is expected to finalise her split from Ashton Kutcher at any moment, was seen in the suburb of McLeod Ganj on Monday in newly released photos published by Us Weekly. Acco ...

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Anna's News

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

Medical Marijuana

  • 10/29/13 - UN votes to denounce US embargo on Cuba
    cuba-embargo.procon.org - The United Nations voted 188-2 to denounce the US embargo on Cuba for the 22nd consecutive year. Only Israel voted with the United Stated against the resolution.
  • 10/25/13 - Student Loan Debt Compared to Other ...
    college-education.procon.org - Student Loan Debt Compared to Other Household Debt, 2004-2013 - As of the first quarter of 2013, student loan debt was the second highest household debt at 990 million (or, 0.99 trillion) dollars. However, housing loans remained the highest level o ...
  • 10/25/13 - Will Obamacare Raise Insurance Prem ...
    healthcarereform.procon.org - Will Obamacare Raise Insurance Premiums? – DEBATED - Read statements from economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Pro), Christine Eibner, an Economist at RAND (Con), Drew Gonshorowski, a Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation (Pro), Presiden ...
  • 10/22/13 - Number of Animals Used for Testing, ...
    animal-testing.procon.org – Number of Animals Used for Testing, by Species – 21,578 cats, 64,930 dogs, 145,895 hamsters and 71,317 primates were used for research, testing, and education in the United States in 2010. See statistics for these and other animals, nationally and by state.
  • 10/22/13 - Should Animals Be Used for Scientif ...
    animal-testing.procon.org – NEW ProCon.org Website! – Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing? –  An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Proponents say that animal testing has enabled the developmen ...

Truth About Our World

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Obama to Sign Order Calling For Adaptation to ...
    President Obama was expected to sign an executive order on Friday directing federal agencies to make it easier for states and communities to adapt to the rising seas, more intense storms, and droughts that are expected to increase as the planet warms this century. A key aspect of the order aims ...
  • Smaller Rise in Global CO2 Emissions May Be Si ...
    Global carbon dioxide emissions grew last year at about half the rate of the past decade, possibly signaling a permanent slowdown of CO2 emissions, says a new report from the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency and the European Commission's Joint Research Center. Although total CO2 emissio ...
  • A Year After Sandy, The Wrong Policy on Rebuil ...
    One year after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the U.S. East Coast, the government is spending billions to replenish beaches that will only be swallowed again by rising seas and future storms. It’s time to develop coastal policies that take into account new climate realities. BY ROB YOUNG
  • Low on Natural Gas, More Cities in China Will ...
    In a push to curb air pollution, China has been urging its cities to rely more heavily on natural gas and less on coal. But a shortage of natural gas is threatening that goal, as urban populations boom and domestic gas production lags, Reuters reports. Chinese officials have said that to reduce ...
  • Three Western U.S. States And British Columbia ...
    The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington, together with the premier of British Columbia, have signed a pact to coordinate efforts to combat global warming. With a combined GDP of $2.8 trillion and a population of 53 million people, the three states and the Canadian province represent ...

oldephartte/Diigo

TruthNews Australia

  • Kevin P Miller: Letters From Generation Rx - P ...
    In today's show we bring you an exclusive interview with filmmaker Kevin P. Miller in which he discusses his latest film project.  Letters From Generation Rx is a sequel to the shocking expose of the lethal effects of Psycho-Pharmaceutical drugs, Generation Rx, which was released in 2008. ...
  • Western anti-Syrian propaganda analysed and ex ...
    Today's show focuses once again on Syria. We analyse and highlight the issues in the Syrian crisis and remark upon the inability or unwillingness of corporate media to give any credence to the possibility that the chemical weapons attacks in Syria were false flag provocations designed specifical ...
  • Scott Bartle on the dirty little secret about ...
    My guest in the 2nd hour of today's show is Scott Bartle, author of "Frequently Unanswered Questions of the Australian Government". Scott claims that the "Australian Government" is now in receivership, having defaulted on repayments of bank loans which are ultimately underwritten by the US Fed ...
  • Updates on Syria, the Australian election and ...
    Today's show largely focuses on Syria and we bring you 2 interviews during the course of the show. In the first hour I am joined by John Bursill who outlines his view about Syria and then gives us a breakdown of his view of the Australian political spectrum. This show was recorded before the 2 ...
  • Narcissism and the New World Order - Part 1
    Foreign Minister Bob Carr says that there is a flaw in international law, and the US should be able to bomb Syria without UN approval In today's show we delve into the psychological underpinnings of the new tyranny. We propose the idea that modern society is afflicted with an epidemic of narci ...

Beacon

  • Secretary Jewell Discusses Conservation Agenda
    (Photo: Michael Bamford) Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell delivered an address to the National Press Club in which she focused on the Obama administration’s “conservation agenda.”  Rightfully, she talked about what sort of “conservation legacy” the administration seeks t ...
  • Offshore Wind Needs a Boost from Congress
    (Photo: Boris Dzhingarov) Like so many of us, Oceana has seen the damage that the drilling for and burning of fossil fuels can do to the health of our oceans and marine life. In fact, just last May, for the first time in history, the Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached 400 parts ...
  • Spooky Sea Creatures
    This ghostly jellyfish is just one of many strange ocean creatures. (Photo: Oceana / Carlos Minguell) Ghosts, zombies, and witches are the typical frightening Halloween characters, but the oceans have some fantastic and ghoulish creatures of their own. To celebrate Halloween, here are three o ...
  • Anchovies 101
    (Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble) If you’re intimidated by anchovies, you’re not alone. These crunchy, rich little fish can transform an average weeknight dinner into a four-star meal. Eating little fish is also good for the oceans, because they're low on the food chain and reproduce quick ...
  • Clean Energy’s Sleeping Giant Awakens
    (Photo: Kim Hansen) Last week, Oceana partnered with the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) in putting on their annual Offshore WindPower Conference and Exhibition in Providence, Rhode Island. The conference was a complete success and it was clear for any attendee that offshore wind ener ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

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Japan Times

Alexander Higgins

Macleans - Central

Making It Count - CCPA

  • Fossil-Fueled GDP Growth
    Yesterday, Statistics Canada reported that the Canadian economy had a month of fossil-fueled growth in August. Overall GDP was up by 0.3%, only half as much as in July but still a respectable monthly growth rate. By far the strongest growth of any industry was a 1.9% increase in “Mining, quarryi ...
  • Protection for our cheeses or from the Taliban?
    In times like ours of accelerated islamization in Québec, we cannot possibly ask the government to do everything. Of course, in an ideal world, it would worry about the consequences of the pipeline through which Enbridge will transport dirty oil across Québec and it would put an end to austerity ...
  • Global carbon budget is a harsh reality check ...
    The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should be a wake-up call for Canada. With a development model based on ever more fossil fuel extraction, Canada’s economy and financial markets are on a collision course with the urgent need for global climate action ...
  • Corporate social responsibility: “doing good” ...
    This past summer, two major events raising the issue of corporate social responsibility occurred in Québec. First, the Lac-Mégantic tragedy highlighted the dangerous strategies put in place by railway companies to save money. Then, illegally stored PCB was found in Pointe-Claire, in the West Isl ...
  • Wordsmithing 80,000 Jobs
    The recent federal throne speech stated, “The Government will soon complete negotiations on a comprehensive economic and trade agreement with the European Union [CETA]. This agreement has the potential to create 80,000 new Canadian jobs.” There has since been a subtle but important shift in the ...

ReDress

  • Has Israel groveller David Miliband changed hi ...
    Stuart Littlewood is surprised at the invitation by a pro-Palestinian medical charity to former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband - a proven groveller to Israel - to speak at its annual fundraising gala.
  • IMPORTANT: OUR WEBSITE IS CHANGING
    Redress Information & Analysis is moving to www.redressonline.com. From now on we will publish new articles on www.redressonline.com only and, in the meantime, we will transfer important long-shef-life articles from our old website to the new one.
  • What might Netanyahu do if Romney's defeat bec ...
    Alan Hart examines whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is mad enough to order an attack on Iran in what remains of Obama’s first term without the president’s blessing and American participation.
  • Israel's Salafi foot soldiers in the wake of a ...
    Nureddin Sabir argues that Israel must bear responsibility for creating the climate that gave rise to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims". But it is Israel's Salafi and Wahhabi foot soldiers behind the violent protests across the Arab and Muslim worlds who may eventually bring Arabs and M ...
  • Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?
    Lawrence Davidson argues that outage against the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims" "has exposed the deep vein of anger against the United States that runs through the Muslim world", but doubts that American leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behav ...

Revolutionary Politics

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Peakwater

  • Fossil Fuel Divestment in the UK & Sustainabil ...
      Fossil Fuel Divestment in the UK & Sustainability Through Finance by Miles Ten Brinke Miles, Peak Water columnist and avowed Hydrophilic energy-head, has found his way to Britain where he’s lost his California perma-tan and is now a 1st year PhD student at the University of Manchester ...
  • Jenna Cavelle’s Exhibit ” Water & ...
                                        For more info email: jennacavelle@peakwater.org
  • Knee Deep in 1st Year PhD Reading- Spain&#8217 ...
    Knee Deep in 1st Year PhD Reading- Spain’s Desal Gone Bust, at a Glance by Miles Ten Brinke Miles, Peak Water columnist and avowed Hydrophilic energy-head, has found his way to Britain where he’s lost his California perma-tan and is now a 1st year PhD student at the University of Mancheste ...
  • THIS SATURDAY, Nov 2nd: “Water and the C ...
  • The L.A. Aqueduct at 100
    A hundred years ago — Nov. 5, 1913 — 40,000 people gathered in Sylmar to watch the water arrive for the first time via the Los Angeles Aqueduct from the Owens Valley. It took 5,000 workers five years to complete the $23-million project, which was excavated with dynamite, hand shovels and mule po ...

D. Kucinich

  • The NDAA: More War Abroad and More Austerity H ...
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today spoke on the House floor in strong opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). See video here. “In this discussion over the NDAA, we arrive at a moment where we meet the moral consequences of our nation’s choices over the past decade. W ...
  • Kucinich: NO to #CatFoodChristmas
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today strongly objected to a proposal to cut Social Security benefits. The White House suggested a reduction in Social Security to cut costs as part of the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations.  The proposal called the “Chained Consumer Price Index” would ...
  • Kucinich: Report on Benghazi Not the Full Story
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to remind colleagues that while a supposedly independent investigation faulted the State Department for security failures in Benghazi, Libya it was the Administration that took us to war and created the chaos in Libya. See video h ...
  • Kucinich: Diplomacy Over Provocation
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement regarding H.R. 3783, Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012. “In the developing relationship between Iran and the United States, there are many important issues to be addressed. We should address them throu ...
  • Kucinich Calls for Organized Approach to Peace:
    Washington D.C. (December 17, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to call for an “organized, structured approach” to peace in the wake of the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. On Friday, Congressman Kucinich offered words of condolences to the familie ...

Authentically Wired

  • cabal will not allow the American public
    …What… you actually expect that America’s military industrial corporate congressional cabal will allow the American public to receive full disclosure and transparency on their “killer-drones” … no way in hell…   Drone Victims Tell Empty US House Their Story; Is America Listening?   Ran ...
  • it’s your call…
    …The website Prison Planet most often is quite incendiary offering little substantive evidence for they hyperbole offered and the headline below could well be just that … It could also be a call for us to at least consider the possibility  this is what corporate has our children learning … ...
  • Snowden may be asked but there is no way in he ...
    …Snowden may be asked but there is no way in hell America’s military industrial corporate congressional cabal will ever allow him to testify…   Call in Germany for Snowden to Be a Witness to NSA Wiretapping of Merkel Deeply Embarrassing to Obama   Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: … ...
  • Of course SPYING will continue
    …Of course SPYING will continue … there’s big $$$ in it and corporate is never going to give that up…   NSA Spying Will Continue Despite Snowden’s Leaks, Experts Say 10-30-2013  •  COLLEEN CURRY, ABC News …According to former intelligence officials, changes are not likely to ...
  • Make$ perfect sense
    …Make$ perfect sense as this is precisely what Tea Party/GOP/Republican$ demand … less government more private industry … cost and effectiveness be damned … just make government smaller…   Fighting Fires Is Big Business for Private Companies   Firefighting is an expensive business, and ...

Popular Technology

  • Darth Vader an Author at the CRU?
    It appears Dr. Clare Goodess a Senior Research Associate of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has chosen an interesting alter-ego. A Microsoft PowerPoint presentation she converted to a PDF file is authored as "Darth Vader", Maybe climate alarmism really is the dar ...
  • Who is Willis Eschenbach?
    As of 2012 Mr. Eschenbach has been employed as a House Carpenter. He is not a "computer modeler", he is not an "engineer" and he is certainly not a "scientist" (despite all ridiculous claims to the contrary). "A final question, one asked on Judith Curry's blog a year ago by a real scientist, ...
  • 1100+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skeptic ...
    "Wow, the list is pretty impressive ...It's Oreskes done right." - Luboš Motl, Ph.D. Theoretical Physics "I really appreciate your important effort in compiling the list." - Willie Soon, Ph.D. Astrophysicist and Geoscientist "A tour de force list of scientific papers..." - Robert M. Carter, P ...
  • Dana Nuccitelli's Paycheck - Funded by ExxonMobil
    Dana Nuccitelli is an alarmist blogger at Skeptical Science and The Guardian. He is also co-author of the falsely manufactured Cook et al. "97% consensus" paper. A shocking revelation by Anthony Watts was that Nuccitelli's employer Tetra Tech is funded by "Big Oil". Which is incredibly ironic ...
  • Obama Tweets Support for 97% Consensus Study, ...
    On May 16, 2013 President Obama tweeted support for a "study" that falsely manufactured a statistically worthless claim of a 97% consensus among scientist for human-caused global warming. However it was revealed in 2012 that team members from this study had celebrated the death of conservati ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

  • The mystery of the disappearing elephant tusk
    Give it a few thousand years, and tusks could completely disappear from the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). The beautifully smooth, elongated ivory incisors neatly bordering a long trunk are iconic in the public mind. The reigning hypothesis is that tusks evolved to help male elephants fight o ...
  • Photo essay: notes from India's Kabini River
    The Nilgiris, also known as the "Blue mountains," in southern India are an extraordinary mountain range that form one of the most diverse biospheres in the country, the Nilgiri Biosphere. And the Nagarhole National Park, declared a tiger reserve in 1999 is part of this biosphere. The Kabini Rive ...
  • Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest surges 400%
    The extent of gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has surged 400 percent since 1999 due to rocketing gold prices, wreaking havoc on forests and devastating local rivers, finds a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The assessment, led by Greg Asner of ...
  • Armored giant turns out to be vital ecosystem ...
    The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is not called a giant for nothing: it weighs as much as a large dog and grows longer than the world's biggest tortoise. However, despite its gigantism, many people in its range—from the Amazon to the Pantanal—don't even know it exists or belie ...
  • Art, education, and health: holistic conservat ...
    It's unlikely conservation organizations can survive if they are unwilling to embrace change: as an endeavor, conservation requires not just longterm planning, but also an ability to move proactively and fluidly to protect species and safeguard ecosystems. Environmental and education NGO, the Ar ...

Science - NZ Herald

  • Pushing the boundaries
    They are novel DNA-changing techniques that blur the lines around what is and what isn't genetic engineering. Their names alone are fuse blowing: zinc-finger nuclease (ZFN), TALENs (transcription activator-like effector nucleases),...
  • 20-year-old American toddler dies
    An American girl who was born with an extremely rare condition that kept her a toddler for life has died at the age of 20, her father told AFP.Brooke Greenberg, whose rare condition was sometimes called syndrome X, raised scientists'...
  • Clint J. Perry: Using our brains on animal int ...
    Does my dog only think of eating, sleeping and chasing squirrels? Does my girlfriend's cat really have the capacity to plot my accidental death? Are cows just walking hamburgers and pigeons intent on world domination?Opinions vary...
  • Solving riddle of giant ice streams
    For decades, scientists have observed how giant ice streams have flowed out of West Antarctica, eventually feeding the frozen continent's largest ice shelf.But dramatic changes seen in some areas of Antarctica have given scientists...
  • New projects to receive funding from Marsden Fund
    Kiwi research investigating links between zinc and autism is one of more than 100 projects awarded nearly $60 million in funding under the just-announced Marsden Fund for the next three years.The autism research, awarded $740,000,...

The Bovine

  • Learning how to milk a goat
    From Weed em and Reap: Once upon a time there was a woman who bought a goat. She was so excited to get FRESH milk every day!  She woke up early one morning, and with butterflies in her stomach she … Continue reading →
  • UV light instead of pasteurization: it seems t ...
    These stories are about treatment of on-farm milk for use in feeding calves. Of course, if it works for calves, why wouldn’t it work for people? Though probably the bar of surety is set higher when we’re dealing with food … Continue reading →
  • Amish girl forced into chemotherapy?
    From David Michael, on the Journal of Natural Food and Health: “Early in October 2013, the entire nation heard about how Sarah Hershberger, a 10-year old Ohio Amish girl with leukemia (now recovered), is being forced into a two-year unproven … Continue reading →
  • Food safety & the politics of cheap food
    From David E. Gumpert on the Complete Patient blog: “I was explaining to a friend yesterday that the federal government in the form of the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to allow a multibillion-dollar food corporation to sell product, even … Continue reading →
  • I was a teenage GMO-labeling activist
    Toronto’s Rachel Parent is now blogging on the Huffington Post: “Hi, my name is Rachel Parent. I’m 14 years old and just started high school in Toronto. When I was 12 years old, I saw how GMOs were negatively impacting … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • 10 Corporations Control Nearly Everything You ...
    PolicyMic has a very interesting chart that shows how 10 Corporations Control Almost Everything You Buy. click on chart for huge image The chart was posted on Reddit as illusion of choice. I could not locate the original source. PolicyMic explains ... Ten mega corpo ...
  • What's the Threat to Our Constitutional Rights?
    What do you think is the greatest enemy or threat to our constitutional rights? I ask this question because a five page article in Foreign Policy Magazine says "The Greatest Enemy of Privacy Is Ambiguity" The main thesis of the article is "If we can't define what it means to be left a ...
  • Maastricht Treaty and the Euro: Failure for Ov ...
    The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union or TEU) was signed on 7 February 1992 by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands. It created the European Union and led to the creation of the single European currency, the euro. Obligations One of ...
  • Daily Show on NSA Spying, on Obamcare, on the ...
    In an extremely funny spoof, Jon Stewart on the Daily Show rips Obama for not knowing what is happening in the administration regarding NSA spying, Obamacare, on "NIPF". Obama is the know nothing president in a "bubble of darkness". Link if video does not play: Daily Show Rips the "Kn ...
  • Five Reasons Obamacare Legislation Failed; The ...
    Here's an exceptionally well written, on-target email from Claudette, an occupational therapist from Michigan, in response to my post Physical Therapist in NY Chimes in on Health Care Costs. Claudette wants to "Put the Patient in the Driver's Seat". Claudette writes ... Hello Mish ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Jamiol Presents
  • Empire under Obama- Part 4: Counterinsurgency, ...
    “Peace is possible, if people are empowered. Otherwise, imperialism is inevitable, and extinction is nearly ensured.” While the American Empire – and much of the policies being pursued – did not begin under President Obama, the focus of “Empire Under Obama” is to bring awareness about the nature ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- October ...
    Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
  • Pepe Escobar: 9/11 Excuse for NSA – Gift ...
  • Processing Distortion: “Trailing the FBI&#8217 ...
    Peter B. Collins Presents Russ Baker Investigative journalist Russ Baker details a newly published update on the investigation into the official investigation of the Boston Marathon Bombing and the May 22 FBI killing of a friend of one of the Boston suspects. Baker reviews the anomalies of the B ...

bloody crossroads

  • Is Obama a Fraud?
    The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
  • The Tyranny of American Healthcare
    For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

  • Pirates Hauling $400 Million Since ’05 Pocket ...
    Pirates off the Horn of Africa pocket as little as 0.01 percent of ransoms, which they tend to spend on alcohol, expensive cars and prostitutes, while financiers keep as much as three-quarters of the loot, a new report shows.
  • Tandem Tow Goes South in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
    A tandem tow of two aging offshore supply vessels took a turn for the worse Thursday when the two vessels apparently started smashing into each other, causing one of the vessels to list into the other.
  • Watch: Containership’s Structure Visually Flex ...
    As the MOL Comfort disaster clearly showed, there is a point at which the load on a ship’s structure exceeds the breaking strength. One might say the vessel was brought [...]
  • Icelandic Coast Guard Prepares for Sinking of ...
    The Icelandic Coast Guard is stilling battling a fire onboard the Ro/Ro cargo ship Fernanda and is currently taking measures to reduce the environmental impact if the ship were to [...]
  • Shandong Shipping Agrees To Operate Vale’s Gia ...
    China's state-owned Shandong Shipping Corporation has signed a $500 million deal with Brazilian miner Vale SA to operate four of its giant iron-ore freighters, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

Press TV

  • ‘Venezuela fighting economic sabotage’
    The Venezuelan oil minister says the US-backed opposition groups are trying to create chaos and destabilization in the country, Press TV reports.
  • 1000s of health workers rally in Romania
    Romanian medical staff has staged a mass protest in the capital Bucharest to demand better financing for the southeastern European country’s healthcare system.
  • Tunisia parties in deadlock over new PM
    Tunisia’s ruling Ennahda party and the opposition have once again failed to reach a consensus on the country’s new prime minister.
  • Phone-hacking been UK-institutionalized
    The phone-hacking trial in the UK has heard that Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive paid a defence official to receive private details of dead soldiers before their deaths were officially declared.
  • Fatal LAX shooting delays flights
    Hundreds of flights across the United States were delayed after the fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, the Associated Press reported on Saturday.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • Africa and its Diaspora
    How connected are we?  Take the survey and share your thoughts! I recently watched the African Day parade which traveled down my street in Harlem, and attended the festival in Marcus Garvey park. It was a paradoxical experience for me. On one hand, it felt familiar, and I felt connected. I saw f ...
  • Date Night
    It’s Friday night and I am on a date. Yeah! Don’t get me wrong most people who are on a date are probably having dinner and taking in a movie.  Guess what y’all?  My date night is me sitting on a computer while my date watches old boxing matches on cable.  But I am a […]
  • My Color Conundrum
    As I write this I am sitting under a hooded dryer, 10 minutes into a 40 minute process involving 2 steps and 3 chemical mixtures to achieve one result: hide my gray hair. To be a successful magician I have to do this every 4 weeks and I am not alone; I am a hairstylist […]
  • MAAT Alumna Awarded Cornell University’s ...
    Sarah Chalmers graduated from the CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre program in 2010. In 2012 she started her own company, Civic Ensemble, and was recently awarded the Civic Leader Fellowship from the Cornell University Public Service Center. She will teach applied theatre techniques to Cornell stud ...
  • #FindYourReason

Dissident Voice

  • The Bank Guarantee that Bankrupted Ireland
    The Irish have a long history of being tyrannized, exploited, and oppressed—from the forced conversion to Christianity in the Dark Ages, to slave trading of the natives in the 15th and 16th centuries, to the mid-nineteenth century “potato famine” that was really a holocaust. The British got Irel ...
  • Israel Buys the US Congress: Sabotaging the US ...
    Pro-Israel Policy groups such as AIPAC work with unlimited funding to divert US policy in the region (Middle East). – Jack Straw, Member of Parliament and former Foreign Secretary of the British Labor Party The United States should drop a nuclear bomb on Iran to spur the country to end its ...
  • Economic Justice: The Final Frontier
    On August 24, 2013 tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate a protest fifty years ago when hundreds of thousands of other people marched and rallied in Washington DC demanding equal rights for African-American residents of the United States. It was on that day the Reverend Martin Luther ...
  • Does Iran Have the Right to Enrich Uranium? Th ...
    Now that serious talks with Iran over its nuclear program are underway, one seemingly insurmountable issue is whether Iran has the right to enrich uranium. The short answer is: Yes. Those who are trying to torpedo the ongoing talks, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, want Iran ...
  • Syria: From Fermenting Uprising to Delivering ...
    Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. — Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832 In Syria now, apart from funding weapons to a reported thousand different factions of foreign terrorists from perhaps eighty plus countries, NATO, the US, UK and their Middle East cohorts have seemin ...

Nick Turse

  • University students with their necks painted p ...
    University students with their necks painted protest at Bolivar square in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday Nov. 3, 2011. Their signs read in Spanish “We have the right to be outraged,” left, and “Excellent education and for all!!” Students are protesting education reforms planned by the government th ...
  • tomdispatch:Erika crunched some numbers for ...
    tomdispatch: Erika crunched some numbers for Mother Jones and writes that although America is the wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP, the figures are less impressive when it comes to income inequality. Which do you think is more important? - Abbie
  • I’m proud to have played a small role in publ ...
    I’m proud to have played a small role in publishing Ann Jones’ new book, They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America’s Wars.  It’s an absolutely amazing piece of reporting that takes you from the front lines in Afghanistan (where Jones was a 73-year-old embed) to hospitals there an ...
  • "It still hurts, but letting the world know ab ...
    “It still hurts, but letting the world know about my story makes me feel better.” - Rys...
  • A court in South Africa sentenced a man to ser ...
    A court in South Africa sentenced a man to serve two life sentences for the rape and murder of 17-year-old Anene Booysen. Her injuries were so horrific that the doctors who treated her required counseling.

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Newswise

  • Anti-Aging Strategies Can Improve More Than Looks
    UAB experts have advice on how to slow aging, and how this can help with appearance and self-esteem.
  • The End of the Shrink
    Node names help the chip industry advertise its progress, but they no longer mean what they used to.
  • An Electrifying Awakening
    In an attempt to reverse paralysis in patients with spinal cord injuries, researchers are electrically stimulating the spinal neurons of their patients in hopes of allowing them to stand and walk again.
  • The Spy Who Skyped Me
    Here are four ways to smuggle messages through Internet services.
  • First Earth-Sized, Rocky Exoplanet Found
    Kamuela, Hawaii - A team of astronomers has found the first Earth-sized planet outside the solar system that has a rocky composition like that of Earth. This exoplanet, known as Kepler-78b, orbits its star very closely every 8.5 hours, making it much too hot to support life. The results are be ...

Metanoia

Jae's News

  • Obama to Congress: end 'manufactured crises' - ...
    Obama has told Congress to end manufactured crises. Submitted by Laura Saxon to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Social Security Is Not Going Broke - YouTube
    Bernie Sanders tells the real facts on Social Security. It is NOT broke. Social Security needs to be reformulated, and benefits increased. Submitted by Judy C. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Rumored Senate Candidate David Barton: Climate ...
    A so-called "historian," who radio host Glenn Beck hired to teach at his online university and is now considering a run for the U.S. Senate, recently asserted that climate change was an example of God's judgment "on the spot" for sins like abortion. Submitted by Melva H. to US Politics &a ...
  • How America's death penalty murders innocents
    The US criminal justice system is a broken machine that wrongfully convicts innocent people... Submitted by David B. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • George Bush and Cheney are War criminals - why ...
    Our dead young Men and Women deserve better. - George Bush is a War criminal. Dick Cheney is a war criminal. Submitted by David B. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

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    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Drone Attack Kills More Than Taliban Chief
    The drone attack that killed Tehreek Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mahsud this week seems also to have killed hopes that drone attacks will end. “After the recent debate in international media about U.S-led drone attacks, there was some hope these illegal strikes would end,” Muhammad Bashir ...
  • Iraq Retakes Washington Centre-Stage, Briefly
    Ten and a half years after invading U.S. troops ousted President Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime, Iraq re-emerged here this week, if only briefly, as a major foreign policy agenda item. The occasion was the visit of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki whose main purpose was to secure greater U.S. mi ...
  • OP-ED: How Women’s Rights Are Linked to ...
    While U.S. and Iranian negotiators prepare for another round of nuclear talks in Geneva next month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been silent about another matter that could be even more indicative of his willingness to take on hardline conservatives. On Sept. 22, the Iranian parliament p ...
  • Thai Women Don Monks’ Robes
    Thai women were among the first women in Asia granted voting rights, in 1932. However, when it comes to religion, women in Thailand continue to struggle for equality and social acceptance. Rhythmic chanting fills the air just before dawn at the Songdhammakalyani Monastery in Nakhon Pathom, a pro ...
  • Corporations Rewriting U.S. Labour Laws
    U.S. state legislators and corporate lobbies have engaged in an unprecedented attack on minimum wages that has lowered U.S. labour standards, according to new research released Thursday. The report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a think tank here, is the first of its kind, providing a c ...

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Iran's Diplomatic Offensive Is Making Netanyah ...
    Summary: “President Rouhani pre-empted further movement towards confrontation with his diplomatic offensive.The result is heightened nervousness amongst Netanyahu and his followers,” Arshin Adib- Moghaddam told the Tehran Times. source: Tehran Timesread more
  • What a Surprise: U.S.-Based Iran “Experts” Pro ...
    Summary: As the new round of nuclear diplomacy between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 unfolds, an informal coalition of forces is coalescing in the West to oppose any prospective deal in which the United States would “accept” safeguarded uranium enrichment in Iran. Of course, Israel and t ...
  • Mahmoud Ostad Mohammad dies of shortage of can ...
    Summary: On Thursday, one of the most renowned Iranian playwrights and directors passed away after fighting with liver cancer for more than two years. Mahmud Ostad Mohammad is very well known for his creative plays during decades of working in theater. source: Press TVread more
  • Crying Wolf Over Iran
    Summary: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to convince the audience in both the United States and Europe that new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is a "wolf in sheep’s clothing" intent on beguiling the west with empty promises while proceeding full speed with a nuclea ...
  • With Goodwill and Determination, Iran-US Rappr ...
    Summary: "My message is that the American people have paid attention to, and look on with great interest, the changes that are taking place in Iran and I believe and try to respond in ways that are positive that the American government is certainly discouraging any more sanctions being applie ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • Earliest Known Galaxy Detected --"Young Univer ...
        In a major new survey of the early universe conducted from the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have identified the most distant, thus the earliest galaxy ever detected. Although other Hubble-based observations have identified many other candidates for galaxies in the e ...
  • Newly Discovered ‘Force Field’ Shields a Colos ...
                   The Smith Cloud, a gigantic streamer of hydrogen gas that is on a collision course with the Milky Way Galaxy, is hurtling toward the Milky Way at more than 150 miles per second and is predicted to impact in approximately 30 million years. When it does, astronomers believe ...
  • Comment of the Day: "We Simply Must Assume Lif ...
      "Well, this should settle any questions about the Fermi paradox. The universe is clearly set up to create life in infinite forms. We know life on this planet lives and adapts to all environments. We also know that carbon based life forms, are not the only possible way for life to em ...
  • Ceres --The Dwarf Planet: "A Game Changer in t ...
        "I think of Ceres actually as a game changer in the Solar System,"  said Britney Schmidt, science team liaison for the Dawn Mission. "Ceres is arguably the only one of its kind. "Ceres is like the gatekeeper to the history of water in the middle solar system." Ceres, which o ...
  • Major Building Block of Life Found Seeded Even ...
        "You are older than you think – or at least, some of the iron in your blood is older, formed in galaxies millions of light years away and billions of years ago," says Aurora Simionescu, who is currently with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. New evidence that iron is sprea ...

Natural News

  • Flashback: Electroshock therapy still used in ...
    Video transcript: Health Ranger: Alright, welcome to the Health Ranger Report, this is Mike Adams with NaturalNews.com. Today we're bringing you some disturbing footage of a teenage boy being quote 'treated' with electroshock therapy at the Judge Rotenberg Center...
  • Treating anxiety naturally
    Everyone experiences anxiety. Some people are plagued with anxiety and suffer daily from the symptoms that come along with it. Anxiety is a feeling of worry and effects the body mentally and physically. Symptoms of anxiety: Cloudy thoughts Heart palpitations...
  • Conventional prostate cancer treatment shares ...
    Imagine if you were down and out in a skid row section of Manhattan known as the Bowery, and a medical researcher from Columbia University comes along and promises you a clean bed and food and medical attention as needed if you volunteer for his study. What's there...
  • Millions against Monsanto: 5 Lessons from the ...
    Twenty years after the controversial introduction of unlabeled and untested genetically engineered foods and crops, opposition to GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) and Monsanto has created one of the largest netroots-grassroots movements in the U.S. There are...
  • USDA seeks to poison consumers by contaminatin ...
    Don't look now, but the federal Leviathan thinks all raw almonds - including those grown organically - are so dangerous for you, they should be cooked, even if it means using a known carcinogen. According to the Alliance for Natural Health, the state of California's...

Threat Level

  • Senate Committee Votes in Favor of NSA Phone-R ...
    A key Senate committee approved today a measure that would give congressional blessing to the NSA's bulk collection of domestic telephone metadata, and bolster the legal underpinnings of the controversial snooping program.     
  • Path to Success for One Palestinian Hacker: Pu ...
    “You’ve no idea what I’ve done,” Khalil Shreateh said, bursting into the kitchen of his family’s stone-and-concrete house in the South Hebron Hills. The stocky 30-year-old Palestinian ran a hand through his already haphazard hair. “I just posted on Mark ...     
  • Report: NSA Is Intercepting Traffic From Yahoo ...
    Not satisfied with the bulk data it collects through court orders from internet giants Google and Yahoo, the National Security Agency reportedly vacuumed up traffic from communication links between the companies' data centers, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.    &n ...
  • Legislation Unveiled to Bar NSA’s Bulk Phone M ...
    Lawmakers proposed legislation today that would effectively end the NSA’s bulk phone metadata collection program. The legislation has support from Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate, and from civil rights groups. But the USA FREEDOM Act's passage ...     
  • Forget About Google: MPAA Reveals Places to Sc ...
    The Motion Picture Association of America is always quick to swipe at Google for pointing to a plethora of pirate sites and torrent files via its popular search engine. Yet a month after the Hollywood studios released a study criticizing ...     

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Health Insurers' Stocks, Earnings Surge
    "When I say if you have your plan and you like it," President Obama explained about the Affordable Care Act during a June 2009 press conference, "what I'm saying is the government is not going to make you change plans under health reform." Employers and insurers, unfortunately, are another matt ...
  • NBC News Fawns over Walmart's Alice Walton
    This weekend, NBC News offered viewers a heartwarming portrait of Alice Walton and the Crystal Bridges art museum she opened two years ago in Bentonville, Arkansas. Heartwarming, that is, until you recall more about the woman behind the $1.2 billion complex and its $500 million collection of Am ...
  • CBS News Warns Obamacare Medicaid Enrollment P ...
    To be sure, the launch of the Affordable Care Act's new insurance marketplaces has been plagued by a variety of problems. But in its Friday segment titled "Medicaid enrollment spike a threat to Obamacare structure?" CBS News highlighted an issue that isn't a problem at all. While several states ...
  • Paul Ryan's Secret Love Affair with Obamacare
    The Affordable Care Act, Republicans and their right-wing water carriers warn, is the worst thing to happen to America since slavery and the Fugitive Slave Act. But for Congressional Republicans in general and Paul Ryan in particular, Obamacare also happens to be the love that dare not speak it ...
  • Your Health Plan Changing? Employers, Insurers ...
    During a June 23, 2009 press conference, President Obama made a very specific promise about what would become the Affordable Care Act the following March. "When I say if you have your plan and you like it," Obama explained, "what I'm saying is the government is not going to make you change plan ...

Global Research.ca

  • Killing Children: America’s Undeclared D ...
    This week saw the most extraordinary scene materialize in Washington DC. Nine-year-old Nabeela ur Rehman, from North Waziristan in the remote tribal region of Pakistan, arrived to a media blitz.  She came to tell her own personal story to the…
  • Economic Coup d’Etat: Debt and Deficit a ...
    When Naomi Klein published her ground-breaking book The Shock Doctrine (2007), which compellingly demonstrated how neoliberal policy makers take advantage of overwhelming crisis times to privatize public property and carry out austerity programs, most economists and media pundits scoffed at…
  • Ireland: Ground Zero for the Austerity-driven ...
    The Irish have a long history of being tyrannized, exploited, and oppressed—from the forced conversion to Christianity in the Dark Ages, to slave trading of the natives in the 15th and 16th centuries, to the mid-nineteenth century “potato famine” that…
  • The New Dominatrixes of Empire: Hey, Hey NSA: ...
    As Data mining transforms the Spy business, Everything is fair game according to the NSA. Their problem, says Danny Schechter, is that most of the world does not agree. First we had Spymaster James Clapper dismissing concerns about NSA spying…
  • When Police Drills Go Live? Los Angeles Ontari ...
    Almost exactly one month earlier… Los Angeles Airport Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Department took part in  an ‘active shooter drill‘ on Saturday, October the 2nd 2013 at L.A./Ontario International Airport. According to a report by the San…

TPM Cafe

  • Message to world government: Don't govern the ...
    You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the "light touch" of government on the Internet's operations. M. Touré will be running a majo ...
  • Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing t ...
    The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you can't do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michael's latest column for ForeignPolicy.com is what a differen ...
  • Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?
    Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new "Yale-National University of Singapore" college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvert ...
  • Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll ...
    The right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph. There are dozens of these articles. Here i ...
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Water - AlterNet

  • The Fight to Take Public Assets Back from Priv ...
    No state has seen more "reverse" privatizations of water resources than California. While high profile privatizations have dominated the news in recent years, a new trend is quietly emerging -- communities taking public assets back under public control. The trend is most pronounced i ...
  • A Year Since Superstorm Sandy, Disaster Is Far ...
    No one can stop the next superstorm, mega wildfire, or 1,000-year flood. But we can get behind stopping the pollution that's disrupting our climate. A year has passed since Sandy, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history, slammed into the Eastern Seaboard, causing $65 billion in damage ...
  • Governor Jerry Brown’s 10 Worst Environmental ...
    The governor failed to show up for an environmental award after outrage from environmentalists, indigenous leaders and labor activists who exposed Brown's abysmal environmental record. On October 17, Governor Brown failed to show up to receive a “Right Stuff” environmental award from the ...
  • Goodbye Free Press? As Europe Erupts Over US S ...
    With General Alexander calling for NSA reporting to be halted, US and UK credibility as guardians of a press freedom is crushed. The most under-discussed aspect of the NSA story has long been its international scope. That all changed this week as both Germany and France exploded with anger ove ...
  • More Than 15 Million Americans Now Live Within ...
    America will have a million new oil and gas wells drilled over the next few decades and it’s likely many of those wells could end up in Americans’ backyards. The natural gas boom has led to an “unprecedented industrialization” of many Americans’ backyards, an analysis from the Wall Street Jour ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Residents and Wetlands Advocates File Suit Aga ...
    Community and environmental organizations filed suit today against Louisiana’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for illegally approving a coastal use permit for the proposed RAM coal export terminal on the Lower Mississippi River in Myrtle Grove. The suit, filed in Louisiana’s 25th Judicial ...
  • Citizens Group Challenges Permit for EFH/Lumin ...
    Neighbors for Neighbors (NFN), an organization of residents near Luminant Mining’s Three Oaks Mine, filed late Monday for a contested case hearing on an EFH subsidiary’s request to renew the mining operation in Lee and Bastrop counties. In its filing, NFN asks the Texas Railroad Commission, the ...
  • Austin Solar Victories
    Many of you probably remember our concern when Austin Energy proposed slashing the solar budget by 42% for fiscal year 2014 – which we’re now in. But public outcry and our meetings with Austin City Council members made a difference. The budget was fully restored and we can expect to ...
  • Austin Prescription Drug Take-Back – keep them ...
    If you have old medicine taking up your cabinet space, mark Saturday on you calendar for the City of Austin’s  “drug take-back day” where residents can anonymously drop off any prescription drugs they want to throw away. Representatives from Austin Police Department and the Dru ...
  • A Missed Opportunity for Cleaner Air in Texas
    Instead of taking action to clean Texas air, as requested by the Dallas County Medical Society, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Chairman Bryan Shaw and Commissioner Toby Baker voted today to deny the petition for rulemaking and further postpone needed air quality improvements fo ...

Unexplained Mysteries

Grassroots

  • Agroecology Learning Exchange Lets Farmers Sha ...
    mexico-carlos_hernandez.jpg Carlos Henríquez can talk about fertilizer for hours. He knows what mix of ingredients will help certain crops grow better, the right “recipe” for creating well-balanced compost and fertilizers, the best ways to ...
  • Homes and Lives Shattered in Palestine – the s ...
    palestine_-_mahmoud_nimer_al-bahtetee.jpg The narrative below is the second in a series of three stories documented by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), a Grassroots International partner since 1996.read more
  • The Real Food Prize and Protests Against Monsa ...
    monsanto-march_against_monsanto10-12-13.jpg In Des Moines Iowa last week, in a stunning example of irony three genetic engineers were given the World Food Prize. The award winners are major developers of the now 20-year-old science and ...
  • Mexican Tribunal Suspends All Genetically Modi ...
    Subheadline:  Small Farmers Claim Historic Victory for the Movement against GMO Corn in Mexico mexico-corn_seeds_in_hands.jpg In an unprecedented move last week, a Federa ...
  • Messages from Grassroots International Partner ...
    Throughout the year, leaders in the movement for land and water rights and struggles for food sovereignty have sent video congratulations to Grassroots International on the occasion of our 30th Anniversary. The compilation below is just some of them. We thank our partners and allies fo ...

Care 2

  • SIGN & SHARE! Petition | Help Make Bestiality ...
    My tenant's dog was brutally raped by a convicted sexual predator! Baylee & Miss Terrier have suffered horrific sexual abuse by 52 yr-old James Lee Lyons, a convicted sexual predator who was released in June 2011 after serving 13 years. Protect our pets! Submitted by Michelle S. to Animals &nbs ...
  • How Carbon Capture Technology Is Turning CO2 I ...
    Today there are over 50,000 active coal plants in the world, and by 2030 fossil fuels will still account for 85% of the global energy market. Fossil fuel-based power plants are no more than 50% efficient; half the power is delivered as a service... Submitted by Frans Badenhorst to Science & ...
  • ACTION NEEDED Stop Cruel and Fruitless Exper ...
    The National Football League Foundation has been funding cruel experiments on animals at universities and laboratories across the nation. Most of these experiments are meant to simulate injuries in the football field. Submitted by Kelly Rogers to Science & Tech  |   Note-it! ...
  • ROMANIA | MAYOR OF DROBETA TURNU SEVERIN: DON' ...
    OCCUPY FOR ANIMALS: Soon Drobeta-Turnu Severin will enter history as the first Romanian municipality to implement the SLAUGHTER LAW and to kill 577 dogs at once! Please reconsider your decision, Mr Mayor. Please make the humane choice and everybody wins. Submitted by desanka s. to Animals &nbs ...
  • Stop the Plan to Slaughter Wolves
    Another chance to stop the Wolf Slaughter!Due to the government shut down we can still be heard! Please sign ASAP! Thank You! Submitted by Danielle M. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • How Big of A Damn Liar is Obama?
    I apologize for my radio silence. Been on the road and unavailable. Words now escape me in trying to define the malevolent mendacity of the ass-clown who now inhabits the White House. Obama’s incompetence in all matters has been completely exposed thru the Obamacare SNAFU. An you remember ...
  • Waiting for the Muslim Reformation
    Some of you have referenced a discussion on Bill Mahrer’s show, Real Time, last Friday that focused on Muslims versus Christians. On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher clashed with his liberal panel over liberals not being allowed to criticize ...
  • Real Christians Don’t Swear Under, Over or To God
    This post was inspired by some of the breathless news reports from the right, all in an uproar over news that the Air Force Academy: . . . on Friday announced that it will now be optional for cadets to recite “so help me God” at the end of its honor oath. The academy made [...]
  • Speaking of Obama Incompetence, 60 Minutes Tak ...
    CBS Sixty Minutes takes on part of the Benghazi scandal this Sunday. Here’s a preview: Benghazi, and the failure surrounding it, is likely to be the dead albatross around the neck of Hillary Clinton’s anticipated campaign to become the Democrat Presidential nominee. Her efforts to ru ...
  • Obama’s Incompetence Endangers America
    The failure of the rollout of Obamacare is symptomatic of a broader reality that defines Obama’s Presidency–he’s incompetent. There is no other conclusion. The signs have popped up on multiple fronts. Especially in foreign policy. Consider Saudi Arabia. The Saudis, a longstandi ...

Futurismic

  • An introduction to infrastructure fiction — Im ...
    I am very pleased to publish my talk from Improving Reality 2013. Here is the video version… followed by my slides and script, because, well, I’m a writer, and not a natural orator. (I need to work on that, I think.) IR was a day of fascinating talks, and I heartily recommend all of ...
  • Wrist-deep in the grab-bag of the quotidian
    Atemporality, eh? [Spotted by the freshly deracinated Tim Maughan, currently on foot patrol in NYC, who noted that both of those futures -- and, implicitly, all futures -- are in the past tense.] Speaking of the quotidian grab-bag, here’s an interesting project: remixdemix. I’m not q ...
  • Wrist-deep in the grab-bag of the quotidian
    Atemporality, eh? [Spotted by the freshly deracinated Tim Maughan, currently on foot patrol in NYC, who noted that both of those futures -- and, implicitly, all futures -- are in the past tense.] Speaking of the quotidian grab-bag, here’s an interesting project: remixdemix. I’m not q ...
  • The death of the cool: fan-fiction futurism
    Part [x] in an ongoing and probably endless series of examples of why it might be that, outwith the futurism community and the managerial class, hardly anyone takes the word “futurist” seriously. Today’s victim is Dan Abelow, and this post of his at the World Future Society’s blog. S ...
  • The death of the cool: fan-fiction futurism
    Part [x] in an ongoing and probably endless series of examples of why it might be that, outwith the futurism community and the managerial class, hardly anyone takes the word “futurist” seriously. Today’s victim is Dan Abelow, and this post of his at the World Future Society’s blog. S ...

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • Follow Our Environmental Coverage
    Where to find continuing coverage of the environment at The Times.
  • An Addendum
    Some longtime contributors to the Green blog will now be posting to the Caucus and Bits blogs instead, and they can be followed on Twitter.
  • A Blog’s Adieu
    The New York Times is discontinuing the Green blog but plans to press on with aggressive energy and environment coverage.
  • Q and A: The Angry Economist
    Because of its natural gas boom, the United States is ahead of Europe in fixing climate change, the Oxford economist Dieter Helm argues.
  • A Snapshot of Drilling on a Park’s Margins
    A photographer seeks to drive home the proximity of fracking to Glacier National Park.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Scott Hargarten Pirate Party City Council cand ...
    A friend of mine, Scott Hargarten, (@scotthargarten) is running for Minneapolis City Council with the new Pirate Party of Minnesota and participated in the Ward 10 debate today. While of course the Pirate Party is a small new political venture we are getting somewhere with advancing ideas of dir ...
  • Bitcoin taps $200 again as ecosystem for servi ...
    Prices around $200 USD now, interesting price patterns. Stabilization & slow growth reigned since the woolly early 2013 era. Here: Bitcoin fake fibonacci trend line fun - even in crashes it never broke thru the lowest trend line. It's hard but not impossible to see it below $100 again. I thi ...
  • Local cell phone spying KingFish stonewall: Mi ...
    It's been dawning on Americans this year that their everyday electronic devices are used by law enforcement for investigations. However the lawmen and the county attorneys are withholding the policy information about the Harris Corporation Kingfish system which is a device that can alter the ...
  • "Capital Shield 2014": Military Defense Suppor ...
    The US government runs a lot of exercises, which usually happens for ordinary training reasons. On the other hand, many researchers of geopolitics and covert politics note that exercises serve other geopolitical purposes -- for example demonstrating a military alliance with an ally state in fron ...
  • Sheriff Stanek lied on Minnesota Public Radio ...
    Super quick note: Sheriff Stanek lied on Minnesota Public Radio this morning claiming that tons of people are intoxicated on marijuana when they commit violent crimes - a dramatic distortion of yesterday's Stanek Star Tribune op-ed saying more than 50% of people booked at Hennepin Co Jail test p ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Rip-Off: How Private-Sector Health Costs Are K ...
    If we paid the same amount for health care per person as other wealthy countries do, we’d have a balanced budget now and surpluses projected for the future. Part one of this series, “The High Cost of Low Taxes,” noted that while Americans enjoy a tax burden lower than that of other wealthy co ...
  • Gunman Kills One and Injures Others at LAX Air ...
    Man reported to be in custody after exchange of fire with armed officers and wounding of at least one TSA employee. A gunman opened fire with a high-powered rifle inside Los Angeles international airport on Friday, killing a security agent, injuring at least seven people and causing disruption ...
  • How the 1 Percent Always Gets Its Way
    Here's why plutocrats control our politics: Corporate America knows both parties are up for sale. “What is most striking about the present is not the virtues of moderation but of the potential power of conviction. One detects, behind all the anxiety about ‘extremists,’ ‘radicals,’ and ‘mi ...
  • Shopping While Black: Is Conspicuous Consumpti ...
    Racial profiling is not just wrong; it doesn't help prevent crime. Trayon Christian was racially profiled while buying a $250 belt at Barneys. Kayla Phillips was accosted by police after buying a $2,500 handbag from the same store. Their treatment is unacceptable.Racial profiling is wrong ...
  • Skyway Robbery: 6 Ways the Out-of-Control Airl ...
    Taxpayers, workers and travelers are getting screwed. It doesn't have to be this way. High-fives are happening on Wall Street. Airlines are making giant profits again, record-breaking profits! The days of bankruptcies, which peaked between 2001 and 2008, may soon be a memory.Have bold th ...

Threat Level

  • Senate Committee Votes in Favor of NSA Phone-R ...
    A key Senate committee approved today a measure that would give congressional blessing to the NSA's bulk collection of domestic telephone metadata, and bolster the legal underpinnings of the controversial snooping program.     
  • Path to Success for One Palestinian Hacker: Pu ...
    “You’ve no idea what I’ve done,” Khalil Shreateh said, bursting into the kitchen of his family’s stone-and-concrete house in the South Hebron Hills. The stocky 30-year-old Palestinian ran a hand through his already haphazard hair. “I just posted on Mark ...     
  • Report: NSA Is Intercepting Traffic From Yahoo ...
    Not satisfied with the bulk data it collects through court orders from internet giants Google and Yahoo, the National Security Agency reportedly vacuumed up traffic from communication links between the companies' data centers, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.    &n ...
  • Legislation Unveiled to Bar NSA’s Bulk Phone M ...
    Lawmakers proposed legislation today that would effectively end the NSA’s bulk phone metadata collection program. The legislation has support from Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate, and from civil rights groups. But the USA FREEDOM Act's passage ...     
  • Forget About Google: MPAA Reveals Places to Sc ...
    The Motion Picture Association of America is always quick to swipe at Google for pointing to a plethora of pirate sites and torrent files via its popular search engine. Yet a month after the Hollywood studios released a study criticizing ...     

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 ...
  • The Spirit Level Documentary Film
    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...    
  • Act Local = Reduce the Gap
    Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
  • We work in partnership with One Society
    Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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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

  • Ike’s Kibbeh Salmonella Outbreak: Marler Clar ...
    Background information In March 2013, the Centers for Disease Control reported on a multistate outbreak of foodborne illness related to Salmonella typhimurium in 6 states.  A total of 22 confirmed... Continue Reading
  • Schnucks Romaine E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak – Ma ...
    On March 23, 2012 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued its final update on the multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce.   The... Continue Reading
  • Even smart people get Norovirus
    Food Safety News report that at least 51 students and employees at Stanford University have been sickened in a suspected norovirus outbreak, according to a spokeswoman for Santa Clara County... Continue Reading
  • Tennessee Raw Milk Linked to E. coli Illnesses
    WATE TV reports that Deputies and Health Department workers swarmed a Knox County dairy farm Thursday after health officials say several children were sickened with E. coli linked to consuming... Continue Reading
  • Another E. coli Outbreak at Jimmy John’s
    Fox 31 Denver reports that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the CDC and the FDA are all investigating an E. coli outbreak in the Denver metropolitan area.... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • First Drive: 2014 BMW i3
    Filed under: Hatchback, BMW, First Drives, Electric We can only imagine the challenges BMW is going to have explaining the i3 electric vehicle to the world. It's got a new powertain (all-electric, with optional range extender), a new production method (carbon fiber reinforced plastic!), a new ...
  • First Drive: 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid [w/video]
    Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Honda, First DrivesDelivering On Promises The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid should surprise no one. Its look is something we've seen since the non-hybrid versions went on sale last year. Its powertrain, mostly, we are familiar with from the already-on-sale Accord Pl ...
  • Report: Fisker's remains on the auction block ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Government/Legal, Fisker, Electric How will a federal government that is partially shut down sell an automaker that is all-but-shut-down? We'll find out Friday when the Department of Energy starts an auction for what is left of Fisker's assets, according to TheDetroitBure ...
  • Frankfurt: Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E Rac ...
    Filed under: 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, Motorsports, Electric, Racing The Spark-Renault SRT_01E looks like it'd be at home on any Formula One track in the world, but this is a car with a different destiny: the all-electric Formula E series. Unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show this week, ...
  • 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 ...

Camera Obscura

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  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • WATCH: Lou Reed (1942-2013) Performing at Iraq ...
    The musician Lou Reed has died at the age of 71. A legend of the New York rock scene, Reed co-founded The Velvet Underground before going on to a prolific solo career. In his later years, he took part in civil rights and environmental activism along with his wife, the musician and artist Laurie ...
  • The Rising Resistance to Obama’s Drone Wars
    By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan “I wasn’t scared of drones before, but now when they fly overhead I wonder, ‘Will I be next?’” That is the question asked by 9-year-old Nabila Rehman, from northwest Pakistan. She was injured in a drone attack a year ago, in her small village of Ghundi K ...
  • The Rising Resistance to Obama’s Drone Wars
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan “I wasn’t scared of drones before, but now when they fly overhead I wonder, ‘Will I be next?’” That is the question asked by 8-year-old Nabila Rehman, from northwest Pakistan. She was injured in a drone attack a year ago, in her small village of Ghundi Ka ...
  • Pt. 2: Craig Steven Wilder on "Ebony & Ivy," R ...
    Part two of our extended interview with MIT American history professor Craig Steven Wilder examining how many of the nation's elite schools — including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth — are drenched in the sweat, and sometimes the blood, of Africans brought to the Unite ...
  • Pt. 2: Craig Steven Wilder on "Ebony & Ivy," R ...
    Part two of our extended interview with MIT American History Professor Craig Steven Wilder examining how many of the nation's elite schools — including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth — are drenched in the sweat, and sometimes the blood, of Africans brought to the Unite ...

Solari

  • Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
    Related Reading: Michael Jackson’s Official Website Michael Jackson on Wikipedia CPDRC Inmates Dance Thriller
  • Enemy of the State
    **CAF Note: This is one of my favorite movies ever since Tony Scott made it in 1998. Given the ongoing discussion of NSA surveillance, it is well worth watching**
  • UBS On The Importance Of 3D Printing
    By Tyler Durden Over a year ago we discussed the “next Industrial Revolution” and where it might appear from. 3D printers were envisioned among Goldman’s top disruptive themes earlier this year and as UBS notes, 3D printing – or additive manufacturing – has been catching inve ...
  • Lavabit And Silent Circle Join Forces To Make ...
    By Kashmir Hill In recent months, Lavabit, based in Texas, and Silent Circle, based in Washington, D.C., both shuttered their encrypted email services. The companies said they couldn’t keep them running knowing they were vulnerable to surveillance if faced with a dedicated enough attacker… whic ...
  • Professor’s Quantum Teleportation Theory ...
    By Phys.org A theory—SuperDense quantum teleportation—posed by Hampshire College physics professor Herbert Bernstein will be tested on the International Space Station. Theoretical physicist Bernstein devised the SuperDense scheme more than a decade ago in his investigations of different ways to ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

Inhabitat

  • Feast Your Eyes On Mike Doyle’s Intricate Vict ...
    I know, I know, Halloween is over, but these awesome LEGO houses by Mark Doyle are too good to pass up! If you squint your eyes, you might think you're looking at old architectural photos, but in reality, there is no wood, nails or glue involved. The spooky     
  • Finally! 2014 US Winter Olympic Team’s Ralph L ...
    In 2012, the world was shocked to learn that the uniforms worn by the Winter Olympic team were actually made in China. It really shouldn't have been a surprise, since a large percentage of all clothes worn by Americans are created in other countries, often     
  • Costa Rican Volcano Erupts in a Shower of 8 Mi ...
    Normally, news of a sudden volcanic eruption in a habited part of the world is immediately followed by reports of death and destruction, but not today! In a brilliant marketing move, Sony created a video of the Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica exploding to demonstrate     
  • President Obama Issues Executive Order to Prep ...
    In a decisive action some feared would never come, President Obama today signed an executive order that will begin to prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change. The order comes just one year after Hurricane Sandy devastated the eastern coast,     
  • Maxwan Architects’ House G is a Sun-Filled Ret ...
    Most of the existing barn was left intact. A swath of roof was removed and replaced by a length of skylights to compensate for the small windows. A soapstone woodstove delineates the living room, and a long counter and simple table makes a kitchen. The     

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Black Hole Superjets
    Jets generated by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies can transport huge amounts of energy across great distances. 3C353 is a wide, double-lobed source where the galaxy is the tiny point in the center and giant plumes of ...     
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Three Dead Stars
    This trio of ghostly images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the disembodied remains of dying stars called planetary nebulas. Planetary nebulas are a late stage in a sun-like star's life, when its outer layers have sloughed off and are ...     
  • Earth’s Giant Ear Marks 50 Years of Listening ...
    Fifty years ago today, the Arecibo Observatory officially opened. Here's a look back at some of the lesser-known stories from the last half century, and a pile of awesome vintage photos.     
  • Absurd Creature of the Week: The 16-Foot-Tall ...
    Say hello to one of the largest and most impressive creatures to ever take flight: Quetzalcoatlus northropi of the Cretaceous period, a pterosaur with a wingspan of some 33 feet that stood as tall as a giraffe.     
  • What Ender’s Game Gets Right About Communicati ...
    It's often assumed that communicating with alien intelligence will be a simple matter of conveying basic concepts in math and science. We will know they're smart and they'll know we're smart. But how we'll actually go about doing this is ...     

PakAlert

  • Here’s Why Israelis Are Once Again Angry With ...
    Israeli officials and media are voicing dismay and anger over yet another leak of sensitive military information by the Obama administration, with one veteran broadcaster asking if the White House is fine with Hezbollah obtaining advanced weaponry. As TheBlaze reported on Thursday, an Obama a ...
  • Exposed: Divide and Conquer Strategy To Grab Y ...
    The Progressive’s war against the second amendment is a multi-fronted action; with an eastern front a mid-national front and a western front. This is in keeping with their proven tactics of incrementalism and the “divide and conquer” strategy. The eastern front is composed largely of the libe ...
  • LAX Terminal Shoot Out With 23 Year Old NWO Co ...
    This morning, a gun violence incident ripped through LAX, Los Angeles, CA. A 23-year-old dressed in all blue walks into Los Angeles International Airport, drops a duffle bag, says something about the TSA, pulls out a AR15 , and starts shooting. Inside the duffle bag was material that was anti go ...
  • Zionists Sacrificed Jews to the Holocaust
    The London-based Illuminati bankers wanted Jews to set up the State of Israel in order to colonize the Middle East. (Zionism was a "British" creation. The "British Empire" was a vehicle for Illuminati Jewish bankers. It is now morphing into the NWO. ) However European Jews wanted no part of ...
  • DHS Preparing For A Total Police State Takeover
    The Department of Homeland Security, better known as the liberty destroying arm of the Government, is not fiscally responsible or Constitutionally correct. Founded in 2002 as a response to the Governments false flag attack on 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has quickly eroded your ...

Andy Worthington

  • How Canada Has Hidden the Truth About Omar Kha ...
    I’m cross-posting below an excellent article about Omar Khadr, the child prisoner held at Guantánamo for ten years, from 2002 to 2012, written by Heather Marsh, a journalist and activist who ran WikiLeaks Central, the WikiLeaks news site, from 2010 to 2012. Omar, who was just 15 years old ...
  • Appeal Court Victory for Lewisham Hospital &#8 ...
    On Tuesday, the year-long struggle to save Lewisham Hospital from butchers in the government — and in the senior management of the NHS — ended in victory for campaigners, when the Court of Appeal turned down an appeal by health secretary Jeremy Hunt. The government sought to overturn ...
  • Torture: The Elephant in the Room at Guantánam ...
    For seven and a half years now, I have watched as the United States has tried and failed to make its trial system at Guantánamo — the military commissions — function in a way that has any kind of legitimacy. That, however, is impossible, because the trials involve made-up war crimes, ...
  • Will Appeals Court Judges Rule that Force-Feed ...
    Last week, a panel of three appeals court judges in Washington D.C. (in the D.C. Circuit Court) heard an appeal from three Guantánamo prisoners — including the last British resident, Shaker Aamer — asking them to order the government to end the force-feeding of prisoners, and two of the th ...
  • Lies and Injustice: Canada’s Ongoing Mis ...
    Last week, in a court in Edmonton, Justice John Rooke, responding to a habeas corpus petition submitted in September by former Guantánamo prisoner Omar Khadr, issued a ruling ordering him to remain in a maximum security federal prison rather than being moved to a provincial prison, “limiti ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Move closer…what if the Moon…
    …were as close to the Earth as the International Space Station (ISS). Gravitational and tidal effects aside, this is a nice photorealistic animation to show the night during the day. And, then…what if the Earth had rings like Saturn? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoz5Q2rGQtQ Move c ...
  • News from the Squares – Book review
    In Robert Llewellyn’s eagerly awaited sequel to News From Gardenia, erstwhile engineer Gavin Meckler is trying to get back to the present in his Youneec aircraft, but something is amiss. He soon realises he has travelled sideways through time to another possible future, as unlike his visit to 22 ...
  • Designing out desire for sustainable life
    We’ve got it all wrong, it seems. We invest millions in recycling centres, refuse sorting facilities, and in some parts of the world in assimilating every last scrap of metal, plastic, glass and feeding it back into the system as usable source materials whether that’s for plastics re ...
  • Amygdalin – anticancer “vitamin” B17
    Amygdalin the so-called safe and natural anticancer vitamin B17, is none of those things. It is not a vitamin in any sense of the word. It has no anticancer properties. It is poisonous. The compound, formula C20H27NO11, is a glycoside initially isolated from the seeds of the tree Prunus dulcis i ...
  • Stay safe legally, moderate your comments
    I’ve always moderated comments on my blogs. I own the blogs, I’m an independent science journalist, no blog “network” safety net for me, so why wouldn’t I? I treat the comments section like a letters editor at a newspaper would. All legitimate comments are posted, a ...

Common Dreams -News

Lifehacker

  • Our Favorite Coffee Gear
    Good coffee tastes amazing, can be a great comfort, and is fun and easy to make well with the right tools. Coffee is also good for you, having been shown to make you smarter, help you lose weight, keep you alive longer and kickstart your exercise routine. Today we're going to knock down coffee's ...
  • Top 10 Ways to Unleash Your Inner Evil
    "Evil" is a complex thing. Sometimes evil is justified, other times knowing evil is just the best way to fight it. Here are 10 things that clearly fall under the banner of "evil," but are worth knowing how to do.Read more...     
  • Work During “Power Hours” to Get More Done in ...
    To put the age-old wisdom of “work smarter, not harder” into practice, Startup Workout’s Kevin Fleming suggests using concentrated ‘power hours’ where you unitask on that one project.Read more...     
  • Learn to Manage the Annoying Parts of Life Thi ...
    Whether online or in person, plenty of annoyances present themselves day to day. This weekend, learn a few ways to handle them and, in some cases, block them out entirely.Read more...     
  • Nerd Herder Wallets Store Your Money and Your ...
    When you get a smartphone you have to buy a case to keep it safe. The same goes for your wallets and cards. And then you need a spot on your keychain for your flash drive. And you just drop that loose SD card in your pocket. Nerd Herder wallets just put it all in one place to save you the troubl ...

Water Wars

  • Water Wars: The Biggest Water Users
    SANTA MARIA, Calif.- Let's face it, opening your water bill can certainly put a damper on your bank account. In Santa Barbara County, the average family uses about 9,000 gallons of water per month, but a handful of local consumers are flushing much more than others down the toilet so to speak.
  • Congress urges water wars deal
    Congress is close to approving major water policy legislation that calls for settling a water dispute between Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
  • Water Wars: What's in Our Water?
    Providing clean drinking water is an everyday challenge for our local cities, which are using sophisticated measures to keep us safe."At every step of the way, quality is of an upmost concern for me,"
  • Congressional victory key for Lake Lanier, Rep ...
    Language was stripped from the House version of water legislation, which passed last week, to help Lake Lanier in the water wars.
  • Emergency room costs, Wisconsin water wars and ...
    PolitiFact Wisconsin, for instance, recent tackled a claim by potential Democratic congressional candidate Amar Kaleka. They found his statement "false and ridiculous."

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

The Wonk Room

  • South Carolina Police Chief Threatens To Targe ...
    Chief Ruben Santiago missed the day at the police academy when they taught about the First Amendment.The post South Carolina Police Chief Threatens To Target Anyone Who Advocates Legalizing Marijuana appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Will Starz’ ‘WonderWorld’ Se ...
    Starz' new show about mob porn during the Reagan era could explore compelling questions about sex and commerce -- or it could be a rote cop drama.The post Will Starz’ ‘WonderWorld’ Set Back Dramas About Human Sexuality? appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • The Next Attack Against Obamacare: If You Like ...
    Debunking tomorrow's attack against Obamacare today.The post The Next Attack Against Obamacare: If You Like Your Doctors, You Won’t Be Able To Keep Them appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • In Opposing ENDA, Heritage Tells Gay People To ...
    A powerful conservative organization's opposition to ENDA reveals its hostility towards LGBT Americans' most basic right.The post In Opposing ENDA, Heritage Tells Gay People To Hide In The Closet appeared first on ThinkProgress.
  • Russia, Ukraine Again Block Antarctic Ocean Pr ...
    Delegates from Russia and Ukraine effectively borrowed a page from the Ted Cruz playbook.The post Russia, Ukraine Again Block Antarctic Ocean Protections appeared first on ThinkProgress.

thwap's schoolyard

  • Why Wouldn't One War Criminal Welcome Another ...
    So, the blood-soaked war criminal, anti-democratic, complete and utter shit-head, Dick Cheney was in Toronto yesterday. Speaking to a bunch of brain-dead sheeple about some stupid thing or other. Disappointing. Canada puts out the welcome mat for a mass-murdering, corrupt scumbag like Dick Che ...
  • Nothing About Rob Ford
    It looks like the big, incompetent, obnoxious hypocrite is toast. I've got a swarm of fruit-flies in my kitchen from a week's worth of dirty dishes. So, I'm busy. So here's another video (or two) ... and ... and ...
  • First Up-Close Glimpses of Neptune and Triton
    This video is now about a moment in history:
  • harper the gutless
    It's so obvious by now that he's a complete coward whenever it comes to accountability. It must be because he knows he's an utter fraud in everything. Today I only ask if he's so cowardly that he'll resign before having to face the voters in the face of Mike Duffy's revelations of his serial ly ...
  • Belling the Cat
    Once upon a time, there was a group of human malcontents. Very idealistic malcontents. They championed such things as social justice, human equality, environmental sustainability, individual freedom and world peace. But their lives were made miserable by THE SYSTEM. The System was controlled by ...

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

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

War in Context

  • NSA pushed 9/11 as key ‘sound bite’ to justify ...
    Jason Leopold reports: The National Security Agency advised its officials to cite the 9/11 attacks as justification for its mass surveillance activities, according to a master list of NSA talking points. The document, obtained by Al Jazeera through a Freedom of Information Act request, contains ...
  • NSA chief Keith Alexander blames diplomats for ...
    The Guardian reports: The director of the National Security Agency has blamed US diplomats for requests to place foreign leaders under surveillance, in a surprising intervention that risks a confrontation with the State Department. General Keith Alexander made the remarks during a pointed exchan ...
  • Obama administration seems ‘almost helpless’ i ...
    Der Spiegel reports: German diplomats have traveled to Washington to express anger over surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone — but they have yet to make headway. The Obama administration seems “almost helpless” in the face of continued leaks, says one diplomat ...
  • Angry over U.S. surveillance, tech giants bols ...
    The New York Times reports: Google has spent months and millions of dollars encrypting email, search queries and other information flowing among its data centers worldwide. Facebook’s chief executive said at a conference this fall that the government “blew it.” And though it has not been announc ...
  • U.S. surveillance has gone too far, John Kerry ...
    The Guardian reports: John Kerry, the US secretary of state, conceded on Thursday that some of the country’s surveillance activities had gone too far, saying that certain practices had occurred “on autopilot” without the knowledge of senior officials in the Obama administration ...

Watts Up With That?

  • The Catastrophic AGW Memeplex; a cultural creature
    The hypothesis for a single, simple, scientific explanation underlying the entire complex social phenomenon of CAGW Guest essay by Andy West Whatever is happening in the great outdoors regarding actual climate, inside, truly inside, in the minds of men that … Continue reading →
  • Friday Funny – Svalbard Revisited
    Guest essay by David Archibald A visit to the weather station at the airport is the highlight of any trip to Svalbard. Of course that weather station has been the subject of attention on WUWT here. Above: The Svalbard weather … Continue reading →
  • Water Is Replacing Climate As The Next UN Envi ...
    Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed and hence clamorous to be led to safety by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. - … Continue reading →
  • Mann and Lewandowsky go psychotic on climate s ...
    From the tiny dog whistle violin department. Dr. Michael Mann and Dr. Stephan Lewandowsky have a new paper out that redefines the term “climate ugliness”. Apparently FOIA requests are “harassment”. And Internet blogs “wrongly sidestep peer-reviewed literature” ...
  • A Sea Change for Climate Science?
    By David Stockwell writing in Quadrant Online As CO2 climate models falter and even the IPCC backs off its estimates, it just may be that a radical shift in thinking is looming. Wouldn’t it be funny if it was the … Continue reading →

treehugger

Biosingularity

  • Predicting the fate of stem cells
    University of Toronto researchers have developed a method that can rapidly screen human stem cells and better control what they will turn into. The technology could have potential use in regenerative medicine and drug development. Findings are published in this week\’s issue of the journal ...
  • How Staph Toxin Disables the Immune System
    Scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Center report the discovery of a novel mechanism by which Staphylococcus aureus bacteria attack and kill off immune cells. They say their findings “Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxin ED Targets the Chemokine Receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 to Kill Leukocytes and Pro ...
  • Monaco and humanitarian aid for a heart surgery
    In this compassionate video, the monaco humanitarian aid organization describes a 12 year old girl, Aminata Keita who lives in Barnako, in the African country of Mali with a heart condition. Aminata suffers from cardiomyopathy, which results in failure of the heart and requires complicated and d ...
  • Could A Dopamine Gene Be the Answer to a Longe ...
    A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that a version of a gene coding for a receptor for the brain chemical dopamine was 66% more common among people who lived to be 90 or older than among a group of younger people who were otherwise similar.  The variant leads to a weaker respo ...
  • ▶ Atherosclerosis
    This 3d medical animation illustrates the story of how the buildup of cholesterol plaque causes a heart attack myocardial infarction from a blocked coronary artery due to atherosclerosis, which is chronic inflammation of the blood vessels. Beginning with damage to the endothelial arterial wall, ...

CFACT

  • My advice to Californians: Get out now!
    California does not need any energy but wind and solar! that is the mantra of the people running the Golden State -- and running hundreds of thousands of sane people out of the state every year. The cost of doing business in California today -- thanks to the extreme anti-fossil fuel attitude - ...
  • The environmental enemies of energy
    If major environmental groups had their way, the U.S. will soon be without half or more of its current electric power generation capacity, the cost of what power was left would rise dramatically, and the poor would be the first to suffer the devastation of extreme poverty. What is astounding i ...
  • J’accuse! EPA’s carbon dioxide re ...
    At an October 23 hearing in Atlanta called by EPA to solicit public comments about "reducing carbon pollution" from existing stationary power plants, Dr. James Rust of the Heartland Institute joined several CFACT Collegians in providing testimony. Dr. Rust noted that these EPA rules would be bo ...
  • The REAL costs of EPA’s laws and regulations
    Far too often, the rules are based on speculative health and environmental claims, cherry-picked studies, dismissal of analyses that contradict agency assertions, and computer models that reflect unfounded assumptions and agenda-driven rule-making. They often impair our lives, livelihoods, libe ...
  • SCOTUS review of EPA’s “Timing Rul ...
    Presumably, the Supreme Court agreed to reconsider EPA's Timing Rule, which regulates stationary sources of greenhouse gases, because EPA then promulated its Tailoring Rule, under which by its own (quite possibly unlawful) authority EPA limited the Timing Rule's purview to large stationary sourc ...

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Natural Health News

  • Genetic Roulette—The Gamble of Our Lives
    By Dr. Mercola We are extremely excited to announce another free weeklong streaming of the hour-length version of Genetic Roulette—The Gamble of Our Lives,1 winner of the Top Transformational Film of 2012 by AwareGuide and 2012 Movie of the Year by the Solari Report. Featuring testim ...
  • 8 Tips for Staying Active When You Have Kids
    By Dr. Mercola In a two-year study of young adults, what do you think impacted levels of physical activity more… marriage or having kids? If you guessed kids, you’re absolutely right. The study found that having a child significantly decreased physical activity levels in the par ...
  • Sleep Is Critical for Brain Detoxification, Gr ...
    By Dr. Mercola Scientists have long tried to tease out the purpose of sleep, and countless studies have concluded that sleep is deeply interconnected with your health in a myriad of ways. As just one example, previous research has found that sleep deprivation has the same effect on your immun ...
  • 9 Top Foods To Boost Your Brainpower
    By Dr. Mercola If you could protect your brain against degeneration, nourish your neurons and even boost the production of neurotransmitters just by eating more delicious whole foods… would you do it? There’s good news for those of you who said yes… you certainly can boos ...
  • Just Say No: When It Makes Sense Not to Take Y ...
    By Dr. Mercola You’ve probably heard the advice that eating healthier, exercising and relieving your stress – all facets of a healthy lifestyle – can help you to prevent and even treat diseases. But perhaps you haven’t really taken it to heart. The problem is that thi ...

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • Is David Miranda a Terrorist? Legally, It’s Cl ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller In my previous post, I mocked Scotland Yard’s assertion that David Miranda, Glenn Greenwald’s partner, committed an act of terrorism by transporting documents stolen from the US government by Edward Snowden. Mockery remains the appropriate re ...
  • Terrorism Is Dead, and Britain Has Killed It
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller No, not actual terrorism, “[c]riminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons, or particular persons for political purposes.” That’s still going strong. I’m talking about ...
  • Weekend Roundup: October 26-November 1, 2013
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen This week on Opinio Juris, we held a symposium on Chevron and the rise of arbitral power introduced here by Michael D. Goldhaber. Comments were by Christoph Schreuer, Anthea Roberts, and Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah. Michael’s response is here. In follow up o ...
  • Correcting My Recent Post on Ruto’s Public Cri ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller The ICC’s Public Affairs Unit has brought to my attention that the Sudan Tribune erroneously reported what Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji said to Ruto concerning his public statements about his case. The unofficial transcript makes clear that although the ...
  • Chevron and the Rise of Arbitral Power: A Response
    by Michael D. Goldhaber by Michael D. Goldhaber [Michael D. Goldhaber serves as Senior International Correspondent and "The Global Lawyer" columnist for The American Lawyer and the ALM media group. His writes widely on human rights and corporate accountability, international arbitration, and g ...

Public News Service

  • Study: Even Healthy Kids Can (And Do) Die From ...
    Study: Even Healthy Kids Can (And Do) Die From Flu PHOENIX – As flu season sets in, health officials are warning parents that even the healthiest children are at risk of dying from influenza, according to a new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study found that of the 8 ...
  • Research: Growing Up Poor Can Impact Adult Bra ...
    Research: Growing Up Poor Can Impact Adult Brain Function PHOENIX – New research finds the stresses of growing up poor can have a lasting impact that foretells a greater risk of both physical and psychological problems as an adult. Dr. K. ...(Read More)
  • No Tricks or Treats for Pets this Halloween
    No Tricks or Treats for Pets this Halloween PHOENIX - It's one of the most fun-filled nights for kids of all ages, but unless pet owners take precautions, Halloween could pose serious risks for four-legged friends. Halloween safety begins with finding a place for your pets where they won't be f ...
  • Cancer Survivor: Donating for Research More Im ...
    Cancer Survivor: Donating for Research More Important than Ever PHOENIX - It's been ten years since Kathi Hansen was diagnosed with breast cancer. "People often say, 'Oh, you know, the minute I hear that word "cancer" I think, 'Oh my gosh, I'm gonna die.' So a lot of times, people ask me what w ...
  • Who’s “Dismantling” the Amer ...
    Who’s “Dismantling” the American Dream? PHOENIX - Hedrick Smith won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Soviet Union and wrote a best-seller called "The Russians." Now it's America that's under the magnifier wielded by Smith, a former New York Times editor and a correspon ...

Center for Food Safety

  • Center for Food Safety Denounces Dangerous “Bi ...
    Center calls rider “corporate welfare” for Monsanto and other biotech companies The Center for Food Safety (CFS) condemns the inclusion of a dangerous corporate earmark, the “biotech rider,” in the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed today on the Senate floor.  The rider undermines the federal cou ...
  • Top grocery stores: We won’t sell genetically ...
    Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh among stores that will reject GE fish A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups today launched the “Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood” by announcing that several major grocery retailers representing more than 2,000 ...
  • New Publication: Food Safety Review on Genetic ...
    The Center for Food Safety has just released a new short Food Safety Review report, Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Next Generation of Industrial Aquaculture. Download your copy today! Filed under: Aquaculture, GE Food
  • New Infographic Shows Nutritional Differences ...
    What’s the nutritional difference between AquAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon and non-GE salmon? Check out our new “Nutrition Facts” infographic to find out! Download a printable version and use them to talk to your local restaurants and seafood sellers. Filed under: GE Food
  • New Publication: Food Safety Review on Genetic ...
    The Center for Food Safety has just released a new short Food Safety Review report, Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Next Generation of Industrial Aquaculture. Download your copy today! Filed under: Aquaculture, GE Food

Pensieve

  • Medicine for Bleak Mornings
    Think of the sky A strong wind carries out the dark ominous clouds, the draperies of fog, and the haze. Think of a spring Tinkling out of virgin rock, a clear fountain of water shoots up, dances down steep slopes, and meeting others becomes a roaring waterfall. Its spray and sound wash out the m ...
  • At my work desk remembering the good times at ...
    aaronernestoortizlopez posted a photo:
  • Reduce Entropy: Create New Order
    The following is a brief meditation with echoes of Genesis 1 and the Big Bang. It came to me when thinking about the current US strategy against in the “war on terror” and North Korea. We can fight chaos, but chaos will beat us down with the full force of mathematics and of the entir ...
  • Amanda Palmer, Bravo!
    I admire how brave Amanda Palmer is. I haven’t heard her music, but I have a strong feeling that the ways she conducts her finances will be the way of the future for most musicians. Related posts: Monster Mask – Pomplamoose Pomplamoose is a collaboration between Jack Conte and Natal ...
  • Escape your demons and make art now!
    Often I am frustrated by my feeble attempts at art. My music is good, but perhaps, not grammy worthy. I look in envy on musicians with more pluck than I building successful carrers on easily performed songs, plus the sheer daring of getting on a stage and performing them. In their place I would ...

Green Times

  • Kangaroo cull
    Last week, members of animal welfare groups protested against kangaroo cull! ''A recent survey of 600 Canberrans by Territory and Municipal Services found 79 per cent were supportive of kangaroo culling under some circumstances and 70 per cent were supportive of culling for conservation of smal ...
  • Environmental News 01/06/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Storms hit ahead of sunny long weekend The last day of autumn may have stolen winter’s thunder with a wet storm hitting the city yesterday afternoon. Dark skies covered the metropolitan area and much of the South West from mid-afternoon, with rain an ...
  • Green Capital Australia
    Today is Green Capital Day in Australia. Do you know something about that? Well, Green capital was established in 2002 by The Total Environment Center (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q=the%20total%20environment%20center source=web cd=1 ved=0CF4QFjAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tec.org.au%2F ei=G ...
  • Environmental News 31/05/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill ...
  • Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...
    Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Just One More Unremarkable Arrest
    A friend wrote to us about a young ill Palestinian mother who was recently arrested in the West Bank, and their efforts to free her. This is the kind of ocurrence that happens routinely, yet is rarely covered in the press.  Physicians for Human Rights-Israel documented in 2008 how these kinds of ...
  • Today in Jayyous
    A picture of tear gas being shot by the Israeli army on unarmed protesters in the Palestinian village of Jayyous, who are holding Friday demonstrations to protest their land being taken by Israel. Photo by Mohammed Othman. You can follow what’s happening in Jayyous here.
  • Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But wil ...
    Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, which will take place in only 3 days. In October when the election was announc ...
  • Israeli Elections: Labor party leader pays ste ...
    As events in Egypt, Syria and Palestine heat up… …The nation-state in the middle of all this, Israel, has had its own share of high political drama. True, instead of blood, only tears and virtual ink were shed there. But as usual in Israel-Palestine, it makes for a good story. Earlie ...
  • Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President Obama
    There is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less than 48 hours after its enactment, the first bad sign appeared. In at least two locations near t ...

B.C. Preppers Network

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

Michael Yon

  • An Army Ranger Gives an on Ground Account of t ...
    DOD Oct 25, 2013 5:45 am - by Stephen Trujillo Edited by Jacob Siegel Stephen Trujillo was a combat medic with the 2d Ranger Battalion during the invasion of Grenada. Here is his first hand account of key moments in the war. Stephen Trujillo was a combat medic with the 2d Ranger Battalion d ...
  • The Trial That Won’t Go Away
    23 October 2013 Written by: Barbara Lawrence Television dramas make trials look deceptively short, succinct, and neatly wrapped in a one hour package with ample time to raid the refrigerator.  They are not. I decided to observe the trial of MSgt CJ Grisham myself. What follows are my rec ...
  • Warning to Judge and Jurors in Grisham Trial
    20 October 2013 Mouse mutilated and published by US soldier on trial: CJ Grisham This week, the trial of CJ Grisham ended in a hung jury.  A source in the courtroom told me that the jury was 5:1 in favor of conviction. A retrial has been set for 18 November 2013. The judge and jury are ...
  • Afghanistan: A Bigger Monster
    10 October 2013 Just months ago Pentagon officials dismissed the idea of a total pullout from Afghanistan.  Today we are on the verge of ending negotiations on our future there, leading to the “zero option.”  Total withdrawal. If we execute a zero option, this is my basic worst-cas ...
  • Federal Government Explains Failure Effects to ...
    03 October 2013
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