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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

  • 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 ...
  • Gut Bacteria and Human Evolution
    Gut instinct tells me that cosmic rays are an important factor in human evolution, and that humans have evolved much more recently than scientists can ascertain (they basically only have bones to look at, whereas we are much more than just bones). But it’s not just cosmic rays, but rather ...

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Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Passing the Torch to a New Generation of Syrians
    Few, one imagines, in the Syrian Arab Republic these days  question the urgency and enormity of the task of  reconstruction of their ancient country from war inflicted destruction caused by a carnage  already more than half as long as World War I and approaching half as long as World War II. For ...
  • Kenya Mall Attack: The Bitter Fruits of Interv ...
    In his speech on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama devoted little time to the recent slaughter of some 62 shoppers at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Said Obama, in toto: But even a glance at today’s headlines indicates that dangers remain. In Kenya, we’ve seen ...
  • Islamist War on Christians
    I’m waiting. I am a Lebanese Christian, and I am waiting. Waiting for CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, or Time magazine to really tell the story. To finally run this headline: “War on Christians Being Waged by Islamists.” I’m waiting for someone in the mainst ...
  • Obama at the UN: the Syrian Blues and a Persia ...
    The general expectation was indeed that the United States President Barack Obama’s annual address at the United Nations General Assembly session on Tuesday would contain some major pronouncements of new American policy direction on the Syrian conflict and over the situation around Iran. No doubt ...
  • The bonfire of democracy
    One curiosity of the current historical era is that democracy has identified itself with the liberal market.  Democracy will henceforth claim victory – the victory of the successful over the unsuccessful.  And there is nothing wrong with winning – everyone has his chance.  But these triump ...

BlogHer

  • For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Remembe ...
    Love does not hurt you Love fills you with strength and beauty Love knows no abuse -FJ The first time someone I (thought I) loved slapped me, I was stunned into silence. I was 16, he was 24, and while there were so many things wrong with our pairing, the physical and emotional abuse were the ...
  • My Husband is a Federal Employee: How the Gove ...
    It's been a bit hazy these past few days. A lot of it due to the lack of sleep. A teething baby will do that. Combined with the Breaking Bad finale, and the pursuant discussion with friends that somehow wound into the wee hours of the night. And part of it has been this government shutdown. R ...
  • The Government Shutdown is Really Happening
    It's October 1st, which means the government shutdown has indeed happened. 800,000 federal employees face furloughs, National Parks, and passport offices are closed and some states may discontinue WIC benefits to low-income mothers and their small children. It's the first time since 1995 that t ...
  • The Shirt 2013 : Relaxed, Trendy & Chic
    I never feel sick of shirts, and having them in my closet in different colors and styles is valuable. Shirts can be worn easily with leggings, jeans, or skirts.Mustard Yellow : This color is one of the most famous for this autumn. It will spark any outfit. I can wear it like Victoria Beckham wit ...
  • Food Bloggers: Can We Get Real With Each Othe ...
    As a food blogger, there’s this ridiculous pressure that every recipe has to be earth-shatteringly wonderful.  They have to be unique, creative, and easy enough that people will actually attempt making it themselves. The photos have to be gorgeous and there has to be a story that goes along ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • Five so-called ‘healthy’ snacks to ...
              As the nation’s collective waistline continues to expand, it has become more important than ever to educate yourself as to what sorts of foods truly are and are not healthy for you, despite what their labeling says ... Related posts:How ...
  • 5 reasons to re-think using your microwave
            Microwave defines functionality at its best. You just put the food in it, program the time needed, and in the blink of an eye you have a meal. Microwaves have become a predominant device in many ... Related posts:Why Did Russia Ban The Use Of Microw ...
  • Chronic inflammation juice
          inflammation is the body’s response to an infection or an injury. There are 2 types of inflammation: Chronic and acute. Chronic inflammation tends to be persistent. It has been linked to conditions as serious as asthma, heart disease, ... Related posts:Car ...
  • Whooping cough reaches epidemic level in Texas
            Whooping cough has reached epidemic proportions in Texas with nearly 2,000 cases reported so far this year, including two infants who died, according to health officials. The children were too young to receive the whooping cough ... Related posts:BP ...
  • Is milk good for you?
            Cow’s milk has been consumed for thousands of years, and has been touted as a healthy drink for strong bones and teeth, among many other benefits. Ever since we were kids, most of our parents made ... Related posts:Saturated Fat Tied to Sinking Sper ...

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

  • Shutdown: Inspections cut, permit reviews slowed
    A sign is posted on a barricade in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama’s health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing ab ...
  • Scientists: ‘Substantial and sustained&# ...
    The world’s top scientists today issued their latest findings and here’s the news, as summarized by The Associated Press: Scientists can now say with extreme confidence that human activity is the dominant cause of the global warming observed since the 1950s, a new report by an intern ...
  • EPA carbon rules: West Virginia leaders contin ...
    While I was out last week, my email inbox certainly filed up with statements about the big U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcement regarding its continued movement toward the first-ever limits on global warming pollution from the nation’s coal-fired power plants. Most of the reac ...
  • How coal miners die on the job
    On Friday, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration released the report of its investigation into the February death of Glen L. Clutter Jr., 51, of Baxter, who was killed at CONSOL Energy’s Loveridge Mine in Marion County, W.Va.  Here’s the report’s overview section: On F ...
  • Monday roundup, Sept. 23, 2013
    A C.S.X. train loaded with coal winds its way into the mountains in this Nov. 21, 2004 file photo taken near the New River at Cotton Hill in Fayette County, W.Va.  (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner) While I was out last week, the big, big news was obviously the announcement — as expected — by t ...

Daniel Miessler

  • We Let The Shutdown Happen
    How did this happen? While there are long and complicated answers, the simple one is…because we let it. What do I mean when I say “we let it happen”? I mean that we created the conditions to facilitate a Congress to not do their job. I know one thing…if I did my job the way […]Related Post ...
  • Mobile Browsing on The Rise
    It’s fascinating to watch mobile web traffic move toward the inevitable 2014 tipping point of it bypassing non-mobile web traffic. During non-work hours mobile browsing of my site shoots up pretty significantly. Above you can see it’s near 40%. More on this later, but many are saying ...
  • Republicans Know an Obamacare Win Means a GOP ...
    What we’re witnessing with this shutdown is nothing less than the beginning of the 2016 campaign. The Republicans are scared sideways of Obamacare doing well–which is the real reason they’re trying so hard to stop it. Ask yourself this: If they were so sure it was going to fail ...
  • Replace To-do Lists With Calendar Placeholders
    image from innovativelyorganized.com The alternative to the feckless to-do list is what I call “living in your calendar.” That means taking your tasks off the to-do list, estimating how much time each of them will consume, and transferring them to your calendar. (Don’t forget to leave time to pr ...
  • California is the iPhone, Android is the Tea Party
    Here’s an interesting analogy: California is the iPhone. I’m not sure where Android would be, but maybe you can help me pick a place after you hear the idea. Basically, California is the beacon of liberalism, which in this context means promoting a lifestyle that it feels is best for ...

Fitwatch

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

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Agenda 21... United Nations Will Own and Contr ...
      The true objectives of Agenda 21, revealed, include an end to national sovereignty; restructure of the family unit which means basically the state will take care of your children, with a keen eye toward indoctrinating them into state control over family allegiance; abolition of priva ...
  • 'Fairness Amendment'... House Republicans To D ...
    In response to President Barack Obama's demands that the House pass a continuing resolution that funds the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans fired back, demanding a delay for all of Obamacare until 2015. ~ Mathew Boyle read more
  • Are the Navy Yard Shooting Victims ALL FAKE?.. ...
    An examination of the relevant records, shows that the people described on the official list of Navy Yard "victims", are real people. However, the records ALSO suggest that they ARE NOT deceased. At least so far... read more
  • Most Wood Burning Stoves Will Soon Be Illegal. ...
    When you think of that little dream homestead in the woods, what does it include? Probably a well and septic system, a little stream bubbling nearby, a chicken coop, a sunroom for winter growing, and a cozy fire to curl up next to. ~ Daisy Luther read more
  • Welcome to the American Reservation Prison Cam ...
    The United States is one big reservation, and we are all in it. So says Russell Means, actor, political activist and leader for the American Indian Movement. ~ Documentary read more

Tarpley

  • US Constitution Not a Suicide Pact
    Obama Must Follow District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray: Declare the Entire Federal Government Essential and Keep It Fully Funded at Current Levels While Citing Multiple States of Emergency; Obey Fourteenth Amendment Against Unconstitutional Debt Ceiling and Default Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. ...
  • Tarpley at National Press Club for 150th Anniv ...
    Was Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Inspired by Help from Tsar Alexander II? — How Russians Advanced Careers of Grant and Thomas, The Rock of Chickamauga Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net September 27, 2013 Recorded on September 24, 2013 at the National Press Club [downloa ...
  • American Banker Wharton Barker’s First-P ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net September 23, 2013 Wharton Barker This account, written by the American banker Wharton Barker and published in The Independent (LVI) of March 24, 1904, recounts Barker’s conversation with Russian Tsar Alexander II, the celebrated Liberator of the serf ...
  • Bonesman Kerry Blackmailing Russia and China t ...
    Vladimir Simonov — NEO (New Eastern Outlook) September 23, 2013 The United States and its Wahhabi allies have switched from financial blackmail to direct aggression against Russia. On this occasion, a mortar bombardment of the Russian Embassy took place in Damascus on the morning of Sunda ...
  • Russian Government Condemns Syria Poison Gas P ...
    Tarpley at DC 9/11 Truth Advancing the Truth Conference on September 14, 2013 Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net September 22, 2013 [download video] [download audio]

Bloomberg

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

Enviroblog

Quick Hits

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

Capital - NYC

Views & News from Norway

  • Drillo’s departure: ‘Surprising, s ...
    Now age 71, Egil “Drillo” Olsen became a legend in Norwegian football years ago. On Friday he suddenly found himself stripped of his post as head coach of the national men’s football team (landslaget), but insisted he’s not bitter that he was asked to make room for his re ...
  • Mosques hit by threats, harassment
    Several mosques in Norway have been threatened in recent weeks and the local Islamic Council (Islamsk Råd) fears a new wave of hate and harassment. The threats have materialized both at the mosques themselves and over the Internet. Newspaper Dagsavisen reported that last Wednesday, a mosque in O ...
  • City Hall’s chimes draw complaints
    The carillon in the Oslo City Hall’s bell tower has long been a traditional part of daily life in the Norwegian capital, chiming on the quarter-hour and also playing an occasional concert. Now the classic chimes seem to have fallen out of tune with some of City Hall’s neighbours, who ...
  • SAS shares fly after Lufthansa praise
    Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)’ stock value took off this week after German carrier Lufthansa’s chief executive said that SAS was performing so well that it might attract a takeover offer. The two airlines, both members of the Star Alliance, already cooperate through route sharing. Spec ...
  • Fox head stolen as ‘Fox’ song keep ...
    Norway’s Film Museum in Oslo has reported a theft that resulted in the disappearance of only one item: The head of a fox puppet used in the animated Ivo Caprino film “Reve-enka” (The Fox’s Widow). Museum officials think the theft may be tied to the global popularity of th ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • The World Must Take Charge at Fukushima
    Massive leakages of heavily contaminated water, crumbling structures, and spent fuels that if exposed to air could release 85 times as much lethal caesium as was released at Chernobyl are obvious reasons why urgent help is needed from the world’s top experts. by Dr Mae Wan Ho Petition to Ban K ...
  • An Experiment with Soil
    Beginning to plant a garden in poor soil is probably guaranteed to disappoint, but what’s the most effective way to create a good environment to give your seedlings a head-start? I embarked on an experiment to see if I could find out. Join me, if you like, on a voyage of soil discovery. [...]
  • Report on the Permaculture Design Course – Str ...
    Introduction to the Permaculture Design Course Most of the group (mainly the foreigners) arrived at Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge with the preconception that it was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nothing but, what we call in Kenya, the Bundu (i.e. the wilderness). We were pleasantly su ...
  • Age of Unreason
    The governments of Britain, Canada and Australia are trying to stamp out scientific dissent. by George Monbiot Click for larger view Courtesy: Marc Roberts It’s as clear and chilling a statement of intent as you’re likely to read. Scientists should be “the voice of reason, rather than disse ...
  • India’s Foundation for Ecological Security Awa ...
    India’s Foundation for Ecological Security is currently in the process of restoring over half a million acres of common land in small scale farming communities across the country. The video above, from our friends John D. Liu and his team at the EEMPC, will give you an excellent look at ...

Pointman's

  • In the aftermath of AR5.
    AR5 or the fifth Assessment Report on global warming was published last week, amid a fair amount of fanfare but nothing compared to what it would have been like in the glory years of climate alarmism. Everyone has had their say on it by now but I thought it worth adding my own thoughts. What&#16 ...
  • In the aftermath of AR5.
    AR5 or the fifth Assessment Report on global warming was published last week, amid a fair amount of fanfare but nothing compared to what it would have been like in the glory years of climate alarmism. Everyone has had their say on it by now but I thought it worth adding my own thoughts. What&#16 ...
  • Alice and the unicorn.
    This is a guest post by one of our regular commenters, Graeme No.3 —-<0>— ALICE AND THE UNICORN By Louis Karrol. Alice was almost asleep when the green rabbit wearing an unfortunate waistcoat ran past her. She didn’t notice at first that he was green because he was peering at his fob wat ...
  • Alice and the unicorn.
    This is a guest post by one of our regular commenters, Graeme No.3 —-<0>— ALICE AND THE UNICORN By Louis Karrol. Alice was almost asleep when the green rabbit wearing an unfortunate waistcoat ran past her. She didn’t notice at first that he was green because he was peering at his fob wat ...
  • Armageddon Report No. 5.
    The IPCC is about to issue AR5 or its fifth Assessment Report on global warming, but since these successively more alarming reports always predict a looming end of the world as we know it, I prefer my own interpretation of the acronym. It’s going to be a tough gig for the Cassandras of cli ...

Journalists' Toolkit

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

Justice Roars - Louisiana

  • Half Ounce of Pot Gets Louisiana Man Twenty Ye ...
  • Women With A Vision and BreakOUT! Respond to T ...
    The Times-Picayune/nola.com’s six articles and one video (and counting) about Tulane Avenue, dubbed “Uneasy Street,” are an unfortunate example of glorified and sensationalized media reporting that leads to increased criminalization of marginalized communities, rather than solutions. As staff o ...
  • Dream Defenders Florida Take Over Enters Week ...
    Packed into the small reception area of the Florida Governor’s office in Tallahassee, a couple dozen determined Dream Defenders conducted a people’s hearing on racial profiling.  Black and brown college and high school youth took turns giving compelling testimony of being profiled at school ...
  • “This Day, We Use Our Energy for Revolution”
    Reprinted from our friends at Women With A Vision: This past Sunday, WWAV gathered with friends, allies and fellow organizers in a Solidarity Rally for Trayvon Martin. We want to personally thank everyone who came out so that we could raise our voices in unison.  This is the beauty of New ...
  • Open Letter From Curtis Muhammad on Upcoming C ...
    Below we are reposting an open letter from civil rights movement veteran Curtis Muhammad, a founder of People's Hurricane Relief Fund and the International School for Bottom-Up Organizing, among many other projects and initiatives. Dear friends and comrades, We are fast approaching the time fo ...

Gyrovague's Raves

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

In Verbena | Royal Society

NAU Resistance

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

Gaea Times

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

TruthNews Australia

  • 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

  • CEO Note: 100,000 Against Seismic Blasts
    Seismic airguns could injure or kill dolphins along the Atlantic coast. (Photo: Bryan)  I have more great news to share with you about Oceana’s campaign to halt the use of deadly seismic airguns on our Atlantic coast.
  • Oceana Kicks Off Public Forum Series on Seismi ...
    Oceana staff hold a public form about seismic airguns in New Jersey. (Photo: Oceana) Last week marked the beginning of a month-long, 10-stop East Coast tour for Oceana’s climate team.
  • A Blue Whale’s Life Story Revealed Through Ear Wax
    Blue whales are probably the largest animal that has ever lived. (Photo: NOAA Photo Library)  Instead of our weekly Creature Feature, we’d like share an awesome new finding about one well-known ocean creature, the blue whale. Scientists discovered that earwax can reveal amazingly details ...
  • Oceana In Action at the Nautica Malibu Triathlon
    The Oceana team raced hard to help protect loggerhead sea turtles. (Photo: Oceana) Earlier this month, Oceana celebrated its golden anniversary at the Nautica Malibu Triathlon by doing what it does best – racing to save the oceans. Among the sands of Zuma Beach, the crash of the Pacific Ocean ...
  • Oceana Pacific Expedition Featured on Portland ...
    Rockfish take refuge in barrel sponges.  On our recent Pacific expedition, Oceana took a camera where none has gone before -- to the ocean depths off the Oregon coast. Our Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) captured rare seafloor habitat -- tiny rockfish hiding in barrel sponges, corals, an ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

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Japan Times

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Macleans - Central

Making It Count - CCPA

  • IPCC: Time for a Global Carbon Budget
    Political commitments on climate action, to the extent they exist, are usually pitched in terms of targets and timelines. BC, for example, has a legislated target of 33% below 2007 levels by 2020; Canada’s official target is a 17% reduction by 2020 relative to 2005 levels. Neither target w ...
  • City of Regina, we need to talk
    Regardless of the outcome in the City of Regina’s wastewater referendum being held today, there is one thing that is certain. We need to establish very clear rules for how City-wide referenda should be conducted in the future and we need very specific rules on how the City communicates wit ...
  • Quebec Values Charter: Bad Solution to the Wro ...
    It’s near impossible to ignore the current debate regarding the Québec Values Charter. It would seem laudable at first for a society to decide to reflect on its shared values. There is no cause to rejoice in the face of the current debate: it is certainly not the relevant exercise it could have ...
  • Blackberry and what’s wrong with sectoral deve ...
    Another year, another dead Canadian tech giant. Blackberry was sold yesterday for scrap to the Toronto private equity firm Fairfax. The purchase price of $4.7 billion is essentially valued at its cash of $2.6 billion and the value of its patents. Blackberry’s active businesses are essentially be ...
  • The rise and fall (and rise?) of Blackberry – ...
    This is an experiment. I’m writing an essay based on my latest Metro Morning column. Each of these columns take hours of prep, so I thought I’d convert it into prose to see if it’s worth it. Would love your feedback.   The rise and fall (and rise?) of Blackberry is a story that has gripped our [ ...

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

  • Polluted farm runoff linked to toxic green alg ...
    “Toxic algae is the byproduct of the same types of pollution that causes dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay— phosphorous and nitrogen from livestock manure and chemicals sprayed on crops such as corn that spills from farms into assorted waterways during moderate to hea ...
  • Black Market for Water Expands in Delhi
    “On a recent afternoon, as an intense stench rose from a carcass dump, a group of women pushed, shoved, and threw expletives at each other outside a temple in Sangam Vihar on the southern edge of Delhi. The women, carrying a few plastic buckets and empty jerry cans, were fighting to get a ...
  • Amid Drought, Explaining Colorado’s Extreme Floods
      “U.S. President Barack Obama declared an emergency for Boulder, Larimer, and El Paso Counties on Friday and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has deployed four rescue teams to the area, the most ever in the state. Just as troubling as all the damage, Udall says, is that ...
  • Golf a major drain on Coachella Valley water s ...
    “With a total of 124 golf courses, the Coachella Valley has one of the largest concentrations of courses in the nation. The lush fairways set against backdrops of ocher brown mountains have helped make the valley a mecca for the sport. And for half a century, golf has driven the desert’s r ...
  • Fukushima radiation readings spike to highest ...
    Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to their highest levels, Japan’s nuclear regulator said Wednesday, heightening concerns about the cleanup of the worst atomic disaster in almost three ...

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

  • powerfully stated as our current Arizona &#822 ...
    …There is much to be learned from this Garfield cartoon which could be of appreciable value to ADEQ and OWAC as they promulgate the next round of “revision” to the vaunted ADEQ residential onsite “septic” rules … The real challenge is to have any rule be clear, concise and understandable … under ...
  • really what “we” want…?
    …The truth about toxic chemicals is quite simple … “we” chose to look the other direction … “we” took our eye off  demanding full disclosure and transparency in to how our food was grown … processed … delivered for our consumption … “we” allowed this to occur and only “we” have to power to ...
  • Now emerge new opportunity
    …Now emerge new opportunity to contemplate how “we” – that’s you and me – can step up … take personal responsibility … elect those who will honestly represent “us” … forget the political label – red or blue – forget gender – forget ethnicity – demand and accept nothing less than full disclosure ...
  • permanently shut down the NSA along with the C ...
    …While I firmly choose to permanently shut down the NSA along with the CIA … FBI … DHS … I suspect they can point to Bush/Cheney and their Patriot Act and other laws enacted in the dead of night affirming their apparent legitimacy … Vote in a Congress representing “us” and then change the laws [ ...
  • what is there to hide…?
    …Why is it our so called ‘free-press’ is so petrified to provide to us full disclosure and transparency … why is it that those representing government regulatory agencies are equally as unwilling to be fully forth coming and transparent … what is there to hide…? Filed under: Blogroll

Popular Technology

  • 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 ...
  • Skeptical Science: "[W]e're all a bunch of lef ...
    In March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had their forums "hacked" and the contents posted online. In a forum thread titled, "Political Compass" frequent Skeptical Science commentators and moderators took a political quiz revealing (much to their surprise) they all share ...
  • Skeptical Science: "Ding dong, the witch is dead"
    In March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had their forums "hacked" and the contents posted online. In these it is revealed their lack of humanity for the death of a political adversary. In a forum thread titled, "Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart is dead at 43" f ...
  • Skeptical Science: The Censorship of Poptech
    "The impact of that ban on PopTech was to silence him." - Skeptical Science In March of 2012, the same computer illiterates at Skeptical Science who do not know how to use Google Scholar had their forums "hacked" and the contents posted online. In these I am mentioned in at least 65 discussion ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

  • 'Yet another wakeup call': global warming is h ...
    Human actions are responsible for warming the Earth, reconfirms the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, the first mammoth report on the physical science of climate change issued in seven years. Scientists now say they are 95-100 percent certain that h ...
  • Climate change pushing tropical trees upslope ...
    Tropical tree communities are moving up mountainsides to cooler habitats as temperatures rise, a new study in Global Change Biology has found. By examining the tree species present in ten one-hectare plots at various intervals over a decade, researchers found that the proportion of lowland speci ...
  • Forgotten species: the nearly extinct primate ...
    The attention paid to charismatic popular primates—such as gorillas, chimps, orangutans, lion tamarins, and even some lemurs—could make one suppose that conservationists have the protection of our closest relatives well in hand; the astounding fact that no primate species is known to ...
  • Attempt to export nearly-extinct pygmy sloths ...
    Last Monday, the police officer on morning duty at Isla Colón International Airport, Panama noticed some foreigners loading crates with what appeared to be animals on a private jet. Finding this suspicious, he alerted his supervisor. Within minutes the local police chief, the mayor of Bocas ...
  • Malaysia clearcutting forest reserves for timb ...
    In July Bikam Permanent Forest Reserve in Malaysia's Perak state was degazetted, allowing the forest to be clearcut for an oil palm plantation. Only after the forest was lost, did the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) announce that it had contained the last stands of keruing paya (Dipter ...

Science - NZ Herald

  • Andrew Hammond: Tide turning on climate change
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released the most comprehensive ever study on global warming, prepared by more than 200 scientists over two years.The landmark report concludes that if the world continues to emit...
  • Giant waves pose huge risks
    A large earthquake could trigger a wall of water more than 12m high, giving people just minutes to get to higher ground.A tsunami could reach land so quickly there might not be time for sirens to be sounded or a warning to be broadcast.And...
  • Climate report a wake-up call - NZ environment ...
    A damning international report on mankind's role in climate change should be a wake-up call for urgent action, New Zealand environmentalists say.The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's draft fifth assessment report, released...
  • Sunpower plan to cut gases
    Two of Britain's leading scientists have urged the setting up of a world programme to generate solar electricity that is cheaper than fossil fuel power by 2025.All countries should be invited to participate, say Sir David King,...
  • GM food not properly labelled - Greens
    Consumers are not being given full information on food labels about whether the product they are buying has been processed with genetically modified organisms, the Green Party says.New Zealand imports 57 varieties of genetically...

The Bovine

  • Raw milk, TED, and the resurgence of neo-primi ...
    Scientist Rupert Sheldrake was exiled from TED after spouting this heresy: TED has been told, it would seem. They’ve been told to hew to the materialist dogma, and to eschew what they are calling bad science, or pseudoscience. Because back … Continue reading →
  • Is the 100th monkey effect kicking in on the f ...
    First, a few words about the 100th monkey effect, from Wikipedia: “The story of the hundredth monkey effect was published in Lyall Watson‘s foreword to Lawrence Blair’s Rhythms of Vision in 1975,[2] and spread with the appearance of Watson’s 1979 book Lifetide. The claim ...
  • Lessons from the Bushmen in Laurens van der Po ...
    Both as an author and as a man, Laurens van der Post was someone who did not shy away from the difficult questions of life. Although one biographer slags him for allegedly fabricating stories and passing them off as real, … Continue reading →
  • Michael Schmidt’s learnings from three d ...
    From Michael Schmidt, raw milk advocate, farmer, and accused sheep-napper: Day one, two, three in court from my perspective Our court proceedings are becoming a family gathering of determined CFIA prosecutors and accused sheep-nappers Here are the main players: Mr. … Continue reading →
  • Michael Schmidt and Montana Jones in “Le ...
    Montana Jones shares her perspective on three days of court hearings last week: The government wants Michael Schmidt and I to please pick a different lawyer. I’m not surprised. They say it’s due to a potential conflict of interest in … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • DNC is Broke: Good News or Bad?
    News is in the eyes of the beholder. Here's the news: the DNC is Nearly Broke. Is that good news or bad news? Republicans will view the report as good news, democrats as bad news. I am actually an independent, but one who supports Rand Paul for president. I certainly do not want ...
  • Your New iPhone Can Cause "Cyber-Sickness", iN ...
    Following the release of Apple's iOS7, users complained of dizziness, nausea, and headaches. Initially, the complaints were dismissed, but closer scrutiny reveals the complaints are valid. Please consider the Extreme Tech report on iOS 7 nausea and cybersickness: What causes it, and why it’ ...
  • It's a Wonderful Crisis; Fed's Forward Guidanc ...
    Here is an amusing as well as accurate assessment of the Fed's forward guidance policy in comic form, courtesy of The Telegraph and Steen Jakobsen, chief economist of Saxo Bank, who sent me the link. Inquiring minds and comic addicts may appreciate more from Alex, including a 15 part ...
  • Meaningless Partial Government Shutdown in Pro ...
    A partial government shutdown is now underway. I am unimpressed, and so are the futures. U.S. futures are up slightly, and so are global futures in general. Gold and the dollar are flat. Given this is the 18th partial government shutdown, there is nothing at all to be excited about this ev ...
  • Strawberry Fields Forever; Is a Higher Minimum ...
    Japan Times reports the Latest Robot can Pick Strawberry Fields Forever Fruits of ingenuity: Agricultural machinery maker Shibuya Seiki and the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization demonstrate a robot that can pick ripe strawberries at the annual Auto-ID and Communication Ex ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • The EyeOpener Report- Who Is Marc Grossman?
    When Hillary Clinton appointed Marc Grossman as US Special Envoy News coverage of the appointment dutifully noted Grossman’s long career at the State Department and past accomplishments, including his appointment as Career Ambassador by President Bush in 2004 and his Secretary of State Dis ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- Septembe ...
    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 ...
  • Did Putin Quietly Play the Debt Card Over Syria?
    You Play Poker with Vladimir Putin at Your Peril By Ron Holland They are living beyond their means and shifting a part of the weight of their problems to the world economy. They are living like parasites off the global economy and their monopoly of the dollar. If [in America] there is a systemic ...
  • De-Manufacturing Consent- Free Barrett Brown: ...
    Guillermo Jimenez Presents Kevin Gallagher On this edition of De-Manufacturing Consent: Guillermo is joined by the director of Free Barrett Brown, Kevin Gallagher. Guillermo and Kevin discuss the case of Barrett Brown, an eccentric author and journalist who caught the attention of the FBI throug ...
  • The New Great Game Round Up- September 29, 2013
    Ukraine: Future EU, NATO Member?!, Armenia Sticks With Russia, CSTO Addresses Terror Threats & More! *The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits in C ...

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 →

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Press TV

  • Bishop resigns over pedophilia cover-up
    Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church has formally accepted the resignation of an Irish bishop who admitted sheltering a priest accused of child abuse.
  • 'Iran-US ties need removal of sanctions'
    An Iranian lawmaker says the US must lift the existing sanctions against Iran as a positive diplomatic gesture for the normalization of ties with the Islamic Republic.
  • Journalist advises US occupies Israel
    An American journalist advises the US to occupy Israel that is armed with nuclear and chemical weapons to demilitarize the entire Middle East.
  • Senate rejects latest House budget deal
    The Democratic-led US Senate has voted to reject the latest proposal by the Republican-led House of Representatives to negotiate on the budget as the government has begun a partial shutdown.
  • Iran pays tribute to mystic poet Mowlavi
    Iran has held commemoration programs in several cities in an attempt to pay tribute to the world-renowned 13th century Persian mystic poet, Mowlavi.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • Where are you from?
    Piper Anderson is a 2011 graduate of the CUNY SPS M.A. in Applied Theatre program. She is currently the Director of Education & Artist Development at Young Audiences New York. She is also a performance artist, writer, educator, and life coach. Below is her reflection on the question “Where a ...
  • September 17 is Constitution Day
    In 2004, Senator Robert Byrd [D-WV] introduced legislation that lead to the passage of a bill establishing Constitution Day. Here are five fun facts about the Constitution of the United States that you might not know: Thomas Jefferson didn’t have a chance to place his “John Hancock” ...
  • From The Classroom to The School Bus
    The following was submitted by Brandon M. Chiwaya (Murphy Institute ’13):   After graduating from SPS in June, I reached out to Tanya Fields for a bit of career advice. Tanya (who you may remember from my last blog post was the commencement speaker at the spring 2013 SPS graduation ceremon ...
  • An Evening With the Bus
  • Viewing Videos in Blackboard and Digication Us ...
    Now that the fall semester has begun, some students have reported issues accessing content in their Blackboard course site and have reached out to the Help Desk to ask which browser is best for use with Blackboard. Firefox is SPS’s preferred browser; however, the most recent release of Fir ...

Dissident Voice

  • Nosebleeds and Thyroid Cancer and Franken-fish ...
    Trillions in dollars to clean up Fukushima while country wants those 50 nuclear generating back up.  Get rid of Tokyo Electric.  Japan needs to raise the money (not the Olypmic flag and all those hundred of billions in taxpayer money for bizarre architecture and gizmos for Olympic Villages) and ...
  • Low-wage Workers, Top-down Unions
    August 29 was a typically cool, wet summer day in downtown Seattle. “We support you!” cried the crowd of 30 or so gathered outside Specialty’s Café, their voices reverberating off the glass facades of adjacent downtown buildings. To remain open, the restaurant had been forced to call in extra st ...
  • Signigtog Mi’kmaq Reclaim Stewardship of ...
    Backgrounder to press release: Anyone who has watched either of the Gasland documentaries is well aware of the devastating environmental consequences of fracking. Earlier this summer warriors of Elsipogtog First Nation opposed seismic testing for shale gas by SWN Resource Canada.1 Mi’kmaq ...
  • Beyond Theologies of Fear
    Evil — no other word has a history of causing such malevolence and death. Is there an evil, malevolent force in the universe known as the devil or Satan? Does this negative force delight in causing human chaos and wholesale destruction on earth? Are people who commit acts counter to the te ...
  • Slave Labour in Retreat on Florida’s Farms
    In America today we are seeing a race to the bottom, the middle class is collapsing, poverty is increasing. What I saw in Immokalee is the bottom in the race to the bottom. — Senator Bernie Saunders Imagine getting up at 4.30 am and walking to a pick up site to begin looking for work. […]

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Jae's News

  • It's the Austerity, Stupid: How We Were Sold A ...
    Austerity is working out fine for the 1 percent: Their jobs are safe, their investments are growing, and their taxes are low. But the rest of us are paying a high price in the form of slow growth, high unemployment, and stagnant wages for years to come. Submitted by Brian M. to US Politics &amp ...
  • Report: American-supplied arms fell into al Qa ...
    And this is to no one's surprise, of course this was part of the CIA's overall strategy to destabilize Assad...where else would the weapons go? Submitted by David B. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • U.S. backs brutal Egyptian military regime
    Armed to the teeth by the U.S., the Egyptian military regime under General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is brutally attacking not only the Muslim Brotherhood, but also a wide range of progressive groups and individuals, including striking workers, journalists,etc Submitted by Brian M. to US Politics &am ...
  • Who Should Run the Fed? Yellen, Kohn, or The P ...
    The fight over who will succeed Ben Bernanke as chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve rolls on, getting bigger and more tangled as it goes. Submitted by Brian M. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Cornel West rips GOP: Vote to cut food stamps ...
    Civil rights activist and Princeton University professor Cornel West laid out the case for the countrys continued income disparity to conservative pundit William Kristol on CNNs Crossfire Monday night. Submitted by Brian M. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |&nbs ...

    PS - Inter Press Services

  • U.S.-Africa Trade Mostly Benefits Oil, Textiles
    With a key U.S.-Africa trade agreement up for renewal in 2015, advocates on all sides of the issue say current policies are rife with shortcomings that leave many African businesses out in the cold. Since its enactment in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has sought to create t ...
  • Q&A: “This Is Not Huntington’s World”
    Rousbeh Legatis interviews HARALD MÜLLER of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
  • WTO: Stingy with the Poor, Generous with the Rich
    In this column Martin Khor, the executive director of the South Centre, writes about how the WTO’s agriculture rules favour rich countries while punishing developing countries.
  • Disabled Make Do with Scraps from the Aid Table
    This article is the first of a two-part series exploring disability’s place in international development guidelines. In part two, IPS looks at why disability wasn’t included in Millennium Development Goals. Was it simply an oversight or due in part to its complex nature?
  • From Toilet to Tap for Water Scarce City
    This is the final story in a three-part series on Kwa-Zulu Natal's Umgeni River

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • U.S. Has to Be Prepared to Make Real Concessio ...
    Summary: Pledging not to overthrow the Iranian government is the bare minimum required to encourage trust that the U.S. is willing to accept a deal on the nuclear issue, but it is still a very small, boilerplate commitment. It would be a more meaningful gesture, and a real shift in policy, if ...
  • After Rohani’s Visit to New York: Flynt Levere ...
    Summary: As Flynt points out on the Newshour, the core idea animating President Rohani’s approach to nuclear diplomacy—recognition of Iran’s nuclear rights, as a sovereign state and as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (including the right to enrich uranium under internation ...
  • Obama holds historic phone call with Rouhani a ...
    Summary: Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani held the first direct talks between American and Iranian leaders since the 1979 Islamic revolution, exchanging pleasantries in a 15-minute telephone call on Friday that raised the prospect of relief for Tehran from crippling economic sanctions. sour ...
  • CNN’s ‘Open Mic’ in Tehran: Iranians Tell It L ...
    Summary: This week in New York City, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke before the United Nations General Assembly, addressed a UN nuclear disarmament conference, and was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour, David Ignatius, and Charlie Rose, while his foreign minister, former UN Ambassador ...
  • John Humphrys' ignorance about Iran is par for ...
    Summary: I have long regarded John Humphrys of the BBC's Today programme as one of the Britain’s most professional, fearless and impartial interviewers. But I am wondering whether to reconsider this opinion following his interview with Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman Mark Regev at 7.36am this ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • Astronomers Take 1st Look at Clouds of an Alie ...
        Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes have created the first cloud map of a planet beyond our solar system: a sizzling, Jupiter-like world known as Kepler-7b, which is marked by high clouds in the west and clear skies in the east. Previous studies f ...
  • Mystery Alien Planets Confound Astronomers
      "We don't really know what they are," said Björn Benneke, a graduate student in astronomy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology referring to intriguing exoplanets found so far that are bigger than our rocky, oceanic Earth but smaller than cold, gas-shrouded Uranus and Neptune. ...
  • "Black Holes Develop a 'Charge' that Anchors T ...
      A black hole. A simple and clear concept, at least according to the hypothesis by Roy Kerr, who in 1963 proposed a "clean" black hole model, which is the current theoretical paradigm. From theory to reality things may be quite different. According to a new research carried out by a ...
  • "Entire Star Systems are Needed to Generate Li ...
        Whole solar systems are needed to generate life, not just terrestrial planets with water. Life probably needs a solar system similar to our own to start, although autogenic processes --where something in life is created spontaneously with self assembly-- could still occur in a sy ...
  • "Alien Planet Spy" --Spitzer Infrared Space Ob ...
                Now approaching its 10th anniversary, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has evolved into a premier observatory for an endeavor not envisioned in its original design: the study of worlds around other stars, called exoplanets. While the engineers and scientists who built Spitzer d ...

Natural News

  • SWAT team ties up students during 'scary' terr ...
    We've been reporting steadily on the rise of militaristic tactics used by local police forces, which we find both alarming and unnecessary. Unfortunately, that trend appears to be accelerating and shows no signs of reversal anytime soon. One of the most recent examples...
  • Home remedies that guarantee relief from chapp ...
    Dry and chapped lips occur all the time without warning. This is not life threatening, but it can cause inconvenience and affect the way people live their lives. There are different manifestations that can be observed, including the presence of one or several of these...
  • History of pomegranate
    A small deciduous tree or large shrub that bears fruit, the Punica granatum, commonly known as the pomegranate, is a superfood with a long and rich history. Native to the East, it can be traced through historical documents as far back as 4000 B.C. The red fruit grows...
  • Fruits and vegetables often physically resembl ...
    The Doctrine of Signatures is an herbalist philosophy attributed to Paracelsus (1491-1541) and later popularized by the German shoemaker Jakob Bohme (1575-1624). It states that all fruits and vegetables share aesthetic properties or 'signatures' with the organ they benefit...
  • Sex after the age of 50
    When it comes to aging, many people make the false assumption that sex is more difficult and not as fulfilling or exciting. Those assumptions are absolutely incorrect, as youth has no superiority over senior sex; in fact, seniors do have an edge when it comes to great...

Threat Level

  • Feds Targeted Snowden’s Email Provider the Day ...
    When on June 9 Edward Snowden stood up in Hong Kong and revealed himself to the world as an NSA whistleblower, the Justice Department wasted little time in targeting his email provider. A new appeals court filing today shows the ...     
  • Ex-Spy Christopher Boyce on Snowden, WikiLeaks ...
    A smart young dropout is welcomed into a promising career in the top secret world of U.S. defense contracting, but he's quickly shocked to discover the deception practiced by America's intelligence agencies at the highest levels. Disillusioned and outraged, he ...     
  • 12 True Tales of Creepy NSA Cyberstalking
    The NSA has released some details of 12 incidents in which analysts used their access to America's high-tech surveillance infrastructure to spy on girlfriends, boyfriends, and random people they met in social settings. It's a fascinating look at what happens ...     
  • Google’s Gmail Keyword Scanning Might Violate ...
    A federal judge today that Google may have breached federal and California wiretapping laws for machine-scanning Gmail messages as part of its business model to create user profiles and provide targeted advertising. The decision by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ...     
  • Google Begs Court to Reconsider Ruling That Wi ...
    Google is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent ruling finding Google potentially liable for wiretapping when it secretly intercepted data on open Wi-Fi routers. The search giant said the Sept. 10 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit ...     

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Better Dead and Red: How the GOP Blocked Healt ...
    For two decades, Republicans have opposed health care reform not because they thought it would fail the American people, but because they feared it would succeed. Passage of Bill Clinton's health care program, Bill Kristol warned in 1993, wouldn't just "do everything to help Democratic electora ...
  • Republicans Call Republicans Terrorists and Ho ...
    With House Republicans once again threatening to take the unprecedented step of blocking a debt ceiling increase and thereby triggering a U.S. default Speaker John Boehner admitted "would be a financial disaster, not only for our country but for the worldwide economy," frustrated Democrats are r ...
  • Boehner Should Pass Same Clean Debt Ceiling Bi ...
    Unless Congress raises the debt ceiling by October 17, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned this week, the federal government will be unable to pay its bills. But while some Republicans like Rep. John Fleming (R-FL) responded, "I don't think we should run government based on economists' predict ...
  • We Know What Reagan Would Have Done about Iran ...
    Like the morning sun rise in the east, it never fails. At every foreign policy fork in the road, conservatives faithfully ask, WWRD--What Would Reagan Do? When President Obama urged U.S. strikes against the Assad regime for its use of chemical weapons in Syria, right-wing politicians and pundi ...
  • Republicans Won't "Refund Obamacare"
    For days, Washington has been focused like a laser beam on the GOP effort to "defund Obamacare." Prodded by the grandstanding Senator Ted Cruz (R-Self), 228 of 229 House Republicans voted to shut down the federal government if funding for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act is not str ...

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

Planetsave

  • Draconids Meteor Shower Peaks On October 7 2013
    The often times prolific, but somewhat unpredictable, Draconid meteor shower is almost here — next Monday, on the night of October 7, 2013, the Draconids are expected to reach their peak rate for the year, sometime around nightfall for those in mid and northern latitudes. October 8 should ...
  • Long-jawed Croc Fossil Comes To Life In 3-D, F ...
    Thoracosaurus neocesariensis, a fossil crocodile that lived 65 million to 100 million years ago, when the oceans were higher, in the ancient warm, carbon-dioxide-rich mangrove swamps of present-day southern New Jersey. Crocodiles have been chasing fish for a very, very long time–since the ...
  • Wildfire Management 101
    From Grist, September 24, Wildfire Management 101 was originally posted on: PlanetSave. To read more from Planetsave, join thousands of others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook (also free), follow us on Twitter, or just visit our homepage.
  • The GOP And The ACA
    On October 1st, folks all across the country, regardless of their health, can begin signing up for the Affordable Care Act mandated health insurance co-ops, which offer substantial savings via pooling and government support for these new healthcare options. Obamacare, as it’s commonly called, of ...
  • Make-believe “Polarization” In 1st Hearing On ...
    President Obama’s Plan to Fight Climate Change has an initial Congressional hearing (whitehouse.gov). Here’s what happened: Perhaps the second great step the Obama Administration has made this year with respect to climate change–after the President’s June 25 iteration of ...

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Axis of Logic

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

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Care 2

  • UFO mystery tied to launch of trail-blazing rocket
    Strange, glowing orb is seen hovering over a vast stretch of Indian Ocean; it turns out to be fuel released by next-generation rocket launched by SpaceX. Submitted by Giana Peranio-paz to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • ALERT! Patricia Randolph has been on a Hunger ...
    Why? Thousands of bears have been mercilessly killed in the past few weeks of the Wisconsin bear hunt. I'll continue my strike until at least the end of the bear hunt on Oct. 8. Please send comments of support for Patricia! Submitted by Roxy H. to Animals  |   Note-it! & ...
  • Activists demand UN bans stoning
    wo months ago, a young mother-of-two was stoned to death by her relatives on the order of a tribal court in Pakistan. Her crime: possession of a mobile phone. Arifa Bibis uncle, cousins and others hurled stones and Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |&nb ...
  • Kitten refuses to let go of pizza!
    An adorable kitten with a penchant for stealing pizza was caught red-pawed last week when her owner, Chris Drago, shot a short video of the wide-eyed feline clinging to a stolen slice. Submitted by Giana Peranio-paz to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • ACTION NEEDED Please STOP Triple F Ferret Fa ...
    WHY is best explained with some details of the original investigation that then launched an official, ongoing USDA investigation: "The three-minute video shows ferrets with gaping wounds, internal organs protruding from their rectums, Submitted by Kelly Rogers to Business  |   N ...

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No Quarter

  • Washington Elite Games
    The events of the last week surrounding the so-called “Government shutdown” are certainly shining a bright light on the cockroaches that inhabit Washington, DC and feast on Federal funds. Take Trent Lott, for example. A Republican whore who abandoned the job of governing in order to ...
  • Sorry for the Absence
    Its been relatively quiet over the past three days. I have been in the Midwest celebrating my 40th High School reunion. It was great fun. Saw some folks who were still easily recognizable from High School and then there were others who were unrecognizable. That was part of the treat. Yes, I know ...
  • Country Joe, Sing for Obama
    For you youngsters, this is a flashback to the glories of Woodstock. A young guitarist and crooner, Country Joe, made quite a name for himself and left a mark on a generation disgusted with an unnecessary war in Vietnam: So now we have Barack Obama. Nobel Peace Prize winner, but instead of peace ...
  • Hey John McCain, Go Away
    And to think I once supported this moron for President. John McCain is not and was not a hero. Just because you get shot down while flying over enemy territory, does not make you a hero. Yet, McCain, who was a failure as a student at the Naval Academy, parlayed his status as a Prisoner [...]
  • More on Obama’s Syria Lies
    Obama may be a failure as a President and Leader, but he is audacious and free of any sense of shame. How else to interpret his delusional claims before today’s United Nation’s General Assembly: Now, the crisis in Syria and the destabilization of the region goes to the heart of broad ...

Futurismic

  • 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 ...
  • Improving Reality
    Improving Reality… that’s an ambitious title, no? I’d expect nothing less than ambition from Honor Harger and her crew at Lighthouse, though; this year’s IR (Thurday 5th September, Brighton UK; map here; tickets here) will be the third instalment of their ongoing mission ...
  • Consequences
    I do keep saying that futurism isn’t about making predictions, don’t I? Well, that’s because I really believe it. Prediction — in the sense of declaring with great certainty that [x] will come to happen — is a waste of time, because you have no way of accurately det ...
  • The (contested) street, finding new uses for t ...
    From a photo-essay/collection thingybob at The Atlantic: Syrian rebel fighters and their homebrew military hardware. There are lots of shots of chaps lathing mortar shells, as well as crude hand-welded onagers made from shelving and rebar; that’s your continuity verification, a through-lin ...
  • Science fiction and science, part II: smashing ...
    So, last week saw me take the train down to London in order to give a presentation on science fiction narratives as strategic planning tools to the Strategic Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management. (That’s neither a topic or audience I’d have ever expected to add ...

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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

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  • 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 ...
  • Occupy Boulder Flood Relief gets rolling as oi ...
    The good news is that people are organizing for flood relief in Colorado along the proven lines of previous efforts at Occupy Sandy. URLZ: #boulderflood relief :: Boulder Flood Relief - Get help & get involved First meeting 28 mins video: Boulder Flood Relief - Orientation Meeting - YouTube ...
  • Leon Trotsky discusses Freemasonry as inspirat ...
    Poppa Karl makes the Sign of the Itchy Belly Here is an interesting angle which I just found. The connection between Freemasonry and Communism is debatable but a favorite of conspiracy cats, full of ironic twists. While Trotsky talks about how Freemasons in different areas formed a revolutionary ...
  • Terrible proposed shield law spells doom for j ...
    Here is some horrible news. I am inquiring further since of course it's people like me that this is intended to chill and/or enable grand juries to throw in prison without charges…. I have put in inquiries with MN Sens. Klobuchar and Franken offices to determine if they believe reporters should ...
  • Exclusive New Court Docs: Oklahoma City Truth ...
    Here is something kind of nifty - just got the latest court filings from an investigation into Oklahoma City bombing now approved by a judge to move forward in federal court against the CIA and FBI. The crux of it is missing videotapes, a recurring problem in major terror incidents -- anyone rem ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Seymour Hersh: Story About Killing Osama Bin L ...
    Plus, 90% of lamestream editors should be fired. Seymour Hersh has got some extreme ideas on how to fix journalism – close down the news bureaus of NBC and ABC, sack 90% of editors in publishing and get back to the fundamental job of journalists which, he says, is to be an outsider.It doesn't ...
  • Barilla Pasta CEO: 'I Would Never Use Homosexu ...
    Gay rights groups and MPs call boycott of Barilla products over homophobic remarks. The CEO of top-selling pasta brand Barilla, Guido Barilla, is under fire for anti-gay comments he made on an Italian radio show that Barilla won’t put gays in its advertising because it likes 'traditional' fami ...
  • Saturday Night Live’s Race Problem
    "SNL" has a white-dominated perspective, and that may not change any time soon.  Entering its 39th season this weekend, “Saturday Night Live” has become one of the longest-running television shows in American history. The sketch comedy show, which established itself in the ’70s as ed ...
  • Desperate and Poor, Addicts Turn to Injecting ...
    Krokodil turns skin green and scaly like a crocodile's, then rots users from the inside. Poverty and desperation has led two drug users in Arizona to inject a flesh-devouring concoction, made from codeine, gasoline, paint thinner, oil and alcohol into their veins in order to experience a ...
  • The Way America Eats Is Killing Us
    What can we do to change our disastrous corporate food culture? It will shock no one to hear that Americans are remarkably unhealthy eaters. A new American Diet Report Card (pdf) confirms it: we eat far too much cheese, sugar, starch and red meat. We don't eat enough fruits and vegetables. We ...

Threat Level

  • Feds Targeted Snowden’s Email Provider the Day ...
    When on June 9 Edward Snowden stood up in Hong Kong and revealed himself to the world as an NSA whistleblower, the Justice Department wasted little time in targeting his email provider. A new appeals court filing today shows the ...     
  • Ex-Spy Christopher Boyce on Snowden, WikiLeaks ...
    A smart young dropout is welcomed into a promising career in the top secret world of U.S. defense contracting, but he's quickly shocked to discover the deception practiced by America's intelligence agencies at the highest levels. Disillusioned and outraged, he ...     
  • 12 True Tales of Creepy NSA Cyberstalking
    The NSA has released some details of 12 incidents in which analysts used their access to America's high-tech surveillance infrastructure to spy on girlfriends, boyfriends, and random people they met in social settings. It's a fascinating look at what happens ...     
  • Google’s Gmail Keyword Scanning Might Violate ...
    A federal judge today that Google may have breached federal and California wiretapping laws for machine-scanning Gmail messages as part of its business model to create user profiles and provide targeted advertising. The decision by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ...     
  • Google Begs Court to Reconsider Ruling That Wi ...
    Google is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent ruling finding Google potentially liable for wiretapping when it secretly intercepted data on open Wi-Fi routers. The search giant said the Sept. 10 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit ...     

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...    
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    Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
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    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

  • Jensen Farms 404(b) Notice
    Pretrial notice of 404(b) material is required so that Defendants, Jensen brothers, are not subjected to a “trial by ambush.” See, United States v. Kelly, 420 F.2d 26, 29 (2nd... Continue Reading
  • DuPage County Report Issued on Los Burritos Me ...
    Dupage County’s Report of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak from earlier this Summer, just landed in my inbox. The outbreak associated with Los Burritos Mexicanos ended after the restaurant was closed... Continue Reading
  • Cantaloupe Growers to each face as much as Six ...
    From US Attorney Press Release: Eric Jensen, age 37, and Ryan Jensen, age 33, brothers who owned and operated Jensen Farms, located in Granada, Colorado, presented themselves to U.S. marshals... Continue Reading
  • Assuming criminal charges are some day pressed ...
    On behalf of my 46 clients, 25 family members of people who died from Listeria and 21 sickened who survived, I am pleased that the US Attorney’s office recognizes that... Continue Reading
  • More Raw Milk Cheese Linked E. coli Illnesses ...
    I would suggest taking a look at – “A look at the Safety – or not – of Raw Milk Cheese and the “60 Day Rule” The Public Health Agency... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • 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 ...
  • Video: Tesla Model S has secret menu that show ...
    Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, Tesla, Electric, Luxury The Telsa Model S may have won just about every automotive award it could last year, but that doesn't mean it's a perfect vehicle. Far from it. Drivers have been asking when the already high-tech vehicle will get somewhat normal ...
  • Shanghai: Detroit Electric, Geely announce str ...
    Filed under: Shanghai Motor Show, Electric, MISC The revived Detroit Electric company will be partnering with China's Geely, but the mission is not to cooperate on bringing the all-electric Tesla Roadster-like SP:01 to market. Instead, Detroit Electric and Geely will co-develop more normal p ...
  • First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500e
    Filed under: Hatchback, First Drives, Electric, FiatCinquecento's Electrifying One-Price Strategy Is A Gas America's electric vehicle segment is getting crowded, but sales remain tiny compared to the overall market. Listening to EV pitchmen, a key phrase heard over and over is "no comprom ...

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!

  • Breaking: Federal Judge Orders Immediate Relea ...
    A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Herman Wallace, a member of the so-called Angola 3, who was held in solitary confinement for more than 40 years. The judge ordered his release because women were excluded from the grand jury in his case four decades ago. The decision comes as ...
  • Full Interview with Ecuadorian Foreign Ministe ...
    Watch our full hour-long interview with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño on historic Chevron lawsuit, oil drilling in the Amazon, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Ecuador's new media law, meeting with Fidel Castro, the legacy of Hugo Chavez and more.
  • Climate Change Protests Heat Up
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Last week, far out in the Arctic Ocean, the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise approached a Russian oil-drilling platform and launched a nonviolent protest, with several protesters scaling the side of the platform. They wanted to draw attention to a danger ...
  • VIDEO: At U.N. General Assembly, Brazilian Pre ...
    During a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff accused the United States of violating human rights and international law by spying on Brazilian companies, politicians and citizens. "Tampering in such a manner in the lives and affairs of other count ...
  • VIDEO TIMELINE: Democracy Now! Reports on the ...
    FBY.showTab({id: '1695', position: 'right', color: '#3F2E2B'}); Use this interactive timeline to watch our reports on the case of Troy Anthony Davis , including interviews with his longtime advocate and older sister, Martina Correia, and our 6-hour broadcast when Georgia exe ...

Solari

  • Federal Budget
    By The Solari Team There are so many irreconcilable issues in the federal budget, and there are many pieces and aspects to understanding the fiscal cliff policy. If you’d like to take a deeper look or or learn steps you can take to become more independent of government disparity you can r ...
  • Coming Clean in 2013
  • Coming Clean: Beyond the Fiscal Cliff
    As we look over the fiscal cliff into our financial abyss, now is a good time to “Come Clean” about the real state of our lives, our communities, and our economy, starting with the U.S. federal finances that flow deeply and intimately throughout every aspect of our lives. This Solari Special Rep ...
  • Money & Markets – Week of 09.29.13
    Moody’s: Eminent Domain Plan is Credit Negative for Richmond, Calif. Municipal Finance Today | 23 September 2013 Richmond, Calif.’s eminent domain program is a credit negative for the city…
  • Lavabit’s Ladar Levison: ‘If You K ...
    By Kashmir Hill Ladar Levison, 32, has spent ten years building encrypted email service Lavabit, attracting over 410,000 users. When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was revealed to be one of those users in July, Dallas-based Lavabit got a surge of new customers: $12,000 worth of paid subscribe ...

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

  • Bizarre TomTato Grows Tomatoes and Potatoes on ...
    A horticulture center in the UK has spent the better part of a decade developing something that the vast majority of us didn't realize the world was missing: a single plant which grows both tomatoes and potatoes. Thompson and Morgan, creators of the TomTato     
  • The Solar Decathlon 2013 Kicks Off This Week i ...
    Photo by Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy Heads up green building fans - Inhabitat is reporting live from Irvine, California, where student teams from across the States and around the world are putting the final touches on 19 stunning ultra-efficient     
  • Jellyfish Force Huge Nuclear Reactor to Shut D ...
    One of the world's biggest nuclear reactors was shut down last Sunday by an unlikely foe: jellyfish. Sweden's Oskarshamn reactor was closed when tons of jellyfish clogged up the pipes that supply the reactor with fresh water. It's a problem that may seem     
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    The main home is situated on concrete piers and hovers above the rushing river with enough lift to sustain up to 500-year flood levels. Supported by a 15-foot deep steel Howe truss system at its center, the structure cantilevers at either end, benefiting     

    • WIRED Magazine | Science

    • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Mammoth Stars
      This Hubble image shows a pair of massive stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years ...     
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      DAVID DOUBILET/National Geographic Creative The octopus is weird: eerily malleable body, sucker-studded arms, skin that can transform into a convincing facsimile of seaweed—or sand—in a flash. It can solve mazes, open jars, use tools. It even has what seems to ...    & ...
    • Timothy Leary’s Transformation From Scientist ...
      Timothy Leary’s life is now open to the public. The archives of the one-time Harvard psychologist who became an evangelist for the mind-expanding potential of hallucinogenic drugs in the 1960s have found a new home at the New York Public ...     
    • Turn On, Boot Up, and Jack In With Timothy Lea ...
      Timothy Leary may be best known for his starring role in the psychedelic revolution of the '60s, but in the '80s and '90s he became captivated by the transformative potential of personal computers and the Internet. Leary's archives, which have ...     
    • Alien Atmosphere: Plastic Ingredient Detected ...
      By peering into the hydrocarbon haze of Saturn's moon Titan, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has made the first off-world detection of a molecule called propylene, one of the most important starting products of the modern plastic industry.     

    PakAlert

    • The Apocalypse Is Upon Us
      One does not need to be psychic to know that world’s darkest days are right around the corner. There are events which are forming the perfect storm. We face the likely prospect of WWIII in the Middle East. America stands upon the brink of total economic collapse. The mechanisms for a brutal fals ...
    • Major Military Movements Spotted Inside the CO ...
      FEMA REGION III (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV) — Major U.S. military equipment movements have been documented over the last week. However, surprisingly enough, it appears the build-up could potentially be for use in domestic martial law rather than the looming conflict in Syria
    • Video: Wal-Mart Prepping For FEMA, CDC,United ...
      October 1st seems to be the magical day, for our adversaries. Now Wal-Mart seems to be making preparations for some kind of huge event. Disaster, plague, war? Wal-Mart could be the supplier for this regime’s takeover. And by the way, Badfinger was found safe!!
    • ‘Government Shut Down’ Won’t Actually Shut Dow ...
      It turns out that the ominous “government shut down” isn’t so apocalyptic after all since it won’t actually shut down government because the vast majority of federal services and activity will continue as normal
    • New Millennium Resource Wars
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    Andy Worthington

    • Photos: The 10,000 Cuts and Counting Protest i ...
      The 10,000 Cuts and Counting Protest in Parliament Square, September 28, 2013, a set on Flickr. On Saturday September 29, disability activists, the Very Rev. David Ison, the Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, the MP Michael Meacher and representatives of the Occupy movement held a protest in Pa ...
    • Read My Latest Article for Al-Jazeera on Guant ...
      Dear friends and supporters, I hope you have time to read my latest article for Al-Jazeera, entitled, “At Guantánamo, a microcosm of the surveillance state,” in which I look at the latest scandal to derail the military commission trial system at Guantánamo, exposed in a pre-trial hea ...
    • Photos: The Save Lewisham Hospital Victory Dan ...
      The Save Lewisham Hospital Victory Dance, September 27, 2013, a set on Flickr. Sometimes you just need to have a party and celebrate, and that is what happened on Friday September 27, 2013, at the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park, in the borough of Lewisham, which is the last surviving unreconstr ...
    • Guantánamo Prisoner Shaker Aamer Complains to ...
      Please sign the international petition calling for the release from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer, which currently has over 4,900 signatures. What will it take to free Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the US prison at Guantánamo Bay? Cleared for release in 2007 under President Bush, and a ...
    • Is the Tide Turning Against the Tories, as Lab ...
      Ever since the Tory-led coalition government got into power and ministers made it clear that they were seeking to do as much damage as possible to the poor, the ill, the unemployed and the disabled, and to dismantle, if possible, every state-owned enterprise, and anything that expresses some not ...

    Glenn Greenwald - Salon

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    Sciencebase

    • Obamacare and the shutdown
      The US has shut down for the day…it’s some kind of budgetary rebellion over Obamacare, right? This is roughly how Wiki describes Obamacare, or to give it its formal name The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): “[Obamacare] aims to increase the quality and afford ...
    • Tim Minchin – philosopher
      Ooh get him in his robes and mortar board…no, I mean it “get” him, ignore the robes and mortar board, ignore the long hair if that’s not your thing. But, give his philosophy a listen to, all the way through…I perhaps do his speech an injustice quoting so briefly fro ...
    • The monsters in your peripheral vision
      A while ago there was a meme that went viral, it showed images of people one after the other, but if you stared at a spot just to the side of the faces flashing past something very strange happened – you got the impression that the faces were monstrous, ghouls, with distorted features. Giz ...
    • No mystery to free will, just cause and effect
      The debate about free will rages on and on, it always will, with some saying it would violate causality and the laws of physics if it were anything but an illusion, others pointing out that it is “god-given” and so must exist(!) and yet others pointing out that so much of the brain&# ...
    • The real problem with “mental” halloween costumes
      Quoting from Dean Burnett’s interesting take on the Asda “mental patient” Halloween costume debacle: “Mental patients are rarely violent. The term "mental patients" includes people like depression sufferers, who struggle to lift their heads some days, let alone go ...

    Common Dreams -News

    Lifehacker

    • What's Your Primary Camera?
      Even with smartphone cameras getting better all the time, some people still opt for the simple point and shoot camera. Others some need to carry around something with a little more power. What do you use most? Read more...     
    • Quickly Test If It's Time to Buy a New Pillow
      Pillows have a limited lifespan. If you can't remember the last time you replaced yours and want to quickly see if it's time for a new one, try this simple test.Read more...     
    • How Can I Get Un-Banned After Breaking a Terms ...
      Dear Lifehacker, I'll admit it: I'm like virtually everyone else and I don't read those super long terms of service agreements when I sign up for accounts or install software. Recently, I accidentally violated a tiny little clause without knowing and my PayPal account got shut down. Can I do som ...
    • Dropbox Updates with Automatic Screenshot Savi ...
      OS X: Dropbox's latest update for Mac now can automatically save screenshots to your Dropbox, making them easier to share. In addition, Dropbox also offers the option now to import your photos from iPhoto to Dropbox, so you'll have your photos always backed up and organized in one place.Read mor ...
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      Free voice calls, free texts, free data. Yes, really. FreedomPop, which started out offering free mobile internet access, now is launching the first completely free mobile plan.Read more...     

    Water Wars

    • Gov. Deal's office: Florida's water wa ...
      "The only 'unmitigated consumption' going on around here is Florida's waste of our tax dollars on a frivolous lawsuit ... This lawsuit is political theater and nothing more.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
    • Andhra Pradesh bifurcation: There won't be ...
      Andhra Pradesh Major Irrigation Minister P Sudershan Reddy on Tuesday dismissed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's claim that division of the state would lead to "water wars".
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      Leaders of the state hold contrasting scenario about state bifurcation
    • Hopefuls wage water wars
      For the first time in the televised Albuquerque mayoral election debates, candidates’ attentions flowed to the issue of water resources and drought in the city. The final televised debate of the mayoral race was hosted Monday night by New Mexico PBS.
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        Andhra Pradesh Major Irrigation Minister P Sudershan Reddy today dismissed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's claim that division of the state would lead to "water wars".

    WordPress | Economics

    Electronic Intifada

    The Wonk Room

    • It’s Time to #GetCovered
      Today marks a huge milestone in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Health insurance marketplaces opened this morning and millions of Americans, many of whom are currently uninsured and may never before have had access to coverage, began shopping for a quality, affordable health plan. ...
    • Five Great Storylines In The Major League Base ...
      The playoffs begin tonight. Here are five stories to watch. The post Five Great Storylines In The Major League Baseball Playoffs appeared first on ThinkProgress.
    • Where Are The Anti-Shutdown Protests?
      Conservatives have a monopoly on radicalism. Now we're seeing the consequences.The post Where Are The Anti-Shutdown Protests? appeared first on ThinkProgress.
    • The One Trick That Could Get The Government Fu ...
      If five more Republicans step forward, the shutdown could end. The post The One Trick That Could Get The Government Funded Again appeared first on ThinkProgress.
    • Charts: Young Adults Experienced A Lost Decade ...
      Employment among young people has dropped and they are earning less than past decades.The post Charts: Young Adults Experienced A Lost Decade In Employment Since 2000 appeared first on ThinkProgress.

    thwap's schoolyard

    • Stress
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    • The Rob Ford Revival
      Rob Ford's chances for re-election have improved lately: Almost half of Torontonians approve of the job Rob Ford has been doing as mayor of Canada’s largest city, a new poll suggests.Forty-nine percent of the 1,082 Toronto residents over 18 surveyed on Sept. 21 and 22 indicated they supported ...
    • Scott Neigh's "Talking Radical: Gender & Sexua ...
      So, a while ago, I reviewed my friend Scott Neigh's book Talking Radical: Resisting the State. Now I'm working on the other volume in the series (I believe they might be the first two in a larger series): Talking Radical: Gender & Sexuality. I believe that this is the more powerful of the t ...
    • The Failure of Human Agency
      I wrote this in a recent comment and thought I'd expand upon it. Larger forces (environmental, economic, technological) are going to have to blindly guide blind humanity towards a different form of social organization. We are incapable of doing it ourselves. (By "we" i  mean the better sor ...
    • No Vision
      What does the opposition stand for? Free pot (maybe)? The environment? (Elizabeth May will need more friends then.) We're supposed to vote without knowing anything.

    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

    • Afraid to pull the trigger on ATT
      The United States signed the Arms Trade Treaty last week, raising the total number of signatures to 107. Unfortunately, Canada remains one of the shrinking number of countries that have failed to sign the treaty. Months after Canada voted in favour of the treaty at the UN General Assembly, the H ...
    • Ottawa Peace Festival – Prophets of War
      Register to attend the Ottawa Peace Festival event "Prophets of War: Unmasking the Defence Lobby," a presentation by William Hartung.
    • CCV procurement “stuck in a rut”
      A new report released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives questions the wisdom of the Harper government's $2-billion plan to purchase Close Combat Vehicles for the Canadian Forces.
    • More trouble in Cyclone helicopter buy
      The program to replace Canada's 50-year-old CH-124 Sea King helicopters, which has been called the "worst procurement in the history of Canada", is now facing new problems.
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      Thank you to everyone who submitted letters to the editor to newspapers across Canada calling for no war on Syria. We reached almost 350,000 people with our message!

    Kevin Trudeau Show

    • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 7-13-13
      Today, Kevin explains how every single person in America is technically breaking the law and how the IRS could take advantage of it. Plus, the author of Undateable, Anne Coyle, stops by to reveal the secret list of over 311 things that perfectly eligible guys manage to wear, say, or do to make t ...
    • Boost & Strengthen Your Immune System
      There are certain products that I endorse and recommend for anti-aging.  There are certain products that I endorse and recommend to change the way you think. And there are certain products that I travel with all the time. I always, always have Silver Hydrosol with me. I also pack Royal Velvet an ...
    • You Are What You Eat
      Eating good quality food every single day makes a huge difference in how you feel, your energy, your sleep, your skin, and your digestion.  So, a lot of people come up to me and ask, “Kevin, what should I eat? What do YOU eat?” The simplest answer is number one; always avoid high fructose corn [...]
    • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 8-3-13
      Today, Kevin goes into why the government has banned him from every Fox News network, every Disney owned television station and even USA Today & TIME Magazine! Get the latest news you won’t hear from those news sources! 100% of Non-Organic Chickens Carry Deadly Bacteria Secrets to Boost Your ...
    • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 6-8-13
      Today, Kevin delves deep into the obesity epidemic in America. Plus, find out how Kevin Trudeau would run The United States of America if he were president! Self Help: Loss Weight Right! Emergency Preparedness Trace Minerals Health: The Worst Food In America Worker Dies at Cubicle, Found a Day L ...

    Armies of Liberation

    • Hadi appoints new SCER
      On Monday Yemen’s interim president Mansour Abdo Hadi named several judges to the Supreme Commission on Elections and Referendum (SCER).  The SCER is responsible for the technical aspects of elections and has a pivotal role in maintaining or subverting the integrity of electi ...
    • High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine rein ...
      High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue by Jane Novak An elite Marine rapid response team arrived in Yemen’s capital to protect the US embassy there which remains vulnerable and in disrepair following a mob attack this week. Protests against a video clip dee ...
    • State Department ends Yemen arms embargo
      Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012 Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (I ...
    • Yemen’s Al-Qaeda booby traps southern ci ...
      Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday. Reporting to Abyan’s governor, the YEMAC said it had cleared or exploded over 2100 shells and mines since June 13 ...
    • Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages
      Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to use detainees ...

    Dark Politricks

    • Surprise! Obamacare health insurance exchange ...
      Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comSurprise! Obamacare health insurance exchange websites don’t work; HealthCare.gov a total mess Twitchy October 1, 2013 "The Affordable Care Act is moving forward. You can't shut it down." President Obama #Obam ...
    • US Government Websites Go Offline For Shutdown
      Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comUS Government Websites Go Offline For Shutdown Prison Planet.com October 1, 2013 A host of government websites are unusable today following the shutdown in Washington. Here’s how they put out the notice… USA.go ...
    • Iran Unveils Killer Drone That May Really Work
      Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comIran Unveils Killer Drone That May Really Work DAVID CENCIOTTI The Aviationist October 1, 2013 After displaying a stealth fighter that was a sort of joke, obsolete missiles as if they were new, fake or unrealistic UAVs (un ...
    • Geraldo Rivera: Obamacare Doubled My Health In ...
      Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comGeraldo Rivera: Obamacare Doubled My Health Insurance Costs Journalist sounds off on ‘Affordable Care Act’ Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com October 1, 2013 Journalist Geraldo Rivera told the Alex Jones Show ...
    • What happens if the government shuts down?
      Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comWith a government shutdown looming, our 24/7 media has been quick to throw around terms like “catastrophic” and “devastating,” so what would a government shutdown actually mean? No matter what, ever ...

    Dandelion Salad

    • Who Cares About The Planet Anyway? by Chris Wi ...
      Dandelion Salad Chris Williams, author of Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis, and a participant in the ecosocialist coalition System Change Not Climate Change, reports on the latest report on climate change–and the Wall Street non-response to it. SocialistWork ...
    • West’s Damning Silence Over Bahrain by Finian ...
      by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV October 1, 2013 Bahrain’s despotic Al Khalifa rulers have gone into a huff over US President Barack Obama’s comparison of the Persian Gulf island state with Syria. In his address to the UN General Assembly last wee ...
    • The Story of Solutions
      Dandelion Salad storyofstuffproject on Oct 1, 2013 The Story of Solutions explores how we can move our economy in a more sustainable and just direction, starting with orienting ourselves toward a new goal. In the current ‘Game of More’, we’re told to cheer a growing economy &#8 ...
    • Chris Hedges: You Can’t Use the Word Hop ...
      Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges The Public on Sep 27, 2013 A wide-ranging interview with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and outspoken public intellectual Chris Hedges on his latest book ‘Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt’ and his life spent fighting for political and social j ...
    • What is the Social Cost of Carbon Emissions? + ...
      Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Sep 30, 2013 James Boyce: Cost-benefit analysis of carbon emissions has shortcomings.  * Transcript *** Why Climate Deniers Are Plain Wrong TheRealNews on Sep 30, 2013 Arctic sea ice, Greenland ice sheet, Arctic methane are all key to climate change. * Transcript s ...

    Your New Reality

    • China's So-Called "Ghost Cities" Now Filling U ...
      By Darryl Mason Western media got a good run of China's "Ghost Cities", numerous 'serious' newspaper stories, online slide shows, currents affairs stories, tens of million of hits and video video views, so all very popular. But not so very accurate: In the case of Henan’s Zhengzhou—frequently ...
    • "China Will Be The Centre Of The Global Film I ...
      Image via this great Joblo story  China's richest man, Wang Jianlin, has big plans for China's cinema industry, and he's cherry-picking the best talents in Hollywood to come and work for his studio. The Wall St Journal reports the property-and-entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda Grou ...
    • Kurt Cobain's Mad Bad Dream
      In the weeks leading up to the September 1993 release of Nirvana's In Utero album (title taken from a poem by his wife Courtney Love), Kurt Cobain explained what the Nevermind fame circus had done to his sleeping mind movies. "In my dreams, there's always this apocalyptic war going on between ...
    • Rupert Murdoch: I Don't Want To Bully The Comm ...
      By Darryl Mason Front page Murdoch tabloid attacks on prime minister Kevin Rudd Hard to believe the same person most responsible for the moral disintegration of newspapers in the West, and the destruction of dozens of competitor newspapers in Australia, actually once said ...
    • What Happened To All The Outtakes From Stanley ...
      Oh, Stanley Kubrick, what did you do? Here's Stanley Kubrick's friend and key assisstant through three decades, Leon Vitali, on why there are no 'gag reels' or even alternate takes of classic scenes from his movies, anywhere on his DVDs and BlueRays. And Why There Never Will Be: "Outtakes a ...

    Wired - Science

    • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Mammoth Stars
      This Hubble image shows a pair of massive stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years ...     
    • How the Freaky Octopus Can Help us Understand ...
      DAVID DOUBILET/National Geographic Creative The octopus is weird: eerily malleable body, sucker-studded arms, skin that can transform into a convincing facsimile of seaweed—or sand—in a flash. It can solve mazes, open jars, use tools. It even has what seems to ...    & ...
    • Timothy Leary’s Transformation From Scientist ...
      Timothy Leary’s life is now open to the public. The archives of the one-time Harvard psychologist who became an evangelist for the mind-expanding potential of hallucinogenic drugs in the 1960s have found a new home at the New York Public ...     
    • Turn On, Boot Up, and Jack In With Timothy Lea ...
      Timothy Leary may be best known for his starring role in the psychedelic revolution of the '60s, but in the '80s and '90s he became captivated by the transformative potential of personal computers and the Internet. Leary's archives, which have ...     
    • Alien Atmosphere: Plastic Ingredient Detected ...
      By peering into the hydrocarbon haze of Saturn's moon Titan, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has made the first off-world detection of a molecule called propylene, one of the most important starting products of the modern plastic industry.     

    Israeli Occupation Archive

    • Noam Chomsky: Why the Israel-Palestine ‘negoti ...
      The negotiations provide a cover for Israel's takeover of the territories it wishes to control and should spare the United States some further embarrassment at the UN. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go ...
    • Noam Chomsky weighs in on Syria strike
      "As international support for Obama’s decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
    • Noam Chomsky: Israel’s West Bank plans will le ...
      One prevailing assumption is that there are two options: either a two-state settlement will be reached, or there will be a "shift to a nearly inevitable outcome of the one remaining reality -- a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
    • Assaf Kfoury: The background to the July 3, 20 ...
      The greatest illusion about the cataclysmic events shaking Egypt is that, during the truncated one-year presidency of Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian military had been forced to... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
    • IOA status update
      After nearly five years of operation, the IOA website is suspending regular content uploads. Having started immediately after Israel’s attack on Gaza in December 2008 – January 2009, the Israeli... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...

    Ria Novosti - Military

    • China Unveils Yi Long UAV
      China has unveiled for the first time its Yi Long unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) local media reported on Wednesday, which its makers claim is far cheaper than its Israeli and American analogs at less than $1 million.
    • Airshow China 2012
    • Iraq Denies US Pressure Over Russia Arms Deal
      Iraq denied on Tuesday that its decision to suspend a $4.2-billion arms deal with Russia had been taken after consultations with the United States.
    • Military Academy Relocation Put on Ice
      Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has put on hold the relocation of a medical academy from central St. Petersburg, Public Chamber member Alexander Kanshin said on Tuesday.
    • Georgia Ex-Minister Faces Torture Charges
      Georgia’s former defense and interior minister Bacho Akhalaya has been charged with false imprisonment and torture, Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili said on Tuesday.

    Pruning Shears

    • The incredible shrinking Internet
      A couple of weeks ago, Yves Smith’s link roundup included a McClatchy piece about consumers dropping cable TV. She remarked: “Trust me, when you seem more consumers ditching cable, you’ll see the pipeline providers start charging based on how much you download a month.” ...
    • Is football on a glide path to obscurity?
      This post argues football may be about to experience a long, slow decline in popularity. First, two disclosures about why I may be predisposed to believing this - and one very important point of emphasis. Disclosures: 1) I am a lifelong Cleveland Browns fan, and since they returned to the NFL ...
    • 18th century political thinking in the 21st
      In 2006 Matthew Yglesias posted “The Green Lantern Theory of Geopolitics” at the now-defunct site TPM Café. He wrote how he enjoyed reading Green Lantern comic books and briefly explained how the power rings from the series worked, then added:But a lot of people seem to think that A ...
    • Shoddy gun paper excites right wing
      There is new interest in a 2007 study by Don B. Kates and Gary Mauser. “Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide?” was published in Harvard’s Journal of Public Law and Policy and has been cited recently on a number of political blogs, message boards, even on a popular ...
    • A brief review of bad reporting
      Ever since Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s first story on NSA surveillance back in June there have been various attempts to discredit him. Most has been garden variety stuff, the kind of thing it’s usually better to ignore lest it get more oxygen. A post by BooMan earlier thi ...

    Organic Consumers.org

    • Top Right to Know Grocer Spotlight: Natural Gr ...
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    • The Sparks of Rebellion
      I am reading and rereading the debates among some of the great radical thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries about the mechanisms of social change. These debates were not academic. They were frantic searches for the triggers of revolt.Click here to read this article
    • Monsanto Pours Millions Into GMO-Labeling Fight
      We're now only weeks away from the next big GMO-labeling vote in the United States; this time in Washington State, where citizens will cast their votes for the people's initiative 522, "The People's Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act," on November 5.Click here to read this article
    • Famed Chef Alice Waters Leads the Foodie Fight ...
      California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) imposed new regulations on the state's fast-growing fracking industry last week, but dozens of elite chefs are still calling for a complete moratorium on the practice. Click here to read this article
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      The destruction is believed to have been the work of anti-GMO activists Click here to read this article

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    • The IPCC Exposed
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    • U.S. Has Been "Torturing" Iran for 60 Years
      Begin with a military coup In 1979, the U.S. almost immediately turned to supporting Saddam Hussein in an assault against Iran, which killed hundreds of thousands of Iranians Why the Mafia principle.They overthrew a tyrant that the United States imposed Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & ...
    • Public "Education" has become indoctrination a ...
      School is about memorizing what you are told short term and repeating it. his is for the work force the most important quality in a worker bee actually is obedience. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Waste Heat Recovery Device Can Increase Car Mi ...
      Physicists at the University of Houstons physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity are working on an innovative waste heat recovery device that can increase car mileage by 5%. Submitted by Alex Clark to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add ...
    • A Lesson Learned
      Melissa M.H This story brought tears to my eyes - Although my kids are considerate and thankful most times - I'm sure they would have benefited even more so with a lesson like this Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

    Farm Wars

    • Exposing the Hazardous Waste Poisoning of a Nation
      The population, MP’s, mayors and councilors when armed with all this evidence of harm, must demand an immediate irrevocable ban on all ‘water fluoridation schemes’. The evidence of harm in this report is the tip of the iceberg.
    • The Return of the Indigenous Gene: Why We Need ...
      A sweet spot between Digital Age life and our indigenous selves might play a major role in saving humanity.
    • Mounting evidence that GMO crops can cause inf ...
      There are increasing reports of glyphosate and glyphosate formulations causing sexual dysfunction, low birth weight, fewer births, sterility, and birth defects in lab and farm animals, and humans.
    • Dr. Huber: GMOs & Glyphosate Global Impact of ...
      This is a must see video where Dr. Huber spells out the exact hazards we are facing regarding uncontrolled horizontal transfer of genetically engineered material, and the effects of Glyphosate on reproductive health and the entire future of the human race.
    • Congress Moves To Outlaw the Alternative Media
      The alternative media is having a dramatic impact on the worldview of the country, so much so, that the US Senate is legislating against the only objective media left in the country.

    True/Slant Headline Grabs

    Citizens for Legitimate Government

    • UN: Nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed in September
      ShareThisUN: Nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed in September 01 Oct 2013 The U.N. mission in Iraq said Tuesday that 979 people died in September, most civilians caught up in the violence by insurgents led by al-Qaida [al-CIAduh] in Iraq who appear determined to rekindle the tensions between Sunnis and ...
    • Four tonnes of radioactive water spilled in Fu ...
      ShareThisFour tonnes of radioactive water spilled in Fukushima --Some tanks have leaked highly radioactive waste water, which might [?!] have washed to sea. 01 Oct 2013 The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday workers had spilled four tonnes of radioactive water, likely ...
    • Google doodle celebrates Yosemite as park clos ...
      ShareThisGoogle doodle celebrates Yosemite as park closes thanks to government shutdown 01 Oct 2013 The Google doodle is celebrating the 123rd birthday of Yosemite National Park, but in a sad turn of events, the tribute comes the very day visitors to the California nature reserve will be turned ...
    • A CEO who resisted NSA spying is out of prison ...
      ShareThisA CEO who resisted NSA spying is out of prison. And he feels 'vindicated' by Snowden leaks. 30 Sep 2013 Just one major telecommunications company refused to participate in a legally dubious NSA surveillance program in 2001. A few years later, its CEO was indicted by federal prosecutors. ...
    • Berkeley Campus Evacuated After Explosion Link ...
      ShareThisBerkeley Campus Evacuated After Explosion Linked to Copper Theft 01 Oct 2013 The campus of the University of California, Berkeley, was evacuated after a power failure and explosion linked to the theft of copper wire, a university spokesman said. Four to six people received minor burns i ...

    Daily Loaf

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

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    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

    • Marine Statement on Bastion Attack
      01 October 2013 Commandant Announces Decision in Afghanistan Attack Investigation HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, Washington, D.C. - The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen James F. Amos, has concluded that  two high-ranking Marine commanders must be held accountable for the consequences of la ...
    • Army Times: Fort Hood soldiers can face UCMJ i ...
      24 September 2013 According to the Army Times and many other publications, soldiers from Fort Hood are turning many Texans against them.  The base commander has finally put his boot down as a direct result of one Master Sergeant CJ Grisham who has been staging armed confrontations with pol ...
    • Syria: Outrage is Not a Strategy
      02 September 2013 Never Go to War without the Support of Your People In 2006, the talking points from London and Washington insisted: we had won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was not in civil war.  To say otherwise was apostasy. In 2006, British Defense Secretary John Reid was famou ...
    • Syria: Outrage is Not a Strategy
      02 September 2013 Never Go to War without the Support of Your People In 2006, the talking points from London and Washington insisted: we had won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was not in civil war.  To say otherwise was apostasy. In 2006, British Defense Secretary John Reid was famou ...
    • Afghanistan to Syria
      30 August 2013 Before reading my Monday dispatch on Syria, please read this previous dispatch from Afghanistan. British Member of Parliament Adam Holloway is a prominent figure in both. There be Dragons.

    The Killing Train

    • PM Stephen Harper calls for immediate release
      Sept 29, 10:20pm The families of Tarek and John are pleased to see Prime Minister Stephen Harper's statement that Tarek and John should be released immediately.
    • Egyptian authorities extend detention of two C ...
      September 30th, 2013 For immediate release – 45 days after their initial arrest while seeking Egyptian police help returning to their hotel at a checkpoint, Canadians Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson have had their detention extended for a further 45 days by Egyptian prosecutors. read more
    • Detention extended another 45 days
      Sept 29/13, 11:30am We have heard from our lawyers in Cairo and can confirm that Tarek and John's detention has been extended by the prosecutor for another 45 days. They have not been charged. The media contact today is Cecilia Greyson, cgreyson@gmail.com
    • Impending Charges? Tarek and John in their own ...
      September 28/13, 11am read more
    • A Day of Concern at York University for Tarek ...
      On Thursday 26 September at 12:30 p.m., President Mamdouh Shoukri will join other members of the York University community in front of Vari Hall to speak out for the release of John Greyson and Tarek Loubani from the Egyptian jail where they have been held without charges for nearly six weeks. T ...

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    ReDress News

    • 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 ...

    Amazon Rainforest

    • Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
      Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
    • Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
        The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
    • European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
      Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
    • Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
      The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
    • Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
      Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

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