Jun 30
by Jeff Thomas “How can an otherwise sane individual become so enamored of a fantasy, an imposture, that even after it’s exposed in the bright light of day, he still clings to it – indeed, clings to it all the harder? No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie.” ~ …
Jun 30
Londoners are coming together for a demonstration against the security measures involving surface-to-air missiles for the Olympics, as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) fails to address the concerns of locals, the British media reports. According to the Guardian, Communities and neighbors are talking to each other as they come together in opposition for a demonstration …
Jun 30
“We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years……It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of …
Jun 30
By Chris Bourne, Contributing Writer | Waking Times The Power of Non-efforting What if we don’t need to effort and struggle in life at all? What if just by letting go we could summon the whole power of the universe right through our beingness? And what if we could do that simply by confronting and …
Jun 30
A favorite theme of science fiction is “the portal”–an extraordinary opening in space or time that connects travelers to distant realms. A good portal is a shortcut, a guide, a door into the unknown. If only they actually existed…. It turns out that they do, sort of, and a NASA-funded researcher at the University of …
Jun 30
by Volubrjotr The German police took off their helmets and marched with the protesters- clearing the way for them. Blockupy Frankfurt. Police are escorting. Reports 20,000+ protesters. Nice to see their faces…. and their humanity coming through… Who Owns The European Central Bank? The same people who own the Federal Reserve and who owned the first national bank of …
Jun 30
Dog Poet Transmitting……. May your noses always be cold and wet. Last night’s machine gun radio show is available for download. Here I relapse back into the sort of routine I used to employ in my standup performances, possibly an indication that I should sit down (grin). ♫One more Smoking Mirrors for the road (kidding!)♫ …
Jun 30
Sexual predators in the police are abusing their power to target victims of crime they are supposed to be helping, as well as fellow officers and female staff, the Guardian can reveal. An investigation into the scale and extent of the problem suggests sexual misconduct could be more widespread than previously believed. The situation raises questions about the efficacy …
Jun 30
By Judith Evans (AFP) LONDON — Britain’s justice minister called Saturday for criminal prosecutions of bankers and stronger financial regulation after scandals erupted over rate manipulation and mis-selling by major lenders. “We are very bad at prosecuting financial crime in this country,” Justice Secretary Ken Clarke told BBC radio. “I suspect financial crime is easier …
Jun 30
The sonar picture of the unidentified object resembles the famed Star Wars ship the Millennium Falcon.As previously reported some days ago, new images of the unusual object discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea are now raising more questions. During the second expedition, something very strange happened when the divers approached the mysterious object. …
Jun 30
By Susanne Posel | Occupy Corporatism The British Journal Lancet Infectious Diseases published a study claiming that the swine flu has killed an estimated 579,000; fifteen times higher than laboratory tests had previously confirmed. The World Health Organization (WHO) had originally supposed only 18,500. At the time, WHO claimed that this number was a gross …
Jun 30
by Zen Gardner We’re all pissed off in some form or another. No question. No one can sit idly by with any level of consciousness and not be ticked off by the insanity, inequities and atrocities going on around us. That’s righteous anger and there’s nothing wrong with it. But we must keep it in …
Jun 30
The Pentagon loves Jihadist terrorism in Syria. “Ironic indeed, that the US in particular is backing entirely terrorist forces that thousands of Americans have shed their blood allegedly fighting in the “War on Terror.” It appears that Al Qaeda, admittedly a creation of the CIA in the 1980′s to draw in and fight Soviets in …
Jun 30
A passing storm brought a halt to rides at the 26th annual Italian-American Festival held in Canton, Ohio on June 29, 2012 A wave of violent thunderstorm has swept through the eastern part of the United States, leaving more than 2 million people in the dark and killing a woman in northern Virginia. People across …
Jun 30
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has struck a remote region of northwestern China, close to the border with Kazakhstan. The tremor occurred at 5:07 a.m. local time on Saturday (2107 GMT on Friday) and was centered 94 miles southwest of the town of Shihezi in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to the …
Jun 29
AFP-Jiji Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that radiation levels exceeding 10 sieverts have been detected in the flooded basement of reactor 1 at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a development that will hamper its decommissioning. Radiation from the basement water was found to be as high as 10,300 millisieverts an hour, a …
Jun 29
. . . . . . . By James Chapman, Becky Barrow, Ruth Sunderland and Rob Davies Hundreds of bankers across three continents are embroiled in the interest-rate fixing scandal that has left Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond fighting to save his job. As pressure intensified on Britain’s highest paid banking boss to quit, MPs …
Jun 29
By Rob Preece – Wake Up World Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of compassion, holding a piece of lapis lazuli at his heart representing the quality of Bodhichitta. In a world where sickness of heart is a cultural normality, it’s a long road to the heart of the Bodhisattva When some of my Tibetan teachers first began …
Jun 29
The “Feel Good” Ordinance? You Bet It Is! by Cathy L. Food Freedom, Free Choice, Private Contract, Food Sovereignty, Local Foods – call it what you will but something big is growing in Maine! In 2011 five Maine towns passed the Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance and two more passed Local Food Resolutions. A …
Jun 29
By Michael Snyder, Contributor | Activist Post What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. I will admit that I am extremely concerned about the second half of 2012. Historically, a financial …
Jun 29
Speaker of Iran’s parliament says Islamic Republic used to American threats to attack, adds ‘no one listens’ to Hillary Clinton’s comments concerning military actions. By Haaretz and Natasha Mozgovaya Satellite imagery of an Iranian military site linked to suspected work on nuclear arms shows strong evidence of a cleanup. Photo by AP U.S. warnings of …
Jun 29
By Arya Dipa Susilo Bambang Yuhoyono: (JP/Ricky Yudhistira) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are on the same page: Foreign interests should stay out of Syrian conflict resolution. “President Putin and I share a common view that it must be stopped,” Yudhoyono said during a public lecture on “Geopolitics development in …
Jun 29
Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end date” of the Maya calendar, December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic finds in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala. …
Jun 29
by Zach Royer From the canyons of the mind We wander on and stumble blind Through the awful entangled maze Of starless nights and sunless days While asking for some kind of clue A road to lead us to the truth As all of you know by now, the infamous Bermuda Triangle is the area …
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