clipped from www.commondreams.org KABUL - Afghan civilians will bear the brunt of an escalation in the Afghan war this year as thousands more U.S. troops deploy unless more is done by NATO forces and Taliban militants to protect them, a top Red Cross official said Monday. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan are "significantly higher" today than a year ago, and an intensification...

clipped from www.brasschecktv.com Bob Prechter called it In 2000, Bob Prechter published a book called "Conquering the Crash" in which he accurately predicted the current financial markets meltdown right down to the bank failures and futile "bailout" actions on the part of the Fed. This past October, Prechter was asked if we could expect to see a "bottom" any time soon...

clipped from www.brasschecktv.com Distorting the data The pharmaceutical industry employees one sales rep for every four doctors. Research on drug effects has been virtually completely taken over by the drug industry. The number of deaths caused by specific medications is often withheld by the FDA because it's considered a "trade secret." Does this sound right...

clipped from www.youtube.com [ Error: Irreparable invalid markup (' ') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] clipped from www.youtube.com Abbott & Costello: "Two Tens for a Five" & "Who... "Bush on First" - Abbott & Costello parody Abbott and Costello Math  

clipped from lj-toys.com clipped from www.darkroastedblend.com Even if you've seen the pictures, you've got to see this video... transparent head, tubular eyes, The Pacific barreleye fish has a head reminiscent of a fighter-plane cockpit. Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBARI) - "The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute discovered the fish 200,000 feet beneath...

clipped from www.newscientist.com Catherine Brahic, environment reporter James Lovelock was on BBC's Radio 4 this morning , promoting his new book The Vanishing Face of Gaia . It was a great to hear him, even if what he said wasn't the most uplifting of messages. Lovelock explained his belief that humanity as we know is a goner. Earth cannot feed 6 going on 7 billion...

clipped from www.newscientist.com Explore an interactive map of the world warmed by 4 °C Read full article Continue reading page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ALLIGATORS basking off the English coast; a vast Brazilian desert; the mythical lost cities of Saigon, New Orleans, Venice and Mumbai; and 90 per cent of humanity vanished. Welcome to the world warmed by 4...

clipped from www.ted.com Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet. Sylvia Earle has been at the frontier of deep ocean exploration for four decades. She's led more than 50 undersea expeditions...

clipped from www.sfgate.com I t is a time of strange bedfellows and bizarre contortions and extraordinary responses to extreme situations, all overslathered with gobs of panic and dread and oh my God, I might have to sell the Range Rover. Translation: Money's tight, baby. City's in trouble. State's deep in the hole. Nation's broke. Solution? Upend the system. Think differently...

Satire, of course, and brilliant! clipped from lauraflanders.firedoglake.com Terry Jones, of Monty Python, on why he's becoming an arms manufacturer. The forecast is good he says. Sales are up. And it doesn't look like growth will slow any time soon. Think about it...by the time you finish watching this the United States will have spent an additional one million dollars in Iraq...