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Archive for December, 2012
The Gatekeepers: Exposing Israel’s Dark Side
Written by Stephen Lendman Date: January 1, 2013 Subject: Israel The Gatekeepers: Exposing Israel’s Dark Side by Stephen Lendman Dror Moreh is one of Israel’s leading cinematographers. Last October, his documentary featuring candid dialogues with former Shin Bet heads debuted in New York. In early 2013, other Western venues will show it. Over the weekend, […]
The Gatekeepers: Exposing Israel’s Dark Side
Written by Stephen Lendman Date: January 1, 2013 Subject: Israel The Gatekeepers: Exposing Israel’s Dark Side by Stephen Lendman Dror Moreh is one of Israel’s leading cinematographers. Last October, his documentary featuring candid dialogues with former Shin Bet heads debuted in New York. In early 2013, other Western venues will show it. Over the weekend, […]
How the ‘Dairy Cliff’ Will Cream Consumers
If the price of milk zooms up shortly after Jan. 1, the increase will come courtesy of a venal and feckless U.S. Congress. No grocery store would hire a clerk who insisted on adding up a customer’s purchases with an ancient abacus. Yet a similarly archaic standard is about to be inflicted on the nation’s […]
How the ‘Dairy Cliff’ Will Cream Consumers
If the price of milk zooms up shortly after Jan. 1, the increase will come courtesy of a venal and feckless U.S. Congress. No grocery store would hire a clerk who insisted on adding up a customer’s purchases with an ancient abacus. Yet a similarly archaic standard is about to be inflicted on the nation’s […]
Responsible Fiscal Cliff Resolution
Written by Stephen Lendman Date: January 1, 2013 Subject: Fascism/Corporatism Responsible Fiscal Cliff Resolution by Stephen Lendman Responsible governance isn’t rocket science. Nor is effective economic policy. Fiscal cliff resolution is as simple as doing the right thing. Both parties spurn doing so. December 31 is a nominal deadline. Effectively it’s meaningless. New year legislation […]
Responsible Fiscal Cliff Resolution
Written by Stephen Lendman Date: January 1, 2013 Subject: Fascism/Corporatism Responsible Fiscal Cliff Resolution by Stephen Lendman Responsible governance isn’t rocket science. Nor is effective economic policy. Fiscal cliff resolution is as simple as doing the right thing. Both parties spurn doing so. December 31 is a nominal deadline. Effectively it’s meaningless. New year legislation […]
Rare Israeli Justice
Written by Stephen Lendman Date: January 1, 2013 Subject: Israel Rare Israeli Justice by Stephen Lendman Instances indeed are rare. An important one deserves mention. In mid-July 2010, Knesset members stripped MK Hanin Zuabi of key parliamentary rights and privileges. They did so for participating in the May 2010 Freedom Flotilla. She joined others trying […]
Rare Israeli Justice
Written by Stephen Lendman Date: January 1, 2013 Subject: Israel Rare Israeli Justice by Stephen Lendman Instances indeed are rare. An important one deserves mention. In mid-July 2010, Knesset members stripped MK Hanin Zuabi of key parliamentary rights and privileges. They did so for participating in the May 2010 Freedom Flotilla. She joined others trying […]
2000 BC tomb in Oman discovered
While building a new border check post in the northern coastal Aswad province of Oman, the squad of Royal Oman Police (ROP) discovered ancient artifacts, settlements and tombs dating back to 2000 BC. Once the ROP team reported the discovery of the ancient graves in Aswad’s Shinas town, the crew of Sultan Qaboos University […]
2000 BC tomb in Oman discovered
While building a new border check post in the northern coastal Aswad province of Oman, the squad of Royal Oman Police (ROP) discovered ancient artifacts, settlements and tombs dating back to 2000 BC. Once the ROP team reported the discovery of the ancient graves in Aswad’s Shinas town, the crew of Sultan Qaboos University […]
‘Peking Man’ was a fashion plate
“Peking Man,” a human ancestor who lived in China between roughly 200,000 and 750,000 years ago, was a wood-working, fire-using, spear-hafting hominid who, mysteriously, liked to drill holes into objects for unknown reasons. And, yes, these hominids, a form of Homo erectus, appear to have been quite meticulous about their clothing, using stone tools […]
‘Peking Man’ was a fashion plate
“Peking Man,” a human ancestor who lived in China between roughly 200,000 and 750,000 years ago, was a wood-working, fire-using, spear-hafting hominid who, mysteriously, liked to drill holes into objects for unknown reasons. And, yes, these hominids, a form of Homo erectus, appear to have been quite meticulous about their clothing, using stone tools […]
Remains of 6th century high-caste man in armour found at ‘Pompeii of Japan’
The remains of a high-caste man wearing armour who was buried by hot ash — possibly as he tried to calm the wrath of an erupting volcano — have been found in an area known as the “Pompeii of Japan”. Archaeologists say they have unearthed the well-preserved body of a sixth-century man who had apparently […]
Remains of 6th century high-caste man in armour found at ‘Pompeii of Japan’
The remains of a high-caste man wearing armour who was buried by hot ash — possibly as he tried to calm the wrath of an erupting volcano — have been found in an area known as the “Pompeii of Japan”. Archaeologists say they have unearthed the well-preserved body of a sixth-century man who had apparently […]
Traditional rice farmers preserving India’s rice biodiversity
In May 2009 super cyclone “Aila” swept the Sunderbans in eastern India and thousands of hectares of rice were ruined overnight and the area completely submerged in salt water. A handful of traditional rice farmers sowed three salt-tolerant rice varieties. These farmers were the only ones who harvested some rice in the following winter. […]
Traditional rice farmers preserving India’s rice biodiversity
In May 2009 super cyclone “Aila” swept the Sunderbans in eastern India and thousands of hectares of rice were ruined overnight and the area completely submerged in salt water. A handful of traditional rice farmers sowed three salt-tolerant rice varieties. These farmers were the only ones who harvested some rice in the following winter. […]
Double Deja Vu on December 31st? Up to 300 starlings litter roadway and fields in Seymour, Tennessee
Residents and those passing by near Dogwood Hills subdivision on Boyd Creek Highway Sunday afternoon were met with an unusual scene. Dozens of dead birds littered the highway and surrounding fields after falling from the sky.Sgt. Robert Stoffle of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department said a call about the birds came in around 1:15 […]
Double Deja Vu on December 31st? Up to 300 starlings litter roadway and fields in Seymour, Tennessee
Residents and those passing by near Dogwood Hills subdivision on Boyd Creek Highway Sunday afternoon were met with an unusual scene. Dozens of dead birds littered the highway and surrounding fields after falling from the sky.Sgt. Robert Stoffle of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department said a call about the birds came in around 1:15 […]
#PALESTINE NEWS | Dec 31, 2012
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