The Raw Story

A non-profit news blog, focused on providing independent journalism.

Sunday, 9 November 2014

The dis-ease of being busy

I saw a dear friend a few days ago. I stopped by to ask her how she was doing, how her family was. She looked up, voice lowered, and just whimpered: "I'm so busy... I am so busy... have so much going on."Almost immediately after, I ran into another friend and asked him how he was. Again, same tone, same response: "I'm just so busy... got so much to do."The tone was exacerbated, tired, even overwhelmed.And it's not just adults. When we moved to...

How to stop the psychopathic oil, gas companies - the Way of the Warrior

© Unistotencamp.com With a newly elected Congress gearing up to pass Keystone, the inspiring story of the Unist'ot'en Camp, an indigenous resistance community established in northwest Canada to protect sovereign Wet'suwet'en territory and blockade up to 10 additional proposed pipelines aimed at expanding Alberta Tar Sands operations. The Uni'stot'en Clan, which has families living in cabins and traditional structures in the direct pathway of the...

Creeping conflict in Ukraine and Novorussia

© APVoentorg in action There is an interesting word in Russian: вялотекущий. It can be translated as "creeping" or "sluggish". It is composed of the word which means "lethargically", or "torpidly" or "apathetic" and текущий which means to flow, to progress. This word comes to my mind when looking at the war in the Ukraine, it is progressing towards some kind of worsening, but it does so in a slouching, slowly creeping way.Novorussian side On the...

Northern Rockies snowstorm to expand to Minneapolis, Great Lakes

The snowstorm unfolding across the northern Rockies will spread a swath of snow to Minneapolis and the upper Great Lakes through the first part of the week. Before reaching the Great Lakes, the system is expected to deliver snow from the Rocky Mountains to the northern Plains with accumulating snowfall reaching as far south as Denver.The snow will then begin to build into the northern Great Lakes, moving into the region on Monday and continuing...

Siberian Express to bring an early -30 degrees F to Wyoming, Montana

Even though it's still early November, a January-like cold wave just entering Montana and the Dakotas on Sunday will bring 30 below zero temperatures to scattered locations in Montana and Wyoming by Wednesday morning.The cold will fill the nation's midsection by mid-week, with no let up in sight. The coldest air to arrive in a series of reinforcing surges is still a week away.Temperatures are forecast to run 15 to 30 deg. F below normal for at...

First tobacco ban in U.S. proposed in Westminster, MA

© AP/Elise AmendolaBrian Vincent poses in front of a large display of tobacco products at Vincent's Country Store in Westminster, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Local officials are contemplating what could be a first: a blanket ban on all forms of tobacco and e-cigarettes, leaving some shop owners fuming. The cartons of Marlboros, cans of Skoal and packs of Swisher Sweets are hard to miss stacked near the entrance of Vincent's Country Store, but...

Enjoy this period of false stability. We're on the brink of an economic collapse

The idea that the United States is on the brink of a horrifying economic crash is absolutely inconceivable to most Americans. After all, the economy has been relatively stable for quite a few years and the stock market continues to surge to new heights. On Friday, the Dow and the S&P 500 both closed at brand new all-time record highs. For the year, the S&P 500 is now up 9 percent and the Nasdaq is now up close to 11 percent. And American...

Virus that 'makes humans more stupid' discovered

© The Independent, UKA virus has been discovered that affects cognitive abilities in healthy people. A virus that infects human brains and makes us more stupid has been discovered, according to scientists in the US.The algae virus, never before observed in healthy people, was found to affect cognitive functions including visual processing and spatial awareness.Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical School and the University of Nebraska stumbled upon...

Palestinians mark Berlin Wall anniversary by breaking through West Bank barrier

© AFPPalestinian youths, one holding a national flag, appear through a hole they dug in the controversial Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Bir Nabala -between Jerusalem and Ramallah- on November 8, 2014 as celebrations today mark 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. A group of Palestinian activists dug a hole through the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.A...

Facing up to the capitalist within

As with the social changes that were necessary to end the African slave trade, a transformation of modern capitalism requires that we step outside of ourselves and examine our own roles within the system objectively. John Newton (1725-1807) is best known for penning the hymn Amazing Grace in the later years of his life as a minister in the Church of England. In 1788 he published a pamphlet entitled Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade, in which...

Remembrance day farce: Wear a black poppy instead

© UnknownThere were over 16,000 conscientious objectors in the First World War, many of whom, like these, were imprisoned. On 6 November 2014, counter-militarism activists pasted 16,000 black poppies around the city of Glasgow to appeal to the public to consider what Remembrance Sunday means.Each poppy represents one of the conscientious objectors, making up 16,000 war resistors who took a stand against their enlistment during the First World War.The...

The CDC stockpiles Ebola equipment while mainstream press has an Ebola news blackout

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ramping up its acquisition of protective gear for U.S. hospitals that may have to handle Ebola patients, following a "sudden increase" in demand on its current national stockpile.The federal health agency said in a November 7 statement that it is ordering an additional $2.7 million in personal protective equipment that will eventually be fashioned into 50 kits that can be deployed rapidly to hospitals...

DOJ Grants $63 Million for Social Justice School Discipline Promoted by Bill Ayers

According to an October 1st statement from Attorney General Eric Holder, “This funding is being awarded as part of the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative – a large-scale, multi-agency research effort to build practical, and scientifically-sound, knowledge about effective ways to increase school safety nationwide.”However, according to a review of past and current restorative justice initiatives in schools, the funding appears to be just another...

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman claims he secured release of Kenneth Bae from North Korea

Dennis Rodman threatened to stop basketball trips to North Korea if the People’s Republic didn’t release Kenneth Bae, a letter dated in January and obtained by TMZ shows. Nearly a year later, Bae and Michael Miller are returning to the U.S. after being released from their labor camp sentence. Dennis Rodman is taking credit for the sudden release of imprisoned American citizen Kenneth Bae from a North Korean labor camp.The former Chicago Bulls basketball...

Creepy cockroaches could be used for search and rescue

© Thinkstock Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) have found a way to turn cockroaches into cyborgs and have them assist in search and rescue operations after major disasters.By wearing special backpacks, the "biobots" can detect and locate sound, as well as differentiating between important and unimportant sounds.The scientists came up with two innovations, both of which involve electronic backpacks which are equipped with microphones.One...

No lost love there: A fiery phone call between Erdoğan and Putin ended in firing mutual threats

© UnknownPutin did not comply with Caliph Erdogans wishes but told him instead to stop arming terrorists or else... The pugnacious Turkish President made a rare telephone call to his Russian counterpart to discuss the latest regional developments, particularly Syria's raging conflict.According to Moscow Times, a renowned Russian English-language daily newspaper, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who stepped up his customary belligerent rhetoric against...

Winston Churchill wanted to wipe Kremlin off the map with atomic bomb, FBI memo reveals

© RIA NovostiThe Yalta (Crimea) Conference of Allied leaders (February 4-11, 1945). First row, sitting: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and U.S.S.R. Marshal Josef Stalin before a meeting. A secret memo from the FBI's archives has revealed that Britain's Winston Churchill once urged the US to drop an atomic bomb to "wipe out" the Kremlin. He reportedly thought it was the only remedy against the...

Winston Churchill wanted to nuke Kremlin ‘to win Cold War,’ FBI memo reveals

Source: RTThe Yalta (Crimea) Conference of Allied leaders (February 4-11, 1945). First row, sitting: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and U.S.S.R. Marshal Josef Stalin before a meeting. (RIA Novosti)A secret memo from the FBI’s archives has revealed that Britain’s Winston Churchill once urged the US to drop an atomic bomb to “wipe out” the Kremlin. He reportedly thought it was the only remedy against...

Giant armored dinosaurs breathed through "Krazy Straw" airways

© Leonello Calvetti / ShutterstockArmored ankylosaurs Carrying around an exoskeleton of bony armor is hard work. But armored ankylosaurs figured out a way to shoulder the load and stay cool. These Cretaceous dinosaurs had "Krazy Straw" nasal passages that helped them air-condition their brains, according to a new study."These heads are just covered with bone - they just look like rocks with eyes. And yet, when you look inside, they have these noses...

Fireballs and shaking ground in central Texas

KXAN viewers from all over Central Texas reported seeing a meteor Saturday night that many described as "lighting up the sky." Reports indicate the meteor, likely a small rock or piece of space debris, entered the atmosphere about 8:45 p.m.While KXAN cannot confirm the authenticity of the video below, viewers who have seen the clip say it appears to be the same meteor they saw Saturday night. The YouTube user who posted the video says it was captured...

Putin signs new new mega gas deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping

© RIA Novosti/Mikhail KlimentievRussia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his China's counterpart Xi Jinping President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have signed a memorandum of understanding on the so-called "western" gas supplies route to China. The agreement paves the way for a contract that would make China the biggest consumer of Russian gas.Russia's so-called "western" or "Altay" route would supply 30 billion cubic...

5.1 earthquake hits Greek island of Cephalonia

A strong 5.1-magnitude tremor has hit just west of the island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea, western Greece.The quake, which hit at 1:15 a.m. local time (2315 GMT), had its epicenter 5 kilometres underwater, the Athens Geodynamic Institute reports.There have been no immediate reports of damage or injuries.A 4.7-magnitude quake hit the island Friday.An 5.7-magnitude earthquake on January caused widespread damage in the island, leaving hundreds...

Another fake Bin Laden story conjured up by U.S. government

fake story put out by the Pentagon to support the fantasy story that a SEAL team killed Osama bin Laden, who died a second time in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a decade after his first death from illness and disease.This fake story together with the fake movie and the fake book by an alleged SEAL team member is the way the fake story of bin Laden's murder is perpetrated. Bin Laden's alleged demise at the hands of a SEAL team was a propaganda orchestration,...
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)