Friday, February 10, 2012

Lera Lynn- 'Bobby, Baby'


photo
Sally and Sam think Bobby upset the wrong woman. There’s a bump on the hill, where your body lies
There’s a stone in the ground, reads “this man did try”
If you look to the east, you see your estate
Weathered and hollowed out by your mistakes

Oh Bobby, baby, we all know the truth
You were looking for love in all the bad that you’d do
Bobby, baby, we all know the deal
Your row was hard and long and straight up a hill

Your mother was gone, your daddy did wrong
Your brother died by his own hand
Your wife tried so long, but you she disowned
Your daughter was lost with your land, with your land

Every once in awhile, I still can see
Your blue eyes searching a way to be free
And I go to your grave, bottle in hand
And pour out your freedom right there in the sand
http://slowrecords.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-met-lera-lynn

Uranium deal with China 'important' for Saskatchewan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao before their meeting in Beijing on Thursday. For more on the trade deals signed by Canada and China.
Photograph by: Reuters, The StarPhoenix


Wall claims 'great day' for province


An agreement that is expected to allow Canadian companies to ship uranium to China is "very, very important" for Saskatchewan, Premier Brad Wall said on Thursday in reaction to news from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to the Asian superpower.
"It's a great day for Saskatchewan and we want to thank the federal government and the prime minister for raising a very Saskatchewan issue on their trade mission and making progress," Wall told reporters Thursday at the Legislative Building.
Though a small amount of Saskatchewan uranium has been shipped to China before under special agreements, the new trade agreement signed by Harper is expected to allow Saskatchewan producers to directly sell Canadian yellowcake - a type of uranium concentrate powder - to China, he continued..."The prime minister has been very clear: Canadian uranium is for electricity only:"...Continue reading...
BEIJING — The prospect of Canada entering free-trade talks with China is suddenly being discussed, as Chinese leaders indicated during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit that they are prepared to head down that path — even though Canadian officials aren't so sure this country is ready for the jump...Read here... Harper brings home Pandas from China.Read here.
photo Pandas

Birds are not stupid

A Japanese carrion crow examines the fruits of its labors.
Bird Brains
by Gareth Huw Davies
                                                                                                                                                             The scene: a traffic light crossing On a university campus in Japan. Carrion crows and humans line up patiently, waiting for the traffic to halt.

When the lights change, the birds hop in front of the cars and place walnuts, which they picked from the adjoining trees, on the road. After the lights turn green again, the birds fly away and vehicles drive over the nuts, cracking them open. Finally, when it’s time to cross again, the crows join the pedestrians and pick up their meal.

If the cars miss the nuts, the birds sometimes hop back and put them somewhere else on the road. Or they sit on electricity wires and drop them in front of vehicles.

Biologists already knew the corvid family–it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies and jackdaws–to be among the smartest of all birds. But this remarkable piece of behavior–it features in the final program of “Life of Birds”–would seem to be a particularly acute demonstration of bird intelligence...Continue reading...

Animal Photos - National Geographic Society

Global Persecution of Christians

photo[Members+of+the+Indonesian+Muslim+extremist+group+Laskar+Jihad+wave+their+swords+during+a+demonstration+in+Jakarta+in+this+April+2000+photo.+Christians+are+now+considered+most+persecuted+religious+group+around+the+world..jpg]
By Conrad Black.Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. A comprehensive Pew Forum study last year found that Christians are persecuted in 131 countries containing 70 percent of the world’s population, out of 197 countries in the world (if Palestine, Taiwan, South Sudan, and the Vatican are included). Best estimates are that about 200 million Christians are in communities where they are persecuted. There is not the slightest question of the scale and barbarity of this persecution, and a little of it is adequately publicized. But this highlights the second half of the atrocity: the passivity and blasé indifference of most of the West’s media and governments...continue reading...

Thursday, February 9, 2012

China and Canada set for free trade talks as Harper pens multibillion-dollar deals

Diego Azubel/Getty Images
Diego Azubel/Getty Images
Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Chinese VIce Premier Li Keqiang at the end of the closing of the 5th Canada-China Business Forum on February 9, 2012 in Beijing, China
BEIJING — China and Canada declared Thursday that bilateral relations have reached “a new level” following a series of multibillion-dollar trade and business agreements to ship additional Canadian petroleum, uranium and other products to the Asian superpower.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Chinese leadership said Thursday the economic co-operation agreements — and billions of dollars in new private-sector deals — signed by the two countries over the past few days are unprecedented and will open the door to additional trade and investment.
The new deals further solidify a “strategic” partnership between the countries, particularly in terms of natural resources, with China’s top political leaders calling for “more large-scale co-operation” with Canada on oil and gas to feed China’s seemingly insatiable energy appetite...Read here...

'Woolly mammoth' spotted in Siberia



By STAFF REPORTER
The animal – thought to have mostly died out roughly 4,000 years ago – was apparently filmed wading through a river in the freezing wilds of Siberia.
The jaw-dropping footage was caught by a government-employed engineer last summer in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug region of Siberia, it is claimed. He filmed the elephant-sized creature as it struggled against the racing water... Read here...

Paper Rosie -- Gene Watson

imageGene Watson: 'Paper Rosie' (Capitol Records, 1977)

Another Green Prophet Defects

imageThe Reason For Global Warming Funny Swimsuit Pictures
by John Hinderaker One by one, the more honest of the scientists who fell for the anthropogenic global warming hoax are confessing their error. The latest is Germany’s Professor Fritz Vahrenholt. Melanie Phillips explains:
[A] new book, Die Kalte Sonne, written by Prof Dr Fritz Vahrenholt and geologist/paleontologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning, has caused a sensation even in advance of its official publication yesterday. For Prof. Vahrenholt, a renewable energy expert, was one of the fathers of the modern German green movement and believed everything preached by the IPCC. But according to Focus magazine, he is now a far sadder and wiser man...:Continue reading...

Why Some Wild Animals Are Becoming Nicer

A Kindler, Gentler Fox

Image: Anna Kukekova/Cornell University
By Nature is supposed to be red in tooth and claw, and domestication an artificial process for making animals gentle. But it appears that some corners of the animal kingdom are becoming kinder, gentler places. Certain creatures may be domesticating themselves...Continue reading...

85 Year Old Woman Fights Off Moose Attack With Shovel

Robert Bateman-paintings
http://www.sheepdogtv.com/2012/01/24/85-year-old-woman-fights-off-moose-attack-with-shovel/

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

"Blinded By Love" Rolling Stones

lyrics

CIA Drone Airstrike Vaporizes 10 Haqqani Network Fighters In North Waziristan…

Feel good story of the day.   MIRAMSHAH: A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed 10 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region on Wednesday, security officials said. Moreover, a BBCUrdu report quoted local authorities as saying that those killed in the strike were militants from the Haqqani network...Continue reading...

Video: Iceland 'Lake Monster' Captured on Film?

Iceland Review Online:  Footage was captured of an obscure phenomenon yesterday which appeared to be swimming in the glacial river Jökulsá í Fljótsdal, east Iceland.
People speculate whether this may be the notorious snake-like monster Lagarfljótsormurinn, which is said to reside in the lake Lagarfljót.
The video was taken by Hjörtur Kjerúlf and posted on ruv.is... Continue reading...

Steve McCurry's Blog

Konigslutter, Germany
                                                                                                                                                                             All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all
-Cecil Frances, 1848 Steve Mccurry's Blog

Forever Vegan, Forever Pissed Off. Want to go vegan? Need some support? Just ask!!

Sally and Sam are not Vegans. After spending time on this site, Sam is not eating meat, well, for today.http://vegan-rage.tumblr.com/

"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character
and it may be confidently asserted that he, who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man."- Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher


Alcohol kills

image
IT CAME as no shock to me to read in The Herald that alcohol related hospital admissions in Plymouth had 'rocketed' by 71 per cent in less than a decade.
In my view, this latest figure will have little impact on drinkers. Many people in Plymouth are addicted to alcohol and the next generation of drinkers are already making their presence felt. There is little point in shutting the stable door now, the horse bolted long ago.
The Government's lack of concrete action to deal with the country's massive booze problem implies to me that it must want the country drunk. Let's be frank, the sale of alcohol is a major source of revenue for the government. It will contribute towards the very costly continued invasion of Afghanistan. It will contribute towards the huge cost of the Olympic Games and it will contribute towards the millions of pounds that will be spent on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
In Plymouth, the council and local MPs have failed to take concrete action to tackle the massive booze problem. The NHS has focused their attention on smoking while 1,000 people a month have been admitted to Derriford Hospital with booze related medical and mental conditions. The NHS has a very clear message for smokers – 'Stop Smoking'. But, on alcohol they have been wishy-washy.
Recently a local radio presenter claimed he abstained from alcohol for the month of December. He had serious health problems but he was looking forward to his 50th birthday and to drinking again. In The Herald last week Martin Freeman informed readers that he and his wife experimented with alcohol in an attempt to abstain for four days a week. In my experience people who don't have a booze problem don't have to play around with it.
What message were both of these people trying to convey?
In my view, The Herald should have encouraged people to give up a million pints of booze in its loveLife campaign. Alcoholism kills people in many different ways. It should be taken very seriously indeed.
KEVIN ROCHE
Plymouth Read here

MORE ON SIGNS OF THE ENDTIMES?..QUAKES, TIDAL WAVES..etc..! HAIL MARY...!

image

Interesting reading below, for the curious. Posted by Maureeen Worhach.
MORE SIGNS OF THE ENDTIMES..
http://www.end-times.info/
EARTHQUAKE IN THE PHILLIPINES..!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/us-earthquake-philippines...
AGENDA 21
http://sovereignty.net/p/sd/agenda21rpt.htm
DOWN WITH THE UNITED NATIONS..!
http://www.freewebs.com/unletter/
THE MEMBERS OF THE CFR..!
View the TrailerIlluminati credentials
http://www.mega.nu/ampp/roundtable/CFRA-Elist.html
THE TRUTH ABOUT HADES..!
http://www.av1611.org/hell.html. Read here.

Two Mounties wounded, man slain in gun battle RCMP hunt second suspect after shooting at rural residence near Killam, Alberta

By Jana G. Pruden And Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal With Files From Mariam Ibrahim, Julianna Cummins, Trish Audette And Jodie Sinnema. 
Dozens of RCMP officers surrounded a rural property in central Alberta on Tuesday night after a daylight gun battle that killed one man and sent two Mounties to hospital with bullet wounds.
Though police would not confirm that a man had been killed in the shootout, a source close to the investigation told The Journal that one suspect died in an exchange of gunfire with officers.
Both wounded officers were flown to Edmonton and underwent surgery, one at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and one at the University of Alberta Hospital...Continue reading...

Monday, February 6, 2012

Super Bowl 2012 Commercials

Watch them all here. Super Bowl ads 2012: The game’s best commercials
 Read best commercials...here...

Levon Helm - 'Blue Moon of Kentucky'

Levon Helm and Sissy Spacek in Coal Miners Daughter

The World's New Smallest Vertebrate

smallest-vertebrate.jpgThis is a New Guinea Paedophryne amauensis. Frog is sitting on a dime. Read about him here.

Harper heads to China

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks before the start of an interview with Reuters in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Wattie Harper Feb 3 2012By Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA - Several matters of "international peace and security," including the Syrian crisis, will be on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's agenda as he ventures to China Monday.
Harper's chief spokesman Andrew MacDougall said there will be many global issues to discuss with Chinese officials during the upcoming visit.
"I anticipate the prime minister will raise several matters of international peace and security with his Chinese hosts, including the situation in the Middle East," said MacDougall.
The Prime Minister's Office wouldn't specify if Canada will pressure China on its decision to veto a UN resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down...Continue reading...

Twitter is harder to resist than cigarettes, alcohol, sleep and sex. Study finds...

  • James Meikle
  • guardian.co.uk  Tweeting or checking emails may be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people could resist their desires.
They even claim that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges, people are more likely to give in to longings or cravings to use social and other media...Continue reading...

Queen celebrates 60 years on throne

  • UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO ARCHIVE Photo: Chris Radburn / PA Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the church of St Peter and St Paul at West Newton, eastern England, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. The queen braved the cold and snow to attend church Sunday on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee anniversary. The 85-year-old monarch marks 60 years on the throne on Monday. The anniversary will be marked by a series of regional, national and international events throughout 2012.  Elizabeth ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952. She is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years.  UNITED KINGDOM OUT    NO ARCHIVE Photo: Chris Radburn / PALONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II marked her Diamond Jubilee on Monday with a message thanking all those who had supported her over her 60-year reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people.
    The 85-year-old monarch ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952. She is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years.
    Before a year's worth of festivities to celebrate her milestone, the queen said she and her husband have been "deeply moved" to receive so many kind messages about her Diamond Jubilee....Continue reading...

Friday, February 3, 2012

Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training Information

Santa brought Thomas a new Jay's baseball cap, he has not worn it yet. Grapefruit League starts Mar. 3. Thomas will put on his prized cap wear it all summer  and throw it high in the air when Jays win world series. Thomas follows Ricky RomeroJ.P. Arencibia, and   Brett Lawrie on Twitter, and the boys are are fired up and anxious
 to play ball.

Walking on the wild side: Bird trackers hit winter routes

                    by RIA Novosti / Kirill Kalinnikov
Despite the urban sprawl and traffic jams, . RT joined specially trained animal trackers on their winter route.
Famous for its icy climate, winter is a very special time in Russia: a perfect time for its acclaimed icy swims and snow sports. It is also ideal for tracking a rich natural resource: wildlife.
In Moscow, from late January to early March, winter route tracking takes place across parks. It is something that has carried on through political, social and economic revolutions across the land.
“For decades, we would examine the spread of the species across all of the Russian territory,” Vladimir Krever, from the World Wildlife Fund, told RT. “Thousands of people participated in monitoring elk, wild boar, foxes, wolves and hares. That was how we decided our hunting quotas and what had to be protected, like tigers or leopards.”...Continue reading...

Jewel - You Were Meant For Me




photolyrics

Great Tit folds it's wings during flight

photoGreat Tit (Parus major) Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV 
It might seem like birds flap their wings constantly during flight. But a new movie, that slows down the movement of a flying great tit, reveals that it often folds its wings while in the air.
Captured by Remco Brand and Ansa Fiaz, as part of the Flight Artists project at Wageningen University, the award-winning clip illustrates a turning manoeuvre often used by small birds. According to Anders Hedenström from the Animal Flight lab at Lund University, the baby great tit in this video is retracting its wings to modulate its aerodynamics before landing. However, the move isn't only used to change direction. Hedenström claims that birds also do this while cruising in the air to reduce drag. "Swallows and hirundines are often seen having a brief pause in the middle of the upstroke," he says.If you enjoyed this video, check out a goose flying upside down or a somersaulting fly captured in slow-mo, two other winners from the Flight Artists competition.Read here.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The eagles have landed - Check out Decorah Eagles on sidebar

Bald Eagle NesttingMore Than 100 Bald Eagle Nests Now In New Jersey
New Jersey Fish and Game
New Jersey Fish and Game
Trenton, NJ --(Ammoland.com)- The dramatic recovery of the American bald eagle has reached a milestone in New Jersey, with more than 100 pairs now nesting in the Garden State, according to a newly released analysis of the species’ population.
The survey by the NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program counted 102 pairs of actively nesting eagles, plus 11 more pairs in the process of establishing nesting territories.
The survey documented a record 22 new nests, of which 16 are in southern New Jersey, four in northern New Jersey and two in central New Jersey.
To learn more about this milestone, view the NJDEP news release at http://www.nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2011/11_0141.htm ; for more information on eagles in New Jersey, including the 2011 Eagle Report, visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/ensp/raptor_info.htm on the division’s website.Read here.                       Canada geese steal an American eagle nest    
Photo by Susan Winston/Special to The Commercial Appeal, Susan Winston/Special to The Commercial Appeal
Canada geese have claimed squatters' rights to this eagle's nest at Beaver Dam Lake near Tunica, Miss.
By Bryan Brasher BEAVER DAM, Miss. -- With mating season in full swing for Canada geese, people have no doubt seen the tall, majestic-looking birds nesting on the ground all over the Mid-South.

But Mike Boyd can show you something you probably haven't seen when it comes to geese.
On the edge of his property at historic Beaver Dam Lake, just outside of Tunica, Boyd can point to a pair of Canada geese sitting in an eagle's nest more than 80 feet off the ground.
The geese didn't wait for the eagles to leave and then claim an abandoned nest. They actually fought off the eagles and have forcefully occupied their home for two weeks despite their constant protests.
"At certain times, you can go out there and see the eagle sitting on the limb above the nest looking down at the geese," Boyd said. "Believe me, that eagle is not happy."...Continue reading...

The weather is mild in Saskatchewan, but rest of world is freezing ( photos MailOnline)

Spectacular sunrise: Ice floes float down the German-Polish border river Oder during sunrise near Frankfurt Oder, Germany
By Emma Reynolds Before you complain about the toe-numbing temperatures today, cast your eye a little further abroad than the light dusting of snow in your back garden.
As Britain is facing some of its first widespread flurries of snow, breathtaking images from around the world reveal gorgeous landscapes covered in ice and buried under snowdrifts.
In Eastern Europe, the Black Sea froze near the Romanian coastline and villagers in Serbia and Bosnia were airlifted from their homes after being cut off without food.
The dramatic icy weather has caused traffic chaos, power outages and even deaths all over the planet as people battle frostbite and hypothermia...photos here
Saskatoon's winter delayed, by Jeremy Warren, The StarPhoenix. Saskatoon's winter delayed, maybe canceled. When people say they can’t remember a winter like the one Saskatoon has experienced this season, they’re probably right, says a senior climatologist with Environment Canada.

The average afternoon temperature for Saskatoon in December and January hit -3.2 C, which is about seven degrees warmer than the normal temperature for the time period, said Environment Canada’s David Phillips.

“That is the warmest it’s ever been in Saskatoon during that time, and the records go back to the 1800s,” he said, adding that the average early morning temperatures were slightly cooler than the record of -12.5 set in 1930, also the year with the second warmest average afternoon temperatures...Continue reading...

photo

Indonesian children take risky journey to school


 "Children in an Indonesian village in the district of Lebak are having to climb over a collapsed bridge to make their way to school.
They say they prefer to take this perilous route because a detour to the next bridge would add half an hour to their journey.
The bridge collapsed nearly five days ago due to flooding and residents have appealed to the local government to repair the bridge as soon as possible..." Read here

FEIST - The Bad In Each Other

Feist - 'The Bad In Each Other'  Shot in Mexico and directed by Martin De Thurah. Feist said the concept of the video was, "Finding the little, tiny wars people experience in between the big dramas." Read here.

"The Bad In Each Other"

Speak plain he said
But didn't see
He acted that way
And held me like a cup
Fill me up then pour me out
Therein lies the doubt.
We had the same feelings
At opposite times.

When a good man and a good woman
Can't find the good in each other
Then a good man and a good woman
Will bring out the worst in the other
The bad in each other

But what and how
To find us now
When we've become two
Fluorescently blue
Down the neon river
The sadness canoes
Either without or with her

When a good man and a good woman
Can't find the good in each other
Then a good man and a good woman
Will bring out the worst in the other
When a good man and that good woman
Can't find the good in each other
Then a good man and a good woman
Will bring out the worst in the other
The bad in each other. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/feist/thebadineachother.html

"Alien" Particles Found Invading Our Solar System—A First

Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula
A Hubble Space Telescope picture of the Crab Nebula, a cloud of dust and gas left over from a supernova.
Image courtesy ESA/NASA
Andrew Fazekas
For the first time, a NASA spacecraft has directly observed "alien" particles that came from beyond our solar system, astronomers announced today.
The discovery not only gives us a glimpse of what exists in the so-called interstellar medium—the matter between stars—but also offers clues to the anatomy of our local galactic neighborhood.
Orbiting Earth some 200,000 miles (322,000 kilometers) away, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft was able to snag samples of hydrogen, oxygen, and neon that came from interstellar space.
"It's exciting to be able to have these first observations of alien matter—stuff that didn't come from our sun or the planets, but came from the outside of our solar system, from other parts of the galaxy," David McComas, team leader for the IBEX program, said during a NASA news conference Tuesday.
"We think these are really important measurements, because these elements are the fundamental building blocks of stars, planets, and people."...Continue reading...

Pythons are wiping out mammals and birds in Florida's Everglades National Park

Picture-python-and-alligator-fight-to-the-death-in-the-Everglades.jpg
An American alligator and a Burmese python struggle to prevail in Everglades National Park. Pythons have been known to kill and eat alligators in the park.
Photo by Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service.Read here.
By Brid-Aine Parnell Non-native Burmese pythons are chowing down on the local populace to such an extent that observations of many animals have declined by 99 per cent in the last eight years, and the poor old bunny rabbit hasn't been seen at all.

"Road surveys totaling 56,971 km from 2003–2011 documented a 99.3 per cent decrease in the frequency of raccoon observations, decreases of 98.9 per cent and 87.5 per cent for opossum and bobcat observations, respectively, and failed to detect rabbits," the study, published in the journal for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), said.

The researchers also found that more mammals were missing in areas where the snakes were well-established than in places where they had only been seen recently...Read here....

In Florida Everglades, pythons and anacondas dominate food chain

By .http://www.infowars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/PythonA.jpgphoto

Every child learns this sad and basic truth about nature: The snake eats the rabbit.
But in the southernmost part of the Florida Everglades, things have taken a really wild turn. Pythons and anacondas are eating everything. The most common animals in Everglades National Park — rabbits, raccoons, opposums and bobcats — are almost gone, according to a study released Monday...Read and view photo gallery

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Wakeboarding in Alaska


Leonard Cohen - 'Closing Time'

image“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” ~T. S. Eliot

Sapelo Shell Rings (2170 BC)

imageEtowah Indian Mounds in Georgiaby .The oldest Indian mounds in the state of Georgia can be found along the Atlantic coast on Sapelo Island. Known as the Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex, these three Indian mounds are each doughnut-shaped constructions built from successive layers of different types of shells including oysters, conch, clams, and mussels. The rings rise approximately 20 feet above the tidal marsh and the largest of the three has a diameter of 255 feet. The site has been radiocarbon dated at 2170 B.C. making it older than Egypt’s pyramids! (Similar sites have been discovered in Florida such as the Horr’s Island Mounds which are even older.)...Read here...

On the cumbersome list of 4,500 interveners are American-backed environmental organizations that make the curious claim that Northern Gateway is not in the “national interest.”


According to blogger Vivian Krause, who has sifted through U.S. tax records, American foundations have funnelled $300 million into Canada’s environmental movement in the past 10 years, says the Herald editorial board.
"...Poking their noses into Canadian regulatory affairs is nothing new for the U.S. environmental lobby, which pumps hundreds of millions into their Canadian branch plants. According to blogger Vivian Krause, who has sifted through U.S. tax records, American foundations have funnelled $300 million into Canada’s environmental movement in the past 10 years..."Read here...

Regina snowboarder Mark McMorris, 18, won two gold medals at the 2012 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.

video                                                                               By Craig Slater, Leader-Post.
 Mark McMorris' star shone brighter this past weekend than the primetime TV lights that followed him.
The Regina snowboarder became the first double gold-medal winner at the Winter X Games since Shaun White, an American Olympian, accomplished that feat in 2009.
McMorris, 18, was competing in just his second X Games. He captured the gold medal in the big air event on Friday in Aspen, Colo., and followed that on Saturday with another gold-medal finish in the men's slopestyle snowboarding event...Read here...

Up close: startling new photos of uncontacted Indians released in bid to protect their lands

  "Survival International has released close-up pictures of uncontacted Indians, exactly a year after aerial photos from Brazil astonished the world.
The new photographs taken in south-east Peru show an uncontacted family from the Mashco-Piro tribe.
The Mashco-Piro are known to inhabit the Manú National Park, but sightings of them have increased in recent months.
Many blame illegal logging in and around the park and low flying helicopters from nearby oil and gas projects, for forcibly displacing the Indians from their forest homes.".View here.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

UFO Found In Baltic Sea? (VIDEO) - TheHuffingtonPost.com

                                                                                                                                                                   A team of shipwreck hunters that found a strange circular object on the floor of the Baltic Sea in 2011 now says they have discovered visual evidence of a second "disc-like shape" some 200 meters from the original find, CNN reports.....Continue reading... 

Fiddler on the roof - If I were a rich man

fiddler-on-the-roof-image-1image