Dec. 17th, 2010

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Dec. 17th, 2010 11:30 pm
Bush Sr., James Baker Instrumental in Getting Nigeria to Drop Bribery Charges Against Cheney

WikiLeaks Cables Reveal BP Narrowly Avoided Disaster in Azerbaijan

Thursday night marked the final "Daily Show" of the year -- and the decade -- and Jon Stewart devoted the entire program discussing something near to his heart: the 9/11 First Responders Bill.

BBC America Strengthens Its Commitment to Sci-Fi in 2011

Lori Nix's stunning, tiny dioramas depict an abandoned world

Map collages by Matthew Cusick: portraits, seascapes & more

'Feminists for Life:' A built-in contradiction?

The media myth that is Winterval

Legal precedent in Israel: Child to be adopted by father's male partner

What's the true cost of that mobile phone in your pocket?

Books recs over on ONTD_Science -- Just added several to my personal list.

Barnacle penises are really fascinating

Silver Swan automaton of 1773

Venezuela congress grants Chavez decree powers

"Joey" to the World!

Captain Beefheart Dies at 69

Scientist Alleges Religious Discrimination in Kentucky

Popcorn in slow motion

NYT magazine feature on Tor

TSA misses enormous, loaded .40 calibre handgun in carry-on bag

"Is long-term solitary confinement torture?"

Taking on Reality TV With Jennifer Pozner

Stigma and Violence Against Transgender Sex Workers

Senate to vote on DADT tomorrow

Solstice lunar eclipse set for December 21st

The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that Ireland's constitutional ban on abortions violates a woman's right to adequate medical care in life-threatening situations. Nevertheless, the court maintained Ireland's right to prohibit abortions in other circumstances.

Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA). Even though the content of IVAWA does not deal with abortion, this widely supported bill had been held up by anti-abortion politics.

New Screening More Effective in Diagnosing Uterine Cancer

Dude, Where's My Mortgage? How an Obscure Outfit Called MERS Is Subverting Our Entire System of Property Rights

Daniel Ellsberg Talks to AlterNet About Treatment of WikiLeaks' Assange

Apple Is Largest Distributor of White Power Music -- the Best Recruiting Tool Supremacist Groups Have

Michael Moore in Hot Water for Suggesting Rape Allegations Against Assange Are "Hooey"

Can Georgia Compete with Arizona as the Most Anti-Immigrant State in the Republic?

Religious Right Mad at Gays For Using Rainbow Symbol

The War on Drugs Is a War on Poor People

DREAMers and LGBT Community Both Saw Defeats in the Last Week -- Will They Finally See that They're Fighting the Same Struggle?

A new survey of American voters shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources.

Vision: Web Phenom Who Cofounded Facebook and MyBarackObama Targets Social Change with Jumo

The Obama admin's reported plan to indict Julian Assange strikes at the heart of investigative journalism on national security scandals.

Pundits Openly Calling for Wikileaks Founder's Death Have Crossed a Very Dangerous Line

The Biggest Political Lie of the Year

Little Mandrill Girl Greets the World

Here is what happens when Lake Erie gets all up in Ohio Lighthouse's shit... and it's fukken cold.

Watch: Julian Assange's Fascinating Post-Bail Interviews

Scant precedent seen for WikiLeaks prosecution

Watch: Georgia's John Lewis Completely Destroys Homophobic Rep's Anti-DADT Repeal Rant

Marvel Boycotted by White Supremacists

Predictions For 2011 — From 1931

Depressed Smokers Less Likely to Stay Tobacco Free

Visceral adiposity may contribute to the risk for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer in premenopausal women, a large prospective study suggested.

Higher Co-Payments Increase Chance of Early Discontinuation, Inadequate Use of Breast Cancer Therapy

While endogenous estrogen (i.e., estrogen produced by ovaries and by other tissues) does have a well-known carcinogenic impact, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) utilizing estrogen alone (the exogenous estrogen) provides a protective effect in reducing breast cancer risk, according to study results presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 8-12.

Obesity was associated with worse overall and disease-free survival in women with operable breast cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, but for the first time, researchers observed this finding in only a specific subset of patients – those with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative disease.

Few Lives Saved by Ovarian Cancer Screening: Study

Ultrasonography Capable Of Detecting Endometrial Cancer Before Symptoms Are Evident In Postmenopausal Women

Study: Boys, Girls Suffer Different Concussion Symptoms

New Study Reveals Low Sex Drive In Women With Diabetes

New Blood Test Could Detect Heart Disease in People with No Symptoms

Seek Early Diagnosis and Treatment for Arthritis, Rheumatologists Urge

Maddow on Letterman talking FOX News

Private Manning and the Making of Wikileaks

Family: "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich violates Christianity and civil rights

Revised Defense Bill Does Not Include Military Abortion Provision

Ariz. Hospital May Lose Catholic Status Over 2009 Abortion Case

Maternity Benefits Difficult To Find in Health Plans Sold on Individual Market in California

Abortion Services To Be Offered in Wichita for First Time Since Tiller's Death

Colombia Starts Offering No-Cost Contraceptive Services

The EPA approved a pesticide against advice of its own scientists

Sheriff's database of confidential informants and victims released

Behold, the awesome power of The Mantis Shrimp

Milking a Killer Whale

Bill Pullman Joins 'Torchwood' as Regular

Panel urges FDA to take another look at mercury dental fillings

Atheists edge out Christians in free-speech battle in Loudoun this year

Free will similar in animals, humans - but not so free

Late-night eats: 11 Cleveland-area restaurants that will feed you through the night -- Yes, this one's totally for my own reference. *nom* My Friends has always been my late-night diner in town, but it's good to know of other options (also, that hot dog place they mention in the opening paragraphs is right down the street from us)

The oldest temple of the Sun has been discovered in northwest Bulgaria, near the town of Vratsa, aged at more then 8000 years, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on December 15 2010.

The New Guinea-based birds of paradise have long been famed for their elaborate forest floor dances. Now, a new study has found that they dance and change the colour of their feathers to woo mates.

A Qatar-led international team has made its first find in its search for planets orbiting distant stars -- a huge gas giant 20 per cent larger than Jupiter that orbits a star 500 light years away.

Scientists have been monitoring a cyclone on Saturn for more than five years, making it the longest-lasting cyclone detected to date on any of the giant planets of the Solar System.

Scientists have identified amino acids, a fundamental building block of life, in a meteorite where none were expected.

Scientists have discovered the earliest known tool made from human bone- and it was apparently crafted by Neanderthals.

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic where no trees now grow, a newly unearthed mummified forest is giving researchers a peek into how plants reacted to ancient climate change.

The top ten archaeological discoveries for this year have been revealed, and they include royal tombs among others.

Wikileaks/Cablegate: Cuba banned Michael Moore's "Sicko" for fear of public backlash

Baby Reindeer Boris Weaned in Time for Christmas!

Young politician was ‘set up’ over gay porn pics

Lost footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey found

If AIDS has been cured, why is the victory party so small? -- A good run-down on all the caveats in the story of the man cured of AIDS after treatment for leukemia.

Using abortion as a lynchpin issue to derail the conversation about child marriage would in itself be unacceptably shameful, but what makes it even worse is that there is absolutely zero mention of abortion or abortion provisions in this bill.

“Their words are killing us”: Violent language of anti-sex work groups

Details of rape, sexual assault allegations against Wikileaks' Assange leaked to Guardian

Batteries last ten times longer with viruses inside

A Huge Solar Filament Erupts

Aliens on Earth: macro photographs of insects by Igor Siwanowicz -- truly gorgeous photos

The censorship of queer art in the United States: what’s actually going on here.

Origami insects and fish by Sipho Mabona

WikiLeaks inspires feminine hygiene billboards in Pakistan

Whipsnade Zoo Rescues Baby Rhino after Breech Birth

House Judiciary panel convenes Thursday to explore legal attack on Wikileaks
Related: US builds case against Assange
Related: House Judiciary Committee hearing on WikiLeaks: Video

A small, feathered raptor-like dinosaur thought to be 125 million years old has been discovered in eastern Utah, scientists announced Thursday.

Record-breaking 5 Elephants Born in One Year!

Geminids over Kitt Peak

Report: Designer arrested over pro-Wikileaks Anonymous press release

National Security Archive director on "Wikimania," and the dangers of demonizing WikiLeaks

In praise of (luridly) pink animals

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