X-FLARE: For days, giant sunspot AR1515 has looked capable of producing a really strong explosion. On July 6th it finally did. Yesterday, the sunspot's magnetic canopy erupted, producing a brief but potent X1.1-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:

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On Wed July 4,2012 MnR Live From Montreal at 730 pm est on vokle.com we discuss the top 10 greatest conspiracy theories of all time. We would lobe to have your input also on this.

http://www.vokle.com/events/68643-mnr-live-from-montreal-the-top-10-greatest-conspiracy-theories

By Dr. Mercola

Brazil, the second-largest producer of genetically modified (GM) crops (after the U.S.), is the latest country to take a stand against biotech giant Monsanto, which could end up handing over at least $2 billion as a result.

A war has been waging against Monsanto in Brazil for nearly a decade, virtually ever since the country legalized farming of GM crops in 2005.

Since then, Monsanto has been charging Brazilian farmers double –…

By Press TV



July 06, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- The former Countrywide Financial Corp., whose subprime loans helped start the nation's foreclosure crisis, made hundreds of discount loans to buy influence with members of Congress, congressional staff, top government…

Anti-Obama reporter says he's being watched by drones

Published: 06 July, 2012, 20:22

Journalist Joseph Farah says the aircraft he saw hover above his rural Northern Virginia home recently was a government surveillance drone, and he believes the unwelcome visit was just a step in the Obama administration’s war against…

ACLU’s new Android app lets users secretly record police misconduct

By Stephen C. Webster

Friday, July 6, 2012 9:16 ED

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/06/aclus-new-android-app-lets-users-secretly-record-police-misconduct/

'Bye-bye miss American pie': US pilot mock-sings as missile hits target (VIDEO)

Published: 06 July, 2012, 17:14

In the latest uproar surrounding American troops in Afghanistan, video has been released of an American pilot singing an impromptu rendition of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ at the exact moment a rocket strikes Afghans on the ground.

The…

Why Ireland scrapped their voting machines

Published on 3 Jul 2012 by…

Defending the Internet — and the corporations that invest in it — from government regulation is the new “End the Fed,” Paul advisors tell BuzzFeed exclusively. A new Paul manifesto: “This is our revolution.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/the-pauls-new-crusade-internet-freedom

Ron and Rand Paul are set today to shift the central focus of their family's long libertarian crusade to a…

7 pm my time; mid-night in Iceland. New year's eve.

Watching '2 lbs per person on the island' fireworks display over a roving web cam; a panner that scans most of the city for ya is taking up my time.

http://eldgos.mila.is/english/newyears/

OK, so I’m easily amused. The party is city-wide, used to fund rescue work and a national event there.

From a land where cleaning up the city on Sunday (FOR FREE, BY…

Welcome 2012.

Last year's music (for me) was 'cities on fire' (Blue oyster cult) mixed with “crown of creation' - (Jefferson airplane.)

This year? I hope to see BB die of his own ineptness. Of tips, to be more precise.

Welcome to the morgue, people. (No…

UK soldiers 'beat innocent Iraqi men in black ops jails but new secret justice law means their torture will be hidden forever'

By David Rose

PUBLISHED: 00:52, 24 June 2012 | UPDATED: 07:26, 24 June 2012…

http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/nightmarescenario.php

The Nightmare Scenario

Let us start with some unpleasant facts.

1. The debt-based economy of the private central banks has failed and is collapsing.

By design private…

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!

Mark Matheny

June 28, 2012





As countries in the Middle East begin to transform under the guise of "revolution", the winds of war also begin to sweep their way closer to the borders of Israel.



We have seen the overthrow of regimes in Egypt and Libya. Both countries were relatively at peace with Israel before "revolution" came and swept peace from both of them. Although western media often…

It pays to be a Member of Congress during a financial crisis. 34 lawmakers – including Speaker of the…

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/28/shatner-drops-pants-at-la-airport

-The actor was queuing at Los Angeles International Airport to catch a flight to South Africa when he was singled out for a search by officials.

-Shatner says, "It was awful to have people looking at me with my pants down, probably the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me... It was a long flight so I wanted to…

Occasionally the SEC and other regulators will castigate, actually punish, fraudulent events on Wall Street.  Of course the real punishment is only meted out to individuals and small companies.  Mega banks – the banking mafia – are largely immune.

 

Martha Stewart was convicted of insider trading in 2004 – a relatively small amount – and was sent to jail.  It was an act of fraud alright, but it pales in comparison to the fraud of Wall Street banks.

 

Phil Falcone, a once high…