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This Thanksgiving was more politicized than any in recent memory. More than the last one, after Barack Obama won re-election after four disappointing years. More than the 2008 Thanksgiving, which happened right after that bitterly contentious campaign, and when Slate.com

On Tuesday, former Marxist-turned-conservative icon David Horowitz spoke at the Heritage Foundation to mark the launch of what will be a ten-volume compendium of his writings on leftism, The Black Book of the American Left. In his wide-ranging speech, Horowitz

(AP) Japan nuke agency urges drastic steps at FukushimaBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOIn their first meeting since Japan created a new, more independent nuclear agency 13 months ago, the top regulator urged the head of the utility that runs the crippled

BBC News: Six workers at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have been doused in radioactive water, its operator says. The incident happened after a worker removed a pipe connected to a water treatment system at the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company

(AP) Overflowing tank cause of new leak at FukushimaBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOAnother day, another radioactive-water spill. The operator of the meltdown-plagued Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says at least 430 liters (110 gallons) spilled when workers overfilled a storage tank without

(AP) Bomb kills 2 Pakistan soldiers in quake-hit regionBy ABDUL SATTARAssociated PressQUETTA, PakistanSuspected separatists killed two Pakistani soldiers Wednesday, in a wave of attacks targeting troops doing relief work in a remote region of the country’s southwest where a major

(AP) Snider’s homer lifts Pirates past Brewers 4-3By JOE TOTORAITISAssociated PressMILWAUKEEThis one was for Roberto Clemente. The Hall of Famer’s retired jersey is still the only 21 that matters for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pinch-hitter Travis Snider homered in the ninth

By SUDHIN THANAWALAAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThere was little fanfare, but the gleaming white and newly built $6.4-billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened to the public as vehicles began crossing it after more than a decade of construction

IBTimesUK· Japan said on Wednesday (August 21) that it would look into dramatically raising the severity of a toxic water leak at the Fukushima nuclear plant, its most serious action since the plant was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami

(AP) Strong earthquake in western China kills 56 peopleBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGA shallow earthquake struck a dry, hilly farming area in western China early Monday, killing at least 56 people, injuring more than 400, and destroying thousands of homes, the

AP: Flooding in western China has triggered a landslide that buried up to 40 people on Wednesday and destroyed a high-profile memorial to a devastating 2008 earthquake. It is the worst flooding in 50 years in some areas. (July 10)

(AP) Sea water contamination feared at Fukushima plantTOKYOJapan’s nuclear watchdog says the crippled Fukushima plant is likely leaking contaminated water into sea, a problem long suspected by experts. Watchdog commissioners instructed operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Wednesday to find

By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOThe nuclear power plant chief who led the life-risking battle to stabilize the cripple Fukushima reactors when they were spiraling into meltdowns two years ago has died of esophageal cancer. He was 58. Masao Yoshida died Tuesday

Over the decades rich nations have poured trillions of dollars into African development projects, but the global economic meltdown and Africa’s booming growth are turning off that tap. In 2012 western aid to sub-Saharan Africa quite literally decimated. Rich countries

By LAURI NEFFAssociated Press NEW YORK–Eli Roth says one of the best things about his new movie “Aftershock” is that it creates a “real, new business model” that could help independent films hold their own against studio blockbusters. Roth co-wrote,

(AP) China city quashes protest against petro plantBy DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGAfter word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Generational Dynamics view of Syria’s conflict Russian migrants to Israel form closed ultra-nationalist community China preparing for popular unrest following Sichuan earthquake Taliban terror campaign seeks to sabotage Pakistan elections Greece passes bill

The upcoming documentary Gasland Part II stirred up plenty of unwanted attention Sunday as ticket-holding farmers were barred from seeing the film and a reporter was arrested at the scene of the premiere. The film is slated to be shown

(AP) – A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.

(AP) – A Communist Party official says that earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan provinces left at least 32 people dead and injured more than 600. Xu Mengjia, party secretary of Ya’an city, which administers the area where the quake hit,

(AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that international sanctions imposed over his country’s nuclear drive had caused “problems”, but insisted they had not stopped progress. Ahmadinejad spoke in Ghana as he wound up a three-nation tour of west

(AP) – Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centered in neighboring Iran that toppled scores of mud brick homes and killed at least 36 people, officials said Wednesday. The Pakistani

An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Zahedan, Iran at 10:44:13.03 UTC on Apr 16, 2013. From the Associated Press:   Seismologists say a major earthquake has struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border, less than a week after a

(AFP) – A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck on Tuesday near the Gulf port city of Bushehr, home to Iran’s only nuclear power plant, killing at least three people, state television and officials said. Iranian news agencies made no immediate

(AP) – The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant said Saturday that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage, in a blow to the plant’s struggles with

There’s a new consensus forming that the worst forecasts for global climate change may need to be reconsidered. The clearest sign of this is a piece that appeared in the Economist March 30th titled “A Sensitive Matter.” The title of

(AP) McIlroy texts with Tiger after losing top rankingBy CHRIS DUNCANAP Sports WriterHUMBLE, Texas Rory McIlroy sent a text message to Tiger Woods on Tuesday, congratulating him on winning at Bay Hill and taking over the No. 1 world ranking

(AP) Earthquake shakes Mexico CityMEXICO CITYEarthquakes shook a broad swath of southern Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending thousands fleeing into the streets as an earthquake alarm sounded. But there were no immediate reports

(AFP) – Global losses from natural disasters hit $138 billion in 2012, with half the sum claimed by drought and Hurricane Sandy in the United States, the UN said Thursday. Hurricane Sandy, which lashed the US east coast in October,

Following the example of the inestimable Charles Krauthammer, who calculated that President Barack Obama’s $1 million golf trip with Tiger Woods would pay for a full year of White House tours (at $18,000 per week), I decided to calculate the

Hundreds of survivors of the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan filed a class action lawsuit Monday seeking restitution of the region that was contaminated by radioactive fallout. Some 800 plaintiffs filed the case with the Fukushima District Court, demanding 50,000-yen

When Field & Stream magazine asked Vice President Joe Biden about the pluses and minuses of using a shotgun for self-defense vs. an AR-15, Biden said one of the pluses is that you can “just fire the shotgun through the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Bawdy Silvio Berlusconi may return as Italy’s Prime Minister U.N. claims immunity in Haiti cholera compensation case U.S. deploys 100 troops to Niger to operate drone base Al-Qaeda ‘tip sheet’ for avoiding drones found

(AP) Japan posts record $17.4B trade deficit in JanBy ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterTOKYOJapan posted a record 1.63 trillion yen ($17.4 billion) trade deficit in January as rebounding exports lagged behind surging imports of crude oil and gas due to rising