Why Iran really wants to join the nuclear club

Reblogged from LeftCentral: Andrew Noakes Following the release of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report on Iran’s nuclear programme in November, the familiar debate about whether the West ought to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities has re-emerged with renewed ferocity. As informed commentators have argued, such an attack would have catastrophic consequences. It could possibly […]

The Date the Dead Sea Died

Reblogged from Fr Stephen Smuts: Leading environmental scientists have warned the Dead Sea would not survive another significant period of drought in the Middle East after discovering the date it all but disappeared. The Telegraph reports: Recent exploration of the sediment underneath the lake revealed that it all but disappeared 120,000 years ago when temperatures in […]

The Coming War...

Reblogged from L.A. Marzulli's Blog: Commentary & Analysis by L. A. Marzulli Israel and Syria brace for regional war between mid-Dec. 2011 and mid-Jan 2012  DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security Dubai Sheikh: If Iran Attacks, Israel Will Wipe It Off the Map Dubai Sheikh: Israel Can Wipe Iran Off the Map – Middle East […]

Israel's chilling relations with the US | Jonathan Guyer

Reblogged from top99news: http://www.guardian.co.uk Israel’s chilling relations with the US | Jonathan Guyer Hillary Clinton’s sharp remarks about Israeli democracy are of a piece with Israel’s alienation from its traditional American supportThe Israeli government has come under criticism from both the Obama administration and American Jewish communities over the past week – http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/israels-netanyahu-suspends-ad-campaign-to-lure-home-ex-pats-that-had-angered-american-jews/2011/12/04/gIQAjhUOSO_story.html. The current […]

Gov't mulling Iron Dome system in Haifa

Reblogged from : Gov’t mulling Iron Dome system in Haifa – Israel News, Ynetnews. Home Front Defense Minister Vilnai says missile defense system may be deployed near Haifa to protect oil refineries in case of Hezbollah strike Yoav Zitun Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Tuesday Israel was considering the permanent deployment of an […]

Hamas denies reports leaders fled Syria

Reblogged from : Hamas denies reports leaders fled Syria – JPost – Middle East. Photo by: REUTERS/Mohamed Al Hams/Handout By KHALED ABU TOAMEH 12/05/2011 19:23 Denial comes in response to Reuters report saying dozens of activists were leaving Damascus quietly. Talkbacks ()     Hamas denied Monday that some of its leaders had left Syria […]

Interview Dos and Don'ts

Reblogged from The Good Greatsby: In this tough job market, you’re lucky just to get an interview, and it’s essential that you carefully prepare ahead of time by reviewing a list of Dos and Don’ts so you don’t make a huge interview faux pas that might cost you the job. Here’s a list I always […]

LE PETIT EROTIQUE ~ Special Edition Trilogy!

Reblogged from TE-ZINE ~ Grab a coffee, read, relax & enjoy!: This titillating erotic photographic treasure has been published by vcb publishing in time for Christmas!  It contains all three books in the Le Petit Erotique Collector Classic series – all 21 sensual sepia treats; a collectors treasure not to be missed!  Order your copy now  and […]

A Little Christmas Music

Reblogged from A Simple, Village Undertaker: I’m not a big fan of the commercial side of Christmas, but I am a fan of some of the great, seasonal music that’s out there. I wanted to beat Kurt to the punch with this album, which I will post just about all the songs before I put […]

Threesomes. We've all had one.

Reblogged from whygirlsarejustsomuchbetter: As the title may suggest – everyone has had a threesome. Full stop, moving on. Now some of you may be reading this thinking, “fuck. Really?! I haven’t, am I socially and sexually unaware??” Let’s get this clear. I am not talking about the type of threesomes that you are all picturing right […]

Bogdan Buzaianu Brânză de burduf

Reblogged from Bogdan Buzaianu: Brânză de burduf este un tip sărat de brânză, cu Cascaval sheep’s-lapte, are un gust puternic şi uşor moale în textura. Pentru a obține aceasta, caş dulce este tăiate în bucăţi mici, sărate şi apoi mână-amestecat într-un castron mare de lemn. Amestecul este apoi plasat o oaie stomac, sau în piele […]

X-Files - The Căluşari

Reblogged from Eye on Romania | Ochiul pe România: Last night was cold and rainy and so I decided to cue up a decidedly appropriate video to watch – an old episode of the X-Files. I know that in Romania one of the TV channels shows re-runs (called Dosarele X, a literal translation) so some […]

Life in the fast lane

Reblogged from Ronsho Visual and Fine Art: The major highway that cross the city of Tel Aviv runs besides the Ayalon river as can be seen in the photo above. Sometimes during the winter the highway could be flooded, but its really rare as during most of the year it is totally dry. More photos […]

A Different Levitation

Reblogged from Rich Decay: When I do levitations, it’s the freeze motion shot kind. However, this above ^ is quite impossible for me to freeze motion, unless a) I’m a world record breaking gymnastic person or b) earth lost its gravitational force or c) I remodeled my whole room to make it look tilted in […]

The Most Powerful Photos of 2011

Reblogged from Deliciously Damaged: A distressed bride attempts suicide in China after her fiance abruptly called off their marriage. Still in her wedding gown, she tried to kill herself by jumping out of a window of a seventh floor building. Right as she jumped, a man managed to catch and save her. A monstrous dust […]

Top 10 Curiosities - Physics

Reblogged from chrishaledesign: I’ve always been interested in the laws of physics; Gravity, friction, velocity, space, voltage etc. If it weren’t for physics and physical matter we wouldn’t exist, especially not without great difficulty. The above image shows a few ways in which physics can be interpreted. I’m particularly interested in the space and time […]

Iran's Guards on war footing – London. Spy drone capture is US, Israel setback

Reblogged from : DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security. US stealth drone RQ-170 Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has placed the Revolutionary Guards on a war footing amid fears that the West and Israel are about to attack their nuclear program, the London Telegraph, which has good ties with British intelligence, reported early Tuesday, […]