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The Egyptian capital Cairo was the scene of violent chaos on Friday, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who fired back with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. It was a major escalation in what was already the biggest challenge to authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year-rule. They are demanding Mubarak’s ouster and venting their rage at years of government neglect of rampant poverty, unemployment and rising food prices.

Seems there’s a whole lot of misconduct going on in the world of science. Rule breakers rule – everything from data fabrication to falsification, plagiarism to fraud to embezzlement is on the roster of rotten scientific behaviour. It’s a high-stakes game where pressure is frenzied to publish positive results.

The Earth has been in a cooling cycle since around 1998 as verified by meteorological satellite and other data. Piers Corbyn, an astrophysicist and leading forecaster, said “We’re now headed for a Maunder minimum of very low solar activity. The globe will be much cooler until about 2035, so there will be a lot more of these cold winters in Europe and the USA.”

Moody’s Investors Service said it may need to place a “negative” outlook on the Aaa rating of U.S. debt sooner than anticipated as the country’s budget deficit widens.

At a townhall meeting Teaparty favorite Lt. Col. Allen West said seeing the GOP representatives that have been the minority in congress was like seeing faces ‘freed from a POW camp’. He also defended the teaparty principles.

Look carefully at this photo before you go any further and consider how this young Soldier or Marine’s day went. He probably has not had a shower in at least a week. He has been eating his meal out of a plastic freezed dried bag at the most once a day.

The court ruled that the ban, challenged by Corinne Cestino and Sophie Hasslauer, was in keeping with the constitution.

Consider President Barack Obama’s indirect but pointed request to Republicans and Democrats to approve the Dream Act the first salvo in the battle for the Hispanic vote in the 2012 presidential election.

The most frequent adjectives used to describe our current president are “incompetent,” “amateurish,” “narcissistic,” “inexperienced,” and “haughty.” This is often followed by a confession that accusers too were impressed with Obama during his campaign and fell for his smooth delivery, rhetoric, and appearance.

The Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) issued a report finding that TARP’s main goals of “increasing lending” and “promoting jobs and economic growth” have been “largely unmet.” Even more disturbing, the report finds that Obama’s nearly two-year-old Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) program is a failure.