Link: http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1439.htm

Reports that the Arctic sunrise in Greenland arrived two-days early on January 11th has shocked scientists the world over as this historic event leaves many wondering if, in fact, the End of Days are now truly here. In a world where virtually nothing is a certainty (except death and taxes), the precession [a change in the orientation of the rotation axis of a rotating body] of the Earth in relation to the Sun and Moon has remained a constant throughout recorded human history, with the single exception being an ancient occurrence where the Sun was reported to have ‘stood still’ in the sky for nearly 24 hours.

Link: http://worldvisionportal.org/wordpress/index.php/2011/01/the-perfect-genetic-storm

There’s a new proprietary recipe being force-fed to all of us here on the Gulf of Mexico that is now becoming available worldwide. Although this recipe has been closely guarded for 8 months, we were able to break it down after examining the plentiful supply us “Gulf Coasters” have available here. The ingredients are abundantly available while both the recipe and the brewing process are not as secret as everyone had thought.

Link: http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/vera-macht-reports-fron-gaza-life-and-death-in-the-buffer-zo.html

Death comes quickly at a place like this. On sunny winter days, when the smell of the night’s rain is still in the air, as if it would have brought some hope for the raped, barren land of Gaza, overrun hundreds of times by Israeli tanks and bulldozers. The land between the foothills of the village of Bait Hanoun and the Israeli border, guarded by watchtowers, soldiers, snipers, helicopters and drones. A land in which death is a regular guest. 
But despite all that, the 65-year-old Shaban Karmout probably had something like hope when he woke up on that winter morning. His house is in exactly this 300 meter wide strip of land in the so-called buffer zone. He has built his house 40 years ago, in 1971, when Gaza was already occupied by Israel, and yet he had thought to have a future there for himself and his family. Shaban began to plant fruits, his land was full of palms and trees, lemon, orange, clementine and almond trees were growing there. He had a good life.

Link: http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/rafeef-ziadeh-poetry-against-israeli-barbarism-must-watch.html

Rafeef Ziadeh recites her poem, Hadeel, on Remember Palestine, a show broadcast on Press TV. Very moving and touching performance.

Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/2011/01/19/big-trouble-in-tunisia-for-america-s-mid

Oops! Something has gone terribly wrong with Washington’s plans for regime change in the Mideast. Wasn’t there supposed to be a US and British engineered revolution against Iran’s mullahs, followed by installation of a cooperative pro-western government and a bonanza for western oil companies? The revolution came, all right, but in the wrong place. The explosion of popular fury in Tunisia that ousted its dictator of 23-years is sending shock waves across the Arab world and has alarm bells ringing in Washington.

Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2011/jan2011/pers-j19.shtml

American foreign policy specialists have described the events in Tunisia over the past week as the “first WikiLeaks revolution.” This amounts to a grudging tribute from Washington to the impact of the courageous work of Julian Assange and his co-thinkers, who have made public thousands of documents that reveal the predations and crimes of American imperialism and the venality of its client regimes throughout the world.

Link: http://socialistworker.org/2011/01/19/revolt-hungry

Capitalism's warped priorities produce artificial shortages of the basic necessities. Tunisians march in Tunis for bread and an end to the reign of a dictator (Nasser Nouri)Tunisians march in Tunis for bread and an end to the reign of a dictator. "WE WANT bread and water and no Ben Ali," read protesters' handwritten signs as they took to the streets in cities and towns across Tunisia. Some waved loaves of bread, symbols of the hunger that drew people into a struggle that ultimately toppled the corrupt 23-year reign of Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.