www.madcowprod.com The uncle of the two suspected Boston bombers in last week’s attack, Ruslan Tsarni, was married to the daughter of former top CIA official Graham Fuller.

eatlocalgrown.com Monsanto now owns 40% of the conventional seed market in the US and 20% of the worldwide market, including organics and heirlooms. It’s not terribly easy to avoid them, which is why we’ve compiled this list to help you navigate through...

"In the mid-1800s, there were thousands of unique varieties of apples in the United States, some of the most astounding diversity ever developed in a food crop. Then industrial agriculture crushed that world. The apple industry settled on a handful of...

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"since he was first elected, the number of popes has doubled" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIgSgLFwEMs&feature=player_detailpage#t=91s From C-SPAN coverage, Conan O'Brien remarks at the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Watch the complete video...

"second term, baby" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON2XWvyePH8&feature=player_embedded#t=12s President Obama at 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Watch the complete video here: http://cs.pn/1886TAu

www.wired.com If the government thinks your patent-pending invention has national security implications, it can slap a secrecy order on it that prevents you from developing it. More than 5,300 such orders have been issued, with some of them in effect...

"The human inhabitants of the ‘exhibition coloniale’ were observed by over one million curious visitors." http://www.messynessychic.com/2012/03/02/the-haunting-human-zoo-of-paris/ www.messynessychic.com In 1907, six different villages were built in the...

www.guardian.co.uk Last-ditch lobbying to sway vote in Brussels to halt use of killer nerve agents

falkvinge.net The Icelandic Pirate Party has entered Parliament. This is clear as about one-tenth of the votes have been counted, and the Pirate Party projected at 6.3% as final result, well above the five-percent barrier to entry.