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In the Sochi Arboretum, 2007, Sochi, Krasnodar...In the Sochi Arboretum, 2007, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Everything you need to know about the Sochi Olympics

KenInNYatDownWithTyranny! - 27 minutes ago
*You see Sochi all the way over on the Caucasian (i.e., bad) side of the Black Sea. In the breakup of the former Soviet Union, Russia lost the choice parts of the Evil Empire's Black Sea frontage -- including Odessa and the Crimean peninsula (where Sebastopol and Yalta are) -- to Ukraine, so since then it has had to make do.* *by Ken* My first idea was to run the above post head and then leave this space blank -- ha-ha! I mean, you don't *need* to know *anything* about the Winter Olympics, do you? Then I would have added the assurance that, as with most things, this too would pass... more »

Deco Labels - Rob Ford and Doug Ford's Inherited Business Empire

CMatLILITH NEWS - 1 hour ago
Last year, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford raised quite a few eyebrows last year by declaring on the radio that the best gift to get a woman is money. *"Women love money. Give ‘em a couple thousand bucks and they are happy,"*he said on radio in December 2013. Councillor Doug Ford concurred with his brother. "Well, all my girls love money. So do men. Everyone loves money," Doug said with a laugh. The Ford brothers, who consistently like to portray themselves as "regular folks" and "working class" to voters, are actually worth millions from their company, *Deco Labels*, which they inherited fr... more »

Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion releases video on Gays in Sochi

CMatLILITH NEWS - 1 hour ago
The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion has released a video promoting LGBT rights with respect to Olympic athletes, a public condemnation of Russia's anti gay laws. Gay and lesbian rights have become centre stage at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics - largely because of Russia's new draconian communist era laws which have brought gay bashing back to the forefront of Russian politics. Russia's new laws include: *1. Prohibiting pro gay demonstrations in the streets, such as gay pride parades, public protests, etc.2. Anyone who shares / publicly promotes "homosexual propa... more »

American Leaders Laugh About Dead Veterans and Children

John FriendatJohn Friend's Blog - 1 hour ago
Subscribe to *The Realist Report on YouTube* *American political leaders of both parties are war mongering psychopaths. They do not care about you, your family, or the lives of innocent people. Watch as they laugh and make jokes about suffering and death.*

Today`s BC Liberals, Leadership and Decision Making Postponed Until Hell Freezes Over!

Grant GatThe Straight Goods - 3 hours ago
Today in Canada we have reached a crisis point, not only is democracy being assailed but our politicians have become serial liars, spinners and brainbdead, what will it take to wake up the electorate and more importantly what will it take for the mainstream media to grow balls.. Today Stephen Harper announced $1.3 billion dollars for First Nation`s schooling, there`s a catch, the funding won`t start until 2016, that would be 2016 after the 2015 federal election, Harper and the Con party will be history by then, the audacity of Stephen Treason to make that announcement of First Nat... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime)atRunning 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago

Sunday Classics "extra": "'La Traviata' at the foot of Masada" -- say what?

KenInNYatDownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*"La Traviata at the foot of Masada"* *VERDI: La Traviata: Prelude and Opening Scene(through Alfredo and Violetta's Brindisi)* [You can find an Italian-English libretto for *La Traviata* at "DM's opera site."] *[in English] **Valerie Masterson (s), Violetta Valéry; John Brecknock (t), Alfredo Germont; et al.; English National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, cond. EMI, recorded Aug.-Oct. 1980* *[clip 1: Prelude; clip 2: Opening Scene] **Rosanna Carteri (s), Violetta Valéry; Cesare Valletti (t), Alfredo Germont; et al.; Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, co... more »

Target hack attack facilitated by HVAC Company ? Facebook hacked by Syrian Electronic Army - Happy Birthday Mark ? Battling BlackPOS !

Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
05 FEB 14 Target Hackers Broke in Via HVAC Company Last week, *Target* told reporters at *The Wall Street Journal* and *Reuters* that the initial intrusion into its systems was traced back to network credentials that were stolen from a third party vendor. Sources now tell KrebsOnSecurity that the vendor in question was a refrigeration, heating and air conditioning subcontractor that has worked at a number of locations at Target and other top retailers. [image: hvachoover]Sources close to the investigation said the attackers first broke into the retailer’s network on Nov. 15, 2013 usin... more »

“4 Ways to Make Your Brain Work Better”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime)atRunning 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“4 Ways to Make Your Brain Work Better”* By Chris Mooney “You're a busy person. Keeping up with your job, plus your life, has you constantly racing. It doesn't help that when working, you're distracted not only by your mobile devices, but also by your computer. You average 10 tabs open in your browser at any one time, and you compulsively click amongst them. One's your email, which never stops flowing in. At the end of the day, you sleep less than you know you should, but as you tell yourself, there's just never enough time. If this is how you live, then Maria Konnikova has a simp... more »

4th Financial Services Executive Found Dead; "From Self-Inflicted Nail-Gun Wounds" ..... Who commits suicide by nail gun and by the way , do you really think he did it like this ? Talley died from seven or eight self-inflicted wounds from a nail gun fired into his torso and head....... More suicides to come ? FX Probe Extends To Options: "Oh God, Look What We've Uncovered"

Fred WaltonatCatharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Talley must have been a fan ........ http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-07/4th-financial-services-executive-found-dead-self-inflicted-nail-gun-wounds 4th Financial Services Executive Found Dead; "From Self-Inflicted Nail-Gun Wounds" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/07/2014 17:02 -0500 - Real estate - SWIFT - Tribune inShare The ugly rash of financial services executive suicides appears to have spread once again. Following the jumping deaths of 2 London bankers and a former-Fed economist in the... more »

How Long Will This Economic Holocaust By the Uber-Wealthy Go On? How Long Will We Allow It To?

Why There’s No Outcry By Robert Reich People ask me all the time why we don’t have a revolution in America, or at least a major wave of reform similar to that of the Progressive Era or the New Deal or the Great Society. Middle incomes are sinking, the ranks of the poor are swelling, almost all the economic gains are going to the top, and big money is corrupting our democracy. So why

The "Debt Ceiling" aka: "special manouvers" of the Fed... I mean, "Treasury"

D ... Breaking The SilenceatRemoving The Shackles - 4 hours ago
Here we go again everyone!!! It's........... DEBT CEILING TIME AGAIN!!!!!! In our last episode of the "Debt Ceiling Crisis" we pointed our fingers and laughed at the Main Stream Media for not being able to keep their stories straight, and ohhhhhhh'ed and ahhhhhh'ed at the cute way that the Treasury hocked their tighty whities to the tune of $400 Billion during the second last episode of "Debt Ceiling Crisis" in May 2013. To review: Previously on "Debt Ceiling Crisis"... "U.S. debt jumped a record *$328 billion* on Thursday, the first day the federal government was able to bor... more »

Nuland: Comic misunderstanding?

Rodger PayneatDuck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
Have Duck readers been following the latest glitch in U.S.-European relations? Josh mentioned it in his recent roundup. Here’s how the Washington Post explained the story: On Thursday, a video was posted on YouTube in which Victoria Nuland,, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe, disparagingly dismissed European Union efforts to mediate the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine Continue reading

Republicans Demand "Job Creation"-- And That Means Higher Unemployment And More Pain For American Families

DownWithTyrannyatDownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Boehner and Cantor have a song they want to sing you about jobs This week, a slightly inebriated Boehner was whining about some hostage crisis he's cooking up-- for the national debut, if I remember correctly-- and demanded the price of not driving the U.S. government into default on the debts Congress had run up would be… job creation. Job creation? Everyone likes job creation, right? Well, no, actually. Republicans have steadfastly tried to undermine the economic-- for purely partisan reasons-- by sabotaging every single jobs creation bill President Obama has proposed. And the Ayn ... more »

Live Well Utah Event and Giveaway

Debra HawkinsatHousewife Eclectic - 7 hours ago
I am excited to be able to attend this Live Well Utah event sponsored by the Utah State University Extension. Come join with us for a fun night out with entertaining presenters, food and door prizes at Live Well Utah . Choose from four hands-on workshops about food, finances, gardening and family. Everyone will leave with fun take-aways. All presenters have been featured on KSL’s Studio 5! Registration also includes refreshments and all of the take-aways. Live Well Utah | Conservation Garden Park | West Jordan, UT Feb. 19 from 7 to 9 PM | $10 per person Live Well Utah | Thanksgiving... more »

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New Orleans LadderatNew Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*Levee-board reformers worry that Jindal bringing politics back into process ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*~Last month, Jay Lapeyre, the leader of the nominating committee for the local flood authority, received a letter from Garret Graves, head of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s coastal office. It said two previous nominees from the committee were ineligible, and it asked that Lapeyre reconvene the panel and send more names up. One of those rejected is the authority’s president and supporter of its controversial lawsuit against oil and gas companies the governor opposes. The letter concluded: “It is ... more »

WISE UP TO NON CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES AS THE KEY TO THE “COLLEGE AND CAREER READY” DOOR.

davidgreene207003059at@ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
David T. Conley’s standard for high schools is the following: “They should be considered successful in proportion to the degree to which they prepare their students to continue to learn beyond high school.” He has defined learn as “ the ability to engage in formal learning in any of a wide range of settings’. He […]

Study finds a huge discrimination against boys at schools

Luboš MotlatThe Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
*Science shows that the opposite of the feminist claims is true* *In the famous Czech cartoon for kids, Mr Mach and Ms Šebestová (right) found a torn off telephone receiver. Comrade teacher Ms Kadrnošková (pink skirt) tends to treat Mr Horáček and Mr Pažout as two ultimate losers although they may be smarter than Ms Šebestová and she just dislikes their rebellious character. Episodes at YouTube.* Czech news server iDNES.cz discusses a pair of new sociological papers about the favoritism in education: Czech teachers disciminate against boys. A new study debunks the feminists. Dr/M... more »

Classroom Activity: Interpreting Regression Results

Phil ArenaatDuck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
Editor’s note: this post originally appeared on my personal blog. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve decided to try “flipping the classroom” this semester, meaning I’m posting the lectures online and using class time mostly for activities that reinforce core concepts and create incentives for students to keep up with the lectures from week to week. Continue reading

THE PATH TO WORLD POWER

Bruce K. GagnonatOrganizing Notes - 9 hours ago

Putin on the Ritz

jurassicporkatWelcome Back to Pottersville - 10 hours ago
There's nothing like an Olympics in your little burg to make the authorities heel to. Back in the old days, the world press that descended on their soil was alone enough to make even the most inhuman tyrants temporarily cease and desist their brutal tactics. Before and during the Berlin Olympics of 1936, Adolph Hitler personally ordered a moratorium on the roundup of gays and systemic crackdown on Jews. While the international media was still in Berlin that summer, local residents remarked seeing a dramatic decline in the quantity of anti-Semitic posters. Now there's somet... more »

Fight the Good Fight!

Timothy D. Slekarat@ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago
I visited a failing school today. Here’s what I witnessed. Compliance and Accountability vs Justice and Responsibility.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face

Hijack attempt- Ukraine to Sochi-diverted to Turkey?

PennyatPenny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
Was this really a 'terror attack'? Or a move to steal the global spotlight from Russia? It's early in the news cycle.... but this can certainly get a lot of play- All week end long And avert the eyes of the world from Sochi. Let's see how this plays out? *And by the way Russia is putting on one heck of an opening show. Gorgeous.* [image: Characters perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.]scene from the show *The alleged hijack attempt?* *Hijack attempt forces plane to land in İstanbul* *The pilot of a... more »

Mandatory disclosure to Unions not a breach of Charter

James C MortonatMorton's Musings - 10 hours ago
*Bernard v. Canada (Attorney General) *2014 SCC 13 may be relevant to potential right to work legislation: [37] Ms. Bernard's freedom of association argument has no legal foundation. Her argument was that since the Board's order required the employer to provide her personal information to the union, she was thereby being compelled to associate with the union, contrary to s. 2( *d*) of the *Charter*. In our view, the compelled disclosure of home contact information in order to allow a union to carry out its representational obligations to all bargaining unit... more »

"a particular viewpoint on life"

CraigatIs the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Conservative Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has been quoted in some of the newspapers today for his criticism of the BBC. Some of the coverage make it sound as if he savaged the BBC - which he didn't; in fact, he was rather charitable towards the corporation. (Rather *too* charitable I'd say.) This then is what Mr Grayling actually said: I think the real problem for the BBC is not that there is an intentional bias at senior levels, not that it is institutionally biased against us. But it’s that there is a cultural leaning towards the Left. The people who work at the BBC have a... more »

You Light Up My World Valentine with Free Printable

Debra HawkinsatHousewife Eclectic - 10 hours ago
[image: Housewife Eclectic: You Light Up My World Valentine with Free Printable] This Valentine is probably the easiest I have shared so far. You don't even need anything to attach the little goodie, as book lights have their own clip. This Valentine is perfect for your older child who still wants to share Valentines to some of their friends. It is darling and pretty affordable. I found these cute book lights in red at my local dollar store in the electronic section. You will need: - Book lights - Valentine Printable found at the end of this post [image: Housewife Eclecti... more »

DYNASTY IN AMERICA

Bruce K. GagnonatOrganizing Notes - 10 hours ago
*Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (on left) and Hillary Clinton are being pushed by the corporate oligarchy as their candidates in the next round of political theatre* Now that Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is political dead meat the ‘voices’ tell us that Jeb Bush wants to run for president. The conservatives love him; the fundamentalists do as well, as do the militarists and bankers. It's a good fit, as they say in the shoe business. But the bankers, and oil barons and the military industrial complex like Hillary too. Lots of liberal women adore her as well. Many Democrats are excit... more »

Next Month Mark Pryor Will Throw Away A U.S. Senate Seat On Behalf Of WalMart

DownWithTyrannyatDownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Last year-- in fact just short of a year ago-- the House voted on a Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage. It failed 184-233, with every single Republican and 6 of the most corrupt, right-wing Democrats voting with the GOP, these six: *•* John Barrow (New Dem/Blue Dog-GA) *•* John Matheson (Blue Dog-UT) *•* Mike McIntyre (New Dem/Blue Dog-NC) *•* Bill Owens (New Dem-NY) *•* Collin Peterson (Blue Dog-MN) *•* Kurt Schrader (Blue Dog-OR) Hated by their own Democratic bases, Matheson, McIntyre and Owens are all retiring prematurely. Peterson will decide within a few weeks. Bar... more »

PORTLAND TEACHERS VOTE TO STRIKE / TIME TO GET RID OF TESTING AND HIRE MORE TEACHERS

freetoteachatSchools Matter - 12 hours ago
Portland teachers are leading the way, people. Chicago, Philadelphia, Portland, teachers, parents and students are united. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/06/us-usa-teachers-portland-idUSBREA1507V20140206 Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike BY TERESA CARSON, Reuters

Getting it wrong

sueatIs the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
“*We get complaints from both sides. Ergo we must be getting it about right.*” says the BBC. Well. It looks as though they certainly do get complaints from both sides, but that’s not quite the same as getting it about right. This pdf sets out decisions made by the BBC Editorial Standards Committee. A complaint from Hilary Aked about Jonathan Sacerdoti being “*misleadingly introduced*” as *“director of the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy,” “in a way that “gave no clue as to his orientation”* was *partially upheld*becauseit *“may indeed have contributed to an impression of im... more »

KIPP Has Low Friends in High Places

Jim HornatSchools Matter - 12 hours ago
Another example of KIPP's effective use of billionaire corporate welfare artists to bulldoze a path into communities to set up their total compliance reform schools. From the Chicago Sun-Times, by Tim Novak: Last Modified: Feb 4, 2014 02:14AM Sarah Howard thought Bruce Rauner was an angel who would rescue her financially troubled, academically struggling charter school in East Garfield Park. Instead, the would-be Republican candidate for Illinois governor took control of the Academy of Communications and Technology Charter School that Howard started, dumped her as executive director... more »

Is This Democracy?

LeDaroatLeDaro - 12 hours ago
Does Harper believe in democracy? This does not sound like Canada, this sounds like an authoritarian state, where those who dare disagree with the fearless leader are demonized, investigated for undesirable political activities. Environmental NGOs are being targeted by the Canadian Revenue Agency for audits, under direction of Harper's CONS. In Harper's Canada, you are targeted for not holding the correct political beliefs. This is not democracy or freedom. Harper has already attacked science and muzzled scientists and cut funding to environmental agencies and programs. Harper ... more »

Flagstaff police harass activists before Dew event

brendanorrell@gmail.comatCENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Flagstaff Police Harass Activists as 'Preventative Maintenance’ Before Dew Downtown EventFree Speech Protest Zone Created at ‘Unsustainable' Urban Snowboard Event By Klee Benally Censored News FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Armed plain-clothed City of Flagstaff cops showed up at a community member’s home and at a community center yesterday. The officers, Kevin Rued and Eric Greenwald, stated that they

More t.A.T.u - A Rule 5 Friday post

Not a sheepatNot a sheep - 13 hours ago
Last week's t.A.T.u post has sparked some interest and people asking me for more tATu, who am I to refuse? 'All about us' - the uncensored version.. And here is 13 minutes of tATu live at Superdiskoteca 90 in 2013

Legislating Apathy

Owen GrayatNorthern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Yesterday, the Harper Party moved to limit debate on its so called Fair Elections Act. Three days, they said, is all it should take to debate the bill. The reason for the three day limit is abundantly clear: the longer the bill is exposed to sunlight, the more its real intention becomes clear: “A big part of this bill is about voter suppression,” NDP deputy leader David Christopherson told The Huffington Post Canada. Young people, aboriginals and low-income Canadians are being unfairly targeted by a bill that the Conservatives have labelled the Fair Elections Act, the NDP argued.... more »

peace

Geezer PoweratGEEZERPOWER - 14 hours ago
Music in the windFrom a post that I did in my younger days, concerning the octave and the Pythagorean Theory of Color & Sound. ZZZZZzzzzzz.....

Friday Nerd Blogging

Charli CarpenteratDuck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
Fans must content themselves with some trivia this week. Here are “15 Things [Most People] Don’t Know About Game of Thrones.”

Ukraine: can U.S., U.N. meddle with it while [having coitus with] EU?

Luboš MotlatThe Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
Some comments related to Russia and Ukraine. First, Madonna introduced the two freed Pussy Riot members in Brooklyn. She said that thanks to them, "pussy" became a sayable word in her household. Her 8-year-old kids are learning to speak and they are already saying "pussy" all the time, making their mom proud. Madonna's behavior is an example of the pure cluelessness of the mass culture's "celebrities" about politics. Hours after the concert, the two Russian women were finally freed. More precisely, they were fired by Pussy Riot, i.e. by its remaining members (Cat, Garage, Headlamp... more »

Don’t Make These 10 Easily Avoidable Mistakes That Can Get You Fired

Donna BallmanatScrew You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours ago
One of my greatest frustrations as an employee-side employment lawyer is that many people come to me after being fired because they made mistakes they could have easily avoided. Don’t lose your job over a stupid mistake. In raising children, my husband and I periodically note, “Things we shouldn’t have to say, but apparently do.” We’ve put, “Don’t eat the snail you found on the porch,” “Don’t cut a chunk out of your sister’s hair,” “Don’t put the cat in the clothes hamper,” and “Don’t write on your feet” in this category. (I understand silly product warnings more clearly since I’ve... more »

Steve Israel's Anti-Choice/Anti-Gay Conservative Candidate In Ohio, Jennifer Garrison, Will Now Face A Populist Primary Challenger

DownWithTyrannyatDownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Inauthentic in every way Steve Israel made a lot of really bad choices this cycle. His Jump Start program is a compendium of most of the worst, most reactionary corporate shills running as Democrats this year. Not all of them, but almost all of them are not worth voting for even against Republicans. Remember, the lesser of two evils is still evil. And several of his candidates *are*Republicans and have just switched their registration for sheer opportunism and careerism. One of his favorite candidates is Jennifer Garrison in eastern Ohio, all the way from the southern suburbs of Young... more »

A Bill Gates Reader: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been

plthomaseddat@ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
Teflon reformers Bill Gates and Arne Duncan are hard to separate, but Duncan sure is trying. In a videoed talk with teachers, Duncan claims: Lisa Clarke: One of the particular questions we’ve heard teachers ask is if corporate-based philanthropists are playing too heavy a role in public education, and if there’s a corporate agenda at […]

China's Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over: 1-Day Repo Jumps 127bps ..... China caught between reforming financial sector and hugh liquidity demands !

Fred WaltonatCatharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-07/presenting-chinas-largest-shadow-bank ( Keep an eye on this one... ) Presenting China's Largest Shadow Bank [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/07/2014 18:35 -0500 - Borrowing Costs - China - Credit Conditions - Hong Kong - None - Real estate - Renminbi - Shadow Banking inShare *Submitted by Nicholas Borst via The Peterson Institute blog,* *Shadow banks in China come in a variety of forms and guises. *The term is applied to everything from trust companies and wealth manage... more »

ARRESTED FIVE HUNDRED TIMES

Bruce K. GagnonatOrganizing Notes - 16 hours ago
Lindis Percy tells her story of activism against US military occupation in England. From the women's peace camp at Greenham Common in the early 1980's to her work today at the US NSA surveillance and 'missile defense' base at Menwith Hill, Lindis has been arrested 500 times going to prison about 15 times. Her work with the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) in Yorkshire has helped to illuminate the military mission of Menwith Hill and other bases in England. Lindis is also a board member of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.

Overnight global market review February 7 , 2014 - news , data and views -- US Non Farm Payroll and Employment Situation Report on tap ...... Surprise to the upside on tap ?

Fred WaltonatCatharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/02/07/january-jobs-report-113000-jobs-added-6-6-unemployment-rate/ January jobs report: 113,000 jobs added, 6.6% unemployment rate POSTED AT 8:36 AM ON FEBRUARY 7, 2014 BY ED MORRISSEY The American economy once again failed to keep up with population growth in job creation in January, the second poor jobs report in a row. Only 113,000 jobs were added last monthaccording to the BLS, but the labor force rebounded a bit as well: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 113,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.6 percent, th... more »

German Constitution Court finds OMT exceeds Central Bank's powers - "There are important reasons to assume that [the OMT] exceeds the European Central Bank's monetary policy mandate and thus infringes the powers of the member states, and that it violates the prohibition of monetary financing of the budget," the German court said Friday. "Subject to the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Federal Constitutional Court considers the OMT decision incompatible with primary law," the German court said........ Questions still abound as to what this decision actually means !

Fred WaltonatCatharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-07/german-top-court-finds-ecbs-omt-illegal-then-promptly-washes-its-hands-final-decisio German Top Court Finds ECB's OMT Is Illegal, Then Promptly Washes Its Hands Of Final Decision [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/07/2014 07:51 -0500 - Bond - European Central Bank - European Union - Eurozone - Germany - Monetary Policy - recovery - Unemployment inShare In what was a shocking and disappointing at the same time decision, overnight the German Constitutional court, which had bee... more »

How long can it be before Emerging Markets turmoil , Japan market turmoil - finds its way to the PIIGS of Europe ? Keep an eye on Portugal , Spain and Italy !

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Monday, February 03, 2014 9:22 PM Portuguese Debt About to Implode? What About Spain? Is Portugal about ready to implode? That's what one hedge fund manager believes. For now, interest rate action suggests otherwise. We will explore the case for implosion but first consider this chart of 10-year sovereign bonds. *Portugal 10-Year Sovereign Debt Yield* One certainly could have made a fortune plowing into 10-year Portuguese bonds. Does that mean Portugal is out of the woods? I don't think so, and neither does Tortus Capital hedge fund manager David Salanic. The New York times ... more »

How To Ban GMOs In Your City

Stranger in a Strange LandatStranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
*The How-to Guide to Ban GMOs in Your City* This website is designed to provide comprehensive yet simple guidelines for each individual to approach their respective city council with tools on how to end GMO cultivation and toxic pesticides associated with them in their own city. This has been done in San Juan County, Washington and other cities across the nation. Proactive citizens all across the country have taken a stance and made their voices heard, and have made a positive change in their cities by urgently requesting the end of GMO cultivation - this can be done and is be... more »

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New Orleans LadderatNew Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Locals work to replace Filipino fishing boats damaged in typhoon ~WWLTV * *Louisiana Civil Rights Museum would have paid $2 million more for ArtWorks building ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens* *What Will New Orleans Look Like After Its Urban Water Plan Is Complete? ~Cassie Owens, Next City *

War Propaganda Goes to the Dogs

Donn MartenatCarrying a Flag - 17 hours ago
The Ideological Cornerstone of U.S. Foreign Policy With the state media going all in to use the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia as an excuse to scare the hell out of the average American with a ludicrous daily diet of 'terrorist' threats a second front has been opened to fire up folks against those dirty Taliban bastards in Afghanistan. The news is spreading that according to sources that there has been a canine member of the military occupiers captured and have posted the video of the animal online. According to some sources the dog is a Belgian Shepherd named "Colonel", this is ... more »

Maddow doubles down, plus the sum of all natural numbers!

bob somerbyatthe daily howler - 17 hours ago
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014* *A mission of national import:* We’re headed off for the Amtrak ride to Rhinecliff, New York which we periodically take. (That’s where the train lets you off.) As we depart, we’ll recommend our favorite piece of journalism from this week. And we’ll suggest you watch the tape from the first segment of last night’s Maddow Show. For our favorite piece, click this. It’s Dennie Overbye’s piece in Science Times about what happens if you “add the natural numbers, 1 plus 2 plus 3 and so on all the way to infinity.” Aw what the heck. This is the way it starts: O... more »

CERN may sometimes build its bigger SSC

Luboš MotlatThe Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
*It would beat the cancelled collider in Texas* Physics World mentions a conference in Geneva that will start next Wednesday. Some important personalities will be discussing the long-term future ambitious plans of CERN. The LHC is the small circle at the top. Its Southern "endpoint" could touch a new ring of circumference of 80-100 kilometers. Note that the SSC in Texas that was abolished in 1993 was supposed to have circumference 87.1 km so the proposed CERN collider is exactly in the same size category. The SSC was supposed to boast energies 2 times 20 TeV (i.e. 40 TeV center-o... more »

George Washington was selected by the bankers to be the first CEO of the Corporation of the United States of America

urupiperatYesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago
*(boy, we've been fed a real line of BS, haven't we?? . . ) * Mohawk Nation News GEORGE & GEORGE Posted on February 5, 2014 *[image: mnnlogo1]* [image: custer & indians]*MNN. Feb. 5, 2014.* George Washington was selected by the bankers to be the first CEO of the Corporation of the United States of America [1789 to 1797]. He became the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The rules he helped draft to run the corporation is called the US Constitution. It is a war constitution. It was the first time anywhere in the world that a corporatio... more »

Finally, Some Good News: Egypt Rejects Collaborator of Al-Qaeda To Be The Next US Ambassador To Egypt

Saman MohammadiatThe Excavator - 17 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford to retire: sources"*Reuters, February 4: *Ford had been expected to become U.S. ambassador to Egypt, according to several sources, but Egyptian government officials had objected because they regarded him as too close to Islamist parties in the Middle East.* *A former State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was his understanding that the Egyptian government had made clear it did not want Ford to go to Cairo to serve as U.S. ambassador*. Under diplomatic practice known as "agrement," a country ty... more »

Peru: UFO Investigation Office Reopens

Inexplicata (IHU)atInexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 17 hours ago
*Date: 02/04/2014Source: La Nación, Sin Mordaza (www.sinmordaza.com) and Planeta UFO* *Peru: UFO Investigation Office Reopens* An unidentified flying object (UFO) can be anything at all: an unauthorized flight, a light, a drone or unmanned aircraft, an optical illusion, or an alien spacecraft. Any aerial object flying within national airspace whose flight is unlawful, anomalous and unidentifiable in nature represents a threat to civilian and military security and navigation. For this reason, the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) has the duty to look into these phenomena in order to safeg... more »

ROSEANNE BARR - 'WHISTLEBLOWER'

Anonataangirfan - 19 hours ago
Rosanne Barr has spoken out about child abuse. Her parents, Jerry and Helen (above), beat and abused her from the age of two. Roseanne Barr (Borisofsky) is a 'Jewish- American' TV star. *She believes that, in Hollywood, and elsewhere, CIA brainwashing (MK ULTRA) is a major influence.* In 2012, Barr was the presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party, which is associated with Ralph Nadar, and Cindy Sheehan. Barr grew up in a working-class Jewish Salt Lake City family and was active in the Mormon Church. Barr's parents kept their Jewish heritage secret. Barr has said: "... more »

There are Arabs in the Middle East who have complete political and religious freedom

Not a sheepatNot a sheep - 20 hours ago
There are Arabs in the Middle East who have complete political and religious freedom... the lucky ones who live in Israel.

An equation of intelligence

Luboš MotlatThe Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
*Alex Wissner-Gross' thoughts are probably too good to be true* Óscar Gómez asked me about a 12-minute November 2013 TED talk by Alex Wissner-Gross. He would talk about an equation or principle that produces all intelligent behavior. I know Alex very well. We would often talk about his great inventions at Harvard where he was a PhD student. Now, he has degrees from physics, computer science, nanoscience, electric engineering, and various fields like that, and is an ambitious inventor and entrepreneur. Now he's affiliated with some Harvard and MIT artificial-intelligence-related i... more »

Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.7.14”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime)atRunning 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.7.14”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “There was lots of news out of Washington D.C. this week. First off, don’t expect a big fight over the debt ceiling. Speaker of the House John Boehner has already signaled that there will be a debt ceiling increase even if he has to pass the legislation with Democrats. He clearly does not want to take the blame for another government shutdown. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the country could run out of cash by the end of the month. Here’s what you are not hearing. Heard anyone in either party talk about the size of t... more »

Degenerate, pro-homo elites (laughably) attack Putin

John FriendatJohn Friend's Blog - 21 hours ago
The degenerate, pro-homosexual elites dominating the politics, media, and economy of the (formerly) Western world are going overboard in their attempts to demonize and attack Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia is hosting the *2014 Winter Olympic Games* in Sochi, which began today. The Jewish owned and operated *New York Times* recently published *an editorial *condemning President Putin and his regime, arguing that there is "soul-crushing repression" in Russia, "cruel new antigay and blasphemy laws", and a corrupt legal system that targets and persecutes radicals and activists... more »

Bitcoin updates February 4 - 6 , 2014 - Top news items on the Regulatory , Commerce and Adoption Fronts .......

Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
Indonesia Central Bank Takes New, More Neutral Stance on Bitcoin Jon Southurst (@southtopia) | Published on February 6, 2014 at 12:32 GMT | *Asia, News, Regulation* inShare1 Share 12 [image: Indonesia] Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indonesia, has issued a new statement defining its stance on bitcoin. The comments bear similarities to others released over the past few months, but suggest the government will now take a hands-off approach to digital currency. Today’s statement differs slightly from the reports issued last month, in which Bank Indonesia’s deputy Governor suggested digit... more »

Satisfaction with Genital Surgery and Sexual Life of Adults with XY Disorders of Sex Development:

Zoe BrainatA.E.Brain - 23 hours ago
Satisfaction with Genital Surgery and Sexual Life of Adults with XY Disorders of Sex Development Koeler et al, *Jnl Clin Endoc Metab* Vol 97 Issue 2, February 1, 2012. *Results:* Dissatisfaction with function of the surgical result (47.1%) and clitoral arousal (47.4%) was high in XY,DSD partially androgenized females after feminization surgery. Dissatisfaction with overall sex life (37.5%) and sexual anxieties (44.2%) were substantial in all XY,DSD individuals. Problems with desire (70.6%), arousal (52.9%), and dyspareunia (56.3%) were significant in XY,DSD complete females. 46,XY ... more »

Whistle Blowers (Traitors?) Should Be Shot In the Balls! (Thus Sayeth the Lord?)

WhoWhatWhy has an interview with a whistleblower of note (no, not him) who has quite a bit to relate about the government's previous illegal and continuing actions and how Snowden's revelations "are just barely scratching the surface." Edward Snowden and his revelations are a very big deal. But he isn’t the only NSA whistleblower. One who has not gotten anywhere as much attention as he

Restoring Natural Sensory Feedback in Real-Time Bidirectional Hand Prostheses

Zoe BrainatA.E.Brain - 23 hours ago
Restoring Natural Sensory Feedback in Real-Time Bidirectional Hand Prostheses More please, and faster. Hand loss is a highly disabling event that markedly affects the quality of life. To achieve a close to natural replacement for the lost hand, the user should be provided with the rich sensations that we naturally perceive when grasping or manipulating an object. Ideal bidirectional hand prostheses should involve both a reliable decoding of the user’s intentions and the delivery of nearly “natural” sensory feedback through remnant afferent pathways, simultaneously and in real ti... more »

Untitled

JRatGREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago
*SCIENTIFIC ADVISER OR COURT JESTER?* According to an article in The Times (London) earlier this week, the government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Mark Walport, is about to start a lecture tour, which ‘will put climate change back on the political agenda’. With the global effort to reduce CO2 emissions in tatters, with the EU doing a volte-face on its own green energy targets, with the UK examining its own commitment to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and to green legislation, and with scientists scratching their heads about the absence of warming over the... more »

Free Peltier Reno Nevada Rally Photos

brendanorrell@gmail.comatCENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Photos by Western Shoshone Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson Free Peltier Rally today, Feb. 6, 2014, at the federal building in Reno, Nevada.

Republicans Kill Unemployment Insurance Extension Again

DownWithTyrannyatDownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
This morning the Democrats were unable to break the Republican Party filibuster against extending unemployment benefits for three months, despite Democratic compromises with GOP demands. Harry Reid's attempt to shut down the filibuster through cloture failed 58-40. Almost two million American workers who lost their jobs because of the vicissitudes of the market-- almost entirely caused by conservative economic policies-- are now stuck with no income… as the GOP celebrates another victory in their Class War against America's working families. Although 4 Republicans-- Kelly Ayotte, ... more »

Thursday Linkage: Sochi Winter Olympics Edition

Josh BusbyatDuck of Minerva - 1 day ago
This Duck spent the day in the car en route to the Brazilian consulate in Houston to get visas for a summer field course so I’m running behind in my linkage for the week. In the car, I had the amazing experience of listening to an audioversion of The Idealist, Nina Munk’s magisterial account of Jeff Continue reading

Update on Common Core Status in the States: Part One

deutsch29at@ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
With many states beginning their legislative sessions, issues surrounding the fate of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are front and center in statehouses across the country. Below is the first installment of updates on the issue of CCSS. Given the volume of information, I will likely have to break the information into three posts. […]

US Media, DJI, And TSA: Stop Fear-Mongering About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

Saman MohammadiatThe Excavator - 1 day ago
The TSA is banning carry-on liquids on flights heading to Russia because the geniuses over at the Department of Jokeland Insecurity believe that "terrorists could target the Olympic Games with explosive components hidden in toothpaste tubes" (*Source*). We're supposed to believe that toothpaste bombs are flying around? Come on, stop this stupidity and silliness. Stop the fear-mongering about the Sochi Olympics. The athletes have decided not to bring their families because of the mainstream media's blatant and illogical fear-mongering about the games. The US media is ruining this ... more »

Great Article By John Kaminski: The Larger Picture - The Hive MInd Is The Tomb Of Humanity

NortherntruthseekeratNortherntruthseeker - 1 day ago
With all the division going on right now in the so called "truth movement", due primarily to a select few that have now been outed at true disinformation agents, I have had to turn to those who are true allies and friends and are not driven by greed or self interests.... One such person is of course John Kaminski, whom I have always seen as a true force of good against the evil machinations of the criminal Jewish supremacists.... Right now, I want to present to my own readers the newest article from John Kaminski, who writes for The Rebel, at www.therebel.org. It was sent to me via... more »

This One Is Too Good To Miss: Prime Minister And Jew Suck Up Stephen Harper's Drummer Has Been Charged With Sexually Assaulting Children!

NortherntruthseekeratNortherntruthseeker - 1 day ago
Last month, everyone who lives in Canada witnessed the revolting and disgusting Prime Minister and Jew suck up, Stephen Harper, go to Israel and absolutely pledge his undying loyalty and support for that evil criminal enterprise.... It showed the world how badly this once free country, Canada, has now fallen under the Jewish yoke and is nothing more than a slave nation to the criminal nation of Israel itself! It was also revolting to see that idiot Prime Minister perform in front of the criminal Prime Minister of Isra-Hell, Benyamin Miliewkowsy, a very ugly rendition of the Beatl... more »

What is that thing called Taiwanese identity?

Michael TurtonatThe View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*Sashimi, a Taiwanese dish.* Lorand Laskai writes in The Diplomat from Tainan on the KMT's de-Taiwanization policy and the history textbook revisions. The potential hazards of a hostile occupation—Taiwanese protesters dying under PLA fire, freedom fighters waging guerrilla campaigns from house to house, and the international backlash that these images would set off—would very likely restrain Beijing from moving its threats beyond words. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) derided the foreign adventurism that landed the U.S. in Iraq, gleefully denoting the event as a milestone on Ame... more »

Hey, Scott Brown, keep your shirt on -- unless you're thinking of . . .

KenInNYatDownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*by Ken* "It's the middle of winter," writes *Boston Globe* columnist Joan Vennochi ("Don't dismiss Scott Brown's chance in N.H."). "Scott Brown has his shirt off, and it can only mean one thing. He’s running for US Senate in New Hampshire." That’s the way the political press read the picture of a bare-chested Brown taking part in the Granite State’s 15th annual Penguin Plunge. Whether Brown was showing off his body or just avoiding the embarrassment of wearing his team’s official T-shirt -- "Buckley’s Frozen Seamen" -- his shirtless-ness during a charity plunge to benefit the Sp... more »

Black Bears vs Pandas

Michael TurtonatThe View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
A cartoon points out that there are only 300 Formosan Black Bears but 1500 pandas, so why are we subsidizing China's pandas? Just another case of using Taiwan assets to help China. ______________ *Daily Links*: - DON'T MISS: What will happen to the Taiwan media after China takes over? Great paper by paper review of the situation in Hong Kong from Asia Sentinel - BBC has an interesting piece on people transitioning from white collar to blue collar jobs as white collar jobs dry up and wages remain stagnant under brutal working hours. - Great blogpost on the Taichu... more »

Why Enbridge`s Northern Gateway Pipeline Will Never Be Built, Even If It Means War In The Woods

Grant GatThe Straight Goods - 1 day ago
____________- *Russian oil tanker splits in half * *[image: Russian TV grab of freighter caught in storm - 11/11/07] * *Russian TV showed pictures of other boats damaged in the storm* *Leaking tanker * * Up to 2,000 metric tons of fuel oil have leaked near the Black Sea after a Russian oil tanker split in half. * *It came apart after it was smashed by 108km/h (67 mph) winds and 5m (16ft) waves in the Kerch Strait between the Azov and Black Seas. **Four other ships sank in the storm, some of them carrying dangerous cargos, and several more were in trouble. **Th... more »

The Enslavement of Society by a Hidden gang of Banksters.

PapaniatDeadBanksterSociety - 1 day ago
*Nobel Prizewinner and Social Activist on the Banksters.* See her video interview at this link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCb15I5-ujs

Gold news and views February 6 , 2014 ......... The Farce Is Complete: Blythe Masters Joining CFTC ..... May the FARCE be with you ! 61 tons of gold bullion flow out of Western ETFs and Exchanges in January 2014...... Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Word for the Day: Rehypothecation ........ Gata items of the day including Germany's continuing effort to fend off well earned suspicions about its gold allegedly vaulted in the US ......

Fred WaltonatCatharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-06/farce-complete-blythe-masters-joining-cftc The Farce Is Complete: Blythe Masters Joining CFTC [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/06/2014 16:53 -0500 - Blythe Masters - Bond - Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Elizabeth Warren - Enron - JPMorgan Chase - None - Precious Metals inShare3 We thought today's newsflow and "market action" ranked pretty high on the absurd surrealism scale. And then we saw this. - BLYTHE MASTERS TO JOIN CFTC GLOBAL MARKETS COMMITTEE - JPMOR... more »

US suffers a huge foreign policy own goal -- "Fuck The EU" - US State Department Blasts Europe; Revealed As Alleged Mastermind Behind Ukraine Unrest ...... And in hgih irony ( in light of the NSA recording not just private communications of US citizens , but also global communication intercepts of foreign leaders / foreign companies , we see the US complaining about an intercepted communication on an allegedly unsecured line ???? Lol ! Hubris defined when one assumes you have a god given right to spy on others at will but no one should spy on you.......

Fred WaltonatCatharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/official-apologizes-for-f-k-eu-comment/ US Diplomat Apologizes For Cursing Ally Email112Smaller FontTextLarger Text|Print By Ali Weinberg Feb 6, 2014 4:08pm [image: GTY victoria nuland sr 140206 16x9 608 US Diplomat Apologizes For Cursing Ally] Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the situation in the Ukraine, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Jan. 15, 2014. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. The State Department’s top official... more »

Here We Go Again: Explosive Toothpaste Alert

Donn MartenatCarrying a Flag - 1 day ago
With the crown jewel of American cultural decadence that is the Super Bowl now receding into the recesses of the national memory the next great offering up of bread and circuses for the masses will be the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. While the Super Bowl was a national celebration of all that has gone awry in this once great country, in particular the worship of the militaristic security state this edition of the world games presents the establishment with a particularly fine opportunity to traffic in the fear and loathing that have become the coin of the realm. In the sa... more »

Pussy Riot's letter: Out of prison and making change

brendanorrell@gmail.comatCENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Out of prison, and making change Pussy Riot reminds Amnesty International that their performances are always illegal, radical and not for entertainment to sell pricey tickets By Pussy Riot Censored News We, the anonymous members of Pussy Riot, would like to say many thanks to all the people who have supported us all this time, those who demanded the release of our members, those who

Community Update: Hardening the Plans

D ... Breaking The SilenceatRemoving The Shackles - 1 day ago
Good evening everyone!!! Tonight I have just a short update for you as I have had a ridiculously busy day of.... well the usual shenanigans. I have been very quiet for the past few weeks on the subject of the new community. This was not due to inaction, but due to working and planning and working some more, talking and discussing all aspects of where, when, and how. I am not ready to give out details until the plans have hardened more and right now we are still in the "not quite set yet" zone. BUT...... after two weeks of what seemed like a very pregnant pause, as if we were... more »

Polar bear and cub

James C MortonatMorton's Musings - 1 day ago

Teacher who played drums in Harper's band charged with sex assault

James C MortonatMorton's Musings - 1 day ago
And so? I am not a big fan of Stephen Harper but he can hardly be held accountable for things his acquaintances do secretly. Not to mention these are charges and not convictions. http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=9477379

Dithering Dave and the Floods

PhilatA Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Dithering, indecision, fighting shy of consequences, all these can kill a political career. Ask Gordon Brown about the election that never was. But for all his faults - and they are legion - Dave does a good job of affecting the prime ministerial. As a pointy-elbowed member of the *ruling class* with the born-to-rule training and public relations CV at his back, he is one oily slick customer. Yeah, Ed occasionally bests him at the despatch box but most people don't bother with PMQs, and don't see his frequent slips into schoolboy bullying a red-faced ranting. Dave knows about the i... more »

Thinking Aloud

CraigatIs the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
It's a curious thing, but right-leaning blogs about BBC bias tend to pass over Laurie Taylor's longstanding *Thinking Allowed *on Radio 4*. * From time to time, on blogs like *Biased BBC*, you might see the occasional comment about it (usually from ChrisH), but these are rare events, and I myself have never written about the programme before. (I've thought about it but never done it.) Given that on any objective analysis *Thinking Allowed *has just about the strongest left-wing bias of any Radio 4 programme you might expect it to be a much more regular target for criticism - a low... more »

The Economy: “Stay Away from Obama's MyRAs...”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime)atRunning 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Stay Away from Obama's MyRAs...”* by Bill Bonner “Stocks fell hard on Monday, bounced on Tuesday, and came to rest on Wednesday. Which way does this market want to go? We don't know. But so far there was not much follow through in either direction. So, we wait... glance up at our "Crash Alert" flag from time to time... and watch... from the sidelines, of course. Meanwhile, have you opened your MyRA account yet? As you remember from carefully following President Obama's State of the Union address, there's a new way to save for your retirement. The Los Angeles Times explains: "The... more »

Momentum Continues To Build For Pennsylvania's Liberal Lion, Daylin Leach

DownWithTyrannyatDownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Today two more important progressive groups, MoveOn and the Philadelphia Chapter of DFA (Philly for Change), joined Blue America and the PCCC in backing state Senator Daylin Leach in his bid for the open congressional seat (PA-13). In the May 20th primary Daylin will face a crowded field of garden variety Democrats, endorsed by Big Money interests. Republicans have no shot in this deep blue seat, so the bad players are backing conservative Democrats who will play ball with them. It's a dynamic not unlike the one in the Silicon Valley high profile primary (CA-17) where Big Busines... more »

“Dying Dad Writes Over 800 ‘Napkin Notes’ To His Daughter To Ensure She Never Has To Eat Lunch Without Him”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime)atRunning 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Dying Dad Writes Over 800 ‘Napkin Notes’ To His Daughter * *To Ensure She Never Has To Eat Lunch Without Him”* By Ryan Perry “Garth Callaghan has been diagnosed with cancer three times — prostate cancer once and kidney cancer twice. Recently told he was “high risk” by his oncologist, Garth asked what exactly that meant. “You’re going to die of this,” the doctor responded. Jarred by those words (statistics say the 44-year-old has just an 8% chance of living another five years), Callaghan has taken an extraordinary step to make sure he sees an important family tradition through to ... more »

Margarita Alarcón : Cuba hosts the CELAC Summit, and ‘parallel’ dissident gathering

Thorne DreyeratThe Rag Blog - 1 day ago
The CELAC Summit was unprecedented, with all the leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean gathering together with a common goal: unity. By Margarita Alarcón | The Rag Blog | February 6, 2014 HAVANA — All of Latin America and … finish reading Margarita Alarcón : Cuba hosts the CELAC Summit, and ‘parallel’ dissident gathering

PM Harper's drummer charged with sexual assaults. On children

PennyatPenny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*UPDATE @ Bottom! * Well, well, well...... Prime Minister Stephen Harper's bandmate, his drummer, has been charged with molesting children. Sexual assaults on children. What is that saying about the company you keep? “Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are" *PM Harper certainly keeps some interesting company * Ottawa police have charged a 43-year-old public school teacher — who is also the drummer in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's band — with sexual assault. Police say* Phillip I. Nolan* has been charged with five counts each of sexual assault, sexual inter... more »

Big Snow? + Even Colder Still

rss2009atGlobal Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 1 day ago
*Big Snow? + Even Colder Still* The early part of Friday will see some outbreaks of rain turning wintry at times across some parts of central, southern, and eastern England. Some moderate falls of snow are also likely across certain parts of Wales and central England for this period, especially across higher ground. As we progress throughout *Friday* evening and into Saturday some strong winds will begin to develop from the west, before pushing in across many other parts the country (roughly 1 day out in terms of timing from several days ahead in below forecast, weather timings devi... more »

Maddow spots Christie changing his story!

bob somerbyatthe daily howler - 1 day ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014* *If only she’d change her approach:* If it’s Monday, it must be Salem Village! On her increasingly ridiculous TV show, Maddow had another victim to dunk in the village lake that night. For details, just click here. Last night, she started with her endless piddle about how no one can say what Wildstein did at the Port Authority. Plus, he was paid too much—$150,000! One hour later, a WNYC editor explained Wildstein’s job in substantial detail. And, according to TV Guide, Maddow is paid about $7 million per year. For the full skinny, click this. This i... more »

And in Other Weird Sculpture News Today

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill)atDAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
That's NOT funny. The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is holding an exhibit of the work of sculptor Tony Matelli, and to help advertise the exhibit, the museum placed one of Matelli's statues outside. Titled The Sleepwalker, the realistic-looking statue shows a bald man in his tighty-whities lumbering forward with his arms outstretched, his eyes closed, and his head lolling around in deep sleep. It's funny and is, unsurprisingly, a big hit on Instagram. It's also creating controversy, as reported by the Boston Globe, as many students object to the statue on the grounds that it's... more »

Small irony

RoobinatTHROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 day ago
The Slender Man was created online in 2009 as part of a contest to manufacture paranormal images. Many people will have seen the original thread with the original pictures and stories. I have, and they were great. I say 'were' because some time last year they began to be taken down. It turns out someone has bought the rights to the Slender Man. Not his creator, the well-known Victor Surge, but an unknown third party. A small irony: private property in ideas means a mysterious entity has bought the rights to a mysterious entity.

Quote of the Day: On political battles

Peter CresswellatNot PC - 1 day ago
“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.” - Ayn Rand, from her essay “What Can One Do?” in her book *Philosophy: Who Needs It* Discuss. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Victoria Nuland "F the EU on the Ukraine"? Political elite or something else?

PennyatPenny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
I gotta admit a certain term crossed my mind when listening to Ms Nuland. Can't say why it just popped into my head? It just did. The elites..... phooey *ht karin* Penny, Leaked phone tap of Victoria Nuland of State Dept clearly shows depth of US intervention in Ukraine affairs including using "international' celebrities ( Terminator and Rocky) Stalone and Arnold. *It further inplicates UN use as a tool for US operations in Ukraine* and mz nuland clearly says "Fuck the EU on Ukraine" at the 3:02 min mark of confab (sorry, just quoting out illustrious Gov appointees ) ;^) Lea... more »
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