English: Common Crow (Euploea core) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Deception Pass bridge (Photo credit: brewbooks)
Geoengineering: how to solve climate change? (Photo credit: explainthatstuff)
English: MPages Common Core Group logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Fig 3 Common Core (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
John Desmond Bernal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Roger Pielke Jr (Photo credit: Wikipedia)J. D. Bernal on Geoengineering and Climate Change
I am re-reading J. D. Bernal's 1939 classic, *The Social Function of Scienc*e. In it I found this interesting passage on geoengineering and climate change: He writes of the future tasks of science and explains (pp. 379-380): It will no longer be a question of adapting man to the world but the world to man. For instance, the present Arctic with its wastes of tundra, glacier, and sea ice is a legacy of the geological accident of the Ice Age. It will disappear in time, leaving the world a much pleasanter place, but there is no reason why man should not hasten the process. By an intelli... more »
That Sucking Sound in Philadelphia
From Ken Derstine: *DN Editorial: CONTROL ISSUES: Is the state using charter rules to help kill Philly's school district? | Philadelphia Daily News* Last week, the School District of Philadelphia confirmed what it feared back in November: It is facing an extra $25 million in unbudgeted costs associated with increased enrollment in charter schools. Charters have enrolled 1,600 more students than allowed by their agreements with the district. As if we needed another example, this situation is a perfect illustration of the lack of a coherent strategy for public education in the state.... more »
State Impact: Core Questions: How Does Common Core Address Poverty?
State Impact: Core Questions: How Does Common Core Address Poverty?. via State Impact: Core Questions: How Does Common Core Address Poverty?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Unreasonable Verdict
*R v RAS,* 2014 ABCA 56: [9] In assessing whether a verdict is unreasonable, a court must, to some extent, re-examine and re-weigh the evidence, but ultimately the test is whether the verdict can be supported on the record. In our view, the record amply supports the convictions appealed from. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
NAZI-STYLE TORTURE OF ANIMALS
*Nazi-style torture of defenceless animals. Animal rights campaigners slam new report.* *Some scientists believe that there are no profound difference between humans and other species. * * http://www.ft.com/* *1.* Elephants' brains are three times bigger than human brains. *2. *There are altruistic rats. *3.* There are toolmaking crows. *4.* There is evidence that even bees have emotions. * http://www.ft.com/* Animals have empathy and altruism. *5.* *There is evidence for what appears to be animal spirituality*: a group of chimpanzees have been recorded doing a 'waterfall danc... more »
Democratic Deception? An Elegantly Simple Way to Revolutionize Government
Here's some analysis to live by. If you think you'd like to live in a country governed by truth tellers. Deception is the lifeblood of our political system. A system claiming to work for the best interests of the people, while in fact largely working for corporate special interests, must necessarily be riddled with elaborate lies and deception. Our political system, with
Untitled
*Are we booming or bankrupt? Let’s keep the campaign conversation going ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
Van Jones of CNN debunks myths behind the Keystone Pipeline
He points out the lies about the Keystone Pipeline.Good one and worth watching.
myth-busting and truth-telling: challenging the govt's claims about refugees
The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers has a great page that counters every single one of the Harper Government's statements lies about refugee claims in Canada. At the site, click on any of the statements to read more. Challenging The Myths: The Truth About Canadian Refugee Law The Federal government’s refugee laws and policies are shrouded by myths and misinformation. The circulation of these myths is one of the biggest barriers to understanding the issues affecting asylum seekers and refugees in Canada. This page highlights some common myths about refugees to correct the re... more »
an olympics for every protestor, and rainbow flags from canada... but not from rob ford
I started compiling my usual "why I can't watch the Olympics" post, when I read Dave Zirin... and stopped writing. At every Olympics, you can cue the complaints, getting in the way when all we’re trying to do is enjoy a good luge. Yet it took a visionary like Vladimir Putin, a man with the pecs to match his steely will, to finally figure out a way to unite the world and make the Olympics something for everybody. Everyone, thanks to Putin, has something to care about during the 2014 Sochi Games. If you are a person with even the mildest concern for anything outside the five feet in... more »
Ron Howard to direct "Mena", a Fact Based Tale about the 80's Drug Trafficking in Mena, Arkansas
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Universal Pictures today closed a $1 million spec deal for *Mena*, a script by Gary Spinelli that has Ron Howard attached to direct. The film will be produced by Doug Davison with Imagine’s Brian Grazer, and with Kim Roth exec producing. This was a hot script auction, with Sony also bidding. Universal took it off the table with a $1 million offer, plus a blind script commitment in a deal brokered by Gersh. Deadline says the flick, based on a script by Gary Spinelli, will tell of “Barry Seal, a portly pilot who, in the 1980s, ... more »
Beatles Night 50 years later
I half watched this spectacle. The crowd of insiders was quite a contrast to the screaming mob of yesteryear. Displayed continuously for the crowd were images of the magnetic fab four, and they were like an EMP pulse to the faint heartbeats of the stars that tried to entertain. Everyone who does Karaoke does a Beatles number. Mostly because they love the music, but also relatively simple to sing. Try a Springsteen song next time if you disagree. Well I have heard a thousand better renditions of most Beatles songs than our so called stars could muster. Dave Grohl did it right and ... more »
The "Fake" Snow Reports: Sherrie Questioning All Reports On What Is Really Happening In Our Skies!
For the last few weeks, I have watched and listened to reports about "fake" snow falling all over North America, with the reports about snow not acting like snow in the eastern parts of the United States... I have analysed the reports, and yes, many are wrong due to the methods of testing conducted to show whether or not the snow is real or "fake"... Many of the tests were automatically invalid due to the fact that the testers used Butane lighters which create very poor combustion, and will definitely leave a smelly residue on the "snow".... Many people have contacted me over the las... more »
The Economics of Downton Abbey
From *The Washington Post*.
Ayatollah Sistani’s Role In Post-Saddam Iraq Interview With Fadel Reda Al-Kifaee
(*LA Times*) Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is the leading Shiite cleric in Iraq. Although he comes from what is known as the quietist school of thought that is supposed to mean staying out of politics he played an active role in shaping the post-Saddam government in the early years of the U.S. occupation. Since then he has not been so publicly involved in affairs, but he did try to quell the violence during the civil war, and today has become a critic of the poor governance in the country. To help explain the Ayatollah’s role in Iraqi society since 2003 is Fadel Reda al-Kifaee a ... more »
Progressivism and Whole Language: A Reader
Progressivism and Whole Language: A Reader. via Progressivism and Whole Language: A Reader.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Conservative Amnesty Act, or Butching Democracy
I am in total despair over the Cons' plan to butcher democracy, or as Canadian Cynic dubs it: Critics should simply start referring to the "Fair Elections Act" as the "Conservative Amnesty Act." Oh, the hilarity. — CC (@canadiancynic) February 8, 2014 I was going to blog and collected a bunch of links. Chantal Hébert Marc Mayrand Andrew Coyne And Alison @ Creekside's expansion on Coyne's thoughts Stephen Maher Don Martin Finally, Michael Harris's excoriations. But really, it can all be summed up by this: .#cdnpoli The scariest thing about the #UnfairElxnsAct is how brazenly... more »
Taking Down Dixie's Last Political Stand in North Carolina
North Carolina is so everything that the current covey of Koch Brothers stooges in charge of the state are not: temperate, reasonable, accommodating, caring, committed to fairness. And just as Wake County reclaimed its schools from the ideologues sent in to destroy socioeconomic integration of schools, the voters of North Carolina will do the same. From Alternet, a nice piece. A clip here: It was a proud day for this Raleigh native. On Saturday, a crowd of riled-up citizens the North Carolina NAACP estimated to be upwards of 80,000—the largest such gathering in the South since t... more »
Hegemonic Warfare watch: US Rejects Nine-Dash Line
*Making Longan cakes.* Ka-boom! Uncle Sam's representatives call on China to explain what it is doing in the South China Sea. *The United States for the first time has explicitly rejected the U-shaped, nine-dash line that China uses to assert sovereignty over nearly the whole South China Sea*, experts say, strengthening the position of rival claimants and setting the stage for what could be an international legal showdown with Beijing. Washington has always said that it takes no position on competing territorial claims in the South China Sea among China, the Philippines, Vietnam,... more »
Blue America: The Nexus Of Where Alan Grayson, Lee Rogers And Joni Mitchell Meet
Last week, the *Washington Post* reported that the Koch brothers are already pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into ads meant to demonize Alan Grayson and defeat him in November. Today, Blue America is launching a Joni Mitchell contest to help raise some campaign cash for Grayson's reelection in the very expensive Orlando media market. Grayson also requested that we ask our donors to give to Lee Rogers as well, a friend and political ally running a tough campaign to win the seat Buck McKeon is giving up just north of L.A. "I like Lee Rogers," Grayson explained. "But that’s ... more »
The Mark Of Tyrants
Tom Walkom writes that the Harper government's new citizenship bill is a Trojan Horse: It is presented as an attempt to reduce fraud and rationalize the process of becoming a Canadian citizen, both of which are sensible aims. But it would also give Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government unprecedented authority to strip Canadians — including thousands born in this country — of their citizenship. In the past, the only way a person born in Canada could be stripped of his or her citizenship was to be convicted of treason: No more. Bill C-24 would let the government ... more »
Two Days After My Latest Post, The Boy From Florida Dies…
http://theindignantteacher.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/two-days-after-my-latest-post-the-boy-from-florida-dies/Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
Ukraine- A parallel government & Bernhard Henri Levy reprises his role
*EuroNews * This article was supposed to be about protests in favour of restoring an axed Russian TV station Yet it was really about so much more.... Looming large in the video was Bernard Henri Levy Confirmation this destabilization has the Zionist stamp of approval. Not that there was ever a doubt. Before we get to the nonsense spewed by Mr Levy, let’s read the paragraph below? Talk of creating a parallel Ukrainian government *Former economy minister-turned-opposition leader, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, addressed the crowds on stage. He has proposed the creation of a parallel government.... more »
Newsnight - 'What's the story' and 'Who's in the dock?'
Though I've given up on closely watching *Newsnight*, it might still be interesting to keep a weekly eye on what subjects it chooses to cover. Any patterns of bias that emerge over time will then be easier to spot. So here's what they covered last week: *Monday 3/2/2014* 1. Allegations that a former UKIP spokesman ran a kidnap gang in Pakistan 2. Michael Gove's education reforms 3. Police misbehaviour over Hillsborough 4. Tributes to the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. 5. Will Self on heroin. *Tuesday 4/2/2014* 1. Why is the Conservative Party's membership falling through the floor? 2.... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our green community. [image: A link-up for Eco-friendly blogs on Reduce Footprints Blog] Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site:
![A link-up for green blogs on Reduce Footprints Blog]()
*The rules:* 1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or collection of envi... more »
*The rules:* 1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or collection of envi... more » Recalling 1947 in 2014
Recalling 1947 in 2014. via Recalling 1947 in 2014.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
War Watch February 10 , 2014 -- US Inexplicably Accuses Iran of Backing al-Qaeda in Syria ..... US Aims to Spin Syria as ‘Matter of Homeland Security’ ...... Another day of death dealing in Iraq...... Senators Seek Vote on Open-Ended Afghan War Afghan Jirga Got to Vote on Agreement, Why Not Congress?
Syria..... US Inexplicably Accuses Iran of Backing al-Qaeda in SyriaStill Slamming Iran for Supporting Assad by Jason Ditz, February 09, 2014 Print This | Share This When the Obama Administration is criticizing Iran about Syria, it’s usually to do with putative weapons shipments to the Assad government, and usually is followed with griping about Iraq constantly searching Iranian planes and not finding those weapons. The latest allegation takes the cake though, as the Treasury Department is accusing Iran of “assisting al-Qaeda” in sending jihadist fighters to Syria to attack the Ass... more »
Untitled
*Sugar: Scaremongers fail to mention that it also saves millions of lives* *For some seriously ill children, sugar might be considered the most health-giving of all foods* There can’t be many, if any, readers of this paper who consume three cans of fizzy drinks a day, so the latest scare story – that such a level of consumption triples the risk of heart disease – will surely not apply. However, this is just the latest scientific finding in a campaign to blame sugar for practically everything, particularly the so-called epidemic of diabetes and obesity. It is not necessarily that p... more »
Untitled
*Benefit concert for Doug Potter draws hundreds ~Meg Gatto, WVUE* *Carnival 2014 will be a season of change ~WWLTV* *An old Wash-Dry-Fold location is getting a makeover as the Indywood Theater ~Erika Vaughn, MyNewOrleans.com *
U.S. Scores Gold Medal in Sochi Olympic Propaganda
American exceptionalism oozes from the pores of recycled political hacks turned paid pundits, elected war freaks and the state-corporate media parrots as the anti-Russian propaganda spews from every orifice of our corrupt establishment. With the months constant smearing, disinformation campaigns and fear-mongering over imminent terror attacks in Sochi reaching a crescendo by the opening ceremonies the onslaught is vile and ongoing. The Cold War never ended in the minds of a good amount of our sordid political class and their interlocking networks of warmongering think tanks and me... more »
Dressing Siblings For Pictures with Osh Kosh B'Gosh
*“I participated in an Influencer Program on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for OshKosh B’gosh. I received a gift card to facilitate my shopping trip and to thank me for participating.”* I have always had it easy when it comes to dressing my daughter for pictures. Dressing one kid is pretty easy. If you love the outfit, and it doesn't have a loud or crazy pattern on it, put them in it for pictures. Easy. Adding another child opens up a whole realm of possibilities and frustrations. What will look good together? Should I have them match completely? These are the questions that have... more »
Whatever happened to Channel 4?
How did Jeremy Isaacs’ daring, visionary child of 1982 grow into the shameless, ratings-chasing harlot of 2014? The answer is obvious enough. Since television went multichannel, and advertising revenue was spread thinner than Marmite, innovative commercial television has all but died. Forgive my harking back to a golden age, but there is good reason to see the franchise arrangements of mid-80’s as just that. Just four channels - two licence-funded, two commercial; two safe and populist, two risky and rule breaking. If anything, the commercial minority channel was the more daring - ... more »
Donate Money To The Opposition Parties
Ten bucks. Five bucks even.Encourage other people to do it. harper will be raising money hand-over-fist after his "Fucking With Elections Act" passes. If the opposition parties get inundated with small donations from all over, it will help them resist. I'm going to be campaigning for my local Liberal Party candidate because the NDP here are a fucking joke. I still wish the Liberal Party of Canada would die. But they at least respect the institution of Parliament. If harper steals the next election (which a couple of bloggers are saying will be a surprise snap election) then this cou... more »
We're southbound, and worried about the analysts!
*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014* *Full services resume tomorrow:* As Doc Watson put it, we’re southbound today, on Amtrak. For today’s new post, see below. Full services resume tomorrow. In the meantime, we’re concerned about the analysts. We’re told that howls emerged from their spartan quarters when they read Maureen Dowd’s column in yesterday’s Times. Dowd channeled Paddy Chayefsky, presenting herself as the jealous watchdog of real and respectable journalism. In comments, very few readers noted the absurdity of this stance on Dowd’s part. A few readers did file mordant remarks. The ... more »
Those 共匪 stole our factories!
Friend posted the link to Facebook. Tainan Train Station: PEIPING IS THE SOURCE OF THE WORLD’S VIOLENCE AND SCOURGES! STRONGLY OPPOSE RED CHINESE ENTRY INTO THE UNITED NATIONS! From here, a site chock full of old photos, some of Taiwan. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!
Sokolich (pretty much) changes his story!
*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014* *How journalists deal with such matters:* Mayor Sokolich has pretty much changed his story again. The mayor’s latest story may be perfectly accurate. But in what follows, we’ll look at the way journalists react to such matters. In what way has Sokolich changed his story? Back in January, Sokolich, the mayor of Fort Lee, made a point of telling Wolf Blitzer that he had never been asked to endorse Governor Christie—or at least, it seemed that was what the mayor said. “I’ve said it many times,” the mayor said to Blitzer: BLITZER (1/8/14): So take us into ... more »
“What Is Wrong with Aiming for Basic”?
“What Is Wrong with Aiming for Basic”?. via “What Is Wrong with Aiming for Basic”?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
US easing immigration rule for terrorist support - Yahoo News
Barack Obama and the war on terrorism... He's not really on our side... ' The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department now say that people considered to have provided "limited material support" to terrorists or terrorist groups are no longer automatically barred from the United States. A post-Sept. 11 provision in immigrant law, known as terrorism related inadmissibility grounds, had affected anyone considered to have given support. With little exception, the provision has been applied rigidly to those trying to enter the U.S. and those already here but wanting to... more »
Look behind the Iran warships headed to U.S. borders
A fascinating piece that deserves readership if only as a counter to the Obama worshipping media... ' While the Iranian warships are certainly no match for our navy, it is important to understand that we are seeing a geopolitical game of 3-D chess play out before us. Like chess, moves are calculated far in advance and often, moves are made for purposes other than direct confrontation. Sometimes, moves are made to spread out the other player’s pieces. Make no mistake, the Iranian ships are pieces on this board and under Putin’s control.' More here http://canadafreepress.com/index... more »
Olga Graf: Russian speed skater unzips suit for accidental striptease.
I haven't been watching the Winter Olympics from Russia, maybe I should... More here http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/02/09/olga_graf_russian_speed_skater_unzips_suit_for_accidental_striptease.html
WELFARE ABUSE: 32 years old Austin, Texas welfare recipient says working is stupid.
There's plenty of similar shttp://the people in the UK but the BBC and it's Labour allies won't admit it, why, because they vote Labour. More here www.theospark.net/2014/02/welfare-abuse-32-years-old-austin-tx.html?m=1
February 11th, 2014 Is The Day We Fight For Internet Freedom
On February 11th, we'll fight back against mass surveillance. We'll fight back against the invasion of our privacy. We'll fight back against the erosion of accountability. We'll demand our governments protect the internet and protect our rights. The internet needs your support. *Stand with us: add the Day We Fight Back banner to your website.* *We believe the internet works better when the world works together.* Our biggest victories have come when the internet stands as one: when we brought down SOPA and PIPA in the United States with the *largest internet protest in history*, w... more »
The Fair Elections Action Plan
What problems are the Conservatives really trying to solve with bizarre Fair Elections Act?wrote Andrew Coyne in an excellent column two days ago. I'd like to pillage that model and expand on it a bit. *Problem *: *Investigation into election fraud in 2011 Election* *33 months ago being rushed along at dangerous breakneck speeds.* *Fair Elections Act Solutions* : 1) Deny Elections Commissioner authority to compel documents and witness testimony (with individual authorizations from the courts) - a power nonetheless already enjoyed by elections chiefs in most provinces : Yukon, Alber... more »
Monday Linkage
Hello Ducks… here are your Monday links… Theory Talks #63 interviews Siddharth Mallavarapu on “International Asymmetries, Ethnocentrism, and a View on IR from India.” Oliver Stuenkel asks whether Intra-BRICS cooperation can advance amid economic gloom? Shanthie Mariet D’Souza gives India four scenarios for Afghanistan in the run up to the 2014 elections. Corey Robin asks whether Continue reading
Natalis - “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.” - teaser trailer
“Natalis,” created at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and directed by Daniel Brkovic and Jan-Marcel Kuehn, receives a VES Award for “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.” *Natalis* tells the story of EA, half woman, half machine, that walks through the native forest. She discovers a strange plant with cocoon-like leaves. Inside this cocoon floats a human embryo. As she touches the plant, EA experiences a vision: The embryo has transformed into ENKI, an insatiable monster that destroys the entire... more »
Show Bees Some Love On Valentines Day
We hope you have a date. With your local Home Depot and/or Lowe’s store. To deliver their managers’ a “Give Bees Some Love” Valentine. Why? Because Home Depot and Lowe’s sell plants that are coated in pesticides that kill bees. And we need your help to convince them that what consumers really want, are healthy, sustainable garden plants that attract bees, not kill them. *Next week, Feb. 10 through Feb. 16, the OCA will join 10 other national and international groups working together to convince the CEO of Home Depot, Frank Blake, and the CEO of Lowe’s, Robert Niblock, to stop sell... more »
Is Your Childs Inflammatory Bowel Disease Due To Eating GMO Ingredients?
Got GMO Belly? Without labeling, there is no traceability, no accountability and no liability. In the largest study to date, researchers in Ohio found an alarming increase in children with inflammatory bowel disease during the last decade in the United States. This increasing trend was present in each age category and across all geographic regions (Northeast, Midwest, South and West). The peer rev...iewed study, published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine, analyzes hospitalization rates, but does not pinpoint the cause for the increase. Say NO to the GMA's nonsensical... more »
Blood Oil in North Dakota, Rights of Nature Tribunal in Ecuador
Blood Oil in North Dakota, Rights of Nature Tribunal in Ecuador By Brenda Norrell Photo by Pennie Opal Plant Cree actress Tantoo Cardinal served as a judge at the Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal in Ecuador in January on the case of hydraulic fracking in the United States. The Tribunal comes as Native Americans and First Nations are waging war against hydraulic fracking, tar
DREAMS, SCIENCE AND GOD
Our dreams usually contain people we have met before and people we have not met before. Strangers in dreams | Psychology Today. It is as if our minds are tuning in to something like foreign radio stations, or other people's worlds, or the collective subconscious. Stuart Hameroff, an anaesthesiologist at the University of Arizona, Tucson, wrote in New Scientist that dreams resemble quantum information with their *"multiple coexisting possibilities, timelessness, hidden meaning and bizarre logic."* A quantum theory of dreams? - Telegraph. Our bodies are made up of tiny particles.... more »
Wall Street "Populism" Tramples Thailand's Poor
And how to pick them back up... *February 10, 2014 *(ATN) -The West has praised Thaksin Shinawatra and his "populist" policies for years as an example of very best of modern progressive principles in practice. Cheap loans, free computers, and rice subsidies were hailed as democracy in action by the Western media - and those who questioned the unsustainable, corruption and scandal fraught policies were swiftly condemned as "elitists" who rejected equality. The goal of these policies were never to lift up the poor, but rather install Thaksin Shinawatra into power long enough to upro... more »
ECUADOR Tantoo Cardinal judge's ruling on Hydraulic Fracking Case
Tantoo Cardinal: "They are shattering the bones of the earth, and she is grieving earthquakes." Tandoo Cardinal judge’s ruling on Hydraulic Fracking Case Rights of Nature Tribunal Hydraulic Fracking, USA Rights of Nature Tribunal Tantoo Cardinal said, "There are people who can hear Mother Earth, our traditional people that live close to the lands, close to the water, they can
Videos Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal Ecuador 2014
. Photo by Pennie Opal Plant Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal http://therightsofnature.org/rights-of-nature-tribunal Also see: Video Judge Tantoo Cardinal on US fracking http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/02/ecuador-tantoo-cardinal-judges-ruling.html “We the people assume the authority to conduct an Ethics Tribunal for the Rights of Nature. We will investigate cases of
UN Is In The Line of Fire In Syria: Foreign-Funded Terrorists Continue To Exploit Internal Chaos And International Grandstanding
Video Title: Ceasefire shattered: UN aid convoy attacked in Syria. Source: euronews. Date Published: February 9. Description: A UN convoy found itself under fire as it attempted to deliver aid to the besieged city of Homs in Syria. Nine vehicles were blocked for several hours. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent said mortar fire landed near one of their trucks wounding one of their drivers and other reports indicate four paramedics were also injured. Despite the holdup, the Red Cross managed to deliver aid to 3,000 residents in the rebel-held Old City which has been under siege for the l... more »
Thailand: Anti-Regime Protesters Tell Their Side of the Story - Part 2
Statesman Kasit Piromya weighs in on the ongoing Thai political crisis - peels off Western label of "anti-democratic protesters." *February 9, 2014* (ATN) - In Part 1, protest spokesman Akanat Promphan enumerated the grievances of his movement and attempted to correct disinformation being intentionally propagated by the Western media. *Image: Veteran statesman, a former ambassador and former Thai Foreign Minister, Kasit Piromya now speaks out against the regime of Thaksin Shinawatra.* .... Now, former Foreign Minister and veteran statesman Kasit Piromya has gone into the issues... more »
Censored News passes 3 million mark!
Darlene and Louise on sacred Western Shoshone land 2006 Censored News is celebrating passing the 3 million mark! Here's one of the first photos from that first grand year of 2006 when Censored News was born. That's when Indian Country Today censored and fired me. It has been a good journey, wouldn't have missed it for anything. Thanks to each of you! Censored News is now in its 8th year with
Republican Coke Freak Thomas Ravenel Reinvents Himself As A BRAVO! Reality TV Star
It was Samuel Johnson who, in 1775, coined the phrase "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." They didn't have reality TV back then. Do you remember Thomas Ravenel, the Republican wing nut who was elected Treasurer of South Carolina, the head of Rudy Giuliani's ill-fated South Carolina presidential campaign and the last Tea Party opponent for Lindsey Graham-- all before he was caught selling coke. He's the son of racist former congressman Arthur Ravenel, a Dixiecrat who joined the GOP in the early 1960s and represented the Charleston based first district currently held by ... more »
FUEU
"Fuck the EU" - The immortal words of Victoria Nuland, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the Department of State. What range of intellect! What expression of emotion! What depth of poetry! In only three simple words this great heroine expresses the rage of a nation. Ukraine, be proud, for you are in good hands.
About Those 2.9 Million Jobs Lost In January ( rather than focusing on the alleged 113 ,000 January Non - Fram Payroll increase ) ....... Once you grasp BSA non seasonally adjusted number reflect a loss of 2.9 million jobs , the following Washington Post proclamation makes perfect sense --- WaPo Praises The Joy Of Being "Untethered" And "Unleashed" From A Job, The "Freedom" Of Unemployment
About Those 2.9 Million Jobs Lost In January... [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/09/2014 20:40 -0500 - BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics - recovery inShare5 Much has been said about the January Non-farm payrolls number, which rose by 113K on expectations of a 180K increase, most of which has been focused on the US atmospheric conditions during the winter. There is a problem with those numbers: they don't really exist (as for the non-impact of "the weather" on jobs weshowed previously that the number of people "*not at work due to weat... more »
The Party's Over
One of the great political feats of the late 20th Century was the manufacture by billionaires of a right-wing cabal of crackpots-under-contract so unabashedly fascist that anyone sane and still voting would be left with a single alternative, which, of course, is the now-familiar brand of corporate, anti-democratic dramaturgy known as the Democratic Party. It's time for something else, and in the short 18 minute film below, a case is made for it. Watch and learn to think, organize, and act. You might say--the Party's over:
"What’s bad for Main Street and good for Wall Street in the short term is bad for both in the long term" (Robert Reich)
*by Ken* We all know -- don't we? -- that watching the stock market provides a reflection of certain factors in the state of the economy, it's far from any kind of reasonable *measure* of the economy. Which is the reality that underlies Robert Reich's blogpost "Why the Lousy Jobs Report Boosted Wall Street" (which I read via Nation of Change). The stock market surged yesterday after the lousy jobs report. The Dow soared 160 points Friday, while the S&P 500, and Nasdaq also rose. How can bad news on Main Street (only 113,000 jobs were created in January, on top of a meager 74,000 ... more »
EARTH FROM MARS / A SMALL STAGE IN A COSMIC ARENA
*This view of the twilight sky and Martian horizon, taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, includes Earth as the brightest point of light in the night sky. Earth is a little left of center in the image, and our moon is just below Earth. A human observer with normal vision, if standing on Mars, could easily see Earth and the moon as two distinct, bright "evening stars."* *Whenever I see a picture like this I am deeply humbled and I realize that my life's purpose on this small stage in this vast cosmic arena must be profoundly obvious and simple. As such, my life's purpose was to fin... more »
#CCLS: Moratorium, Or Delaying the Inevitable?
From the massive amount of media coverage lately I am sure you have heard the NYS legislature is debating placing a “moratorium” on consequences from Common Core testing. The discussion revolves around teachers, principals, and schools not being punished for low scores while New York slows down the implementation of the Common Core. Many questions […]
Christy Clark`s LNG Super Power Ambitions Get Whacked By Japan`s Return To Nuclear Power
*Pro-nuclear candidate Yoichi Masuzoe wins Tokyo's race for governor* *Former health minister, backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, defeats two candidates who promised to end nuclear power* *Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister backed by **Japan**'s ruling party, won Tokyo's election for governor on Sunday, defeating two candidates who had promised to end **nuclear power**.* *Masuzoe's victory was declared in exit polls on public broadcaster NHK minutes after voting closed. Masuzoe, 65, appeared smiling before cameras and promised to make Tokyo the No 1 city in the world while ... more »
Trifecta: Wherein they dissect George Lakoff, professor of Cognitive Science at UC Berkley...
*who is neither cognitive or scientific - or apparently even sane.* Are we surprised he's at UC Berkley?
Enbridge And Janet Holder Engage In Fraud
There was another poll released a few days ago where the results clearly show that British Columbians are strongly opposed to Enbridge`s northern gateway pipeline proposal and particularly to supertankers loaded with uncleanable once spilled Alberta bitumen as a cargo.. *2/3 rds of BCers are vehemently opposed...* http://www.justasonmi.com/?p=2712 These poll results are nothing new, nothing new indeed, in fact between Enbridge and the Stephen Harper oil company Government they have spent $85 million dollars advertising pipelines and oil movement with supertankers and still ma... more »
Deep Dish - Say Hello
Would you like some awesome sauce with your Sunday dinner?
“Crybabies of the 1 Percent: The Rich Complain While Getting Away With Everything”
*“Crybabies of the 1 Percent: * *The Rich Complain While Getting Away With Everything”* By Paul Campos "More than half a century ago, “West Side Story” satirized the idea that what was then known as juvenile delinquency was a product of poverty and the psychological maladjustments it produced, and that therefore “this boy don’t need a judge, he needs an analyst’s care.” Since then, America has been busy transforming itself into an unabashed plutocracy: while median household income has barely budged since the mid-1960s, the annual income of the top 1 percent has increased by an aver... more »
Will The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Continue To Dominate?
Late last night, we looked at the uncomfortable fact that progressives are *not* in control of the Democratic Party and that their values and ideals more often than not take a backseat to the career-driven needs of centrists and corrupted corporate shills. The Democratic Establishment, the Philly Machine, the cash-laden Republican wing of the Democratic Party and even the Clintons are backing a candidate in the hot PA-13 primary, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, who advocates cutting Social Security over the most progressive political leader in the state of Pennsylvania, state Senati... more »
Len’s Days Are Numbered
*Guest post by Stephen Berry* As Affordable Auckland Leader and organiser of the Len Brown Stand Down March, I have now begun a full-time two-week campaign to promote the Len Brown Stand Down March – about which I am heartily encouraged by the feedback of residents and ratepayers around Auckland. Will Ryan and I have been hitting the pavements of Auckland and I attended Sunday’s Big Gay Out. The feedback we have received has been overwhelmingly in favour of Len Brown standing down. Yesterday I pressed the flesh with attendees of the Big Gay out, experiencing first-hand the groun... more »
Love Quest : Day 2 - The Cabin
You’ve reached a critical moment for yourself. There are parts of you eating away at your core. You’ve been unaware of them until now. Why now? Because you’ve upgraded and improved. In order for the new stuff to stand strong and to last, anything that doesn’t *support *it – works to *dismantle*it. Our family owns property in the mountains and on it has always stood what we affectionately called “the cabin”. It was little more than a tar paper shack with an outhouse. Five years ago we tore it down. In its place now stands a double-wide trailer complete with steps and a deck... more »
Wagner rides to rescue
[image: Neil Wagner is pumped after dismissing Zaheer Khan, New Zealand v India, 1st Test, Auckland, 4th day, February 9, 2014] How cool was that win! And how cool is it being the only test team having Wagner thundering in taking scalps. NZ’s test cricketers made it hard for themselves, but Wagner rode to the rescue yesterday with an aggressive 10-over spell with an old ball that broke the 126-run third-wicket stand of Kohli and Dhawan, and then came back to take the crucial wicket of anchor-batsman MS Donhi with the newish ball. CricInfo’s summary: [image: image] Here’s R... more »
Gunman opens fire in Orthodox Cathedral on Sakhalin Island, Russia
*Why am I mentioning this shooting at all?* *One main reason- Location**1- Obviously because of the Olympics* *2- An Orthodox church* *3- Sakhalin Island. Very interesting* *4- The age of the shooter* *5- The manner in which the crime was conducted- the victims* The Olympics in Sochi have been attacked viciously via msm talking heads over the alleged human rights concerns for the humans, branded lgbt- self branded or media campaign Divide to conquer, is all I can say. *Moving on-* [image: Cathedral of the Resurrection in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Image from pravosakh.ru)]Cathedral of the R... more »
MI5 SPY; PEDOPHILE SPY
*Morocco - recruiting ground for the CIA and MI5.* MI5 had a Moroccan-born agent who 'investigated' the 7/7 London bombers and the Madrid bombers. The Moroccan is now suing the UK Government after being told that he must return to Morocco, where he faces 'arrest and torture'. The 33-year-old Moroocan worked for MI5 from 2000 to 2006. *www.dailymail*. *Morocco* The Moroccan came to Britain at the age of 18 and married a British citizen. In Britain the Moroccan met the preacher Abu Hamza, who is believed to work for MI5. Hamza's followers sent the Moroccan to Georgia and then to ... more »
What makes Paddy panic
Just another bite-sized post about Paddy O'Connell's apparent propensity to panic when someone picks on the Labour Party... This morning's *Broadcasting House* saw our Paddy egging on one Conservative MP, Richard Benyon, to attack another Conservative MP Ian Liddell-Grainger (for attacking the Environment Agency's Lord Chris Smith). Paddy let Mr Benyon absolutely slate Mr Liddell-Grainger without demur or interruption, but the second Mr Benyon began criticising the actions of the last Labour government in came that firm yet nervous 'OK' from Paddy that always arrives the instant La... more »
Book review: The Almond Tree
Two years ago I wrote a review of a novel called "Mornings in Jenin" by Palestinian Susan Abulhawa. This past week I had the opportunity to read another novel, "The Almond Tree," by Jewish-American Michelle Cohen Corasanti. Remarkably, although the plots of the two novels are completely different, and of course the authors come from very different backgrounds, the review I wrote for "Mornings in Jenin" (reproduced below) is almost word-for-word applicable to "The Almond Tree." The time period covered by the two novels is slightly different ("The Almond Tree" starts in 1955 and conti... more »
50 Years Ago Today: The Beatles
*Noah wrote this piece for the 50th anniversary, on December 26, of Capitol Records' release of their first Beatles record. But of course the date most people remember is the Fab Foursome's tumultuous U.S. TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964 -- by coincidence also a Sunday. It would seem a shame not to take advantage of that 50th anniversary to revisit this special reminiscence.* *On December 26, 1963, hastily pushed up in response to public demand,* *Capitol Records released their first Beatles record, a single of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" backed with "I Saw Her ... more »
Where do butterflies go in winter?
The second pre-*Sunday *Radio 4 programme I want to light sacred fires in praise of was *The Living World - *a programme which answered several questions that I've had fluttering around my head for many, many years now, all grouped around a central question: Where do British butterflies go in winter? All credit to presenter Chris Sperring and Oxford University butterfly expert Richard Fox for settling the matter. It was slightly too late for me though. I found a red admiral in our bathroom a week or so ago. It was awake and flying around. Central heating and the relatively warm... more »
UHC 22: Shortage of Doctors in the Philippines
A friend, Dr. Tony Leachon of UP College of Medicine, also practicing at Manila Doctors Hospital, posted this article in his fb wall last week, and it attracted lots of healthy and useful comments from his fellow physicians. I believe more people should be able to read this useful exchange. This is long, 4,600+ 7,300+ words, 10 16 pages, enjoy. --------- *Tony Leachon* PMA warns of worsening shortage of doctors. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/30/14/pma-warns-worsening-shortage-doctors *Emmanuel* 3D- Dispersal, Diffusion, Dedication *Daniel* Most patients in the provinces can'... more »
"Never..."
”Never explain. Never apologize. Have it done and let them howl.” - Winston Churchill
Deconstructing the Employment picture here in the US , why the unemployment rate has fallen so far and what a full analysis of the data actually reveals .......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/what-happened-last-time-unemployment-rate-dropped-much What Happened The Last Time The Unemployment Rate Dropped This Much [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/08/2014 16:08 -0500 - BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics - Congressional Budget Office - Demographics - Federal Reserve - New Normal - None - Obamacare - Real Unemployment Rate - Recession - recovery - Unemployment inShare9 One of the biggest accomplishments of the president, in his own words, is managin... more »
Lowongan Kerja ASISTEN APOTEKER di Medan Februari 2014 Terbaru
Lowongan Kerja ASISTEN APOTEKER di Medan Februari 2014 Terbaru - Kami disini sebagai blogger akan memberkan satu informasi yang mungkin sedang anda cari dan anda butuhkan yaitu info lowongan kerja februari 2014, kota yang akan kita beri info lowongan adalah kota medan dan khusus bagi anda yang telah menempuh pendidikan minimal SMKF/D3 Farmasi, berikut ini info karir kerja dari CV MITRA PRIMA
Olympics 2014: Where Everyone Is a Corporate Trademark
I tuned in to the Olympics this weekend and got pretty much what I deserved: a relentless onslaught of commercial odes to global capitalism interspersed with a few carefully edited moments of actual athletic competition. The actual athletes highlighted were invariably Americans. (Or better yet,refugees from lesser countries who don't enjoy our Freedoms). And NBC and its corporate sponsors are making sure that the competitors are spending as much air-time being shills for consumer products as they are skiing and skating. So, what's more off-putting? Malfunctioning toilets and brown ... more »
Ultraterrestrials or Pilots of the Spaceways?
*Ultraterrestrials or Pilots of the Spaceways?* *By Scott CorralesInstitute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU)©2014* “We are well aware that the word humanoid is not in the dictionary;” wrote Charles Bowen, editor of the United Kingdom’s world-renowned *Flying Saucer Review*, “that it was coined somewhere along the line by a writer or researcher. Nevertheless it seems to suit our purpose far more than those other words of anthropology like hominid, which means kin of man (Neanderthal man was one of these) and hominoid, which means man-like ape.” These were the words that formed part of hi... more »
Related articles
![]()
Mandatory minimum gun sentences battled in Toronto courts(thestar.com)![]()
Financial Markets Profit From Geoengineered Climate Disasters(chemtrailsplanet.net)![]()
A New Model for Climate Advocacy(ensia.com)![]()
Climate Engineering, A Toxic Deception(stateofglobe.com)![]()
Radioactive Chemtrails: Thorium Oxide and Geoengineering(rebldyne.wordpress.com)![]()
UK privacy expert: For real reform we must demand 'surveillance minimisation'(wired.co.uk)![]()
No Verdict in $6.7M Charter School Fraud Case in Philadelphia(philadelphia.cbslocal.com)![]()
Radioactive Chemtrails: Thorium Oxide and Geoengineering(truthnewsinternational.wordpress.com)![]()
Green Party's green about geoengineering(the-tap.blogspot.com)
