Sandy Hook Lighthouse (Photo credit: Vicki's Pics)
Heart Nebula (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Heart and Soul nebulae are seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA's WISE telescope. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Pounding More Nails In The "Sandy Hook Was Real" Coffin: Some Sandy Hook Victim's Families Were Given Free Houses Before The Operation! (Payoff For Their Participation In The Fraud?)
I truly cannot understand how anyone with any intelligence cannot see the truth about the Sandy Hook operation, and how it was indeed a massive hoax... I and others were amazed that after Wolfgang Halbig did his very damning expose just a week ago in an American Free Press interview with Dave Gahary (my article here), there are still those who still cannot get it, and we can now assume that many of them are either controlled, bought off, or are actually that clueless..... I am continuing my expose about the truth about Sandy Hook and presenting any new evidence of the fraud when it ... more »
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The DCCC video above, narrated by the great John Lewis, tries to associate all the great achievements accomplished by progressives with the broken down den of corruption and corporate prostitution that the Democratic Party has degenerated into. Steve Israel unveiled it at the caucus retreat last week. What an irony that the man touting the video-- Israel-- is most responsible for recruiting a new generation of reactionary and conservative corporate shills to populate the House Democratic caucus, in many cases, opportunistic Republicans switching parties or Democrats from the Repu... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Litter
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Is the heart and soul of our Galaxy located in Cassiopeia? Possibly not, but that is where two bright emission nebulas nicknamed Heart and Soul can be found. The Heart Nebula, officially dubbed IC 1805 and visible in the below view on the right, has a shape reminiscent of a classical heart symbol. Both nebulas shine brightly in the red light of energized hydrogen. *Click image for larger size.* Several young open clusters of stars populate the image and are visible above in blue, including the nebula centers. Light takes about 6,000 years to reach us from these nebulas, which togethe... more »
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* Why The Met Office Has Hung Its Chief Scientist Out To Dry* *But nobody seems to be asking the old fool how climate change could be causing Britain's wild weather when there has been no climate change for many years -- JR* Last week the Met Office and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology issued an admirable joint report on the floods and their possible connection to climate change, concluding that it is not possible to make such a link. ‘As yet’, it said, ‘there is no definitive answer on the possible contribution of climate change to the recent storminess, rainfall amounts and ... more »
Race To The Bottom Continues for Northland School Division
Since I haven't mentioned it in quite some time, I thought I'd touch base with an a former employer of mine to see how things were coming about. As school boards go, one can certainly do better than to send your child to Alberta's Northland School Division. As it turns out, not a lot has changed among the enlightened geniuses in the offices over in Peace River. If anything, things seem to have gotten worse for the inept Northland School Division. With luck these continual consultations and review processes will result in what the Minister of Education should have done in the first ... more »
World Leaders To Skip Geneva III & IV, And Will Wait To Attend Geneva V Instead
An excerpt from, *"Brahimi saves his energy for Geneva III"* by Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor, January 27, 2014: A senior Arab diplomat who followed the Geneva II conference in its first days said that the current impasse was evident from the outset, and that the way out was clear to the conference’s broker, Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi. *The diplomat, who left the Swiss city of Montreux two days after the conference opened on Jan. 22, told Al-Monitor that Brahimi was never deluded about the talks' prospects. Before the conference began, Brahimi had conducted many contacts with the S... more »
John Kane: 'Did I hear you say 10 percent of the U.S.’s energy resources are on Native lands?'
'Did I hear you say 10 percent of US's energy resources are on Native lands?' By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk Censored News Now wait a minute. Tell me, how do any resources on our lands get tallied up as a percentage of someone else's resources? Well, let me tell you how … First, it happens through blatant theft. That’s theft pulled off through fraud and extortion...with a little religion
China Sold Second-Largest Amount Ever Of US Treasurys In December: And Guess Who Comes To The Rescue ( Belgium ?? ) ? With foreign purchasers going on a buyers strike for US securities , wonder who steps into the breach ? Ah , that would be you --- "We Are From The Government And We Are Here To Offer You A No Risk, Guaranteed Return Investment Product"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-18/china-sells-second-largest-amount-us-treasurys-december-and-guess-who-comes-rescue China Sold Second-Largest Amount Ever Of US Treasurys In December: And Guess Who Comes To The Rescue [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/18/2014 20:15 -0500 - Belgium - China - Creditors - Japan - Treasury Department inShare48 While we will have more to say about the disastrous December TIC data shortly, which was released early today, and which showed a dramatic plunge in foreign purchases of US securiti... more »
The Global Warming Fraud: The Warming Nuts Will Not Quit - Now Claim (Non-Existent) Arctic "Thaw" Is Cooking The Planet (!)
With this winter being one of the coldest on record, I am still surprised that there are a few nuts out there that are still promoting the Global Warming fraud. It is shocking that some people are actually still gullible to believe the garbage spewing out of their mouths considering the fact that the planet is absolutely not heating at all, and in fact we are heading towards a long period of intense global cooling... But believe it or not, but the Global Warming lunatics will not quit, and I am shocked to present the following article that comes from the New Scientist website, at ... more »
Turning the wheel of days
Bees are in the crocuses and dandelions between the bucketfuls of hard rain, so I am pretending not to have looked at the weather sites and seen that we have yet another "chance of snow." I'm trying hard not to get overexcited and when I go out to the potting shed (which I pretend to myself is also a greenhouse with its big windows); it would be so easy to start potting up -- but there is still firewooding of the huge storm-broken branches, and pruning of the forty fruit trees, and pulling the beds back together that were leveled by the chickens and ducks, which every year I am s... more »
Edward Snowden Action Figure
Only 99 dollars, but 86 would have been more appropriate.
Shepherd Bliss : Dancing with death at Death Cafés
Death can be a teacher, if one moves beyond denial into acceptance… A death awareness movement seems to be growing and taking various forms. By Shepherd Bliss | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 “I have an appointment with … finish reading Shepherd Bliss : Dancing with death at Death Cafés
The Upcoming War On Syria: American Hypocrisy At Its Worse - US Accuses Russia Of Contributing To Syrian Conflict (!)
I have been watching the alternative media news for the last while concerning the situation in Syria, and I am truly now believing that the damn criminal and psychotic state of Isra-Hell will get their American slave minions to attack that peaceful nation very soon... The so called "Geneva Peace Talks" were a farce to begin with, and were always destined to fail... The Jews want to see Syria destroyed to secure more of Israel's long sought dominance in the Middle East, and they made sure that their American slaves made the impossible demand that Bashar Al-Assad be removed from power... more »
Protecting the Rez: Protecting Mother Earth Campaign
Protecting the Rez: Protecting Mother Earth Campaign Resolutions ready made for communities By Matt Remle Last Real Indians http://lastrealindians.com/for-immediate-release-protecing-the-rez-protecting-mother-earth-campaign-by-matt-remle/ Mitakuyepi, my relatives, the on-going assaults against our lands, communities, waterways, aquifers, and traditional forms of subsistence is
A father's love
Budweiser only wishes they could come up with an ad this heartwarming.
So, just to be clear, the NSA is or is NOT "Peeping While You're Sleeping"?
LibertyManiacs.com *by Ken* I missed this story the last time around, in November, when our *Washington Post* "In the Loop" pal Al Kamen originally reported on the lawsuit filed by Public Citizen on behalf of a vendor who had dared to misappropriate its apparently sacred seal, and that of the Department of Homeland Security as well. The NSA, for some reason, did not appreciate the ceramic mug featuring its official seal with the words "Spying On You Since 1952." The agency also probably wouldn't have been ecstatic about a design with an altered version of the seal and the words: ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Boise, Idaho, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"What Is Reason?"
"What is reason? Knowledge informed by sympathy, intelligence in the arms of love." - Edward Abbey
Gold items of note February 18 , 2014 -- Hong Kong Gold and Silver Exchange To Launch 1,500 Tonne Depository in China ........ Standard Bank in prime position for Deutsche's gold fix seat, sources tell Reuters ........ WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BEAR STEARNS ? ....... It may be raining bankers for a reason, Leeb tells KWN ....... .
Jesse Cafe Americain...... 18 FEBRUARY 2014 Hong Kong Gold and Silver Exchange To Launch 1,500 Tonne Depository in China Just a fad. Nothing to see here, move along. Reuters Hong Kong gold exchange eyes 1,500-tonne warehouse in mainland China February 16, 2014 The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (CGSE), based in Hong Kong, *aims to launch a physical bullion trading exchange and a 1,500-tonne depository in mainland China within the next year,* its president said on Thursday. The century-old firm, which runs Hong Kong's only physical bullion trading exchange, is looking to ta... more »
Fukushima Updates - thread for the week beginning 2/16/14 - Tepco’s spokesman “I have distrust in Tepco itself for not announcing the wrong analysis for this long” ...... Tepco mis-analyzed 167 samples since 311/ Correct readings can be over 10 times much as wrong ones ....... Tepco aware of wrong analysis by 7/24/2013 / 2 days after they officially admitted contamination leaking to the sea ......
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
2/17/14....... Leaked all β of “300m3 leakage accident” was also underestimated / INES level might be increased Posted by *Mochizuki* on February 17th, 2014 · 2 Comments Share on linkedinShare on deliciousShare on facebookShare on twitterMore Sharing Services Following up this article..* INES classification of Fukushima accident may increase from Level 7 + 3 due to the revelation of wrong analysis* [URL] The samples about 300m3 leakage accident was also mis-analyzed, according to Tepco. The spokesman stated in the press conference of 2/12/2014. They found the major leakage of highly... more »
"The Denial of Death"
*"The Denial of Death"* by Ernest Becker “The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man... the irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we shrink from being fully alive.""Yet, at the same time, as the Eastern sages also knew, man is a worm and food for worms. This is the paradox: ... more »
"The Purpose Of Life..."
“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy." I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” - Leo C. Rosten
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Remember Now”
2002, “Remember Now” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4qjI8VVzg Perhaps their finest work, certainly my favorite... sublime: “of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.” - CP
"One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society"
*"One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag:* * What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society"* By Kevin Roose "Recently, our nation’s financial chieftains have been feeling a little unloved. Venture capitalists are comparing the persecution of the rich to the plight of Jews at Kristallnacht, Wall Street titans are saying that they’re sick of being beaten up, and this week, a billionaire investor, Wilbur Ross, proclaimed that “the 1 percent is being picked on for political reasons.” Ross's statement seemed particularly odd, because two years ago, I met Ross at an event that ... more »
Libya Updates February 18 , 2014 -- Congress members given ultimatum to resign or “be arrested” ....... Zintan’s Qaqaa and Sawaiq brigades issue an ultimatum to its members to resign by 10 pm or be arrested. Members and staff are reported to have left the Congress building but there was no visible extra security in the road outside which remains open to traffic, unlike previous occasions when there have been threats to Congress...... Colorful past behind Libyan 'coup maker' ....... Additional items pertaining to security or lack thereof in forgotten Libya !
Political drama...... Congress members given ultimatum to resign or “be arrested” *By Ahmed Elumami.* *Tripoli, 18 February 2014*: There was confusion at the General National Congress this evening after it was announced on TV that Zintan’s Qaqaa and Sawaiq brigades had issued an ultimatum to its members to resign by 10 pm or be arrested. Members and staff are reported to have left the Congress building but there was no visible extra security in the road outside which remains open to traffic, unlike previous occasions when there have been threats to Congress. Zawia Congresswoman Nai... more »
Hollerado - So It Goes (Official Video)
Source: Hollerado.
Klamath River youths in Brazil joining Belo Dam fight
Photos Klamazon Delegation Article by Amazon Watch Reposted at Censored News Today a Northern California delegation of Indigenous youth and Klamath River protectors depart San Francisco International Airport, headed to Brazil's Xingu River Basin in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The group will meet with communities affected by the proposed Belo Monte dam project. Klamazon
Tuesday Linkage
Academica Prominent academic Stephen Hawking has weighed in on a public debate. Humanitarian Disarmament Chicago PhD Candidate John Stevenson writes in Slate about why ceasefires don’t protect civilians. Momentum last week towards a treaty abolishing nuclear weapons: Mexico leads charge. Anti-killer-robot campaigners on the new Robocop. Human Rights and Armed Conflict UNHCHR’s report on North Continue reading
Start the Week: The Prologue
Two or three week's ago *Is the BBC biased?*'s hidden microphones in BBC H.Q. caught the following discussion between a BBC producer (let's called her Katy - not her real name) and a BBC assistant producer (let's call him Julian - not his real name): *Katy*: Did you read Eamon Duffy's review of John Cornwell's latest book in the *Guardian? * *Julian*: Yes, of course. Cornwell *really* lays into the Catholic Church, doesn't he? Maybe we could get him onto *Start the Week*? He's bound to let rip against the Catholic Church. He really can't stand Catholic conservatives, can he? What ... more »
Would Republicans String Up The Koch Brothers If Oklahoma Disappears Into A Giant Sink Hole?
In the video above, the relationship between swarms of Oklahoma earthquakes and fracking, seems obvious. Koch brothers-protected fracking is starting to devastate a wide swathe of the middle of the country-- and Republicans are willfully oblivious to the dangers their ideological policy agenda is causing in red states like Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Kansas. Whether those stresses are natural or triggered by human activity is currently being studied. “You can't not ever connect an individual earthquake to an act of drilling or waste water injection. However, I think it's count... more »
Chris Huhne, climate change, toddler victims of the government's benefit reforms, Kim so-fat and Alex Salmond (not at all fat) & the EU
Despite my pledge to let it fester... Last night's *Newsnight*, presented by Radio 5 Live's Victoria Derbyshire, opened (as it ought to have done) with the subject of the *floods*. The introductory seconds of the programme, however, included a clip of disgraced Lib Dem ex-minister Chris Huhne denouncing right-wing 'climate sceptics' in the Tory Party (in his capacity as a *Newsnight *'talking head'.) [Chris Huhne was, you may remember, released only last year after being sent to prison for perverting the course of justice and, from the moment of his release, *Newsnight *has been ... more »
Rapidly eaten up by the machine!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014* *Watching Chris Hayes disappear:* The time has come to ask a question: Is Chris Hayes, the cable news host, on performance enhancing drugs? Hayes’ persona has been reinvented since he was moved to prime time. Early on, Hayes described this as the process of becoming a showman. This was the relevant Q-and-A. The interview with Salon appeared last June 25: SALON: *You have to think about ratings more?* MSNBC has had its challenges there lately. HAYES: *Yeah, ratings are the measurement of what you have to think about, which is producing entertaining tel... more »
Follow the money to understand education reform
Originally posted on Talking Union: by Deborah Meier Deborah Meier I’m returning to my roots! Marx occasionally had it right. Along with Horace Mann, John Dewey et al. This whole “new reform” movement in education is being fueled (the $$$$) by ordinary greed. Or second-hand greed—seeing a chance to destroy the political power of an…
Thorne Dreyer : Singer-songwriter Charlie Faye & friends pay musical tribute to Carole King & James Taylor on Rag Radio
Listen to the podcast of this highly entertaining hour that includes memorable performance by Charlie and musical crew. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 Singer-Songwriter Charlie Faye — and a lively group of musical … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : Singer-songwriter Charlie Faye & friends pay musical tribute to Carole King & James Taylor on Rag Radio
CBO on a Minimum-Wage Hike
From a new report: Once fully implemented in the second half of 2016, the $10.10 option would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers....The increased earnings for low-wage workers resulting from the higher minimum wage would total $31 billion, by CBO’s estimate. However, those earnings would not go only to low-income families, because many low-wage workers are not members of low-income families. Just 19 percent of the $31 billion would accrue to families with earnings below the poverty threshold, whereas 29 percent would accrue to families earning more than three times the... more »
Fukushima: “New TEPCO Report Shows Damage to Unit 3 Fuel Pool MUCH Worse Than That at Unit 4”
“New TEPCO Report Shows Damage to Unit 3 Fuel Pool MUCH Worse Than That at Unit 4” by WashingtonsBlog - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn-NuHMCB5o ◆ Finding current, accurate information is difficult due to the intentional stonewalling and obfuscation of TEPCO and the American and Japanese governments. The information below, though slightly dated, will provide at least starting points for your own research. Trust that conditions have *not* improved since then. - CP *Radiation Alerts: AZ, NV, CO, UT and ID* Thursday, 19 December 2013 10:17 December 19, 2013- (TRN http://www.TurnerRadi... more »
“Mass Surveillance Proves Pointless”
*“Mass Surveillance Proves Pointless”* by Steve Chapman “In times of war and national emergency, it’s sometimes necessary to sacrifice civil liberties to secure vital gains in public safety. In those cases, we may have to accept a loss of privacy or freedom rather than invite mass slaughter of Americans. The National Security Agency’s domestic phone records collection is not one of those. Never have so many Americans been brought under surveillance for such a meager payoff, actual or potential. Creating risks to privacy to save lives is one thing. Creating them to accomplish little... more »
Jonah Raskin : My Valentines Day
I had my best Valentine’s Day ever dancing in the streets of New York with about 60 beautiful women protesting violence against women. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 NEW YORK CITY — I didn’t … finish reading Jonah Raskin : My Valentines Day
Violence In Iraq Returning To 2004-2005 Period With Rebirth Of Insurgency
MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
January 2014 was another turning point in Iraq’s security situation. The events in Anbar marked the return of the non-Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) insurgency. ISIS already successfully rebuilt itself in 2013, proving capable of carrying out attacks throughout the country from the north to the south. Now many militant groups that have largely been dormant since the civil war years have announced their return. The result is that Iraq today is much like Iraq in 2004-2005 when the insurgency was just taking off for the first time. All the organizations that track deaths i... more »
Door Hop Galley - Q&A with Col. Anthony Shaffer
*And that's all she wrote...*
Arizona State Superintendent Campaigns for Private Schools
In 2011, SM posted on Arizona's John Huppenthal, who has come a long way since then.
Snowden leaks 'manhunt' for Wikileaks: 'Who owns the truth?'
Snowden leak: US and Britain's manhunt for Wikileaks viewers and Julian Assange By Brenda Norrell Censored News The latest leak from whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that the US and Britain carried out a "manhunt" for Julian Assange and tracked Wikileaks viewers computer IP addresses. With this manhunt and prosecution of whistleblowers ongoing, the question remains, "Who owns the
Lego Face Shirt and $25 Expressions Vinyl Giveaway
I was given the Heat Transfer Vinyl to create this shirt. All opinions and instructions are 100% my own. [image: Housewife Eclectic: Lego Face Shirt] Has Lego fever from the new Lego Movie hit your house? It has certainly hit ours. Legos are some of the most played with toys in our house. My daughter has spent the last year or so playing with the sets my husband played with as a child, but this year we decided to buy her some of her own, so my husband will stop stressing about her losing the pieces. Even 20 years later, he still loves his Legos. This fun, simple shirt will take you... more »
Interim, interlocutory, mandatory and permanent injunctions
1711811 Ontario Ltd. (AdLine) v. Buckley Insurance Brokers Ltd., 2014 ONCA 125: [49] Various types of injunctive relief have been sought or ordered in this proceeding: interim, interlocutory, mandatory and permanent. What do each of those terms mean and how do they differ from one another? [50] Let us first consider interim and interlocutory injunctions. While motions for pre-trial injunctive relief often term the relief that is sought as both interim and interlocutory, some distinctions can be drawn between the two. [51] A motion for an interim injunction c... more »
The Realist Report - Aryan Women
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Heks and Sinead of *AryanWomen.com*. Heks and Sinead host *Aryan Women on Renegade Broadcasting* every Sunday evening. We will be discussing a variety of subjects, including growing up in Jew-controlled America, college, male-female relations, and related matters. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *AryanWomen.com - Be proud of who you are* - *Organized Jewry: de... more »
Please… The Real Marianne Williamson IS Standing Up-- And Always Has Been
Are North Carolina's Moral Mondays too far away for you to really get what they're about? Hint: they're not about anything Wendy Greuel will ever understand. Marianne Williamson isn't a political careerist. And political careerists-- and political careerists-in-the-making-- resent her for it. Many snicker that she's "just" a spiritual teacher or a guru of some kind, a put-down among political careerists. And how dare she not be in one of the two corruption-dominated parties that think they have a God-given monopoly on power in America! The first time I was ever arrested was at th... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Assassination by technology: The context of America’s drone killings
Brandon Bryant, who spent six years as a drone sensor operator, has stepped forward out of guilt and concern about the killing of American citizens. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 This past week, … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : Assassination by technology: The context of America’s drone killings
Chris Matthews’ ridiculous present-day conduct!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014* *Last night’s opening segment:* Way back when, Chris Matthews’ appalling conduct almost got somebody killed. For details, see our previous post. During that era, two years of Matthews’ appalling conduct sent George W. Bush to the White House. People are dead all over the world because of the things Matthews did. Our “press culture” being a manifest fraud, nobody cared about this. Manifestly, the children care about making big scratch and becoming big famous TV stars. As a result, Matthews’ ridiculous conduct continues right up to the present. Conside... more »
In The Navy
Cribbed from the USS* Gunston Hall* Facebook page... That's Southern Daughter on the far right. Southern Man is very proud of her. Can you tell?
About Trolls
Boris over at The Galloping Beaver found a study that argues that internet trolls are psychotic fuckwads. That makes sense. I used to go to right-wing sites and argue with them. I'd argue pretty caustically sometimes (given what hateful, racist, war-monger shit-heads they were) but I'd never pretend I hadn't made a mistake when I'd made one. And I'd never return again and again to make mindless, ad hominem insults about the blogger. To do that, one would have to be a psychotic fuckwad. Like a genuine troll. Sorry I don't have anything more valuable to say.
Strangelet commission: Tommaso Dorigo wouldn't care if the Earth were eaten
*Physicists attacked for endangering the planet, for being less alarmist than the climate change cranks* Tommaso Dorigo of CMS discusses a new bizarre proposal to establish a U.S. commission that would evaluate the risks that the RHIC experiment will destroy our blue, not green planet: New U.S. Science Commission Should Look At Experiment’s Risk Of Destroying The Earth One of the two authors of the proposal in *International Business Times*above (a news outlet that is being cited by TRF positively in a vast majority of cases, but not this one!) is a law professor and the other one ... more »
The Analogy, Hyperbole Problem: “With explanation kind” (Tone, pt. 5)
The Analogy, Hyperbole Problem: “With explanation kind” (Tone, pt. 5). via The Analogy, Hyperbole Problem: “With explanation kind” (Tone, pt. 5).Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
GIVEN TO ME ON EARTH
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) *To those born later* I Truly I live in dark times! Frank speech is naïve. A smooth forehead Suggests insensitivity. The man who laughs Has simply not yet heard The terrible news. What kind of times are these, when To talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors? When the man over there calmly crossing the street Is already perhaps beyond the reach of his friends Who are in need? It’s true that I still earn my daily bread But, believe me, that’s only an accident. Nothing I do gives me the right to eat my fill. By ch... more »
THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: Recalling what Chris Matthews once did!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014* *Part 2—He almost got somebody killed:* As a matter of theory, journalists aren’t supposed to fall in love with accusers. In theory, journalists are supposed to be appropriately skeptical of the claims of accusers. That’s the theory you will encounter in eighth-grade civics texts. Often, though, those who play journalists on TV fall in love with accusers—though it all depends on who the accusers are accusing, and on what they’re accusing them of. Back in May 1999, one of our most prominent “cable news” pseudo-journalists almost got somebody killed. It... more »
It's Tuesday...
*what's going on?* Besides the worst stiff neck ache I've ever had. Clash Daily: *DING DONG: Capital One Reserves Right to Collect at Cardholders’ Home, Work * Hot Air: *Sebelius: Our Spanish-language web portal is mucho buena, you betcha* WZ: *White House On Stimulus Anniversary: “Thanks To The Actions of President Obama, The Economic Picture Today Is Much Brighter”…* iOwnTheWorld: *Obama Plays Water-Guzzling Desert Golf Courses Amid California Drought * Bunkerville: *Hillary Clinton, the FBI, and Travelgate – a lesson about her moral fiber * Conservative Hideout: *Warni... more »
Social Theory Reading List
This list is going to kill me. I've got a wee bit of catching up to do now I'm properly back in the sociological game, so I've made a list of works I need to thoroughly acquaint myself with. It's a monster with some proper beasties on it. Both volumes of Habermas's *Theory of Communicative Action*? Yup. Robert K Merton's *Social Theory and Social Structure*? He's there. It's not an exhaustive list by any means. After all, I would like to try and read every single one. And it's less than comprehensive because I might have read a great deal of a certain thinkers' outputs already. Like... more »
Ford's Theatre of the Macabre
Ford's Theater of the Macabre from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order.* *As for now, I'm in control here, in the White House."* *General Alexander Haig, March 30, 1981*
Educational Atrocities 101
If you thought the heinous practice of institutional child abuse ended when Charles Dickens exposed it in his novels, think again. Not only has it survived through the centuries, it's now enjoying something of a renaissance right here in the New Feudal States of America. You've heard of the nefarious School-to-Prison Pipeline. But how about that gateway intramural system preceding it, where jail cells within the schools have become almost as ubiquitous as classrooms? In educational Newspeak, they are euphemistically called "Scream Rooms." They are gulags within gulags. You might th... more »
Am I Being Targeted For Layoff Due To My Age?
An AOL Jobs reader asked me: I work for a large company in Ohio. There are 50 or so employees with my job title working at various locations in the area. The company has decided to eliminate all but 15 of those positions. I am 61 years old. The company first examined our work history, anyone with disciplinary actions were eliminated from the pool. We were informed some positions had been filled and yesterday "group interviews" were conducted. The union negotiated a severance package, one week pay for each year served, the company will continue to pay benefits for three months and t... more »
The White History We Ignore
From Alternet: *February 14, 2014 * | Schools across the country are adorned with posters of the 44 U.S. presidents and the years they served in office. U.S. history textbooks describe the accomplishments and challenges of the major presidential administrations—George Washington had the Revolutionary War, Abraham Lincoln the Civil War, Teddy Roosevelt the Spanish-American War, and so on. Children’s books put students on a first-name basis with the presidents, engaging readers with stories of their dogs in the Rose Garden or childhood escapades. Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Ins... more »
Targeting General Leslie
Andrew Cohen acknowledges at the beginning of his latest column that he is a friend of retired general Andrew Leslie: (A note: I have known Leslie, his wife and children for 10 years. We’re friends). That said, he then reviews the facts: As part of their severance, those who serve 20 years or more are offered a last move, at government expense, after they retire. Soldiers are asked to live in many places; the policy recognizes that the house you occupy at the end of your career may not be where you want to remain. Leslie served 35 years at home and abroad and moved 18 times. Wh... more »
Invoking Hitler Cantor Calls for Eternal War
With Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner now mortally wounded after once again throwing the so-called tea party caucus under the bus on the latest debt ceiling deal he will need to watch his back carefully as his ambitious underling Eric Cantor is readying the dagger. Eric Ivan Cantor, the pride of Virginia’s 7th congressional district is ready to pounce now having just delivered a major foreign policy address which coincides with a renewed push for an attack on Iran that is picking up steam. The P5+1 talks to relax economic sanctions in return for concessions from Tehra... more »
When Will The DSCC Wake Up To The Fact There's A Crucial, Winnable Race In South Dakota?
Rick and Rounds South Dakota isn't really a dependable red state. Sure, in presidential elections it is but the state has had a penchant for sending Democrats to the House and Senate in Washington. Two-thirds of the Senate contests since 1986 have been won by Democrats. This cycle, one of the best populists running anywhere, Rick Weiland, is running an independent campaign against GOP Establishment pick Mike Rounds-- if, as is likely, rounds survives all those Tea Party primary opponents. The DSCC, which had its heart set on former Blue Dog chair Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, hasn't ral... more »
All Purpose Healing Salve by The Paleo Mama
All Purpose Healing Salve The Paleo Mama, 21 January 2014 When you have little ones in the house, there seems to be an endless supply off boo-boos, rashes, bug bites, and itchy skin. I don’t like having a giant medicine cabinet. I like to keep things very simple, which is why I really love essential oils. I have, literally, traded my cluttered medicine cabinet with bottles and pills, over to a very minimalistic shelf with essential oils and some other holistic remedies. My goal in creating this recipe is to minimize your medicine cabinet and prove to you that, once again, nat... more »
Obama's Continuing War on Public Education
A must read by [image: Michael Brenner Headshot] Michael Brenner Become a fan Senior Fellow, the Center for Transatlantic Relations; Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
JP Morgan bank and financial employee death toll rises once again - third death ( the latest death involving a FX trader ) in just a matter of weeks ! A Banker Jumped To His Death From The Top Of JP Morgan Headquarters In Hong Kong ...... banking and financial personnel sudden death index rises to either 6 or 7 since late January depending on which events you choose to factor in !
Very interesting Kings World piece on the topic...... It may be raining bankers for a reason, Leeb tells KWN Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-02-18 18:58. Section: Daily Dispatches 1:57p ET Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Fund manager Stephen Leeb today tells King World News that the United States will do anything to preserve the dollar's role as the world reserve currency, a status that confers almost absolute power over the world financial system, and he thinks that the rain of bankers falling from great heights around the world may be connected to it: htt... more »
US Revisits Options on Syria- Seeking Ways to Pressure Syrian government
U.S. Revisits Options on Syria as Talks Stall- the Obama Administration Takes a Fresh Look at Expanding Training, No-Fly Zones *The Obama administration*, exasperated by stalled talks over Syria and seeking ways to pressure the regime and its Russian allies, plans to revisit options ranging from expanding efforts to train and equip moderate rebels to setting up no-fly zones, according to officials briefed on the deliberations. The move means the administration again will consider military, diplomatic and intelligence options that previously were presented to the White House but set... more »
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*Cervical cancer could be prevented with an HIV drug: Tablet kills the virus that causes the disease* *This was a very small trial in Africa so much more work will be needed to replicate the findings in the West. White and African reactions to drugs do sometimes differ* Cervical cancer could be prevented by a commonly-used HIV drug, scientists say. The medicine has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer. A husband and wife team from the University of Manchester treated women with lopinavir and found that it wiped out pre-cancerous ce... more »
Magnet Schools as a Tool to End Socioeconomic Segregation
The NYTimes has a piece on the modest resurgence of magnet schools, which are public schools of choice that highlight a portion of the curriculum that is attractive to certain children and parents. They are great alternatives to the corporate charter chains staffed with non-teachers and managed by non-educators. Unless a conscious effort to reduce segregation is included in their magnet planning, however, the same kinds of cognitive and socioeconomic apartheid can result. That is why school systems should view magnet schools as a way to offer parents choice, of course, but to pr... more »
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*Police: Cyclists attacked with baseball bats on Esplanade ~WWLTV* *Tulane offers $1M prize for answer to Dead Zone ecological mystery ~Casey Ferrand* *Why Taxpayers Will Bail Out the Rich When the Next Storm Hits ~Bill Dedman, NBC* *NOAA has predicted a 95 percent risk for flooding this year along the Mississippi River Basin. *
Movie Title Breakup
A couple breaks up with each other (via the use of 154 movie titles), sheer genius.
Bill Whittle: What's really going on in Russia during the Olympics...
*he has something to say. *
Now is the Hour to Listen WITHIN
This message swept through skype rooms and facebook yesterday like a tidal wave of light. When I read the original post that I saw in one of the skype rooms I immediately asked Pete, who'd posted it, if he had a link to the original words. I began searching to "verify" that the post was "authentic" and truly from the Hopi Elders. It wasn't until this morning when I read one link that was debunking this post as having not come from the Hopi Elders that I realized that it didn't matter. When we read something that resonates with us and withIN us, does it really matter where the ... more »
Emigration from America: new dirt in the U.S. tax system
*3,000 renounced their U.S. citizenship in 2013* I have filed 10 U.S. tax returns in my life. Well, in fact, it was 11 – including the "less than 180 days" at the beginning. Well before I began to be harassed by professional "discriminated" feminists, professional "discriminated" blacks, and similar atrocious scum sometime in 2005, I hated that experience. The tax returns had to be combined with almost annual exercises needed to get new visas, prolong them, get new stamps for them, and so on. As you know, it's not just about the federal tax returns. One must also file the tax return... more »
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*Mann and the Oxburgh Panel* The Mann libel case has been attracting increasing commentary, including from people outside the climate community. Integral to Mann’s litigation are representations that he was “investigated” by 6-9 investigations, all of which supposedly gave him “exonerations” on wide-ranging counts, including “scientific misconduct”, “fraud”, “academic fraud”, “data falsification”, “statistical manipulation”, “manipulation of data” and even supposed findings that his work was “properly conducted an fairly presented”. Mann also represented that these investigations we... more »
American Teens More & More Demand Organic Food
[image: Foto: TEENS ARE REJECTING GMOs & PESTICIDES! A whopping 39 percent of teens are choosing organic food options—exciting news for anyone concerned with the future health of our nation. The recently completed teen study by Piper Jaffray & Co. also found that 35 percent of teens are eating more organic food than a year ago. These findings are right on the money, according to Marci Zaroff, board member of both the Organic Trade Association and Teens Turning Green, a student-led advocacy group dedicated to promoting sustainability. READ: http://organicconnectmag.com/across-america... more »
Five questions about the Leslie moving expense furor
Former Canadian Forces lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie - and federal Liberal advisor and prospective star candidate - is being attacked by the Harper Conservatives for claiming $72,000 in retirement moving expenses under a policy that applies to RCMP officers and the military. The Intended Place of Residence policy covers retiring Mounties and military personnel for one last move after they retire. The idea is that if you end your career in Newfoundland, but want to move back to be closer to your grandkids in Saskatoon, the government will pick up the cost. It’s a reward for accepti... more »
Ted McLaughlin : Convicted felons and the right to vote
Eleven states don’t restore voting rights to ex-felons, but a substantial majority of Americans believe that they should. By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 Attorney General Eric Holder brought up an interesting topic the other … finish reading Ted McLaughlin : Convicted felons and the right to vote
Musical Interlude: 2002, “We Meet Again”
2002, “We Meet Again” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_OmsxDef9c
Oedipus' Message To Thailand: "Freedom Is Not Easy, Democracy Is Not Easy"
When I started one of the first punk rock record labels in America back in the late '70s, most rock radio stations laughed at our records and refused to play them. The first big station outside of the San Francisco Bay Area to play the 415 Records artists was WBCN in Boston. We went from being a label that measured sales in various Bay Area neighborhood stores to suddenly shipping boxes of albums to stores in Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire. And, because WBCN was such a huge and successful station, other stations around the country started playing the records as well. The pro... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It is the largest and most complex star forming region in the entire galactic neighborhood. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy orbiting our Milky Way galaxy, the region's spidery appearance is responsible for its popular name, the Tarantula nebula. This tarantula, however, is about 1,000 light-years across. Were it placed at the distance of Milky Way's Orion Nebula, only 1,500 light-years distant and the nearest stellar nursery to Earth, it would appear to cover about 30 degrees (60 full moons) on the sky. *Click image for larger size.* Intriguing detail... more »
An Open Letter to Bill Gates and a Keynote Challenge
Dear Bill, You don’t know me. I have never applied for one of your fat, corporate-reform-promoting education grants. I am not even tempted to even though I have little money. You see, I am a career public school teacher, and I consider your money wielding a detriment to a healthy democratic society. You and other […]
RIOTS AND DEATH AT AUSTRALIA’S MANUS ISLAND CONCENTRATION CAMP
The riots, injuries and death that have occurred on Manus Island, a detention centre in the Pacific where detainees are kept in inhuman concentration camp-like conditions, is the result of Australia’s neo-fascist racist policies designed to keep non-white foreigners from coming to Australia. Scott Morrison, the Australian government’s Minister for Immigration, has defended the indefensible despite at least one detainee having been shot to death and some 77 others being injured, several of them seriously with at least one other with gunshot wounds and another with a fractured skull. ... more »
Chet Raymo,“Take My Arm”
*“Take My Arm”* by Chet Raymo “I'm sure I have referenced here before the poems of Grace Schulman, she who in inhabits that sweet melancholy place between "the necessity and impossibility of belief." Between, too, the necessity and impossibility of love. Belief and love. They have so much in common, yet are as distinct as self and other. How strange that two people can hitch their lives together, on a whim, say, or wild intuition, knowing little if nothing about the other's hiddenness, about things that even the other does not fully understand and couldn’t articulate even if he d... more »
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“The Ocean’s Death March”
*“The Ocean’s Death March”* by Robert Hunziker “Something is out of kilter in the ocean. The problem is found throughout the marine food chain from the base, plankton (showing early signs of reproductive and maturation complications) to the largest fish species in the water, the whale shark (on the endangered species list.) The ocean is not functioning properly. It’s a festering problem that will not go away. It’s called acidification, and, as long as fossil fuels predominate, it will methodically, and assuredly, over time, kill the ocean. Scientists already have evidence of troubl... more »
Re. the Comcast-TWC deal, Paul Krugman asks: "When and why did we stop worrying about monopoly power?"
*"Comcast perfectly fits the old notion of monopolists as robber barons, so-called by analogy with medieval warlords who perched in their castles overlooking the Rhine, extracting tolls from all who passed. The Time Warner deal would in effect let Comcast strengthen its fortifications, which has to be a bad idea."* -- *Paul Krugman, in his NYT column today,* "Barons of Broadband" *by Ken* Both Howie and yours truly have registered horror at the prospect that Comcast and Time Warner Cable can actually get away with the plan they hatched -- remarkably stealthily, in this day and age... more »
Winnemem call on Obama to not support tunnels
Photo of Restore the Delta supporters rallying on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley on February 14. Photo by Dan Bacher. 800_rtd_rally_1.jpg original image ( 5184x3456) Delta advocates, Winnemem call on Obama to not support tunnels by Dan Bacher Censored News Advocates for the restoration of Central Valley salmon and the Delta rallied with colorful signs and banners at
Sandy Hook: Free homes and “big bucks” incentives for leaders and players
VETERANS TODAY Sunday, February 16th, 2014 By Jim Fetzer (with Wolfgang Halbig)*BREAKING NEWS! New Revelations expose the apparently corrupt motives of Newtown authorities and participants in the staged events at Sandy Hook, including free homes and a cut of $27 million (USD) in donations from a sympathetic but gullible public played for saps through the cynical manipulation of their subconscious fears.* [image: Wolfgang]*New research on Sandy Hook reveals powerful financial incentives that appear to implicate the highest officials of Newtown in a conspiracy to fabricate the Sandy ... more »
Globalization, Mobility and Inequality
Yesterday, I gave a talk at 4th year high school students, Honors Class, of La Salle Green Hills (LSGH). Thanks to former UPSE batchmate Malou Roa for inviting me, her son, Mike Roa, is the Class President. Thanks also to Popo Suanes, another batchmate and the first summa cum laude of UPSE, who also came from LSGH, who referred me to Malou. Some 40+ students attended. They have regular guest speakers for their high school economics class. My outline was simple: I. Definition, Theory of Globalization, II. Goods and Services Mobility III. Inequality, and IV. Concluding Notes. I start... more »
What's "neo" about "neoreactionaries"?
So there's this whole discussion that's been running around ALL the internets these past few months about the shocking propositions of people calling themselves "neoreactionaries" or "the""Dark""Enlightenment." To put a long story short, it's just about a bunch of attention-seekers (no criticism implied there there, honest) running around telling the world that women really *should* get-back-in-the-kitchen-and-make-me-a-sandwich and-a-tribe-of-minions-while-you're-at-it and that we really *should* just let plutocrats run our societies because then we won't have to pay for other ... more »
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 17, 1954-1962
The Nasser regime steps up prosecution of leftists, expels Jews, implements economic reforms. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | February 17, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The Movement … finish reading Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 17, 1954-1962
Systems Theory and Conservative Sociology
The first sociological theory thrown at me during A-Levels was jolly old Functionalism: the perspective that established social institutions and social behaviours exist because they're functional from the point of view of the social whole. Just as lungs, stomachs and hearts maintain biological organisms, the division of labour, the state, the family work to reproduce society according to established norms. It is tautological - the social order exists because it produces social order - but that is it in a nutshell. As you might expect, oriented as it is toward 'the now' Functionalis... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On the gap between rich and poor
“The poor are not poor because the rich are rich. The two conditions are generally unrelated.” - Robert Samuelson, from his article “The Poor Aren't Poor Because the Rich Are Rich” Discuss… Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
The Realist Report - Eli James: Presidents' Day Special
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Pastor Eli James of *Anglo-SaxonIsrael.com*. Pastor James and I will be discussing American history and presidents in honor of Presidents' Day. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *An overview of the early subversion of America* - John Friend - *The Realist Report - Eli James: early American history Part 1* - *The Realist Report - Eli James: early Amer... more »
Darwin doodlings, and more…
You might have missed last week’s Darwin Day, an annual celebration of the great man and his work, but did you know that most of Darwin’s manuscripts can be found online at Darwin Online? True story. Richard Dawkins points out that one of the neat things about many of the original, and valuable, manuscript pages is that his children were apparently allowed to drew all over them, like in this battle of the fruit and vegetable soldiers drawn on the back of one of the original manuscript pages for *The Origins of the Species *… [image: puck] And since we missed Darwin Day, perhaps ... more »
Alan Waldman : ‘New Tricks’ is delightful British mystery series featuring older ex-cops who solve cold cases
The first 87 episodes, airing on PBS, have been witty, dramatic, and major fun. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 17, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series … finish reading Alan Waldman : ‘New Tricks’ is delightful British mystery series featuring older ex-cops who solve cold cases
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*Sinking levee shows difficulty of protecting New Orleans from flooding ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
Bankster news February 17 , 2014 -- Chase Imposes New Capital Controls on Cash Deposits ........We're A Bank. FU Peasant ........ As Bank Deaths Continue to Shock, Documents Reveal JPMorgan Has Been Patenting Death Derivatives ........ OHIO BANK ( Fifth Third National Bank ) ERRONEOUSLY FILES MANY OF ITS DEPOSITORS FOR BANKRUPTCY
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=228604 We're A Bank. FU Peasant Jesus..... Credit card issuer Capital One isn't shy about getting into customers' faces. The company recently sent a contract update to cardholders that makes clear it can drop by any time it pleases. The update specifies that "we may contact you in any manner we choose" and that such contacts can include calls, emails, texts, faxes or a "personal visit." A personal visit? Oh yes, they apparently go on to tell you that this "visit" could be to your *office*. Now that would be just dandy, right? Your card co... more »
Ukraine Updates - February 15 , 2014 .....Ukraine protesters offer goodwill gesture after detainees freed - Protesters occupying Kiev city hall said Saturday they stood "ready" to vacate the premises, in a gesture of goodwill after authorities released all those detained in the anti-government unrest rocking the country ..........
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Ukraine protesters offer goodwill gesture after detainees freed SATURDAY FEB 15, 2014 | MARIANNE BARRIAUX FOR AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Dos partidarios de la oposición charlan este viernes 14 de febrero en la plaza de la Independencia de Kiev Credit: Martin Bureau/AFP NextPrevious - - - Protesters occupying Kiev city hall said Saturday they stood "ready" to vacate the premises, in a gesture of goodwill after authorities released all those detained in the anti-government unrest rocking the country. The "headquarters of the revolution" since the protest movement rocking Ukra... more »
United Opt Out, March 28-30 in Denver
*Join United Opt Out, March 28**th **– 30**th**, 2014 in Denver, CO.* *“Why Denver?” Good question.* We are coming to Denver because we have many friends that need our help. We are devoting the entire event to action on three themes: union organizing, corporate education reform basics, and next steps. When we leave, Denver will have a plan of action stating exactly what parents will do, what students will do, what teachers will do, and what community members will do. They will be ready. And others in attendance will have strategies and new knowledge to take back to their own commun... more »
More Untrustworthy Polling In Hawaii
Brian Schatz and his wife Linda, flanked by Hawaii's favorite son and his wife, Michelle This weekend, the Honolulu *Star Advertiser* put out another one their absurd polls. This one shows Governor Neil Abercrombie and Senator Brian Schatz losing to conservatives. Some people are interpreting it as blowback against Abercrombie and Schatz because of their outspoken support for same-sex marriage, which has been a big political issue in Hawaii for months, with several of the most reactionary churches threatening hell and damnation. But more likely, it's just a faulty poll based on a sm... more »
Harper's Parade of Perps with Perks #9
Whoa, holy bat signal! and a warm welcome to Etobicoke Centre Con MP Ted Opitz to Harper's Parade of Perps with Perks for contributing $9,000 to his nomination campaign, thus exceeding his $2,100 personal contribution limit by nearly $7,000. Oh, and failing to file an election expenses claim. That's Ted there at the back between Nigel Wright and Arthur Hamilton. A week ago Mr. Opitz was on his feet in the HoC applauding the Cons new Fair Elections Act for having .... wait for it .... don't rush it .... "sharper teeth, a longer reach, and a freer hand". Now this is ironic because ... more »
iTunes bricks the iPad
While Southern Man has been in computers for a long time he had never owned an Apple product of any kind - no Apple ][, no Mac, no iPod or iPhone (although he's purchased plenty of both as gifts for the Southern Children) until his former employer bought iPads for everyone. And, yes, the Apple Kool-Aid is sweet indeed and Southern Man loved his iPad enough that he bought it from them when he left their employ. That said, Southern Man is firmly convinced that the unholy abomination that is iTunes is of the Devil's Software Workshop. But as Southern Man was "synching" the iPad the ... more »
China Folds On Reforms - Bails Out 2nd Shadow-Banking Default After "Last Drop Of Blood" Threats ...... lots of short term debt maturing in 2014 ? Will China keep kicking the can ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-17/china-folds-reforms-bails-out-2nd-shadow-banking-default-after-last-drop-blood-threat China Folds On Reforms - Bails Out 2nd Shadow-Banking Default After "Last Drop Of Blood" Threats [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/17/2014 14:20 -0500 - China - default - Gross Domestic Product - Hong Kong - Moral Hazard - Shadow Banking - Yuan inShare1 As we showed over the weekend, it is *abundantly clear that for all the talk of reform, Chinese authorities have found the gap between words an... more »
Cyber-security items of note February 15 , 2014..... focus on infrastructure , hackers circulating credentials for thousands of FTP sites , Target hack update ........ January round up od data breaches ( Esecurity Planet )
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57618976-83/kickstarter-hacked-user-data-stolen/ Kickstarter hacked, user data stolen The crowd-funding site says hackers broke into its systems and made off with data. Apparently credit card numbers escaped the attack. by CNET News staff February 15, 2014 1:54 PM PST Hackers hit crowd-funding site Kickstarter and made off with user information, the site said Saturday. Though no credit card info was taken, the site said, attackers made off with usernames, e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. "Actual password... more »
Israel's Mossad "under rabbinic supervision"
The infamous Israeli Mossad, the usurping Jewish state occupying Palestine's notorious intelligence and spy agency, is *"under rabbinic supervision,"* according to a recent article appearing in *The Jewish Press*. Apparently, the Mossad has been colluding and consulting with rabbinical authorities for quite some time now. *The Jewish Press* reports: *Back in Febuary 2010, the newspapers were packed with descriptions of an alleged assassination of senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai attributed to the Israeli Mossad. Dubai Police said he was murdered by an 11 member hit ... more »
Turkey's Parliament knows how to put legislation through
They must have consulted Rob Ford. ;)
Weekend Update
The big event on Valentine's Day was that The Huyndai turned 100,000. Of course Southern Man didn't take that picture himself while driving at 60 mph. That would be crazy. Southern Man's first car, a '64 Mercury, was *old* at a hundred thousand; The Hyundai is nicely broken in. On Saturday Southern Man wandered out to the Ancestral Manor to help Southern Father erect the scaffolding... Scaffolding is up to repair the roof on the playhouse in the middle of the pecan orchard. ...and to do laundry... Southern Father hangs his laundry. It irks him to no end that Southern Man us... more »
A Fan Letter to Nicholas Kristof.
Dear Mr. Kristof, Since you’re getting so much hate mail from political scientists this week, I thought I’d send you a fan letter. I teach international relations at University of Massachusetts. I am an avid reader of your columns, especially on human rights advocacy. You have put issues like fistula on the global agenda. You Continue reading
Up Yours Rogers! Greenwald Wins Polk Award for NSA Reporting
That very nasty scowl that is permanently affixed to the fat face of Congressman and House Intelligence Committee head Mike Rogers, the thug shoved down the entire country’s throats by voters in Michigan’s 8th congressional district is about to get even worse. In breaking news today the “thief” Glenn Greenwald who is the target of Rogers’ latest vendetta just won the prestigious George Polk Award for his reporting on the Edward Snowden story. Along with Greenwald fellow reporters who also worked on the stories of the former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower - Ewen Ma... more »
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