Imagen038 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Run when you see the flags of facists
They put me away for having six plants but the fact of the matter is I been in Jail for a long time I was a wild young man and I did many a deadly dance but when the band stopped playing I was alive, I was alive and my life had some meaning Know I am more at home with the native people You give me this shise to live in and call life while you live the high life at the temple God does not know your bar code but to be a citizen of land that reaps rewards from climate change should make all those that push this forward ashamed. There was a time when to be a Canadian filled ones sole with pride... more »
Asterisks R us
J***** C******* *The Jeremy Clarkson debacle is like something out of Brass Eye. No, it’s like a parody of something out of Brass Eye.* Eenie meenie mynie mo catch a n***** by his toe; if he hollers let him go, eenie meenie mynie mo. It’s an old fashioned ‘choosing’ rhyme, that’s all. Any racist meaning it might have had in the past was long ago rendered meaningless by over-use, and any such alleged meaning is obsolete in the way that ring-a-ring-a-roses no longer means whatever it arguably used to mean. Even if it did once have connections with lynching (think Strange Fruit) and ... more »
The Post-Constitutional Era
Chris Hedges writes about the US Supreme Court refusing to hear the case against the empowerment of the US military to detain US citizens. Some highlights of his writing: The 2nd Circuit overturned Forrest’s ruling last July in a decision that did not force it to rule on the actual constitutionality of Section 1021(b)(2). It cited the Supreme Court ruling in Clapper v. Amnesty International, another case in which I was one of the plaintiffs, to say that I had no standing, or right, to bring the NDAA case to court. Clapper v. Amnesty International challenged the secret wiretapping o... more »
Thorne Dreyer : PODCASTS | Gregg Barrios, Bruce Dancis, and Betsy Leondar-Wright on Rag Radio
A noted poet-playwright and critic, a Vietnam draft resister and pop culture journalist, and an economic justice advocate join us in three lively podcasts. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | May 5, 2014 Gregg Barrios, the noted … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : *PODCASTS* | Gregg Barrios, Bruce Dancis, and Betsy Leondar-Wright on Rag Radio
"Here's Proof That Wealthy Elites Control Washington"
*"Here's Proof That Wealthy Elites Control Washington" * by Bill Bonner “Dow down 45 points on Friday. Gold up over $1,300 an ounce. Nothing much happening. Meanwhile, we had no proof. Just an observation. But it looks to us as though government always begins and ends as a tool for those who control it. It is not the product of a "social contract." It is not an expression of the "general will." It is not the "price we pay for civilization." It is not "captured by wealthy special interests." On the contrary, it is as blunt and stupid as a crowbar. It is used by the elite to pry weal... more »
Another Blow To Steve Israel's Anti-Progressive Electoral Strategy-- This Time In San Bernardino
Crooked small town mayor wants Steve Israel to get him into Congress Last week we looked at Eloise Reyes' first ad in the Inland Empire's CA-31 congressional race and, once again, examined the myriad contrast between her and the pathetic empty suit the DCCC is trying to foist off on the working families of San Bernardino, Pete Aguilar, a pawn of the Chamber of Commerce and of wealthy Republican special interests. Over the weekend, the *San Bernardino Sun* gave Eloise a resounding endorsement, another blow to Steve Israel's campaign to stock the Democratic House caucus with worthless ... more »
Consumed by the Digital Divide
Consumed by the Digital Divide. via Consumed by the Digital Divide.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Getting Started with Sprouting with Angela from Food Storage and Survival
*I am so excited to have Angela from Food Storage and Survival here today to talk about Sprouting. I knew hardly anything about sprouting before this post and now I am really excited about it. Be sure to check her out and leave her some comment love. * Hi! I'm Angela from Food Storage and Survival where I blog about preparedness with a family focus! I am a stay home mom of four from toddler to teen and author of a brand new book called Food Storage for Self Sufficiency and Survival. I live in rural Utah with my husband, children, and animal menagerie. Thanks so much to Debra for all... more »
May 5:Petty unprofessionalism.
I missed something in the issue of May 3. I'm no expert on photography; but even I should have caught it. Stephen Downes, of Moncton Free Press (it's on the web) is an expert on photography and on a good deal else to do with news media. He spotted it right away. And it's a no-no in all but the sleaziest of newspapers, the ones with headlines like "Shocking news. George Bush is pregnant". The picture on C3 is (it says) of three deer in Parkindale. And it's a fake. The second and third deer are exactly the same (one) deer. The trees in the forest behind them are fake. The whole photo ... more »
Friday beaver - Hey it's Monday already
Heads I win tails you lose This is the Ukrainian coin toss Putin style. No rest for the wicked there. The choice being being crushed by western debt or crushed by Russian debt. Nice choice eh? The third alternative would be no better. Reject them both and you're still bankrupt. Might be a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there comrade. How quickly those pro russians forgot what it was like under the old Soviet system or maybe mom and dad forgot to tell them. And really what benefit has any system gotten them? They have one of the lowest standards of living of any ... more »
Supreme Being Supremes
The town in upstate New York that gained notoriety a couple of years ago for the viral video of the bullied bus monitor has made the news again. The Supreme Court ruled today that the monthly town board meetings of Greece may now legally begin with a prayer from a "chaplain of the month." Controversy and outrage ensue. While it's acceptable in this country to pledge allegiance to the American flag as the symbol of "one nation under God" swearing allegiance to God without the jingoism is considered undemocratic. I don't get it. Because prior to every corporate-tested school day, befo... more »
實際美國勞動統計在這裡
Official numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for April. Click on "civilian labor force level" to see the numbers. 155,421,000 --- that is 155 million willing and able to work. If 92 million are out of work the unemployment rate is %59. UPDATE: The government has shut off access to the labor statistics demonstrating that the real unemployment rate in this nation is 59%! So, to recap: Official numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for April. Click on "civilian labor force level" to see the numbers. 155,421,000 --- that is 155 million willing and able to work. If 92 milli... more »
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*GiveNOLA ~NOLA DEFENDER* *Whistleblowers claim Dupont hid leaks in Louisiana ~David J. Mitchell, N.O. Advocate* *IndyCar commits to New Orleans race in 2015 ~Brett Martel, AP*
GCHQ
GCHQ from Spike EP on Vimeo. "On the eve of this year’s Bilderberg meeting, the Anglo-French intelligence bosses have clearly shown their hand with two high-profile attacks on Obama. Wednesday, June 5 marked the liberation of Qusayr, the great Stalingrad of the Syrian terrorist death squads deployed by NATO against Assad. With the rout of these terrorists, the main units of the self-styled Free Syrian Army, along with the Nusra branch of al Qaeda, are likely to face annihilation in the short to medium term. On the same day that Qusayr fell, the British and French governments hy... more »
Free Gaza Propaganda (2)
Further to our piece *Free Gaza Propaganda, *Hadar at BBC Watch has posted her own take on the same story, entitled *Mainstreaming extremism on BBC Radio 4. * If you recall, Radio 4's *The Listening Project *chose to broadcast a loving conversation between a hardcore anti-Israel activist and his mum. Radio 4 chose not to tell its listeners that Adie Mormech is an anti-Israel activist. We at *Is the BBC biased? *had to discover that for ourselves, thanks to our good friend, Mr Google (an invaluable friend when it comes to checking out who is that the BBC has chosen to broadcast at... more »
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*Illinois House Passes Three-Year Ban on Online Charter Schools* The Illinois House has passed a three-year ban on virtual charter schools, shortly after an existing one-year ban expired. “It’s an amazing story about what they want to do here in Illinois. We are going absolutely backward in terms of education reform and education innovation,” said Ted Dabrowski, vice president of policy at the Illinois Policy Institute. Twenty-seven states have online schools, and five require students to take a class online before graduating high school, according to the International Associatio... more »
Burrowing NeoCons and Isolating Russia
It's not the Obama administration's decision, it's not their policy, it's the State Department's policy, which means it's Kagans' policy. There is a Kagan handing out doughnuts on the Euromaidan to protesters and deciding the composition of the Ukrainian "Government" comprised of the Kiev Criminals. *"The thing about NeoCons is that they are extremely good at burrowing."* And there is a fruit-loop NeoCon Kagan, ex-NATO Ambassador running Ukraine policy. Even Brezezinksi, who hates Russia more than life itself has always said, all the time, in ALL his books - how can you isolate R... more »
Your Daily Howler calls its shot!
*MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014* *Dowd says Clinton loves cash:* As Maureen Dowd keeps getting more fatuous, her paper—the famous New York Times—keeps giving her columns a higher platform. Yesterday, she was on the front page (Gack!) of the Sunday Review *again.*By her third paragraph, she was typing the name most sacred within her religion, the name she loves typing best: DOWD ((5/4/14): The First Family is all over the news, discussing the management of the economy, income inequality, raising the minimum wage, the vicissitudes of press coverage and the benefits of healthy eating. Everywhere... more »
Climate change is real
The world must pay attention. The erratic weather is one indication. The U.S. faced some severe weather - tornadoes, heavy snow and rain, drought in California. More tornadoes to come. Please watch the video here
“TAKING BACK OUR SCHOOLS” May 17th
Come and bring your families, your friends, and your colleagues to NYC on May 17th to show the world how we are from corporate “reformers”.http://saveourschoolsmarch.org/event/nyc-metro-spring-action/Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
TUSCALOOSA LIBERALS: Portrait of a superb young person!
*MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014* *Part 1—A strange journalistic claim:* We’ve never been to Tuscaloosa, but we can assure you of this: With the inevitable struggling exceptions, Tuscaloosa is full of good kids and fine young people. They love their parents. They want to do good and do well in the world. D’Leisha Dent, 17, is one such outstanding young person. She’s a senior at Central High, one of Tuscaloosa’s three public high schools. Extending back through three generations, her family’s educational history is described in “Segregation Now,” Nikole Hannah-Jones’ flamboyantly-titled, lengt... more »
Ukraine sends special "special forces" to Odessa- Slavyansk heats up
*Updated info on Slavyansk *- Ukraine sends “special forces” to Odessa . Why? Not because of the horrible atrocity committed by the thugs and soccer hooligans. No sireee. Kiev is pleased with bloodshed. As is the IMF. And Washington is pleased with those killings too. Since NATO's leadeship and it’s bank are pleased with the killing what else to do, but, guarantee more killing? The IMF all but stated Kiev had to get things under control or lose money. IMF warns Ukraine on bailout *In a staff report on the aid program, published Thursday, the IMF added that a change to eastern Ukra... more »
Matt Lynch-- He's Too Extreme For Ohio
Tuesday is election day in Ohio. Yes, *this* Tuesday. And one of the most important races for progressives is in the extreme northeast corner of the state between Cleveland and the Pennsylvania border, CD-14. The Blue America candidate there is Michael Wager and he's up against two Republicans. Republican David Joyce is the incumbent. He's a mainstream conservative fighting for survival against a bizarre far right extremist, state Rep. Matt Lynch. Polling shows that Wager has an excellent shot to beat Joyce, although it would be pretty close. Joyce is a tool for Big Business and ... more »
The Making Of A Banana Republic
Michael Harris doesn't mince words. Canada, he writes, is at a watershed moment: What’s it going to be: a modern democracy or a Steve’s banana republic of the north? The train wreck of the Harper government continues to roll down the mountainside, crushing body after body, yet no one utters the right word. Allow me. Canada is a dictatorship in the making. Harper's spat with the Chief Justice is only his latest attempt to quell all opposition: Steve likes people docile. He appears to have tamed a lot of the realm. He kicks, the subjects cringe. He kicks some more, they slip int... more »
The Paranoid Jew
Every once in a while, an article comes forward that absolutely hits the nail on the head... I want to present one such article here that just came out yesterday for everyone to view and spread around for others to see for themselves...... The following very important article comes from the website: Intifada Palestine, (www.intifada-palestine.com) and absolutely tells the truth about the so called "Chosen Ones".... It is entitled: "The Paranoid Jew", and I have it right here for everyone to view for themselves... I do of course have my own thoughts and comments to follow: [image:... more »
Over-reporting and under-reporting
For those partial to stats, here's a little study of the BBC News website's coverage of Israel. When I first started seriously looking at BBC bias around seven or eight years ago, the BBC's Middle East page often looked as if it were an Israel page, given the absolute dominance of articles on it about Israel and the Palestinians. The BBC gave every impression of being absolutely obsessed about Israel and the Palestinians back then - and not in a good way for Israel. As evidence for that, here are the results of a simple search of the BBC website. You can replicate it if you so... more »
Libya Updates May 5 , 2014 -- Libya has two Prime ministers but may not have any power ? Libya's deputy parliamentary speaker has rejected the election of the country's new Prime Minister, in the latest political struggle to strike the North African country. Hours after Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as Prime Minister, the first deputy speaker declared the vote as invalid, as a power struggle erupted in the assembly. Al-Awami declared the vote invalid and instructed Abdullah al-Thinni, who had resigned three weeks ago, to continue ruling the major oil producer, according to the Reuters news agency.
Confusion surrounds Libya PM's election Deputy speaker declares Ahmed Maiteeq's election 'invalid' after a disputed vote and walkout by politicians. Last updated: 05 May 2014 08:53 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn is as Prime Minister after allegedly receiving 121 votes [Reuters] Libya's deputy parliamentary speaker has rejected the election of the country's new Prime Minister, in the latest political struggle to strike the North African country. Hours ... more »
Who Do I Complain To About Discrimination If I'm HR?
An AOL Jobs reader asked me: I am a minority female HR professional who has been working in the field for 18 years. I have faced race based discrimination, and sexual harassment continuously during my career. I'm often hired into a management role based on my degree, experience and my SHRM certifications, only to be hidden and given no real responsibilities. Over the years I have learned to identify quickly organizations that offer "Token" positions hoping to fill a quota. These orgs provide no training, support or valid work responsibilities in order to build a case of poor perfor... more »
Nigeria 'arrests abduction protest leaders' First Lady accused of ordering arrest of women leading protests over abduction of 276 girls, saying incident fabricated ? But then consider this -- Nigeria leader seeks help over missing girls President Goodluck Jonathan calls for international help to find 276 girls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram fighters. WTF ???
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/05/nigeria-arrests-abduction-protest-leaders-201455103929656287.html Nigeria 'arrests abduction protest leaders' First Lady accused of ordering arrest of women leading protests over abduction of 276 girls, saying incident fabricated. Last updated: 05 May 2014 12:09 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] A leader of a protest march for 276 missing schoolgirls has said that Nigeria's First Lady ordered her and another protest leader to be arres... more »
Adding alt, title attribute and caption for photos uploaded to Blogger
I already have a post on uploading pictures in the HTML mode and adding alt attribute to the picure, so to make it complete, let's make a post to explain to show step by step how you can add alt and title attributes as well as caption in the COMPOSE mode. (alt attribute of the form alt="some text" will cause the "some text" to display when if for any reasons the picture cannot be displayed. It will also cause the text to be audible when a vision impaired visitor using screen reading software visit a webpage with pictures.) Let's upload a picture here while in the COMPOSE mode of th... more »
Breaking: Nuclear Alert
*VETERANS TODAY* Friday, May 2nd, 2014 | Posted by Gordon Duff Stolen Nuclear Material Heading into US [image: AprWOWpic] — By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor— *This is another story I don’t want to write or be interviewed about. I only post these things because the sources are NOT internet gossip but are too credible to ignore. I get no joy out of this. The obvious reason to write this is to stop another 9/11.* This is what I have: Nuclear material, I am assuming highly enriched uranium, 1.05 tons, was stolen from Pakistan on April 18, 2014. It was transported by air to the UK whe... more »
Grand Puppetmaster Brzezinski Directing War Strategies from the Shadows
[image: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37878.htm] *By Mike Whitney* *“From the moment the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the United States has relentlessly pursued a strategy of encircling Russia, just as it has with other perceived enemies like China and Iran. It has brought 12 countries in central Europe, all of them formerly allied with Moscow, into the NATO alliance. US military power is now directly on Russia’s borders…This crisis is in part the result of a zero-sum calculation that has shaped US policy toward Moscow since the Cold War: Any loss for Russia ... more »
Syria Updates - Having funded , trained and armed Jihadists fighters in Syria , now the narrative becomes those enabler nations now fear blowback ! Ironic to note the radical jihadists pledge to come after Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Canada , the US - nations who have been instrumental to their evergrowing role and present power in Syria. And the increasing in- fighter between the different camps of jihadists shows the enablers have lost control of their proxy army ( if they ever truly had control .) Syrian citizens - whether islamic or christian or kurd are caught in the cross hairs as usual in these situations.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/foreign-jihadis-in-syria-pledge-their-own-911-9321184.html Foreign jihadis in Syria pledge their own 9/11 World View: Ambitious al-Qa'ida-type groups now control - or are free to operate in - an enormous area It is only a matter of time before jihadis in al-Qa'ida-type groups that have taken over much of eastern Syria and western Iraq have a violent impact on the world outside these two countries. The road is open wide to new attacks along the lines of 9/11 and 7/7, and it may be too late to close it. Those who doubt that these are th... more »
Obama Yucks it Up With Presstitute Media at DC Soiree
The White House Correspondent's Association dinner is a public display of why there is no legitimate media in this country anymore. The annual event is an opportunity for the sitting US President to play comedian, delivering one-liners and gimmicks to a gaggle of adoring an self-important media hacks whose invitation to the party is one of the key perks of being a government conduit for misinformation and the crown jewel on the DC circle jerk circuit. It is a celebration of Washington's own pompous self worship and a pox upon what at least once in theory was a democracy were the po... more »
Enjoy some links....
*Water drops on a leaf.* Too busy, too tired to blog today.... _________________ *Daily Links*: - Taiwan is growing immigration destination for Hong Kongers (first segment in this video) - Irony is dead: President's Ma sisters show up at New May Fourth rallywith Chang An-lo, the White Wolf, longtime gangster, at a rally to, among other things, "support" the police and rule of law. The government announced that it is charging one of the underlings for the illegal assembly of gangsters led by Chang An-lo to attack the students a few weeks ago. It has to punish som... more »
Good Times at Pottersville, 5/5/14
This is the 2000th post at Welcome Back to Pottersville. ¡Viva la Revolución!
Eating Organic Can Lower Pesticide Levels In The Body To Drop 90% In One Week
A new study to be published in July, 2014, in the Journal of Environmental Research, found that only one week on an organic diet can cause pesticide levels in adults to drop by nearly 90%. The study found particpants' urinary dialkylphospha...tes (DAPs) measurements were 89% lower when they ate an organic diet for seven days compared to a conventional diet for the same amount of time. DAPs make up 70% to 80% of organophosphate pesticides. This reaffirms the findings of a study done in 2006 on children. Organic diets significantly lowered children's dietary exposure to organophosph... more »
Guest Post: Joining Forces for Education report back from the CSUN Parents’ Forum
By Ellen Lubic, Director, Joining Forces for Education Recently, the CSUN Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and the Los Angeles Education Partnership, presented a public meeting titled Seeking an Authentic Voice: The Role of Parents and Communities in School Change in L.A. The professor in charge, Dr. Susan Auerbach, had sent me a personal invitation […]
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*The Warmist strategy: If the facts don't suit you, make up them up* *There's no such thing as an honest Warmist and Michael Mann is a model of that. He starts out below with an implication that a CO2 level of 450ppm would be dangerous but blithely ignores the fact that for many years Warmists said 400 ppm was the danger point. But 400 ppm has been reached and nothing happened. So how do we know that any other ppm figure is not just another figure plucked out of the air? It is exactly that of courseThen he goes on to a real whopper: "the earth’s temperature has ticked... more »
Gardasil Scandal Brewing in Colombia? by Maria Lamo - Jimenez
Maria Paula Gardasil Scandal Brewing in Colombia? By Mario Lamo- Jiménez Sane Vax, Inc. 5 May 2014 Her name is María Paula Mejía, college student. Since receiving three doses of Gardasil her health has deteriorated considerably. She now suffers from constant pain throughout her body, muscle weakness, and bleeding from the nose and gums. She has so much pain in her left knee and ankle that she must walk with a cane, and cannot continue her college education. Paula is one of the first in Colombia to report a serious new medical conditions occurring after the use of Gardasil. Ll... more »
Daftar Harga Laptop Apple Terbaru Mei 2014
Daftar Harga Laptop Apple Terbaru Mei 2014 - bagaimana berita elo era ini ? telah siapkah anda menyabet tantangan untuk mengalami era itu? kecil pembuka untuk mengawalai perjumpaan kita-kita kali ini. dampak masa itu kita-kita hendak balik meng update info harga Laptop terbaru, dari yang sungguh murah hingga yang sangat mahal, dari yang kelas ecek ecek sampai dengan laptop yang memasarkan
Russia to Provide Syria with First Batch of Jet Trainers until End of Year
[image: Yak-130]Russia plans to send the initial batch of the Yakovlev Yak-130 jet trainers to Syria until the end of 2014, with further plans to fully complete the contract for 36 aircraft in 2016, the Kommersant newspaper wrote Monday, citing a source close to Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport. Damascus will receive nine aircraft until the end of this year, and in the next two years - 12 and 15 respectively, according to the informant. "Thus, we will fulfill obligations under a previously signed contract for the supply of 36 Yak-130 jets," the newspaper quoted the source. Rea... more »
Russian aerospace defense troops get five advanced radar stations this year
[image: 22Zh6 Desna M]Five advanced radar stations called "All-Altitude Detector" were brought into service of the radio-technical regiments of the Russian Aerospace Defense Troops which are on combat duty for air Defense of Russia's capital, Moscow, and the central industrial district from the start of this year, Defense Ministry's spokesman for Aerospace Defense Troops Col Aleksey Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass on Sunday. New radar stations can detect simultaneously more than 100 targets, including airplanes, helicopters, remote-controlled aircrafts and missiles at a distance of up to ... more »
Raytheon, US Army certify TALON Laser-Guided Rocket on Apache helicopter
[image: AH-64D Apache]Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army have completed the certification process for air worthiness release (AWR) of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket (LGR) on the Apache AH-64D/E Attack helicopter. The AWR certification provides for potential operational employment of the TALON weapon system on U.S. Army Apaches and Apaches in international fleets. The TALON LGR is a low-cost, digital semi-active laser guidance and control kit co-developed with the United Arab Emirates. TALON integrates directly to the front of the legacy 2.75-inch Hydra-70 unguided rockets. Read more
Russian bombers, fighter jets spotted over Crimea: report concludes
[image: Su-34 Fullback]Several dozen of what appeared to be Russian fighter jets have been spotted above the Moscow-controlled peninsula of Crimea, according to a report by the Agence France-Presse. The agency reported on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin is poised to visit Crimea for a May 9 military parade to mark Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. A local aviation expert told AFP that he had sighted a number of planes, including “supersonic heavy strategic bombers and heavy military transport aircraft,” over the peninsula’s main city of Simferopol on Saturd... more »
Congress’s Chance to Fix Aircraft Carrier Drones
[image: X-47B UCAS]Given the chaotic defense budgetary environment, one could be forgiven for overlooking the fact that some truly strategic issues are at play in the defense authorization bill markup taking place in Congress this week. One key issue involves how Congress deals with the Navy’s poor choices in the development of a future carrier-based drone, or in Pentagon-speak, the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS, program. The Navy made a mistake by issuing requirements that guarantee the fleet will receive a lesser drone than it could be get... more »
Turkey likely to choose Chinese air defense system, say experts
[image: FD-2000 (HQ-9) missile defense system]Since the announcement of the decision, Turkey has come under strong pressure from its NATO allies. Furthermore, sources in the Turkish defense industry reported that European and U.S. defense companies pressured Turkish defense companies by indicating that partnerships in some areas might end if Turkey concludes the deal with the Chinese company. In fact, the acquisition of such a multibillion- dollar strategic system naturally has multiple implications on political, economic, military and technologic dimensions, and despite all the pr... more »
With $3.3 billion Zumwalt, Navy trying for smallest blip on radar
Sometime next year, the USS Zumwalt will begin testing the Tomahawk missiles, GPS-guided munitions and “total ship” computing systems that will make the $3.3 billion vessel the most advanced destroyer in Navy history. But first come the cables – 2.3 million feet of them snaking above, below and alongside every corridor of what is essentially a 600-foot-long floating computer. “Now you have an all-electric ship,” Todd Estes, manager of the DDG-1000 program at Bath Iron Works, said last week. Read more
Ten-year prison term for web user as China cracks 'foreign military spy' ring: state media
[image: Chengdu J-20]An unnamed foreign country has for years used Chinese social media and Internet forums to recruit spies and gather sensitive information on Chinese military development, the overseas edition of the People’s Daily said on Monday. Since 2007, at least 40 people in 20 provinces have provided military secrets to a foreign intelligence agent identified only by an online alias, Feige, or "Flying Brother", said the Communist Party mouth piece. The report said the foreign agent befriended internet users via online bookstores or military fan web forums, which enjoy wides... more »
Women qualify to join submarines for the first time
[image: The Royal Navy's first female submariners]Three women have qualified to be the first to serve on Royal Navy submarines in 113 years. Lieutenants Maxine Stiles, Alex Olsson and Penny Thackray have earned their dolphins badges, opening the door to join Britain’s fleet of Vanguard-class submarines. They will join male submariners under the waves for up to three months at a time to maintain the country’s nuclear deterrent. Read more
The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part Two
In 2008, the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and Achieve, Inc., released a report, Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-class Education. The report promotes a now all-too-familiar spectrum of so-called “reforms,” including establishing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), CCSS-aligned curriculum and assessment, alter teacher recruitment […]
Paul Buhle and Milton Knight : BOOKS | C.L.R. James: Back in style, black in style
‘C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain’ opens up the issue of the Third World struggle in an elegant and memorable way. By Paul Buhle and Milton Knight | Truthout | May 5, 2014 Author’s note: This marks the first appearance of … finish reading Paul Buhle and Milton Knight : *BOOKS* | C.L.R. James: Back in style, black in style
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METRO | Lamar Hankins reports that the investigation into Rick Perry’s handling of the Lehmberg affair just may have legs.
The Art of Deception
What aren't counted? That is my question when I read estimates of Cesium-137 in dying sea lions and other animals: Enenews: Alarm as record numbers of seals & sea lions ‘starving to death’ along California coast — “It’s just spiked… calls started coming nonstop” — “So many unhealthy… washing ashore” — “Extremely complex issue… multitude of factors in play” — “Definitely a mystery, we’re hoping it’s not the new norm” Expert officials are always (metaphorically) scratching their heads, saying that the reported Cesium-137 level is not high enough to cause acute radiation syndrome s... more »
Wise Egyptian TV Host Puts Bigoted Sectarian On His Ass (Source: MEMRI TV)
*Video Title: TV Host Slams Head of Egyptian Community in Paris for Anti-Christian Remarks. Source: MEMRI TV. Date Published: May 4, 2014.* In the video below, an Egyptian TV host speaks with a bigoted sectarian named Saleh Farhoud, an Egyptian living in Paris who made the statement that only a Muslim should be head of the Treasury in Egypt, and that Christians should be banned from the position. The TV host put the religious bigot on his ass directly on the spot and the clown hanged up. Egypt is a country with deep Christian roots, so this is a socially divisive, insensitive, and... more »
Are there "liberal" and "conservative" views on pain that correlate with liberal and conservative views on other stuff?
*"Pain is the most vivid experience we can never quite describe, returning us to the wordless misery of infancy."* *-- Melanie Thernstrom, in The Pain Chronicles* *by Ken* So you've had a great weekend, right? And you're just rarin' to get back to the workplace tomorrow for another week of stimulating and productive and of course generously compensated labor, right? What better time could there be for some seriously jolly chat about *pain*? I think it's a subject that's likely to be of interest to just about everybody, and when two people with both serious interest and serious cr... more »
Tasha Hussey Body - #Review and #Giveaway
I recently had the good fortune to try out some great body care products by Tasha Hussey Body. [image: Tasha Hussey Body - Review and Giveaway]*Eucalyptus Mint Body Butter* [image: Tasha Hussey Body - Review and Giveaway]*Eucalyptus Mint Loofah Soap* One of the things that I enjoy about doing reviews is getting to know the people behind the products. Tasha Hussey, who studied Fashion Design, had a clothing line for 12 years. Each item was made from natural or organic fibers. Currently, she has a line of Vintage re-purposed jewelry. Old focal pieces, some of which have been sittin... more »
METRO UPDATE | Roger Baker : The continuing Texas drought crisis
By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | May 4, 2014 Roger Baker’s three-part Rag Blog series, “Can Austin survive the current Texas drought,” garnered much attention and was reposted widely, including by the highly-influential Resilience.org. Roger wrote the following … finish reading *METRO UPDATE* | Roger Baker : The continuing Texas drought crisis
War Watch May 4 , 2014 -- Syria in focus ........Rebel infighting ( this time the fighting seems centered around Syria's oil fields ) kills 62 fighters and force thousands to flee their homes in East Syria , Homs ceasefire holds for a second day as Rebel fighters prepare to leave their symbolic stronghold of Homs ( Syria Government slowly but surely retaking land held by the Rebels ) ...... Iraq Updates - Post election and while awaiting the results , the daily death dealing continues ....... Libya Updates - Still awaiting the next Prime Minister ( GNC unable to agree in its morning session on PM ) ........ Heavy fighting between Ansar Al- Sharia and Saiqa Special Forces in Benghazi
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Al Jazeera...... Aleppo next after the fall of Homs ? Report: Thousands flee Syria rebel clashes UK-based rights group says fighting between rival rebel groups have displaced 60,000 people in Deir Ezzor province. Last updated: 04 May 2014 13:22 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] The fighting comes as rebels agreed a deal with the Syrian government to withdraw from Homs [AP] At least 60,000 people have fled towns in the Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria which has been the scene... more »
The southern and eastern parts of Ukraine used to belong to Russia for 400 years and were given to Ukraine by Lenin and Krushtev back when they were all part of the Soviet Union. Part of the agreement was that 16,000 Russian troops would remain in Crimea until 2040. Because most Crimeans are Russian speaking, they will surely support the Russian troops against the muderous goons of the west paid by the U.S. In the meantime the armed forces of Ukraine and Russia are disinclined fight each other.
------------------------------ *On the ground in the Ukraine* *What the occupation looked like in March* *A report from Simon Ostrovsky of Vice * I like VICE. They actually go places and show you what they look like and talk to real people. The Lame Stream news media could learn a few lessons. This footage is from March. We'll be showing more recent footage in future broadcasts. In this case, Russian civilians and Russian military units have just surrounded the Ukraine's Naval High Command in Sevastopol. They're blocking all the entrances and exists and the base is essential... more »
Randi to the Barricades Once More
Randi Weingarten was donning her rain gear today as she protested a meeting of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) and the profiteering loser swine who get rich through corporate welfare privatizing strategies. Randi's dramatic photos and angry shouts would be much more compelling if AFT did not support and enable the primary corporate strategies that all the DFER guys were discussing today indoors in the dry. I speak of course of AFT's unrelenting support for Common Core and their long-standing embrace of the most numerous and diabolical charter school variety: the non-profit c... more »
KNOWING THE PLAYERS IN UKRAINE
In this video former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko says, "I want to say big thanks to all who came and fight in Odessa for our Ukraine. Also I want to tell that all military action that will be released in nearest future will be against any mass meeting of people." In a leaked phone call on March 18 with Nestor Shufrych, former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Tymoshenko said, "It's about time we grabbed our guns and killed those damn Russians together with their leader.""I hope I will be able to get all my connections involve... more »
A critical review of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Last Saturday, I arrived at La Guardia airport about 5pm Eastern time from San Diego to begin my 3 day, 4 night vacation in New York City. It was a much needed vacation - the first personal vacation I've had in quite a long time. I've been to New York City before, however, it had been about 7 or 8 years since the last time I visited. And it was a very nice, enjoyable visit, despite the cold, rainy weather the last day I was in town. As you probably noticed, I haven't been doing much blogging, and I wasn't able to host any radio programs this past week due to my trip. I will be back ... more »
The Myth of the Non-Profit Charter School
The AFT, NEA, and all their non-profit corporate hangers-on attempt to minimize their support for the total compliance segregated charter chain gangs by trying to distinguish between the "bad" for-profit charters and the "good" and the more numerous non-profit variety. There are 2 principle reasons this distinction is as phony as the idea that Dennis and Randi support the interests of teachers: 1) Many "non-profit" charters pay for-profit management companies to run them: How does it work? A non-profit group decides to form a charter school, submits its charter to the state, and... more »
“State Of Surveillance: Police, Privacy and Technology”
*“State Of Surveillance: Police, Privacy and Technology”* LA County Sheriff Admits Big Brother Is Here "But We Kept It Pretty Hush Hush" by "This is the future if nothing is done to stop it," is the ominous way The Atlantic describes the recent Big Brother tactics used by LA County Sheriffs to "police" areas such as Compton. Residents were unaware ("A lot of people do have a problem with the eye in the sky, the Big Brother, so to mitigate those kinds of complaints we basically kept it pretty hush hush")that, as the police stated, "we literally watched all of Compton during the time... more »
“It’s poverty stupid!”
What follows below is nothing original. It’s simply another reminder. I know this is an unpopular thing to say in certain education circles but someone has to say it: Common Core State Standards and the Smarter Balanced Assessments will do little to nothing to help eliminate the achievement gap! Why? Because the achievement gap is really […]
America Would Be SO Much Better Off Without Them
This week, Harry Reid says he's bringing the Energy Savings and Industrial and Competitiveness Act (S. 2262), sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to the floor for a vote. Support for a bill that should be the height of uncontroversial is widespread... on both sides of the aisle. But Republican obstructionists, content with nothing less than the complete disruption of an orderly functioning of government have vowed to prevent passage. The obstructionists, led by extremists like Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell, Mike Lee and the Southerners, still refuse to recognize ... more »
Kyle Bass discusses global risks and opportunities - presentation and video- great Q & A session ) .......proceed with caution !
China data a good lead in ...... China Manufacturing PMI Misses 6th Month In A Row As Home Sales Collapse 47% YoY [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/04/2014 22:01 -0400 - China - Markit - Shenzhen inShare *For the 6th month in a row, China HSBC Manufacturing PMI missed expectations*. With a 48.1 print for April (vs 48.3 flash) this is a very modest rise from March's 48.0 but is the *4th month in a row of contraction* for the broader-based HSBC-version of the PMI *(as opposed to the official more-SOE-biased version which ... more »
Thomas Piketty’s Improbable Data
*Thomas Piketty has written a popular economics book. In 1936, a difficult-to-read academic book appeared that seemed to tell politicians they could do what they wanted. This was Keynes’s General Theory. Following on from an earlier Guest Post, Hunter Lewis argues that while **Piketty has been praised for his data collection, there are problems*. Keynes’s keynote book, *The General Theory*, is loaded with economic theory. There are only two pages of data in that book, and Keynes dismisses the scant data he cites as “improbable.” By contrast, Piketty’s new book, *Capital in the Twe... more »
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*Well there ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopie! we’re all gonna die ~Moosedenied*
The Getaway - BY SEYMOUR M. HERSH
ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITYTHE GETAWAYQuestions surround a secret Pakistani airlift.BY SEYMOUR M. HERSHJANUARY 28, 2002 - In Afghanistan last November, the Northern Alliance, supported by American Special Forces troops and emboldened by the highly accurate American bombing, forced thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters to retreat inside the northern hill town of Kunduz. Trapped with them were Pakistani Army officers, intelligence advisers, and volunteers who were fighting alongside the Taliban. (Pakistan had been the Taliban’s staunchest military and economic supporter i... more »
18+1 Questions for Mayors and Minister’s Blocking Christchurch’s Redevelopment
The oafish Gerry Brownlee is in denial about the disaster being made of Christchurch by his government’s top-down authoritarian management of the city’s (non) re-development. The latest entrepreneurs to confirm there is nothing in the central city worth moving to is The Enterprise Precinct Innovation Centre (Epic), who are moving out, “saying delays and overpriced land make the project infeasible.” EPIC (Enterprise Precinct Innovation Centre) co-founder Colin Anderson says the group has scuttled plans for an inner-city innovation "village" to house more than 50 small businesses. ... more »
It's Hitler.....Hurry up Americans and Intervene
Maybe you recall this tidbit of information? *- Social conditioning at work:* Mentioning Hitler makes Americans more willing to intervene in Ukraine- Contained in this previous post -Here "Mentioning Hitler makes Americans more willing to intervene in Ukraine" Only 21% of those asked in the conventional way favored U.S. involvement in the Ukraine. When this question was preceded by the questions about appeasement and comparing Putin to Hitler, support for U.S. involvement rose to 29%. It didn’t change the overall result — a majority of Americans still oppose getting involved in... more »
Watt's Jury Instructions: WITNESSES OF UNSAVOURY CHARACTER (VETROVEC WARNING)
[1] (NOW) testified for the Crown. There is a special instruction that has to do with his/her evidence. It is an instruction that you must keep foremost in your mind when you are considering how much or little you will believe of or rely upon his/her evidence in making your decision in this case. [2] You have heard that (specify characteristics of witness or other circumstances that require evidence to be treated with caution). [3] Common sense tells you that, in light of these circumstances, there is good reason to look at(NOW)'s evidence with the greatest care ... more »
"How do you define American?" Jose Antonio Vargas -- speaking for many other undocumented Americans -- asks us to think about it
*"Not Legal, Not Leaving"* A year after coming out about my undocumented status in the New York Times Magazine, I wrote an essay for TIME magazine—this time, addressing provocative questions that everyday Americans around the country, from Alabama to Arizona, have asked me. "Why haven’t you gotten deported?" That’s usually the first thing people ask me when they learn I’m an undocumented immigrant or, put more rudely, an “illegal.” Some ask it with anger or frustration, others with genuine bafflement. At a restaurant in Birmingham, not far from the University of Alabama, an ineb... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : The dishonesty of Clemson and its football coach
Not only does coach Dabo Swinney use his personal Christian beliefs to recruit, he also uses religion to manipulate, control, and motivate his players. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 4, 2014 For the last half-century, … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : The dishonesty of Clemson and its football coach
New Blogs March - May 2014
For the few that care about such things, the new blog round-up hasn't gone away. It was resting. And if you glance at the wee list below, you can see why. There seems precious little in the way of new start ups emerging into what we used to call the blogosphere. Perhaps I've been out of circulation a bit and haven't happened upon the newbies, or could it be this is sign of a coming crisis in political blogging? Have all the established bloggers who've made it into official punditry kicked down the ladder that got them to the top, thereby thwarting the ambitions of would-be writers? T... more »
Fukushima Updates - great video from HexaMedia gives perspective on the devastation more than three years post - tsunami / earthquake / nuclear disasters........ Recent items of note from Energy News and Simply Info ........
Perspective......... Daily Mail......... Fukushima, the aftermath: Eerie drone footage reveals the apocalyptic wasteland of Japan's abandoned east coast - - - - *The footage was taken by Tokyo-based multicopter firm HEXaMedia* - - *During the video, the drone soars over the region’s barren landscapes* - - *Many of these areas are said to be covered in radioactive soil* - - *It travels over the coast capturing destruction caused by the 2011 tsunami* - - *This was triggered by the 9.0 Tohoku earthquake and led to the meltdown of Fukushima's nuclear react... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery May 3 , 2014 --- Eleven terrorists with links to Al Qaeda have been " arrested " ( brought in for questioning ) on suspicion of being involved in the disappearance of MH370 ???? Has it come down to blaming Al Qaeda ? Takeaway -- Eleven terrorists with links to Al Qaeda have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the disappearance of MH370 ...... And another mystery ( not the unexplained editing of the recorded conversations between the pilots and air trafic controllers ) but rather the cargo.......Circus over and families told to leave Hotel .......
Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2619388/What-havent-told-cargo-MH370-Mystery-deepens-missing-flight-claims-loaded-2-3tonnes-items-not-listed-manifest.html Eleven terrorists with links to Al Qaeda have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the disappearance of MH370 - *Suspects were arrested in the capital Kuala Lumpur and the state of Kedah* - - *Said to members of violent new terror group said to be planning attacks* - - *Interrogations came after demands from agencies including FBI and MI6 * - - *Manifest revealed presence of consignment but did ... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery Day 56 May 3 , 2014 --- ( From New Straits Times ) MAS requests media not to expose amount of compensation ..... Police have no plan to reveal findings of investigations now ....... Signals based on aircraft projection: MAS ......... ( From Malaysia Chronicle ) -- MH370: The more they say they have nothing to hide, the more THE WORLD DOUBTS M'SIA ........ WHAT'S GOING ON! M'sia suddenly reveals data from MH370 pilot’s flight simulator still UNRETRIEVED .......
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Zero Hedge ....... Voice Recording From Missing Flight MH370 Was Edited [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/03/2014 12:15 -0400 - Boeing - NBC inShare It has been nearly two months since Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared without a trace on March 8. Since then, despite the endless coverage of CNN, there has been absolutely no progress in uncovering any clues about the fate of the missing Boeing 777. Perhaps the following may provide some clarity on why. On Thursday, for the first time, 7 minutes of audio recordings of the final co... more »
Here's looking at you, kid
Nine out of 12 big telecoms in Canada deigned to reply to Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart with info about their disclosure of customer info to law enforcement in 2011 - Law enforcement agencies made 1,193,630 requests for subscriber data in 2011 - Or, one request every 27 seconds - Three telecom providers alone disclosed information from 785,000 customer accounts - If each request had been for a different subscriber, that would work out to* one in every 28 Canadians including babies* - In 2010, 94% of RCMP requests for name and address were made without ... more »
Blue Dog Kurt Schrader Deserves To Lose His May 20th Primary
More Democrats who act like Republicans? No way! I was at a political fundraiser for Alan Grayson on Friday evening. Among the speakers besides Grayson were NYC Congressmembers Charlie Rangel, Carolyn Maloney, Eliot Engel and Yvette Clarke as well as progressive candidates Rob Zerban (D-WI) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ). Among other topics, Grayson talked about how Democrats can't win elections by acting like Republicans, something he's expounded on frequently in the past-- like in this classic video-- and something that flies in the face of DCCC conventional wisdom. Steve Israel... more »
Teacher Vows to End the Madness
Posted at WaPo: *By Ralph Ratto* *Today was the first day I was ever ashamed to be a teacher.* *Today I finished administering the sixth day of New York State Common Core assessments. I was a facilitator in a process that made my 10-year-old students struggle, to the point of frustration, to complete yet another 90-minute test. * *I sat by as I watched my students attempt to answer questions today that were beyond their abilities. I knew the test booklets I put in front of them contained questions that were written in a way that 95 percent of them had no chance of solving. I even t... more »
Very Sad News
A friend at the University of Chicago reports to me that Gary Becker died last night. He was 83. Gary was one of the greatest economists of the past half century. You can read about his contributions here. I did not know him well, but based on every interaction I had with him, it seems that he was a truly nice man as well as a path-breaking scholar. He will be missed. *Update*: The *Times* obituary.
BAITING THE RUSSIAN BEAR (CONTINUED...)
I am as distressed as I’ve ever been having watched a 24 minute video yesterday from Odessa, Ukraine as fascist Right Sector thugs set fire to a union hall where unarmed anti-Kiev protesters had taken refuge. You can see the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXm9nnY-AQ You have to be patient watching the video because it is obvious that a lot of the time the photographer was trying to be discreet as he filmed the pro-western nationalists attacking the people inside the union hall. At one point the photographer runs around to the backside of the building and films police auth... more »
We’ve got your bad explanation right here! (Not really all that wonky)
*SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014* *In search of GodelThink:* Kurt Godel is one of the greats, or so you’ll routinely be told. The leading authority on his work says it went something like this: Kurt Friedrich Gödel (1906-1978) was an Austrian, and later American, logician, mathematician, and philosopher. *Considered with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel made an immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century,* a time when others such as Bertrand Russell, A. N. Whitehead, and David Hilbert were pioneering the... more »
Astra successfully test-fired from Sukhoi-30 MKI
[image: Astra BVAMRAAM]Astra, India's first indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile was successfully test-fired from a Sukhoi-30 MKI at a naval range in the Western Sector, marking a major step in missile-aircraft integration. The test-firing met all the mission objectives and the air-launch was captured by side and forward looking high-speed cameras and the separation was exactly as per simulation, according to a press release from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Congratulating the team, Avinash Chander, Sceintific Advisor to th... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, May 4th, 2014
Yes, it is Sunday.... And it is time for me to take what I see from the liars in the mainstream media and all other bullcrap we have been told for the last while and tear it to pieces... First, and again, I have a real hard time in figuring out people and all their misconceptions about what is really going on in the Ukraine... The liars and sacks of goo in our media and government are continuing their propaganda bull crap and calling those in the Ukraine that seek peaceful referendums and their rights under international law to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, "rebels"..... All ... more »
Celebrities, Thank You, But…
Celebrities, Thank You, But…. via Celebrities, Thank You, But….Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Mike's Story Part 13: Amateur Shrink Gone Wild
*By **Jenna** Orkin* If cities had the equivalent of national pastimes, New York's would be psychotherapy. While no match for Woody Allen, I've put in my share of time in therapists' offices and been grateful for what one or two of them had to offer; (the others ranged from indifferent to dishonest to insane themselves.) A well-known side-effect of such therapy is an eagerness to put one's newly acquired knowledge to use with, or on, friends, acquaintances and anyone else who asks. Mike was fertile ground for this amateur "shrink*age,*" as a friend who's an actual Clinical Psycho... more »
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