NASA Satellite Image of Japan Captured March 11, 2011 (Photo credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video)BC Liberals Play Stall Game, Postpone LNG Taxation Framework To 2015 or later
We were told by Christy Clark and the BC Liberals that LNG would be our financial savior, LNG revenues will retire the debt, pay-off crown debt, eliminate tolls and our provincial sales tax plus at least $100 billion dollars in a prosperity fund for future generations.. Ha, that is so funny, so ridiculous considering Japan is restarting the nuclear facilities, Shinzo Abe, Japan`s newly elected leader stated last week.. *"Nuclear power will be a crucial element of Japan`s baseload power"* There is nothing going on in the LNG game, I receive newsletters from several LNG online jou... more »
"How It Really Is"
Oh, you ungrateful "little people"! After all the filthy scum-sucking parasites compassionate, job-creating rich folks have done to for you? How very rude! - CP And no, don't you dare read this article! “The Final Swindle Of Private American Wealth Has Begun” - http://beforeitsnews.com/
Four eyes, two impressions
That said... Time for a case of 'different takes on the same thing': John Anderson at *Biased BBC *(someone who first spurred me into blogging) has commented: Credit where it is due – Jeremy Paxman takes apart the Oxfam goon over the Sodastream factory and the employment of Palestinians. So just shut up, Yoland Knell. ...before linking to last night's *Newsnight. * Watching that double interview on *Newsnight*, I too thought that Paxo skewered Ben Phillips of Oxfam and that SodaStreams's Daniel Bimbaum gave an excellent account of himself, his company and Scarlett, and, like Joh... more »
A LOOK BACK
Here is a video called "The Battle for America's Soul" filmed at a 2005 speech. The event was held at the Emmanual Mennonite Church in Gainesville, Florida. The one-hour video covers the mythology of America, corruption within the military industrial complex, plans for U.S. control of space, the corporate destruction of the American economy, America's addiction to weapons and war, and concludes with a transformative suggestion for the nation.
“The Video Is Mightier Than the Missile”
*“The Video Is Mightier Than the Missile”* by David Swanson “Can a video help change the world? It’s one of a great many tools we’re developing, and yes we hope it can. Here are more ways to help move us from war culture to peace culture: - http://worldbeyondwar.org/ResourceCenter - http://www.washingtonsblog.com/
Ruminations on killing the pig!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014* *Dowd hates, loves high school blather:* Here at The Daily Howler, we’re opposed to killing the pig. We strongly favor conducting skilled investigations of the pig. That said, the press corps tends to open the killing fields while we wait for such probes to mature. At present, the pig in question is Chris Christie. This has produced several complaints in the past few days. One complaint concerns his ongoing formulation about the possible role of the alleged traffic study. To Kevin Drum, what follows was absurd. Except for one word in Christie’s text,... more »
The Economy: “The 4 Pillars of Poverty”
*“The 4 Pillars of Poverty”* by Marc Faber “I think it is remarkable that, despite the growth the US has enjoyed since the 1960s, the poverty rate has barely changed. Writing for the Wall Street Journal last month under the title “How the War on Poverty Was Lost”, Robert Rector notes that: “Fifty years and $20 trillion later, LBJ’s goal to help the poor become self-supporting has failed.” He writes further: On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson used his State of the Union address to announce an ambitious government undertaking. “This administration today, here and now,” he t... more »
Economic Liberalization via Charter Change, the FEF Statement
Investments and job creation is not a crime that must be restricted by governments. The Philippine Constitution, ratified in 1987 or 27 years ago, is nice except that it explicitly limits or bars foreigners from owning certain assets and businesses in the country. Some sectors are limited to either 40 percent maximum equity ownership by foreign investors, some are outright off-limits to foreign investors. I believe that the PH constitution needs to be revised and amended. In addition, I wish to see a Constitution that is 10 pages max. Very few details, mostly motherhood statements.... more »
Sheer genius from Joy Division
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpa9LtunUcg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
"I cannot stand George Alagiah"
A cat (with some singer or other) No time to post anything of significance today, but - as this is a blog - Something Must Be Posted. So... I learned today that a favourite Lou Reed track of mine, *Satellite of Love *(featuring David Bowie, bom-bom-bomming in the background), has been covered by Morrissey, pop's best-known present-day misanthrope. The original lyrics included the lines: I watched it for a little while I like to watch things on TV Mozza's modified lyrics, however, read: I watched it for a little while I cannot stand the TV And, for those of you wanting a BBC conne... more »
RMT London Underground Strike - day 1
*My experience* The first day of this strike has been very effective. My own personal experience is that my commute, normally one and a half hours and two buses (practically door-to-door), managed to take three hours both ways with long stretches of walking. *What's at stake?* The tube staff have right on their side. Boris Johnson promised in election material not to close ticket offices, in fact he said he'd have a "manned ticket office in every station." Boris Johnson has no mandate to do what he's doing. He has also not met with RMT representatives since taking office. He's mor... more »
Mystery ads about Rob Ford
It is interesting.;) Another good one. Update: I found an interesting Gif: There are quite a few more gifs here.
US & EU wade deeper in Ukraine standoff with an "aid" package
-[image: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/aux/images/wardrip-fruin_durand_moss_froehlich__regime_change.png] The US and the EU are attempting to work their "magic" (facetious) To resolve the crisis they created in the Ukraine. *Create the problem. Wait for the reaction- Or create a reaction and then offer up a solution. Of sorts?* *I will highlight the interesting bits. * -Exactly who is going to be aided by this package? It very clearly is not the Ukrainian people. But then this was never, ever about what was good for the Ukraine or her people We have talk of carrots or sticks... more »
Philip Corso Interview with Budd Hopkins, Filmed by Carol Rainey
Nearly everyone agrees that many of the tales told by Philip J. Corso are not grounded in reality. When challenged, he often backtracked, blamed his co-author, or said that he hadn’t seen the galleys (we call them page proofs now) of the book. In any case, he has little credibility… especially after the great switching of the Introduction caper (meaning that Strom Thurman wrote the introduction for a different book, and yes, I have even more evidence for that… In fact, in a document entitled *Alien Source: The Roswell UFO Crash and Today’s Technological Miracles* which was a proposa... more »
Satire: “Gates Spends Entire First Day Back in Office Trying to Install Windows 8.1”
*“Gates Spends Entire First Day Back in Office Trying to Install Windows 8.1”* by Andy Borowitz REDMOND, WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Bill Gates’ first day at work in the newly created role of technology adviser got off to a rocky start yesterday as the Microsoft founder struggled for hours to install the Windows 8.1 upgrade. The installation hit a snag early on, sources said, when Mr. Gates repeatedly received an error message informing him that his PC ran into a problem that it could not handle and needed to restart. After failing to install the upgrade by lunchtime, Mr. G... more »
FAMOUS PEDOPHILE - CARLETON GAJDUSEK
*Carleton Gajdusek*, above, visited tribes in New Guinea which had paedophile traditions. Carleton was a Nobel prizewinning medical researcher from New York. *Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, 1923-2008* *Carleton and his boys* In 1963 Carleton brought to the USA a 12-year-old boy he had adopted in New Guinea. This was the first of his 56 adopted sons. He put them all through school, and many through university or medical school. *Daniel Carleton Gajdusek* *Carleton.* In the 1990s the FBI were alerted that something was not quite right. The FBI questioned Carleton's adopted sons. ... more »
The Realist Report - John Kaminski & John de Nugent: Resisting the Jew World Order
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by two returning guests: John de Nugent and John Kaminski. We will be discussing the recent anti-Jewish protests in France, the rise of nationalism, and the growing resistance to the Jew World Order. 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: - *French march demanding Jews get out and the Army overthrow the Jewish President Francois Hollande* - John de Nugent - *Apologies ... more »
Joint CAPP/Postmedia tarsands promotion
Postmedia - CAPP Showcase - January 2013 from Postmedia 3i on Vimeo. Transcript : "Postmedia is proud to present its 2013 media partnership with CAPP. We are a media company national in scope but community-focused. Canadians know our brands, trust our content, and welcome us as a vital member of their communities. In 2013, we'll join Canadians in discussing what really drives Canada's economic engine - energy. With a multi-media strategy that includes a digital sponsorship of the Energy Channel across our national network. Our editorial coverage will be tied to multiple touchpoi... more »
Political Transformationalism
Kyrsten Sinema ran for Congress last year as a progressive. She called me several times asking for money. But something in her story didn't add up. She didn't sound like a progressive; she sounded like a phony careerist who would say anything for a nickel. Even though I was on a board with her and everyone else was giving, I was turned off by her sleazy pitches and didn't contribute or put her up for a Blue America endorsement. She didn't pass the smell test even though the first time she ran for office, in 2002, she ran as a Green-- finishing last among 5 candidates and garnering ... more »
You're The Sprinkles To My Cupcake Valentine with Free Printable
Today's Valentine is less for an entire class, and more for the other people in your life. This would be perfect for a high schooler who wanted to give Valentines to some of their friends, or in my case I am giving them to some of the ladies at my church that I visit every month. Just a cute reminder to friends that you are thinking of them. You will need: - The round sprinkles containers, I find them in the Dollar Spot at Target - Tape - Scissors - The Printable at the Bottom of this Post Cut out the printable and attach it to the top of the sprinkle container. ... more »
Costs in Estate Matters
Sawdon Estate v. Sawdon, 2014 ONCA 101: [82] In *Geffen v. Goodman Estate*, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 353, at pp. 390-391, Wilson J., writing for the court on this issue, reiterated the long-standing principle that estate trustees are entitled to be indemnified for all reasonably incurred costs, including legal costs. She quoted with approval the following statement from *Re Dallaway*, [1982] 3 All E.R. 118, at p. 122: In so far as [an estate trustee] does not recover his costs from any other person, he is entitled to take his costs out of the fund held by him unless the court othe... more »
ALL ROADS LEAD TO BIAS: Losing the thread!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014* *A postponement:* In our view, this has been a remarkable week. We were especially struck by Monday night’s Maddow Show. In particular, we were struck by the exchanges between Maddow and John Wisniewski, co-chair of the New Jersey Assembly’s investigation into the Fort Lee lane closings. Maddow was expanding the list of people she wants to see drawn and quartered. We felt her list of wanted posters was moving well beyond the state of the facts in this case—and Maddow has been rather selective in the facts she has chosen to report. What was actually beh... more »
Justin Trudeau's Senate Move... a great political move or amateurish
Harper has been mired in embarrassing scandals concerning his Senators, from Wallin to Duffy to Brazeau. Justin Trudeau has responded with a move that some have called "bold" and "game-changing" by kicking all Liberal Senators out of caucus. I don't think it's "bold" or "game-changing" and it does not show Trudeau to be a Senate reformer. The supposedly "independent" caucus in the Senate - whom Trudeau did not seem to consult on this move - still call themselves Liberal, have Liberal members as employees, and will still be active members of the Liberal Party. Looks all smoke and m... more »
Tex Hall: Blood Oil and the Murder Probes
KREM image Tex Hall preparing upcoming Oil and Gas Expohttp://bakken.com/news/id/70765/mha-nations-plan-2014-oil-gas-expo-sovereignty-barrel/ By Brenda Norrell Censored News Tex Hall rose to fame with a good public relations writer, up through the National Congress of American Indians. Then, as chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara in North Dakota, Hall pushed for the oil and
Where dreams come to die
Family home at Dixie The stink is what hits you first, a fetid blend of sewage, rot, musty laundry washed in a contaminated river, and poisonous-looking water spewing into the river from the giant factory across the road. Dixie, they call this place. It’s one of San Pedro Sula’s notorious *bordos, *the riverfront slums where an estimated 8,000 families from all over Honduras have ended up putting their dreams for a better life behind them to live as squatters in rickety shacks built out of scrounged materials. Squeezed onto a tiny strip of land between the factory and the fil... more »
Learn For Life Foundation of Western Australia sponsors MK-Ultra gore-based mind-control techniques?
"Set Yourself Free" sees four students cutting class to spend the day at the beach. Yes, it's REAL, it's on the L.F.L.W.A. (educational) website. *The clip, created for the nonprofit Learn For Life Foundation of Western Australia to promote the importance of education, shows a quartet of teens cutting class to hit the beach, which turns out to be an explosives testing site. While boozing, bathing in the water and flirting with sexual encounters, three of them dramatically explode — with blood and body parts sent flying.* [source DAILY NEWS] "*We have to look to Osama Bin Laden fo... more »
ALEC Continues Their Nasty Ways
I ran into an *ALEC document today that was posted by DesSmog Blog* and had not seen the light of day the way it should have. The sad part about the doc is that the link opens up a PDF - that doesn't seem to be easily searchable via the web. That limits the number of people who can actually find it and view it. One thing that is in that PDF is reports from ALEC taskforce directors - where they brag about how many pieces of ALEC legislation has been pushed thru the states and *a write-up on that is at Daily Kos*. *<><><><><><><>* The snips below are from a documentfrom the ALEC An... more »
Solow vs Mankiw on the One Percent
Readers of this blog will be familiar with my recent article Defending the One Percent. In the new released issue of *JEP*, you can read a letter by Bob Solow commenting on the article as well as my response.
A Class War Soliloquy
(Ed. note: This discourse was left as a comment in the previous thread. So that it may get the wider attention and the bigger font it so richly merits, I am taking the liberty of re-posting it here.) MUSINGS OF THE LUCKY MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS SELF-MADE *by Jay - Ottawa* To increase the Quality of Opportunity Or to decrease the Inequality of Income: That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler to salute the gifted, The avaricious, and the lucky born –– And even to support them further as they Zoom down the unobstructed lanes Made special for them At full throttle in daddy’s caddie On... more »
NOT MY CONCERN
*New 'Prompt Global Strike' systems now under development would give the US Strategic Command (StratCom) the capability to hit Russia or China from space* The cutting of steel the turn of the wrench the twisting of the screw our hard hats are at work How these pieces fit together is not my concern it's jobs in America what other option do we have? It's the only game in town we'd better take it before someone else grabs the work that's the way it is in dog-eat-dog land I am just here for the paycheck and occasional rah-rah when the politicians stop by and tell us we are the greatest air... more »
Classroom Activity: Simplification is not a Sin
Editor’s note: this is a slightly modified version of a post that originally appeared on my personal blog. As I mentioned here, I’ve decided to try “flipping the classroom” this semester, meaning I’m now posting the lectures online and using the class time this frees up for Q&A and for activities meant to reinforce core concepts and Continue reading
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*Brees theatrics are an absurd but fitting end to non-controversy involving Jimmy Graham ~BlackandGold.com* *John Barry is King of Feb. 15 Krewe du Vieux Parade ~Will Coviello, Gambit * *Garret Graves Could Become Coastal Candidate in 6th District ~Jeremy Alford, LaPolitics* *Prosecutors: As finances tanked, Nagin sought cash ~Gordon Russell, New Orleans Advocate* *As huge hospitals take shape, small restaurants and bars are emerging on Tulane Avenue ~Ian McNulty* *Revenant and Jack White’s Third Man Records Involved in Local Copyright Dispute ~Jennifer Odel, offBeat* *2014 Fren... more »
The Big Bang?
There has been much debate about Justin Trudeau's Senate gambit. Bill Tieleman claims that it is merely sleight of hand. But Lawrence Martin thinks it may be a big bang moment, which starts the process of democratic reform: The Trudeau gambit could well touch off a chain reaction or at least provide momentum for more reform. There is much criticism of his exploit – and much of that criticism is justified. But there is broad support. People are fed up with hyper-partisanship. Even conservative groups like the Canada West Foundation and commentators like Robert Fulford see value i... more »
Hope In Northern Virginia
There are two congressional retirements at the end of this term in Virginia, Jim Moran and Frank Wolf. Wolf's district leans Democratic but still has a PVI of R+2. In 2008 Obama beat McCain 51-48%. In 2012, Romney squeaked by Obama 50-49% The DCCC and testate Democratic Party see the seat as a good pick up opportunity. Due east-- and meeting along Dolley Madison Blvd and Chain Bridge Road in McLean-- is a VA-08, Moran's much bluer seat. The PVI is a healthy D+16. Obama beat McCain and Romney by the same landslide margins-- 68-31%. The district is comprised of the inner DC suburbs.... more »
De Blasio: Not Just Another Bullshitter
It has to feel like Spring in New York in the middle of a snowstorm: a progressive mayor elected to serve the people that Wall Street predators and casino capitalists forgot. From DNAInfo New York: ". . . . De Blasio sparked a political showdown earlier this month by rejecting Cuomo's offer to provide $1.5 billion for universal pre-K across the state over the next five years. Instead of using state funds to create thousands of new pre-K seats in the city, de Blasio wants to increase taxes on the city's most affluent residents, which he said would guarantee a more reliable funding ... more »
BREAKING NEWS: Florida
*Breaking News* Florida legislators follow renaming Common Core by replacing "turd" with "dandelion" in official state dictionary. More as details become available.
Sentence of the Day
From the Congressional Budget Office: CBO estimates that the ACA [Affordable Care Act] will reduce the total number of hours worked, on net, by about 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent during the period from 2017 to 2024, almost entirely because workers will choose to supply less labor—given the new taxes and other incentives they will face and the financial benefits some will receive. Implicit in this estimate are elasticities that measure how much people respond to incentives. My sense is that CBO is typically conservative when it come to gauging these incentives effects. So I would tak... more »
Free E Book: Journey Out Of Austism, Breaking Through - A Mother's Story by Rebecca Ferguson
*The Direct Link To Read This Book* *For more information on Caroline and her mother, please click on the link below:* *Regarding Caroline* Caroline
Free Download - Vaccine Safety Tips Report On How To Protect Your Family
http://vactruth.com/ Get the Peace of mind that you deserve by instantly dounloading this free 16 page report. YOUR CHILD. YOUR CHOICE. Source: Vac Truth [image: VacTruth.com]
Astrophotographers Rush to Capture Images of New Supernova 2014J
The new supernova in M82 captured by the 32-inch Schulman Telescope (RCOS) at the Mount Lemmon Sky Center in Arizona on January 23, 2014. Credit and copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona Astrophotographers Rush to Capture Images of New Supernova 2014J by NANCY ATKINSON on JANUARY 23, 2014 Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter With news yesterday of the closest confirmed type Ia supernova since the 1800′s, astronomers in the northern hemisphere risked frostbite and hoped for clear skies to try and capture images of the... more »
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The key to longevity depends on your SEX: Sleep is crucial for men while women need plenty of vitamin B6 and vegetables *Based on a survey of elderly Chinese in Taiwan who mostly followed traditional Chinese dietary beliefs! Generalizability? Don't go there* As if they needed any more excuse, new research suggests men need their sleep if they’re to live a long life. Women, on the other hand, can live long lives despite poor sleep habits as long as they eat a diverse diet that includes vitamin B6 and plenty of vegetables. Vitamin B6 can be found in food such as meat, bananas, nu... more »
Services Struggle
With the new legislative session slated to begin, the KMT and DPP struggle over the services pact. The situation is the same as it usually is -- the DPP wants the bill to be reviewed piece by piece, the KMT wants it up for a vote as a single package. The pact was actually passed last June but no date of implementation was set, meaning that the legislature can still prevent it from coming into force. ECFA, despite all the promises from the neoliberal crowd, has been a colossal failure for all but the rich and for organized crime; ordinary people have seen little or nothing. This has... more »
SCOTUS Justice: Internment Camps Can Happen Here
In a stunning moment of truth Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia let it slip during an appearance before University of Hawaii law school students that internment camps are a possibility in The Homeland. While this sort of pathology is commonplace among the authoritarian elite who have seized control of this once great country and while it should come as no shock to readers here an admission such as this should scare the hell out of Americans. With each new glimpse into the hive mind of the American fascists the so-called "conspiracy theorists" are validated, first with the Snowd... more »
YouTube: Begins auditing video views
The video-sharing *website* YouTube supposed it has started to audit the number of views a video has received. The move is intended at preventing users from artificially inflating view counts which, YouTube supposed, mislead people about the popularity of a video. There are concerns that some spectators are using tools like redirects or buying views to increase their count. YouTube supposed it will now occasionally validate the views on videos and remove the fake ones from the total. Some bad actors try to game the scheme by artificially inflating view counts. They're not just co... more »
Bill Nye debates Ken Ham
*Evolution vs creation* If you have 2.5 spare hours, you may want to watch the debate between a creationist and an evolutionist. *The moving content begins around 13:00.* Bill Nye is known as "The Science Guy" who became famous after he stole Professor Proton's shtick (and Sheldon Cooper's wallet). Ken Ham is an Australia-born founder of various creationist facilities. A CNN host moderated the debate somewhere in Cincinnati. Their yesterday's debate was sort of friendly. Once viewed as the prototype of a bitter intellectual war, the creation-vs-evolution cold war morphed into a... more »
You Want To Vaccinate My Child? No Problem, Just Sign This Form
*preventdisease.com* August 9, 2013 by DAVE MIHALOVIC I have yet to meet a Physician that will sign this form now downloaded by hundreds of parents. The reason they won't sign is two-fold: First, they do not want to place themselves in a vulnerable position of being negligent for not providing informed consent to thousands of other parents; and second, many of them realize after their own extensive research that the risks far outweigh any benefits when it comes to vaccination. It's been over a year since hundreds of parents have downloaded this form and there are still no repor... more »
The NEW Media: Exchanging Value- UPDATE
After I published the article "The NEW Media: Exchanging Value" at 1:30 am my time, lol, I fell into bed. ..... and couldn't' sleep because I was so ramped up from writing the article. I laid in bed and just let the energy course through my body as my brain explored all the new ideas that have suddenly been laid out before me, the changing of perceptions, and the energetic exchange. It took quite a while to get to sleep. This morning I woke up and I kNEW exactly what I was going to DO. This IS the time for changing the paradigm, so I will make the changes that resonate with me, ... more »
Free Planet - am I performing - an invaluable service?
"Am I performing an invaluable service to Free Planet?" this is the question I'm wondering if anyone out there is asking. "Is ANYONE even *thinking about* Free Planet?""And why should they?" These, *and many other questions*, are what I've been asking myself since deciding to write the *Devil's Advocate* 'free planet series' novels Custodian and Liberator just to gauge reaction to such a 'bewildering concept'. Just to show you how HORRIBLE such a world could be if we don't all want it. If we don't support the real version of our lives, as opposed to the pre-Fabricated Educatio... more »
Muslims killed Dracula - Banksters Beware!
The Muslim Ummah under The Ottomans killed Vlad the Impaler also known as Dracula. However, the death of the devil made things come to such a state that his legacy lives on in the form of the modern day Banks and their agents, the politicians! Still bloodsuckers and pedophiles, most banksters and politicians deserve a similar fate to Drakool. They can party in Hell!
MURDERED CHILDREN - SUNDERLAND
*Jimmy Savile, in the North West of England, in Cumbria.* 'Serial killer' *Steven Grieveson* has links to Cumbria and to Sunderland, both in the North of England. *Jimmy Savile in the North East of England, near Sunderland* *Steven Grieveson* was convicted of the murders of four teenage boys in the city of Sunderland between 1993 and 1994. *Steven Grieveson * Steven Grieveson was taken into care when he was 13. *He was sent to live at a children's care home in Cumbria in the UK.* Chuildren's care homes are sometimes used by the elite as child brothels. *DEATHS IN CUMBRIA* *In ... more »
Libya updates February 5 , 20 - Government and Security issues in focus ! Total items to consider .....PM Zeidan not in favor of forming a “crisis government” ....... Misrata leaders say removal of GNC would lead to chaos ...... Libya destroys all useable chemical weapons ....... Zeidan denies Le Figaro report of foreign troops in South Libya
Government ...... Zeidan not in favour of forming a “crisis government” *By Sami Zaptia.* *Tripoli, 4 February 2014:* Speaking at Monday’s press conference, the Prime Minister said that he was not in favour of forming a so-called “crisis government”. Asked by the media if he intended to do so, Ali Zeidan said that he was not going to form a one “just to satisfy the demands of the street”. He further added that “some people do not even know what a crisis government is”. It will be recalled that Zeidan is reported to be on the verge of either reshuffling his present cabinet, or appoint... more »
Aristotelian teleology was never scientifically sensible
Sean Carroll believes many bizarre – more precisely, demonstrably wrong – things about the arrow of time. A few days ago, he decided to "humanize them" by partially defending Aristotle's teleology. Reality, Pushed From Behind Aristotle believed that events are happening in the way they are happening because of some purpose – because of some "mandatory" final state that everything must converge to. Carroll admits that science was being built on "dysteleological physicalism" but he still defends the musings by "smart cookie" Aristotle by many pseudoarguments. If you think about the ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Twilight moon by the Chrysler Building. [Inga Sarda Sorenson photo]
JOHN RYKENER
spotlightonabuse.wordpress.com According to court records in London, the clergy have been among the chief users of male prostitutes. *John Rykener*, a London rent boy, named as clients numerous men of the church. When John Rykener was brought before the authorities, he explained that "a certain Anna, the whore of a former servant of Sir Thomas Blount, first taught him." *He said that he had had sex with a number of people including:* Phillip, rector of Theydon Garnon, Sir William Foxlee, Sir John, Sir Walter, Two Franciscans Brother Michael and Brother John, a Carmelite friar,... more »
Girl Scout GMO Free Cookie Twitter Party Today, February 5, 2014
Join us today at 6pm PST/8pm CST/9pm EST for the Girl Scouts Cookie Season Twitter Party. We'll be educating about GMOs and asking the Girl Scouts to please make our cookies GMO free. It will be a GMO free Girls' Night Out (GNO)! Mark yo...ur calendar and spread the word! As cookie season kicks off, don't forget to make a donation to the local troop instead of buying GMO cookies made by a division of Kellogg's! Tweets will be available here today before the party: http://bit.ly/1jdvpdN #GirlScoutCookies #GNOnoGMO #GMO #BOYCOTTKelloggs #Kelloggs #BoycottKeebler #Keebler #GMOfr... more »
Adobe Climb Down Over ACS5 Deadline
After the storms comes the calm and time to reflect. Adobe have now climbed down from their ACS5 stance and have left the migration timetable in the hands of their customers. A statement posted on the Datalogics blog says: *As stated during our January 29th Datalogics and Adobe webinar announcing the release of the new hardened Digital Rights Management (DRM) for Reader Mobile SDK (RMSDK) 10 and Adobe Content Server (ACS) 5, Adobe revealed a July 2014 time table for migrating to RMSDK 10 and ACS 5.* *After receiving feedback from customers and webinar attendees, Adobe has revised th... more »
Torres News: Spy photos of Aboriginals 'We lived in fear'
By Brenda Norrell Censored News After Censored News first published news of the Australian intelligence agency's spy photos of Aboriginals, I was contacted by an editor of remote regional newspapers in Australia. Editor Mark Bousen said he hadn't heard news of the photo exhibit in Australia. Tonight, Censored News received the follow up to the story. Special thanks to Bousen for sharing
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*A Historical Perspective on Hysterical Rhetoric* From 1948 to the present, environmental activists have declared that the sky is falling. *Suzuki hysteria* We tend to ignore history in our daily lives. Which is too bad, because historical perspective is one of our best defenses against foolish ideas. Once we realize that a long line of people have insisted, in recent decades, that we’re on the brink of environmental disaster, today’s climate doomsayers suddenly snap into perspective. Absolutely nothing new is going on here. Today’s hysteria, exaggeration, and emotionally manip... more »
February 3, 1959. The night the music died...
* Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper) died in a tragic plane crash in Iowa.* *May they rest in peace.* *I was 13 when they died. I miss them... * Rock ‘n’ roll was still in its infancy when it suffered its first tragedy. On Feb. 3, 1959, three of the biggest stars of the day — Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper — were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. The three acts, along with Dion and the Belmonts, were on a package tour called the Winter Dance Party, which was to play 24 Midwestern cities in as man... more »
Christy Clark, Burning Public Education To The Ground
I really need to bite my tongue, I was almost tempted to pull a Tsakumis with the use of foul language(in describing Christy Clark), however, those descriptors are not appropriate for this story, or any story, let me just say this.. We are presently celebrating the Year of the Horse, how ironic considering we have a *premier who is a Horse`s Ass!* Is Christy Clark/s hatred towards teachers because she failed to get an education, because she quit S-F-U-....Quit after her student piers rejected Christy Clark`s bid for student president, Clark was caught cheating, and I have mentio... more »
Republicans Want To Get Rid Of Their Corrupt Beltway Leaders… How About Democrats?
I met with a friendly congressman this week to talk about the prospects for improving House Democratic leadership in a post-Pelosi world. Aside from assuring me that enough members of the caucus detest Steve Israel so that he's not going up any ladders, it was a depressing conversation. Acknowledging that Steny Hoyer as Speaker or Minority Leader will mean the caucus would, in effect, be run entirely by K Street, one phrase stuck in my head: "Hoyer is very likable and no one is interested in patricide." I'm glad they are get along in their cushy club there but, the people's busine... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Portion Control
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 »
An Olympics Musical Break: We're Barefootin', with Bare Putin
(With apologies to Robert Parker) Everybody get on your feet, We can’t search you when you in your seat Take off your shoes, your coat, and your shirt, Let’s see you dance and no one gets hurt, We're barefootin', with bare Putin, We're barefootin', with bare Putin, Went to a party at a swinging yurt, Long Tall Sergei was quite a flirt Threw way his wig, and his high collar, too, He was doin’ a dance without shoes or shirt He was barefootin', with bare Putin, He was barefootin', with bare Putin, Hey little gal with the red cardigan, I bet you can barefoot, I know y... more »
The Moratorium Miracle: Delaying PARCC Can Actually Help Save It
Today I read two articles regarding testing and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). After reading both, I am left with the same thought: The events detailed in both articles promote CCSS survival– and by extension– PARCC survival. The first is this press release regarding the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers (PARCC): […]
A3 Newsletter: Don't Stand Still, Stand Up! (Legal Update, Upcoming Events with Robert King, and Feb. 15 Vigil)
As we begin this month, we've learned the civil case jointly filed by Robert King, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox has been frozen as the State once again appeals a federal decision not in their favor, and we all still anxiously word as to whether Albert's conviction will be vacated once and for all. On February 19th, Albert turns 67, and the 26th will mark one year since his conviction was overturned for a third time, but somehow, despite decades of struggle and mountains of evidence pointing to innocence, he still shivers in a solitary cell. Rather than settling in and slowi... more »
Time to Let the American Enabling Act Expire
In an all too rare display of chutzpah in post-September 11, 2001 America which has been hammered home incessantly as* 'the day when everything changed'* for nearly twelve and a half years by fascist opportunists there is a growing move to pushback against Obama's NSA Stasi and its illegality. Without delving into the depths of speculation and conspiracy trafficking it is apparent that the USA PATRIOT Act was to 9/11 what the Enabling Act was to the Reichstag Fire in the terms of historical analogies. While admittedly less ostentatious than the depraved Nazi regime and their orgy ... more »
EPA Sets Disturbing Precedent by Walking Away from Radiation Contaminated Zone
Public Integrity has the story: EPA abandons major radiation cleanup in Florida, despite cancer concerns. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/01/30/14190/epa-abandons-major-radiation-cleanup-florida-despite-cancer-concerns [Excerpt] The Environmental Protection Agency is walking away after a decades-long battle with Florida politicians and industry officials over cleaning up phosphate-mining waste in an area that could expose more than 100,000 residents to cancer-causing radiation levels. Under a decision quietly finalized two weeks ago, the federal agency will leave it to state o... more »
JapanFocus: The (Wrong) Origins of the Senkaku Mess
JapanFocus, a progressive website that turns out lots of interesting stuff on Okinawa, on Japanese colonialism, and on Cold War and post-Cold War history and politics in NE Asia, put on a fine display this month of the way lefties often adopt the right-wing imperialism of non-western nations as their analytical stance, something that needs to stop. In *The Origins of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Dispute between China, Taiwan and Japan*, Mark Seldon and Yabuki Susumu write: *...While other important issues add to the gravity of the conflict, including enlarged territorial claims by China, Ja... more »
Plane Delays and NAIA Bureaucracy
* This is my article yesterday in thelobbyist.biz. ----------- A fried posted last January 27 one of his travel nightmares when he came home from Norway. *Another shameful episode at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport…. our plane was supposed to touch down at 1155AM but we had to go on circles for 3x of 15 minutes each because of the queuing problem in the run way. On the third round the Pilot of flight TG 620 had to make an emergency landing at Clark because our plane almost run out of fuel. I was both angry and ashamed as I heard all the side comments and complaints of the pas... more »
Mark Rosenblum - Possibility of a Two State Solution (Source: Peace Islands Institute)
*From the Peace Islands Institute website: * We are proud and thrilled to announce that IDC is growing, expanding and therefore it has needed to be reorganized. IDC has a new name now: Peace Islands Institute. So, IDC will serve as an Institute that will have different platforms. Peace Islands Institute, a NJ organization, will open branches in the neighboring states. In addition to programs that IDC has organized so far, Peace Islands Institute will support academic programs and researches on issues like democracy, human rights, women issues, community development. In this sense... more »
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*Jindal coastal adviser Garret Graves resigns, effective Feb. 17 ~Mark Schleifstein*
Teachers aren’t Cattle! (VAMs 101)
If you ever need a simple explanation for how VAMs are highly unreliable, then look no further! This is, by far, the best video I’ve seen on this issue. It’s definitely worth watching & sharing! Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, we – teachers – are not cattle! We’re more than shady measurement “tools.” […]
Has "Sling-Bob" Gates ALWAYS gotten it wrong?
*A quick show of hands: How many of you out there would let "Dr. Gates" so much as look at, let alone touch, your tonsils?* *"This combination of elfish charm and sub-par performance goes back a long way.*" *-- Jonathan Alter, in "The Wars RobertGates Got Wrong," on newyorker.com* *by Ken* As we prepare to talk again about Robert "Sling-Bob" Gates, the former director of Central Intelligence and (under both R and D prezzes) secretary of defense, we should perhaps do a quick-refresher quiz on the circumstances under which Sling-Bob made his return to gummint service in 2006, as su... more »
Waitangi Day: Something to celebrate
*“Today, racism is regarded as a crime if practiced by a majority—but as an inalienable right if practiced by a minority… Like every other form of collectivism, racism is a quest for the unearned.” *- Ayn Rand, “Racism” Oh Galt, it’s Waitangi Week again – and already the hikois of protest and the graspers of the unearned are infesting the place from top to bottom. The birth of the best little country in the world is being celebrated – not with the deserved pride of a great achievement – but, once again, with the full cast of cant and lies and humbug. A Waitangi Day of one race, ... more »
Greater access to … profits.
Sent to the New York Times, Feb. 4, 2014 Why are Microsoft, Verizon, Sprint and Apple so eager to donate three quarters of a billion dollars to increase school access to the internet ("Obama Announces Pledges of $750 Million for Student Technology," Feb. 4)? Could it be related to the fact that the Common Core requires online testing, a move that will result in unprecedented profits for these companies? Online testing requires not only access, but massive amounts of new technology that promises to be obsolete as soon as it is in place. There is no evidence that greater access to t... more »
Robert Jensen : ‘Declaring victory wherever we can’
An interview with Cynthia Kaufman on her book, ‘Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope’ By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2014 [Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope by Cynthia Kaufman (2013: Lexington Books); Paperback; 200 pp; … finish reading Robert Jensen : ‘Declaring victory wherever we can’
The NEW Media: Exchanging Value
This past weekend I had a series of very enlightening and enlightened conversations with several people. The kind of conversations that expand your understanding and are shocking in their clarity of the moment. One of the people I talked to today was my friend Oliver in Sweden, and he took the conversation and ran with it and sent me the article below. I have come a long way on my own personal journey to "getting it" and to learning about my own internal issues. I talked about a small part of that HERE, and yet, I realized today that even that was a skewed perspective. This topic ... more »
Cardinal Varela, on his way to Mass, gently questioned by lady-like and charming feminists - not exactly...
*more like the hounds of hell were unleashed upon the world. * Bare-breasted feminists hurled knickers at the archbishop of Madrid as he arrived at church on Sunday in protest at his support for a tightening of Spain’s abortion law. Five topless protesters swooped on Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela as he got out of a car to attend an evening mass at a church in central Madrid. They hurled red-stained knickers at the cardinal, who they say is one of the forces behind the conservative government’s planned abortion reform. *Warning: *Bare breasts bouncing around in public, hyste... more »
ONLY LOVE TRULY HEALS
*Only love truly heals because only love lies deepest within us. The basic underlying and uniting force of the universe is a psychic energy field of love and soul consciousness (**Unified Field* *) which lies not only beyond time and space but also beneath our deepest fears ~ and whose principle property is the urge to unite: Allen L Roland * *The only right love is that between couples whose passion leads them both, one through the other, to a higher possession of their being: Teilhard de Chardin* For almost 40 years I have been demonstrating that there is no tru... more »
Obama And Rouhani Need To Bring Their Children Into Line, And Finalize The Nuclear Deal Now, Not Later
*Picking up the phone is not rocket science. Shaking hands is better than slamming your fists. * At a certain point this year, hopefully sooner rather than later, President Obama and President Rouhani will have to bring their children into line and finalize the nuclear deal between the two countries for good. Obama has to deal with rebellious children in the Senate, including a Senate toddler *raising his voice against Obama's nuclear deal in another country*, and Rouhani has to deal with a small minority of loud-mouthed fanatics who need to be tamed. It won't be easy, but it beats... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Pete Seeger: A life that enriched ‘you and me’
The world has been diminished by his passing, just as it was enriched by his life. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2014 Several weeks ago, I began writing a column I intended to publish … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : Pete Seeger: A life that enriched ‘you and me’
Rakuten Replaces Serbinis at Kobo
All companies and teams only change their leader when they are forced to do so or when the current one isn’t delivering what the owners seek. Only a fool changes a wheel when it isn't broken. Two years after Kobo was acquired by Japan’s Rakuten they have announced that Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis is stepping down as chief executive of the ebook company. Serbinis will be replaced by Takahito “Taka” Aiki, with immediate effect and Aiki is to relocate to Canada. It is reported that Serbinis will remain with Kobo as the company’s founder and vice chairman. Until recently Aiki was CEO of th... more »
“Trickle down”
Here’s Thomas Sowell at his best. A slice (but do read the whole column): Years ago, this column challenged anybody to quote any economist outside of an insane asylum who had ever advocated this “trickle-down” theory. Some readers said that somebody said that somebody else had advocated a “trickle-down” policy. They could never name that somebody else and quote them, though. Mr. de Blasio is by no means the first politician to denounce this nonexistent theory. Back in 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obamaattacked what he called “an economic philosophy” that “says we should giv... more »
Can The House Democrats Move From Crisis Into Opportunity?
The House Democratic caucus is old-- really, really old. Several have told me they're too old to give much of a damn about idealism anymore. "Look to the kids like Donna Edwards (age 55) if you want to see anything happen," one elderly former fire-breathing progressive told me. Personally, I admire George Miller (age 68) and Henry Waxman (age 74) for retiring on their own terms. And I pity poor, senile Ralph Hall (age 90 and barely functioning) for begging his constituents for "just one more term." A couple of days ago David Hawkings, at *Roll Call*, asked some pertinent questions ... more »
S&P Junks Puerto Rico On Liquidity Concerns, Warns About $1 Billion Collateral Call - had to know this one was coming !
S&P Junks Puerto Rico On Liquidity Concerns, Warns About $1 Billion Collateral Call - Full Note [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/04/2014 15:43 -0500 - AIG - American International Group - Bond - Budget Deficit - Bureau of Labor Statistics - Credit Line - Gross Domestic Product - Puerto Rico - ratings - Secured Debt - Unemployment inShare3 Following the evaluation of liquidity needs (and availability) for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, S&P has decided that "it doesn't warrant an investment-grade rat... more »
Thorne Dreyer : Award-Winning Rock Journalist Margaret Moser on Rag Radio
The irrepressible Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle music writer and director of the Austin Music Awards, visits with us on Rag Radio. By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2014 Rock journalist Margaret Moser, a prime mover behind … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : Award-Winning Rock Journalist Margaret Moser on Rag Radio
Remember that 716 million they stole from Medicare so we could sign up hundreds of thousands on Medicaid?...
*if you're on Medicare - pay attention.* *Not knowing this could cost you tens of thousands of dollars. * As an aside, I'm not a big believer in overpriced physical therapy. If video doesn't show up - go *HERE* Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Quote of the Day: On the Keystone Pipeline
“'The green movement will have been soundly defeated [on their battle against Keystone] not by special interests or some perverse capitalist desire to desecrate the earth, but by a very simple set of facts.” - Walter Russell Mead, “Is Keystone the Biggest Green Defeat Ever?” [Hat tip Climate Depot] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Did you really think this wouldn't happen??? Homosexual legal group in Massachusetts files papers to force Catholic school to hire man who's "married" to another man -- despite school's refusal...
*this is just the beginning. * What took them so long? *From Mass Resistance: * The next step of the "gay marriage" agenda is about to begin here in Massachusetts. It's the push to use the legal system to force religious organizations to include homosexuality and transgenderism. Fontbonne Academy in Milton, MA, a Catholic girls' high school, is under attack by the homosexual movement. Across the country whenever a "gay marriage" battle heats up pro-family people are always told, "It's all about civil rights. It won't affect your religious institutions." And the politicians ... more »
A New Professional Masters Program in Science and Technology Policy
After a decade of implementing a graduate certificate program in science and technology policy here at the University of Colorado-Boulder Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, we've decided to take the next steps and propose to the Regents a new masters degree program in science and technology policy. If successful we could be admitting our first class of students in the fall semester of 2015, but a lot has to happen before that can occur. As part of the proposal process, I am soliciting expressions of interest, support and advice, which you can email to me or enter in... more »
SELLING A PIG IN A POKE
The idiom *pig in a poke* refers to a confidence trick originating in the late Middle Ages, when meat was scarce, but cats and dogs were not. The idiom *pig in a poke* can also simply refer to someone buying a low-quality pig in a bag because he or she did not carefully check what was in the bag. Maine's piece of this F-35 boondoggle is the Pratt & Whitney plant in North Berwick. They make engines there for this plane. Maine House Speaker Mark Eves (Democrat-North Berwick) in 2013 said he was pleased that Pratt & Whitney got the engine contract. "This is incredible news for Mai... more »
BBC secret exposed: Greenpeace, activists, BP decide what "science" brits see -- Hello TwentyEightGate << JoNova
If you care about the truth regarding Man Made Climate Change and the BBC's biased position on the matter then you must read this Jo Nova article... http://joannenova.com.au/2012/11/bbc-secret-exposed-greenpeace-activists-bp-decide-what-sciencebrits-see-hello-twentyeightgate/
THE 8 RACES THAT DO BEST?
*Padma Lakshmi, Indian-born American cookbook author, actress, model and TV host. * *Americans from India* earn almost twice as much as the average American. *Chinese-American* children dramatically outperform white American children in school tests. *American Jews* have been awarded more than a third of the Nobel prizes given to Americans. In the UK, Indians are more upwardly mobile than Britons overall. In the UK, children of* Nigerian* origin perform better than British children overall. Tiger mother, racism storm | The Sunday Times *Indonesians - not rich, but generally happ... more »
Phillip Seymour Hoffman & the Military /Terror/Drug & Banking Complex
So, the actor, Phillip Seymour Hoffman dies of a heroin overdose. And the news drones on- the tragedy. The horror. And, sure it is. For his family etc., Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the Big Lebowski Why am I talking up this celebrity death? As readers here know, I don't do celebrity news. But I will jump at an opportunity when one is so conveniently presented to talk about the far bigger issue that is not being addressed in all the dirt being dished on one drug addicted celebrity. A subject that others should be more familiar with too. First of all, generally speaking, the absurdity of... more »
Rebel Base
The Lockheed SR-71 production floor. Date: unknown. Location: fourth moon of the planet Yavin.
Dear Lord - shoot me now. I don't believe what I'm seeing...
*this is how stupid your government thinks you are. * Thought pajama boy was bad? Watch this and weep for our country. And you paid for this with your taxes.
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*New Orleans’ Post Federal-Flood recovery slows as most of Louisiana loses population to rest of country ~Thomas Thoren, The Lens*
Andrew Sullivan, peckish and peeved!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014* *Top pundits just wanna have fun:* Last night, Andrew Sullivan was peeved, almost peckish. The peevish fellow was guest-starring on Anderson Cooper Later. It’s the late-night version of Cooper’s tabloid-driven show, the one where the pundits just sit around exploring how dumb and dishonest they are. Kate Zernike was on the show, guaranteeing a shipload of total confusion. At one point, the pundits were trying to figure out what Christie has said in the past. That’s when Sully got a bit peckish about his responsibilities. He expressed his mighty pique w... more »
Camelot Education's Todd Bock Accuses Schools Matter of "Slander"
In two emails today to me from Mr. Todd Bock, President and CEO of Camelot Education, he alleges that I have slandered his company with a blog post from May 2009 (please do have a moment to read it). To substantiate his claim, Mr. Bock enclosed a letter from Chief of School Operations for Philadelphia Schools dated May 29, 2009. The letter reports on an investigation based upon unspecified complaints about Camelot Schools' connection to the now-defunct Brown Schools. In a carefully worded document that offers a limp recommendation of Camelot's performance and conclusion on Camelot... more »
Christie Still Lying His Ass Off-- "It's Just A Game Of Gotcha"
CPAC hasn't liked Chris Christie. They saw him as too mainstream or even "moderate." Now they see him as a potential *cause célèbre * that can be turned into a fundraising bonanza for right-wing groups hoping to milk their base of Foxified saps. Yesterday's *Christian Science Monitor*pointed out that right-wingers from Paul Ryan and Bobby Jindal to Hate Talk Radio sociopaths Mark Levin and Sean Hannity, who haven't appreciated Christie 'til now, are part of his cheering squad. "And last month, when singer Bruce Springsteen mocked Christie, a diehard fan, conservative talker Rush L... more »
The Realist Report - Mark Elsis: Holocaust Revisionism
On this edition of The Realist Report, we'll be joined by Mark Elsis. Mark and I will be discussing the fake Jewish "Holocaust" story pertaining to WWII, and a variety of other related subjects. 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: - *Holocaust Revisionism* by Mark Elsis - *Shedding Light on a Vast Toll of Jews Killed Away From the Death Camps* - *New (Jew) York Times* - *Holocaust Told in One Word, 6 Million Times* - *N... more »
Maxida Märak - A Voice For The Sampi People
*Published on October 31, 2013* Från "Sápmi möter Stockholm", en demonstration för fast mark, rent vatten & levande kulturlandskap på Mynttorget i Stockholm 2013-10-26. Det är vi som är "The local people"! *Mer info:* http://www.whatlocalpeople.se http://www.urbergsgruppen.se http://www.kolonierna.wordpress.com ___ All over the world, the mining industry threatens to destroy nature and culture with shortsighted industrial projects aimed only at maximizing company profits. In an attempt to gain local and international backing for their projects, and to appease investors, minin... more »
What is Cyber Hygiene?
I was struck this morning to read a post on a Cyber Security forum with a link stating the “Super Bowl was Hacked!” Clicking on the link lead to this write up and picture. I can’t think of better visualization of the need for basic cyber hygiene. The cyber security industry kills many trees and Continue reading
Middle Earth, the Middle Class and Growth
I like the play of words here: hobbit and habit, Middle Earth and middle class, JRR Tolkien and equilibrium theorists. Article written by my former prof. at UPSE, a math econ, institutional econ, econ history specialist, Dr. Noel de Dios. Bottomline: the need for rule of law. ---------- Adventure and fantasy -- not to mention Peter Jackson’s fabulous visual effects -- explain much of the recent popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels and characters, especially their movie incarnations. If one only looks very closely, however, one may also find a small parable relevant to Philippine so... more »
MSNBC stages its worst night ever!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014* *Zernike, millionaire hosts can’t nail down the simplest facts:* When did Governor Christie learn that access lanes had been closed in Fort Lee? We can’t answer that question. Let’s try a different question: In the past, when did Christie *say* he first learned? What has he *said*about this? This question has come center stage because of David Wildstein. According to Wildstein, “evidence exists” that Christie knew the lanes were closed in real time, during the week of September 9. Also according to Wildstein, Christie said something different at his Janu... more »
Rotchina and OSF
[image: Rotchina--January, 2014 (Photo by John Carroll)] Rotchina, January 2014 (Photo by John Carroll) In August 2000 I brought a nine month old baby girl named Rotchina to OSF-Children's Hosptial of Illinois (CHOI) in Peoria. Rotchina suffered from severe pulmonary valve stenosis. This means that she was born with a very small pulmonary valve which was restricting blood flow to her lungs. An echocardiogram performed at OSF-CHOI in 2000 revealed a huge pressure gradient (174 mm hg) across a tiny pulmonic valve. (A normal pulmonary valve would have no gradient.) This meant that ... more »
Media Alert: On ASCD Media Alert
This is not satire, and if I had made this up, no one would have thought it was funny because, well, you just can’t make this stuff up. I got a MEDIA ALERT email from ASCD announcing “Common Core Experts Available for Interviews.” This seems pretty important because ASCD uses all caps, bold, and even […]
Putting Philip Seymour Hoffman's Dealer In Jail Forever Won't Solve the Drug Problem: America As A Horror Show
Susie Madrak schools CNN's (can you believe it?) Ashley Banfield on the horrors of the drug culture and why sending the dealer who sold Philip Seymour Hoffman heroin won't solve a thing. No, Ashleigh, this isn't about hunting down heroin dealers and putting them to death. And it's not about people killing themselves with drugs. It's much bigger than that. It's about hopelessness, and
Out With the Old Crap, In With the New
Many of us recognized that when President Obama declared in a December speech that Income Inequality is "the defining challenge" of our time, it was just one more dollop of whipped rhetorical crap designed to co-opt the populist message of the wildly popular new Pope. After all, he'd attempted the same trick within weeks of his orchestrated crackdown of the wildly popular Occupy movement in 2011. His most recent Inequality shtick didn't even last a month before the Ruling Class began howling "Class War!" and he obliged them by hastily burying the Inequality word by shifting to the m... more »
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.....
- I just brought in a bunch of wood as we expect to have a snowstorm tomorrow with 4-6 inches worth. I love doing the wood - it's sunny now and cold outside. A beautiful day really. I try to make bringing in the wood my daily mantra. Staying focused on that moment, each piece of wood, let the worldly worries pass through my mind and out. Thanking the great spirit for each breath, each day, and each gift. - I love this art work above that I found on a Korean friend's Facebook page. Really tells the story of the two worlds. The natural world that ... more »
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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: We Should Fear The Worst From Fukushima
I and others have been watching the Fukushima disaster continue now almost 3 full years since the initial meltdowns and subsequent release of deadly radiation into both the atmosphere and the adjoining Pacific Ocean, and we are still troubled that much of the world's criminal media attention has been avoiding this catastrophe! It has fallen to the alternative media to keep everyone up to date on what has been happening, including myself... Now my friend Whitewraithe over at Pragmatic Witness ( www.whitewraithe.wordpress.com) has begun to also put up articles about this ongoing disa... more »
Harvey Wasserman: "[F]or seven decades, government Bomb factories and privately-owned reactors have spewed massive quantities of unmonitored radiation into the biosphere. The impacts of these emissions on human and ecological health are unknown primarily because the nuclear industry has resolutely refused to study them. Indeed, the official presumption has always been that showing proof of damage from nuclear Bomb tests and commercial reactors falls to the victims, not the perpetrators.""Defined by seven decades of deceit, denial and a see-no-evil dearth of meaningful scientific study, the glib corporate assurances that this latest reactor disaster won’t hurt us fade to absurdity. Fukushima pours massive, unmeasured quantities of lethal radiation into our fragile ecosphere every day, and will do so for decades to come."
------------------------------ ENERGY, INSIGHTS, NUCLEAR *50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima* Harvey Wasserman | February 2, 2014 12:45 pm | Fukushima’s missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret. Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a global corporate media blackout aimed—successfully—at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye. But that doesn’t keep the actual radiation out of our ecosystem, our markets … or our bodies. Speculation on the ultimate impact ranges from the utterly harmless to the intensely apoc... more »
* No actual incidents are cited - fear fantasies
** Firing on wedding parties is the job of drones
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