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MLAs' expense allowance lets almost one-in-four buy second homes in the capital
paul at Paying attention - 7 minutes ago
MLAs’ living expense benefits are likely too rich when 18 of them have been
able to buy second homes in the capital.
It’s reasonable to cover living costs for MLAs from outside the capital
region when they’re here on business.
But when almost 25 per cent of eligible MLAs use the expense allowance to
help buy second homes in one of the province’s most expensive markets, the
payments deserve a tough look. (The information is from disclosure
statements. A few have half-interests in the properties.)
MLAs’ decision to give themselves big pay raises and lavish pension plans
in 2007 attrac... more »
“Zero Dark Thirty”: Touchstone Par Exemplar
Jeffrey Stacey at Duck of Minerva - 10 minutes ago
The film “Zero Dark Thirty” has touched quite a cord in this country, such
as with Peter Henne’s post below that responds to my own post further
below. To his credit, he opens up another strand of the wider debate this
film has touched off. My own reflection delves into the torture
controversy writ large,
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What We’re All Missing in the “Zero Dark Thirty” Debate
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 10 minutes ago
This is a guest post by Peter S. Henne. Peter is a doctoral candidate at
Georgetown University. He formerly worked as a national security
consultant. His research focuses on terrorism and religious conflict; he
has also written on the role of faith in US foreign policy. During
2012-2013 he is a fellow at the Miller Center at
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The Art of Politics, Japanese Style
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 16 minutes ago
Japan's newly minted finance minister thinks his country's old people
should hurry up and die. Really, seriously, I didn't make that up.
*Taro Aso, the finance minister, said on Monday that the elderly should be
allowed to "hurry up and die" to relieve pressure on the state to pay for
their medical care.*
*"Heaven forbid if you are forced to live on when you want to die. I would
wake up feeling increasingly bad knowing that [treatment] was all being
paid for by the government," he said during a meeting of the national
council on social security reforms. "The problem won't be sol... more »
Phil Mickelson Got Very Rich Playing Golf... So He Doesn't Think He Should Have To Pay Taxes
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 minutes ago
What could be more fitting? Mickelson & the tainted HSBC cup
I met Bob Lord when he ran for Congress against freaky Arizona Republican
sex maniac John Shadegg (since driven out of politics, thank God). Bob, an
attorney and still a progressive force inside the Arizona Democratic Party,
blogs on a variety of *DWT*-type topic for BlogForArizona and Monday he
said it would be OK for us to republish the post he ran about... Phil
Mickelson. When you read it, imagine that golf is an actual sport rather
than a hobby for rich white men.
*Pity Poor Phil Mickelson
-by Bob Lord*
It's irritating... more »
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake PAPUA, INDONESIA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 32 minutes ago
Magnitude M 5.1
Region PAPUA, INDONESIA
Date time 2013-01-23 17:05:20.6 UTC
Location 3.45 S ; 136.32 E
Depth 70 km
Distances 92 km E Nabire, Indonesia
Arms Race Update - All the King's Horses and All the King's Men Still At It.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 32 minutes ago
The True Warfare State, undaunted by its high-tech flops in Iraq and
Afghanistan, proceeds apace in the development of the latest and greatest
in institutional mayhem devices.
Here's one of the ideas they're working on*, *the laser tail gunner.
It's a rear aspect, high energy laser defence system for tactical aircraft
(i.e. fighters). The idea is that, when a missile is detected heading for
the aircraft, a belly turret will fire a laser beam to destroy the threat.
Full points if you noticed that the aircraft in the illustration is
Lockheed's F-35. Bonus points if you asked yours... more »
ADHD drugs retard the growth and development of boys
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 51 minutes ago
In more ways then one may think, realize or be aware of.* So, let's connect
some dots?*
*In 2011 there was a study with rhesus monkeys*
The study was conducted on young rhesus monkeys under 5 years old. The
monkeys were divided into groups with one receiving a low dose of
methylphenidate, similar to the dose a human ADHD patient would receive,
and the other group receiving a high dose, or 10 times what is used in
humans. A separate control group was given only the material that the drug
was dissolved in for the other monkeys but not the drug itself. These doses
were administered ov... more »
Paging Snuffleupagus to the SunNews white courtesy petition
Alison at Creekside - 1 hour ago
The last time Sun News needed help with an online petition, Snuffleupagus
and Homer Simpson were there to help, mysteriously adding their names to
80,000 others on a "Stop Fox News North" Avaaz petition in 2010, along
with a number of real people like Kady and Stephen Maher who didn't sign it.
Sun News mastermind, Kornkob ethanol lobbyist, and Steve's former director
of communications Kory Teneycke 'discovered' the fraudulent names and wrote
it up in his Sun News column on Sept 3 2010 in a bid to discredit the
petition, only to get busted by Kady who pointed out the names on the
... more »
Business 360 3: Fiscal Cliff and Government Irresponsibility
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 hour ago
* This is the article that I submitted to B360 late last month, when the
"fiscal cliff" in the US was being discussed worldwide.
-----------
*Fiscal Cliff and Government Irresponsibility*
The US government’s public debt, currently at $16.3+ trillion, has touched
the 100 percent of GDP mark in 2011. This does not include yet debt of
local governments – states, cities and counties – which also have their own
public debt. This huge debt and the huge interest payment to service the
principal that keeps rising each day, is the main cause of its continuing
fiscal and economic uncertaintie... more »
Daniel Hannan
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 hour ago
Why can't *we* have courageous and outspoken politicians like MEP Hannan?
Hillary Clinton smirks at questions from Rand Paul...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
what the hell is wrong with these libtards? Is everything a joke to them?
Silly question!
USS Guardian damaged at least 1,000 square meters of coral reef
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 hour ago
[image: Aerial view of the US Navy ship USS Guardian aground on the
Tubbataha Reef, western Philippines, on 19 January 2013. Photo: Armed
Forces of the Philippines Western Command (AFP-WESCOM)]
MANILA, Philippines, 23 January 2013 (ABS-CBNnews.com) – The US Navy
minesweeper ship *USS Guardian* damaged at least 1,000 square meters of
coral reefs in Tubbataha Reef in Palawan when it ran aground Thursday,
according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
Lt. Cmdr. Armand Balilo, spokesman of the PCG, said the estimated damage
was based on the assessment jointly conducted by the PCG, US ... more »
Hillary Clinton: The "why" of the Benghazi attack is not important...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
*really?*
Greek Tragedy
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 hour ago
The Financial Times reports today that three statisticians who worked for
official Greece statistical agency (the Hellenic Statistical Authority or
Elstat) have been charged with crimes for falsely calculating Greek debt in
2009:
Greece has brought criminal charges against the official responsible for
measuring the country’s debt, thereby calling into question the validity of
its €172bn second bailout by the EU and International Monetary Fund.
Andreas Georgiou, head of the independent statistical agency Elstat, and
two senior officials are accused of undermining the country’s “na... more »
Overlooked on the Senate Budget?
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour ago
I linked earlier today to a good WaPo piece by Rachel Weiner explaining why
Senate Democrats haven't passed a budget resolution -- mainly that there
was no particular reason to do so, and therefore they were happy to duck
tough but meaningless votes on one.
I should add, however, one other point that perhaps really might change
things in the 113th Congress: the leadership of the Budget Committee.
Retired Chair Kent Conrad was a real rarity in Washington. He actually did
care about federal budget deficits. A lot. So much so that he once left the
Senate because he had pledge to do so ... more »
Greed and Corruption in the Medical Device Industry
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 2 hours ago
I have two friends who work in marketing and sales for medical device
makers.
Marketing and sales means organizing conferences in vacation destinations
for surgeons. Guest surgeons willing to speak on behalf of the device maker
are treated like kings and compensated royally
I mean that. The sexism and arrogance of some of these surgeons is matched
only by the greed and arrogance of the medical device makers (especially in
the area of implants).
One of my friends complained that health insurers were becoming cautious
about paying for medical devices. I asked her whether her employe... more »
Humans are a ‘plague on Earth’: Sir David Attenborough warns that negative effects of population growth will come home to roost
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago
[image: Sir David Attenborough. Photo: PA via The Independent]
22 January 2013 (PA) – TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough has warned that
human beings have become a “plague on the Earth”.
The 86-year-old broadcaster said the negative effects of climate change and
population growth would be seen in the next 50 years.
He told the Radio Times: "It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years
or so.
"It's not just climate change. It's sheer space, places to grow food for
this enormous horde.
"Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for
us, and the ... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake VANUATU - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 12:39:41 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 11:39:41 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
14.828°S, 167.849°E
Depth
86.9 km (54.0 miles)
Region
VANUATU
Distances
89 km (55 miles) ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE GUATEMALA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 12:36:56 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 06:36:56 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
14.220°N, 92.297°W
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
Distances
34 km (21 miles) SSW of Ocos, Guatemala
Cameron's EU referendum pledge leaves Labour in turmoil as Miliband refuses to support 2017 vote despite backbench support
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
The Prime Minister finally delivered his long-awaited Europe speech with
a
warning to other EU countries that Britain is heading for the exit door
unless they hand back key powers. Mr Cameron warned the Lib Dems staging
the first Europe referendum since 1975 was a deal breaker in the event
of
another coalition in 2015. France warned the move was 'dangerous' as
UKIP
claimed victory in its campaign for voters to have a say on severing
ties
with Brussels.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266720/David-Cameron-Europe-speech-Labour-turmoil-Miliband-refuses-support-2017-vote-despit... more »
When Fact Becomes Opinion:Half-Truths, Non-Truths & the Phony Objectivity of the Associated Press
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 3 hours ago
An
Associated Press report from this past week demonstrates how plain
facts and provable, documented historical events are often described as
subjective perceptions and matters of perspective in the mainstream
media whenever an honest presentation and assessment of those facts
would serve to reduce the fear-mongering propaganda over Iran's nuclear
energy program.
Writing from Tehran on January
Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is ‘personal’
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, testifying before Congress on
the deadly Sept. 11 2012 attack in Benghazi, choked up Wednesday as she
assured lawmakers that the security of American diplomats was a “personal”
issue for her. (Source)
*Related Articles: *
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Terrorists Murder US' Own Ambassador in Libya US Ambassador's Death: Fruits
of US Forei... more »
Beijing's Smog Crisis
Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 3 hours ago
Li Feifan discusses his 40-minute documentary Future Armageddon, screened
on Chinese TV via guardian.co.uk
In the news lately has been the extraordinarily bad conditions of Beijing's
air, or as some are calling it, "airpocalypse". The city recently went way,
way, way off the charts for air pollution and officials are now looking at
how to reign in the causes of such incredible pollution.
The Guardian reports, "One week after that chart-busting Saturday, Beijing
proposed new measures to combat pollution, including increased fines for
excessive vehicle emissions and factory shutdo... more »
Climate change melting glaciers in the Andes – ‘They will probably completely disappear within the coming decades’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago
[image: Central Peru's Pastoruri glacier, in the Cordillera Blanca (White
Range), 18 May 2010. Photo: Edubucher / Wikimedia Commons]
By Jeremy Hance
22 January 2013
(mongabay.com) – Glaciers are melting faster than ever in the tropical
Andes, warns a new study published in *The Cryosphere*, which puts the
blame for vanishing glaciers squarely on climate change. The study — the
most comprehensive to date — found that since the 1970s glacier melt in the
region has been speeding up, threatening freshwater supplies in Peru and
Bolivia.
"The ongoing recession of Andean glaciers will b... more »
The state-owned Bank of North Dakota
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
James Hall, Contributor
Global Political Awakening
Fiscal conservatives often are blind when it comes to alternatives to the
"so called" commercial banking system. Many conventional Republicans are
ignorant or simply carrying the water for the crony capitalist banking
establishment. The fractional reserve banking monopoly that operates under
the auspices of the privately owned Federal Reserve System, despises any
trace of competition. The bondage from debt created money has doomed Main
Street to the fate of contrite beggars in search of securing loans. Useful
purposes for busines... more »
INAUGURATE THIS: David Brooks doesn’t believe all those things!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013*
*Part 2—Is David Brooks we the people:* Do “we the people” believe all
those things, the way Obama said?
In his Inaugural Address, the president listed a whole bunch of things “we
the people” were said to believe. But do we really believe all that stuff?
And if we do, why has it been so hard, for so many years, to get
legislation passed, the kind of legislation we like?
Uh-oh! Just that quickly, one alleged person stuck up his head and said he *
doesn’t* believe all those things. He said he *doesn’t* believe all the
things Obama said!
The person is q... more »
Wednesday Short Takes
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago
We’re a bit over a week away from selecting the finalists for the awards.
As of today we are no longer likely to honor new ballot requests. Those of
you have already received a ballot should cast it. I have an
interview up with Ramez Naam about his well-received technothriller, Nexus.
If that’s your kind of thing, the
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Be A Good Anti-ALECer: Copy, Paste, Send
2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
This was on the Blog for Iowa site this morning – as they begin the fight a
renewed effort for stronger ALEC “Right to Work for Less” legislation –
brought forth by their ALEC legislators.
What I found interesting about the article was their petition they were
asking Iowans to sign.
Eloquently simple, quick, to the point, and can be used by anyone/everyone.
*Be a good anti-ALECer.*
Just copy and paste this
And then when you see ALEC legislation that is not good for your state
– send the copied and pasted text in an email to your legislators.
“Instead of putting into the constitutio... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Charlie Spikes, 62. If I recall correctly, he was once
featured in a Sam "Mayday" Malone story. Immortality! (wait --
baseball-reference has a page for Sam Malone? Yup).
On to the good stuff:
1. Seth Masket reads Sasha Issenberg, *The Victory Lab*.
2. Five Roe myths, from Scott Lemiuex.
3. Why haven't Senate Democrats passed a budget resolution? Rachel Weiner
has a good summary.
4. What should the press do with conspiracy theories? Brendan Nyhan, of
course, is on it.
5. Thomas Friedman, taken entirely apart by Dan Drezner. Brutal, Juice.
6. And I suppose I shoul... more »
Home Remedies for Gout – 12 Natural Solutions by Mike Barrett
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 3 hours ago
Home Remedies for Gout – 12 Natural Solutions
by Mike Barrett
*There is a good chance that you or someone you know is suffering from an
arthritic health condition known as gout. Gout is a painful type of
arthritis caused by an excess of uric acid in the body. Uric acid in the
bloodstream causes crystals to develop on the cartilage of tendons, joints,
and other tissue. These tissues then get inflamed and often cause serious,
sudden pain. But what are the triggers of this health issue, and how can it
be prevented? Are there home remedies for gout or do you need
doctor-prescribed medi... more »
Membership Renewal Deadline Is Friday In Order To Vote In Sask NDP Leadership Campaign #skndpldr
leftdog at Buckdog - 3 hours ago
[image: Leadership 2012]
*The deadline to become a 2013 member and be eligible to vote for the next
Saskatchewan NDP Leader is now just three days away! Memberships (new or
renewals) must be received in Provincial Office before the cutoff date of
Friday, January 25, 2013 at 5:00 PM CST to be eligible to vote in the
leadership race.
All four of our candidates have done a great job in this campaign. There
is so much energy and enthusiasm. I am proud to be a part of this process
and I am proud to be a member of this party.
If you have not already done so, click here right now to rene... more »
Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 3 hours ago
Bizarre headline of the day, week & maybe year...
I liked:
' About 27 tonnes of caramelised brown goat cheese - a delicacy known as
Brunost - caught light as it was being driven through the Brattli Tunnel at
Tysfjord, northern Norway, last week.
The fire raged for five days and smouldering toxic gases were slowing the
recovery operation, officials said.'
And:
' Kjell Bjoern Vinje, of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, said it
was the first time he could remember cheese catching fire on Norwegian
roads.
"I didn't know that brown cheese burns so well," he said.'
But was int... more »
Republicans Whine That Obama Is Making Them Look Crazy For Sticking Up To What They Believe In
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Did Obama sneak all these people into office when no one was looking?
I was never much on following the blatherings of the *NY Times*' resident
corporate rightist, David Brooks and Ken seems to have been basically
ignoring his this year as well. But I could resist a couple of quick
comments on his nonsensical column from last Thursday. He starts from the
fatally flawed premise that in the best of all worlds, Simpson-Bowles would
be our guiding light. He's sad that's not likely to happen. "Polarization,"
he writes, "is too deep. Special interests are too strong. The negotiators
are to... more »
KIPP's Take from Private Sources Since 2003: $308,999,543.00
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
The post below is from *Cloaking Inequity* by Julian Vasquez Heilig:
[image: th]
Today I will profile Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) schools on The
Teat. The Teat is an ongoing series on Cloaking Inequity (the protuberance
through which milk is drawn from an udder or breast) that seeks to trace
financial support which various entities receive that are involved in
current educational policy debates.
The Teat Cow Haiku for today:
Every cow comes wrapped
in cowhide, but that does not
serve to hide the cow.
Cloaking Inequity exists because of KIPP. (For the full thread on KIPP go
here... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*Payton to speak on reinstatement for first time after Senior Bowl arrival*
*Ferry services threatened by funding cuts *
*Developer of riverfront project allegedly gave $100k in illegal payments
to Nagin*
*Project to protect Northshore coastline nears completion*
*New bubble site found southwest of sinkhole*
*Oil industry tainted Professor says lawsuits hinder leak research*
*Heart of Louisiana: Cajun Boat Building*
Anything To Win
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 4 hours ago
Under Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister's Office was given a new prime
directive: character assassination. So, the office produced animations of
puffins pooping on Stephane Dion's shoulder; it trumpeted the message that
Michael Ignatieff entered politics for personal gain, not public service;
it accused Theresa Spence of defrauding the Canadian public. The attacks
were always pre-emptive. They were launched long before election campaigns.
For the Conservatives, the best defense is a strong offense.
But the targets have always been political opponents. Now, Michael Harris
writes,... more »
Top Psychiatrist: Meds Behind School Massacres by Jerome R. Corsi
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 4 hours ago
Top Psychiatrist: Medications Behind School Massacres
by Jerome R. Corsi
WND Education, 23 January 2013
*Society conducting 'vast social experiment' without knowing its end.*
NEW YORK – If lawmakers and authorities are truly concerned about stopping
gun violence in schools, they need to take a close look at the prescription
of psychotropic drugs for children and young people, says a leading
psychiatrist.
In an exclusive in-person interview in New York City with WND, London-based
Dr. David Healy criticized pharmaceutical companies that have made billions
of dollars marketing Selec... more »
ALEC/NRA Legislation - Guns in Dorms - Insanity
2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours ago
This posted yesterday:
Five Days Before Latest College Shooting, TX Legislator* *Introduced
ALEC/NRA Bill to Allow Guns on Campus
by Brendan Fisher
Just days before three people were shot in an altercation on a college
campus in Texas, fourteen Texas state Senators co-sponsored a National
Rifle Association-backed bill to prohibit colleges from restricting
concealed handguns on campuses. The legislation closely resembles a "model"
adopted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Students gathered Tuesday after the shooting at the North Harris campus of
Lone Star College,... more »
Elsewhere: Debt Limit, Obama's Speech
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours ago
Over at PP yesterday, I argued that regardless of whether it violates the
27th Amendment it's a really, really bad idea for the House to tie specific
Member votes to whether they get paid.
I guess I'm a little late on the Inaugural, but I did two posts on it
Monday. At PP, I was struck by how little Obama gave to Republicans. And at
Greg's place, I remarked on the foreign policy sections -- and while I
agreed that most of it was boilerplate, I thought that flat-out declaring
that war is ending is a fairly big deal (and, yes, I know he's said it
before, but still).
And really late, ... more »
Who says that the BBC has an agenda?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21162621
WotW: Access and Control Your Computer from Anywhere
Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 4 hours ago
First-world problem: You get to a public computer or find yourself at a
friend's computer and realize you didn't bring *that* file with you. Oh,
and you forgot your thumb drive too. Sounds really lame when put that way,
but it's a problem we've all faced.
I've discussed many cloud-based solutions before, but today I'm going to
share one of my favorite pieces of software that I've used for a couple
years now to make sure I never forget a file.
It's called TeamViewer. It's a powerful piece of software that allows you
to remotely control your computer, and/or transfer files between ... more »
Mass Immigration means death for America - according to the Jewish Task Force!
Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 5 hours ago
It is not often that I find myself in agreement with people who are proudly
Jewish. However, I cannot but agree with the following video by Chaim ben
Pesach of the Jewish Task Force (direct link here)
The Jewish president of the USA, Barack Obama, is to legalise 20 million
criminal immigrants; 20 million people who are known to have have broken
into the United States, with total disregard for the people who already
live there, and in many cases have added to their initial act of
criminality, with further acts of theft from and violence against the
American people. The willingn... more »
How long will this position last?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
"My position is no, we don't want an in/out referendum"
That was Labour leader, so long as the Trade Unions approve, Ed Miliband
stating Labour's position on an EU referendum.
Let's see how long that lasts. Also does he speak for every single Labour
MP?
Paul Nuttall: Cameron’s speech was a devious attempt to kick the whole matter into the long grass.
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
“It is based on him winning the General Election and a referendum would be
five years down the line. In that time the EU will have caused further
untold damage to our economy. We need an in-out referendum and we need it
soon.
“The fact that Cameron made the speech at all is a testament to all the
hard work of UKIP is putting the subject of the European Union high up the
agenda and because we are doing so well in the polls.”
http://manchestergazette.co.uk/?p=11132
Citizen's arrest very circumscribed
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
*R. v. Boyd*, 2013 BCCA 19 has an interesting aside about citizen’s arrests:
The law has always sought to circumscribe within very narrow limits the
powers of a citizen to effect an arrest. It is a species of self help and
… a fertile source of breaches of the peace.
* *
Nick Clegg: David Cameron is not acting in the national interest over Europe
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
In a warning to the Prime Minister, Mr Clegg suggested the Liberal
Democrats will not go into Coalition with a party that wants a
re-negotiation with Europe.
"We should always be governed by what’s in the national interest, and my
view is that years and years of uncertainty because of a protracted,
ill-defined renegotiation of our place in Europe is not in the national
interest because it hits growth and jobs," he told Sky News.
The Deputy Prime Minister said there is a "right time and there is a right
place for a referendum" but criticised Mr Cameron's decision to name a date
in a... more »
Hugo Dixon: UK faces five years of limbo-land
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
The UK faces half a decade of limbo-land. David Cameron’s promise of an
in/out referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union by the
end-2017— provided he wins the next election – means an extremely long
period of uncertainty for business. That will be bad for investment. It
also heightens the risk of an eventual “Brexit” – a British exit from
Europe – which would be even worse for the economy.
An in/out referendum is neither desirable nor necessary. Of course, if the
UK was planning to hand further powers to Brussels, it would be a good idea
to get the people’s consent. B... more »
EU mystified at how Cameron's renegotiation will happen,...they are not the only ones
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
European officials and diplomats were left scratching their heads after
David Cameron's big speech on Wednesday, expressing confusion about how and
when the prime minister expects to overhaul Britain's ties to the European
Union.
Cameron promised voters an in/out referendum on British membership of the
EU if he is re-elected in 2015, saying the referendum would take place by
the end of 2017, once Britain has re-negotiated its relationship with the
EU.
It may have been what eurosceptics in his Conservative party, and the wider
British public, wanted to hear, but it is anything but a... more »
Lloyds Confirms 940 More Banking Job Cuts
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
Lloyds Bank has confirmed it is to axe another 940 jobs, taking job loss
announcements at the firm to 1,300 in the past few days.
Sky News has confirmed that the cuts will occur in the group operations,
insurance, retail, wealth and international and commercial divisions.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041809/lloyds-confirms-940-more-banking-job-cuts
Gareth Morgan Wants To Eradicate Cats
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
A prominent New Zealand businessman has sparked controversy with his plan
to kill off cats to save the country's native birds.
Gareth Morgan said households were harbouring "natural born killers" and
killed at least 13 native birds or animals every year.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041683/new-zealand-man-wants-to-eradicate-cats
*If that's the case, shouldn't he want to eradicate humanity? who are the
cause of Millions of Bird deaths each year*
Ed Miliband Against EU Referendum
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
Pressed to outline his position during MPQ's by David Cameron, the *Labour
leader* eventually says he does not want a referendum.
4.1 Magnitude Earthquake VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
Magnitude
4.1 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 12:21:14 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 08:21:14 AM at epicenter
Location
18.992°N, 64.322°W
Depth
40 km (24.9 miles) set by location program
Region
VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
Distances
29 km (18 miles) N (360°) from Settlement, Anegada, British Virgin Islands
"Canada Considering Nuclear Reactors in Alberta Tar Sands Fields"??
leftdog at Buckdog - 5 hours ago
*by John Kay*
* *
"Like them or hate them, Alberta, Canada’s tar sands deposits of bitumen or
extremely heavy crude oil, are the world’s largest. The province’s
resources include the Athabasca, Peace River and Cold Lake deposits in the
McMurray Formation, which consist of a mixture of crude bitumen, a
semi-solid form of crude oil, admixed with silica sand, clay minerals, and
water.
According to the U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration,
“Canada controls the third-largest amount of proven reserves in the world,
after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela… Canada's proven oil re... more »
Josh Butler - a cricketing answer
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
England's previous ODI wicketkeepers to Josh Butler since Alec Stewart
retired a decade ago were:
Chris Read
Geraint Jones
Matt Prior
Paul Nixon
Phil Mustard
Tim Ambrose
Steven Davies
Eoin Morgan - who kept in two Champions Trophy games in 2009
Craig Kieswetter.
As a matter of interest Vikram Solanki, James Foster, Jonny Bairstow and
Josh Buttler have all kept in T20 internationals in that time but not ODIs.
European Jewish Leaders Blame Greek Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn for Racist Killing
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
The head of the European Jewish Congress condemned the “racist” killing of
an immigrant in Athens last week, saying it was a result of Greece’s
tolerance of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party.
“We are witness to an increasing violence against foreigners and minorities
in Greece which is the natural result of inaction by the authorities
against racist and anti-Semitic hate speech and violent attacks,” EJC
President Moshe Kantor said in a statement issued Tuesday.
The victim, a Pakistani immigrant, was pulled off his motorbike and stabbed
to death in downtown Athens by two men in an atta... more »
European leaders hit out at Cameron...That didn't take too Long
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
France and Germany have told the British prime minister David Cameron that
the European Union could not be treated “à la carte” after he launched an
attempt to renegotiate the UK’s future in the union.
Guido Westerwelle, German foreign minister, said “cherry picking was not an
option”, while Laurent Fabius, French foreign minister, said “if you join a
football club, you can’t say you want to play rugby”.
Mr Cameron vowed to hold a straight “in-out” referendum on Britain’s future
in the EU by 2017, in a long-awaited speech in London on Wednesday morning.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s... more »
Spying Synergy: 'Corporations join US govt in spooking to milk money'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Settlements Scam: 'Israel bulldozers won't stop, no prospects for peace'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Pro-life, pro-choice activists mark Roe v Wade anniversary
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Mining asteroids: Space exploration company unveil grand new plans
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Top Al Qaeda commander killed for the THIRD time: U.S air strike 'finally' gets terror boss in Yemen....Allegedly!
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
A senior jihadist believed to be behind a deadly bombing at the U.S.
embassy in Yemen has been reported killed, the third time his death has
been announced.
Said al-Shihri, the second in command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
(AQAP), was reportedly killed in an airstrike in Yemen in December,
according to a news report by Arabic television network Al Arabiya.
According to the report, the Saudi-born militant died after sustaining
severe injuries from a joint U.S.-Yemeni airstrike that targeted his convoy.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266869/Said-al-Shihri-killed-TH... more »
France and Germany plan closer eurozone
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
France and Germany will present joint proposals in May for closer economic
and monetary union in Europe, to stabilise and deepen integration in the
eurozone, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, announced in Berlin on
Tuesday.
Speaking beside François Holland, French president, on the 50th anniversary
of the Elysée treaty which cemented Franco-German relations in Europe, Ms
Merkel said both governments would also ask employers and trade unions in
their respective countries to come up with joint plans to boost
competitiveness and growth.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa9bbcba-649f-11e... more »
Thai Journalist Jailed for 10 Years For Royal Family Insults
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
A prominent Thai magazine editor has been jailed for 10 years for insulting
the country's royal family.
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk was convicted of publishing two articles in his
anti-establishment magazine that were said to be critical of the monarchy.
Judges found both pieces defamed the royal family and contravened
Thailand’s harsh lese majeste laws, which critics say are frequently abused
by politicians to silence rivals.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041659/thai-journalist-jailed-for-royal-family-insults
Thomas Mayer, Europe editor at Austrian daily Der Standard
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
"After Cameron speech and Elysee celebrations it is clear that Europe needs
German-French axis more than ever, UK cannot be relied upon, Tories have
drifted off."
Pekke Huhtaniemi, Finnish ambassador to the UK on Cameron's Speech
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
"We all need to reflect on this speech. It could create anxiety and
uncertainty around the EU. Other members will now need to think how to
react. There will be tough negotiations ahead. Finland would never want
Britain to leave the EU. Finland and Britain have been like-minded on trade
so we'd lose an important ally."
(We need a Ally's within Europe? what happened to the Nobel Peace Prize?)
Martin Schulz, speaker of the European Parliament Reaction on Cameron's Speech
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
"We need a UK as a fully fledged member not harbouring in the port of
Dover. UK can shape EU by working with its partners.
"Cameron's Europe a la carte not an option. We have to focus on jobs &
growth rather than getting lost in treaties discussions." (Guess that's
another No then)
Guido Westerwelle, German foreign minister on Cameron's Speech
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
"Germany wants the United Kingdom to remain an active and constructive part
of the European Union...
"Cherry-picking is not an option." (that is a No then!)
Medical literature: do wrong results prevail?
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours ago
The Physics arXiv Blog wrote a comprehensible review of a new paper,
Empirical estimates suggest most published medical research is true,
which studies the same question as the 2005 paper by John Ioannidis that
claimed that most published biomedical results are wrong – false positives.
Mathematician Leah Jager and her collaborator Jeffrey Leek now use similar
techniques to estimate that among 77,000 papers in an ensemble they picked,
the rate of false positives is about 14%. That's nearly 3 times higher than
the naively expected percentage of false positives – 5% because the maximal ... more »
EU Group Says Brussels Should Control Press Regulation, Attacks Cameron For Rejecting Leveson
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
A "high level" committee set up by the European Commission to produce
proposals for EU-wide regulation of the press has attacked David Cameron
for rejecting the Leveson Report.
The High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism, established in October
2011 and chaired by the former president of Latvia, Professor Vaira
Vīķe-Freiberga, reported back on Monday.
Among the recommendations likely to outrage eurosceptic Tory MPs is that
press regulation bodies in *individual countries should ultimately answer
to Brussels.*
*
**
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/22/eu-group-says-brus... more »
France offers Britain 'red carpet' on plans to exit EU
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
France believes Britain has many advantages to offer the European Union but
if it chose to leave the bloc, Paris would not stand in its way, foreign
minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is due later to give Britons a
straight referendum choice on whether to stay in the European Union or
leave, provided he wins an election in 2015.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/france-offers-britain-red-carpetplans-to-exit-eu_812080.html
Cameron's EU carrot to tempt Euro-sceptic voters.....It hasn't worked!
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a referendum on
whether the UK should stay in the European Union or leave if he is returned
to Downing Street at the next election.
In a long awaited speech, he said his personal preference was to stay in
the EU, but with the terms of Britain’s involvement thoroughly re-worked
into a looser form of membership.
“Today, public disillusionment with the EU is at an all time high,” Cameron
said. “There are several reasons for this. People feel that the EU is
heading in a direction that they never signed up to.
http://www.euronews.co... more »
Nigel Farage: A Referendum Stitch-Up?
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
All the evidence - including regular opinion polls - suggests that
over half of us want to leave the European Union.
Even more of us want a referendum to give us the chance to have
our say.
But the British and EU elites do not share that view.
As co-president of a political group in the European Parliament,
Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD), I know how they
operate. They only want referenda which produce the ‘right’ result
- the outcome that suits them.
http://www.ukip.org/media/pdf/ReferendumStitchUp.pdf
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake SUMBA REGION, INDONESIA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 09:51:26 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 05:51:26 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
9.803°S, 119.069°E
Depth
37.8 km (23.5 miles)
Region
SUMBA REGION, INDONESIA
Distances
12 km (7 miles) SSW of Kahale, Indonesia
Some thoughts on David Cameron's speech
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
Interesting, very interesting. It could be that David Cameron has managed
to change the 2015 general election landscape. If Labour don't promise a
similar in/out referendum then why would any non-Europhile vote Labour?
Likewise why vote Lib Dem?
However the above presumes that people trust David 'cast iron guarantee'
Cameron, this is not necessarily the case.
Of course the get out clause in the speech was this one:
'The next Conservative Manifesto in 2015 will ask for a mandate from the
British people for a Conservative Government to negotiate a new settlement
with our European par... more »
Germany says if Syria attacks Turkey, NATO will respond
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière has said that if there is any
military threat from Syria to Turkey, NATO will respond to defend alliance
member Turkey.
Were Syria to use its missiles against Turkey and engulf it into an armed
conflict, NATO would not abstain from operating its Patriot anti-missile
systems being deployed along the Turkish border with Syria, Maizière said
while talking to the German Neue Osnabrück Zeitung daily.
http://news.az/articles/turkey/75466
Turkish protesters, angry at NATO missiles, attack German troops
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Turkish protesters have attacked German troops stationed in the
Mediterranean port of Iskenderun to operate NATO’s Patriot missiles.
Members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB), affiliated to the Turkey Workers’
Party, attacked the soldiers in the center of the city on Tuesday and tried
to put sacks on their heads.
Turkish media quoted Iskendurun Prosecutors Office as saying that 14
activists have been arrested and 28 others charged with intentionally
attempting to cause harm.
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/01/23/285083/turkish-protesters-attack-german-troops/
German and Dutch Patriots in Turkey: Defensive, Offensive or Symbolic?
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
German and Dutch Patriot missiles have arrived in Turkey as part of a NATO
mission to bolster Turkish air defenses against a possible missile attack
from Syria. This follows the arrival of US Patriot missiles in January, and
the integrated deployment under NATO’s command is expected to be up and
running by early February.
The fear in Ankara has been that the Syrian regime may arm its long-range
Russian-made Scud missiles with chemical warheads and set them on Turkey in
a final, desperate act. Turkish President Abdullah Gul was the first to
warn against this possibility in an intervi... more »
Stephen Espalin: I Threatented To Kill Obama To Get Medical Care
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
A homeless man who was arrested after threatening the life of President
Barack Obama claimed that he only did so in order to get needed medical
attention.
The prisoner, 57-year-old Stephen Espalin, reportedly told the court his
story Friday while addressing Senior U.S. District Judge Kenneth Ryskamp.
“I would have no intent to hurt the president,” Espalin was quoted as
saying by the Florida Sun-Sentinel. “I realize it wasn’t the right thing to
do. I uttered those words knowing the [federal agents] would come and take
care of me.”
http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2013/01/22/prisoner-i-thre... more »
Muslim Patrol: thugs abuse man in second 'vigilante' video
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
French gas leak closes Kinson Primary school in the UK
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
RESIDENTS were urged not to panic after a smell of gas wafting over the
county yesterday sparked safety scares.
The whiff was coming from a French chemical company 200 miles away – but
was enough for Kinson Primary School in Bournemouth to send children home
early for fear it had a gas leak on site. Emergency services were bombarded
with calls reporting a foul smell like rotten eggs from around 1pm.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10178749.French_gas_leak_closes_Kinson_Primary_school/
Suicide rates among men rise to ten-year high
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
The number of suicides in the UK rose "significantly" in 2011, official
figures revealed today, with the rate of men taking their own lives
reaching its highest level for nearly a decade.
Men aged 30 to 44 remained the most likely to take their own lives – as
they have since 2001 – but since 2007 those aged between 45 and 59 have
seen the biggest suicide increase of any age group and now have the highest
rate since 1986. Overall, the suicide rate rose by 8 per cent on 2010.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/suicide-rates-among-men-rise-to-tenyear... more »
France in the firing line of 'new jihad'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
France is enemy number one for the jihadists in North Africa, according to
one of the country's leading counter-terrorist judges.
Marc Trevidic told the BBC that jihadists had already been heading out to
Mali and that French intervention would heighten the risk of lone wolf
attacks in France.
However, he said the deployment of the French military was necessary to
counter the dangers from Mali falling into the hands of extremists.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21156500
Gregory Matthew Bruni Arrested: Desperate 911 call reveals moment naked home invader rampaged terrified man's home
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral
Josh Butler - A cricketing question
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
Josh Butler today became England's 10th ODI wicketkeeper since Alec Stewart
retired a decade ago. Can you name all 10?
Answer posted here at noon.
Scientist 'finds extra-terrestrial fossils in meteor fragment'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
A controversial British scientist claims to have found 'proof' that aliens
exist - after cracking open a lump of rock which he believes fell to earth
in a meteorite shower.
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, formerly of Cardiff University, claims
the two-inch wide lump of space rock is pitted with microscopic seaweed
fossils similar to those found on Earth.
'These finds are crushing evidence that human life started from outside our
Earth,' said the professor, who is notorious for his theories that life on
this planet was 'seeded' from outer space.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science... more »
Eurocrats 'want to run our Press': Brussels accused of 'flagrant attack' after report proposed giving EU powers to control media and sack journalists
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Brussels
was accused of a ‘flagrant attack on Press freedom’ last night
after a major report proposed giving the EU draconian powers to control
the
media and even sack journalists.
It said the European Union should be put in charge of a new network of
national ‘media councils’ which would regulate the Press in individual
countries.
The ‘independent’ councils would be ‘monitored by the European
Commission
to ensure that they comply with European values’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266798/Eurocrats-want-run-Press-Brussels-accused-flagrant-attack-report-proposed-giving-EU... more »
MAX HASTINGS: An African crusade is lunacy when cuts have left us barely enough soldiers to troop the colour
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
The Government has announced its third round of Armed Forces cuts, imposing
5,300 job losses as part of a programme to reduce the British Army to a
strength of 82,000 by 2017.
Yet almost in the same breath, the Prime Minister declared Britain’s
support for the French military intervention in Mali, telling the House of
Commons that Britain is in the midst of ‘a generational struggle’ against
Islamic jihadism.
It is hard to decide which is pottier: reducing our Army to a strength at
which it can troop the colour and not much else, or giving even the
smallest military assistance to Fr... more »
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake SERAM, INDONESIA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 08:23:00 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 05:23:00 PM at epicenter
Location
3.030°S, 130.174°E
Depth
32.4 km (20.1 miles)
Region
SERAM, INDONESIA
Distances
234 km (146 miles) ENE (72°) from Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
Russell Matthews Mystery: Missing Man Returns after 3 Months
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
A coastguard who vanished three months ago has returned home confused and
unable to tell his wife where he had been.
Petty Officer First Class Russell Matthews disappeared in October leaving
behind just an abandoned car.
Despite a 10,000-square mile of both land and sea along the coast of
Hawaii, no traces of the 36-year-old could be found.
His car was discovered at Kaena Point, a remote area of Oahu.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041637/hawaii-coastguard-mystery-missing-man-returns
North Korea says will boost nuclear deterrent after U.N. rebuke
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously condemned North Korea's
December rocket launch and expanded existing U.N. sanctions, eliciting a
vow from Pyongyang to boost the North's military and nuclear capabilities.
While the resolution approved by the 15-nation council does not impose new
sanctions on Pyongyang, diplomats said Beijing's support for it was a
significant diplomatic blow to Pyongyang.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-korea-north-un-idUSBRE90L0R620130123
BALI; DRUGS; SUHARTO
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Sandiford upset the powers-that-be?*
Lindsay Sandiford, from the UK, has been sentenced to death by a court in
Bali.
She was caught flying into Bali from Bangkok with 5kg of drugs on 17 May
2012.
*British woman sentenced to death by firing squad for cocaine ...*
*Tommy Suharto, whose family owns large chunks of Bali, and whose family is
said to be linked to drugs. The family is rumoured to have Chinese origins.*
Indonesia's military and police reportedly have had links to the narcotics
trade.
The family of former president Suharto reportedly has had links to the
narcotics trad... more »
Cameron: Millions live in Freedom because of the EU!
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Any Greeks agree with this?
Nine Die of Cholera in Luapula, Zambia
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Nine people have died of cholera in Luapula Province since the disease
broke out last year.
Health deputy minister Christopher Mulenga said the death occurred from
December 2012 to 17th January this year.
He said Ministry of Health officials have since been sent to contain the
situation in the province.
http://zambiareports.com/2013/01/23/nine-die-of-cholera-in-luapula/
“Mainstream” Doctors and Nurses Often Use Alternative Medicine for Themselves by Elizabeth Renter
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago
Source:
http://www.alternativemedicine.net.au/Alternative_Medicine_Articles/index.htm“Mainstream”
Doctors and Nurses Often Use Alternative Medicine for Themselves
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 22 January 2013
*If you go to a mainstream doctor with complaints of tiredness, lack of
motivation, general malaise, and insomnia, you’ll likely get an
anti-depressant. But, if that same doctor has the same symptoms, he or she
may actually seek out other options for their own treatment. An interesting
study from Health Services Research shows that most doctors and nurses who
oper... more »
Giant Squid Poses
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours ago
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.
Back in the sixties, the existence of the Giant Squid was actively
challenged by academe in much the same way that Bigfoot is today. The
arrival of a body finally ended that debate. Unsurprisingly, getting a
picture is a huge challenge and this item retells just how difficult it
was. We can expect as much for any large creature out there, all of whom
must be naturally shy.
DNA work is now ending the Bigfoot story and someday soon we will have
extensive film work with a Bigfoot family performing on camera. All the
signs ar... more »
Death Spiral of the Honey Bee Population
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours ago
Now it appears that the boots on the ground have reached the obvious
consensus. Beekeeping is entering a death spiral and we are about to
experience a massive withdrawal of services. There are local solutions but
no solution for large pollination dependent crops. In practice, every
operator needs to be come a beekeeper and needs to deliberately develop
refugia and adjacent fallow crops that do not demand pesticides. It is a
great time to go organic.
It continues to be outrageous that the industry continues ignore and
obfuscate the situation when their home markets in Europ... more »
Mondragon
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours ago
Here is a glimpse of the world's most successful coop system and the
nature of its access to capital. Imagine it also using its own bank to
support local government structures as well. That is what I have envisaged
to expand the human endeavor across the planet.
Much of what I have understood has already been evolved here and certainly
needs to be replicated. Do notice that all this is immune to external
financial manipulation as it is based on the credit and good faith of the
whole active population. With 100,000 employed today, it is clear that well
over 250,000 are pa... more »
Massive Gas Supply Around Modern Galaxies
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours ago
This is a neat solution to the problem and provides important data. In my
cloud cosmology, what is produced is hydrogen and only hydrogen and all
else is a product of star formation. It is worthwhile to know that we have
a natural and continuing balance of mass between the galaxy and the
surrounding envelop which is real is itself as an artifact of the
gravitational fields. It is plausible to posit an internal steady state of
star creation and star destruction for every individual galaxy with little
at play between galaxies.
Not enough though to make an anti galaxy a goo... more »
Dengue Epidemic In Southwest Brazil, Campo Grande In A ‘State Of Emergency’
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Health officials in the southwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul
are battling a epidemic-like surge of dengue fever in which some 9,000
cases have been reported from the capital city during the month of January,
according to a Fox News Latino report Jan. 22.
In Campo Grande, a state of emergency was declared Monday. Under the state
of emergency, city authorities will be able to hire extra workers and
purchase medicine with much more ease.
Thousands of cases, more than 9,300 have been reported during the first few
weeks of the new year in the city.
http://www.theglobaldis... more »
God bless David Attenborough - plague on the Earth - he's right!
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 10 hours ago
ever since I was a geeky little kid, I've loved David Attenborough's
Wildlife On One and then Natural World and all his other amazing nature
shows in the last few decades.
He's always come across as an honest fellow who really cares about our
reckless *SLAUGHTER OF DIVERSITY* on this profit-ruined planet. And he
hasn't mellowed with age. Here's what he said in a recent interview with
the Radio Time.
*Sir David Attenborough has warned that the human race has become a "plague
on the Earth".
The 86-year-old broadcaster said the negative effects of climate change and
population grow... more »
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake OFF COAST OF LOS LAGOS, CHILE - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Magnitude M 5.2
Region OFF COAST OF LOS LAGOS, CHILE
Date time 2013-01-23 07:43:07.8 UTC
Location 43.98 S ; 78.77 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 438 km SW Castro, Chile
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Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 10 hours ago
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Sony unveils thinnest Xperia Z tablet
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 10 hours ago
*Sony has unveiled the thinnest tablet computer of its kind. The
Android-powered Xperia Z is 0.27in thick*. That is 0.01in thinner than
Apple's iPad Mini despite featuring a larger 10.1in screen. Mobile World
Congress is being held in Barcelona from 25 to 28 February and is a popular
time to publicize global launches of innovative smart devices.
Further than being thin, Sony's new tablet can also lay claim to being the
lightest for its volume. In addition it is water and dust resistant
featuring like plastic covers to protect its ports as are found on the
firm's Xperia Z Smartpho... more »
When the OPPT Shoe Dropped: Evidence That The Black-Screen, Off-ledger Global Accounts Are Real
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
[image: The World Bank - Working for a World Free of Poverty] A rather
ironic slogan of the World Bank
*When the OPPT shoe dropped: Evidence that the black-screen, off-ledger
global accounts are real*
January 22, 2013
Posted by Paula
Hi all,
Let me take you through two items that appeared in my email inbox over the
course of the past week. Both of these items, one video and one .pdf file,
are publicly available online. Check it out for yourself.
It’s just amazing what hides in plain sight. It’s also amazing to see what
happens when we use our mind’s eye.
*Here’s what we’ve learn... more »
Zapatistas Marcos 'Them and US Part 2 The Machine in almost two pages'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
THEM AND US II.- The Machine in almost two pages.
By Subcomandante Marcos
Censored News
Also see: Part I Them and Us
January 2013
The salesman speaks:
It's amazing, very "cool" so you understand me. It's called
"neoliberal globalization version 6.6.6," but we prefer to call it "the
savage" or "the beast." Yes, an aggressive nickname, one with
initiative, very grrr. Yes, I learned
Why is Alberta studying seniors’ care at the same time as it’s privatizing it?
David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 11 hours ago
Coming soon to seniors’ centres in Alberta, a new model of elder care?
Below: Health Minister Fred Horne. On Monday, Alberta Health Minister Fred
Horne announced a year-long project to study seniors’ residential centres
and figure out the best way to fund and run them. Sounds good, lots of
Albertans must have concluded, before getting ... more »
Microsoft Trying to Reduce Natural Ecosystems to a Software Program
Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 11 hours ago
Photo courtesy: anoldent/CC BY-SA 2.0
Researchers and programmers have come up with modeling software for all
kinds of complex systems, including modeling how the earth's systems may
alter with climate change. But what has yet to be modeled is a deeply
complex natural ecosystem from soil microbes and fungi all the way up to
apex predators and giant trees. Just wrapping one's head around the scope
of such a task is exhausting, and yet the knowledge that could be gained by
creating such modeling software would be invaluable, and would help make
smart policy changes regarding conserva... more »
U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
*Wikipedia:*
"On 7 June 2012 James Billington, the Librarian of Congress, named her the
19th US Poet Laureate. Billington said, after hearing her poetry at the
National Book Festival, that he was "“immediately struck by a kind of
classic quality with a richness and variety of structures with which she
presents her poetry … she intermixes her story with the historical story in
a way that takes you deep into the human tragedy of it." Newspapers noted
that unlike most poet laureates, Trethewey is in the middle of her career."
Three volcanoes erupt in Kamchatka Peninsula
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Three volcanoes in Russia’s Kamchatka continue to send steam and ash into
the air while lava flows down their slopes. Volcanic activity on the
peninsula has dramatically intensified. Aviation authorities issued an
orange security level in the area.
The volcanoes Shiveluch, Kizimen and Plosky Talbachek are erupting in
different parts of the peninsula simultaneously, causing dozens of local
earthquakes, as the vibrations accompanying the eruptions of the giants
continue to increase.
The biggest and most active is Shiveluch, Kamchatka’s northernmost volcano
and 3,283 meters high. Ove... more »
Blast-Resistant Train Designs Revealed
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
A team of rail engineers has devised a series of simple ways to reduce the
deadly impact of terror attacks on trains and metros.
After studying the devastation caused by a bomb on a normal carriage, they
have come up with potentially life-saving designs which could be introduced
in the future.
Conor O'Neill from Newcastle University's NewRail research centre has
developed a range of blast-resistant designs, looking particularly at
reducing debris and containing any explosive shock wave.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041571/blast-resistant-train-designs-revealed
Deep Space Mine: US Firm Targets Asteroids
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
A company has unveiled plans to send a fleet of spacecraft into the solar
system to mine asteroids for metals and other materials.
"Using resources harvested in space is the only way to afford permanent
space development," said David Gump, chief executive of US firm Deep Space
Industries.
He said that more than 900 new asteroids that pass near our planet are
discovered each year.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041609/us-company-plans-to-mine-asteroids-for-metals
BBC Presenter Stuart Hall Charged with Rape offences
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
BBC presenter Stuart Hall has been charged with further sexual offences -
including an alleged rape.
The 83-year-old veteran broadcaster was arrested on Tuesday after attending
a Cheshire police station.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041563/rape-charge-for-bbc-presenter-stuart-hall
David Cameron To Promise 'In-Out' EU Referendum.....Will he let us down again?
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
David Cameron will today pledge an "in-out" referendum on Europe as he
makes the defining speech of his premiership.
"It is time for the British people to have their say," he will declare. "It
is time to settle this European question in British politics."
http://news.sky.com/story/1041580/cameron-to-promise-in-out-eu-referendum
Aisling McCarthy Brady Charged Over Baby Death In US
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
An Irish nanny living illegally in America has been charged with violently
assaulting a baby who later died.
Aisling McCarthy Brady, 34, from Quincy, Massachusetts, is alleged to have
been the sole carer for the girl on January 14 - her first birthday - when
she suffered injuries "consistent with abusive head trauma", it is claimed.
The baby, Rehma Sabir, died two days later in hospital after suffering
brain damage.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041618/irish-nanny-charged-over-baby-death-in-us
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 04:42:58 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 10:42:58 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
8.385°N, 86.129°W
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 miles)
Region
OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA
Distances
178 km (110 miles) SSW of Samara, Costa Rica
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 04:29:38 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 09:29:38 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
34.626°S, 109.175°W
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
Distances
829 km (515 miles) S of Hanga Roa, Chile
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake LIAONING, CHINA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 04:18:18 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 12:18:18 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
41.556°N, 122.983°E
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region
LIAONING, CHINA
Distances
48 km (30 miles) SW (231°) from Shenyang, Liaoning, China
3.0 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHERN TEXAS - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Magnitude
3.0
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 04:16:20 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 10:16:20 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
32.882°N, 96.980°W
Depth
16.1 km (10.0 miles)
Region
NORTHERN TEXAS
Distances
7 km (4 miles) NNW of Irving, Texas
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake COSTA RICA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 03:21:55 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 09:21:55 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
10.132°N, 85.496°W
Depth
28.2 km (17.5 miles)
Region
COSTA RICA
Distances
5 km (3 miles) WSW of Nicoya, Costa Rica
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake COQUIMBO, CHILE - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:47:38 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 11:47:38 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
31.675°S, 71.474°W
Depth
29.1 km (18.1 miles)
Region
COQUIMBO, CHILE
Distances
29 km (18 miles) W of Illapel, Chile
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA - 23rd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 01:49:22 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 07:49:22 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
11.614°N, 87.082°W
Depth
46.5 km (28.9 miles)
Region
NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA
Distances
91 km (56 miles) SW (218°) from Nagarote, León, Nicaragua
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION - 22nd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 23:54:29 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 05:24:29 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
7.401°N, 93.695°E
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 miles)
Region
NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
Distances
75 km (46 miles) SE of Mohean, India
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE LOS LAGOS, CHILE - 22nd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 19:58:23 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 04:58:23 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
39.872°S, 74.843°W
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE LOS LAGOS, CHILE
Distances
120 km (74 miles) W of Corral, Chile
Venice Beach, Calif. 'Idle No More'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Photo by Sabin Portillo! Thanks for sharing with Censored News!
Jan. 21, 2013
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 hours ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! 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.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
Our first challenge of the year was one of my favorites ... organizing.
There's something very liberating abo... more »
Can the view from NYC's famous Cloisters museum be preserved in accord with donor John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s wishes?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
*This is the view of New Jersey's Palisades -- across the Hudson River from
what is now Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park -- which John D. Rockefeller Jr.
thought he was preserving for all time when he bought it and donated it to
the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in the 1930s.*
*by Ken*
Folks who have the good sense to be on tour leader extraordinaire Justin
Ferate's mailing list got an e-mail yesterday from Justin recalling a point
he made to those of us who had the good sense to be with him on a recent
tour of the Cloisters, the medieval wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
b... more »
The Four Year Expectation
skrashen at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
Sent to the Miami Herald, January 22, 2013
To the editor:
The US Department of Education’s announcement that the nation’s high school
graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of
students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, (“Study:
High school grad rate highest since '76,” Jan 21) sends the message that
those who take longer than four years to finish high school are somehow
failures.
Graduating in more than four years often requires perseverance and
determination. Many students need to work after school, and a longer stay
in high school m... more »
The Connecticut Elementary School Shooting: Sandy Hook - Americans Try To Make Sense
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours ago
Honestly, I have wanted to stop putting up any more articles about the
Sandy Hook massacre, but all of the comments, and the actions by those who
I had trusted for years but no longer trust in this, the real truth
movement, warrants my further attention.... I am still looking at this as
a criminal operation and yes, I am a "Conspiracy Theorist" if you like and
even a "tin foil hatter" to others as well, and damn proud of it!
I want to present a fabulous article from a fellow truth seeker, Incogman,
who writes the blog: Incogman: Sick Of All The BS!, at www.incogman.net,
entitled: ... more »
Lonely Deaths In South Korea: "Modernity" and Capitalism worth it?
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
The good, the bad and the uncertain
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 14 hours ago
Somebody posted the following comment under my recent blog about job
insecurity in Honduras. I wanted to repost it here because the writer does
make the very valid point that there's much about Honduran employment
practices that I don't know.
"While you comments about CASM having one year contract are technically
true, the fact is they still do pay out the benefits at the end of every
year. Many employees actually prefer that, so that they get their
retirement money at the end of each year and can do with it as they like
rather than wait until they finish employment at an organizati... more »
From Bunni...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
Watch out for your fingers,uncouth alert! The Great Amusing Bunni
Needs Help I can't imagine a world without Bunni...
Mohawk Nation News 'Who Owes Who? Indian Trust Funds'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
MNN: WHO OWES WHO? INDIAN TRUST FUNDS
MNN: WHO OWES WHO? INDIAN TRUST FUNDS
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
MNN. Jan. 22, 2013. All the money to run the Corporation of Canada
comes from interest on the Indian Trust Fund. This revenue comes from
exploitation of our land and resources.
In 1907 Canada declared us as non-persons so they
This country is in deep doo...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
*and anyone who hasn't seen the light needs to be paying closer attention.*
Who is Obama? A nobody! A low class sock-puppet, anti-intellectual, who
does the bidding of his masters. His prime concern is his next delivery of
"blow" and his next "hook-up" with whatever guy has caught his eye.
I said it in the previous post and I'll say it again:
*For the first time I'm truly frightened for this country. *
Read (and then re-read) his inauguration speech. It's chilling.
Tritium and Nuclear Power Plants: "Blowdown" Worsens Contamination
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 14 hours ago
Majia here: A friend - Sickputer - recently sent me this excerpt from the
World Nuclear Society's discussion of how cooling works at nuclear power
plants.
I will include an initial discussion of how cooling works and then provide
the excerpt I want to focus on, which concerns the "bleeding" known as
"blowdown" necessary for plants like Palo Verde nuclear power plant in
Arizona.
The inevitable but never mentioned effect of blowdown is that more tritium
and other radioisotopes contaminates the local environment.
FROM THE WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION Cooling power plants
http://ww... more »
Sheldan Nidle’s Update for the Galactic Federation of Light and Spiritual Hierarchy
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
*
*
*
*
*Sheldan Nidle’s Update for the Galactic Federation of Light and Spiritual
Hierarchy*
*
*
Heaven set up a specific time, based on the movements of physicality and
the divine precession of this solar system. This sacred point is quite near
and very shortly a great moment is to happen! Then this glorious living
sphere will witness a grand miracle and Heaven's sacred Light will dance
across her and transform all!
7 Eb, 0 Yax, 9 Eb
Dratzo! We return! Your world is still caught in an in-between
reality-state as Heaven prepares to signal the much-awaited green light. ... more »
Science Literacy Quiz
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
Darcy Cowan at Sci Blogs has a 28 question science literacy test.
Unfortunately, too many of the questions confuse statistics for science*,
so it’s more about statistical literacy than it is about science, but it’s
still worth a few of your precious minutes.
For what it’s worth, I got 25 out of 28.
[Hat tip Kiwiblog]
* a reliance on induction by enumeration, without reference to causality,
about which mere statistics is blind.
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Why Growth Is Our False God
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours ago
All of our politicians, without exception, cling to the alchemy that
prescribes growth offers the solution to our every problem. Taxes too
high? Grow the economy. Population aging too much? Grow the population,
open the doors to immigration. Not reaping enough benefit out of the Tar
Sands? Double, no triple production.
We've been growing our economic success for generations, many
generations. Bigger is better. Until it's not and that's the point we
crossed into several years back. Globally it was reached in the late 70's
when mankind grew to four billion strong. E... more »
Q: Why did the hunter name a sled dog Frost?
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours ago
A: Because Frost bites!
*
*
Obama's Inaugural Speech Was About Ordinary American Families, Not About Republican Politicians In DC
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Far right congressmen like Steve King (R-IA) found President Obama
off-putting
The GOP just doesn't get it. The President fired up the country with an
inspiring Inaugural speech filled with hope and promise-- what South Dakota
Republican lunkhead John Thune disapprovingly referred to as "30,000-foot
stuff." Thune will never understand the kind of speech President Obama
gave; that's why he's a Republican. This was a speech for the American
people, not for grubby Republican politicians who immediately went into
victim mode, whining that Obama didn't offer them any reconciliation. What ... more »
Graph of the Day: Land surface temperature anomalies for Australia, 1 January - 8 January 2013
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 16 hours ago
[image: Land surface temperature (LST) anomalies for Australia, 1 January -
8 January 2013. LST anomalies are not absolute temperatures; instead, they
show how much temperatures were above or below the average. The darkest
reds show areas that were as much as 15°C (27°F) above the norm. NASA Earth
Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Land Processes
Distributed Active Archive Center (LPDAAC)]
By Michael Carlowicz
23 January 2013
(NASA Earth Observatory) – January 2013 brought record-setting heat to
Australia; not just for days, but for weeks. Temperatures regularly... more »
Obama Assumes Role of Optimist In 2nd Inaugural Speech, But His Actions Are Inviting Tragedy
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago
In his Second Inaugural Address, President Barack Hussein bin Obama made
little room for his foreign policy agenda in his second term, leaving
almost everything to the imagination.
Obama alluded to the Arab Spring, saying that his administration will help
new democratic governments find their footing as they battle against
extremism and economic collapse. But he totally ignored the
Israeli-Palestinian crisis, frozen U.S.-Iran relations, and the Asia pivot,
which are three major preoccupations of current U.S. foreign policy. And
this was not by accident.
President Obama's team is tr... more »
"A Strange Game..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."
- Joshua, "War Games"
"There is a word, a concept, in Zen Buddhism that doesn't quite translate
perfectly into the English language: Mu. Mu is the response given by a Zen
monk to a question that cannot be meaningfully answered. It suggest that
the question's premises are not real, that there is a state of emptiness
that lies beyond yes and no, that the asker should unask the question -
indeed, that anyone who would ask such a question in the first place might
well to question his entire perspective on life.
Though the w... more »
"They Wrote In The Old Days..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones
country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your
dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. No catalogue of horrors
ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you
that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough.”
- Ernest Hemingway, "Notes on the Next War"
Cholera in Soleil in 2012
John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 17 hours ago
Haiti: More from Dr. Carroll bit.ly/V5vEY5
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) January 23, 2013
Repulsive creepy pro-abortion video...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 17 hours ago
*touts the anniversary of Roe v Wade.*
I don't think I've seen anything quite this awful - ever. For a black man
to champion abortion when the majority of abortions are performed on black
women makes it even more despicable.
I am becoming increasingly frightened of the path this country is on.
H/T Jammie Wearing Fool
Alan Waldman : 'Croupier' is an Excellent, Moody English Thriller
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 17 hours ago
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
The best film of 2000 introduced super-talented Clive Owen to America.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / January 22, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland.
Most are
"Kill Anything That Moves: How Did the Gates of Hell Open in Vietnam?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*"Kill Anything That Moves: *
*How Did the Gates of Hell Open in Vietnam?"*
Seeing the sickening reality of the Vietnam war, 50 years late.
by Jonathan Schell
"For half a century we have been arguing about "the Vietnam War." Is it
possible that we didn't know what we were talking about? After all that has
been written (some 30,000 books and counting), it scarcely seems possible,
but such, it turns out, has literally been the case.
Now, in "Kill Anything That Moves", Nick Turse has for the first time put
together a comprehensive picture, written with mastery and dignity, of what ... more »
Your opportunity to do something . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 17 hours ago
CONTACT
THE CRTC. According to David J. Climenhaga's article on the Rabble
site, "With no market for hate and right-wing drivel, Sun News comes cap
in hand for public subsidy".
That's right, it looks like HateTV is going broke, and they're looking
for a handout, to keep up the spew. Click on the Rabble link to find out
why you need to click on the CRTC link; essentially, Stevie's weasels
Ron Jacobs : Vietnam Was Not a 'Mistake'
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours ago
John
Kerry, who parted ways with the VVAW, has served well in the halls of
empire. Here he salutes the delegates at the Democratic Convention in
Boston, 2004. Photo by Stephen Savoia / AP.
It was not a mistake:
Vietnam and U.S. policyKerry considered the U.S. policy in Vietnam a
mistake. Much of the antiwar movement saw it as standard operating
procedure. Obviously, each understanding
The Shoddy Methodology of Value-Added Research
John Thompson at Schools Matter - 19 hours ago
The timing of R. Barker Bausell’s “Probing the Science of Value-Added
Evaluations” could not have been better. Writing on the heels of the Gates
Foundation’s Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) final report, Bausell, a
biostatistics professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, critiques
the science methodology of value-added research. While not mentioning the
MET specifically, his commentary explains why the Gates methodology fails
to measure up.
Bausell does not argue the pros and cons of value-added teacher
evaluations, but he explains what it would take for research to ad... more »
The Uses and Abuses of Social Media
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
*Guest post by Jeffrey Tucker from **Laissez Faire Books** *
That headline above probably seems strange coming from me. I've been a
champion of social media, and my book *A Beautiful Anarchy* has a chapter
on each of the most popular social media outlets: Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, Skype, Google+, and so on.
These tools have connected people as never before, and given people the
power to manage their own lives and careers in ways that were not possible
in the past. These sites have made us less dependent on institutions like
government and workplace bosses and liberated million... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours ago
To former Ambassaror Christopher Hill, who wrote a nice, concise column
about the broken executive branch nomination and confirmation process (viaWonk Wire).
The key point here is that there are two ways in which the process is
broken, and they really aren't all that closely related. The one we've all
been talking about a lot, what with Senate reform in the works, is the
difficulty nominations have had on the floor of the Senate. Holds,
successful partisan filibusters sustained over cloture votes, and
slow-walking filibusters that can't beat cloture but chew up too much time
-- they... more »
Does Economic Inequality Really Do That Much Damage to The Nation?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
Last night in this time slot we looked briefly at how American plutocrats--
and their servants in politics and the media-- think it's only natural that
we raise the retirement age and the Medicare eligibility age. Well, of
course! How little empathy this self-entitled masters of the universe have
for ordinary people! I should have included a little discussion of Joseph
Stigliz's OpEd in Saturday's *NY Times*, Inequality Is Holding Back The
Recovery. It's so frustrating that Obama keeps picking Wall Street shills
to oversee fiscal and economic policies rather than people like Stigli... more »
Young Haitian Doctor
John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 20 hours ago
Pediatric Clinic in Cite Soleil, January 22, 2012
(Photo by John Carroll)
Yesterday I spoke with a young Haitian doctor.
He is a tall handsome dark skinned guy who has a gentle smile. He just
graduated from one of the medical schools here in Port-au-Prince and is
doing his year of Social Service for the Haitian government.
He is from Port-au-Prince and had an expensive Littmann stethoscope wrapped
around his neck. It was not the usual flimsy nursing stethoscope that is
ubiquitous here. I would say he is from the "middle class" of Haitian
society.
He is spending this year in an "und... more »
DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S: Kill them all, let Gareth sort them out
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
[image: _McGrath001]*Libertarianz** leader Dr Richard McGrath hosts another
weekly clinic on idiots and others in the news.*
In typical heavy-handed fashion, and in a stunning display of sheer
ignorance of property rights—and of human enjoyment of our feline
friends—economic dunderhead and Kiwisaver failure Gareth Bloody Morgan has
suggested what I can only call a "final solution" to the feline problem.
Because, he reckons, cats are "natural born killers" causing problems for
native birds, there should, he says, be a “national cull” of domestic cats.
All of them.
Cats are “ser... more »
Ecology etc...
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 21 hours ago
A fascinating article in today’s Grauniad, where a variant strategy of Iron
Fertilisation as a coping/mitigating tactic in the fight against climate
change is under discussion. This particular idea is also simple, by adding
silicate dust to the ocean you encourage photosynthetic plankton to bloom,
drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere/ocean system and locking it
under the ocean floor, as the plants eventually die.
The silicate dust idea has advantages over iron fertilisation. Firstly
there’s a lot more silica around than iron. If you’re outdoors you’re
standing on some of it a... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 21 hours ago
*N.O. to break ground on new juvenile jail, justice complex ~Danny
Monteverde*
Institutionalised
Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 21 hours ago
Ashley
Smith died in the immediate because her prison guards failed to quickly
intervene despite clear evidence that a medical emergency was was
taking place before their eyes. Robert Dziekanski died after being
tasered by the RCMP at YVR who then, astoundingly, failed to check for
vital signs and administer first aid when he became non-responsive.
Shidane Arone was tortured to death by Canadian
"When Trees Die, People Die"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"When Trees Die, People Die"*
The curious connection between an invasive beetle that has destroyed over
100 million trees, and subsequent heart disease and pneumonia in the human
populations nearby.
By Lindsay Abrams
"The blight was first detected in June 2002, when the trees in Canton,
Michigan, got sick. The culprit, the emerald ash borer, had arrived from
overseas, and it rapidly spread - a literal bug - across state and national
lines to Ohio, Minnesota, Ontario. It popped up in more distant, seemingly
random locations as infested trees were unwittingly shipped beyond the
... more »
David Attenborough, scum
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
Every now and then, the veneer of environmentalism slips to reveal the
malevolence beneath the green and cuddly surface. You can see it in the
list of revealing, anti-human quotes from prominent mainstream
environmentalists I assembled a few years back in the midst of a discussion
about a new environmental ethic putting humans first.
To that stark and comprehensive list of anti-human vermin expressing their
wish that you and I would die, you can now add David Attenborough, who
smugly declares humans are a plague on the earth that need to be controlled
by limiting population grow... more »
HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED; RAISING GIRLS
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*Photo by Bert Hardy*
Why does one child succeed in life, and another one 'fail'?
In* How Children Succeed*, *Paul Tough* writes that what matters most is
character skills.
These are skills such as self confidence, optimism, perseverance,
curiosity, conscientiousness, and self-control.
In other words, emotional intelligence, as taught by good parents, good
mentors and good private schools, is what matters.
Both rich children and poor children can lack emotional intelligence.
"Suniya Luthar, a psychologist at Columbia University found significant
psychological problems at the hi... more »
“Zero Dark Thirty” Debate Needs an Interrogation
Jeffrey Stacey at Duck of Minerva - 21 hours ago
Anyone who did not see “Zero Dark Thirty” on its opening night was smart,
as it was mayhem in theaters everywhere. The film shot to #1 at the box
office overnight and is there still, for the plain and simple reason that
it’s a must see (no spoiler alert here because we all know at
Continue reading
It's Tuesday...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 22 hours ago
*what's going on.*
Always On Watch: *Video: Slaves of Dubai*
Capitalist Preservation: *CBO: Electric Vehicle Subsidies to Cost $7.5
Billion With Little Benefit. Anyone really surprised?*
Sentry Journal: *Liberty needs more doers and fewer watchers*
Political Clown Parade: * A Great Civilization Is Singing Itself To Sleep*
Camp of the Saints: *‘To Protect And To Serve’…Whom?*
Conservative's on Fire Asylum Watch: *Conservatives on Fire has Evolved!*
A story that links Barack Obama and Beyonce but the BBC aren't interested.... Why not?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
The BBC seem oddly uninterested in the news that Beyonce did not sing live
at President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony yesterday. I wonder why?
The last mention of Beyonce on the BBC news website comes on this page :
'...while singer Beyonce performed the Star Spangled Banner.'
'Performed' - an interesting choice of words by the pro-Obama BBC.
Texas Lone Star College Shooting: At Least Two Injured During "Shoot Out", Other Gunmen Possibly at Large
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
At least two people have been wounded after gunfire erupted at a college
campus in Texas.
A law enforcement official says authorities have at least one person in
custody in connection to the Lone Star College campus shooting in north
Houston, and local authorities think there could potentially be a second
shooter.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised
to discuss an ongoing case. The official says multiple injuries have been
reported.
US media reports have indicated the suspect in custody is also wounded, and
may have been in a shootout with a... more »
Chinese workers revolt over 2-minute toilet breaks
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Hundreds of Chinese factory workers angry about strictly timed bathroom
breaks and fines for starting work late held their Japanese and Chinese
managers hostage for a day and a half before police broke up the strike.
About 1,000 workers at Shanghai Shinmei Electric Company held the 10
Japanese nationals and eight Chinese managers inside the factory in
Shanghai starting Friday morning until 11.50 p.m. Saturday, said a
statement from the parent company, Shinmei Electric Co., released Monday.
It said the managers were released uninjured after 300 police officers were
called to the fact... more »
Contaminated Ecstasy Deaths: 2 Arrested
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Two people have been arrested as police investigate the deaths of three men
suspected of taking contaminated drugs.
Greater Manchester Police said the men, aged 33 and 34 were being
questioned on suspicion of supplying a controlled drug.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041248/two-arrests-in-contaminated-drugs-inquiry
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA - 22nd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Magnitude
4.2
Date-Time
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 19:05:53 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 10:05:53 AM at epicenter
Location
52.792°N, 169.302°W
Depth
27.6 km (17.2 miles)
Region
FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
Distances
34 km (21 miles) WSW (241°) from Nikolski, AK
Lone Star College: Multiple People Shot
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A shooting on the campus of Lone Star College in Houston, Texas, this
afternoon caused the school to call for a lockdown and then to evacuate it
students while police searched for suspects.
The college said today that shots were fired on the campus and at least two
people were shot. Two individuals with multiple gunshot wounds are in
serious condition at Ben Taub Hospital, according to authorities.
Police are searching for a man about 6-foot-2 wearing an Atlanta Falcons
hat.
Emergency reponders are currently on campus.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/lone-star-college-campus-locked-shooti... more »
Shots Fired At Lone Star College Texas
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
At least two people have been wounded after gunfire erupted at a college
campus in Texas.
Emergency personnel responded to reports of several shots being fired at a
Lone Star College campus in north Houston.
A spokesman for the college system, Jed Young, says a shelter-in-place
order was issued amid reports of a shooter on campus.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041514/shots-fired-at-small-texas-college
A Bit More on Peaceful Transitions and Democracy
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
Some commenters to my post (and, separately, Kevin Drum) point outed out
yesterday that the US string of consecutive peaceful democratic transitions
that Dylan Matthews posted on overlooks the case of 1861.
Yup, 1861 is a breakdown. No question about it. On the other hand...they do
manage to have an elections during the civil war -- and I'm hardly an
expert on the period so correct me if I'm wrong, as far as I know there's
no doubt that Lincoln would have given up the presidency had he lost in
1864. And once the war is over, the system endures.
So it's a major, serious, breakdown, ... more »
Paint It Black: FBI keeps Americans in dark about GPS tracking
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
'West Bank & Gaza stalemate playing into hands of Netanyahu's hardline govt'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
EnviroCan's Blunt Warning
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago
*The Tundra is Burning* Over the past 65-years, Canada's average winter
temperature has increased 3.2 degrees Celsius.
*This reaffirms what many suspected. Canada is getting hotter faster than
ever before and at a faster rate than almost any other country. Rain, snow,
sleet and hail storms are becoming more erratic. What were once considered
exceptional weather patterns – the kind researchers reject to avoid skewing
their data – are becoming common.*
*“We’ve had an awful lot of those ‘exceptionals,’” said Robert Tremblay,
research director at the Insurance Bureau of Canada. *
*“Wha... more »
Gay 'kissing protest' at Russian parliament descends into violence
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Greek motorway is brought to a devastating halt after a 28-car pile-up kills one
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Texas, Lone Star College Shooting: Suspect Detained....Possible other suspects
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Officials in Houston, Texas say that several people have been shot at a
local community college.
Police are on the scene of a Texas community college where shots were fired
shortly after 12 this afternoon.
Authorities have detained at least one person and are searching for
possible other suspects after at least one gunman opened fire at Lone Star
College's North Harris campus Tuesday afternoon.
http://rt.com/usa/news/shot-texas-college-officials-529/
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE NAYARIT, MEXICO - 22nd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 18:29:57 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 11:29:57 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
20.979°N, 106.108°W
Depth
56.3 km (35.0 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE NAYARIT, MEXICO
Distances
84 km (52 miles) WNW of Bucerias, Mexico
Lone Star College Campus Being evacuated
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
SHOTS have been fired at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas, according to
a campus spokeswoman.
At least two people have reportedly been shot but few other details are
available at this stage.
Television footage showed people lying on the ground and at least one
person being loaded into an ambulance on the campus of Lone Star College
near Houston.
The college posted a warning to students on its Facebook page to "SHELTER
IN PLACE if you are on campus. IF YOU ARE NOT ON CAMPUS DON'T GO TO
CAMPUS."'
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/shots-fired-at-texas-college/story-fnd12pe... more »
Lone Star College in Houston, Texas, Campus is in locked down
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
Lone Star College Shooting: at least 3 People Shot, 2nd Suspect on the Loose
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- At least three people, including the suspected
gunman, have been shot at Lone Star Community College in North Harris
County, according to Precinct 4 deputy constables.
Dozens of law enforcement officers are searching for a second suspect on
the loose. They are searching a wooded area north of the campus.
http://www.kvue.com/news/Reports-of-shooting-at-Lone-Star-College-in-Houston-187913361.html
Lone Star College Shooting; unclear if anyone has been shot: College system spokesman
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
Rebels Bomb Syrian town of Salimiyah killing at least 42 people
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
Suspected Islamist gunmen kill 18 in northeast Nigeria
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
Suspected Islamist gunmen fired on residents of a market town in northeast
Nigeria, killing 18 in one of their deadliest attacks for several weeks, a
local government official said on Tuesday.
The attack late on Monday apparently targeted local hunters in Damboa who
sell bush meat from animals such as monkeys and pigs, which strict Muslims
are forbidden to eat, the local government leader told journalists.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/22/us-nigeria-violence-idUSBRE90L0P020130122
Not planning full Syria evacuation: Russia
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
Russia said on Tuesday it had started evacuating scores of citizens who
wanted to leave Syria but denied the move was the start of a mass exodus.
Two senior diplomats played down the significance of decision, announced on
Monday, to send aircraft to bring Russians home almost two years after the
start of the revolt against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
"We are not talking about a full evacuation ... It is not planned that
everyone will leave," Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said,
according to state-run news agency Itar-Tass.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/... more »
Adele Stan and the spirit of loathing!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013*
*Taking it right to the limit:* Wow! By the time we finished reading Adele
Stan, she almost had *us* despising Obama.
We’ll almost surely return to her piece at some point later this week. In
the meantime, it's a fascinating piece of reading. In our view, it's a
testimonial to the prehistoric longing to loathe all the others.
Stan seems quite sure that the others are bad. Prehumans and those who came
along later have always felt sure of this judgment. "Beloved Community"
Stan's ass!
Final note: This is Stan at 51 percent. Imagine the piece she could ha... more »
Forfeiture or fine?
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago
*R. v. Dwyer*, 2013 ONCA 34 deals with forfeiture of proceeds of crime and
fines in lieu thereof.
Section 462.37 of the Criminal Code provides for the forfeiture of the
proceeds of crime where an offender is convicted of a designated offence.
Fraud over $5,000 is a designated offence: s. 462.3(1). Section 462.37 also
provides for a fine in lieu of forfeiture pursuant to subsection (3) if the
court is satisfied that a forfeiture order should be made in respect of any
property but that property or any part of it cannot be made subject to an
order. Subsection (4) requires the court t... more »
Arms Race Update - India Warns Kashmiris to Prepare for Nuclear War
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
Indian officials are warning residents in their part of Kashmir to dig bomb
shelters and gather a two week supply of food and water in preparation for
a possible nuclear exchange.
*The notice, published Monday by the Kashmir police in the Greater Kashmir
newspaper, advised people to build toilet-equipped basements large enough
to house the entire family for two weeks. If there is no basement,
residents should construct bunkers in their front yards, the notice advised.
*
*The shelters should be stocked with candles, battery-operated lights and
radios and nonperishable food and wate... more »
The Universe
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
“Believe me, I know all about it. I know the stress. I know the
frustration. I know the temptations of time and space. We worked this out
ahead of time. They're part of the plan. We knew this stuff might happen.
Actually, you insisted they be triggered whenever you were ready to begin
thinking thoughts you've never thought before. New thinking is always the
answer.”
“Good on you,”
The Universe
“Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!”
- www.tut.com
Sacramento-area home values to rise nearly 12% this year, Zillow predicts
Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 23 hours ago
Most recessions, including the Great Recession of 2008-09, are primarily
the result of excess inventory. Once too much product builds up and
overwhelms demand, production comes to a halt. Workers are laid off. Demand
drops further. Prices start to fall. And you are in a vicious cycle of
recession.
Most recessions conclude when the excess inventory in an economy has been
absorbed. At that point, supply and demand are more-less in line. But
employment will not pick up in earnest until supply is over-absorbed,
meaning there is more demand for product than supply. When that happens, ... more »
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : We Are Made for this Moment
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
President
Obama delivers second Inaugural address at the West Front of the
Capitol, January 21, 2013. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP.
Self-evident truths:
We are made for this moment
By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / January 22, 2013
"For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they
have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God,
it
Walker (WI:ALEC) - Lies in Anti-Choice Proclamation for Jan 22, 2013
2old2care at Because I Can - 23 hours ago
Making the rounds today is the fact that Scottie Walker signed a
proclamation on January 7th that no one knew about – no one except the
right wing extremists that Walker was pandering to.
The proclamation isn’t publicized on the governor’s webpageas a
proclamation
– but the right-wing extremists who received the proclamation it are very
proud of it.
Wisconsin Right to Life released a press statement late last Friday afternoon
stating, “The original copy of the Protect Life Day Proclamation was sent
to Wisconsin Right to Life by the Governor’s office and now hangs in the
Wisconsin... more »
BBC misleading headline / text
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
*Google revenues hit by tablets*
1 hour ago
The world's biggest search engine is expected to report record profits for
the last three months of the year.
Syrian rebels clash with Kurds in northeast: activists
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
At least 56 people have been killed in a week of fighting in northeast
Syria between anti-government rebels and members of the long-oppressed
Kurdish minority who have seized on the civil war to try to secure
self-rule, activists said on Tuesday.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which collates
reports on Syria's violence from local activists, said on Tuesday that the
anti-Damascus rebels were using tanks and mortars on Tuesday against
Kurdish forces.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/22/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE90L0DJ20130122
'NO! Gold Mercury Mine' in Alaska Protest Jan. 22, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
Paula Ayunerak and Cecilia Tucker of the Yukon-Kuskokwim
Delta region of Alaska clean fresh-caught
salmon at their fish camp.
Photo courtesy of Gunnar Ebbesson
TODAY! Alaska 'NO!' to Barrick and Nova Gold's Donlin Gold Mercury Mine
Media
Alert: No Donlin Gold Mercury Mine in Alaska
A
mega mecury "gold" mine with a list of problems financed by
Barrick Gold and Nova
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake TARAPACA, CHILE - 22nd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 17:07:17 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 02:07:17 PM at epicenter
Location
20.083°S, 69.344°W
Depth
86.1 km (53.5 miles)
Region
TARAPACA, CHILE
Distances
84 km (52 miles) ENE (77°) from Iquique, Chile
Thieves Cut Hole In Side Of Bank To Rob ATM
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
Enterprising thieves have cut a hole in the side of a West Midlands bank
and made off with tens of thousands of pounds.
The thieves got inside the branch of Lloyds TSB on Hagley Road West,
Warley, and raided its cash machine.
They cut a hole in the masonry just big enough for one person to squeeze
through, covering their activities from view with a tarpaulin, West
Midlands Police said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041440/thieves-cut-hole-in-side-of-bank-to-rob-atm
Will the Democrats Fix the U.S. Senate Today?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
There's a window that is open today that will be closed tomorrow and, by
the time it closes, we'll know if the Democratic majority in the U.S.
Senate has the courage to fix what's broken.
*When the Senate returns on Tuesday, it will still technically be in the
first legislative day of the session, which means only a simple majority is
necessary to change the rules for the rest of the session. *
*With the support of 51 senators, the rules could be changed to require a
“talking filibuster,” forcing those objecting to a bill to stand and
explain their reasons, at length. The current pr... more »
Chris Hedges "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying!"
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 23 hours ago
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Rolls-Royce To Cut Nearly 400 Jobs
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Aerospace firm Rolls-Royce will shed nearly 400 jobs at one of its plants,
a union has said.
The company is consulting on shedding the jobs at the Ansty plant near
Coventry in the Midlands, according to trade union Unite.
Rolls-Royce would neither confirm nor deny the story to Sky News.
http://news.sky.com/story/1041472/rolls-royce-to-cut-nearly-400-jobs-union-says
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake WESTERN XIZANG - 22nd January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 15:49:24 UTC
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 11:49:24 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
34.138°N, 80.179°E
Depth
47 km (29.2 miles)
Region
WESTERN XIZANG
Distances
94 km (58 miles) NNE of Rutog, China
Blue America Welcomes Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-IL)
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
We all often talk about how crucial it is that our political leaders have
some kind of inbuilt empathy system for the ordinary working families whose
interests they're supposed to be serving. The alternative, as we've seen,
is a kind of self-absorbed Ayn Rand Republicanism or, closer to home, the
Blue Dogs and New Dems. That's why Blue America is so vigilant about
congressional races wherever and whenever they happen. And the next
congressional race coming up is for the seat Jesse Jackson, Jr. resigned
from, IL-02, with a primary on February 26 and a general election April 9.
The ... more »
The Wheel of Time Series Finally Ends
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 1 day ago
Oh long fantasy series that I so loved... may the last embrace of the
mother welcome you home. Light favor your sword, book series. May you find
water and shade. Tai'shar Malkier! Tai'shar Manetheran! Tai'shar book
series!
It's going to take a while for the Jordanisms to drain from my psyche. The
bloody, flaming, blasted 14-volume book series--*The Wheel of Time*--that I
have been mostly anticipating reading, rather than actually reading, over
the last 20 years ended for me last night when I turned the last of the 909
pages of *A Memory of Light*.
What a great book. What a great s... more »
Molino de viento en el campo junto a un pequeño río
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Riquísimo pastel con frutas frescas del huerto
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Shun US 'tiger' and Japanese 'wolf', Chinese colonel warns as he states, "World would hail another nuclear strike on Japan"
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu, of the National Defence University, blamed
America’s ‘‘orchestration’’ and Japan’s ‘‘militarism’’ for rising tensions
over disputed islands known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.
‘‘America is the global tiger and Japan is Asia’s wolf and both are now
madly biting China,’’ Colonel Liu said. ‘‘Of all the animals, Chinese
people hate the wolf the most.’’
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China was a peaceful nation but it would fight to the death if seriously
attacked, he said.
Both sides and the US have in recent days traded strident warnings over
alleged terri... more »
Al Qaeda bomb plot gangs were handed £30million in legal aid to fund their defence
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Two gangs of Al Qaeda terrorists who plotted to inflict mass murder on the
British public shared more than £30million in legal aid, it emerged last
night.
Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show the astonishing sums being
paid out by taxpayers to fund defence in criminal cases.
Recipients of huge amounts include the July 21 bombers, a group of Islamist
fanatics behind the 2006 airline liquid bomb plot and a string of fraud
cases.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266198/Al-Qaeda-bomb-plot-gangs-handed-30m-legal-aid-fund-defence.html
Ricas fresas decoradas con flores para disfrutar
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Emboldened Mischief-Makers, Part Four
Storm at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
And lastly, Part Four of "Emboldened Mischief-Makers."
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
It may be hard to believe but I started all of this (the first shall be the
last) because I wanted to share a little bit of mischief from a student's
pen who attended the Dixwell Preparatory School in Cambridge, MA,
graduating in 1855. (The student is 16-years-old.)
Question:
"What is your favorite virtue? Do you select it, because you delight to
practice it, or because you think you need it, or because you have seen it
beautifully exemplified in a Friend?"
(No scantron question this!)
Answer:
"H... more »
Paisaje de los sueños rodeado de caminos y plantas
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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David Attenborough - Humans are plague on Earth
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Humans are a plague on the Earth that need to be controlled by limiting
population growth, according to Sir David Attenborough.
The television presenter said that humans are threatening their own
existence and that of other species by using up the world’s resources.
He said the only way to save the planet from famine and species extinction
is to limit human population growth.
“We are a plague on the Earth. It’s coming home to roost over the next 50
years or so. It’s not just climate change; it’s sheer space, places to grow
food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our populatio... more »
Dr Death': Five young people die and nine more are in hospital after 'taking ecstasy tablet known as Dr Death'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Jordan Chambers, 19, died at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Greater
Manchester on Sunday. He had been taken there after complaining of being
unwell. The next day police were alerted by staff at Wigan Infirmary after
the death of Gareth Ashton, 28, who had been admitted after complaining of
similar symptoms. Jordan Chambers, 19, pictured, and Gareth Ashton, 28,
died in the Greater Manchester area after complaining of similar symptoms.
Police say they cannot rule out the deaths are linked to three others. It
is believed several other people have been admitted to hospital suffering
from... more »
Pequeños romanticos en un día nublado
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Sarkozy's plans 'to dodge new 75% French tax rate by moving to London with wife Carla and setting up £1bn private equity fund'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Nicolas
Sarkozy is preparing to move to London to set up a billion pounds
plus investment fund, it was claimed today.
If the move goes ahead, the controversial Frenchman will become the
latest
to escape a potential top tax rate of 75 per cent in his home country.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266331/Nicolas-Sarkozy-Carla-Bruni-dodge-new-French-tax-hike-moving-London-setting-1billion-fund.html
Inau-gyration Speech Parsing, Cont.
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
I will now continue where I left off yesterday in my "instanalysis" of
President Obama's inaugural address.
*We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our
time. We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government,
revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the
skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher. But while
the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the
effort and determination of every single American. That is what this moment
requires. That is what will give real me... more »
'Build a bunker and stockpile food': Officials warn people in Kashmir to prepare for nuclear war
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Residents in Kashmir read a notice in a newspaper telling people how to
prepare for a nuclear war
People in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir have been told to build
bomb-proof basements and gather food and water for a possible nuclear war.
A series of deadly skirmishes along the cease-fire line in recent weeks has
heightened tensions between India and Pakistan - both of which have nuclear
weapons.
However officials will not confirm why they are now ordering people in the
region to pack two-weeks' worth of essentials.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266476/Indian-Kash... more »
French gas cloud causes stink across the South East
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
The Lubrizol plant shut down production and executives hoped to have the
leaked plugged by the end of the day Photo: AFP
Residents in parts of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire awoke to the
sulphurous smell of rotten eggs prompting dozens of calls to emergency
services.
The accidental discharge of mercaptan from a factory in Rouen has caused
headaches, nausea and a political panic in France.
By this morning the pungent cloud had arrived on English shores and was
even drifting as far north as south east London.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9818749/French-gas-cloud-ca... more »
Linda ciudad junto al agua llena de luces
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Huevos de pascua decorados con muchos colores
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A Timely Poll
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
*The Guardian* is running a poll today, asking readers:
*George Orwell's fiction and non-fiction warned of the dangers of
totalitarianism, surveillance and the distortion of language. Was he right,
broadly speaking, about the dystopian way society was heading?*
What do you think? Vote here.* *
Emboldened Mischief-Makers, Part Three
Storm at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Part Three of "Emboldened Mischief-Makers"
Part One
Part Two
Concerning "the why" of Creationism and such.
The two primary "books" for Lincoln, nearly committed to memory, The Bible
and Shakespeare. So too, primarily, for Melville.
If one is to "suffer" the discipline of only a few books then they'd better
be good ones! They'd better foster imagination, creativity, and linguistic
virtuosity. I wonder if one gets that in the "informational text" heavy
"common core"?
Concerning the spate of states proposing to legislate educators "to create
an environment that encourages student... more »
Hermoso caballo trotando en los pastizales bajo el cielo azul
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Removed Full Body Airport Scanners Being Redeployed By Military, Law Enforcement
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/removed-full-body-airport-scanners-being-redeployed-by-military-law-enforcement.php
*
* *Removed Full Body Airport Scanners Being Redeployed By Military, Law
Enforcement*
*Image of a monitor on a Secure 1000 full body scanner by Rapiscan, a
predecessor to the company's Secure 1000SP scanner, about 250 versions of
which the TSA is to remove from airports by June 2013, following Rapiscan's
failure to install privacy software on time.*
CARL FRANZEN JANUARY 21, 2013, 1:30 PM 4286
Many of the controversial full-body airport security scanner... more »
Cascada entre el bosque lleno de arboles verdes y grandes
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They Call It "The Point of No Return" Study
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Greenpeace has come up with a roster of planned oil, gas and coal projectsthat it calls "carbon bombs."
Prepared by the consultancy firm EcoFys, the study lists 14-major projects
that will increase global greenhouse gas emissions by a
civilization-wrecking 20%. That's where the "point of no return" part
comes in.
*The largest contributors will be China's five north-western provinces,
which aim to increase coal production by 620m tonnes by 2015, generating an
additional 1.4bn tonnes of greenhouse gases a year.*
*Australia's burgeoning coal export industry, already the largest in ... more »
Despite fears of 'mission creep,' Canada to deepen role in Mali
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
The Canadian government will extend the tour of the heavy-lift transport
plane shuttling equipment from France to Mali for a military mission.
Initially, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered the massive C-17 plane for
a one-week mission. But France has asked Canada and other nations to
provide more air-transport help, including assistance to carry a West
African force of 3,300 into Mali.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/despite-fears-of-mission-creep-canada-to-deepen-role-in-mali/article7616574/
Cameron's Europe speech will gun for workers' rights – they must be defended
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
A principal target for the prime minister in his speech on Europe will be
to wrench the UK away from the social and employment policies of the EU.
Millions of people in Britain will suffer if he is successful. He must not
be.
The Conservative party has never liked the European Union social dimension.
New Labour signed up to the social chapter, but it was subsequently
lukewarm about it. But it did enact new EU-based laws on agency workers'
and consultation rights.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/22/cameron-europe-speech-workers-rights
Bonita postal de corazones para el 14 de febrero
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Canaries in Coal Mines
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
Erratic bat behavior at Great Smoky park may be linked to lethal
syndrome.
by Darryl Fears. The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/erratic-bat-behavior-at-great-smoky-park-may-be-linked-to-lethal-syndrome/2013/01/20/1be8fc8e-60d1-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines[Excerpted]
Large groups of bats in the nation’s most popular national park appear
to
be stricken with white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungus that’s wiping out a
variety of bat species up and down the East Coast, a possible extinction
event, some biologists say......At la... more »
Emboldened Mischief-Makers, Part Two
Storm at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Part Two of "Emboldened Mischief-Makers" (Here is *Part One.)*
*
*Concerning those "advocating" "Academic Freedom" via state legislatures
across the country, that is to say, concerning those pushing "freedom" in
legalese devised to create the opportunity for the dissemination of
ideologies via a process that codifies action into law.
Here is an example of the way legislative "mischief" is made. It is
important to note that this is indeed the very meat and effect of the
process we hold so much stock in--that is to say, the system of
representative government in which we profess to be... more »
Republicans - On How to Steal Elections - No Moral Compass
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
LIE
CHEAT
STEAL
Oh………..moderate Republicans must be sooooooooo proud of their party.
LIE
CHEAT
STEAL
What would Lincoln have thought about this?
LIE
CHEAT
STEAL
And these folks are supposed to be the ultra-moral, bible thumping “Thou
Shalt Not Steal” people.
LIE
CHEAT
STEAL
That’s what happens when corporate American takes over your party – you
start acting like an immoral corporation
LIE
CHEAT
STEAL
Don’t ciminals go to jail for this – oh no, it’s just computer activists
that go to jail.
LIE
CHEAT
STEAL
And the RWNJ’s are pissing and moaning about getting their gun rights
modified?
M... more »
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