Books burned by Nazis (display at Yad Vashem). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Sheldan Nidle - February 26, 2013
Sheldan Nidle - February 26, 2013
3 Manik, 15 Zac, 9 Eb
Selamat Balik! We come today with some very interesting news! The dark
continues in tunnel-vision mode to try desperately to come up with some way
to delay what they know is inevitable. Heaven is waiting for the last
celestial sign to appear, and once this phenomenon has occurred, we will be
expected to act swiftly and sweep the dark's minions into a place where
they can do no more harm. This leaves us with a narrow timeframe before
this happens, and so we are double-checking with our diverse allies to make
sure that what i... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
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
Last week we continued our food theme and restocked our shelves ... not
just with anything but with foods con... more »
Why Does The Right Wing Hate Science So Much?
Pre-World War II Germany had more than its share of Nobel laureates. The
Nazis weren't impressed though because so many of them were German Jews and
the Nazis were pushing the idea of an historic showdown between "Aryans"
and Jews. So to replace Einstein's Theory of Relativity, for example, they
had the ravings of some right-wing crackpot from Austria, Hans Hoerbiger,
who had come up with what turned out to be an official, non-Jewish Nazi
Party cosmology-- the Cosmic Theory of Ice. If you wanted to be a good
little Nazi, you had to abandon actual physics and Science and embrace *
... more »
"Universe: Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos"
"Universe: Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIxAPFYDsnQ
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Real History Revealed: The "6 Million" Infamous Number Was Pushed On The Public A Multitude Of Times Between 1915-1938!
Being a Canadian, I am absolutely limited in any research into the so
called Jewish "Holocaust" of World War II, and the "6 Million" number that
has been perpetually harped as being the number of victims of that
un-researchable event. However, I can definitely look at other periods of
history and allegations of "6 Million" being persecuted and/or dying during
said periods of history, because it does not call into question my stance
on the history of the "Holocaust" of World War II at all....
I came across a must see video recently, that brings forward some very
interesting facts th... more »
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The Upcoming War On Iran: President Soetoro To Inform Israeli Prime Minister Milikowsky Of Plans For Summer Iran War!
The war against the innocent nation of Iran is definitely still on. The
Israelis realized that they could not go to war against Iran alone, so for
the last while they have been working feverishly in trying to find any
excuses to have their slave puppets in the United States attack and destroy
Iran for them.
Well, lo and behold, it does appear that Israel may get their wish after
all. According to this new article, from Jason Ditz who writes the
website, Antiwar, at www.antiwar.com, it appears that when President
Soetoro (Obama) visits Prime Minister Milikowsky (Netanyahu) shortly... more »
Keith Ellison represents everything I dislike about Minnesota...
*to be fair, I'm sure there are many nice conservatives living in
Minnesota. *
Problem is - I've never met one.
DRONE PUBLIC HEARING IN MAINE
*Click on the photo for better view*
*Some of the folks gather outside the hearing room after a successful day
at the capital*
Peter Woodruff and I drove to the state capital in Augusta today to attend
the drone hearing before the combined Senate and House Judiciary
Committee. The drone bill was last on their agenda so we met
artist-activists Natasha Mayers and Suzanna Lasker in the Hall of Flags
where we held signs opposing the drone surveillance state. Natasha was
dressed in her black garb with a drone state license plate around her
neck. She got lots of looks.
With some time t... more »
Mary Theroux: The Presidency as Theater
*Argobama, go you know what.*
I was creeped out when President Obama's wife handed out the Best Picture
prize at the Oscars. The separation between art and politics was officially
erased on that night.
There should be no question anymore. America is without a doubt a
totalitarian collectivist state wherein the President and his wife act like
the father and mother of the people. Hollywood is even popularizing this
view of them.
The Obamas are inserting themselves into American cultural life too much. Seeing
the First Lady in your living room on Oscar night represents a totalitar... more »
Press Conference & Action at Army Corps of Engineers in Philadelphia
Philadelphia -- From upriver and downriver, from Philadelphia to Milford,
PA and across the river in New Jersey, citizens groups and environmental
groups joined together today at a lively demonstration in Philadelphia,
pressuring the Army Corps of Engineers to intervene in clearcutting now
taking place for the Tennessee Gas PIpeline.
The groups highlighted the harm done to waterways and wetlands, to impacted
human communities and to vegetation and wildlife, by the clearcutting which
has already taken place, which Faith Zerbe of the Delaware Riverkeeper
Network called "botched." The ... more »
Reverse Mortgages - Pushed by ALEC Since 1993
Worth 4 minutes of your time
Reverse Mortgages: When they work and when they don't Sorry I can't embed
it - you have to go to the site. The American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC) has been pushing reverse mortgages for the elderly *since 1993*. In
1993 - ALEC believed that this was how seniors should finance both their
healthcare and long-term care living costs - with a reverse mortgage on
their only remaining asset - their house (aka - an ALEC option for
getting rid of Medicare and MedicAid). The first notation I have of it was
in a report named: "Keeping The Promise: Makin... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Unopened Flower”
2002, “Unopened Flower”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhNx862u1Ds
Alan Waldman : The Last Three Seasons of ‘Blackadder’ are Astonishingly Funny
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
England’s two best TV writers, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, crafted a
small-screen classic.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / February 26, 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
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Across the heart of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies lies a striking string
of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain. The chain, pictured above, is
highlighted on the upper right with two large but featureless lenticular
galaxies, M84 and M86. Prominent to their lower left is a pair of
interacting galaxies known as The Eyes.
*Click image for larger size.*
The home Virgo Cluster is the nearest cluster of galaxies, contains over
2000 galaxies, and has a noticeable gravitational pull on the galaxies of
the Local Group of Galaxies surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy. The center of
the Vir... more »
Chet Raymo, “We Are Such Stuff...”
*“We Are Such Stuff...”*
by Chet Raymo
“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices,
That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.”
"Caliban is talking to Stephano and Trinculo in Shakespeare's “Tempest”,
telling them not to be "afeard" of the mysterious place they find
themselves, an island seemingly beset with magic, strangeness, ineffable
presences. And you and I, and, yes, all of us, find ourselves ine... more »
Ryan Sequesters the Janesville Airport
Back in June 1999, Rep. Paul Ryan(R-Wis.), now House Budget Committee
chairman, took to the House floor to ask for federal funding for an airport
in his district.
"The Rock County Airport is in desperate need of improving," he said at the
time. "Rock County began work on these improvements but federal assistance
is needed to address this immediate need. These improvements are critical
not only to the local businesses in the district I represent but also to
the local economy and the livelihood of the employees who work at these
businesses."
The video surfaced briefly during the... more »
Calling all beer historians
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appears to be a brew produced by a Woodville brewery in the 1930s.
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Flash Mob! -- Courtesy Notice in Support of Patrick Cody Morgan
Judge Lynn Nettleton Hughes
(Guilty of Treason)
*Flash Mob! -- Courtesy Notice in Support of Patrick Cody Morgan*
Some background on this story can be found here:
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/02/letter-to-judge-hughes-cat-is-out-of-bag.html
This is the story we broke earlier today, outlining Cody's 27 year sentence
served this morning:
http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2013/02/judge-guilty-of-corruption-treason-let.html
**
Flash Mob Opportunities:
1. Email, fax, or mail a Courtesy Notice (instructions below)
2. Call or email the "alleged" judge direct
3. Call... more »
Is "Crazy Ted" Cruz "the new McCarthy"? Um, would that be Joe McCarthy, or Charlie?
*More and more people seem to be asking, as The New Yorker did recently,
"Is Senator Ted Cruz Our New McCarthy?" It's not clear to me, though,
whether they're thinking of Joe McCarthy or Charlie. (That's Charlie
McCarthy in the photo above, at left. At right is his frequent companion,
Edgar Bergen -- you know, Candice's dad.)*
*"Cruz's spokesman called it 'curious' that The New Yorker would cover
Cruz's speech 'three years' after he gave it."*
*-- from Jane Mayer's newyorker.com post* "Ted Cruz
Responds -- and Still Sees Red at Harvard Law"
*by Ken*
As a matter of fact, there's no... more »
“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”
*“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"While we are in a dark night of the soul experience, hold steady knowing
the light will appear once again. Whenever a word is overused, it is most
likely being misused, and over time, it begins to lose its meaningfulness.
For example, we often refer to a fleeting feeling of depression or a period
of confusion, as a dark night of the soul, but neither of these things
qualifies as such. A dark night of the soul is a very specific experience
that some people encounter on their spiritual journeys. The... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
San Bernardino, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Susan Van Haitsma : Texans Rally to Save Our Schools
An
estimated 10,000 education advocates gathered at the Texas State
Capitol, Saturday, February 23, 2013. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The
Rag Blog.
Texans rally to save our schools
Behind the Capitol edifice, I hope lawmakers are listening. These are
the voices of experienced teachers and smart, young learners. In fact,
we’ll all learn, if we listen.
By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog /
“Are Humans Getting Dumber?”
*“Are Humans Getting Dumber?”*
by Tom Purcell
“The report said people are getting dumber— at least I think that’s what
it said, but the big words kept throwing me off.”
“Ah, yes, you speak of a recent study by Stanford University researcher
and geneticist Dr. Gerald Crabtree. He believes human beings are undergoing
intellectual decline.”
“We are?”
“Writing about the study in the Natural Society Newsletter, Mike Barrett
says that, according to Crabtree, our cognitive abilities are the result of
‘the combined effort of thousands of genes.’ If a mutation were to happen
t... more »
“I want to be a crony”
Vote over at the Economic Freedom blog for the finalists in the Best
Liberty Video for 2012.
Here’s my favourite, one I’ve shown here before:
Why be a taxpayer, when you can be a tax spender?
[Hat tip the very discriminating Dr. Marc Street, at his On Liberty Streetblog.]
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Satire: "Boehner Defends Decision to Remain on Ass"
*"Boehner Defends Decision to Remain on Ass"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "Minutes after telling the United States
Senate to “get off their ass” to avoid the deep spending cuts that will
take effect this Friday, House Speaker John Boehner called an impromptu
press conference to announce his intention of remaining on his ass “for the
foreseeable future.”
“The United States Senate is showing contempt for the American people by
refusing to get off their ass,” a defiant Mr. Boehner told reporters. “And
the only fitting way for me to protest their reckless... more »
"The Government..."
“The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They
have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of
government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their
principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for
something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out
of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by
looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage,
and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods."
"Al... more »
College Board Koan
What is the sound of one test taken?
$$$
The Economy: "The Sequestration Debate Misses the REAL Issue"
* "The Sequestration Debate Misses the REAL Issue:
Waste and Fraud Are the Real Causes of the Deficit"*
by WashingtonsBlog
"With sequestration set to go into effect in a few days, everyone is
talking about it. Sequestration means across-the-board cuts in government
spending, split 50%-50% between the military and domestic spending. As this
post will show, the hypocrisy surrounding the sequestration debate is
stunning.
For example, president Obama says that sequestration is the GOP’s fault.
But Bob Woodward and YouTube reveal that Obama supported sequestration from
day one. And D... more »
Stevie games . . .
DEFENDING DEMOCRACY is merely a Parliamentary manoeuvre, according to Stevie. Odious.
John Boehner's House of ill dispute
Ever wonder what they do all day in the People's House? Since our hapless
House Speaker announced he was done dealing with the dreadful sequester,
and with the Republican party's poll numbers in the tank, surely he was
conducting the important business of the people. Or not.
Yesterday John Boehner reconvened his chamber after a ten day vacationrecess and the only thing they accomplished was renaming
a couple of government buildings. Today they managed to pull themselves
together enough to establish a national science fair competition. That's
pretty much it. The rest was all politica... more »
KERRY PROVIDES EXAMPLES OF THE VALUES THAT ‘THEY’ HATE ABOUT ‘US’ – HYPOCRISY AND ARROGANCE
After
his meeting with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday 25
February 2013, US Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by Hague,
addressed reporters in London with remarks that highlighted the real
valuesthat many in the Islamic world despise about Western governments –
hypocrisy and arrogance.
Talking about the situation in Syria Kerry said:
*We obviously discussed Syria today, and William and I agree that the
Syrian people deserve better than the horrific violence that now invades
and threatens their everyday lives – the lives of innocent people, the
lives of people w... more »
Juridical reason for enrichment
Moreira v. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, 2013 ONCA 121 has a
helpful analysis of when there is a juridical reason for an enrichment:
[97] In the first step, a plaintiff is required to show that no
juristic reason exists from an established category to deny recovery. The
established categories include: a contract, a disposition of law, a
donative intent, and other valid common law, equitable or statutory
obligations. If there is no juristic reason from an established category,
then the plaintiff has made out a *prima facie* case under this component
of the analysis:... more »
Portugal ended the War On Drugs, and the results are in
“*Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs Eleven Years Ago And The Results Are
Staggering*: On July 1st, 2001, Portugal decriminalized every imaginable
drug, from marijuana, to cocaine, to heroin. Some thought Lisbon would
become a drug tourist haven, others predicted usage rates among youths to
surge. Eleven years later, it turns out they were both wrong.”
The results are in, and they’re clear:
- a drastic reduction in addicts, with Portuguese officials and reports
highlighting that this number, at 100,000 before the new policy was
enacted, has been halved in the following te... more »
Benjamin Fulford: Is March going to be the month of the final breakthrough?
*
* *Please don't assume I endorse the views of people Ben interviews, but
they are indicative of the mindsets of the people who presume to rule the
human race. -AK*
*
* *Is March going to be the month of the final breakthrough?*
Posted by Benjamin Fulford
February 26, 2013
High level geopolitical horse trading going on around right now appears to
be headed towards historical changes in how the world is managed will
become visible in March. Big diplomatic moves have been seen with Japan,
Russia, Europe, South America, Africa and the US during the past week,
although with few publ... more »
BC Ferries in Financial Disarray, More Corruption and Guile
B.C. Ferries, Public Theft Exposed)Premier Gordon Butterfly Campbell`s
Legacy of Corruption.
*UPDATED AT BOTTOM of POST, February 26th/2013*
BC Ferries reports $16.5 million net loss due to traffic plunges
Read more:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Ferries+reports+million+loss+traffic+plunges/6789672/story.html#ixzz1xzbtG7bz
People of British Columbia need to read the below story to understand WHY
BC Ferries is now debt ridden and losing money...To bottom line this, BC
Ferries is paying $60 million per year in interest payments on their debt,
paying to German banks, if BC Ferries wa... more »
McCain Called Ahmadinejad a Monkey
*Not surprising from a guy who once joked "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb
Iran." He obviously considers them sub-human.*
"Iran’s president volunteers for space" by Ali Akbar Dareini | Associated
Press, February 05, 2013
TEHRAN — Anousheh Ansari was the first Iranian to make a journey into space
aboard a Soyuz TMA-9 capsule from Baikonur, Kazakhastan, in September 2006.
The 40-year-old telecommunications entrepreneur paid a reported $20 million
for a visit to the International Space Station. Her journey as a space
tourist became an inspiration to women in male-dominated Iran.
*
**Is ... more »
CANADA: When is the Sheriff not a sheriff? An OPPT point of consideration
*
* *When is the Sheriff not a sheriff? An OPPT point of consideration An
OPPT point of consideration*
Paula Humfrey, Ph.D
• • •
My colleague and former comrade-in-arms has been running an investigation.
It began under the auspices of the Canadian Armed Forces and has now
concluded independently. This seems fitting in a world in which we're all
just now waking up to our own sovereignty as individual beings or, in
OPPT-ese, as 'states of body'.
I was recruited for OPERATION MORNING STAR late last year. I had been
following my own line of inquiry for several years, researching mor... more »
Walter Jones: "Never Does Anyone Apologize For Buying Into A Lie To Send Young Men And Women To Die"
Speaking of his congressional colleagues, North Carolina Republican Walter
Jones, in explaining the book he's writing, *God Forgive Me*, told an
audience, "Too many times in Washington, no one ever apologizes, especially
when you send young men and women to die. We apologize if we get caught by
the police driving drunk. If we have an affair, then we apologize. But
never does anyone apologize for buying into a lie to send young men and
women to die."
Last week, when we looked at Rachel Maddow's presentation of *Hubris*, one
of the things that struck us is how virtually none of our... more »
Can We Talk About.... Syria?
*Well, no because I don't allow comments, not going to allow comments, and
when I tried to allow comments it still didn't take. So, no, readers, we
can't talk. I'm here to provide information, education, and analysis under
fair u$e provisions (I paid for that printed pos and web subscription).*
*"While the momentum appears to be shifting in the rebels’ direction, theregime’s gripon Damascus remains
firm, and Assad’s fall is far from imminent."*
*
**What, after my agenda-pushing mouthpiece media has made it seem for
months like his fall is just around the corner?*
*
**You know, I don't... more »
“China Has Its Own Debt Bomb” [updated]
This excerpt from the *Wall Street Journal* was sent to me by a reader with
the comment, “This is very telling”:
“China Has Its Own Debt Bomb”: … Even if China dodges a financial crisis,
then, it is not likely to dodge a slowdown in its increasingly debt-clogged
economy. Through 2007, creating a dollar of economic growth in China
required just over a dollar of debt. Since then it has taken three dollars
of debt to generate a dollar of growth. This is what you normally see in
the late stages of a credit binge, as more debt goes to increasingly less
productive investments. In China,... more »
World Wrestling Propaganda
Entertainment isn't just entertainment. It is indoctrination.
Racist WWE Wrestler Gets "Fan Mail" From Alex Jones!
Alex Jones Body Slams WWE for Demonizing Tea Party
Paul Craig Roberts, “What If?”
*“What If?”*
- Paul Craig Roberts
“What If?” histories are a good read. They are entertaining, and they
provoke thought and encourage the imagination. How different the world
would be if different judgments, decisions, and circumstances had prevailed
at history’s turning points. Certainly English history would have been
different if King Harold’s soldiers had obeyed his order not to pursue the
defeated fleeing Normans down the hill. This broke the impenetrable Saxon
shield wall and exposed King Harold to Norman cavalry.
Would there ever have been a Soviet Union if the Czar had ... more »
Untitled
Feds charge two former sheriff’s employees in bid-rigging, bribery scheme ~*The
Lens*
Incentives in Limiting Presidential Nomination Debates
Josh Putnam has an interesting item up about talk within the GOP of finding
a way to limit debates during the next nomination cycle. I agree with him
that it's unlikely that they'll wind up doing it through the rules.
He also walks us through some of the incentives. As he notes, frontrunners
presumably prefer to have few debates; longshots want more. It's also true
that minority groups and factions within the party might prefer more
debates; they give those voices within the party an opportunity to be heard.
One might also say that the candidates as a group might have some interest
... more »
Condemn, Then Defund
In this tweet, the agenda behind Warawa's Wank, aka Motion 408, a private
member's bill to keep the abortion issue on the bubble, is revealed.
Australian bill to defund gender-based #abortion. Good idea for #CanadianMP/MPPs!
smh.com.au/opinion/politi… #M408 #prolife # #cdnpoli #onpoli
— Jack Fonseca (@JackFonsec) February 26, 2013
Condemn, then defund.
The Australian legislator sounds about as dim as our own Fetus Lobby®.
THE Democratic Labor Party senator John Madigan will introduce on Wednesday
a private members' bill seeking to remove Medicare funding for abortions
''procured o... more »
Boehner begs Senate to save his ass
If there was a shred of remaining doubt John Boehner has exactly zero power
within his caucus it was removed today when the clearly frustrated House
Speaker begged the Senate to do something to make the stupid sequester go
away:
“We have moved a bill in the House twice. We should not have to move a
third bill before the Senate gets off their ass and begins to do
something,” Boehner told reporters in a press conference, repeating a
message he had just delivered in a closed-door meeting of the House
Republican conference. [...]
“If the Senate acts, I’m sure the House will act qui... more »
Maddow and Hayes talk Chicago and Newtown!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013*
*Where the good kids are:* Today, voters in Illinois’ second congressional
district start the process of replacing Jesse Jackson Jr.
In the past several weeks, Rachel Maddow has presented this contest as a
test of the NRA’s ongoing political strength. Reason: One Democratic
contender, Debbie Halvorson, has an A rating from the NRA, based upon past
votes as a one-term congresswoman in a different Illinois district. Other
Democratic contenders have always been low-rated by the NRA.
On February 15, Maddow discussed her theory about the NRA’s dwindling
infl... more »
Harper fosters culture of secrecy and impunity in his government.
Here's a round-up of recent news items regarding the ongoing
micromanagement of the Harper government by its tinpot tyrant.
Aaron Wherry has been monitoring what he has aptly named "The quiet cuts".
Some excerpts from his excellent ongoing overview:
*CBC reported last week that the government will close eight Veterans
Affairs offices.[...]The Canadian Forces recruiting centre in Windsor has
closed. And Canada Post is considering service cuts.*
*Meanwhile, there are new concerns being raised about the end of the Police
Officer Recruitment Fund—see previously, The Demise of the Police... more »
Europeans Dreaming Up New Ways to Destroy the Global Economy; Republicans Follow Suit
While we are busy paying attention to the 550th edition of
Republican-caused fake crises (aka the sequester), a much more real crisis
is brewing in the Eurozone. Richard Field at Trust Your Instincts flags a Reuters
report that that Eurozone regulators are strongly considering a proposal to
make not just investors in Cyprus banks pay for part of their bailout, but
bank depositors as well.
Cyprus is a tax haven, and deposits in the banks there come to some 70
billion euros, more than 3 1/2 times the tiny country's 18 billion euro
gross domestic product. One proposal under considerati... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: How to handle exploding govt debt
“What about defaulting on [exploding government] debt? San Jose State
University economist Jeff Hummel has written that government default would
be ‘a balanced budget amendment with teeth’ because it would be hard for
the [government] to borrow after stiffing their creditors. Bruce Bartlett
argues that default ‘would constitute a grossly immoral theft of trillions
of dollars from those who loaned money to the federal government in good
faith.’ Really? *It’s worse to default on creditors who took a risk than to
forcibly take money from taxpayers who have no choice?”* [emphasis added... more »
The UN State of Denial in Haiti
UN tank in Cite Soleil, 2007
(Photo by John Carroll)In January of 2007 I talked to a lady in Cite Soleil
who told me that UN helicopters had hovered over her neighborhood in
late-December, 2006 and shot down on them. Three of her daughters were
allegedly hit by these UN bullets as they were diving below their beds in
the house. I examined the three girls and saw their bullet wounds. And I
went to their house and saw the bullet holes in their second floor roof.
The holes in the roof were "entry" holes. How did these bullet holes pierce
the roof if they did not come from above? And ho... more »
Thoughts for today
*Risa is in Southern California assisting in yet another family emergency.
The farm is in good hands. Here is a little repost for y'all. Yes, it's all
reposts right now ...*
A lot of bloggers in Risa's circle, and Risa will admit she falls into this
category, are like passengers on the *Titanic* who, having read up on
icebergs in the North Atlantic, and learned a little from confidantes among
the crew -- concerning rate of travel, turning radius, inertia, and
visibility -- and, having some awareness of risk management (as explained
to them by the insurance companies who are always r... more »
Just Shut Up and Do As You're Told
If you have any illusions you're not living in a corporatist state, any
doubt, watch this film, "Obey." Then think about how you're going to be
living in ten years from now, twenty.
Global warming and airflow changes ‘caused U.S. and E.U. heatwaves’ – ‘During several recent extreme weather events these planetary waves almost freeze in their tracks for weeks’
[image: An underdeveloped cob of corn sits in a field at Sunburst Dairy,
near Belleville, Wisconsin, amid a harsh drought, 6 September 2012. Photo:
Darren Hauck / REUTERS]
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent; Editing by Andrew Heavens
26 February 2013
OSLO (Reuters) – Global warming may have caused extreme events such as a
2011 drought in the United States and a 2003 heatwave in Europe by slowing
vast, wave-like weather flows in the northern hemisphere, scientists said
on Tuesday.
The study of meandering air systems that encircle the planet adds to
understanding of extr... more »
Jimmy Carter Gives Canada Its Due
The film *Argo* might have won the Oscar but Jimmy Carter thinks the real
prize goes to Canada, not the C.I.A.
*Carter described Ben Affleck's picture as a "great drama". But the former
president also said that "90 percent of the contribution to the ideas and
consummation of the plan was Canadian".*
**
*Carter noted that the "main hero" was Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor, but
the film gave full credit to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.*
**
*"The Canadian government would not legally permit six false passports to
be issued," Carter revealed. "So the Canadian Parliament had to g... more »
Belated/Early Friday Nerd Blogging: Ultimate Mashup
Ok, this is late for Friday but we didn’t have an entry, so here we go:
GAIA PORTAL: Energetic “Ships” of all Kinds Being Formed
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* *Energetic “Ships” of all Kinds Being Formed*
by ÉirePort
Formation of energy-signature-carrying groups are being formed at this
time. These are called "ships" by Higher Dimensional beings. But are beyond
the standard 3D human illusion about "ships".
This encompasses groups of beings embodying multi-dimensional capabilities,
working on several energy levels simultaneously. Appearances are of "earth
based", yet these beings operate as One towards common intent. In identical
energetic environment.
This phenomenon becomes outward visible to the many humans unaware, in
short ... more »
Outrageous Claims About Fukushima Effects
Want good pictures of Fukushima and willing to read through outright
propaganda?
Read David Dixson's Fukushima, Radiation Health Effects, and
Nuclear-Powered Space Exploration
http://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-12-23567
This guy has the audacity to argue that the evacuation zone should have
been smaller because more people died as a result of the evacuation than
will die from radiation exposure!
The guy must have a crystal ball to tell him exactly how many people have
died from Fukushima and will die in the future from its radiotoxic
emissions.... more »
Double Standard in Spain for Banks, Citizens
In Spain you are stuck with your mortgage, even after death and the Spanish
banks, which were bailed out by their government at cost to the citizens of
Spain, don't want to change this outrageous mortgage practice.
Insight: In Spain, banks buck calls for mortgage law reform By Sonya Dowsett
MADRID | Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:20am ESThttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-spain-mortgage-reform-idUSBRE91P09Q20130226
(Reuters) - For more than a century, Spanish law has determined that if a
person borrows money to buy a home, they can only be freed of the debt when
it is repaid. Even in ... more »
Judge guilty of Corruption & Treason- Let the Enforcement Begin!
Here is the original post from Removing the Shackles blog:
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/02/judge-guilty-of-corruption-treason-let.html
*Judge guilty of Corruption & Treason- Let the Enforcement Begin! *
Posted by D.
Judge Lynn Nettleton Hughes A MAN PURPORTING TO BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OF
THE PEOPLE, WHO IS UNWILLING OR INCAPABLE OF PRODUCING DULY VERIFIED
DOCUMENTATION OF HIS STANDING, AUTHORITY AND THE LAW HE IS USING TO OPERATE
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANOTHER WHO STANDS IN TRANSPARENCY, IN BE'ING, COMMITS
ONGOING TREASON AND OTHER HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST THAT BE'IN... more »
Which Politicians Will Be Burned Worst By Sequestration?
As we mentioned yesterday, Republican governors are bringing real pressure
to bear on the ideology-driven congressmembers from safely gerrymandered
districts in their states to compromise with Obama on Sequestration.
Governors will have to face devastating consequences to their state's
fragile economies if the Boehner plan goes through. In Ryan Lizza's *New
Yorker* report on a disintegrating Republican Party, The House of Pain, he
quotes former NRCC Chair Tom Cole (R-OK), "leader of a large faction of
House Republicans who believe that the Tea Party-inspired congressmen are
doomin... more »
OPPT Terminology Defined
*OPPT Terminology Defined *
*by Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf*
I realize this may bring up just as many questions as it does answers. So,
I suggest these words BE used as a tool to go within, where we can all find
what we already KNOW.
- Brian
DEFINITIONS
Source = First Source of all that IS, also known as Creator, Universal
Father, God, Allah, Yahweh, and any other title, label or limitation given
to First Source by the creations of First Source.
Co-Creator = Eternal Heart created by and from Source, BE'ing.
Universal Contract = Agreement by and between ... more »
Handling the Truth
By Capt. Fogg
One of those movie quotes that may well long outlive not only the actor who
spoke the lines but those who saw the movie when it was first released, is
Jack Nicholson's "You can't handle the truth." As a general statement
about Americans, it may well be true and we don't really need to in many
cases since media corporations from Hollywood to Newscorp are there to give
us tuned up, revised, redacted and sanitized version with beautifully
produced happy endings. Take *Argo*, for instance. Will history reflect
tendentious interpretations of what happened during the Iran ... more »
The Real News - Kazakhstan, a human rights disaster, hosts Iran Talks
For background read these two articles:
*The Iranian Nuclear Crisis as Seen from Central Asia by Sébastien Peyrouse*
.
*The Coming Collapse of Iran Sanctions by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann
Leverett*.
Kazakhstan, a human rights disaster, hosts Iran Talks. Source: The Real
News.
Russell Means Remembered 'Long Walk Song'
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Pearl Means shares this video as family and friends begin the second honoring of Russell Means on Pine Ridge in South Dakota.
Published on Feb 22, 2013
In fond remembrance of Russell Means
( 1939-2012 ). A fearless warrior for First Nations people. A
challenging force conscience for all North Americans. I never met the
man, but I always liked him. I was always humbled,
Today's Boston Globe Menu
*It's your choice if you want to read it or not. *
*
*"Putting expired foods to healthy use; Ex-Trader Joe’s head aims to fight
poor nutrition, waste by creating meals for low-income customers" by Jenna
Russell and Jenn Abelson | Globe Staff, February 26, 2013
Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe’s who made millions of
dollars marketing cheap but chic groceries across America, plans to sell
meals prepared with *food that is edible* but has *passed its sell-by date*to low-income consumers in Boston.
* *
*
**I'll bet they can put out quite a spread. Yeah, they really care abo... more »
The Public Trust 1776 Resurrection of Forgotten Principles
*The Public Trust 1776 Resurrection of Forgotten Principles*
**
*by HopeGirl*
Mohawk Nation News 'War Pigs'
War Pigs
Posted on February 26, 2013
MNN. Feb. 25, 2013. The US inspired “Canada First
Defence Strategy” CFDS is a profit-driven scheme to benefit career
soldiers and industry. [June 19, 2008].
Prime Minister Harper points out that the military will be
“supported by predictable, long-term funding…” [tax and resource
exploitation] so that industry can make money. The plan
I AM the light
Notice the light. With your mask off and your head up, you will see it in
places you haven’t before. Then an amazing shift will happen. You will
take note of where it isn’t. These places will stick out “like sore
thumbs”. This may come as a surprise.
You may wonder “How come I never noticed?” It is not for lack of ability
or even interest. The masks, blinders and focus have been intentionally
institutionalized. You’ve been a slave to each and the effort to proceed
with them firmly in place has been exhausting.
Aware now of alternatives, we are like moths to the... more »
Judge Jeanine Pirro blasts Chicago's Superintendent of Police, Garry McCarthy...
*Rahm Emanuel gives him 100% support. Figures.*
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : 'Cruel Harvest' in Afghanistan
Drugs,
war and occupation:
'Cruel Harvest' in Afghanistan
Cruel Harvest does not claim that the U.S. is in Afghanistan because of
the drug trade, either to end it or to profit from it. The text does
explain that Washington has used drug profits to fund its covert and
not-so-covert military and intelligence operations.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / February 26, 2013
Cruel Harvest: U.S.
Andrew's Letter to Wolfie on the 10th Anniversary of the Conquest of Iraq
Career U.S. Army commander turned academic, Andrew J. Bacevich, has ties to
Iraq. He commanded an American unit in *Operation Desert Storm* to
liberate Kuwait on the orders of George H.W. Bush. Years later his son, a
U.S. Army lieutenant, would die in Iraq in a war ordered by George w. Bush.
In the years between his Iraq war and his son's, Bacevich had retired from
the U.S. Army and had gone from an unquestioning belief in his country and
its military to become a fierce critic of what he came to see as a deeply
flawed government and its military philosophy and institutions. B... more »
David Macaray : Twelve Questions for Satirical Icon Paul Krassner
Paul
Krassner in the day. Photo by Robert Altman.
Twelve Questions for
satirical icon Paul Krassner
"I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in
mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane
hypocrisy." -- Paul Krassner
By David Macaray / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2013
To say Paul Krassner has lived an eventful life is an understatement. He
In search of “dumb” as a standard of judgment!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013*
*More on the Oscar show mess:* In this morning’s New York Times, Cieply and
Barnes report the reaction to Seth MacFarlane’s Oscar turn.
In the hard-copy Times, their report sits atop the first page of the Arts
section. Early on, we were struck by the reaction we highlight below:
CIEPLY AND BARNES (2/26/13): Post-Oscar Monday found the movie capital
coming to grips with a 3-hour-35- minute ceremony that climbed in the
ratings but at its best seemed to hide a great year for film behind a
flurry of musical numbers, TV memories and Michelle Obama. At its wo... more »
Can We Talk About.... Peace in Afghanistan?
*No, because the antagonists are only talking to each other.*
**"Karzai seeks Afghan elders’ summit" Associated Press, January 15, 2013
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai said Monday that a meeting of the nation’s
elders should convene to decide whether US troops staying in the country
after 2014 would be immune from prosecution under Afghan law.
Karzai’s remarks were his first since returning from Washington, where he
met last week with President Obama about the future of the alliance between
the two countries.
This was also the first time Karzai has said that Afghans should *hold a
‘... more »
It's that time of year
Everywhere I go in London at the moment I am confronted by roadworks, I
suppose it's that time of year when local councils highways departments
work extra hard to spend all of their budget before the end of the
financial year. That's one of the differences between the public and the
private sector. In the private sector, departments try to cut expenditure
and waste in order to increase profitability. In the public sector
departments have to spend their whole budget so as to justify no reduction
in budget next year.
Promises and Paradoxes of Scientific Authority
Earlier this month I participated in an excellent symposium on the global
politics of scientific advice organized by the Steps Centre at the
University of Sussex. They have now put videos from all of the sessions
online. Above is my lecture.
You can see the rest (highly recommended), here.
Tuesday Morning Linkage Club Lite
There’s a lot going on in the world, but there’s also a lot going on in my
world, so here’s your abbreviated linkage: Jay Ulfelder explains why big
data won’t kill theory (or as Dan would write, I can haz quant theory?)
[Dart-Throwing Chimp] Seth Masket >yearns for a Neil DeGrasse Tyson of
political science
Continue reading
New Jersey teachers speaks out about gun control...
good for her!
Carole Lokan-Moore, an 18-year substitute teacher in Burlington County
spoke to the New Jersey Assembly Law and Safety Committee on February 13,
2013.
H/T Freedom's Lighthouse
WHITE ROSE
*Hans Scholl (left), Sophie Scholl (center), and Christoph Probst (right),
leaders of the White Rose resistance organization*
On Feb. 22, 1943, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst were
executed for their role in urging students to rise up and overthrow the
Nazi government. They were members of a group called the White Rose, who
organized nonviolent resistance to Hitler, and were arrested for printing
and distributing anti-Nazi flyers.
See trailer for film about the life of Sophie Scholl: http://bit.ly/ZwGVHQ
Here is one of the leaflets they were handing out:
* The Fi... more »
Talking about the Hagel Filibuster
The Senate is taking up cloture on the Chuck Hagel nomination today, and
this time it's expected to pass, most likely easily -- I haven't seen any
estimates, but I'm guessing it will be around 70 votes (maybe more; again,
I haven't seen anything about what Republicans will do). Some time after
that, we'll get a final vote on Hagel; he'll probably fall short of 60 yes
votes.
So it turns out we had not only had one or more "yes/no" votes, who were
yes on cloture but no on the nomination, but quite a few no/yes/no votes:
against cloture the first time, for it the second time, while eve... more »
So What Does LG know that the rest of us don’t?
Remember Palm and their operating system WebOS?
It was bought by HP in 2011 for $1.2bn. At the time HP gave it 100%
backing, but much like the football Chairman who gets the backs his manager
during a bad losing streak, they have decide to change. HP did launch
products such as their TouchPad which ran on WebOS, but the result was poor
sales.
Palm developed WebOS to run smartphones, Tablets and mobile devices but was
swept aside by Apple IOS, Google’s Android and even fell far short of
players such as Blackberry.
HP will retain the underlying WebOS patents and technology but will
... more »
Global warming study maps coral reef vulnerability – Reducing carbon emissions would delay annual bleaching events by more than two decades in 23 percent of the world’s reefs
[image: Percentage of coral reef cells projected to experience bleaching
per year. Projected years reef cells experience bleaching conditions
annually for three RCP scenarios, using model ensembles that are
un-adjusted (mean alone) and adjusted (for the annual cycle and mean).
Without significant reductions in emissions, most coral reefs are at risk.
Reducing carbon emissions would delay annual bleaching events more than two
decades in 23 percent of the world's reef areas. Photo: van Hooidonk, et
al., 2013]
By Bob Berwyn
26 February 2013
FRISCO (Summit Voice) – Using the latest... more »
Second Tree-Sit Deployed!
At the edge of Mordor:Lotorto 50ft up an old Eastern Hemlock,
Pennsylvania's state treeLocal resident Alex Lotorto has freeclimbed an old
Eastern Hemlock, Pennsylvania's state tree, to stop felling for the
Tennessee Pipeline Loop 323, 30 feet from the latest stump and 150 feet up
the ridge from Cummins Hill Road.
Alex when asked for statement said, "Before she passed, my mother sold
homes on top of Cummins Hill. These homes were valued for their scenic
views and proximity to recreation in the forest and this right of way will
scar the land that makes this mountain attractive, just l... more »
Excellent Article on Hanford
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble by Eric
Nusbaum Feb 24 2012
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/24/at-the-hanford-nuclear-reservation-a-steady-drip-of-toxic-trouble.html
*[Excerpted]*Hanford is the worst kind of mess: the kind that humanity is
capable of making, but not capable of cleaning up. It was the home of the
world’s first full-scale plutonium reactor and the epicenter of American
nuclear production during the Cold War. Now the 586-square-mile campus is
the subject of the largest environmental cleanup operation the United
States go... more »
Bill Gates & Vaccine Programs - Vulnerable Vaccine Injured Sick Kids Dumped Out of Sight to Die Reported
Mr. Final Solution has spoken.Bill Gates & Vaccine Programmes – Dump The
“Mistakes” – Vulnerable Vaccine Injured Sick Kids Dumped Out of Sight to Die
Child Health safety, 26 February 2013
The following is from an extensive article by journalist Christina England
which you can read in full here: *Bill* *Gates Continues ‘God’s Work’,
Third World Vaccine Workers Shot Dead*
Feb 26th, 2013 | By Christina England
It appears that Mr. Gates will go to any lengths to vaccinate the world,
even if the world makes it very clear that they do not want his vaccines.
Rather than vaccinating m... more »
Iraq’s Sadrists and Prime Minister Maliki Reconcile Over Accountability & Justice Commission
At the beginning of February 2013, the Accountability and Justice
Commission, which replaced the deBaathification Commission, announced the
removal of Chief Justice Medhat Mahmoud from office for his ties to Saddam
Hussein’s regime. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki immediately retaliated by
firing the head of the Commission Falah Hassan Shanshal. Since Shanshal is
from the Sadr Trend, various commentators argued that the move against
Judge Mahmoud must have been orchestrated by that list. Sadr’s followers
didn’t have the votes on the Commission to act alone however, so other
politic... more »
MAN AND MANDARIN: McArdle’s new framework!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013*
*Part 1—Exploring a new elite:* Especially for liberals, reading Megan
McArdle may involve paying a price.
Last week, McArdle wrote a very worthwhile piece for the Daily Beast. She
discussed the new class of journalists, scholars and bureaucrats who
increasingly define the way we all think.
McArdle compared this new elite to the imperial bureaucracy, the mandarins,
who once governed imperial China. At one point, she said she was talking
about “the Mandarinization of America.”
We think her piece was quite worthwhile, though you do have to fight your ... more »
CONNECT THE DOTS
Hope Festival in Orono, Maine on April 27 inside the UMO recreation center.
Southern Man Shivers In The Dark
Well, the "winter storm" was a complete bust; a light dusting of snow and
lots of howling cold north wind but the next morning hardly any was to be
seen. The ground wasn't even frozen and Southern Man had to contend with
mud yet again as he forged his way up to The Hyundai. But, in typical Rural
Southern State fashion the power went off at about 9:00 PM and hadn't come
back on when Southern Man left for work. This was a fine lesson in
"disaster" preparedness. Southern Man has already purchased a rechargeable
lantern and replacements for the (several) dead flashlights in the
flashlig... more »
Investors demand climate-risk disclosure in 2013 proxies – ‘We’re now beginning to see renewed interest in the actual financial risks from climate change’
[image: Cleared land designated for a palm oil plantation in Pelalawan,
Indonesia in 2010. A big topic in 2013 is sourcing sustainable palm oil, as
much of the tropical deforestation that contributes to climate change is
driven by palm oil production, according to Kron. Photo: Dimas Ardian /
Bloomberg]
By Avery Fellow
25 February 2013
(Bloomberg BNA) – Shareholders are filing resolutions asking companies to
disclose physical risks posed by climate change for the first time this
proxy season, according to representatives of sustainable investor groups.
Shareholders also are conti... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Fats Domino, 85.
Good stuff, good stuff:
1. That "clearing the field" idea is back; Ed Kilgore has a good take on
it.
2. Jonathan Chait on Bob Woodward.
3. Michelle Cottle on what Rove's up to.
4. And the Academy Awards? Here's Shani O. Hilton; here's Alyssa Rosenberg;
and one more here.
Learning to Ski at Wolf Mountain Resort and a Ski Pass Giveaway
My dad took me skiing a couple of times as a kid, and even though it is
something I enjoy, I haven't been on skis since I was a kid. When Wolf
Mountain offered me the chance to bring my little girl for a ski lesson, I
jumped at the chance.
Wolf Mountain Resort is located in Eden, Utah. They have classes for
children as young as three. Wolf Mountain has trails for all skill levels
and they light up the entire mountain at night for night skiing.
My four year old is a stubborn one. She either wants to do something or
there is no way to get her to do it. I kept crossing my fingers... more »
Today Is Election Day In IL-02
The top ad was the original ad Bloomberg put out against Halvorson and then
someone got them to alter it in a way that forced Toi Hutchinson out of the
race. This is it:
Technically, it's just a primary to pick the Democratic nominee to replace
Jesse Jackson, Jr. But in a district where Jackson won reelection-- without
even campaigning-- with 181,067 votes (63%) against a Republican opponent
who got 67,396 votes (23%) and where Obama took 80.7% of the vote in
November, the primary is the real contest. Whomever wins today will be the
next Member of Congress for this Southland di... more »
DRONE INDUSTRY STEPPING UP LOBBYING CAMPAIGN
This guy calls himself a representative from an aerospace "trade
organization". In truth they are a lobby group that promotes expanded use
of drones all over the country and around the world.
18 states and many local governments are now considering banning drone
flights. The city of Charlottesville, Virginia recently passed a two-year
moratorium on drones.
There are numerous health and safety questions that must be answered.
Airspace over Maine is already quite busy. Drones have proven to
frequently crash. Civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan report severe
depression from ... more »
GREAT SPIRIT - Sung by Nahko
Director/Edit- Grototote
"like" at *http://www.facebook.com/Grototote*
Cinematography- Mikography
(www.mikography.com)
Dancer- Lea Black
Vagabond- Piotr Walczuk
Bird- Dominik Walczuk
Special Thanks to:
Renata Walczuk
Maria Karin
Lee Michael Walczuk
Todd Hornbaker
David McMahon
Jennie Berghuis
*www.grototote.com*
*www.medicine4thepeople.org*
Portraits of Cholera
Appalling Portraits of Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic slate.com/articles/news_…
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) February 26, 2013
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Katrina cottages more expensive than similar housing, plus program took too
long, audit says ~ Jeff Adelson
Report: Levees prevented $234 billion in damages in 2011 flood
Lobbyist Named Chair of ALEC Private Sector Board
As an example of how secretive people are about their membership or
involvement in the American Legislative Exchange Council – if you Google
"Steve Seale" "American Legislative Exchange Council"
You get twelve hits – eight unique hits.
– if you Google
"C. Steven Seale" "American Legislative Exchange Council"
You get four hits
YET –
"Steve Seale" "American Legislative Exchange Council"
Has been active in ALEC for at least 30 years.
*From Steve Seale’s LinkedIn page:*
Steve Seale
Current
Shareholder at Wise Carter Child & Caraway, PA
Past
Partner at Akin Gump Str... more »
No Sam Pollack
Stephen Harper, we're told, is writing a book on hockey. It will be
interesting to see if he has anything to say about the legendary Sam
Pollack. The Montreal Canadiens were a power house for two decades because
Pollack -- the team's general manager -- had an unfailing eye for talent,
on the ice and behind the bench.
If there's one skill that Stephen Harper does not possess, it's knowing how
to spot excellence. Micheal Harris writes that, again and again, Harper has
displayed a talent for picking duds:
Consider the case of [Patrick] Brazeau. At the time of his appointment to
t... more »
California: State Wide Action to Stop Foreclosures
California State Wide Action to Stop Foreclosures
From Quanah Parker Brightman
Censored News
State Wide Action to Stop Foreclosures
https://www.facebook.com/events/429076063847515/429093223845799/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity
Wells Fargo: 1# in Destroying Communities and Stealing Homes
Quanah Parker Brightman with his father Lehman Brightman, Lakota, and
founder of United Native Americans.
So What Does Nook Want To be When It Grows Up?
The news that Barnes & Noble’s losses in its Nook Media division will be
higher than the previous year and that revenue projections for 2013 will
come in significantly below forecast, raises the question of whether it is
positioned to slug it out with the technology giants, expand
internationally, or whether at some time soon it will have to exit the
device market and focus on its content?
Only last year it secured an attractive partner and cash from Microsoft and
later Pearson bought a 5% stake in Nook Media. So is this a blip, or a
serious issue?
This dilemma was covered by the ... more »
Learning physics is futile without practicing
*LHC news:* CMS released two papers with 20/fb of the 8 TeV 2012 data.
Remarkably enough, both the dijet paper (Figure 5) and the dilepton
paper(Figure 5) show 2-sigma excesses for a possible new object of mass
1,750
GeV or so. They're much weaker signals than what is expected from the
typical theories for the objects searched in these papers but the
overlap
of these excesses is still a bit interesting.
After a break, I answered a package of questions at the Physics Stack
Exchange. It's sometimes fun and some of the questions are even
interesting
but there are also some omnipresent... more »
"Modern Family"
So ephemeral and I were casting about for a television series to waste our
time with so as to be somewhat in the pop culture loop and I'd heard good
things about "Modern Family" (it being a gay-friendly show with two
married, adoptive gay parents).
I have to admit that in that respect it's mostly okay. (Although the gay
couple do more bickering and fighting than the other two families.) But I
notice that, once again, American television networks have made a
television series populated by individuals who earn something like salaries
in the top 15% of earners. (Plus the super-rich fat... more »
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Katrina levee investigator, Bob Bea, to testify in oil spill trial ~*WWL**~BP
trying to change rules on business loss claims it's already agreed to pay *
Labour's Youth Jobs Taskforce
Under 25? If so, the Labour Party wants to hear from you.
As readers are aware, despite the growing number of people in work youth
unemployment not only remains stubbornly high, but is actually increasing
and nearing one million.
To raise awareness of this issue, Labour have put together a Youth Jobs
Taskforce. It is currently researching for a report based on young people's
experiences in the job market in recent years and their attitudes to
government policy in this area. So regardless of whether you're a Labour
supporter or not and if you have five minutes to spare, you can fill ... more »
Going buggy
I often have the feeling these days that small ants are crawling on my
face. Unfortunately, that’s because they are.
You have to forge a whole new relationship with insects if you live in a
tropical country. There are just so many of them, and so many loosely fit
doors and windows for little creatures to squeeze past.
The ants that get on your face - and in your computer keyboard, your
e-reader, the cracks in your kitchen table, the cereal that you forgot to
put in an air-tight plastic container - are teeny little guys drawn to food
crumbs and electronic things (Warm for sleeping? ... more »
Beast on the Move: The Chupacabras Returns
*Beast on the Move: The Chupacabras Returns*
*By Scott Corrales*
The Puerto Rican media approached the subject of the paranormal predator
again in 2012, when reporter Yaritza Santiago wrote an article for El Nuevo
Dia about the entity’s return to the scene, this time in the island
municipality of Vieques. “A strange wild animal prowls the verdant fields
and communities of this island municipality. This is the only way to
explain the discovery of dead horses, hens and rabbits in situations that
terrified Viequenses have ascribed to a panther that allegedly escaped from
an American... more »
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*Charter military academy reports $31,000 missing through fraudulent checks
~The Lens*
*Solution sought for ‘epicenter of land loss'*
*Residents angry as Assumption sinkhole continues collapsing*
*Kill Zone: Cleaning up oil junk, killing tens of thousands of fish*
*Newsroom Ink Expands Boundaries of Annual Reporting – Making a Splash for
Louisiana Seafood*
*Louisiana’s Next Generation of Fishermen: Savanna Nacio - Experienced
Fisherman at Ripe Old Age of 13*
AP on the WantWant Media Monster
AP's Peter Enav in Taiwan occasionally finds the time to produce longer
review articles; last week he came out with a really good piece on the
WantWant media monopoly campaign. A taste:
*The controversy over Tsai and his expansive Taiwanese media holdings goes
right to the heart of the dominant issue in Taiwanese politics:* Whether
the island should attempt to maintain the separate political identity from
the mainland it has maintained since splitting apart from it amid civil war
in 1949, or whether it should bow to China's increasing political and
economic might and accept its sove... more »
GWU to launch Confucius Institute
GW brags: The George Washington University will soon be home to the GW
Confucius Institute, an entity that will promote the study of Chinese
language and culture, support Chinese teaching through instructional
training and certification, and encourage increased research in the area of
China studies.
*Speaking to an audience of police, military and intelligence personnel at
the Royal Canadian Military Institute in March, Fadden said the institutes
are controlled by Chinese embassies and consulates. He lumped them together
with some of Bejing’s other efforts to steer Canadian China po... more »
How revealing
Overnight a Grad rocket fired from Gaza hit the Israeli town of Ashkelon.
This has broken the ceasefire but what I found revealing is this tweet from
AlQassam
Remember when such as Alquassam say 'occupied' they mean the whole of
Israel. They don't want Israel to return to the 1967 'borders', they want
no Israel.
Iran's Press TV also report the story and the definition of occupied is
obviously the same
'Two explosions have taken place near the city of Ashkelon in the south of
the Occupied Palestinian Territories amid confrontations between Israeli
forces and Palestinians over the d... more »
SAVILE'S FRIENDS
Cardinal O'Brien.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien was friends with sex predator Jimmy Savile
Cardinal O'Brien had expressed his belief that the next pope should be an
outsider from Africa or Asia, "a suggestion that could be seen as
threatening to the influential lobby of Italian bishops and to the Curia,
the powerful Vatican bureaucracy".
Cardinal's resignation raises Vatican conspiracy theories
Bible John.
Bible John is the nickname of a serial killer who murdered three young
women after meeting them at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, Scotlandbetween 1968 and 1969.
Sir Jimmy S... more »
I Lost a Buddy Last Night
Neighbours. His wife called close to 10. He didn't have the strength to
get himself off the toilet and she didn't have the strength to get him up
either. I said I'd be right over.
I went in my old Harley tee-shirt and sweat pants, a real "come as you are"
party, figuring I'd have my pal safely into bed and be home in no time.
I hesitated as I neared their bathroom to make some sort of smart-ass
remark to let my buddy know I was there and was coming in to help him. No
guy, even if he is 78, wants to deal with that. He quipped something I
vaguely remember as suitably sarcastic... more »
100 People March Against the Tennessee Pipeline
*Saturday's March: A Success Among Losses *
*Milford, PA, February 25 2013* – This past Saturday, February 23, 2013,
100 residents and friends marched against the Tennessee Pipeline across the
Milford Bridge, from Milford, PA to Montague, NJ over the Delaware River.
The march, Milford's first, was organized by the Stop the Tennessee
Pipeline! campaign to show opposition to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline that
will transport shale gas for export and proposed natural gas power plants
along the coast. Completion of the pipeline upgrade will almost ensure a
full Marcellus Shale development ... more »
A reminder of why the Coalition government is in the problems it is
I am no Conservative supporter but Labour should be reminded of this every
time they or their BBC allies try to push the narrative that the
Conservatives are to blame for the UK's economic performance.
Catholic Church Internal Peace?
This has the usual list of received truths regarding the problems facing
the Catholic Church. The Church is an organization tasked solely with
introducing the holy spirit and the teachings of Jesus to all humanity. It
is led by trained priests who manage themselves in a traditional way that
naturally has its failings. They need to apply the rule of twelve that
Jesus did not have time to implement well enough to avoid its been cast
aside. Present forms have worked well enough to at least conserve. They
have not worked well to readily confront the modern era although in time
... more »
Financial Transactions Tax
It is my personal opinion that the only workable tax regime is some form
of flat transaction tax with natural offsetting to prevent double paying.
It needs to be applied to interest as well as fees but never to capital.
The same method also needs to be applied to incomes and goods. With the
same constraints thought out well. Importantly this allows the income tax
to be vacated.
In this manner, increasing money velocity means a sharp increase in tax
revenue and a natural damper to inflation and bubble building.
However I do not understand how these measures do anything... more »
Rosseta Stone for ProtoLanguages
This is an excellent effort that essentially computerizes the entire
language data base and its internal linkages. It should ultimately be
inclusive and make translation far easier as a task. We do have ancient
texts whose translations are very problematic. A good example of just that
is the four thousand year old texts for Chinese medicine.
It really helps to know what was intended as particular words emerged,
even as they also evolved.
Language is sometimes a poor media to transmit ideas, yet it is the main
tool we all use. The mind actually absorbs meaning visually f... more »
US State Department-Funded BBC World Service "Jammed" in China
West feigns indignation as China allegedly shuts down US State Dept-funded
BBC propaganda.
*February 26, 2013* (AltThaiNews-Tony Cartalucci) - Headlines across the
Western corporate-media read, "BBC says 'extensive, coordinated efforts' to
jam world service frequencies in China" (Fox News), "BBC blocked in China
just days after reporting on Chinese hackers" (Washington Post), and "BBC
"strongly condemns" China's attempts to jam World Service broadcasts"
(Radio Times), before weaving a lofty narrative of a "repressive regime"
trying to gag freedom of the press.
In reality, BBC's ... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Rodney Martin
of *World View Foundations* to discuss his organization and its purpose,
mission, and activities. We will also address aspects of WWII history,
National Socialist philosophy, White Nationalism, and related matters. Be
sure to read Rodney's excellent essay *WHAT WHITE NATIONALISM MUST TO DO
"BREAK OUT"*. Calls will be taken throughout the conversation.
You can download the entire show *here*, or subscribe to Truth Militia
Radio *here*. Thanks for tuning in!
Mauritia: microcontinents must have been around for eons
*And pairs of opposing large continents may have been more typical than a
single unified one*
Tons of articles including one at NPR have been written about a new
finding.
Lava sands with zircon xenocrysts found on the beaches of Mauritius (island
which is East from Madagascar) support the idea of a microcontinent dubbed
Mauritia that existed between the continents (...) of Madagascar and India
for tens of millions of years sometime 70 million years ago. I don't want
to be excessively accurate because I don't think that their reconstructed
layout may be trusted this accurately.
... more »
The Syrian Conflict: to Internationalize or not to Internationalize
Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that the Obama administration
blocked a Pentagon supported plan to provide arms to Syrian opposition
forces. For civilians in Syria hoping for meaningful intervention to stop
the conflict, this must have been difficult news to absorb. I was reminded
of this story yesterday while attending an informative workshop in
Continue reading
Who is "Kinder" and "Morgan"?
Richard Kinder, Pipeline BaronThe Tennessee Gas Pipeline Northeast Upgrade
is a project of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of El Paso, which
was acquired in 2012 by Kinder Morgan, America's third largest energy firm.
We're talking big bucks and deep pockets. Richard Kinder is the Texan
"pipeline baron" behind the dirty and destructive Tennessee Pipeline and is
a huge advocate for exporting shale gas to foreign countries through his
pipelines and LNG terminals. "Morgan" is his now retired business partner.
*From the December issue of Forbes Magazine:*
Rich Kinder's... more »
Why is Alberta’s medical queue-jumping inquiry uninterested in dramatic 1990s case?
Dr. Ron Bridges of the Helios Wellness Clinic testifying yesterday in a
screen grab from CBC’s broadcast. Below, Dr. Ciaran McNamee, who hasn’t
been called to testify. What are we to make of the fact Alberta’s
preferential health care access inquiry has failed to call a witness who
was at the centre of one of ... more »
Monday Movies Post
Ever heard of a movie called "Men Must Fight"? It's an MGM film from 1933,
directed by Edgar Selwyn (from a play by Reginald Lawrence and S. K.
Lauren). Here's the original NYT review. The main person you're likely to
recognize is Lewis Stone, who plays the Secretary of State; also in it is
Robert Young, in a brief part, and Hedda Hopper, three years before she
transitioned from actor to gossip columnist. You may also recognize Robert
Greig, a large man who is, as usual, cast as a butler (he's in The Lady Eve
and other Preston Sturges movies); also, May Robson, who plays Stone's
mot... more »
OPPT-IN February 11, 2013 with Lisa Harrison and Scott and Ken Bartle
What the FUQ (Frequently Unanswered Questions of the Australian Government
Business 360 4: Brownouts and Power Deregulation
* This is my article for Business 360, published in Kathmandu, Nepal, early
this month.
-----------
*A**ddressing power shedding and rationing*
Power outages of 12 hours a day or more is one formula for slow economic
growth if not economic contraction. Almost all aspects of modern life,
industrialization and agricultural modernization require stable and
affordable electricity.
When Charu Chadha informed me that Kathmandu suffers from 14 hours a day of
power outages in early January and is projected to rise to 18 hours a day
in the coming weeks, I was greatly surprised. It is sim... more »
CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE FOR 9 11 TRUTHER TONY ROOKE; DAILY MAIL REPORT
*Tony Rooke*
On 25 February 2013, in a court in the UK, Tony Rooke related that the 'BBC
has covered up the facts about 9/11'.
The judge made Rooke pay £200 costs and gave him a conditional discharge.
*dailymail.*
"Conditional discharges are often used in political cases to indicate that
the accused, though technically guilty, occupies the moral high ground."
http://www.reinvestigate911.org/content/court-victory-protestor
*Outside the court.*
*Professor Michel Chossudovsky, at Global Research, relates:*
*
*Historic 911 Court Case: Through Media Disinformation, BBC Supports “The
... more »
"Saskatchewan NDP Leadership - Part 3 - Taking Stock" - Guest Post By Dan Tan
Saskatchewan NDP Leadership - Part 3 - Taking Stock
*Before reading, see Part 1 & Part 2*
*There are no "losers" here. Those not familiar with the NDP or its values
will interpret that as some annoying & misguided insistence on political
correctness. In fact, it is merely a utilitarian observation.
Our opponents leadership contests are correctly described as "exciting" &
"dramatic". This is to be expected, when a party's declared values consist
of nothing but broad platitudes in service of the obvious or
inconsequential (ie. the rejection of "discrimination" or the promotion of
... more »
US State Department's "Syriasly" Campaign Reaches New Level of Absurdity
*February 26, 2013* (LD) - While the West and its Arab partners, the
brutally autocratic regimes of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are now admittedly
funneling heavy weapons to Al Qaeda's stronghold in Daraa, southern Syria,
the US State Department and its extensive network of faux NGO's funded by
the same corporate-financier interests that write its policy, have
rolled-out a front organization they call "Syriasly."
*Image: This fuax-human rights organization already screams biased,
pro-Western propaganda with its Al Qaeda/French colonial green, red, and
black logo, aping the so-called "Fr... more »
The ancestors of the living native Americans took thousands of years to develop the many types of corn that the world now thrives on. But now, to improve its profit, Monsanto is getting set to plant their genetically modified corn in Mexico irrespective of the likelihood that all of the original varieties may be destroyed. Fortunately, the Mexicans are protesting.
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*Go to Original here.*
February 25, 2013
*Mexican Farmers Protest the Entrance of GMO Corn*
Thousands across Mexico demand their government reject permits for GMO Corn
while Monsanto defends their patent on life in U.S. Supreme Court
More at The Real News
Cherchez la Verite
Day 6 - Tree Update
Full moon last night or so it appeared through the clouds. I slept with the
tarp open so i could see it all night. at some point i would wake up and
think someone was shining a spotlight on me, and then I'd remember "Oh,
it's just the moon." A surveyor or logger, couldn't tell which, came to see
me, said he had to check to see if i was still here. Asked if i was cold, i
shook my head no (it's actually quite warm inside two sleeping bags). I
wanted to ask if he was cold or wanted some food, but i thought it best to
remain silent. My beef isn't with the workers, it's with the companie... more »
Guest Post - Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM)
*What is an Energy Efficient Mortgage?*
Energy efficient mortgages (EEMs, sometimes known as “green mortgages”) are
loans that allow homeowners to finance energy-efficient upgrades for their
current home or in a new home purchase. The cost of the upgrades is rolled
into the mortgage so that multiple loans are not needed.
An EEM allows lenders to extend borrowers’ debt-to-income qualifying ratio,
which means that they may be able to take out a larger home loan than would
be allowed with a traditional mortgage. With an EEM, upfront costs may be
higher than with a typical home loan. T... more »
Start the countdown: A year from today, I stand to take possession of a "complimentary sweet treat"
*I finally got up the courage to check to see whether Jahn's still exists.
Not in Brooklyn, it doesn't, or most anyplace else in New York and Florida
where this fondly remembered ice-cream parlor once existed. But apparently
there's still this one outlet in Jackson Heights, Queens.*
*by Ken*
How can you write off as a hellish waste of 24 hours a day that draws to a
close with arrangements very likely in place whereby next year on this date
I stand to take possession of a "complimentary sweet treat" at a mediocre
chain restaurant?
Somehow the prospects had seemed a little brighter ... more »
This Is Revolting: Daytona 500 Race Has Car #26 Labeled: "Sandy Hook School Support Fund"
Yesterday was the "Great American Race", also known as NASCAR's Daytona 500
Motor Speedway race. Much hype was supposedly focused in on the fact that
the race itself has a prominent female driver, Danika Patrick, in the race
in the "Go Daddy" #10 Chevrolet car, and even though I did not watch the
race itself, much of the media focus was on her taking 8th place in that
race....
But there is something equally startling about this stock car race that I
was not even aware of, until I found it in an article, from a friend,
Sherrie, who writes the great blog: "Sherrie Questioning All" ... more »
Napoleon On The "Courage of 2 A.M."
* *
*Related:*
*Napoleon On Men of Destiny*.
*Napoleon On Speculators And Profiteers*.
*Napoleon On An Age of Transition & The Dangers of A Militarist Government
*.
*Napoleon On Alexander The Great*.
*Napoleon On Public Debts*.
*Napoleon On Public Opinion*.
*Napoleon On Homer*.
From, *"The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken
Words,"* edited and translated by J. Christopher Herold. Columbia
University Press: New York. 1955. Pg. 220.
[Conversation, December 1815, related by Las Cases] As for moral courage,
Napoleon said, he had rarely encountered the... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Questions Ted Cruz Won't Answer
Texas
Sen. Ted Cruz, the inquisitor. Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty
Images.
Questions that Rafael Edward
'Ted' Cruz won’t answer
Cruz’s performance has been described by various commentators and
reporters as disgraceful, appalling, embarrassing, slanderous,
impertinent, uncivil, moralistic, swaggering, belligerent, nasty,
disrespectful, and demagoguing.
By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog /
"The Web Gallery of Art"
"Welcome to the Gallery! The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and
searchable database of European fine arts from 11th to 19th centuries. It
was started in 1996 as a topical site of the Renaissance art, originated in
the Italian city-states of the 14th century and spread to other countries
in the 15th and 16th centuries. Intending to present Renaissance art as
comprehensively as possible, the scope of the collection was later extended
to show its Medieval roots as well as its evolution to Baroque and Rococo
via Mannerism. Encouraged by the feedback from the visitors, recentl... more »
Tuesday Events, Upriver and Downriver!
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*MILFORD, PA*
*7AM - *Meet at the bottom of Cummins Hill Road, just after the I-84
overpass on the right. We will park on the shoulder where Tennessee Gas Has
been parking their work trucks every morning after dangerously dropping
their workers off on a blind turn up the mountain. It is legal for us to
park on the shoulder there. Join us tomorrow as we park our vehicles in
that area and make a statement to Tennessee Gas!
Contact # 570-269-9589
*PHILADELPHIA, PA*
*12PM - *Press Conference and Vigil at the Army Corps of Engineers Office
* *
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Spell of the Tiger
The Sundarbans is a region of mangrove forests spread across many islands. It
straddles the border between India and Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal. In
earlier times, it was a civilized place, a flourishing port region. Archaeologists
recently discovered a walled city, built in the fourth century, that
covered two and a half square miles (6.47 sq. km). Ruins are scattered
throughout the jungle, including temples and monasteries. In 1586, a
European visitor reported seeing fertile land and sturdy, storm-resistant
houses.
Over the last 600 years, the land has experienced big... more »
Ted Cruz, Like Most Texas Republicans, Understands The Danger Of Thinking
I think it was Texas, but it may have been Kansas, but one of the
primitive, anti-education states was looking into officially banning
"critical thinking" from schools. [UPDATE: Sorry, Kansas; it was in the official
2012 platform of the Texas Republican Party, which advocated eliminating
the minimum wage and the prevailing wage, doing away with the Department of
Education and Department of Energy, and “reducing taxpayer funding to all
levels of education” and opposed multicultural education and “critical
thinking skills" because they “focus on behavior modification and have the
pu... more »
Bob Feldman : Texas Civil Rights Movement Wins Big Victories, 1954-1973
White
and African American students from Austin area colleges sit in at a
segregated lunch counter on Congress Avenue in Austin, April 1960 as
part of a concerted effort to integrate lunch counters. Image from
Austin History Center.
The hidden history of Texas
Part 13: 1954-1973/1 -- Civil rights efforts to desegregate schools,
public facilities, have wide success.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag
"Be Kind..."
"Be kind, for everyone you know is fighting a hard battle."
- Plato
Musical Interlude: “Greensleeves”
“Greensleeves”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjfkwvOOAM
"A Video Moment With Nature"
Algerian Desert, Ahaggar National Park by Deborha Patten
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4xsRZ2zHX4&list=PL22D299EAF12B5BCE
Fatima Bhutto: "I've Never Been Asked To Talk In Pakistan. We Have A Culture of Silence."
Fatima Bhutto is a vocal critic of Pakistan's government and its political
culture. This interview with her was done in 2011 on Italian television. In
it she is asked why she hasn't appeared on Pakistani media to talk about
her 2010 memoir called, *"Songs of Blood and Sword."* She answered: "I've
never been asked to talk in Pakistan. We have a culture of silence." [6:35
- 6:40].
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting
cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most
recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite corners of the above
stunning mosaic.
* Click image for larger size.*
The familiar Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette
notched against the long red glow at the lower left. Alnitak is the
easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the brightest star to the
left of the Horsehead. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of
bright emission and drama... more »
Paulo Coelho, “Beauty Exists Not In Sameness”
*“Beauty Exists Not In Sameness”*
by Paulo Coelho
“Beauty exists not in sameness but in difference. Who could imagine a
giraffe without its long neck or a cactus without its spines? The
irregularity of the mountain peaks that surround us is what makes them so
imposing. If we tried to make them all the same, they would no longer
command our respect.
It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.
When we look at a cedar tree, we don’t think: ‘The branches should be all
the same length.’ We think: ‘How strong it is.’
When we see a snake, we never say: ‘He is crawling along t... more »
Chet Raymo, “Immortality”
*“Immortality”*
by Chet Raymo
“A second life? I can barely cope with this one. I'm referring to the
increasingly popular virtual world Second Life, available to online gamers.
One enters Second LIfe by creating a three-dimensional, animated avatar
that is one's virtual self. Then one can do just about anything in the
Second Life world that is possible to do in real life, including, one
presumes, things one would not do in real life. By all accounts, the Second
Life universe is booming, to the extent that real-world businesses are
setting up virtual franchises in a place that exi... more »
ALEC's IFA Introduces and Passes it's Own Legislation
From 2011
The ALEC lies don't get much better than this.
Corporations and Corporate Associations writing ALEC legislation.
*IFA-Backed Franchise Relationship Policy Adopted by American Legislative
Exchange Council (ALEC)*
SNIP:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31- The International Franchise Association today
applauded the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for adopting as
official policy a *Resolution on the Misapplication of Employee
Classification Laws*, recognizing that business format franchising is a
major contributor to the United States economy and that franchising is a
contra... more »
Cantor (ALEC-ALUM) Wants to Eliminate Overtime Pay
Strongly Recommend that you read this diary over at Daily Kos – another hit
against workers in the private sector.
Great coverage of a current issue – with excellent history.
*Eric Cantor will propose Federal Law that Ends Overtime Pay for hourly
workers*
Snips:
In Eric Cantor's February 2013 speech, he said he wanted to propose Federal
Law that would end overtime pay for hourly workers.
… and met privately with House Republicans to discuss one of the policies
he had emphasized: a policy that would allow workers to convert overtime
compensation into time off.
Eric Cantor wants ... more »
The Poet: Anne Sexton, "Courage"
*"Courage"*
"It is in the small things we see it.
The child's first step,
as awesome as an earthquake.
The first time you rode a bike,
wallowing up the sidewalk.
The first spanking when your heart
went on a journey all alone.
When they called you crybaby
or poor or fatty or crazy
and made you into an alien,
you drank their acid
and concealed it.
Later,
if you faced the death of bombs and bullets
you did not do it with a banner,
you did it with only a hat to
cover your heart.
You did not fondle the weakness inside you
though it was there.
Your courage was a small coal
that you kept swal... more »
Recreational Abortion
A new one to me.
From Iowa, recreational abortion.
Sen. Jack Hatch, a Des Moines Democrat, said he doesn't expect the
legislation to advance. But he said GOP lawmakers will likely again try to
block the use of state Medicaid funds for a small number of abortions
performed in cases of incest, rape or when the life of the mother is at
risk.
“These are not recreational abortions, they are medically needed,” said
Hatch said, who said he thought that any such effort would ultimately fail.
Hatch is prochoice. Clearly, the discourse on abortion is totally fucked up
in Iowa when even proc... more »
"What's the Malthusian Premise?"
*"What's the Malthusian Premise?"*
by William Harris
"For many natural scientists, 1859 marks the beginning of the modern era of
biology. That's the year Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species,"
the book that spelled out the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Darwin is such a cultural icon and so closely identified with evolution
that it's easy to think that he arrived at his theories in a vacuum. In
reality, the father of modern biology was influenced by Thomas Malthus, who
published "An Essay on the Principle of Population" in 1798. In fact, it
might be said th... more »
EMHN 7: Free Trade Improves Public Health
Our regional and global health alliance, the Emerging Markets Health
Network (EMHN), has republished a paper that was released February 2012 by
the Free Market Foundation (FMF) of South Africa. MG Thinkers was a
co-publisher of that paper. See here, Free Trade 24: Trade and Improving
Health Outcome (February 15, 2012).
EMHN Executive Director, Philip Stevens, partnered with two young
economists from South Africa, Urbach and Wills, in producing this
econometric paper.
Here is the paper's Abstract::
*A recurrent theme of the academic literature and wider public discourse is
that ... more »
Slow Saturday Special: WWIII War Games
*And we lost, Americans.... *
"Plymouth native emulates enemy in Air Force war games" by Bryan Bender |
Globe Staff, February 23, 2013
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — At supersonic speed, the 32-year-old Plymouth
native climbed high over the Nevada desert on a mission for the fictitious
enemy nation of Coyote. Often on such occasions, Air Force Major Scott
Snider’s comrades fire up the *Russian national anthem* beforehand as a *rallying
cry against the United States*.
But Snider is no enemy of America. Quite the opposite.
His job is to train fellow pilots to prevail in mortal *comb... more »
As the Sequester Festers
Denying Republican claims that she is out to frighten people with scare
tactics, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano today warned that we are
at horrible risk of a terror attack unless we continue pouring money into
the voracious maw of the Orwellian surveillance state (a/k/a the tax-immune
defense/spy industry.)
And almost as if reinforce that salient point, her published remarks on *The
Hill* blog were accompanied by this cookie-generated advertisement from
Boeing -- showing a menacing predator drone about to swoop down at you at
the stroke of twilight:
You may or may not see thi... more »
Sunday Globe Special: China Maps Out WWIII
*Just taking a look at one and you can see the front lines.*
"China wages quiet war of maps over disputed islands; Picking up the pace
of research to bolster claims" by William Wan | Washington Post, February
24, 2013
BEIJING — Bitter maritime disputes between China and its neighbors have
recently sent fighter jets scrambling, ignited violent protests, and seen
angry fishermen thrown in jail. But beneath all the *bellicose rhetoric and
threatening posture*, China also has been waging a quiet campaign — using
ancient documents, academic research, maps, and technical data — to bolst... more »
UN Staff at Golan Missing- The story changes
* Check the update at the bottom*
* The Austrian has now become a Canadian...... this sets off many warning
bells*
*
*
*Carl Kampo, Austria-born legal advisor to force monitoring ceasefire
abducted on February 7.*
*Why is the story being reported on at this time?*
An advisor to the commander of the United Nations force monitoring the
ceasefire in the Golan Heights (UNDOF) was kidnapped on February 7.
According to reports, *Carl Kampo is a legal advisor from Austria*. No
further details were immediately available and the report has not been
officially confirmed.
The United Nations... more »
A Retabulation of Tables Already Tabulated
Excerpted from an essay in *The New Age* in 1917. (Unabridged audio
recordings of the parts of the essay at the links.)
Part I (sound file, 12:21)
Now, apart from intensive national propaganda, quite apart from German
national propaganda, the 'university system' of Germany is evil. It is
evil wherever in penetrates. Its 'universal pervasiveness' is a poisonous
and most pestilent sort of pervasiveness. The drug is insidious and
attractive.
It is...the only system whereby every local nobody is able to imagine
himself a somebody. It is in essence a provincialism....
Its action i... more »
Sunday Globe Special: WWIII Will Begin in Syria
*I think we are already in it; however, this will be the official
demarcation line of history, much like Sarajevo in 1914 and Poland in 1939.
*
"Tehran declares attack on Syria would be attack on Iran; Rebel tunnels
used to smuggle weapons found" by Bassem Mroue and Ali Akbar Dareini |
Associated Press, January 27, 2013
BEIRUT — Issuing Tehran’s strongest warning to date, a top Iranian official
said Saturday that any attack on Syria would be deemed an attack on Iran, a
sign that it will do all it can to protect embattled Syrian President
Bashar Assad.
Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide... more »
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