English: Truxtun Tower (also referred to as the Bank of America Building), Bakersfield, California, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Frank Sinatra Drive, Hoboken, New Jersey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Garces Memorial Circle, named after Francisco Garcés, Bakersfield, California, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If Howard Schultz gave up after being turned down by banks 242 times, there would be no Starbucks. If J.K. Rowling stopped after being turned down by multiple publishers for years, there would be no Harry Potter. If Walt Disney quit too soon after his the (Photo credit: deeplifequotes)Sea Lion Deaths
*Enenews ‘Federal gov’t declares rare Unusual Mortality Event in So.
California — 70% of all newborn sea lions may be dying — Testing for
toxins, infectious agents (VIDEO)’ (2013, March 28), *
http://enenews.com/noaa-declares-rare-unusual-mortality-event-in-so-california-70-of-all-newborn-sea-lions-may-be-dying-testing-for-toxins-video
Majia
here: I'm so saddened by the sea-lion deaths. I love sea-lions. I
grew up mostly on the north California coast and then went to college at
San Diego State. I love the pelicans, sea-gulls, and sea-lions. I also
love
the hermit crabs.
Last summer ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
It was sort of this week, sort of not, but I'll make a mention here of all
of the implementation fights on the Affordable Care Act: they certainly
matter.
I'll go with North Korea again in the "doesn't matter" category.
I'm not sure what to do with the SCOTUS hearings on marriage, so I'll leave
it to you.
And beyond that, I've probably missed stuff...what do you think? What do
you think mattered this week?
SEEKING PEACE & JUSTICE
*Solidarity action with Guantanamo hunger strikers at Times Sq. in NYC last
Thursday** *
- On Sunday, March 24 human rights activists throughout the US
(including NYC, Chicago, Ohio) began a seven day fast and series of actions
in solidarity with the men currently on hunger strike at the US prison in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Navy now reports that three hunger strikers
have been hospitalized and that ten are being force fed — a practice
condemned by human rights organizations and used in efforts to “break”
prior hunger strikes at Guantanamo. S... more »
Never Quit Living Life
Never Quit Living Life
5 months after his stroke and brain bleed, our father Captain Gerard
Petroni could not eat, speak or walk. Placing a piece of paper before him,
our family asked, if he could write us anything, what would he write. With
a struggling hard pressed hand Gerard wrote the words: NEVER QUIT.
Inspired by Capt. Gerard Petroni's passion for Living Life, NEVER QUIT is a
powerful and spirited story about Love, Health, Determination and the NEVER
QUIT attitude that lives in all of us. Through healthy life choices and a
NEVER QUIT attitude, we can overcome all obstacles a... more »
Your moment of Zen
Moon hovers near Chrysler Building at sunrise. Inga Sarda-Sorenson photo:
12-30-12.
[Click to embiggen]
Climate change is here, ready or not. So what now?
[image: A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of
Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photo: Charles Sykes / AP]
By Eugene Linden
30 March 2013
(US NEWS) – Welcome to a warmer, wilder world! We need to stop debating and
start accepting that climate change is happening. Eugene Linden on how
adaptation and market forces (hint: insurance companies) might temper the
coming catastrophe.
To paraphrase Hemingway, climate change first comes gradually and then all
at once. Now that the negative impacts of changing climate have become
undeniable, there is also a da... more »
Colony collapse disorder expanded drastically in 2012 – Bee death rate ‘much higher than it’s ever been’
[image: Beekeepers with Big Sky Honey worked with hives used to pollinate
almond groves in Bakersfield, California. A mysterious malady that has been
killing honeybees en masse for several years appears to have expanded
drastically in 2012, commercial beekeepers say, wiping out 40 percent or
even 50 percent of the hives needed to pollinate many of the nation’s
fruits and vegetables. Photo: Jim Wilson / The New York Times]
By MICHAEL WINES
28 March 2013
BAKERSFIELD, California (The New York Times) – A mysterious malady that has
been killing honeybees en masse for several years app... more »
Putting America's "Wars of Choice" in Perspective
America, land of the formerly free and home of the lamentably broke.
A recent Harvard study estimated the costs of America's wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq at at least $4-trillion and likely closer to $6-trillion.
That's six trillion taxpayer dollars, a mountain of money that has been
essentially borrowed which makes it an ever-growing mountain of debt.
In an era in which politicians find it advantageous to insulate the voting
public from the true costs of their leaders' adventures, amounts like this
are almost impossible to grasp. It's understandable that *America's pols
prefer th... more »
Attitude Toward Teaching
Put a check mark (✓) if you agree with the statement.
Put a cross (X) if you disagree with the statement.
Form A
1. To strive to teach well is to pattern after Christ, who was the Master
Teacher. There can be no higher calling.
3. Teachers are the nation's leaders.
5. Teaching develops the mind.
8. Dealing with youth tends to keep a teacher young, alert, and active.
12. Teaching requires more intelligence than most professions.
15. Teachers are the molders of society.
16. Teachers do very well considering the small amount of co-operation
they get from school boards.
19. Teachers are f... more »
Will South Carolina Republicans Vote Strategically Tuesday?
Sanford's not even good enough for these two charlatans
Ole Man-on-Dog Santorum was down in South Carolina's first congressional
district all last week, campaigning for little known former Charleston city
councilman Curtis Bostic, who came in a distant second (with 13%) in the
Republican primary and will face off against former Governor/former
Congressman Mark Sanford (37%). More accurately, of course, is that
Santorum was down in South Carolina campaigning against Sanford. I doubt
Santorum gives a damn that Sanford was caught cheating on his wife-- in a
spectacular, scandalous way--... more »
Cyprus Middle Class Targeted in EU Bank Heist
Cyprus Middle Class Targeted in EU Bank Heist. YouTube Video Description -
[Channel: TheAlexJonesChannel. Uploaded on March 30, 2013]:
While savings accounts containing under €100,000 will remain untouched,
those who have scrimped and saved all their lives to amass a relatively
modest sum of anything over that amount face a "haircut" amounting to
almost half of their wealth.
While the initial plan to take 9.9% of savings over €100,000 was met with
protests and widespread fury, the media is characterizing the new deal as a
huge victory worthy of celebration, without asking the key q... more »
Moccasins on the Ground: Protecting Lakota generations from TransCanada tarsands pipeline
.
Debra White PlumeOwe Aku, Bring Back the Way
Moccasins on the Ground: Protect Sacred Water by the Lakota Media Project
Owe
Aku, a grassroots organization on the Pine Ridge, SD Indian
Reservation, along with many allies, held a three-day training at the
Wounded Knee School, titled Moccasins on the Ground Tour of Resistance.
“Over 300 people registered, some came and left, others
Property Sales Heat Up Post-Hurricane Sandy
A new generation of home buyers, lured by low, post-hurricane prices, are
moving in to coastal neighbourhoods devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
They may be on the losing end of a false bargain. Another storm, even
less devastating than Sandy, could send real estate prices in these areas
straight to the seabed. And a recent study found that, while Americans
are alive to the sea level rise and storm surge threat, they're not
interested in sharing the bill for costly sea walls and other adaptation
measures.
It reminds me of a fellow I knew who fell onto hard times after a hurri... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'COINTELPRO 2'
COINTELPRO [2]
Posted on March 30, 2013
MNN. Mar. 30, 2013. Paranoia should not paralyze us.
To protect ourselves, watch for visitors who want information,
plainclothes who take pictures before and during demonstrations; those
who seem out of place and interested in members rather than issues; who
suddenly disappear and put out false stories, sometimes about us being
What? And They Took His Stereo Too?
Clark Aposhian heads his state's biggest gun lobby, the Utah Shooting
Sports Council.
Aposhian is a true believer in the right to bear arms, including the AR-15
assault rifle. He even believes in the right of a gunowner to leave an
AR-15 unattended in his car overnight.
And that's how dumbass Aposhian woke up Thursday morning to find his
personal arsenal shy one assault rifle, the one that had been left in his
car. In his defence, Aposhian noted the weapon was unloaded and stored in
a secure box which, presumably, his visitors also took. Yeah and the
buggers also snagged his c... more »
New Jersey Educators' WORST FEARS Come True
Tested to Despair in New Jersey
Proposed Regulations for Tenure Evaluations Confirm NJEA's Worst Fears
Did you really think No Child Left Behind was to improve
education? Well, that's what happens when you don't read the fine print or
pretend it just isn't there.
01 result from AMS-02 on 03/04 at 05 pm
*Do you know which number would be the next one?*
Six weeks ago, Sam Ting claimed that not too uninteresting results from the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer would arrive in two or three weeks.
It didn't quite work; it's plausible that they were waiting for reviewers
to say OK, something they may have expected to be just a painless or
painful formality back in February. Now we're told that it's at least 6.5
weeks but this timing should work. Why?
As tweeted by various antimatter tweeters and Twitters, there will be a
talk at CERN on Wednesday, April 3rd.
The speaker is Samuel T... more »
Think your savings are safe? Well, think again. "Grand theft, bank account" is becoming a forgivable crime in Europe AND the U.S. ...so long as the criminals are too-big-to-jail banksters. BEWARE! Experts like Ellen Brown have been tracking the evidence for months and find that no other conclusion is possible.
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It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors
Posted on March 28, 2013 by Ellen Brown
Original
Here
Confiscating the customer deposits in Cyprus banks, it seems, was not a
one-off, desperate idea of a few Eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to
salvage their balance sheets. A joint paper by the US Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation and the Bank of England dated December 10, 2012,
shows that these plans have been long ... more »
Most in U.S. concerned about sea level rise, poll finds – ‘The question is, how does public support for preparation translate to action?’
[image: Waves pound a wall in Pacifica, California, during a January 2010
storm. A recent survey found that most Americans were no longer willing to
accept a hands-off approach to continued coastal development that will get
battered repeatedly by rising seas as the climate changes. Photo: Paul
Sakuma / Associated Press]
By Neela Banerjee, neela.banerjee@latimes.com
28 March 2013
WASHINGTON (Los Angeles Times) – An overwhelming majority of Americans is
convinced that sea level rise resulting from climate change poses a
significant threat to the United States and coastal communities... more »
Baltimoreans keep saying the darnedest things!
*SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2013*
*Ben Carson talks of the animals:* Ben Carson did it again this week. In
this morning’s Washington Post, his apology is reported by the Baltimore
Sun's David Zurawik:
ZURAWIK (3/30/13): *Hopkins surgeon Ben Carson apologizes for ‘choice of
words’ on gay marriage*
Benjamin Carson, the famed Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, apologized Friday
for his “choice of words” and use of examples in discussing gay marriage on
Fox News earlier in the week.
During Sean Hannity’s show Tuesday, when asked about the matter before the
Supreme Court, Carson said: *“Marriage is ... more »
Dateline
After last week's highly unusual edition, *Dateline London* reverted to
type again today.
The panel consisted of a British left-winger (Owen Jones of *The Independent
*), a Syrian-born left-winger (the freelance journalist Mustapha Karkouti),
an American liberal (Michael Goldfarb of *GlobalPost*) and a left-leaning
Catholic commentator (inevitably, Catherine Pepinster of *The Tablet*,
above). The much-used term "left-liberal" sums up that panel to perfection!
Where were the right-of-centre voices? They were where they so often are
with *Dateline *- absolutely nowhere to be seen.
... more »
Caturday Blogging/Open Thread
The little beast does have his moments.
Mrs. JP and I are just now gearing up for our annual Easter dinner
(Thanks, again, to Uncle Sam and SNAP, without whom we'd be fighting the
stray cats in the neighborhood over the field mice).
Meanwhile, underperforming idiots like Vernon Wells and Tony Romo get
multi-year zillion dollar contracts and contract extensions while Mrs. JP
and I can't even get minimum wage jobs cleaning up dog shit in Buddy Dog
kennels (No joke. We actually tried and failed in 2009).
I published another book this week, *The Misanthrope's Manual*, ... more »
THE ROAD TO IRAQ: Chris Matthews and The Donahue Rules!
*SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2013*
*Epilogue—Rules of the road:* Was Chris Matthews a lonely voice against the
war in the months before Iraq?
Well actually no, he actually wasn’t, despite the bullshit you may have
heard on MSNBC.
In the past week, Matthews and David Corn got busy spreading the latest
false claims about the road to Iraq. It’s amazing how often we liberals get
conned when we watch The One True Liberal Channel.
What was happening at MSNBC as the war with Iraq drew near? Consider the
things Jeff Cohen said in his 2006 book, Cable News Confidential.
Today, Cohen is one of th... more »
MILEY CYRUS; HISTORY OF SATANISM
*Miley Cyrus, who played the part of Hannah Montana*
Billy Ray Cyrus is the father of Miley Cyrus.
Billy Ray Cyrus was once asked if he thinks his family is under attack by
Satan.
Billy Ray Cyrus says, "no doubt. There's no doubt about it."
Hannah Montana is a victim of Satanic Mind Control
Reportedly, Miley Cyrus is a victim of CIA mind control.
CIA mind-control programmes make use of Satanism.
LIST OF SATANIC HAND SIGNS. *Occultism, used for mind control, can be found
in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.*
Billy Ray refers to a You Tube video showing Miley using the the drug
Salv... more »
Saturday Night Short Shorts
*Fourth Nuke*: Premier Jiang met with the mayors of Taipei, New Taipei
City, and Keelung to discuss their opposition to the Fourth Nuclear Plant.
Interestingly, Hau of Taipei has been saying that no referendum is needed,
opinion polls are enough. Clearly the idea of a referendum is scary for
some politicians. The fact that there is no place to put the waste
continues to be a problem. And the quake we had this week... lots of minds
are probably thinking about how if we had one under the nuke plant.....
yes, it was like a reminder from the gods how stupid it is to build nuke
plants on... more »
Four-day weekend - part 1
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Disco Machine Gun
Primal Scream - Burning Wheel
Death in Vegas - Dirt
Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes
With "LiveSchool," Total Surveillance and Compliance Are Just a Swipe and Click Away
*"The best practice is to record data in the moment. Why? Because it will
be immediately available to your colleagues, and it ensures that no
behaviors-good or bad-go unrecognized." --LiveSchool promotional material*
*
**How does a KIPP or other corporate reform school teacher, with a 60-80
hour work week, keep track of every word spoken, every snort or snicker,
every fake fart, every trip to the bathroom and how long it took for every
student, every failure to "track" the teacher, sit like a robot, or
mindlessly nod yes like a Jim Jones acolyte in the jungles of Guyana?*
*
**Well, it... more »
The Greenhouse Effect: Incompetent to the Point of Insanity
Global warming "skeptic" Anthony Watts, on his wattsupwiththat site, has
once again shown his intense antipathy towards those who disbelieve in the
"greenhouse effect" (although, as a "lukewarmer", he limits his own belief
in it, and disavows the "catastrophic" global warming of consensus climate
scientists). I simply pointed him and his readers to the main points of my
definitive posts:
No part of the "global energy budget" can be greater than the incident
energy,
There is NO increase in atmospheric temperature with an increase in
atmospheric carbon dioxide, at any given pressure i... more »
Untitled
*All the FRILLS upon it: New Orleans Easter parades ~Angela Carll, The
Advocate*
*A day in the life of Trout Point Lodgers Chuck and Vaughn ~Slabbed*
*Lobbyists push Congress for Morganza-to-the-Gulf project ~Daily Comet*
*Fair Grounds' Black Gold~Infield Festival: Seventeen Food Trucks, Pop-Ups
Confirmed; Offisite Parking at Former JFK School*
~*The first post of Saturday’s 13-race card* is at 1 p.m. with the
Louisiana Derby scheduled to go off at 5:45 p.m. Both the Louisiana Derby
and Florida Derby will be televised on the NBC Sports Network as part of
its “Road to the Kentucky De... more »
The Emperor Of The North
There is only one way for Stephen Harper -- his way. It's been that way
from the beginning. His treatment of the dissident members of his caucus
underscores that point yet again. But, Andrew Coyne writes, he can only get
his way when the mob rules:
This isn’t a team. It’s a mob: mindless, frightened, without purpose or
direction except what the leader decides, and unquestioning in its
acceptance of whatever the leader decrees. What we have been watching these
past few days is an exercise in raw power politics, designed as much to
humiliate the individual in question as anything e... more »
Defining The Battleground And The Nature Of Conservatism
The other day we mentioned how Indiana reactionary Todd Young just wants
all these right-wing social issues-- like marriage equality-- to go away
so
Republicans can concentrate on all their elites have ever cared about:
screwing over working families for the benefit of the Big Business
interests that finance Republican politicians' careers. Yeah,
*that*simple. That conservatives have been on the wrong side of history
on every
single important issue facing America starting with the Declaration of
Independence-- conservatives, of course, fought on the British side
during
the Revoluti... more »
Really Cheating Our Children (The Owners (Right Wingers) Switch Confusing Arguments Again To Continue The International Financial Theft Game)
Cheating Our Children By Paul Krugman March 28, 2013 Comments So, about
that fiscal crisis — the one that would, any day now, turn us into Greece.
Greece, I tell you: Never mind. Over the past few weeks, there has been a
remarkable change of position among the deficit scolds who have dominated
economic policy debate for more than three years. It’s as if someone sent
out a memo saying
Parents, sons die together in East Gwillimbury house fire
A great loss and tragedy.
I knew Kevin forever. He was a decent, straightforward and competent
professional. Someone you could talk to by phone and who always focused on
substance not the nonsense litigation tends to attract.
His death is a great loss.
Oddly, I realize now, I knew nothing at all about his personal life. For
all I knew he was single, divorced, no kids whatever. It turns out he had a
family and had suffered personal struggles without it affecting his
practice in any outward way. He was brave as well as professional - I
suspect the Fire Marshall will find evidence... more »
Alibi Antisemitism
'These themes pitch those who sponsor them out of a genuine, and into a
spurious, type of universalism: one where the Jews are special amongst
other groups in being obliged to settle for forms of political freedom in
which their identity may not be asserted collectively; Jews must be
satisfied, instead, merely with the rights available to them as
individuals. I call this a spurious universalism because people's rights to
live as they will (subject to the usual constraint of not harming others)
is an incomplete right – a truncated and impaired right – if it does not
include the fre... more »
Excellent Article Explaining How the EPA Allows Untested Pesticides on the Market Through 'Conditional Registration'
L. Fraser 'EPA Lets Pesticides on the Market Untested' OnEarth,
http://www.onearth.org/article/epa-pesticides-conditional-registration
[Excerpted] Most of us think of pesticides as the chemicals that get
sprayed on weeds or used to kill rodents and bugs, but they’re actually
found in everything from cosmetics to food containers, as well as
antimicrobial textiles (such as the exercise shirt you might have worn to
the gym this morning). By killing bacteria and other microorganisms,
pesticides can help clothes resist stains or help containers keep food
fresh longer. But some have als... more »
North Korea declares war on USA or does it?
the global threat from North Korea has been drummed up by the western
mainstream media for decades, it seems like the financial and tactical
failure that was the sordid Vietnam War will never be allowed to be laid to
rest by the USA.
Did we forget that India, Pakistan and Israel have more nuclear ordnance
than NK'll ever be able to threaten the world with. But still the concerted
media campaign goes on:
TEAM AMERICA MOVIE 2006
HOMEFRONT VIDEO GAME 2010
I really can't understand why the USA is trying to convince its consumerist
kids that there's a nasty yellow bogeyman out there ... more »
OPPT’s CN really DO work?
*
Posted at: *
http://just4ublogdotcom.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/oppts-cn-really-do-work/
*
* *OPPT’s CN really DO work?*
Posted on March 29, 2013 by sojournerbe
Folks who are getting smart are unplugging from a broken system before
getting electrocuted from the shock current. More than prepping, they are
just plain refusing to participate. WE have the right to say “No!”
The Courtesy Notice is pulling the plug out of the socket. The UCC filings
turns the current off at the circuit breaker.
Just got off this site (below) on how Courtesy Notices will work. More
below.
http://tradewit... more »
Encouragement for the Awakening
Posted at:
http://adaptingtograce.com/2011/08/30/encouragement-for-the-awakening/
*Encouragement for the Awakening*
Aug 2011
I was shown that I would write a book about my decades of gradual induction
into Universal Consciousness. Call it Kundalini if you like. Physically it
felt like too much love to take into my little heart and brain – over and
over again. As a result I am able
tocommune with cosmic intelligence. In this sharing below, and for most
of my book, it is a dialogue from the limited and fearful state of local
consciousness to the nonlocal, grand love of cosmic i... more »
Abortion and the robot revolt
How heartwarming it was to watch five brave Con backbenchers rise up to
defend Langley Con MP Mark Warawa's right to independent Steve-free
abortion speech in the House of Commons. After years of having to recite
member statements on whatever idiotic repetitive talking points the
30-somethings in the PMO assigned to them every day, this week the robots
are revolting.
Con MP Brent Rathgeber : *I would submit that if the House does not
jealously protect the rights of members to bring forward matters of concern
to their constituents and if it does not strictly enforce those rules, the ... more »
March 29, 1973
The Ervin Committee moves quickly, subpoenaing Magruder's assistant Robert
Reisner, who the FBI and the prosecutors had totally overlooked.
Today is supposed to be a big presidency day; Nixon has a nationwide
address scheduled in the evening, which he will devote to a warning to
North Vietnam (about cease-fire violations) and new price controls.
Haldeman notes that Nixon's calendar was cleared to work on the speech, but
Watergate did intrude a little, nevertheless.
The first plan of the day was to get out a statement about Dean
volunteering to go to the grand jury and waive executi... more »
DMT, Ayahuasca, The Pineal Gland – A Professor Talks Neurotheology
Quite smartly, science is catching up to the whole spiritual experience. It
can now be safely replicated in the lab without much effort, unlike
meditation and its like.
The conforming and repetitive nature of such observations suggests that
the sensitized brain is accessing a source that is common to all.
As I have postulated a human manufactured GOD machine that applies the
SOUL through the pineal gland on the 49th day after conception, this
information conforms nicely. We are discovering the organic method. For
new readers, GOD was produced as much as 40,000 ... more »
2500 Yr Old City in Central India
The Indus valley civilization went into decline around the same time as
the global Atlantean palace based trade factory system went into eclipse.
This formerly dominant example triggered successor civilization of which we
have the Mayan and other successor civilizations. This discovery promises
to be one such. It easily takes a few centuries of local development before
real building begins.
In addition most evidence is concentrated around the apex of a
civilization. Imagine having archeological evidence of Alexander's empire.
Then imagine knowing nothing about Greek histor... more »
Probiotics Improve Bone Density
I have already shared the arclein diet as an excellent technique to timed
dormancy of the small intestine. This allows us to now think in terms of
establishing a regime for what we eat that is not too random or misguided.
The item strongly indicates the chronic use of a quality yogurt with the
main meal.
An excellent diet is also indicted, but I do not wish to attempt an
arbitrary design. They all need to be somewhat personalized. However,
yogurt will clearly cover a number of omissions. That is something to take
full advantage of.
*Probiotics are not only powerful gu... more »
Graphene Desalination
This looks to be a good try although I am not terribly optimistic. Free
salt ions will coagulate and easily block up the filter. The trick we were
attempting to commercialize in 2000 was to induce that effect in a tank and
use gravity to induce full separation. It means putting a small amount of
energy back into the system and was proven possible in a tube.
It may actually work to have two closely spaced filters oppositely charged
so that the salt is pushed away. Water will still find its way through to
the oppositely charged filter.
Of way more importance is that it i... more »
“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”
*“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”*
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: “Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans
of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to
live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have
not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to
have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw4RAkCiwvw&feature=related
“Lo, there do I see my father.
Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo, there do ... more »
Tren viajando a toda velocidad sobre el largo puente
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Mujeres hermosas y elegantes
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Fantástica imagen de duendes con largas orejas
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Gatita en la canasta de flores
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Casa con bellos jardines y un molino de viento
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Campo de flores rojas iluminadas por el gran sol
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Pietro Pomponazzi - On the Immortality of the Soul
*The Philosophy and Psychology of Pietro Pomponazzi* by Andrew Halliday
Douglas (2011).
*Wikipedia:*
Pietro Pomponazzi (16 September 1462 – 18 May 1525) was an Italian
philosopher.
Pomponazzi is profoundly interesting as the herald of the Renaissance. He
was born in the period of transition when scholastic formalism was losing
its hold over men both in the Church and outside. Hitherto the dogma of the
Church had been based on Aristotle as interpreted by Thomas Aquinas. So
close was this identification that any attack on Aristotle, or even an
attempt to reopen the old discussion... more »
What American Consumers Want in Their Food
Consumers are looking for high-fructose-free, gluten-free, hormone-free,
genetically modified ingredient free food.
“Nassuaer, S. (2013, March 27) The Wall Street Journal D1 , When the Box
Says ‘Protein,’ Shoppers Say ‘I’ll take it’
Sunday Classics preview: Two of our "J" and "K" conductors shine in Mozart
*As a native Salzburger, not to mention a man with ambitions to be master
of all the musical heights, Herbert von Karajan tried, tried, and tried
again to make his mark in Mozart. This Don Giovanni Overture is better than
many of his efforts -- far from great, but not bad.*
*by Ken*
In the "modern era" of Sunday Classics we've had occasion to take note --
largely but entirely coincidentally -- of four conductors from roughly the
same era who to me epitomize "musicality," something I'd rather have you
listen to and glean for yourselves than attempt to define. So far we've
heard our... more »
Musical Interlude: Vangelis, “Beautiful Planet Earth”
Vangelis, “Beautiful Planet Earth”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Akb1t37T4E
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million
light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra,
the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with
luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes. Still, for earthbound
astronomers NGC 3621 is not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some
of its brighter stars have been used as standard candles to establish
important estimates of extragalactic distances and the scale of the
Universe.
*Click image for larger size.*
This beautiful image of NGC 3621 traces ... more »
Chet Raymo,“The Maintenance of Self”
*“The Maintenance of Self”*
by Chet Raymo
"Ah, yes, the pitcher plant. Those devouring goblets. Those caldrons of
digestive juices. And now naturalists have found the biggest one yet, as
big as a chalice, on a mountaintop in the Philippines, its punch bowl
filled with beetles, flies and wasps.
*Come hither, ye who flitter. Admire my colors. Sip my nectar. Yes, yes,
just like that, *
*touch my milky pool. I'll be your Tar Baby. Your flypaper paramour.
That's it. *
*Sniff my irresistible scent. My buffet waits. Sip. Lap. Gorge yourself. *
Gotcha!
Countless plants use ins... more »
It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors
*Some interesting data. I have to disagree on nationalization of banks, its
really no cure, as these nations are in reality corporations owned by
banks. Nationalization simply consolidates the banking empire into more
centralized control. -AK*
http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/it-can-happen-here-the-confiscation-scheme-planned-for-us-and-uk-depositors/
Posted on March 28, 2013 by Ellen Brown
Confiscating the customer deposits in Cyprus banks, it seems, was not a
one-off, desperate idea of a few Eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to
salvage their balance sheets. A jo... more »
Small Modular Reactors and US Military Bases
Bear with me, because this post has a long backstory. As many of you know,
I’m a former policy debater. Indeed, so are a number of guest and permanent
bloggers at the Duck of Minerva. And not a
few other international-relations scholars. Well, this weekend is the
National Debate Tournament (NDT), which is like the NCAA basketball
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Paulo Coelho, “Solitude Is Not The Absence of Love”
*“Solitude Is Not The Absence of Love”*
by Paulo Coelho
“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side, because Love
needs to rest as well, so that it can journey through the heavens and
reveal itself in other forms.
Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain
productive for any length of time, no child can learn about life, no artist
can create, no work can grow and be transformed.
Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement.
Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is
free to speak to us and hel... more »
HuffPostLive: Glenn Greenwald Talks Racism and Drones | HPL
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Glenn Greenwald says that racism is at play with drone strike sentiments.
HuffPost Live is a live-streaming network that puts you, the community,
front and center. HuffPost Live streams 12 hours of original programming 5
days a week with highlights showing overnight and on weekends. We operate
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Why We are Occupying the Department of Ed AGAIN!
From the Answer Sheet
Valerie Strauss
Key education activists protesting in D.C. next week
Education activists opposed to corporate-based school reform are converging
on Washington D.C. next week for the second annual United Opt Out National
event on the grounds of the U.S. Education Department. Among those who will
be speaking at the event are education historian Diane Ravitch, Chicago
Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, veteran educator Deborah Meier, and
early childhood expert Nancy Carlsson-Paige.
The four-day event — to be attended by teachers, students, parents and
others — ... more »
Removing the Shackles Blog has a need....
I am going to do something here she'd never do herself. D. from the
Removing the Shackles blog has a laptop that is barely working. She needs
a new PC or Mac laptop.
D. and I started working together when we began publishing the Daniel
papers. She's a fearless, ferociously courageous blogger seeking only the
truth. I've come to really trust her, frankly she feels like my long lost
sister. We post each others articles and found ourselves contacted by the
OPPT nearly at the same time.
You guys were fantastically generous when I needed new hardware and what
you helped me with e... more »
WARNING: "Final" Psy-Op Vs. Syria Begins
*March 29, 2013* (LD) - Out of time, out of legitimacy, and out of
options, the West is attempting once again to prop up its faltering
terrorist proxies with another psychological operation aimed at breaking
the will of the Syrian people, despite the West's multiplying tactical and
political shortcomings. It began with a suspicious CBS News/AP report
titled, "AP: "Master plan" underway to help Syria rebels take Damascus with
U.S.-approved airlifts of heavy weapons," which claims to divulge a
"covert" plan by the West to flood Syria's northern and southern borders
with increased we... more »
Can the GOP learn that pretending to be inclusive isn't the same thing as being inclusive?
*The result of this deception is very strange to tell,*
*for when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well. . . .*
*Make believe you're brave, and the trick will take you far.*
*You may be as brave as you make believe you are.*
-- "I Whistle a Happy Tune," from *The King and I*
*"The spectacle of the Republicans, like teenagers longing to be invited to
the prom, floundering about in search of more popularity with American
voters, would be comical if it didn’t present the sad picture of a once
great and proud party—the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower—working its way
into near i... more »
The Economist Backs Off Climate Alarmism | Via Meadia
'The mismatch between rising greenhouse-gas emissions and not-rising
temperatures is among the biggest puzzles in climate science just now. It
does not mean global warming is a delusion. Flat though they are,
temperatures in the first decade of the 21st century remain almost 1°C
above their level in the first decade of the 20th. But the puzzle does need
explaining.
The mismatch might mean that—for some unexplained reason—there has been a
temporary lag between more carbon dioxide and higher temperatures in
2000-10. Or it might be that the 1990s, when temperatures were rising fast, ... more »
Canada quietly pulls out of UN convention to combat drought, desertification – ‘We’re increasing our isolation by doing this’
[image: Percent of average precipitation in the Prairie Region of Canada, 1
September 2011 to 15 February 2012. Graphic: Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada]
By Steve Mertl
28 March 2013
(Daily Brew) – Whether you like it or not, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's
Conservative government is reshaping Canada's relationship with the rest of
the world.
From last year's withdrawal from the admittedly ineffectual Kyoto Protocol
on climate change — which as *CBC News* noted will save the government $14
billion in penalties for missing its targets — to the disappearance of the Canadian
Inter... more »
Life Skills: "Alive in Joy: Dispelling Drama"
*"Alive in Joy: Dispelling Drama"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Some people are so used to creating drama that a peaceful existence seems
uncomfortable for them. There are scores of people in the world who seem to
be magnets for calamity. They live their lives jumping from one difficult
to the next, surrounded by unstable individuals. Some believe themselves
victims of fate and decry a universe they regard as malevolent. Others view
their chaotic circumstances as just punishments for some failing within.
Yet, in truth, neither group has been fated or consigned to suffer. The... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
The American Nationalist Association - On the Necessity of Nationalism and Revisionism
*The American Nationalist Association views positive racial nationalism and
objective historical revisionism as central tenets in its overall purpose.
In the past, nationalist-minded individuals and organizations largely
refrained from engaging in or championing historical revisionism, to the
detriment of the European-derived peoples of America and around the world.
We would like to succinctly clarify our position on these two fundamental
principals of our Association.*
*
**First of all, nationalism is healthy, righteous, and absolutely necessary
for our peoples' revival, and ultimat... more »
"We Few, We Happy Few, We Band Of Brothers..."
*“Eve of St. Crispin’s Day Speech”*
William Shakespeare, “Henry V” (1599)
“WESTMORELAND: O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!
KING: What’s he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark’d to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not ... more »
Kierkegaard On Passion
Related: * *
*Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*.
*Kierkegaard On "Man."** *
*Kierkegaard On Socrates And The Immortality of The Soul.*
*Kierkegaard On God's Love.*
Below is an excerpt from, "The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His
Journals." Edited by Alexander Dru. Dover Publications, Inc: Mineola, New
York. 2003. Pg. 104.
It is really curious how men, whom I otherwise look upon as honest, and who
in other respects are not my enemies, lie monstrously, and are hardly
conscious of it themselves, when they really get into a passion. Passion
has an extraordinary power. H... more »
Friday Baseball Post
Hey, the season is (almost) here!
A couple of things...
Okay, a month ago I said that the main thing (beyond health) that I would
pay attention to for clues about the future was...Brandon Belt's extra base
hits. I guess I'm happy now! Of course, who knows whether it means
anything, but I'll choose to interpret it as a (very mild -- I'm not nuts)
positive.
And Jay Jaffe has a fun column of "20 ways to improve baseball right now."
I'll tell you the ones I disagree with:
* Designated hitter in both leagues? No way; I'd like to see more
differences (bring back the split umps!).
* E... more »
AT list of remarkable professional persons
I
want to start a list of outstanding persons who have used their
professional status to fight injustice, who have thus disturbed power
and suffered significant consequences.
Here is my first attempt at a short list, based on living professionals
that I know about. These folks stand for what they believe, in the face
of powerful and organized opposition.
Bradley Manning
Cynthia McKinney
Untitled
*Louisiana sinkhole now as large as the Louisiana Superdome ~Stuart Smith*
"Think Your Money is Safe? Think Again"
*"Think Your Money is Safe? Think Again: *
*The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors"*
By Ellen Brown
“Confiscating the customer deposits in Cyprus banks, it seems, was not a
one-off, desperate idea of a few Eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to
salvage their balance sheets. A joint paper by the US Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation and the Bank of England dated December 10, 2012,
shows that these plans have been long in the making; that they originated
with the G20 Financial Stability Board in Basel, Switzerland (discussed
earlier here); and that the r... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: Globalization Edition
Why show a trailer for an Indian zombie movie? Two reasons: it has the word
globalization in it; and it helped me make it to the Final Four of Twitter
Fight Club 2013. To newbies, the first rule of #TFC13 is to talk about
it. So, check out the competition of the international security wonks,
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The true cost of the Iraq war
James Fallows reminds us George W. Bush fired anybody who dared suggest the
true cost of Iraq war. Before the invasion the Bush administration falsely
claimed it would be over in a few months, with few troops and cost a couple
of billion dollars because as Paul Wolfowitz put it, "the invasion would be
largely 'self-financing' via Iraq's oil." Of course, it didn't happen that
way at all. Not even close.
Furthermore, according to a new study done at the the Kennedy School at
Harvard, we've only just begun to pay and the real costs look more like
this:
The Iraq and Afghanistan confli... more »
"Government Malfeasance: You Pay, They Laugh"
*"Government Malfeasance: You Pay, They Laugh"*
by Karl Denninger
"In a just world when someone swindles you they go to prison. If the
swindle is extreme and the loss similarly extreme, they should get the
death penalty- after a proper and fair trial, of course. But we do not live
in a just world. We live in a world where plunder is the order of the day.
The recent Cyprus bank confiscation is both right and wrong. It's right in
that it's the correct way to resolve a bank, provided the capital structure
is honored and both shareholders and bondholders are wiped out- entirely... more »
Spring Break
Break time, that is.
It may look like everything is still asleep out there, but things are
getting organized. Over the winter the barn bedding has been mucked out
twice onto the garden and covered with fresh leaves and straw. Sawdust has
been produced for the blueberries and raspberries. The rhubarb is up. Most
of last year's red russian kale shown here has now been dug up and some
hung in the barn for the birds to play with, and some replanted in their
pasture, ditto, and maybe it will survive to go to seed. I've kept one
magnificent lacinato in the garden to watch through seed t... more »
Far Right Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Is Lusting For A DC Comeback
The
shady lobbyist husband wants the shady wife politician back in Congress
Blue Dogs like to say they're "just" fiscal conservatives. They
*are*fiscal conservatives and almost always vote against economic
justice,
against the interests of working families and in the interests of the
Wall
Street banksters and corporations that subsidize their cushy careers.
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was a 3 term Rep from South Dakota and Blue
Dog
chairman until she was defeated, 48.1% to 45.9%, in the Great Blue Dog
Apocalypse of 2010. She managed to amass one of the most right-wing
voting
records of ... more »
Your moment of Zen
A garden in Sammamish, WA.
[Photos are better if you click to embiggen]
Arab Americans for Syria's Johnny Achi: 95% of Militants In Syria Are Foreign Fighters
*Video Title: Johnny Achi from AA4Syria on KPFK Radio Mar. 16, 2013 95% of
militants in Syria are foreign fighters. *
*YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Arab Americans. Uploaded on March
29, 2013]*:
Arab Americans for Syria representative Johnny Achi on KPFK Radio Freedom
Now show discussing the latest report by Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND,
the German Foreign Intelligence Service 'al-Qaeda is all over Syria' and
that the rebels, FSA, Muslim Brotherhood, and Nusra Front, all supported by
the West including Germany are the ones behind all the massacres in Syria.
Abraham Lincoln's Role in Establishing The University of Florida
I'm a Gator. I attended UF for five years. I worked in the library there
for most of the last eight years. I even have a minor in history and it
wasn't until today when I read this post by Armando over on *DKos* that I
learned that the University of Florida was a "land grant public university
established by Abraham Lincoln". Really? Finding it hard to believe I
somehow never knew anything about this, I checked out the video Armando
posted then I found this one on my own. A little research shows that while
Lincoln didn't literally found the University, the act that led to the
foundat... more »
Why Did The U.S. Arrest Its Own Soldier? Insanity?
The U.S. government arrested one of its own soldiers who was fighting
alongside Jihadist terrorists in Syria. For background, read *this*, and *
this*.
This is so wrong on so many levels.
Why send this soldier out to the battlefield, have him risk his life in a
foreign country for a bullshit cause, and then arrest him for doing what he
was ordered to do? This is a symptom of the insanity of America's military
institutions and government agencies. America's stupid bureaucrats are
insulting America's heroic warriors.
Is Washington arresting this soldier because it wants to pretend th... more »
The Economy: "Bitcoin’s Moment"
*"Bitcoin’s Moment"*
by Jeffrey Tucker
"Bitcoin may reach $100 today. That brings the total value of the existing
Bitcoin stock (10,960,500) to more than $1 billion. It was only a few weeks
ago when a local Bitcoin trader in my town wanted a 40% premium for a local
cash-to-BTC exchange at the rate of $70 per coin. I balked on grounds that
it was too high, since the prevailing market rate was $48. Today, that same
trader is asking $132. Seems like I passed up a good deal.
Many people fear that Bitcoin is overpriced right now. This view is held
even by people in the Bitcoin co... more »
it's pro-choice or no choice: protecting our rights
If you're in the Mississauga area and you're interested in hearing this
blog live and in person, I'm giving a talk on Tuesday, April 2, sponsored
by the Mississauga chapter of the International Socialists. Here are the
deets.
* * * *
*It's Pro-Choice or No Choice – Protecting Our Rights*
Stephen Harper promised he wouldn't re-open the abortion debate, but one
Conservative MP after the next has tabled motions that would limit - or
even destroy - Canadian women's reproductive rights.
What are those rights, and how are they threatened? What can Canadians
learn from the state of repr... more »
In Iraq, and now Syria, US seeks secular outcome by… promoting sectarian division
*In Iraq, and now Syria, US seeks secular outcome by… promoting sectarian
division*
*By Annie Robbins*
*Mondoweiss *
*March 29, 2013 *
Everybody is talking about Syria, which we can all agree is a mess. With
rare exception, this site has not been covering Syria, but I must point out
that Assad is fighting a jihadist-dominated rebel movement, and the US is
continuing to insert itself by utilizing the "inclusion of some of the more
radical forces... to assert a moderate authority in Syria"(pdf). How
reassuring--not.
There's an illusion that exists widely in the mainstream that the US... more »
Natural Gas Is the Answer, Until the Truth Leaks Out
BTU for BTU, natural gas is a lower-emission fossil fuel than oil and,
especially, coal.
The snag comes when you realize that those figures cover natural gas that's
actually burned and leaves out the quantity of natural gas leaked in the
course of extraction, production and transmission.
*Last week, investigators studying methane leakage levels in Manhattan
reported alarming preliminary findings. The gas industry and Con Edison
estimate 2.2% leakage in its distribution systems, and at leakage above
3.2%, according to the Environmental Defense Fund, natural gas ceases to
have any ... more »
A small extract from what you will read below: "An audit of the Federal Reserve released in July, 2011, revealed that the Federal Reserve had provided $16 trillion – a sum larger than US GDP or the US public debt – in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks, while doing nothing to aid the millions of American families being foreclosed out of their homes. Political accountability disappeared as all public assistance was directed to the mega-rich, whose greed had produced the financial crisis."
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*Americans’ Economic Prospects And Civil Liberties Have Been Stolen — Paul
Craig Roberts *
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March 24, 2013 | Original Here
Note: there are many new interviews posted [on his original]. If you have
time on your hands, the interviews will give you a better result than video
games.
I receive numerous questions from readers about our economic situation and
the condition of civil liberty. There is no way I can answer so many
inquiries, and no need. I have written two books that provide the answers,
and they are inexpensive. I... more »
Elsewhere: Teens Vote, More
New column up at the Prospect today supporting teen voting. Regular readers
know that I've been on this for a while -- this one is primarily about just
dropping the voting age a couple years.
Speaking of old themes, I hit Mitch McConnell and the GOP for exec branch
nominations obstruction over at PP today.
Wednesday at PP I said that tax reform is the new repeal-and-replace, and
made an actual prediction that there won't be a tax reform bill this year
(or at least a scoreable, revenue-neutral one).
And then yesterday it was the House Republicans, in one amazing quote.
Well, When You See the World From That Perspective...
A poll by the Pew Research Center finds 48% of American Christians believe
Jesus is almost here and will show up within the next 40-years. Only 38 %
rule it out or find that improbable. The remaining 14% were caught up in
rapture over the resurrection of the Hostess Twinkie and the Twinkies
delicious companion treat, the Ding Dong.
Which invites the question of whether our fundamentalist prime minister, of
the hard-core variety of Christian, likewise is betting the farm (and our
kids' future) on a speedy return of Jesus? If so that would go a long way
to explaining his utter ... more »
Enbridge Pipeline Proposal Must End Today
The Shell Corporation was given a green-light by the US Federal Government
to drill in the Arctic for oil, they have now abandoned those plans, albeit
temporarily...
______
"*A year ago Lawrence had said that Shell’s planned Arctic drilling “is
relatively easy.” So it’s fitting that he was made to answer for the
disastrous Alaskan campaign which was marred by a host of delays, accidents
and mishaps. The misadventure resulted in a couple of wells being started,
then abandoned, and one of Shell’s rigs, the Kulluk, being damaged in a
grounding near Kodiak Island. “ Shell screwed up ... more »
SAM CAM
Samantha Cameron, wife of the UK Prime Minister, and friend of Derek Laud,
has been visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon.
She is wearing the T-shirt of the Save the Children Fund, a charity which
allegedly acts as a front for the spooks, and which is reportedly linked to
Sir Jimmy Savile.
Here Samantha *may* be expressing her sympathy for the Syrian refugees.
Or she *may* be explaining why Israel, the USA and NATO want to smash up
Syria, into little pieces.
Here Samantha *may* be explaining that the UK loves successful, moderate,
liberal, Moslem states, like ben Ali's Tun... more »
BP Slick Is Back!
After a long absence due to personal and disaster related matters I have
decided that the public needs to hear the truth about what's happening in
our Gulf of Mexico.
I have been honored with an invitation to visit the Maori People in New
Zealand to help expose big oil for what it is. A ticking time bomb capable
of destroying entire lifestyles in a single "incident"
What better way to do that than to let the people of the Gulf of Mexico in
America speak directly to the Maori through BP Slick interviews with real
people in a real life energy sacrifice zone.
BP disaster 05/07/2010 by... more »
I Know It's Easter, But
Even if you're a Christian, you're also kind of an atheist.
My Easter Story
Years ago, my sister had gum surgery. (Note: Avoid if at all possible.) She
was in pain and feeling shitty so I went to her place to keep her company.
It was around Easter and some network was running the *de rigeur* Ten
Commandments. We were lounging on her bed watching and getting bored. So I
went and found a bible (as an art history student, she sometimes needed to
look stuff up), turned the sound off, and pretended to read relevant bits
from it.
OK, she was weak but I was ON FIRE!
She'd laugh, then grimace in pain and tell me to stop.
Well, of course I didn't.
More laughing, ... more »
Posturing . . .
STEVIE LOVES UNIFORMS. Maybe he should visit and stay there, and take Airshow with him, too, come to think of it.
Jeffrey C. Isaac on the NSF and Political Science
In a piece that’s bound to generate controversy among political scientists,
Isaac looks at the “big picture” of the defunding of (many forms of)
political science via the Coburn Amendment. What’s likely controversial
about the piece? First, Isaac argues that the defunding of political
science is simply a wedge in the broader conservative “war on
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2012 - CEO's Get EIGHT % Raise - Did U?????
Coming off a year in which the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 13% and
companies ended up sitting on record amounts of cash, CEOs are back to
collecting big raises. While many CEOs fell short of performance targets
and saw their bonuses get cut as a result, lucrative salary gains and stock
awards powered by a rising stock market are more than repairing any hit.
Meanwhile, big raises continue even as many companies are laying off
employees.
All told, CEOs scored an 8% pay increase in 2012, taking the median to $9.7
million, for the biggest increase in two years.
A Warning for Post-Mulroney Canada
The Conservative heavens aligned and brought us the magic of Thatcher,
Reagan and Mulroney. The Gang of Three then introduced us to the era of
free trade, outsourcing and the wonders of the "knowledge economy." In the
new era we wouldn't toil with our hands any more but with our minds and
endless riches would befall us.
Like all conjuring tricks it seemed to work well enough, for a while, but
not forever.
America's manufacturing economy has been gutted, shelled out, lifted up and
transported across the seas. Easy money and low, low interest rates made
it possible to extend th... more »
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