Wednesday, April 17, 2013

17 April - Blogs I'm Following II

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Musical Interlude: “Homeless Boy Steals The Talent Show”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 minutes ago
“Homeless Boy Steals The Talent Show” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ46Ot4_lLo

Thursday Morning Linkage

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 6 minutes ago
On this awful news week, I’m feeling like some Thursday Morning Linkage needs a little opening joy before launching into the useful reads of the week: Here are some useful Africa-centric readings on this awful, awful news week: Cullen Hendrix examines the links between food price rises, regime type, and subsidy policies in Africa Jennifer Continue reading

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 minutes ago
“Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this degree wide field of view spans almost 100 light-years. The sharp, composite, color image utilizing data from space and ground based telescopes, follows faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. *Click image for larger size.* Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved ... more »

Chet Raymo, “Cultivating Amazement”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 minutes ago
*“Cultivating Amazement”* by Chet Raymo “There is only one question, says the poet Mary Oliver: "How to love this world." So here I am scanning a recent copy of the journal “Nature”, with articles titled "Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance" and "F-box protein FBX031 mediates cyclin D1 degradation to induce G1 arrest after DNA damage." What is this stuff to me, and how does it help me love the world? In her poetry, Oliver brilliantly evokes the sensate stimuli of love: the "lapped light" of pond lilies in the black pond, the goldfinch ... more »

Paulo Coelho, "The Cry Of The Desert"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 36 minutes ago
*"The Cry Of The Desert"* by Paulo Coelho "As soon as he arrived in Marrakesh, Morocco, a missionary decided he would stroll through the desert at the city’s boundary every morning. On his first stroll he noticed a man lying on the sand, caressing the ground with his hands and leaning his ears towards the earth. “He is mad,” the missionary said to himself. But he saw the man every morning during his walks and after a month, intrigued by that strange behavior, he decided to approach the stranger. He knelt beside him and asked, in broken Arabic, “What are you doing?” “I keep ... more »

Welcome To The Ron Paul Institute... No, Really

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 37 minutes ago
We won't have to argue about Ron Paul's anti-Choice fanaticism or his weird religious beliefs or his sympathy for militant fringe right-wing groups. His new eponymous institute is something any red-blooded American can get behind. Here's the media advisory he sent out last week (and posted on his Facebook page): Ron Paul to Launch New Policy Institute The neo-conservative era is dead. Former Congressman Ron Paul will hold a press conference this Wednesday to launch his next big project: the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. After decades in and out of the US House of ... more »

GOP dances on the graves of the dead children of Sandy Hook

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 37 minutes ago
By now you've heard Senate Republicans killed the gun safety bill by filibuster today. Within minutes of the vote, even as the victims of gun violence were weeping in the gallery, Mitch McConnell posted this gloat on his facebook page: The 90% of America who wanted better protection against allowing lethal weapons to fall into the hands of homicidal maniacs responded: I'm too disgusted to say anything tonight and really I can't put it better than this: "Today, the U.S. Senate decided to do the unthinkable about gun violence --- nothing at all," - Gabby Giffords And to add i... more »

BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : 'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire'

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: New York City, just like I pictured it From the steamy streets of the South Bronx and the future that would become hip-hop to the steamier bathhouses and clubs in lower Manhattan that became world-famous dens of disco, Hermes relates his tale. By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2013 Love Goes to Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed

ANZAC AFL

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
Anzac Day next week in Wellington represents a significant milestone in Australia-New Zealand sporting relations: the first time AFL teams play for points outside Australia. The world’s most libertarian sport is “a fast paced, high scoring contact sport requiring a blend of speed, power, strength and skill, which will certainly appeal to all New Zealanders. It is the most watched sport on Australian television … it can be a difficult game to explain to those new to it, far better to show you!” AFL is best seen live, and this is every NZer’s chance. Saint Kilda reckons they’ll h... more »

Johan Huizinga On The Need For A Spiritual Regeneration of The Individual And A Rebirth of Humanity

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
** "A new culture can only grow up in the soil of a purged humanity." - Johan Huizinga. *Wikipedia:* Johan Huizinga (December 7, 1872 – February 1, 1945), was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history. In 1942, he spoke critically of his country's German occupiers, comments that were consistent with his writings about Fascism in the 1930s. From then until his death in 1945, he was held in detention by the Nazis. He died in De Steeg in Gelderland, near Arnhem, just a few weeks before Nazi rule ended, and he lies buried in the graveyard of the Reformed Ch... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Magdalena, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

2013 Yale Ferguson Award: Call for Nominations

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
The Yale H. Ferguson Book Award The Yale H. Ferguson award, presented by International Studies Association-Northeast, recognizes the book that most advances the vibrancy of international studies as a pluralist discipline. Any book or edited volume published within the field of international studies in the previous calendar year is eligible for consideration. The award winner Continue reading

FILM / Dave Zirin : '42' is Jackie Robinson's Bitter Pill

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
  A Review of '42': Jackie Robinson's bitter pill This was a man tortured by the fact that his own experience was used as a cudgel against building a public, fighting movement against racial injustice. By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2013 See "Dave Zirin Writes from the Busy Intersection of Sports and Politics" by Thorne Dreyer at Truthout, and listen to Dreyer's March 22, 2013,

U.S.A.-- A Country Of Economic Refugees

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Not my housekeeper, Juana My housekeeper, Juana, is from El Salvador. The only way I know she's an American citizen is that we talk about who she's voting for every time elections roll around. Unlike Mitt Romney, I'm not running for office so I have no idea who's on the gardening crew. I know Roberto, the main guy, is American because he was born in L.A. But I'm not sure what the status of his employees are. I suspect the Gang of 8 proposals aren't really meant to make their lives any easier. As Joshua Holland explained in The Fifteen Biggest Lies About The Economy, "the idea that im... more »

Satire: “No Information Found On CNN”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“No Information Found On CNN”* by Andy Borowitz BOSTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Authorities who have spent the past forty-eight hours combing CNN in the hopes of finding any information whatsoever have called off their search, they confirmed today. “After monitoring every minute of CNN’s broadcast since Monday, we have found hearsay, rumors, falsehoods, and a steady stream of inane commentary,” one authority said. “Everything but information.” The announcement was the second black eye today for CNN, which earlier in the afternoon recanted all of its reporting dating back to ... more »

HEATING UP IN VENEZUELA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
Venezuela's post-election crisis is growing deeper, with at least seven people killed during clashes between the opposition and police. President-elect Nicolas Maduro says he has proof that the US embassy is financing the ongoing protests. The deaths occurred on Monday, when hundreds of protesters took to the streets in various parts of Caracas and other cities. The demonstrators blocked streets, burned tires, and fought with security forces. The fatalities include two people shot by opposition sympathizers while celebrating Maduro's victory, state media reported. One person d... more »

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Dangerous Levels Of Radio-Nucleotides Appearing In Drinking Water - US Government Solution: Raise The Permissable Level Of Nuclear Radiation In Drinking Water!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 4 hours ago
With all of the news the last few days around the world focused in on the Boston Marathon false flag attack, it is important to realize again that there is some very important news happening elsewhere in the world. One news story that has been ongoing now for over 2 years is the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Japan. It is surprising that there have been few reports anywhere in the Jewish controlled media about this horrific situation that has no solution in sight, and it does fall on us in the alternative media to bring any new reports to light... I came across a most disturbing ne... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

Arrested Developments

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 4 hours ago
Wolf Blitzer is not in custody. John King is apprehensive but not apprehended. As a matter of fact, he made a significant breakthrough in a dramatic shift, falsely alerting the public to a dark-skinned man in a hoodie and backwards baseball cap. Homeland Security maven Fran Townsend is still at large after getting out ahead of herself with her trusted sources. Chris Cuomo is conflicted, simultaneously applying the brakes and "accelerating incredibly quickly". An arrest has been made, no arrest has been made, an arrest has been made. In case you missed the afternoon's adventures in... more »

Reality imitates art

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
After the bill was passed last night legalising gay marriage, this was posted at satire site The Civilian: *[image: image]**Marriage Destroyed Forever* The institution of marriage was destroyed forever this evening after Parliament voted overwhelmingly to make it more widely available and redefine it as a consensual, loving relationship between any two people. The Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill, written by Labour MP Louisa Wall, aimed to destroy marriage by making it more common and allowing it to be partaken in by two members of the same sex. It passed its ... more »

Own your own Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
[image: Own a Piece of Architectural History:] If you have a lazy US$4.5 million burning a hole in your portfolio (maybe you made some paper money shorting gold last week?), you could do worse than buy this Pasadena, California, textile block beauty built by Wright all the way back in 1923. [image: 021009lloydwrightfloorplans01.jpg] La Miniatura, built in 1923 for Alice Millard, was the first of Wright's 'textile block' houses. Seeking a departure from the Prairie style for which he was best known, Wright created a series of homes from simple concrete blocks, patterned with motif... more »

Help a Student!

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 5 hours ago
A student I know (specifically, my older son) is trying to collect some survey data. Click here if you are willing to participate. The survey will take about 15 minutes.

The Economy: “The Lies That Will Bring Down America”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“The Lies That Will Bring Down America”* By Terry Weiss "Despite the current stock market rally, legendary investor Jim Rogers say the U.S economy is poised for a major crash and is warning investors to protect themselves immediately. In a riveting interview on Fox Business, Rogers warned Americans not to trust any of the positive economic news coming from world governments. "I don't trust the data from any government, including the U.S., Rogers said. "We know that governments lie to us. Everybody's printing money, but it cannot go on. This is all artificial." Rogers, who ... more »

Thank-you . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 5 hours ago
RIP, RITA. Thank-you for this incredible song, and a host of others. 

"Force Majeur"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
“Force majeure (French for "greater force") is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as war, strike, riot, crime, act of God (e.g., flooding, earthquake, volcano), prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract. Under international law it refers to an irresistible force or unforeseen event beyond the control of a State making it materially impossible to fulfill an international obligation. Force majeure pre... more »

Karl Denninger, “Wake Up!”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Wake Up!”* by Karl Denninger “I've been warning people that all is not well in the world. This morning I'm *standing* on the red button. *Click image for larger size.* We are, right here and now, sitting on key support for copper. If it fails, and given the pattern I believe it will, we're going under $3 and could see an all-on crash in copper prices. Why is this important? Because it's a measure of industrial demand - that is, industrial production on a global basis. Europe is a damned basket case. That their markets haven't collapsed are testament to the litany of l... more »

Pt.2:Cristiano Tinazzi: A spook that ties Libya to Syria and arms from Italy via Croatia

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
*First, a brief digression.* Another individual who plays a role similar to that of Cristiano Tinazzi & Marie Colvin is *Wisam Tariff, *who reappeared in this post US leads world in “humanitarian” assistance to Syria after first portraying himself as a* 'humanitarian activist*', 18 months ago. Though he was and is still obviously involved in moving guns and mercs from Libya into Syria via Turkey. As is Cristiano. As was Marie Colvin. It looks as if we have individuals operating under the umbrella of NATO war machine who pass themselves off, on the surface, as journalists and h... more »

Pt.2: Dr Colin Ross: Mind control and more

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
If you did not listen to Part 1 it is linked below. Give it a listen. An Interview with Dr. Colin A. Ross, pt. 1 – “What is Mind Control?” Then feel free to enjoy Part 2 on video: *Audio Version: * Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:48:24 — 62.1MB) The discussion begins with R. Gordon Wasson, mushrooms etc. Then moves on to psychiatry, meds and more. Ewan Cameron and his atrocious human experiments in Montreal, Canada are discussed. This being psychic driving, massive electroshock and drugging. There will be a Part 3

Old Story that Casts Insight Into How Government 'Accidentally' Colludes With Industry

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago
Majia here: I was searching my files and I happened to see this article I had saved from 2008. The article illustrates the corruption that occurs with our regulatory agency through outsourcing. NIH Drops Contractor For Conflict of Interest By Lyndsey Layton Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, April 14, 2007; A08 [Excerpted] The federal government yesterday fired a contractor it had hired to review the safety of chemicals after discovering the company has been simultaneously working for the chemical industry. Alexandria-based Sciences International was in the fourth year of a... more »

ACTION: Boycott Regal Cinemas

2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours ago
Boycott Regal Movie Theaters aka Regal Cinemas Regal Entertainment Group, which operates more than 500 theaters in 38 states, last month rolled back shifts for non-salaried workers to 30 hours per week, putting them under the threshold at which employers are required to provide health insurance. The Nashville-based company said in a letter to managers that the move was a direct result of ObamaCare. If they go out business – they won’t have to worry about providing healthcare and their employees can get low-paying, non-benefit jobs somewhere else - or - if they are lucky, they ... more »

Fascovereign Weltanschauung - a new blog fighting the international menace.

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 7 hours ago
On a day when the UK has been the site of a ludicrous tribute to the dead puppet, Thatcher, and on which the aftermath of the stage-managed bombing of the Boston Marathon is looking ever-more like it was contrived to facilitate a crackdown on freedom-loving Americans, it would seem that the doom-mongers who argue that all is lost, have been given some credibility by the tragic turn of events. Those who would use these set-backs as an excuse for giving up the struggle, may feel justified in abandoning us all to the enemy, but they are very, very wrong. It is precisely when the ene... more »

Testing now, instruction next year!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013* *The Empire State’s new tests:* In Tuesday’s New York Times, Kyle Spencer described the tension surrounding New York’s new statewide tests. Quick rule of thumb: If you have to prepare for testing this way, something is wrong with your tests: SPENCER (4/16/13): At Public School 10 on the edge of Park Slope, Brooklyn, parents begged the principal to postpone the lower school science fair, insisting it was going to add too much pressure while they were preparing their children for the coming state tests. *On Staten Island, a community meeting devolved into... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*Corps of Engineers awards $614.8 million contract for permanent pump stations at mouths of New Orleans canals*

More Bits, More Pieces Than I Actually Intended: Rubio And The Know Nothing Caucus

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
*Bob Perry ist tot* What do you say when the poisonous snake who financed swiftboating drops dead? It never seems good form to cheer that anyone dies. It's possible that right-wing Texas billionaire Bob Perry was kind to a grandchild or a pet, although, publicly he'll always be associated with the money-- a minimum of $65 million-- that went into financing a neo-fascist resurgence within the Republican Party. He gave tens of millions to right-wing causes and candidates and the one Democrat he seems to have liked enough to contribute to is extreme right-wing Blue Dog, Henry Cuellar... more »

FBI to media: STFU you idiots

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
The New York Post made a mockery of the concept of responsible journalism on Monday, splashing one inaccurate report after another on their front page. Today CNN led the media fail of the century, erroneously reporting a suspect in the Boston bombing had been IDed and arrested. The FBI is not amused: Contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these stories often have uninten... more »

The Secret of Every Successful Empire

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago
*Wikipedia*: Paul Anthony Cartledge is the first A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge. Below is an excerpt from Paul Cartledge's book, *"Alexander the Great."*Vintage: 2005. Pg. 192-93. It seems that, like most of the Achaemenids, Alexander sought in general to act on the principle of invisibility. This secret of empire (as Tacitus might have called it) was most succinctly expressed by a British Viceroy of India in 1879: 'It may not be flattering to our *amour propre* but I feel su... more »

boston, pakistan, terrorism, and perspective

laura k at wmtc - 7 hours ago
From "A Tale of Two Terrorisms"In the midst of tragedy, it's hard to talk about perspective. My niece lives in Boston, a short walking distance from where the bombs went off. She was on the spot less than an hour before the explosions. And, having lived in New York City before, during, and after September 11, 2001, I know something of what the people of Boston are experiencing. What happened in Boston is a horror and a tragedy and a crime. For families and friends of the three people who were killed, there is no perspective. There is only loss. For people who lost limbs, life is f... more »

Charles Moore v the BBC

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
Charles Moore of *The Daily Telegraph*, talking on the BBC News Channel just before *News at Six, *launched another strong attack on the BBC's reporting following the death of Lady Thatcher. Here's a transcript of that interview: *Jane Hill (BBC)*: Let's reflect on today and how it has gone and whether it was appropriate. I'm joined by Charles Moore, who I'm sure you know is writing the authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher. He joins us from the studios at *The Daily Telegraph*. Charles Moore, hello to you. I know you were at the ceremony here at St. Paul's Cathedral at lun... more »

BOXING IN SYRIA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
The first US Patriot missiles are operational outside the town of Gaziantep in Turkey, 43 kilometres from the Syrian border. Three NATO countries - the United States, Germany and the Netherlands - are involved in the operation. This is one more example how US-NATO are now sticking themselves into every conflict on the globe as they attempt to justify an ever expanding military role for the capitalist-serving alliance. The Global Network will be sending two of our board members (from the UK and Sweden) to Turkey for a peace conference at the end of April. Because these so-called ... more »

More supernature

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 8 hours ago
There’s a book review in the Guardian that gives a spotlight to a fascinating idea – shadow ecology, a stealth biosphere based on an alternative organic chemistry, undetected, right here on Earth, not even imagined until now. This idea is perfectly congruent with natural selection. At the point when life was formed on Earth there was a lot of biochemistry, energy and time. Most of the history of life on Earth is dominated by single-cell life. By many measures bacteria are still the dominant mode of existence. Multi-cellular life is the comparative exception. There would be no curr... more »

Puerto Rico: A New Spree of Chupacabras Attacks in Guayama

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 8 hours ago
*Puerto Rico: A New Spree of Chupacabras Attacks in Guayama* *By José Pérez, PRMUFON* José Pérez is a field researcher with a wide range of unpublished experiences in Puerto Rican ufology. He collaborated with the defunct ENIGMAS magazine for many years with researcher/journalist Jorge Martin. During the first week of April 2013, Mr. Rey D. Rodríguez – better known as “Chaka” to his friends – was rounding up cattle to bring them back to their barn, assisted by his nephew in this operation. They were driving along in a pickup truck, lighting up the sections where they tended to l... more »

BBC News - Biofuels: 'Irrational' and 'worse than fossil fuels'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
' The UK's "irrational" use of biofuels will cost motorists around £460 million over the next 12 months, a think tank says. A report by Chatham House says the growing reliance on sustainable liquid fuels will also increase food prices.' Green policy failure... http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22127123

Gosh the day is dragging!

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago

The Syria Endgame: A Way Forward

Jeffrey Stacey at Duck of Minerva - 9 hours ago
With the increased likelihood that Assad will fall, even were he to hang on until a Gaddafi-style bitter end, pressure is mounting on the U.S., Europe, and Turkey inter alia to come up with a game plan for the post-endgame. The good news is progress is rapidly being made: stepped up aid from the Continue reading

Greens Outpolling Liberals on Vancouver Island

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
If the polls hold for the next four weeks, the governing B.C. Liberals will be handed a third place, as in last place, finish on Vancouver Island when voters get their say. The NDP has a commanding lead in island ridings with the Greens in second place two to three points ahead of the incumbent Libs. Vancouver Island has always been a comfortable place for the New Democrats but the Right is failing badly so far in this campaign.

Even the IMF Thinks Tory Austerity Has Gone Too Far

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
Britain's Tory Cameron government has been nothing if not resolute in rejecting criticism of its austerity fetish. To Cameron and his chancellor, George Osborne, it doesn't matter a whit that their slash and burn budgeting is harming the country. It is irrelevant that their policies are failing to generate the miracles they had promised. When rating agencies lower Britain's credit rating, it is of no matter. Now it's the International Monetary Fund adding its voice to the choir. IMF chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, has accused chancellor Osborne of "*playing with fire.*" *In... more »

The Only Hope Is to Depose the King

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
And the King is still coal. The head of the International Energy Agency warns that the drive to renewables and alternative energy has stalled. *"The drive to clean up the world's energy system has stalled," said Maria van der Hoeven, the IEA's executive director, at the launch of the agency's report on clean energy progress.* *"Despite much talk by world leaders, and a boom in renewable energy over the past decade, the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago."* *Global clean energy investment in the first quarter fell to its lowest leve... more »

Peru: The "Ribbon of Holes"

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 9 hours ago
Contributing Editor *Guillermo D. Gimenez* has posted a photo of one of the most unusual formation in Latin America: The "Banda de Agujeros" (literally, the "ribbon of holes") near the Peruvian valley of Pisco, on the plain of Cajarmarquilla. Thousands of man-sized holes were drilled into rock at some unknown period in the past, covering over a mile of terrain. Archaeologists have speculated that these structures functioned as granaries - an unlikely possibility - as some of them are shallow while others plunge to depths of seventy-five feet. -- SC. Inexplicata Podcasts covering i... more »

The end is where we start from

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
As I'm recording the day's coverage on the BBC News Channel for later scrutiny, this post will merely provide a few initial impressions of the big event - the funeral of Baroness Thatcher - or, more accurately, the reactions of others to the BBC's coverage. As it's my favourite blog (except for *Is..? *of course), I always keep up with the comments at *Biased BBC*. I was amused today to see these two comments come in within a minute of each other: *Submitted on 2013/04/17 at 3:35 pm - *BBC coverage of state occasions used to set the benchmark. something somewhere went wrong. I ... more »

Living Through Financial Collapse: David Nghiem on The Robert Wenzel Show

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013 *Living Through Financial Collapse: David Nghiem on The Robert Wenzel Show* This Week's Guest Is: David Nghiem When the airlines wouldn't take his return flight tickets because his ticket agency went bankrupt, American born adventurer David Nghiem, made other plans. With the funds he had left over, he bought a ticket to Panama City, then biked 2000 miles across Central America. David discusses his first hand experience in Latin America as he witnessed the economic collapse in Argentina in 2001. His book Jackfruit: A Bicycle Quest Through Latin Amer... more »

Aurora - Chugach National Forest

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago

Excerpts from the column below: "Save a handful of corrupt banks, screw the American public – that is the Fed’s policy. Like almost every other American institution, the Fed represents the mega-rich." "The attack on gold is a desperate attempt to protect the US dollar from the Fed’s policy of quantitative easing. But the attack on bullion has apparently failed. The price was driven down, but the demand for physical possession has hit new highs." "What we are witnessing is the failure of a policy of financial corruption."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 10 hours ago
------------------------------ *Update to the Update: The Attack on Gold — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ April 16, 2013 | Find Original Here Tuesday, April 16. The orchestrated attack on bullion in the paper gold market took the spot prices of gold and silver down on Friday and Monday, but actual physical purchases rose during this period. The sales were of paper claims, not of real metal. The demand for physical possession of bullion rose so strongly that large wholesalers such as www.tulving.com and large retailers such as Gainesville Coins reported sold out ... more »

Common core: An attempt to solve a problem that doesn't exist

skrashen at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
No decline in reading Sent to the Cincinnati Enquirer The first line of “Common Core a ‘monumental shift’”(April 16, 2013) is not supported by any real data. There is no evidence that “reading has been declining in the nation’s schools for more than two decades.” Students are reading as much as ever. According to my analysis, teenagers today are reading as much as teenagers did in 1999 and in 1946. In addition, reading scores on our national test, the NAEP, have been increasing modestly since 1992. The Common Core appears to be an attempt to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. Stephe... more »

Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 10 hours ago
I now have a column at the US News and World Reports "Economic Intelligence" blog. I will be covering issues of interest to the middle class every Wednesday. Here are the links to my first two articles: "Want Jobs Back? Axe Tax Subsidies" "The Tide is Turning Against Tax Havens" Enjoy!

Boston Marathon

Southern Man at Southern Man - 11 hours ago
Back in his graduate school days - that would be thirty years and about eighty pounds ago - Southern Man was an avid long-distance runner. We would run just about every day, on the indoor track or on the outdoor quarter-mile track or in long loops around the city. And we got pretty good; there's a fair collection of trophies back there where we ran as a team in the name of our department, and Southern Man has dozens of personal awards and *hundreds* of race shirts. He's going to make a quilt out of them someday. So it was with particular sorrow that he read of the bombing at the fi... more »

AND YOUR ACT TOO.....

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
- Helen Caldicott reports: The Obama administration has given final approval for dramatically raising permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following “radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant accidents and dirty bombs. The final version is a win for the nuclear industry which seeks what its proponents call a “new normal” for radiation exposure among the U.S population. Issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the radiation guides (called Protective Action Guides or PAGs) allow cleanup many times more lax than anything ... more »

Manchin-Toomey and the Filibuster

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago
The background checks portion of the bill will be defeated today. It was being added as an amendment to the bill, and under a consent agreement all amendments needed 60 votes; it's not going to get there. Some notes: 1. The correct thing to say about this is that the amendment was defeated by filibuster. It's a little tricky, but that's the essence of it. The UC agreement under which the amendment (and all amendments to this bill) is considered requires 60 votes; that's agreed to in order to avoid a cloture vote, which is necessary because of the standing GOP plan to filibuster eve... more »

Crown burden on appealing an acquittal

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours ago
R. v. Berbeck, 2013 ONCA 241 reminds us of the heavy burden the Crown faces on appealing an acquittal: [14] In *R. v. Graveline*, 2006 SCC 16, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 609, the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada set out the Crown's burden when it appeals the acquittal of an accused. At para. 14 of his reasons, Fish J. for the majority stated: It has been long established, however, that an appeal by the Attorney General cannot succeed on an abstract or purely hypothetical possibility that the accused would have been convicted but for the error of law. Something more must be s... more »

La Reforma Integral De La Inmigración

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Gang of Eight Early this morning, 1:30 this morning, the Gang of 8 formally filed their immigration reform bill. The Senate's Know Nothing caucus of unreconstructed bigots and anti-Latino hatemongers, led by Ted Cruz (R-TX), David "Diapers" Vitter (R-LA), Jefferson Beauregard Sessions (KKK-AL), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is coordinating with Steve King's House Bigotry Caucus and Kris Kobach, the Mitt Romney advisor who came up with the "self-deportation" strategy that helped the GOP lose last year's elections. Their strategy is to use delays and parliamentary maneuv... more »

The Taxpayers Once Again Pay for the Screwing Up of US: Shining A Bright Light On the Poverty-Creation Industry

Paying off the banksters for the bailouts needed for their inept financial screwing of the populace was just the start. We're now told that the taxpayers (not the corporations who pay very little if any taxes already) are going to pay for all cleanups needed for the environmental damages of privatization. Brought to us by and large by the banksters who finance it. Time for another round of

fascism and the corporate state

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago
Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in mid-20th century Europe. Fascists seek to unify their nation through a totalitarian state that promotes the mass mobilization of the national community, relying on a vanguard party to initiate a revolution to organize the nation on fascist principles. Hostile to democracy, liberalism, socialism, and communism, fascist movements share certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultranationalism, ethnocentrism, and militarism. Fasci... more »

Innocent children around the world!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013* *Sheth gets it right at Salon:* We’ve found it hard to watch a lot of the cable coverage of the Boston bombing. We’ve found it hard to watch some of the usual cable suspects with their usual trademarked bluster. But then, we were also disappointed by the way Daniel D’Addario began a piece at Salon. In his piece, D’Addario explained why we hear so much misinformation after such an attack. But sure enough! In this, just his third paragraph, he authored a very shaky claim about the misinformation: D’ADDARIO (4/16/13): *False information also spread yester... more »

Bob Feldman : Civil Rights, SDS, and Student Activism in Austin, Texas, 1954-1973

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours ago
Massive march against the War in Vietnam, Austin, Texas, circa 1969. Image from The Rag Blog. The hidden history of Texas Part 13: 1954-1973/2 -- Student Activism and the Anti-War Movement at the University of Texas By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2013 [This is the second section of Part 13 of Bob Feldman's Rag Blog series on the hidden history of Texas.] Inspired by the early

Celebrity foe of climate science Christopher Monckton may retire from public speaking – ‘On this side of the case, there’s no money at all’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: British climate change denier Christopher Monckton talking about global warming in 2009. Photo: supplied / New Zealand Herald] By Peter Sinclair 8 April 2013 *New Zealand Herald:* New Zealand’s top climate change scientists have rallied together to slam a visiting sceptic who is touring the country to proclaim global warming as a myth that should be ignored. Dr James Renwick, associate professor of physical geography at Victoria University, dismissed Lord Monckton’s views as “rubbish”. “He’s a great showman and speaker, and climate change is a vehicle to self-publicis... more »

Boston Marathon False Flag Attack: Brought To You By Cops Posing As Terrorists - The Big Sleep!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours ago
I have received some very disturbing comments over the last few days that shows again how much the propaganda of the media and government, as well as the dumbing down chemicals, have indeed worked so well on the American public. Most of those comments contained some very colorful metaphors and have called me the usual whack job, nutter, and even c***sucker.... I truly have to laugh at some of them, and yet it disturbs and saddens me to see how badly the American public has been brainwashed into a false reality concocted by the criminals that run their own government, and the Jewish... more »

Will the common core claim credit for bogus test score improvement?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
Sent to the New York Daily News. We have been told that the new tests based on the common core will result in low scores (“Just what the kids need,” April 15). What has not been mentioned is that new tests typically result in low scores, and then scores rise for the next few years as teachers and students get used to the test format and content, and teachers learn how to teach to the test. This has been confirmed in studies by Prof. Robert Linn of the University of Colorado. The common core will claim the credit for this bogus “improvement.” The improvement will stop after a few ... more »

Week Update In Pictures

Southern Man at Southern Man - 13 hours ago
Southern Cousins at the Ancestral Manor Lunch with area geocachers Southern Father hard at "work." At a singles dance. Sadly, Southern Man has not yet mastered the new camera to the point that the low-light dance-floor pics came out. Too bad, as many of them were pretty funny. And by "not mastered the new camera" he means he leaves it in full auto mode and ignores the rest of the settings. Also, Southern Man has learned how over-ride Blogger's default photo-size settings so he will be going through the blog and up-sizing photos as time and interest permits. It sure beats working!

An Islamic Bomb

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 13 hours ago
Philosopher Sam Harris has the dubious honour of sharing fellow "New" Atheist Christopher Hitchens' bigotry against Muslims. (Richard Dawkins appears to think that Islamic fundamentalism is the worst sort of fundamentalism but I'm not sure that he supports the US-backed invasions of their countries.) While it's not out of line for an atheist to see many things in Islam that are insane and dangerous, it is out of line to believe that Islam is more insane and dangerous than any other religion and to target their populations with military assault (all protests that when one calls for m... more »

Banks to pay for illegal Foreclosures

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 13 hours ago
*This is a very big deal what this means to you is be CAREFUL not to give up your rights for just 50 thousand dollars...* *The first thing you must do is get yourself the services of a title agency to review the CHAIN OF TITLE to see who had the right to foreclose on the property any error, discrepancy, Wrong date on any notarized document, you get the Idea... Abraham Ben Judea* *Any way read the excerpt below pay attention to the underlined part.* Independent consultants, approved by the *Office of the Comptroller of the Currency* and the *Federal Reserve*, will review nearly 4.5 m... more »

MEDIOCRITY ALL THE WAY UP: Professor, professionalize thyself!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013* *Part 3—Harvard man’s fun with Finland:* It’s the mediocrity of public school teachers that gets Jal Mehta’s goat. Sitting in his office at Harvard, the young assistant professor can see their mediocrity quite distinctly. Last Saturday, he explored the failure of this group in a very lengthy column in the New York Times. “America’s overall performance in K-12 education remains stubbornly mediocre,” the troubled young professor wrote—just before he cherry-picked a mountain of data to help Times readers get the impression he wanted to convey. In our view... more »

Appeal Courts will use deference in reviewing interlocutory injunctions

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
*R v Conseil Scolaire Fransaskois*, 2013 SKCA 35 is a useful case for the proposition that the determination of whether an interlocutory injunction ought to be granted will be considered with deference by an appeal court: [14] In general terms, this Court approaches appeals involving interlocutory injunctions with a reasonable measure of deference. Jackson J.A. described the applicable standard of review as follows in *Culligan Canada Ltd. v. Fettes*, 2009 SKCA 144 (CanLII), 2009 SKCA 144, [2010] 6 W.W.R. 420: 13 As a preliminary matter, it is important to underscore the stand... more »

2013 Provincial Elections Look To Maintain The Current Political Deadlock In Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Early voting for Iraq’s provincial elections began on April 13, 2013 with the security forces going to the polls. Like the last balloting in 2009, this year’s will take place in fourteen of the country’s eighteen provinces with Kurdistan following its own timetable, and Tamim being excluded, because of its disputed territories. It is unclear as yet whether the 2013 vote will be a game changer like the 2009 one was. Members of Iraq’s Election Commission training for the 2013 vote (*AFP*) The 2009 election was about issues, which resulted in wholesale changes in Iraq’s local gover... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*Corps will increase flow down the Atachafalaya ~Nikki Buskey* *Levee berm expected to contain sinkhole brine, oil ~David J. Mitchell * *Vieux Carré panel backs Morning Call proposal ~Danny Monteverde * *Bugs & Brew for Drew ~Blackened Out* *New Orleans Earth Day Festival and Green Business Expo *

AP VIDEO: Iraq Elections

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

WotW: Taking Care of Your Digital Life After You're Dead

Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 14 hours ago
If you die, and no one is around to see it, who gets all your email? Weird question, but it bears asking. If you die, what happens to all your online data? Is it really yours? Does it become the property of your nearest relative? Do online companies have an obligation to release that data to your family? And does it matter? Ten years ago, nobody would have been asking these questions. Today, they are the stuff of lawsuits. So much of our lives are tied up in various online accounts. We journal online (blogs and social media), our pictures and videos are online, our reputations ar... more »

Misty Mountains

Southern Man at Southern Man - 14 hours ago
A long, long time ago the junior-high-aged Southern Lad and his friends were at a *Star Trek* convention where in one corner were a couple of girls and a guitar. We'd already discovered the wonders of J.R.R. Tolkien by that time and we sat spellbound at their feet as they sang of elves and dwarves and the cold distant Misty Mountains. From *The Hobbit Part I*; music by Howard Shore. A somewhat briefer version of the above. From the animated Rankin-Bass version of *The Hobbit*. A favorite fan cover. This one always takes me back to that convention so long ago...

Boston Marathon False Flag Attack: Planting The Seed Of Propaganda - Media Readily Suggests Patriots Are Responsible For Boston Marathon Bombing!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 14 hours ago
I am truly surprised that most people cannot see this latest bombing in Boston Massachusetts for what it really is... A definite false flag attack to strike FEAR into the American public.... What needs to be understood is the psychology of Fear itself, and how people who are stricken by fear will want to quickly find a remedy or a solution to dispel that fear... In most cases when a general populace is stricken by fear, they turn to their own government for solutions... And unwittingly allow corrupt governments to pass horrible laws to take away their freedoms! The Israeli Mossad ... more »

How The Economist got it wrong on climate sensitivity

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Various estimates of climate sensitivity. Graphic: Knutti and Hegerl, Nature Geoscience] By Dana Nuccitelli and Michael E Mann 12 April 2013 (ABC Environment) – *The Economist* recently published a lengthy articleabout Earth's climate sensitivity — how much the planet's surface will warm in response to the increased greenhouse effect if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles relative to pre-industrial levels (something that will happen in a matter of decades if we continue with business-as-usual fossil fuel burning). While we are pleased that *The Economi... more »

We Lost Another Great Canadian With The Passing Of Rita MacNeil ...

leftdog at Buckdog - 14 hours ago
* "Rita MacNeil, the Canadian singer-songwriter from Cape Breton with the sweetly powerful voice, passed away Tuesday night following complications from surgery. She was 68.* *** MacNeil’s longtime promoter, Brian Edwards, says MacNeil had entered hospital a few days ago because of an infection. She was advised to undergo what he described as a “routine surgery,” but then developed complications during the recovery.* *** “The operation itself went well and then shortly afterward, she went into a coma and never actually came out of it,” Edwards told CTV’s Canada AM Wednesday morn... more »

'Jewish claims'

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
*The Commentator* highlights a remarkable reply to one of its readers from the BBC Complaints department. The reader had complained about the headline the BBC News website article about Lord Ahmed, a Labour peer suspended for making anti-Semitic accusations that Jews were responsible for his prison sentence following a fatal motorway crash: Labour peer Lord Ahmed suspended after 'Jewish claims' The reader complained that the BBC's headline avoided the correct word - 'anti-Semitism'. Others complained that the headline was also confusing - i.e. that it might easily misled readers ... more »

The Obama Budget in One Infographic...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
*from The Foundry - and we thank them.*

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago
Monkey orchid, Ecuador.

Rapid City Journal accused of 'tearing an ugly scab' to sell newspapers

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
The Rapid City Journal, and bordertown newspapers across the US, continue to agitate hate crimes By Brenda Norrell Censored News www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com RAPID CITY, S.D. -- The United Urban Warrior Society said the Rapid City Journal, near Pine Ridge, has a history of writing false and damaging newspaper articles about Native Americans. The Warrior Society's  resolution points out

WOW: Women are not Humans - They are Things

2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago
Women - thy name is vagina. From HuffPo State Rep. Peter Hansen (R) made the comment, first reported by New Hampshire political blogger Susan the Bruce, in an April 1 email debate with colleagues about a "stand your ground" gun bill. Hansen's colleague, Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R) had delivered a lengthy floor speech about the benefits of retreating instead of using deadly force, to which Hansen replied in an email: The full email from Daily Kos From: Hansen, Peter Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:32 PM To: ~All Representatives Subject: RE: HB 135 Speech The Representative from Ma... more »

Cattle Mutilations: Commotion over Animal Attack in Pellegrini, Santiago del Estero

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 15 hours ago
*Source: Vision Ovni (A.P. Simondini) Date: 04/9/2013* *Cattle Mutilations: Commotion over Animal Attack in Pellegrini, Santiago del Estero* Residents found young goats with incisions, without organs and entrails, and with no traces of blood in the area. No reliable explanation has been found. Interior. In recent days, residents of the provincial interior have been shocked by two cases involving animal mutilations that ocurred in remote localities, but having similar characteristics. The first event took place in the Quebrada Esquina wilderness, department of Pellegrini, where a f... more »

Is Obama Throwing Seniors Under The Bus So He Can Keep The Military-Industrial Complex Pork Rolling Along?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Millions of Democrats were outraged that Obama-- apparently in cahoots with Boehner and McConnell-- put forward a proposal, Chained CPI, to reduce the cost of living adjustments for seniors and veterans who depend on meager Social Security payments to live. Although over 100 Republicans already voted for this catastrophic cut to Social Security as part of the reactionary Republican Study Group budget, not even one Democrat voted for it. Obama stuck it in his budget anyway. Plenty of Obama-supporters have wondered how he could possibly betray the most basic and fundamental princip... more »

Have I Got A "Flood" Of Remarkably Easily Offended People For You

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
The *Daily Mail* anticipated the day of the funeral of Margaret Thatcher (a beautiful, extraordinary service) by publishing a piece about BBC bias. More than 100 complaints flood in following BBC's Have I Got News For You quiz show mocking Baroness Thatcher's death - The BBC1 show has drawn 107 complaints since it was broadcast Friday - Guest Ken Livingstone joked about declining an invitation to her funeral - Other jokes were aimed at her son Mark and her former Tory cabinet By PAUL REVOIR *PUBLISHED:* 21:03, 16 April 2013 | *UPDATED:* 23:38, 16 April 2013 The a... more »

CORE-outsourcing/Amanda Lang/iGATE - on the milk carton

Alison at Creekside - 15 hours ago
On Saturday I posted a screencap of CBC's 'senior business correspondent' Amanda Lang as keynote speaker at the upcoming CORE-Outsourcing's 8th Annual Conference* : Fast Forward - What's Next for Outsourcing?*. CORE displayed Lang's bio above the logos of their 'Corporate Sponsors' - which unhappily included iGATE. My link to that page subsequently went down over the weekend: "Oops! The page you are looking for cannot be found." This seemed most unlikely for an "annual global conference" about to open in 6 days so I fixed it. It went down again. Go ahead - try it yourself. I... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Kristine Sutherland, 58. Also, good stuff: 1. Kevin Drum highlights an Elena Kagan dissent. 2. Scalia, not so much with the judicial temperment; Rick Hasen has it. 3. Ed Kilgore notes that Rand Paul's Howard speech seems to have adopted Kevin Williamson's version of party history. To me, that raises the question: could Paul have sounded like a jerk because he really didn't know what he was talking about? Once again, there are costs for having an information structure within a party dedicated to fooling you own followers. 4. And Alyssa Rosenberg has some advice f... more »

The Great Grind Down

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Tom Walkom writes that The Great Recession has not been like The Great Depression: This slump is not like the Depression of the ’30s. It is not a time of total economic collapse. Rather it is a time of relentless grinding down. Unions are being ground down; wages are being ground down. Jobs are being ground out of existence. With the economy so weak and foreign competition so fierce, domestic firms find it harder to expand. For many, the only solution is to squeeze their workers. Before the Great Recession, goods moved easily across borders. So did capital. But what’s new about... more »

Earthquake swarm Japan - is another BIG ONE due?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 16 hours ago
Free Planet doesn't normally DO earthquake swarms posts because they happen all the time, but one's going on RIGHT NOW off the east coast of Japan i.e. on the Fukushima side, that started in the far south of Japan in the range of 4.6 and above and has just started unleashing 5.6's and above off/around Sendai. Here's a list this far today off of USGS's (so-called realtime) earthquake monitor: Mag Location Time UTC Lat Lon Dep km 5.7 18km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan 2013-04-17 12:03:31 38.478°N 141.494°E 4... more »

FALSE FLAG meme goes global

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 16 hours ago
"My complication got a complication..." Brazil (1985) was about a bureaucrat in a retro-future world who tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an Enemy of the State. It was about the IRA (and UK gov's association with it) and an ex-Mayor of London suggests that MI5 were at least complicit in either 'terror attacks' and/or 'child porn rings' as leverage tools against politicians in positions of power. And we all remember Operation Gladio... and the US Air Force standing down on September 11th 2001... James Corbett (brave man that he is) illustrates in vivid de... more »

Remember Timothy McVeigh?

2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
Oklahoma City bombing From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It would remain the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. Why are the majority of people assuming, first and foremost, that the Boston terrorist is a foreign national? The first major terrorist attack in the US was a homegrown, domestic terrorist. BTW: McVeigh was RWNJ

'Anti-Indian Conference' exposed by Intercontinental Cry

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours ago
Anti-Indian Conference By Jay Taber  Intercontinental Cry Reposted with permission at Censored News  The April 6, 2013 NW Round-Up Regional Educational Conference in Bellingham, Washington was sponsored by the foremost Anti-Indian organization in the United States, the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance. Excerpt: " ... Brendale’s wife is a lobbyist and media expert with Eagle Forum, a

Wake Up!

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago

Music funds KXL Resistance 'A Mother's Letter to TransCanada, Big Oil'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours ago
"A Mother's Letter to TransCanada & Big Oil" from Phyllis Cole-Dai on Vimeo. Fast for the Earth Co-Founder Creates Video, Sells Music to Fund KXL Resistance Posted at Censored News www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Fast for the Earth co-founder Phyllis Cole-Dai http://www.phylliscoledai.com/  has just released "A Mother's Letter to TransCanada & Big Oil" <https://vimeo.com/64122215 a video

BBC says it won't use "anti-Semitism" because the word is... too long?! - The Commentator

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
' Apparently the word "anti-Semitism" is too complicated or too long for the BBC to use, says an e-mail from the News Online complaints team...' A staggering story of BBC protecting a Muslim Peer. http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3269/bbc_says_it_won_t_use_anti_semitism_because_the_word_is_too_long

Red Ink Magazine: Celebrating Native Voices

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 17 hours ago

NO NEED TO FEAR

Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
*11-year-old Aaron Hern was one of the victims in the Boston Marathon bombings. abclocal.go.com* * **How should we react to the victims of the Boston Bombs?* Can we feel compassion without feeling some of the suffering of the injured? *1.* *Imagine you are a doctor entering a hospital ward where there is a child victim.* It does not help you, nor the child, if you are shaking and weeping. The good doctor, while feeling compassion, detaches himself from suffering. The good doctor detaches himself from his selfish ego. *It is the selfish ego which produces anger, grief, worry, and ... more »

A Message from Jason Alexander

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 17 hours ago

Dogon Astronomy and Sirius

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
This item captures out present understanding of Dogon knowledge of Sirius. What disappoints me is that we see no suggestion that our star also orbits Sirius which unfortunately suggests that it is more complicated than all that. What we do know is that we are traveling against the motion of the galaxy in the direction of Sirius. Sirius may thus be part of a super cluster and we are not directly orbiting it. This appears to fit our present knowledge. The knowledge on display was not accessible using bronze age technology. Thus the scenario rings true and explains the impor... more »

Nanocellulose Breakthrough

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
This will ultimately be huge. This may be a natural substitute for a wide range of products we presently make from plastic. It will be an important feedstock that can even be produced down on the farm as a matter of course. It will still need consumables and farms are used to dealing with this sort of stuff. This is an important breakthrough and a nice result of genetic engineering that no one eats. We will see it enter the supply chain in perhaps five years and that will produce a flood of replacement solutions hopefully broadly across industry. That will depend on c... more »

Lazarus Effect

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
The science of resurrection continues to advance and we are now to the point is which serious decisions need to be made to improve outcomes. Read this item carefully. I survived a twenty minute interruption of heart activity because the right things were done and I should have survived. Yet in the time and place I won the lottery. Since my event and because of similar survivals, it is now standard to start and maintain CPR. The rest described here needs to also become standard. In my ward, my sense is that a number left in body bags who should also have survived. The habit of... more »

Climate Switch at 5000 BP

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
The swiftness of this collapse is surprising but also tells us that a humid wet climate existed until just before the Great Pyramid was built. It also tells us that full climatic restoration could be possible provided our conjectures regarding the Pleistocene nonconformity and the impact of goat husbandry. The moisture has not gone away, it is merely no longer been captured and once that changes, there is ample reason to expect that the Sahara can be fully clothed in vegetation. The long existence of the sphinx is also supported as geological work shows us thousands of ... more »

Is there really a crisis in science and math education?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 17 hours ago
Sent to the Austin-American Statesman, April 16, 2013 Lonny Stern’s claim that “Investment in science, math is good business” (April 15) is based on his assertion that there are 2.5 STEM jobs available for every unemployed person. Mr. Stern may want to consult research done by Rutgers Professor Hal Salzman, who concludes that there are two to three qualified graduates for each science/tech opening: There appears to be surplus, not a shortage, of STEM-trained workers. Studies have also shown that there is a “PhD glut”: According to the Atlantic (Feb, 2013), the US is producing mor... more »

The Bishop of London's Lesson at Lady Thatcher's funeral

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
Very nicely delivered with stories of Lady Thatcher's humanity that showed a side of her that the left and the left's leaders (such as the BBC) would prefer we did not know. I also liked the Tolpuddle martyrs hiustory lesson, something for the BBC to remember, not that they will. I think it's clear why The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres DD KCVOhas not become Archbishop of Canterbury!

A Guest Post & Insight by Michael Brine

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Source: http://spacefellowship.com/news/art20300/picture-of-the-day-hubble-observes-the-large-magellanic-cloud.html ** ** *The Stars may try to guide us and the mind try to find answers, but in the end we must get out of our own way, for only the love that flows between our souls can guide us, towards each other in the fulfilment of our destinies.* ** Michael Brine To read more of Michael's writings visit: *http://www.missionignition.net/btb/*

If someone tells you that things couldn't get any worse, show them this picture...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama 2016 - Now that's seriously scary!

Dark matter may be a complicated sector

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
Among the hints of dark matter, I believe that the three apparently decidedly non-background-like events seen by CDMS II represent the strongest hint of a dark matter particle we have seen so far. However, there are other hints, too. Even though the AMS-02 folks haven't told us everything they know yet, it seems very plausible that they have already seen somewhat clear evidence of a rapid drop of the positron fraction at high energies. CDMS suggests a WIMP mass of \(8.6\GeV\); AMS-02 indicates \(300\GeV\) or more; and we also have the Weniger line at Fermi which would imply a WIMP ... more »

What does "reside" mean on the context of bail?

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 21 hours ago
*Gravino*, [1991] O.J. No. 2927 (C.A.), at para. 1: On the authorities, the word "reside" is a word of flexible meaning. While its usual meaning is that it refers to where one sleeps, it has also been held that where a person leaves a residence for a temporary purpose, with the intention of returning, he continues to reside at the same residence. This was a criminal proceeding with penal and monetary consequences and so, in our opinion, the requirement in the recognizance for judicial interim release, that the appellant "reside with his mother" does not preclude temporary absences ... more »

MAN OF STEEL - inspirational trailer - you are not alone

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 21 hours ago
We are all *SUPERMAN*, and this is our Free Planet. On my world *Free Planet* means HOPE. *BONUS MATERIALS - YOU ARE NOT ALONE:* a ransom demand for the People of Earth, how very corporate.

April 15, 1973 (part one)

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 21 hours ago
PRESIDENT: Yeah. I had a call from Kleindienst. EHRLICHMAN: Yeah. I heard you did and I thought you ought to take it. PRESIDENT: Oh sure, sure, I didn't, I didn't refuse. He said "I should see you, and I'd like to see you alone this afternoon. Today." I said fine. That's from a morning conversation this Sunday, April 15. Kleindienst, having finished hearing about Dean's testimony, arranges to report to the president. At this point, however, there's been no deal struct between Justice and Dean -- and if there's no deal, then Dean can still, according to the rules, withdraw his tes... more »

Boston Highlights the Illusion of Terror & Security

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 21 hours ago
*April 17, 2013* (LD) - Sometime before 1775, American Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin wrote: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Across much of the West, after September 11, 2001, we have indeed given up our essential liberty, and more over, our dignity in exchange for the illusion of safety. Our streets and public events are filled with militarized police and very literally soldiers wielding machine guns and riding around in armored vehicles. And yet with this militarized security, invasive Constit... more »

BOSTON BOMBS AND THE CIA

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*Department of Homeland Security 2010 warning on Pressure Cookers* *Boston Marathon bombs:* *Inspire magazine, said to be run by the CIA, taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques.* Investigators say pressure cooker bombs were used in the Boston Marathon attack. "In fact, most analysts remain convinced the *Inspire* article was the brainchild of X.... an American .... and was edited by Y..... another American citizen... "Last October Z .... accused of attempting to bomb a Federal Reserve Bank building in New York, was said by prosecutors to have read *Inspire*..." His car b... more »

Interviewed For Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 23 hours ago
I was interviewed for this article by Afeef Nessouli “Can Iraq meet its oil potential?” which appeared on Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN.

A3 Newsletter: Four Score and One Too Many Years

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 23 hours ago
*(Artwork by Emory Douglas)*Today, April 17, 2013, marks 41 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been unjustly incarcerated in solitary confinement in Louisiana. This is 41 years of living in concrete and metal cages of 6 x 9 feet; 41 years of being separated from their families and loved ones; 41 years of being wrongly accused of a murder they did not commit. Over 41 years ago, prison officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (aka 'Angola'), an 18,000-acre former slave plantation, were first confronted by the Angola 3's challenge to the obscene human rights atroci... more »

Mircea Eliade On Going Down Into The Belly of A Monster

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago
Related: *Mircea Eliade On The Modern Man's Passion For Historiography*. *Mircea Eliade On The Eleusinian Mysteries*. *Mircea Eliade On The Fury of The Berserkers*. Below is an excerpt from Mircea Eliade's book, *"Myths, Dreams and Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities." * Harper & Row, Publishers: New York. 1960. Pg. 225. What we have here is an initiatory adventure undertaken to gain an item of secret knowledge. One goes down into the belly of a giant or a monster in order to learn *science* or *wisdom*. That is why the Lapp shaman remai... more »

Drink up, and be happy

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: image] Happiness is nowhere near as complex as you might have been led to believe. For scientific research now confirms merely a taste of beer can trigger a rush of chemical pleasure in the brain. Proving again that beer didn’t just build our civilisation, it made it happy too. Or as Benjamin Franklin was supposed to have said, *"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."* Cheers! (Hic.) Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Suspected Faults Under Oi Nuclear Reactors in Japan: Court Rejects Shutdown Request

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
Reuters (2013, April 16) Court rejects request to shut down Oi nuclear reactors, The Asahi Shimbun, http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201304160084 [Excerpted] A Japanese court rejected a petition to close down the country's only two operating nuclear reactors, in the country's first legal ruling on atomic power since the Fukushima disaster a little over two years ago... ...The country's new nuclear regulator is still investigating whether the suspected fault under the station is active. [end]

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might find the following quick links helpful: - The #CTWW Gang - The Honor Society - My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge - This Week's Challenge How did your Eco-friendly spring cleaning go last week? I made the switch to natural cleansers quite some tim... more »

When Miss McConnell Passes Will "Ding Dong" Top The Charts?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The British Establishment-- and the kind of American Tories who fought on the British side against the Patriots during the American Revolution-- are busy trying to make Margaret Thatcher a right-wing saint. Millions of ordinary Britons don't feel that's merited and responded by driving the 1939 classic "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead," from *The Wizard of Oz* up the music charts. Tens of thousands of Brits rushed out to buy the single but Conservatives warned the BBC, which plays chart songs, not to dare play it. They played a 5-second version (once) with the network's new boss, Tony... more »

The Game

Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
This is about all that you have ever believed was real and true and how all of that is about to change. You are not only what you see in the mirror. Your worth comes from a place unseen by human eyes. It is not so much what work you do in this physical world that you are here doing. It *is* that, yes, for things that you came to experience and to learn about. Yet while you sleep on this earthly plane, you are still working and doing. Not so much learning; yet it is true that learning is something you cannot escape – but DOING. It is in your ‘dream work” that you are f... more »

Adrian Dix And Christy Clark, A Contrast In Leadership

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
Today Adrian Dix showed what I call "real Leadership"...After accepting the candidacy of Dayleen Van Ryswyk to run in the riding of Kelowna-Mission.. Clearly the vetting process failed, on the first day of the writ period it was leaked that this woman has uttered some very racist slurs towards French Canadians and Canada`s First Nations, there is no need to repeat what she said, these statements in the form of comments on an internet site were uttered in 2009... Racism comes in all forms, Dayleen Van Tyswyk will have to live with those statements, no doubt the locals will forgive ... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful M81. This grand spiral galaxy lies 11.8 million light-years away toward the northern constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major). *Click image for larger size.* The deep image of the region reveals details in the bright yellow core, but at the same time follows fainter features along the galaxy's gorgeous blue spiral arms and sweeping dust lanes. It also follows the expansive, arcing feature, known as Arp's loop, that seems to rise from the galaxy's disk at the upper ... more »

Chet Raymo, “A Universal We?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *“A Universal We?”* by Chet Raymo “I have a few words to say about Oxford anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse, and his thoughts on ritual as "the glue that holds social groups together." I was drawing on a story in the 24 January issue of “Nature.” He is quoted further: "Emotionally intense rituals have bound us together and pitted us against our enemies throughout the history of our species. It was only when nomadic foragers began to settle down did we discover the possibilities for establishing much larger societies based on frequently repeated creeds and rituals." The big... more »

"After All..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain." - William James

"A Civilized Society..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written l... more »

Attack Ad Against Justin Trudeau

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
I'm really unhappy about Justin Trudeau. Seems to me that he's what stands between the bankrupt Liberal Party of Canada (a "vision" for Canada that appears to be some incoherent mish-mash of corporate inhumanity and vaguely progressive rhetoric) and its eventual demise. With his name and his looks he'll kindle enough interest to help spoil the NDP's chances of reducing the harpercons to a minority. Regardless of all that (and not that I have any high hopes for the NDP under Mulcair) I find those harpercon attack ads against Trudeau to be sickening. I'm tired of these asinine attac... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Scott Roberts of *The Forbidden Truth*. Scott and I will be discussing a variety of subjects, including his awakening to the problems facing our nation and race, his thoughts on Christianity, religion, and spiritual matters, the need to overcome our differences and work together productively, his thoughts on the American Nationalist Association, and related matters. Be sure to check out *Scott's TruTube.TV page*, where you can find a number of videos he has produced. Calls will be taken throughout the conversation. You c... more »

Will Thatchers Legacy Become the US's ALEC Led Reality???

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
A little ALEC / Thatcher background to start. *ALEC Policy Forum 2002* Privatization as we know it began in the late 1960s, mainly practiced by local governments. In the 1980s Ronald Reagan brought the idea to the federal government at the same time Margaret Thatcher was revolutionizing Britain through the same process. *ALEC Atlantic Connection 2006* Chris Heaton Harris (International ALEC Legislator) It reminded me a lot of growing up in the late 1980´s in a confident Great Britain that had been economically transformed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. *Inside ALEC 2007*... more »

Issue Estoppel

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*Penner v. Niagara (Regional Police Services Board*) 2013 SCC 19 deals with issue estoppel. The legal framework governing the exercise of the discretion not to apply issue estoppel is set out in *Danyluk v. Ainsworth Technologies*, 2001 SCC 44, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 460. This framework has not been overtaken by the Court's subsequent jurisprudence. While finality is important both to the parties and to the judicial system, unfairness in applying issue estoppel may nonetheless arise. First, the prior proceedings may have been unfair. Second, even where the prior proceedings wer... more »

Glenn Greenwald and the Leveretts Talk Iran—and How Two Former Spear-Carriers for Empire Got “Radicalized”

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Glenn Greenwald and the Leveretts Talk Iran—and How Two Former Spear-Carriers for Empire Got “Radicalized”* *By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett * *GoingToTehran.com * *Published on April 10, 2013 * Glenn Greenwald interviewed us for a “Podcast Discussion with Two of America’s Leading Iran Experts: The Leveretts,” now published by the *Guardian (*click on the podcast screen above or here). We admire Glenn deeply for all he has done and continues to do to bring reality and principle back into America’s ongoing debates about national security and about civil liberties—and to... more »

Elizabeth May's Pipeline Warning to You Eastern Canadians.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Her e-mail is self-explanatory. When it comes to Stephen Harper and bitumen pipelines, you can keep your opinions to yourself. *Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline runs straight through major Canadian cities, including Sarnia, the GTA and Montreal, passing 9.1 million people, and nearly 100 towns and cities.* ** *Installed in the mid-1970s, this aging pipe system is set to be modified. A proposal is in place to reverse the flow of this pipeline and expand its carrying capacity.* ** *But if you are one of the millions of Canadians along its route who wish to communicate legitimate concerns ab... more »
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