M64, the Black Eye Galaxy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The Navajo Generating Station in Arizona. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
[Portrait of Bunk Johnson, Leadbelly, George Lewis, and Alcide Pavageau, Stuyvesant Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)Hegel On God, Religion, And Eckhartian Mysticism
Related: *Glenn Alexander Magee - Goethe the Alchemist*.
Below is an excerpt from Glenn Alexander Magee's book, *"Hegel and the
Hermetic Tradition."* 2001. Cornell University Press: Ithaca. Pg. 224-27.
"In the *Philosophy of Right*, Hegel states that "The content of religion
is absolute truth, and consequently the religious is the most sublime of
all dispositions" (Knox, PR 270; 165-66). Speculative philosophy, Hegel
insists, is not hostile to religious belief: "nothing is further from its
intention than to overthrow religion, i.e., to assert that the content of
religion cannot *... more »
20 Tips for adding value to our lives
Our last SURVEY asked the question, *"Were you raised green?"* It was a
close race but the winner was "Yes".
The comments were interesting. In most cases people shared that they grew
up in families where common-sense principles were taught ... things like
conserving resources, planting food, and avoiding waste. I had the sense
that regardless of when they officially began living green, their early
lives paved the way.
One comment suggested that green living is cultural. After a little
research, I was surprised to learn that green-living is a middle-class
trend. So could it be tha... more »
Ugly On The Outside
There are some good things about getting older. Being less swayed by the
superficial is certainly one of them. I've heard more than a few people
remark that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is handsome. I've heard people say they
thought Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann are pretty. When I look at
Dzhokhar, Sarah and Michele those aren't the attributes that come to mind.
Rotted evil is.
Politics industry trade rag, *The Hill* announced their 10th annual "Most
Beautiful" List and they're opening it up to the White House, Cabinet
departments and executive agencies. In the past it has mostly been a... more »
Diné Hada’ Asídí: A Peaceful Revolution against the Internal Enemies
Navajo child protests at Salt River Project in Tempe, Ariz.
Diné Hada’Asídí
Navajo Vigilant Ones
A Navajo People’s
Public Interest Organization
We need a Peaceful People’s Revolution against the internal enemies
Censored News
NGS: It’s All About
Water (Today’s ‘Blue Gold’) and Disloyal Insiders
Navajo Generating Station (NGS) is not Navajo, but uses our
coal, water, land,
Thursday Morning Linkage
If last’s week Thursday morning linkage was Africa-themed, this week’s
links are China-related and inevitably harken back to the events in Boston:
Laurie Garrett, as she is wont to do, wonders if this recent bird flu
outbreak in China is “the big one“ Beijing air is so bad they are canceling
recess, kids at grave
Continue reading
Right Wing Fringe Group To Harass J&J About Dumping ALEC
*Conservative Group to Urge Johnson and Johnson to Rethink Its Decision to
Stop Working with Mainstream Conservative Group at Behest of Left-Wing
Extremists
Also Will Ask Health Care Giant to Endorse Plan to Repeal ObamaCare's
Medical Device Tax*
*New Brunswick, NJ / Washington, D.C.* - Today, at the annual meeting of
Johnson & Johnson shareholders in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the National
Center for Public Policy Research plans to criticize Johnson & Johnson CEO
Alex Gorsky's decision to stop working with a respected, 40-year-old
national organization of supporting state legisl... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This beautiful, bright, spiral galaxy is Messier 64, often called the
Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy for its heavy-lidded
appearance in telescopic views. M64 is about 17 million light-years distant
in the otherwise well-groomed northern constellation Coma Berenices. In
fact, the Red Eye Galaxy might also be an appropriate moniker in this
colorful composition of narrow and wideband images.
*Click image for larger size.*
The enormous dust clouds obscuring the near-side of M64's central region
are laced with the telltale reddish glow of hydrogen associated with star... more »
Crabs in a Bucket"
"*Crabs in a Bucket"*
by Sarah Robinson
"When I was a little girl, I lived very close (and hour and fifteen
minutes) to the Florida panhandle beaches. Which meant we spent a TON of
time there. Early evening was one of my favorite times to walk the beach
with my mom and my older brothers. We were all clean and fed and slightly
sun weary but still desperate to be outside. So, we would grab flashlights,
dip nets and a bucket and search the ocean’s edge for crabs. We would catch
a bucket full in an evening and drag them back home where my mom or my
grandmother would cook them up i... more »
Canadian KXL Minister - Not Very Neighborly
From Rw Story - snips
*Canadian official attacks U.S. climatologist James Hansenover Keystone
pipeline*
By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 20:37 EDT
Canada’s natural resources minister, Joe Oliver, rarely bothers to hide his
dislike for critics of the country’s carbon-heavy tar sands or the
controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
But it still came as a surprise to hear Oliver lash out at one of America’s
pre-eminent scientists, climatologist James Hansen, during a visit to
Washington DC.
The charm offensive evidently did not apply to Hansen. In remarks made... more »
Memes galore
The advice animal periodic table... in case you were wondering.
To support the end of overtesting, consider putting your facebook profile on pause @dianeravitch
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test-driven education. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary
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Round up of links from the student #CPSboycott today. Congrats!
Pretty shameless, but I must first plug our special radio episode today
with veteran Chicago arts educator Ellen Gradman, live from the events
downtown. Then, a Yahoo News article in which Mark Naison and I are quoted.
We also have a piece from Common Dreams and Huffington Post. Look for a
special episode with student [...]
Dirty Wars
Jeremy Scahill's Dirty Wars video trailer http://dirtywars.org/
“How Do We Humans Ever Make Good Decisions?”
*“How Do We Humans Ever Make Good Decisions?”*
by Jim Taylor, Ph.D.
“It’s a wonder that good decisions are ever made by the species known as
Homo Sapiens. The reality is that the cards are stacked against us whenever
we are faced with choices, especially when the decisions are of
consequence. Think about all of the horrendously bad decisions that have
been made in recent history and how obviously bad they look in our
rear-view mirrors. The Iraq war, securitizing mortgages, Congress not
voting for background checks on gun purchases, another season of The
Bachelor, the list goes... more »
Judy Gumbo Albert : Writing for the Hell of It
Yippie
Girl: Judy Gumbo Albert on the cover of the Berkeley Tribe, 1970. Image
from Babylon Falling.
How to bug a Yippie Girl:
Writing for the hell of it
My 1960s and '70s had been a Dostoyevskian drama of love, honor,
loyalty, and betrayal embedded in the American revolution of my time.
By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / April 24, 2013
Listen to the podcast of Thorne Dreyer's April 13,
DPP Job Opening
*Hillside near Houli.*
From several venues... one of the DPP departments is interested in a
researcher. Contact Jerome Keating (jkeating@ms67.hinet.net), he'll forward
the email along.
*Here are the specs:*
*--a MA degree in public policy(international relations, foreign affairs,
etc)*
*--fluent in English (mainly) or Japanese (with excellent writing skill)*
*--NGOs(Taiwan/international) experience*
*--under age of 40*
*--a minimum starting salary of $NT 40,000*
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its
sidebars for events, links ... more »
MORE Questions About The Boston Marathon Bombing.......
This goes with my last post *Questions About The Boston Marathon Bombing*.
(Big Dan: YOU have to be a MORON to believe this "OFFICIAL STORY". There's
no hope for you. Just watch some more TV and then go back to sleep...you'll
believe ANYTHING!)
*Was Boston Bomber Radicalized at U.S.-Sponsored Workshop?*
*Tamerlane Tsarnaeva recruited via the Georgian Foundation. One of the
organizers of the terrorist attack in Boston, studied at the workshop held
in conjunction with the Georgian special services Americans*
It sure looks like the older brother was taken alive (and then killed?) in ... more »
Last year the OCJ took in 560,000 new criminal cases
And 2,000,000 provincial offences.
TV Watch: Newfangled ways of measuring time (1): From "Nurse Jackie" 5/1 to 5/2 (and "Mad Men" 6/2 to 6/3)
*The new All Saints ER doctors: Carrie Roman (Betty Gilpin) and Ike
Prentiss (Morris Chestnut)*
*by Ken*
For any readers who noticed my recent disappearance, let me say that it:
(1) was planned and (2) seems to have achieved its objectives with great
success. I'm back home with a new knee that already seems to be working
better than the original-equipment one, though that's not saying much.
It's an oddity of our times, though, that when the spring TV-season
announcements were made, it occurred to me almost at once that I would be
home for the Season 5 premiere of *Nurse Jackie*, a... more »
7 charged with smuggling bladders of endangered fish to China
[image: This March 2013 image provided by the US Attorney's Office shows
Totoaba bladders displayed at a US border crossing in downtown Calexico,
Mexico. Seven people have been charged in a scheme to sell the bladders of
an endangered Mexican fish considered a delicacy for use in Chinese soup,
US prosecutors said on 24 April 2013. Photo: US Attorney's Office via AP]
By Elliot Spagat
24 April 2013
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders
from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing
international practice in which the bla... more »
Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9oZ5A548Ak
Woman must remove niqab to testify
A Muslim woman must remove her niqab before testifying against two men
accused of sexually assaulting her three decades ago, an Ontario judge
ruled Wednesday.
The decision by Justice Norris Weisman comes after years of legal
wrangling, pitting the accused's right to a fair trial against the
complainant's freedom of religion. The case went all the way to the Supreme
Court, where a split decision effectively sent it back to the lower court.
While Judge Weisman wrestled with the implications of making the woman —
who can be identified only as N.S. — choose between her religious
conv... more »
MAINE DRONE SURVEILLANCE BILL HEARING ON THURSDAY IN AUGUSTA
I've just learned that the Maine state legislative* drone bill (LD 236)* is
being discussed again tomorrow *(Thursday)* by the Judiciary Committee in
Augusta at *1:00 pm on the 4th floor* of the capital building.
It would be very important to come to this work session if you can or at
least to contact members of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary to
let them know you demand that the police must have warrants before doing
drone surveillance of citizens in Maine.
It appears that Maine's Attorney General Janet Mills (a Democrat) is
pushing hard to *gut the warrant requireme... more »
Stephen Harper Is Running Scared, Soiled Underwear
* *Stephen Harper is running scared, his underpants are soiled, Justin
Trudeau, the newly appointed leader of the third place Federal party has
Harper and the Cons freaked out, polling data has Justin Trudeau winning a
minority Government if an election were held today..Justin is a phenomenon,
Justin Trudeau has starting running his own ads to counter Harper`s
childish antics, a polite ad, a non-personal ad..Justin Trudeau is taking
the new winning approach to politics, ala Adrian Dix..
Stephen Harper is so bland, so old, so boring, a pathetic corporate
bootlick..
Anyone who def... more »
Unions Mobilizing against ALEC in OKC
*Good job - Good job!!!*
The Florida House of Representatives seems to be taking all its legislative
cues from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Not only can the *debate over workers’ pensions be traced back to ALEC*,
but the controversial organization can also be linked to efforts to *prohibit
local governments from implementing laws that extend to paid sick leav*e.
The Florida House passed a sick leave bill last week, Bill 655, which would
also* invalidate initiatives by local governments to mandate living wages
for worker*s.
Wisconsin, Louisiana and Mississip... more »
Jocelyn Pook - Libera Me
Jocelyn Pook - Libera Me.* **Lyrics:*
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda:
Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra.
Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo, dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira.
Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra.
Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae, dies magna et amara valde.
Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Deliver me, O Lord, from death eternal on that fearful day,
when the heavens and the earth shall be moved,
when thou shalt come to ... more »
The Law of Detachment
*The Law of Detachment*
April 24, 2013
D also added her 2 cents worth on this post here.
It's easy to forget that misery is self inflicted. A friend once sent me
an article called "NATO Living"...Not-Attached-to-Outcome. When we can BE
in this state, we allow situations to play themselves out without paying
any energy by way of worry into how it will unfold. No expectations. When
we are free from attachments, the idea of disappointment seems to fade into
the wind. Having Faith all will work out exactly as it is supposed to is
the ultimate key to inner peace. "It is not that we... more »
Healing Energy Streams Flow from Portal to Portal…
*
* *
* *Healing Energy Streams Flow from Portal to Portal…*
by ÉirePort
Healing energy streams flow from portal to portal as Gaia balances with
Hue-manity and humanity (smaller h) energies.
Light Workers called to portal adjustments are encouraged to follow healing
energy flow within, as this aligns with the Gaia Healing energy streams,
and will lead each to their Gaia healing portal center.
As Hue-manity aligns, and more and more of humanity (smaller h) begins to
align, with these healing energy streams, and accepts those processes
within themselves, Gaia rests in the resulting ... more »
DEPORTED FROM JEJU ISLAND
Emily Wang from Regis Tremblay on Vimeo.
Regis Tremblay writes:
Taiwanese peace activist, Emily Wang, is being held by Korean Immigration
and is to be deported for opposing the construction of that massive naval
base in Gangjeong village, Jeju Island, South Korea. The base will serve
the purposes of America's "pivot to Asia" and will not ensure the security
of South Korea or S. E. Asia.
After a casual visit to Gangjeong Village, Emily discovered the struggle
opposing the construction of the base and her conscience demanded she
remain. While there, Emily discovered an amazing abil... more »
Syria is hoping to clinch more financial aid from from allies...
Found this interesting. Reuters picks it up today, but, it appears to be
older news from Syria
Syria hopes to clinch more financial aid from its allies Russia and Iran
soon, but still has enough foreign reserves to pursue its war on rebels
trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad, the central bank governor said.
Speaking at the bank's headquarters, hit by a car bomb on April 8, Adeeb
Mayaleh said: "We are expecting much more support from friendly
countries... Yes, financial support from Iran and Russia and it could also
be from other friendly countries.
"Discussions are going on. W... more »
Bachmann (MN-Nut Job) Promoting Fanaticism
*Mixing up her extremist religious beliefs with STATE business.*
*This is probably a result of her spending the past weekend with fanatics
and extremists. *
(My emphasis throughout)
*Bachmann Enters Into Congressional Record Support of Event Likening
Homosexuality With Terrorism*
by David Badash on April 23, 2013
Republican U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann* has entered into the
Congressional Record* an announcement of support for a National Day of
Prayer and Fasting event to be held on September 11.
Joseph Farah, America’s top birther and the founder of World Net Daily, now
j... more »
Kierkegaard On Man's Relation To God
Related: * *
*Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*.
*Kierkegaard On "Man."** *
*Kierkegaard On Socrates And The Immortality of The Soul.*
*Kierkegaard On God's Love.*
*Kierkegaard On Passion.*
* Kierkegaard On Martyrs of Truth.*
*Kierkegaard On Truth*.
*Kierkegaard On The Difference Between "Popular" And "Philosophical."*
*Kierkegaard On Religion And Doubt.*
* Kierkegaard On Imagination.*
*Kierkegaard On Objectivity And Subjectivity.** *
*Kierkegaard - God Is Love.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His
Journals."* Edited by Alexander... more »
Reinhart/Rogoff Gets the Colbert Treatment
Via Paul Krugman, Steven Colbert takes on Reinhart and Rogoff. Also be sure
to check out his interview with Thomas Herndon.
German tax enforcement paying dividends
I have long advocated that the United States should follow Germany's
example of aggressive pursuit of tax evasion, in particular its practice of
paying informants for account information from secrecy destinations like
Liechtenstein and Switzerland. The German Parliament's upper house
(Bundesrat) rejected a deal in November that Prime Minister Angela Merkel
was willing to sign with Switzerland that would have allowed German account
holders to pay tax anonymously. (As I reported on April 12, automatic
exchange of information is rapidly becoming the standard to which even
Luxembourg wi... more »
Decades of Threats and the Delusions of Shimon Peres
Chuck
Hagel meets with Shimon Peres at the Israeli President's office in
Jerusalem on April 22, 2013
(Photo Credit: UPI/Menahem Kahana/Pool)
Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said today that American and
Israeli "threats have no value and at the same time, show their
aggressive nature, and reveal their deceitful and misleading claims,"
adding that any Israeli strike on Iran would be the
Ending Jail Overcrowding in LA County-- Guest Post from Los Angeles Sheriff Candidate Lou Vince
Last month we heard from LAPD Supervisor and LA County Sheriff candidate
Lou Vince about the prisoner abuse scandal in the L.A. County jails under
current Sheriff Lee Baca. For years, Sheriff Baca has been in denial about
the >troubling events taking place in his jails.
As Vince noted in his guest post, a major factor in the scandal is the
overcrowding of inmates in the county jails in California today. As he
promised, he has penned the following guest post to explain what he would
do to reduce overcrowding.
If you like Vince’s solutions, be sure to visit his website-- LouVince.co... more »
BOSTON BOMB MYSTERIES SOLVED? LINK TO CIA
On 23 April 2013, a body was found "in India Point Park in Providence
Harbor", near the Wyndham Garden Providence Hotel, *Rhode Island.*
Is the body that of Tamerlan Tsaraev?
Tamerlan's wife's family is from Rhode Island.
"The body appeared to be a male in his twenties and had 'been in the water
for a while,' said Commander Thomas Oates of the Providence Police
Department...
"The Rhode Island medical examiner's office is trying to determine if a
body pulled from a river is missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi,
who was erroneously linked on social media to the Boston ... more »
Long way from the Appalachian Trail
This is so sad I almost feel sorry for the guy. Now abandoned by the
national party and with his opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch effectively
ignoring him, Mark Sanford is reduced to debating a cardboard photo of
Nancy Pelosi. Why is he debating Pelosi instead of a cardboard Colbert
Busch? Hell if I know. It's true, Pelosi is an all-purpose villian,
especially reviled by cons, but she's not running for Congress in South
Carolina.
TPM has a short video clip of the sorry spectacle at the link. Has to be
seen to be believed. [photo via]
Watching you remember
Welcome to our 4th day. We are right between the beginning and the end of
this Quest. Consider unconditional self love. Do you have it? What is
stopping you?
The words “but” and “if” and “when” and “almost” have no place in a
sentence with Agape. You either do or you don’t. You can’t be a little
bit pregnant. You can’t be a little bit Agape.
It is the same with Freedom. You can’t be partially Free. Either someone
else pulls your strings, or they don’t.
You know now, the Truth. The “other” only shows up as a reflection of
your state of BEing.
... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Yippie Pioneers Judy Gumbo Albert and Nancy Kurshan 'Tell It Like It Was'
Judy
Gumbo Albert, left, and Nancy Kurshan, photographed in Hanoi,
January 2013, were our guests on Rag Radio April 13, 2013.
Rag Radio podcast:
Sixties activists and original Yippies
Judy Gumbo Albert and Nancy Kurshan
Judy and Nancy discuss their recent trip to Vietnam and reminisce about
their experiences in the Sixties, the legacy of the Yippies, and their
lives and work in the ensuing
Judges, Please
The good news, as I discussed in the earlier item, is that the Senate is
getting better at processing judicial nominations.
The bad news? They're running out of nominations to process. Not because
all the vacancies are filled. No, it's because the promised increased pace
of judicial nominations still hasn't materialized.
There remain around 60 spots without any nominee, including 11 at the
appellate level. And including three spots, still, on the DC Circuit. It's
true that some of this is the Senate's fault, with (mostly) Republican
Senators blocking home-state selections (and Democ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'UN Chicanery'
UN
CHICANERY
Posted on April 24, 2013
MNN. Apr. 24, 2013. Canada is not a constitutional democracy. They
follow their corporate by-laws, not the rule of law. Like every
corporation their duty is to provide ever-growing dividends to the
shareholders. In the case of Thahoketoteh of Kanekota, the Federal Court
of Canada refused to answer the constitutional question about Section
109 of the BNA
Alo and Здравейте! ('Hello' in Romanian and Bulgarian)
During my lunch hour at work on Monday, I clicked into the BBC News website
and saw the prominently-featured headline *Few planning to migrate to UK -
poll*, concerning a *Newsnight* survey about possible immigration to the UK
from Romania and Bulgaria from 1 Jan 2014. The headline had changed to *Polls:
No indication of huge Romanian-Bulgarian influx *by the time I'd got home,
but you can still see the original headline on the link provided by
anticipatory piece posted the night before.
Having read the BBC article and its 'nothing to worry about, folks!'
headline, I then clicked... more »
We’re asking for your overwhelming support!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013*
*These issues are worth pursuing:* What will MSNBC be like in the coming
years?
That is a very important question. For our money, Hayes and Maddow have
done a good job reporting on the Boston bombing. Hayes seems to be moving
to a discussion about the explosion in Texas.
There is a great deal to discuss about both topics, and about many others.
It would be an enormously helpful thing if these people developed strong
cable news programs.
As readers will know, we’ve often been critical of Maddow’s work. She still
can’t stop the incessant clowning, but a ... more »
The problem with surveys of us the people!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013*
*This just in concerning background checks:* Everyone and his great uncle
has mentioned the fact that 90 percent of the public supported expanded
background checks on gun purchases.
The polling seemed quite clear. Then, the gun bill got voted down, in a
Senate vote where 55 senators would have supported the background check
provision.
Today, Pew and the Washington Post have released a new survey of public
opinion. Respondents were asked this question:
*What word best describes how you feel about the Senate voting down new gun
control legislation that in... more »
Rabbit hole...
The Boston bombings are proving a strange fascination. They are being
investigated by federal prosecutors. Their abiding metaphor, at least in
public, seems to be “rabbit hole”. The only man who could have unravelled
their mystery, who could have said why the bombings happened, is dead.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older brother, seems to have been the instigator of
these acts. He is described as being “self-radicalised”. The evidence of
his internet browsing and mosque attendance shows a man who became
attracted to a hard line, literalist interpretation of islam around three
or four yea... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Anadarko, Oklahoma, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
We’re asking for your overwhelming support!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013*
*These issues are worth pursuing:* What will MSNBC be like in the coming
years?
That is a very important question. For our money, Hayes and Maddow have
done a good job reporting on the Boston bombing. Hayes seems to be moving
to a discussion about the explosion in Texas.
There is a great deal to discuss about both topics, and about many others.
It would be an enormously helpful thing if these people developed strong
cable news programs.
As readers will know, we’ve often been critical of Maddow’s work. She still
can’t stop the incessant clowning, but a ... more »
"Ubuntu"
"An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put
a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got
there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took
each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their
treats. When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had
all the fruits for himself they said: ''UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy
if all the other ones are sad?'' 'Ubuntu' in the Xhosa culture means: 'I am
because we are'."
"How many of you knew this?"
- Found in a group ch... more »
Satire: "People Believe Something on Twitter for Some Reason"
*"People Believe Something on Twitter for Some Reason"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "Federal investigators said today that
they were “baffled” as to why millions of people chose to believe something
they read yesterday on Twitter, a social-media site that has falsely
reported the deaths of more than seventy-five thousand different
celebrities. “It’s mystifying,” said one investigator working on the case.
“One theory we’re considering is that people who spend time on Twitter
eventually lose their capacity for critical thinking and become sheep.”
The Syr... more »
Raid On Protest Site In Hawija, Iraq Leads To Armed Retaliation
Iraqis have been demonstrating in several cities since December 2012 to
protest what they see as marginalization by the central government. On
April 23, 2013, security forces raided a protest site in Hawija in Tamim
province looking for militants that attacked an army checkpoint a few days
beforehand. The operation quickly turned violent with several people killed
and wounded, and dozens arrested. Immediately, there were retaliatory
attacks in surrounding areas, and some leaders of the demonstrators started
talking about taking on the security forces, which they claimed were under ... more »
English as the Official Language of the European Union?
There's a move afoot to have English declared the common language of the
European Union and it's a German who is pushing the idea. Here *The
Guardian *gives a pretty clear reason why a common language might be
helpful when representatives of the constituent nations sit down to parlay.
*Money talks, especially in Brussels. A billion euros are usually "mil
milhoes de euros" in Portuguese, or a thousand million. In Spanish,
likewise, "billón" means a million million, so billion is "mil millones de
euros". Confusingly, "billion" translates as "milijarde" into Croatian, or
"miljard" in... more »
Americans Settling In to Reality of Terrorism
The American people might just be getting terrorism fatigue after more than
a decade of efforts by their politicians and media to keep them in a
heightened state of anxiety. How long can anyone do that and stay sane?
What price has already been exacted of them by those who have manipulated
them since September, 2001?
*A majority of Americans say occasional acts of terrorism are "part of
life", and many doubt the government can do much more to prevent them, a
new poll finds.*
* *
*About three-quarters of Americans said they agree that "occasional acts of
terrorism in the US will... more »
TEST ONLY of YouTube TV: Thor trailer and more...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 9 hours ago
Link: "https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=7p7rocHEecE" or:
http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE
*The question is*: can you see this on your device? There are a few 'new'
embedding codes around for YouTube clips. For instance:
Original: src="http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE"
Opera: [VIDEO=http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE width=620 height=375][/VIDEO]
but:
240p: &vq=small
360p: &vq=medium
480p: &vq=large -- with best sound
720p: &vq=hd720
Hence code becomes: http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE&vq=large
YouTube TV: https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=7p7rocHEecE
The above... more »
Blocking HIV Reservoirs
This is a huge step closer to eliminating the HIV virus. We know the key
protein and we know that we have to turn it of to win. This is at least a
clear pathway.
The disease itself is now well controlled but certainly not cured.
Eliminating these reservoirs opens the door to an outright cure.
This will ultimately be described as one of the greatest battles in
medical science but also one of the most productive in terms of new science.
I do think that we are in the homestretch with HIV. This is not the only
route now.
*Discovery may help prevent HIV 'reservoirs' ... more »
“Loving Your Servitude”
*“Loving Your Servitude”*
by James Quinn
“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those
who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so
well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been
silenced so early in their lives that they do not even struggle or suffer
or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may
be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation
to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal
society is a measure ... more »
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Long time GOP intern caught in creepy cyber-stalking scandal
This kid, who apparently aspires to be a professional political intern, has
worked with a lot of big name Republicans, including most recently Mitt
Romney. It seems when he wasn't busy fetching coffee and pizza for his
boss, Adam Savader, 21, was attempting to extort nude photos from random
women he mostly knows from school.
Savader is a political science student at SUNY Farmingdale who’s interned
for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and GOP vice presidential candidate
Paul Ryan as well as Romney. He’s charged with illegally obtaining nude
pictures of 15 women and threatening t... more »
Adrian Dix Rocks BC Liberals With Shrewd Business Announcement!
Absolutely brilliant, Adrian Dix has announced a blue-ribbon panel to look
at the financial situation of both BC Place and the Vancouver convention
center.
As you know both of those entities bleed money every year, they both lose
money on the operational side...And there is also the capital debt of $1.2
billion dollars, interest on that debt is in the range of $40 million
dollars per year..
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/bc-election/says+will+sell+Place+cover+PAVCO+debt/8288356/story.html
Add up the operational debt, the interest payment and these two entities
cost the BC taxp... more »
Tinariwen, from the Sahara Desert, in Tucson
Censored
News Music Video: Saharan Desert band Tinariwen in Tucson, in concert
with Dine' band Sihasin (Hope) with the incredible sounds of healing and
a borderless world. From the Sahara to the Sonoran Desert
Also: Censored News Video: Sihasin sings AIM song, in concert with
Tinariwen, at Hotel Congress, April 23, 2013.
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/04/
It's a "No Lose World" Once You Have Captured the Political Process
The Great Recession of 2008 devastated broad swathes of the population of
the developed world. Foreclosures, unemployment, insolvency, homelessness,
the gamut of economic misery. For most but not for all, not for some.
A new report from the Pew Research Center finds that the first two years of
the recovery were Manna from Heaven for those who had already cemented
their capture of both economic and political power, the richest of the
rich. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the United States.
*During the first two years of the nation’s economic recovery, the mean net
worth ... more »
Drones Cause 'Growing Hatred of America' Senate Panel Informed
Drones cause ‘growing hatred of America,’ bipartisan Senate panel told
By Ernesto
Londoño, Published: April 23The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/drones-cause-growing-hatred-of-america-bipartisan-senate-panel-told/2013/04/23/4863b1f8-ac6e-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
[Excerpted]
A bipartisan panel of senators held a spirited and unusually public
debate
Tuesday afternoon about the legality and unintended consequences of
America’s targeted killings overseas, a forum convened amid growing
calls
for stronger oversight of the... more »
Two Informative and Provocative Fukushima Links for Today
Natural News: Massive, uncontained leak at Fukushima is pouring over 710
billion becquerels of radioactive materials into atmosphere,
http://www.naturalnews.com/040058_Fukushima_radioactive_nuclear_leak.html#ixzz2ROa31hhu
Optimal Prediction: Xenon detected by CTBTO, blamed on North Korea.
New Paper on Privatizing Europe, Entrenching Neoliberalism
Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
Majia here: Europe and other western countries are in the process of
'dispossessing' their populations through cuts to education and
social-welfare, while failing to cut government spending in substantial
ways on bank bailouts and militaries.
Liz Alderman of the New York Times Reports (4/17/2013) that More Children
in Greece Going Hungry
[Excerpted] ATHENS — As an elementary school principal, Leonidas Nikas is
used to seeing children play, laugh and dream about the future. But
recently he has seen something altogether different, something he thought
was impossible in Greece: child... more »
“Extras”
*“Extras”*
by Eric Fry
“Beware the government that provides “more.” Fear the government that
provides “extra.” “More government” always means more of something, but not
always more of something a productive individual desires. More government
means more rules and regulations, more agencies to enforce the
proliferating rules and regulations, more taxes to pay for the
proliferating agencies that enforce the proliferating rules and
regulations. Before long, “more government” begins to feel a lot like
“less” — less opportunity, less liberty, and certainly less after-tax
income.
... more »
Open Thread
Another age-old mystery solved, courtesy of Welcome Back to
Pottersville.
Today happens to mark the fourth anniversary of the last day I ever
worked at a fulltime job. It was on this day in 2009 when I worked on a
Friday and when I went back to work on Monday the 27th, I got the axe just
before I would've punched in. This seemingly endless skein of joblessness
is still largely inexplicable to me, although I have lots of theories as to
why this has happened.
As I've been screaming for years, outsourcing, spearheaded by the US
Chamber of Commerce, plays a big part in it... more »
Muslims in America...
*not
such a good idea. *
H/T *1389 Blog*
And now, via *Terry at Nox and Friends*, take a gander at the following
article and ask yourself how a man whose legs have been blown off
(picture
at following link) has not died from blood loss. Note also that he was
being transported in a wheelchair. Hmmmmmmm, odd conveyance for a
person
with both legs blown off. Was there no stretcher handy?
When I first saw the picture the above two questions popped
*immediately*into my mind. They also popped right out of my mind as I
was a bit
shocked.
Now I'm asking those questions again...
... more »
How Do You Like Your Odds?
A decade ago, Britain's Astronomer Royal, cosmologist Martin Rees, wrote "*Our
Final Hour, A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental
Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future In This Century - On Earth and Beyond*."
In it he makes compelling arguments that, with bio-terror and bio-error and
similar man-made hazards that confront us today, mankind has a no better
than 50/50 chance of surviving this century.
Lord Rees is convinced we are now on the verge of a *post-humanity* era
that will see mankind undergo various forms of geo-engineering of our minds
and bodies, v... more »
A Coup for Parliament or a Recruiting Tool for CHP
As we know, Warwara's Wank ended with a further wank, this one about Free
Speech.
The long-awaited Speaker's decision on his point of privilege over having
his member's statement (S.O.30) snuffed by the CON Whip was announced
yesterday at around 3 p.m.
Here's Kady O'Malley's story filed at 4:57 p.m.
If backbench MPs want to the right to speak freely in the House, they're
going to have to start standing up to be counted -- even if it means
ignoring the speaking lists prepared by the party whip to compete against
their caucus colleagues for the attention of the speaker.
That, it se... more »
EMILY's List Up To No Good Again-- In L.A... And In Hawaii?
Sen. Brian Schatz, City Councilman Eric Garcetti-- too progressive for
EMILY's List
On election day eve, late summer 2008, long after mail-in ballots had been
sent in, EMILY's List sent out a bizarre message to its members in
Tennessee. They withdrew their endorsement from the corrupt, conservative
Democratic woman they had recruited and backed all year, Nikki Tinker, a
cog in the Harold Ford political machine who was taking on progressive
incumbent Steve Cohen, a 100% pro-choice ally. Tinker, was the
quintessential candidate of the new EMILY's List: conservative, Blue Dog,
corrupt ... more »
Tentative Report Card on Senate Reform
The Senate just voted unanimously to confirm Jane Kelly, nominated by the
president for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. This is how it's supposed
to work! Kelly was nominated on January 31 of this year for a brand-new
opening, with Michael Malloy taking senior status. A circuit court spot
filled in under three months? Well done, Barack Obama and the Senate!
So, two things. One is that everyone has given Harry Reid a lot of grief
over Senate reform, but it sure seems to me that things have been steadily
improving. That's five circuit court vacancies filled this year so far. It
leav... more »
thwap's mail-sack and (maybe) etc.,
Back when blogs used to be a more hep, groovy and "with it" kinda scene,
they used to attract more idiots. So I really filtered the old comments
section. As a result, I've gotten a couple of emails from people not
registered with google. Here they are - - -
"Kip" writes:
Good evening Thwap,
I read and enjoy your posts regularly.
I'm not a *Party* supporter: democracy needs to work toward acceptance of
the fact that *one person/one vote* means, well, *one person/one vote*, and
we need to openly acknowledge that our current party based systems do not
allow for that.
I was going to... more »
Prosthetic and double amputee were used to fake legs blown off by Boston Marathon Bombs.
Another confirmation that prosthetics were used in the staged inside job. —
with Alfred Lambremont Webre III, Cherie Martin, Lisa Elkins Goodman, Michael
Edward, Michael Roseand Peter Stewart.
If Sandy Hook, 911 and Aurora shootings had all been planned and
orchestrated by the same evil forces, then it stands to reason that the
Titanic was deliberately set on a "suicide collision" course into the
dangerous ice bergs zone to pave the way for the Federal Reserve system a
year later.
America is suffering today for that "Titanic Plot" 100 years... more »
VIDEO Sihasin in concert Tucson: AIM song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORPQ853bz2Q
Dine'
band Sihasin welcomes Saharan desert band Tinariwen to the Sonoran
Desert, and home to Tohono O'odham and Yaqui, live at the Hotel Congress
in Tucson on April 23, 2013. Jeneda and Clayson Benally's new band is
on tour and will be at the Gathering of Nations this weekend. Jeneda and
Clayson spoke for hope and unity during the incredible concert,
Presentation on Weather Risk & Climate Change
Here in PDF is a handout of a presentation I gave earlier this week to the Intermediaries
and Reinsurance Underwriters Association 2013 Spring Conference.
Here are the questions and answers that I presented in the talk:
Anyone with questions or comments please send them along (again, the link
to the handout is here in PDF). If you'd like to reuse any of the figures
in the talk, just drop me an email, I am happy to share.
Thanks to the IRUA for an excellent conference and stimulating discussions.
DZHOKHAR IS INNOCENT
New surveillance images from Boston show chilling images of 'Red Bull and
Doritos'.
*dailymail.*
*Tamerlan Tsaraev attended the same school as actors Matt Damon and Ben
Affleck.*
Friends describe Dzhokhar Tsaraev as a mild-mannered pot-smoker, and seem
genuinely shocked that he could have been involved in violence.
*Dzhokhar*
According to Dzhokhar's Twitter account, *Dzhokhar dreams of cheeseburgers,
jokes with friends about getting high, finding girls and watching the
fantasy saga "Game of Thrones" on TV. *
The day after the bombing, he tweeted: 'I'm a stress-free kind of gu... more »
Record floods hit U.S. Midwest – ‘We have seen some of the worst flooding damage to neighborhoods and homes across our state in Illinois history’
[image: Flooding inundates a road along the Mississippi River north of
Clarksville, Missouri, on Sunday, 21 April 2013, in a handout photo from
the Missouri governor's office. Photo: Handout / Reuters / Landov]
By Doyle Rice
23 April 2013
(USA TODAY) – A rainy Tuesday added to flooding misery in the Midwest, as
bloated rivers and streams continued to rise across the region.
Floodwaters rose to record levels along the Illinois River in central
Illinois on Tuesday, while in Missouri, six levees north of St. Louis were
overtopped by the surging Mississippi River, though mostly farmla... more »
Nation starting to realize new era of American innovation never gonna happen
[image: Illustration of a wind farm, a high-speed train, a domed colony in
the desert, and a PV solar power plant. Sources say they have been misled
into thinking America was on the verge of an exciting and bold new
technological frontier. Graphic: The Onion]
WASHINGTON, 22 April 2013 (The Onion) – After nearly a decade of promises
that the nation was on the brink of a technological, economic, and
scientific golden age, citizens across the country confirmed Monday they
are now realizing a bold new era of American innovation is just flat-out
not gonna happen.
Citing the fragile ec... more »
The Preston Manning Centre for Building Buildings
Covert cell phone video catches a Calgary developer homebuilder referring
to buying the campaigns of development-friendly local candidates. In his
speech to 150 Calgary industry nobs in November, his remarks about Preston
Manning, who also attended and spoke at the meeting, appear at the 1:54
mark:
"... keeping in mind, in order to bring Preston on board, 11 of us put up
100 thousand - so $1.1-million. So it's not like we haven't put up our
money you know, and we are also going to be there to put up it again and
yet we're also supporting the candidates."
Hey, those Manning Centr... more »
2013 has eighth warmest start on record, despite cooler-than-average winter in much of Northern Hemisphere
[image: Selected significant global climate anomalies and events, March
2013. Graphic: NCDC]
Global Highlights
- The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces
for March 2013 tied with 2006 as the 10th warmest on record, at 0.58°C
(1.04°F) above the 20th century average of 12.3°C (54.1°F).
- The global land surface temperature was 1.06°C (1.91°F) above the 20th
century average of 5.0°C (40.8°F), the 11th warmest March on record. For
the ocean, the March global sea surface temperature was 0.41°C (0.74°F)
above the 20th century average of ... more »
"This Criminal Code is not holy book"
A Montreal man accused of plotting a terrorist attack against a VIA Rail
passenger train denounced the Canadian Criminal Code in a Toronto courtroom
Wednesday during his second court appearance.
“This Criminal Code is not holy book,” Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, told the
court as he stood in the prisoners’ box at Old City Hall.
After Justice of the Peace Susan Hilton cautioned him he was on the record
and he spoke with duty counsel, Esseghaier continued to comment on his
detention, saying the code could not be relied on. “Only the Creator is
perfect,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter in this ... more »
Japan: Cold War Rising Update
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning (4/24/2013) that 'Japan Leader
Charts Path for Military Rise' page A7
[Excerpted] Mr. Abe has, in recent days, talked more openly about returning
to his life's goal of rewriting Japan's 66-year-old-pacifist
constitution.... On Tuesday, tensions intensified around a collection of
islands in the Wast China Sea claimed by both Japan and China, while Mr.
Abe told parliament he wouldn't hesitate to use force to defend the
territory currently controlled by Japan....
Specifically, Mr. Abe now says he wants to revise Article 96, the section
tha... more »
The absence of the intelligentsia!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013*
*James Gleick chats with Dowd:* James Gleick started out at the New York
Times, then moved upward from there.
He spent ten years at the Times, then began writing highly-regarded,
widely-praised books on scientific topics. As such, he is part of the
intelligentsia, to the extent that we have one.
That’s why it’s instructive to see Gleick’s presence in today’s New York
Times.
Over the weekend, Gleick wrote a piece for New York magazine about the way
information spread concerning the Boston bombing. He noted the failures of
cable news and the shortcoming... more »
Wednesday Links / Open Thread
Horror in Bangladesh: a substandard building that housed several clothing
factories supplying American retailers has collapsed, killing at least 70,
injuring hundreds and trapping hundreds more. Employees had noticed a crack
in the building, but were forced by bosses to enter and start working
anyway. A fire in another Bangladeshi clothing factory killed more than 100
people only five months ago. Walmart, of course, sees no evil, hears no
evil, speaks no evil and knows nothing, nada, zilch about its outsourced
slave labor camps.
The devastated tiny town of West, TX is already being ... more »
The 10 things Americans care about more than the environment
[image: An Indian child paints during an awareness event organized by the
Aakalpan Artist Society commemorating Earth Day in Allahabad. Photo: Sanjay
Kanojia / AFP / Getty Images]
By Will Oremus
22 April 2013
(Slate) – Environmentalists like to think that the public is in their
corner—that it’s only the pernicious influence of Big Oil and Big Coal that
keeps Congress from passing a carbon tax or Obama from nixing the Keystone
Pipeline. They’re right that most voters care about the planet, insofar as
they’d prefer not to see it trashed, all other things being equal. But all
other... more »
Boston blasts won't revive US-Russia reset: How will it affect Syria?
*M K Bhadrakumar from Asia Times*
*excerpted:*
Any event that impacts on the United States' "homeland security" would have
worldwide repercussions. The repercussions of the Boston Marathon bombings
are most expected on the United States' ties with Russia.
The US-Russia security cooperation has taken a beating in the recent year
or two even as the "reset" in the relations ended and a period of cold-war
style distrust and acrimony developed between Moscow and Washington.
However, it is too big a surmise to make at this point that a resetting of
the moribund US-Russia "reset" is under ... more »
What would the Koch brothers do to the Los Angeles Times?
[image: The Los Angeles Times Building and 2nd and Spring streets downtown.
Photo: Getty Images]
By Harold Meyerson
23 April 2013
(Washington Post) – On May 21, Los Angeles voters will go to the polls to
select a new mayor. Who will govern Los Angeles, however, is only the
second-most important local question in the city today. The most important,
by far, is who will buy the *Los Angeles Times*.
*The Times* is one of the eight daily newspapers now owned by the creditors
who took control of the Tribune Co. after real estate wheeler-dealer Sam
Zell drove it into bankruptcy. Others ... more »
Falling Yen Fallout
The falling Japanese yen is having a complex effect on Taiwan, with some
industries feeling nothing while others are getting pinched... (FocusTaiwan
):
...Since the beginning of this year, the yen has fallen 14.72 percent
against the U.S. dollar. The magnitude of the depreciation during the
period of April 4-19, in particular, hit almost 7 percent on the back of
more fund injections from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to boost the economy.
....
Acer Inc., the world's fourth largest PC vendor, agreed with the argument
of little impact from the yen's weakness, *saying as Japan is not the maj... more »
The palpable racism of school closures
There I said it. School closure policies are racist. Not necessarily
bigoted, but indeed racist. Look up the difference. Filed under: CHALK
FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: chicago, new york city, public
schools, racism, school closures
RED AND BLUE WITH RACE ALL OVER: Red and blue fight about black, white and Muslim!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013*
*Part 2—Murky, inane, unhelpful:* Last week, before the photos emerged, no
one knew who had committed the terrible Boston bombings.
Murky, unfocused, unhelpful work soon appeared from the leaders of both
major tribes. Red and blue were quickly fighting about concepts like black,
white and Muslim.
Let’s start with some murky, unfocused work which emerged at a red tribal
site.
Newsbusters is one of the many sites maintained by the Media Research
Center, a long-standing conservative press critique site. Over the years,
the MRC has produced a ton of horribl... more »
Federal court backs EPA regulation of mountaintop removal
[image: A mountaintop removal mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va., with
Coal River Mountain, left, in the background, 18 September 2008. Photo:
Jeff Gentner / Associated Press]
By Neela Banerjee
23 April 2013
WASHINGTON (Los Angeles Times) – A federal appeals court unanimously backed
the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate a controversial
form of coal mining called mountaintop removal, overturning a lower court
decision that barred the agency from stopping a large coal mine in West
Virginia.
The ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is likely to set o... more »
At the Chalk Face on #blogtalkradio: A primer of sorts
We have to brag a little bit. The weekly radio show makes us unique because
it supports the commentary we do, and vice versa. We work our BEE-hinds off
to bring everyone stories and conversations that don’t get covered, related
to education and public schools. In addition to our weekly shows at 6PM EST
on [...]
Formosa: The Fleeting Prussian Possibility in the 19th century.
*Shuimen town, Pingtung, morning.*
From *The Prussian Expedition in the Far East (1860-1862)*, Bernd Martin (
link):
The French Baron Gros even encouraged the Prussian envoy to annex the
island of Formosa as a Prussian colony. The French seemed very keen on
having the Prussians as their allies in colonial adventures in Southeast
Asia. While French troops were to invade the kingdom of Cambodia the
Germans should occupy Formosa and thus hinder both the British and the
Chinese from interfering with France's colonial acquisitions. The idea of
Formosa as a German colony under Prussian ... more »
Nerd-Inflected Wednesday Linkage
The difference between pets in Diablo III and Torchlight II. Blah blah blah
Game of Thrones blah blah credible commitments blah blah blah prisoners’
dilemma. Taylor Fravel says that China hasn’t abandoned no-first use. Pavel
Podvig demolishes “SDI ended the Cold War” claptrap. Key graf: “The
evolution of the Soviet attitudes toward SDI suggests that
Continue reading
time has come
Ladies and Gentlemen,
There really isn't much reason to beat around the bush, I imagine. By now
you have noticed the manipulation and bias within the media. You've watched
as your government has sold you down the river. Corporations have buried
their money into your politics and now influence the decisions of your
government. The banks continue to grow more ruthless and unethical in
practice. All in the name of profit. Your future, your children’s
future...it means nothing to them. The only desired outcome is maximum
profit, obtained with the least possible expense. And whether y... more »
war is obsolete
"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth
at a higher standard of living than any have ever known.
It no longer has to be you or me.
Selfishness is unnecessary.
War is obsolete.
It is a matter of converting the high technology
from weaponry to livingry."
- R. Buckminster Fuller
ALEC Legislators Appropriating Your $$$ to Fund ALEC
"Appropriating " Taxpayer Dollars to Fund ALEC
A better word might be STEALING
A post of of South Dakota should be a wakeup call to every American.
While your state legislature is cutting funds to schools and other social
programs - how much are they budgeting to spend on ALEC?
Is this happening in YOUR state - and you just don't know about it, cause
you haven't bothered to check?
Note the following:
Today the Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature decided to spend
some of that money on sending members to the entirely pro-corporate,
anti-democratic meetings of the Americ... more »
NRA And K Street Lose A Powerful Senator-- Max Baucus Won't Run For Reelection
Helping the GOP filibuster background checks for the NRA made his
reelection untenable
Max Baucus was certainly planning to run for reelection. His Glacier PAC
has been collecting money from the special interests he serves and his
campaign warchest already had $3,594,923 on hand by January 1 this year.
Known as the Senator from K Street, last time Baucus ran (2008), special
interest PACs contributed $4,959,391. Since then, he's further ingratiated
himself to the big money groups that give the most, particularly the
Medical-Industrial Complex and the banksters, who have contributed,
... more »
Harper's Time Has Passed
The Liberals have answered the first of the Conservative attack ads against
Justin Trudeau. That ad blew up in their faces. As Michael Harris wrote
earlier this week:
In a word, instead of defining their political enemy, the Conservatives
have defined themselves. Through years of incumbency, the Harper crowd has
become an increasingly grumpy cabal of aging incumbents full of spite,
malice and, of late, a bloated sense of entitlement. The Senate housing
debacle shows how comfortably the party has settled into the easy chair of
power.
With each display of bad manners and bad judg... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Bruce Kirby, 85. Third-most-common Columbo occasional
actor, despite not (unless I missed one) being a Cassavetes guy. Excellent,
whether in sitcoms or cop shows.
The good stuff:
1. I rarely link to editorials, but I think the NYT gets points to
something important here. One of the real hallmarks of the current group of
Republicans is passing policies and then blaming Barack Obama and the
Democrats for them; it's unusually irresponsible, but they keep going back
to it.
2. Negative recruiting: very difficult to study. Reporters Greg Bluestein
and Daniel Malloy loo... more »
Muslim convert 'held talks on targeting UK civilians' - Crime - News - London Evening Standard
More Islamist terrorists...
' Mahmood refers to the real war being in Britain and not Pakistan or
Afghanistan. He says the UK is "dar-ul harb" — the Arabic term for "theatre
of war", where Sharia law is not in force so an attack is justified.'
More here
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/muslim-convert-held-talks-on-targeting-uk-civilians-8586104.html
BOSTON BOMBERS; MICHAEL JACKSON; SUNIL TRIPATHI; MUMBAI; ARMENIA
*Sunil Tripathi, looking like Tamerlan Tsarnaev.*
Reportedly, police have found the body of a man in the Providence River,
near the Wyndham Garden Providence Hotel, Rhode Island.
The police think it is 'very possible' that it is missing student Sunil
Tripathi who was accused of being one of the Boston Marathon bombers.
*Sunil*
Tripathi, 22, was a Brown University student and has been missing since
March 2013.
Authorities are hoping to reveal the identity of the body today, but police
lieutenant Joseph Donnelly told The Boston Globe that 'it's very, very
possible' that it is Trip... more »
Does a breach of professional conduct amount to a tort? No
*Hyra v. Her Majesty the Queen et al, *2013 MBQB 83 says that a breach of
professional conduct rules does not give rise to a cause of action.
Presumably if a recognized tort – say negligence – was alleged a breach of
professional rules might well be good evidence supporting such claim;
however, standing alone, a breach is not a tort:
[11] With respect to the alleged cause of action of a violation of The
Professional Code of Conduct, I am not aware of the existence of any such
cause of action. While a breach of The Professional Code of Conduct may
lead to discipline from th... more »
Untitled
*Saints asked Fujita to retire as a member of the team ~BlackandGold.com*
*Mississippi Barges Slowed by Flooding Following Record Drought ~Bloomberg*
*Soul Project: Music for Movers and Shakers ~offBeat*
Saudi Woman Given Lashes For Texting Stranger by Mistake
The almost literally fascist state of Saudi Arabia has done it again. Just
when I thought they could go no lower, they prove me wrong...
' A Saudi woman has been sentenced to eight lashes by a court in Qatif for
mistakenly sending a text message allegedly promoting the Shiite branch of
Islam.
The 30-year-old woman, identified only as YH, has been pronounced guilty
for sending an SMS to another Saudi woman, containing a group of telephone
numbers under the name 'Shiite Islamic religious services'.'
More here
http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/saudi-arabia-woman-lashes-wrong-sms-number-4607... more »
Hamas Mickey Mouse's 6 Year Broadcast Anniversary
Poor Farfour, poor brainwashed Palestinian children. A story of breeding
hatred that the BBC just hate to report.
http://www.idfblog.com/hamas/2013/04/22/farfours-sixth-anniversary-mickey-mouse-rip-off-teaches-gazan-children-to-hate/
House Benghazi Report Raises New Questions - US News & World Report
' Reductions of security levels prior to the attacks in Benghazi were
approved at the highest levels of the State Department, up to and including
Secretary Clinton. This fact contradicts her testimony before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee on January 23, 2013.
In the days following the attacks, White House and senior State
Department officials altered accurate talking points drafted by the
Intelligence Community in order to protect the State Department.
Contrary to Administration rhetoric, the talking points were not edited
to protect classified information. Concern for ... more »
Thinkers or Test Takers?
Here are the thoughts from a colleague, John Borden, after the first day of
the New York State ELA Assessment last week: On Tuesday, the ten and eleven
year old children in my class began taking the 2013 Grade Five Common Core
English Language Arts Test. The students had 90 minutes to read a number
[...]
ALEC Long-term Policies are Destructive
ALEC’s model legislation reflects long-term goals:
downsizing government, removing regulations on corporations and making it
harder to hold the economically and politically powerful to account.
The data tell us that the time has come to refocus on the battle to loosen
the grip of corporate America and renew democracy in the states.
This is what the policies like those pushed by the American Legislative
Exchange Council lead to: West , TX.
abcnews.go.com
*downsizing government,
removing regulations on corporations and
making it harder to hold the economically and politically... more »
The Truth in Video: Immigration and Multiculturalism is Genocide
The following videos tell the truth about anti-racism and immigration, in
ways which all but the most brain-dead of multi-cultists should understand:
How many liberal bigots will understand that their 'anti-racism' is
condemning us all to ethnic genocide and cultural death? These videos
deserve to be distributed widely. It would be worth downloading them
before youtube bans them for the 'offensive' crime of telling the truth
about political correctness and internationalism.
*Direct link to videos*:
Anti-racist Hitler - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKDeyuM0-Og
How Whites took ove... more »
A new born goat's 'happy dance'
And why not, sometimes even I get bored of posting depressing stuff.
Lee Smolin: Time Reborn
*An incredible pile of unscientific gibberish*
There's one aspect in which Lee Smolin's newest book is less irritating
than his previous book, The Trouble With Physics: the main purpose of the
new book isn't to mindless attack and lie about the best results of the
contemporary theoretical physics research. Instead, if we ignore the
mega-arrogant and super-dishonest subtitle "From the Crisis of Physics to
the Future of the Universe", "Time Reborn" tries to attack physics from the
times of Newton and "constructively" present Smolin's own ideas about
physics – or something he apparentl... more »
Brooding Dinosaurs
I do not think anyone really doubts that birds evolved directly from
dinosaur lineages. This work allows us to map the evolution of egg brooding
while this all took place. It certainly ensures parental protection which
may not have been an issue for crocs and turtles but is certainly an issue
for all others.
The modern world tells us as much when we observe the lengths that birds
must go to protect their young. In fact, the primary cause of island
extinctions and most of out biodiversity has been driven by the advent of
the rat eating eggs.
It is also pretty clear tha... more »
Super Towers?
The BBC makes the prediction that we will possibly build a building as
tall as ten thousand meters or as tall as Mount Everest. My real problem
with that idea is that assuming it is possible, just why would we actually
do it? There are far too many problems and unwarranted risks involved.
However, it still led me to consider a serious variation. It would really
be helpful to be able to accelerate mass into space. To do this I have
proposed building a slanted launch tube inside a tall mountain and it could
easily be taken to the that height in some locales like Everest. The t... more »
BBC Predictions for Next Fifty Years
These are always fun to read and is more an extension of research optimism
and simple economic imperatives. There are several items here and I will
put my comments in the text.
*What will happen far sooner than other's have recently predicted*
*APRIL 11, 2013*
*http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/what-will-happen-far-sooner-than-others.html#more
*
*The BBC has collected predictions (from 2013 to 2150) and produced odds
for their occurrence. Odds were produced by Ladsbrokes a bet maker in the
UK.*
*
The BBC predictions are from Jan 2, 2013.*
*
BBC -** A succes... more »
52 Edible Wild Plants
I will skip the pictures here. Otherwise this list is a reminder that
many plants in the wild can be made fit to eat. As usual, there is art
involved although the steamer pretty well determines if it is even
possible. Struggling with young dandelions is a real good introduction to
the issues.
I do know all these plants as they are all Eastern woodland. most we
never attempted to use. Yet i can heartily recommend lambs quarters
although there is craft there also. A few are complete surprises and
trying them would be quite an adventure. One i know can be crushed a... more »
AMMACH - 2045 - NO MORE HUMANS
quite a series of BRUTAL CLAIMS by Miles Johnston against THE HUMAN RACE at
the Ammach 2013 Spring Lecture closing presentation.
"They are destroying the Human Birth Cycle and aiming to manufacture
COMPLETELY NON HUMAN humans, uploading human consciousness into artificial
bodies. 2045.com suggests that you'll be a *Licensed Avatar* with all the
rights of a human being. Humanity is in a TERMINATION STAGE. There'll be NO
REINCARNATION for any advanced psychics currently undergoing Awakening."
warns Johnston and other speakers.
It all sounds like a science fiction film, but then so did... more »
GOLD; DEBT; MANAGEMENT; SKILLS
*1.* *THE PRICE OF GOLD*
*According to stock market historian David Schwartz, Gold may fall in price
to $ 900 per oz, or even $400 per oz.*
"History repeatedly warns that prices typically return to the vicinity of
their long-term support lines in the aftermath of a burst bubble...
"Between January 1975 and September 1976, the dollar price of gold fell by
almost 50 per cent, and there was another big fall after the 1980 peak.
"If you trace the gold price back to the early 1970s ... you end up with a
support line just below $400."
*ft.com*
*2.* *DEBT*
*
**The UK and USA shou... more »
April 23, 1973
Nixon now decides: Haldeman and Ehrlichman should not take leaves of
absence until everything is resolved; they should resign in order to fight
any charges against them. That's the advice he's getting from pretty much
everyone he consults; of course, what none of those people know that Nixon
does know is how guilty they both are -- and how guilty he is.
Nixon has Ron Ziegler, the White House Press Secretary who is increasingly
a close adviser during this period, call Haldeman late in the day to tell
him. From Haldeman's diary:
--
He [Nixon] told Ziegler to call me and tell me that... more »
Your moment of Zen
Chasing rainbows. National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Hacked AP Twitter Feed Brings NYSE 'Flash Crash' and $136 Billion Loss In 4 Minutes (This Is Not A False Flag Either!)
Hacked AP Twitter Feed Brings NYSE 'Flash Crash' By Brad Friedman on
4/23/2013, 5:15pm PT With the U.S. stock market hitting all-time record
highs again of late, it'd be understandable for some to think strength and
confidence has returned to the stock exchange. But if today's mid-day
"flash crash" --- which saw the S&P Index lose $136 billion in a matter of
four minutes as AP's Twitter
Of Partisanship and Education “Reform”
This is a different topic for me. I would rather write about teaching,
parenting, and what’s best for kids. But I’m often asked about my
affiliations, my political leanings, and my feelings about other issues.
First, there is no other issue right now for me. I feel a sense of
urgency about the course of [...]
Jean Trounstine : Compassion Cannot Be Piecemeal
Compassion
cannot be piecemeal. Image from NPR.
Reflections on the past week:
Compassion cannot be piecemeal
Justice does not mean mercy. That I know. But justice must be tempered
by mercy.
By Jean Trounstine / The Rag Blog / April 24, 2013
BOSTON -- This was a difficult week to be a prison activist in Boston,
Massachusetts. Just as it was undoubtedly difficult to work for the
rights of
Musical Interlude: Brule', “Stomp Dance”
Brule', “Stomp Dance”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_l2Zt_um6M
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit,
please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges
we've taken on so far.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
Last week's challenge asked us to banish paper towels. Was it easy for you?
We gave them up some time ago. Ol... more »
Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) Who Once Voted For DOMA Is Getting Married To A Man Next Month
Here's one homophobic asshole whose mind Kolbe won't be able to change
anytime soon
I had already ended my time as the pop music critic for *The Advocate* in
1996 when Arizona Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe came out as gay. But I
still recall the stir around the magazine because they had decided to
publicly "out" Kolbe after he voted for DOMA, which was meant to prevent
gay couples from marrying. Since almost everyone in Washington already knew
Kolbe was gay, the homophobic vote seemed especially hypocritical. Kolbe
decided to beat *The Advocate* to the punch by calling a press con... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Jets of streaming plasma expelled by the central black hole of a massive
spiral galaxy light up this composite image of Centaurus A. The jets
emanating from Cen A are over a million light years long.
*Click image for larger size.*
Exactly how the central black hole expels infalling matter is still
unknown. After clearing the galaxy, however, the jets inflate large radio
bubbles that likely glow for millions of years. If excited by a passing
front, radio bubbles can even light up again after a billion years. X-ray
light is depicted in the above composite image in blue, while micr... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Jim Fetzer*,
founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and one of the most brilliant minds in
the alternative media today. *Dr. Fetzer* has written extensively about the
murder of John F. Kennedy, 9/11, and the murder of Senator Paul Wellstone.
Dr. Fetzer and I will be discussing the PSYOP aspects of major false flag
events like 9/11, Sandy Hook, and the recent Boston "bombing". Tune in for
what will surely be an interesting program!
You can download the entire program *here*, or subscribe to the American
Nationalist Netwo... more »
ANZAC EVE: War and Peace
*War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.
* - Sir Henry Maine (1822-88)
*Charles Sargeant Jagger's Royal Artillery Monument at Hyde Park Corner,
London*
“IT IS WELL THAT WAR is so terrible,” said General Robert E. Lee after the
slaughter at Fredericksburg, “otherwise we should grow too fond of it.” *
But fond of it humans have been for most of our history. Far too fond. For
thousands of years war has been an intrinsic part of the social and
political order, with armed conflict across the known world the accepted
method by which ambitions are ach... more »
Austerity Does NOT Work
Austerity does not work to improve the economy. Instead, it increases
poverty and inequality:
T. Raum and J. Agiesta (2013, April 20) Poll: Public Pessimism Increases:
More Than Half of Americans Rate Economy as ‘Poor.’ The Arizona Republic p.
D4
[Excerpted] ‘Only 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial
situation to improve over the next year, an Associated Press-GfK poll
shows.
The downbeat public attitudes registered in the survey coincide with
several dour economic reports showing recent slowdowns in gains in hiring,
consumer retail spending, manufacturing act... more »
American Political Elites Are Really Bad-- Roundup
Painting by Attila Richard Lukacs
Ken's back in action and he'll be taking back this slot starting tomorrow.
If you think *you're* happy, imagine how I feel!
*Heidi Heitkamp-- Cowardly And Disappointing*
You probably heard about the tremendous disappointment that 4 Democratic
senators-- Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Mark Pryor (AR), Max Baucus (MT) and Mark
Begich (AK)-- made common cause with the Republicans against the bipartisan
background check amendment offered by Second Amendment fanatics Joe Manchin
(D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA). Former Obama Chief of Staff, Bill Daley wrote
a blisteri... more »
REMEMBERING A LEGEND
- Jane Brown (left), Richie Havens, and me at the October 24, 1987
protest outside the gates of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. I
was saddened to hear today about the passing of the legendary folk singer.
He came to the protest at the space center that I organized while working
for the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice. He was very kind to us,
didn't ask for any money, just poured his heart out in his energetic and
humble way. He just wanted to help.
- We had two big protests that year against the militarization of space
- the fi... more »
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