Obamacare Protest at Supreme Court (Photo credit: southerntabitha)
Maximum Out-of-Pocket Premiums for Eligible Individuals in 2014 Under PPACA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Senator Ted Cruz: We're winning...
*I'm cautiously optimistic.*
H/T *Freedom's Lighthouse*
Hidden in Plain Sight - 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing 100% inside job.
Hidden in Plain Sight - the staged drama of the 2013 Boston Marathon
Bombing - 100% Inside Job. The proofs are in the photoshopped composites
beamed around the world. There is no end to this Inside Job Scams (even
before the 1912 Titanic)until we say Enough is Enough! No one can help us
until we help ourselves. The first step is to see the plain truth contained
in these pictures.
Thanks to Robbo Da Yobbo, we found this confirmation on his youtube video.
There was no cut on the thigh immediately after the explosion.
Another solid proof of crisis actors in action.
No way any f... more »
Why not support the folk who are right!
*MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013*
*Our fund-raising drive continues:* If you don’t mind our saying so, year
after year we just keep getting it right.
In the last few weeks, the world has heard about the two latest Harvard
professors. We have been telling you, year after year: The professors are *
constantly* failing.
Yesterday morning, the front-page piece in the New York Times Sunday Review
cited a few upbeat facts about the nation’s test scores. (Other basic facts
were withheld.)
We have been telling you, year after year, about the way our “educational
experts” and education reporters ref... more »
ALEC 2012 Policy: Stop the exchange, stop PPACA.
Found this quote from Christie Herrera who at the time this was recorded
was the Health guru at ALEC, before she left ALEC for Florida government
appointment:
The exchanges are key to most other parts of PPACA -- it
subsidizes/enforces the individual mandate and determines who is eligible
for a newly-expanded Medicaid program. Stop the exchange, stop PPACA.
I went looking for it and found a thread from a live blog which is an
eye-opening exchange of the right-wingers.
*The thread is located*
* *
*>>>>HERE<<<*
Here are snips:
*Joining the FreedomWorks "Stop Obamacare at the St... more »
Post-Policy GOP and Sequestration
Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas write:
Republicans wanted entitlement cuts. They’re not getting them. They wanted
to protect defense spending. Instead, the Pentagon is getting gutted while
Medicare and Social Security are left mostly untouched. They had an eye
toward tax reform. Nuh-uh.
That is, keeping sequestration in place is, they write, lose-lose when it
comes to policy.
Which would be absolutely true if Republicans really did want entitlement
cuts, defense spending, tax reform, or, as they go on to discuss, long-term
deficit reduction.
If, however, we take the "post-policy" idea ... more »
History Lessons: Bigfoot, the Viceroyalty and the Natives of Nootka
*History Lessons: Bigfoot, The Viceroyalty and the Natives of Nootka*
*By Scott Corrales (c) 2013 *
During the 18th century, exploration of "la Alta California" (Upper
California) pushed northward beyond the deserts and forests of the San
Francisco Mission and into the virgin forests of the modern states of
Oregon and Washington - lands lacking gold or readily accessible mineral
wealth, but whose waters attracted the otters that stirred the interest of
Russian settlers in Alaska. As they sailed southward in search of their
prize, they came into conflict with the forces of the vic... more »
Breaking: Stanford professor reveals real facts about American test scores!
*MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013*
*When will the New York Times agree to tell the whole truth:* Yesterday, in
the New York Times, the week of the professors continued.
In a front-page piece in the Sunday Review, Stanford professor Sean Reardon
got a whole bunch of things right. At the end of a *very* lengthy piece, he
argued a set of congenial lines.
How can we help low-income kids achieve more in school? Here’s what he said
we should do:
REARDON (4/28/13): So how can we move toward a society in which educational
success is not so strongly linked to family background? *Maybe we should
tak... more »
Daily Links, Monday, April 28, 2013: Protest Version
A friend of mine was down from Taipei to Yuanli Port in Miaoli to protest
the installation of wind machines over the objections of locals. The Taipei
Times covered this earlier in April:
“We are just asking the government and the building contractor to respect
us local residents, include us in the negotiations, and keep a safe
distance between our homes and the wind turbines,” Chen said.
The Germany-based wind energy firm, InfraVest GmbH, plans to build 12 new
wind turbines along the coast of Miaoli County — six in Tongsiao Township
(通霄) and the other six in Yuanli.
Worried about ... more »
Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party, An Interview With Prof. Joseph Sassoon
Professor Joseph Sassoon was originally born in Baghdad, and later moved to
England where he received his education. He is currently a Professor at the
Center for Contemporary Arabic Studies at Georgetown University. In 2012,
he published *Saddam Hussein’s Ba’th Party, Inside an Authoritarian Regime*.
Using thousands of Iraqi documents seized by Kurds after the 1991 Gulf War,
and the U.S. led Coalition following the 2003 invasion, along with
interviews of former Iraqi officials Professor Sassoon was able to study
the intricate party apparatus of the Baathist regime under Saddam Hus... more »
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARABIC STUDIES VIDEO: Book Release: Jaseph Sassoon On Saddam Hussein's Baath Party
Book Release: Joseph Sassoon on Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party from Georgetown
CCAS on Vimeo.
ALEC Private National Chair - Misleads Public with Opinion Piece
*An interesting thing happened this morning – I found a total plagiarism of
one of my entries when I was researching this story. There is nothing –
absolutely nothing that pisses me off more than when people claim my stuff
as their own. NOTHING PISSES ME OFF MORE!*
*
*
*I knew I had written about this ALEC slimeball before - so I just Googled
his name - and lo & behold - I found an article that was a complete
plagiarism of one of my entries – with no link back to me, no reference to
me, no credit to me – they just stole my whole article – in fact the
person who posted it had t... more »
PROFESSORIATE FAILS YOU AGAIN: Harvard professor will travel for cash!
*MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013*
*Part 1—Much as we have told you:* Early in 2010, a pair of Harvard
professors authored a bungled study.
There’s certainly nothing new about that! Did you notice the horribly
cherry-picked column Harvard assistant professor Jal Mehta recently
published in the New York Times?
*We* did! For part 1, click here.
There’s nothing new about the failure of the ranking professoriate. And as
noted, the paper we’re discussing today appeared in early 2010. According
to our calculations, that was three years back!
Unfortunately, the bungled study turned out to be extre... more »
Maybe It Really Isn't Fair To Always Just Blame The Germans
The conventional wisdom runs something like this: the northern European
(Protestants) are industrious and thrifty and the southern Europeans + the
Irish (Catholics) are slackers and high livers who squander their wealth on
wine and women. Or... the Nazis won the long-war after all and are now
cracking the whip to make everyone in Europe act like a good little
Germans-- or starve. After all, who really gained the most from the
creation of the Common Market and the Eurozone? German industry is well...
very much *über alles*. Cyprus, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece... not so
much. Ger... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Kate Mulgrew, 58. Excellent captain, even if she is the
only captain to get dumped by Sam Malone.
Plenty of good stuff:
1. Andrew Rudalevige on Barack Obama and Taylor Swift.
2. Jonathan Cohn does not see a train wreck coming on ACA implementation.
Rough road, but no train wreck.
3. But on the cost side, see Ezra Klein's important reported story about the
one thing that might work...but no one wants it.
4. With a useful follow-up from Aaron Carroll.
5. Since I wrote about this last week, I think I should link: Aakash Abbi,
the student who taped Frank Luntz defen... more »
ALEC ALUMNI - Escalate Bullet Conspiracy Theory
*From The Hill*
*GOP aims to slow federal bullet buys*
By Jordy Yager - 04/27/13 01:00 PM ET
Republicans want to limit the number of bullets federal agencies can
purchase so American gun owners can buy more.
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Frank Lucas have introduced a bill that
would prohibit every government agency — except the military — from buying
more ammunition each month, than the monthly average it purchased from 2001
to 2009.
The lawmakers say the Obama administration is buying up exceedingly high
levels of ammunition in an attempt to limit the number of bullets th... more »
Ryan Dolan from Ireland Sings "Only Love Survives"
Official Irish entry for Eurovision 2013 "Only Love Survives" by Ryan Dolan
Composers : Ryan Dolan & Wez Devine Produced : Wez Devine & David Hayes
Mixed / Mastered : Fergal Davis Mastering Video edit :
www.facebook.com/zenemymusic
Thanks to Keith Arkins Photography for capturing Ryan's studio footage, the
Phoneographer and his Nokia and to all the beautiful people who contributed
footage for our vid! :)
Special thanks to Eurovision Mentor Stuart O Connor for putting the show
together and a huge thank you to all who voted Ryan through to Sweden. Just
Be Love!!! Ryan's manageme... more »
Untitled
*Looking back at NFL Draft Weekend (mostly) in quotations ~Library
Chronicles*
*A Look Inside Sean Payton’s Mind: What Rookie Selections Tell Us ~Saints
Tailgate*
*Schiro's Cafe: From Poor Boys to Saag Paneer ~Craig Kraemer*
*Spice king: How a New Orleans food firm went global ~Kim Gittleson *
*Pulling strings at Marigny’s Giant Puppet Festival ~Katie Walenter*
*The Hosts of the Party: Bayou St John responds to the Jazz Fest Takeover ~Laine
Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman*
*WWOZ Piano Night! ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Twisted Priorities
The Harper government is a nasty piece of work. Its twisted priorities now
permeate the Canadian economy. Those priorities are best illustrated by the
temporary foreign workers program. Originally established in boom times to
help alleviate labour shortages, the Harperites have used the program to
cudgel Canadian workers. Haroon Siddiqui writes in the *Toronto Star*:
Under Stephen Harper’s watch, temporary foreign workers have tripled, from
140,000 to 338,000. The total may be more like 500,000, if you add those
who may have gone underground at the end of their temporary visas, plu... more »
Peru: Residents of Iquitos Photograph Strange Object
*Source: La República (newspaper)
Date: 04.25.2013*
*PERU: Residents of Iquitos Photograph Strange Object*
Two residents of the “9 de Abril” settlement in the San Juan Bautista
district (Iquitos) reported seeing a UFO in the early morning hours of this
day. Daniel Chota Tamani, 30, explained that while speaking to his son,
Luis C.G., 14, an incandescent light appeared in the sky, moving oddly and
giving off beams of light. The phenomenon was recorded at around 2 o’clock
in the morning.
According to Chota Tamani, upon seeing what he took for a spacecraft, he
managed to record th... more »
If Labour Were In Power ...
This is what its programme of legislation would be right now, as announced
by Ed Miliband during his visit to Newcastle-under-Lyme today:
*Housing Bill*
Problem:
• The housing market has changes significantly in recent years. There are
now 3.8 million households in the private rented sector, including more
than one million with children.
• Many are being ripped off through hidden fees, which are costing tenants
£76m per year.
• More than a third of all privately rented homes are not up to decent
standards, with more than 15 per cent lacking minimal heat in winter.
The Bill would:
• ... more »
Argentina: Two Agronomists Photographed UFO Over Santiago Field
*Source: El Tribuno (newspaper)
Date: 04.25.2013*
*Argentina: Two Agronomists Photographed UFO Over Santiago Field*
*The two men were conducting a land survey when they discovered that one of
their photos of the sky, pointing northward, did not resemble a bird or a
plane, but an inverted dish.*
SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, 25 Apr (NA) – Two agronomists claim having
photographed a UFO while conducting a survey of a field near Pampa Múyoj in
Santiago del Estero.
Antonio Pappalardo and Roberto Aguila were startled when they returned to
the office to look over the photographs that constitute... more »
Argentina: "Sections of Santiago del Estero Attract UFOs"
*Source: El Liberal (newspaper)
Date: 28 April 2013*
*Argentina: “Sections of Santiago del Estero Attract UFOs”*
*Statement by renowned researcher Fabio Zerpa, confirming that a UFO was
indeed seen over Pampa Múyoj
Photo of sighting taken by two researchers who photographed the sky, not
knowing object was there.*
04.27.2013 – Following the startling manifestation of an Unidentified
Flying Object over Pampa Múyoj and a new photograph taken by a resident of
the Almirante Brown neighborhood, suggesting the possible presence of an
unknown object, renowned parapsychologist, ufologist ... more »
Musical Interlude: Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M
“Latest D.C.-Wall Street Brainstorm– Bailouts With Your Bank Deposits”
*“Latest D.C.-Wall Street Brainstorm– *
*Bailouts With Your Bank Deposits”*
by Martin Berg
“Think your federally insured bank deposits are safe? Think again. The
geniuses that are supposed to be protecting your money have dreamed up a
scary idea to use your money to help fund the next bailout. This is not
some paranoid conspiracy theory.
In December, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (which is supposed
to insure your money in the bank) and the Bank of England proposed using
your bank deposits to defray the costs of rescuing a too big to fail bank
when it gets in tro... more »
Can Spirulina Produce a Sustained Virological Response in Chronic Hep C? More Studies Here Please.
I was going to give the whole algae as immune stimulants theme a rest,
until Silvia Hinojosa-Price sent me this paper.
*Spirulina Platensis versus Silymarin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis
C virus infection. A pilot randomized, comparative clinical trial.*
*
**I've been reading these Hep C natural therapy papers for many years now
and this is the first to record SVR. Essentially, this means that the
treatment (Spirulina, a simple dried extract at 500mg 3x daily) was
associated with undetectable virus levels after 6 months treatment. Only in
13.3% of the subjects (4 of 30, with ... more »
Holy Waterboarding for Jesus
Dear Pinelake Baptist Church:
I have read with enthusiasm and interest your recent attempt to kidnap
an entire high school one grade at a time at Northwest Rankin High Schoolduring this school year.
Obviously, these tactics are much more cost-effective than that of Escuela
Caribe, subject of a liberal propaganda film called *Kidnapped For Christ*.
With the price of gas and jet fuel these days, it's no longer feasible to
kidnap children in the dead of night and fly them while bound to the
Dominican after coming out to their parents as gay or that they may have
shaken t... more »
art - Studio Ghibli - Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo
I don't even care if you don't speak Japanese - the images speak for
themselves, and it's Studio Ghibli. I personally love the idea of a 500m
'god' floating over the city like that before delivering his 'salvation'.
Death to all corporate slave centres, free planet.
*Studio Ghibli, known for producing notable anime titles, has released a
live-action short film called "Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo." The
notable family-friendly anime production company Studio Ghibli, with Hayao
Miyazaki taking the lead, released a live-action short film called “Giant
God Warrior Appears in Toky... more »
Understanding the Human Mind
This is a great update on our understanding of just how our brains might
work. I have underlined parts and made a couple of notes. I am myself very
much a student of Einstein's thinking and have been well served. What held
him back on his agenda was an oversight of the handful of eighteenth
century Mathematicians. My efforts ended that. Now we have to get past the
mental block put up by scholarship.
This is a must read. It will help you to understand what our future looks
like. Fifteen years is not a long time for the Baby Boom generation and
their children. Guide y... more »
Human Genetic Differences
This article by Lloyd Pye tackles the one remaining conjecture regarding
the emergence of modern humanity.
That conjecture has a cultural tradition behind it and additional
geological support that has been largely ignored.
What it boils down to is that genetic intervention has occurred at least
twice in human history. The first time occurred at least 200,000 years ago
and possibly sooner. This led to the emergence of some form of modern man
by 40,000 years ago.
The second event was the direct seeding of Earth with genetically prepared
colonies of agricultural man a... more »
Stonehenge Occupied Since Eighth Millennia
In fairness, it was reasonable to expect as much since we know that the
advent cattle husbandry began as early as the tenth millennia. This led
directly to stable land ownership and boundaries and a natural need for
monumental works.
The site then had to also be important as a population center long before
the building of Stonehenge. This now becomes a fresh focus for new
archeology. It is also a reminder of the productivity of cattle husbandry
even by itself.
The more interesting question is just now crude were the astronomical
alignments? Just aligning a couple of pole... more »
Super Priority of Derivatives?
The fundamental problem is simply concentration of risk. It is easily
ended by breaking up TBTF and separation of function as was done for
exactly the same reasons under Glass Steagel. When that was repealed in
1999 under Clinton, I was stunned. I said then it would take about eight
years to blow up the system. That is exactly what happened. We are now
getting ready for another round in the next four to six years unless
serious sense is brought to bear.
I would start today by charging every signatory to a failed AAA bond with
treason, preferably in the State of Tex... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning Duckaroos, here’s some stuff I think is actually worth
reading… Srinath Raghavan seemed to be one of the few pundits who could see
through the dangerous level of bullshit that was the latest Sino-Indian
border crisis along the LAC last week. The International Crisis Group
worries that the violent Hawija operation in the Kirkuk province
Continue reading
Musical Interlude: Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”
Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-4u9W-bns
Broken Britain?
' A mother forced her 14-year-old adopted daughter to inseminate herself
with donor sperm to provide a baby for her after she was prevented from
adopting any more children, it can be revealed.
The daughter, a virgin, is believed to have miscarried at 14, but went on
to have a baby at 16 after regularly inseminating herself with sperm bought
over the internet by her "domineering" mother because she was too scared to
refuse.'
More here at The Guardian
http://m.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/28/girl-forced-pregnant-donor-semen?CMP=twt_gu
Great Western leaders vs. Jews on Christianity, Jesus Christ
*What did some of the greatest Western leaders in history say about
Christianity and Jesus Christ? What follows is a small sampling.*
*"They are [Jefferson's Bible and thoughts on Jesus Christ] the result of a
life of inquiry and reflection, and very different from that Anti-Christian
system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the
corruptions of christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine
precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense in which he
wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to
all other... more »
Forum on Taiwan and Climate Change
*Yuanli fishing port*
*Policy Forum on Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Resilience: Taiwan
Reflections*
Organizers: IHDP, IHDP National Committee-Taipei
Center for Sustainability Science, Academia Sinica
Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica
Time: May 19 (Sunday), 2013
Venue: Conference Room 1, Academic Activity Center, Academia Sinica
Names are being accepted until May 10 (limited to 80), email
susana0816@gate.sinica.edu.tw
For program list, click on READ MORE below:
Program
09:00-09:10 Welcome
Chao-Han Liu (Chair, Center for Sustainability Science, Academia Sinica)
Hsin-Huang Mich... more »
Jim Tucker r.i.p. - Bilderberg Group investigative journalist - LIBOR and BEYOND.
Jim Tucker, the man who first discovered and then worked tirelessly in the
journalistic desert to uncover and expose the clandestine royal/corporate
global trading cabal known as The Bilderberg Group, has died at 78 years of
age.
Here's a commemorative video from Jim's long-time anti-Bilderberg Meeting
co-demonstrator Alex Jones.
*SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:* for those who've not been following investigation into
the Bilderberg Group, here's Jim Tucker on American Free Press discussing
what it is and what its aims are for Global Control of YOU THE PEOPLE.
BIN LADEN, ASTOR, GULEN, BANDAR, TSARNAEV, RUSSELL - HOMES OF THE AMERICAN ELITE
*One of the many bin Laden properties in the USA*
Right next to Disney World is one of the homes of the bin Laden family.
The bin Ladens "own massive amounts of real estate in Florida and
Massachusetts," according to the Daily Telegraph, 20 July 2004.
The bin Ladens are pro-American oligarchs, friends of the Bush family and "
have dealings with Citigroup, General Electric, Merrill Lynch, Goldman
Sachs and the Fremont Group, as well as Microsoft and Boeing."
*Khalil bin Laden's former home in Oakland in Florida.*
In 1980, Khalil bin Laden, brother of Osama, bought the above 13 acr... more »
Len Brown is right, and wrong.
Len Brown wants to whack on either central-city tolls, motorway tolls or
petrol taxes* “*to plug a $12 billion funding gap and fix the city’s
ever-growing traffic jams.”
Len thinks users should pay for the costs of roads, and in that he’s dead
right.
But as the Affordable City ticket for the upcoming council elections points
out,
Yes, users should pay for the cost of roads. But what we're already paying
should be enough.
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to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Peraves e-tracer, now THIS is an electric vehicle...
this morning I tried to click on a SkyNews report about the Chinese
government investing HEAVILY in electric cars, but the video wouldn't work,
good old proprietary format, eh?
Anyway, thinking of electric vehicles made me HANKER once again after one
of these delicious Peraves E-Tracer of my own to test drive for them here
in UK on our pot-hole-laden roads.
my only question is, "If there's a LEARNING CURVE to driving this hybrid
two-wheeled bike/car/thing, HOW DOES THE VALET PARK IT?" or is every Swiss
valet given E-Tracer driving lessons, just in case.
You think if I keep writin... more »
April Showers Bring May Flour Giveaway! (Grand Prize Includes a Bosch Mixer)
[image: april-showers-bring-may-flour]A lot of times it seems like I live
in my kitchen. Whether I am cooking dinner for my family or whipping up a
treat, I spend a lot of time there. During that time I have found
somethings I just can't live without, my mixer, a great apron, fresh herbs,
good quality chocolate. They all make such a difference and I definitely
have my favorites. I was talking with some other bloggers and we decided we
wanted you to be able to try our favorite kitchen products for yourself.
Myself and 15 other bloggers have come together with some amazing companies
t... more »
Your moment of Zen
Springtime in Central Park. [Inga Sarda-Sorenson photo]
[click this one to embiggen.]
PhysX PBF: breakthrough in simulation of water
A decade ago, the state-of-the-art computer simulation of moving water
looked like the 0:20-0:40 segment of the Mafia I trailer. In the following
years, the progress was relatively modest up to very recently.
PC games have become nearly photorealistic but flowing and splashing
liquids are still hard. In some sense, one needs to simulate individual
(enlarged) molecules and/or the Navier-Stokes equations – both tasks are
difficult when it comes to the required computer power etc.
*See also a lighthouse etc. and one more bunny bath.*
The video above shows what the simulation of water... more »
Fewer, Clearer, Higher
I’m staying up way too late–again–preparing for a lecture series that I
will be doing in some communities in eastern New York and Delaware, and I
finally gathered all of the ELA standards for Kindergarten. I’m going to
paste them here (at the risk of being busted with the fair use policy). As
you peruse [...]
Jeff Bauman Nick Vogt Missing Pinky Finger
The Case Is Closer To Being Solved
What is with the white suit people?!
You watch this and tell me!!!
What do you think?!
This is the BEST piece of evidence I have found or seen online!
Jeff Bauman is not real and Nick Vogt is the man!
http://enfordummies.com/wordpress/jeff-bauman-nick-vogt-missing-pinky-finger-white-suit-people/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zkXvxs_kzLU
see the impostor Jeff Bauman 4 fingers on the left hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIeZrgbgcCk
Notice the index finger was plastered up to suggest 3 fingers but Nick Vogt
lost his pinky... more »
"GRAFTON CLOSE KIDS IGNORED BY POLICE"
*1981 Barbecue at Grafton Close children's home, from which children were
reportedly trafficked to the 'boy brothel' called Elm Guest House*
In the UK, boys who complained about sexual abuse by a top people's
paedophile ring were ignored after speaking out.
*http://www.mirror.co.*
A boy from Grafton Close children's home says he was attacked at the Elm
Guest House.
Evidence backing his claim came from a second boy from Grafton Close.
*But, detectives failed to act, according to Exaro and the Sunday People.*
*http://www.mirror.co.*
*Elm Guest House*
Grafton Close was run by Ri... more »
April 28, 1973
"Told me to get the statements written in the best possible way. Says he
isn't going to mention our names in his TV talk Monday."
That's Haldeman's report of his morning phone conversation with Nixon; the
president is at Camp David, and the decision has been made that Haldeman
and Ehrlichman will both take a leave, not resign. Nixon wants them to come
to Camp David, but their lawyer wants them to wait until the next day, and
so they spend the Saturday writing their statements requesting leaves until
their names are cleared.
The president knows he has to let them go, but still slide... more »
Christy Clark Throws Hamish Under The Campaign Bus
My sincerest condolences goes out to the family and relatives of those who
were killed in the horrific car accident in Surrey today..Hundreds of lives
affected for the worse, and forever
I wasn`t going to write anything about Christy Clark running red lights in
the early morning hours with her son Hamish, until this evening when
another article was posted.
Before I get started, my ex, my Marcy who has succumbed to society`s hurt..
When I met Marcy, she was 25, I was 23...She was very shy and timid, after
we got together I soon learned that she had suffered early childhood
horr... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday!
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Grab our banner for your site:
Do
you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes writ... more »
Do
you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes writ... more » If you've kept up on your mega-bundling, Paris could be in your future
*by Ken*
You probably thought the cushy job of U.S. ambassador to France was all
locked up for that Mega-Bundler Guy. Turns out Mega-Bundler Guy has either
pressing business holding him out of consideration or maybe -- according to
the *New York Post* (take it for what it's worth) -- some more personal
problems. Which means the job is open again, at least as of this report
from the *Washington Post*'s Loopmaster, Al Kamen, from a couple of days
ago (links onsite).
*Paris is open! Update those resumes.*
*The U.S. ambassador's residence in Paris*
By Al Kamen
Get those resumes out!... more »
Why I won’t be buying the govt’s shares
Even if it does go ahead, I won’t be buying shares in the government’s
non-privatisation1 of electricity generators.
Why?
Well, in the first instance, David Shearer and Russel Norman have
demonstrated that what can be created with politics can also be killed with
it. Says Oliver Hartwich,
Practically from one second to the next, and with no previous warning, let
alone any kind of meaningful stakeholder consultation, the rules of the
energy market were called into question… The strong public reactions to the
proposal, as well as the substantial losses for energy companies listed... more »
The War on Drugs is a Failure
..we don’t treat alcoholics like this. Starring Chris Christie, Ron Paul,
and the dubious powers of Autotune.
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Your moment of Zen
The magic bus as envisioned by Science and Mechanics magazine in 1950. [via
Roger Wilkerson.]
“…to whenever castration and office has been…”
*OFFICER (giving order): “Send reinforcements, we’re going to advance.”
N.C.O. (passing on order): “Send three and four-pence, we’re going to a
dance.”*
What happens when two of the most popular digital voices speak to each
other? Artist Michael Silber asked Google Voice and Siri to talk to each
other. Chinese whispers has nothing on this:
[Hat tip Noodle Food]
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Snapshots from the Performance
Photo credit: JACOB BELCHER/HARVARD OFA
Awwwwww... Frank Luntz Gets Outed-- And Then Gets Poutraged
A couple days ago we embedded a tape of Hate Talk Radio host Mark
Levin's
show, which has millions of listeners with no capacity for discernment.
On
it he denounced Paul Ryan as an Establishment shill and encouraged his
listeners-- the ones I just referred to as lacking discernment-- to vote
against him in the future. That might be great news for Rob Zerban or--
on
a longshot-- Hillary Clinton-- but Establishment Republicans just
*hate*when that happens. And it happens a lot, both from Levin and Big
Daddy
Limbaugh. And that was the topic of the latest skirmish in the GOP civil
war ... more »
The Diamond Blue
Thanks to 3es.weebly for this song. It's not exactly the sort of music I
prefer, but oh, it could not be more à *propos*.
*
"Dear God"*
hope you got the letter, and...
I pray you can make it better down here.
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
but all the people that you made in your image, see
them starving on their feet 'cause they don't get
enough to eat from God, I can't believe in you
Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... I feel that I should be heard
loud and clear. We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
and all the people that you made in your image, see ... more »
Nueva colección de rosas de colores para el Día de las Madres (10 de Mayo)
*Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de rosas*
Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com
Racial privilege, or one law for all?
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The so called “constitutional conversation” initiated by the Racist Party
in their coalition deal with Nation is less about discussing a constitutionthan it is about entrenching racial
privilege the Treaty, right down to “implementation of [fraudulent] Treaty
principles in the workplace.”
Canterbury University's David Round argues the point with the Racist
Party’s Te Ururoa Flavell on Sunday’s Q+A:
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Chicago Student Boycott: Israel and Malcolm set the record straight
“Hundreds of Chicago students are taking up the mantle in the fight against
the role of standardized tests in public school closures as they walked out
of a state exam Wednesday. Their message: “We are over-tested,
under-resourced and fed up!” Common Dreams. “The only place that students
should be during the school day is in [...]
Why our health care costs so much
Ezra posts a fascinating long read today about an experimental health care
program that saves money. It's based on a simple concept that doesn't
require costly medical equipment. It basically consists of regular home
visits to housebound elderly patients by registered nurses. It kept these
patients who suffered from chronic but easily treatable conditions from
ending up in hospitals. Apparently it worked too well.
But Health Quality Partners, with its emphasis on continuous
nurse-to-patient contact, did work. Of the 15 programs, four improved
patient outcomes without increasing cos... more »
Agri Econ 9: On Agrarian Reform and Agri Credit
Below are some exchanges that I and some friends made last January 18-20,
2013 in my facebook wall. Posting their comments with their permission.
-------------
Tibs Filbert Arsenal Arceño Hi noy, for me one main factor why local
harvested rice have higher prices compared to other asian countries is land
ownership. As practiced, most land planted w/ rice are being owned by
absentee landowners. Since these lands are cultivated by tenants, workers
or renters—a portion of price of produces are considered before taking into
account the base price for the market. While in Vietnam majority... more »
Burned rainforest vulnerable to grass invasion
[image: Aerial view of forest edge in Mato Grosso, the Southern Amazon.
Photo: mongabay.com]
24 April 2013 (mongabay.com) – Rainforests that have been affected by even
low-intensity fires are far more vulnerable to invasion by grasses, finds a
new study published in special issue of the journal *Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society B*. The findings are significant because
they suggest that burned forests may be more susceptible to subsequent
fires which may burn more intensely due to increased fuel loads.
The research is based on an eight-year study involving experimen... more »
Marriage Proposal - That Will Make you Smile
At Daily Kos - 6 minutes of your time
"I Think I Want to Marry You." A Google Lunchroom Video. (But DOMA's Not
Making It Easy)
Petition: Tell ABC, NBC, and CBS News to cover climate change
[image: In 2012, ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news programs devoted 92 news
segments to the royal family, versus 12 news segments on climate change.
Graphic: Media Matters]
(Media Matters) – Twelve. That's the combined number of segments that ABC,
CBS, and NBC's nightly news programs devoted to climate change throughout
all of 2012. This is woefully inadequate. We need coverage that's
consistent with the importance of dealing with this issue.
That's why we and the Sierra Club are joining the League of Conservation
Voters in asking those three nightly news programs to do a better job ... more »
Consumer society
I started worrying about the ruination of our planet at an early age, long
before they started calling us treehuggers. I was about 12 years old when I
first heard the phrase planned obsolescence. I recall being indignant even
at that young age at the calculated wastefulness of the corporate profit
seekers.
I remember before that, when things were built to last using high quality
materials and engineered so they were easily repairable when parts
inevitably wore out. More importantly, the cost of parts and repair work
were low enough to make it worth it to extend the life of the prod... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, April 28th, 2013
Yes, it is Sunday, and first I want to let everyone know that I am feeling
much better today.... Better than I have for the last two weeks.... I have
been suffering from a head cold, migraine headaches, body chills, etc...
Many of the symptoms of Influenza but without the extra great things that
come along with having the Flu itself.... I have noticed that many people
have had much the same illness that I have had, and it does make me
wonder.... Are the criminals wanting to see us more sick, and/or dead
responsible for many of these new sicknesses that we all are encountering?
I am... more »
Yachtsmen, rats, global warming threaten Chile’s humboldt penguins – ‘This area used to be completely filled with penguins and birds’
[image: Humboldt penguins. Humboldt penguins in Chile are in severe
decline, due to Yachtsmen, rats, and global warming. Photo: DAVID W CERNY /
REUTERS]
28 April 2013 (Sapa-AFP) – Several dozen Humboldt penguins sun themselves
along the coast of an islet in central Chile where the majestic birds
coming here to nest once numbered in the thousands. Humboldt penguins -
which nest only in parts of Chile and Peru - over the years have become
decimated by human encroachment, rat infestations and unforgiving weather
currents carried by unusually warm El Nino ocean temperatures, naturalis... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Since I think I'm writing about this soon: holding spending the same, which
do you prefer: higher taxes (written, let's say, by liberals, so making
taxes more progressive) or taxes where they are and a larger deficit?
Sunday Question for Conservatives
George W. Bush: conservative president, or not? What's underrated about
him? What does the conventional critique get right?
What Good Grad Students Do at AERA
Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary
"Dog 'Cries' At Grave: 'Wiley Crying Over Grandma' (VIDEO)"
*"Dog 'Cries' At Grave: 'Wiley Crying Over Grandma' (VIDEO)"*
by The Huffington Post
"Brace yourselves, because this video is probably going to make you cry. In
this viral video, a service dog named Wiley appears to cry at the grave of
his handler's grandmother. The video was posted to YouTube by user
sarahvarley13 on April 14 and had received more than 79,000 views at the
time of writing. It was also posted to the website of the Lockwood Animal
Rescue Center (LARC), a Ventura County, Calif., shelter that specializes in
the care of wolfdogs and horses.
The short clip shows W... more »
Sunday Classics: My dark history with the rolllicking opening of Act II of Donizetti's "Elixir of Love"
*At the Met this past October, conductor Maurizio Benini (with baritone
Mariusz Kwiecien as the blustering Sgt. Belcore) seemed to think the thing
to do with this wonderful little chorus that opens Act II of L'Elisir
d'amore is to slam-bang your way through it. I think we've already heard a
better solution.*
*by Ken*
Partway through the spring trimester of my junior year in college I stopped
going to classes. Just stopped clean. Oh, it wasn't an intentional class
stoppage at the outset. It just felt better not going than going. After a
while, though, it became a clean break. I kne... more »
Hamas teaches Palestinian schoolboys how to fire Kalashnikovs - Telegraph
'Palestinian schoolboys are learning how to fire Kalashnikovs, throw
grenades and plant improvised explosive devices as part of a programme
run
by Hamas's education ministry.
The scheme has been criticised by Palestinian human rights groups, who
point out that Hamas has previously banned sport from the school
curriculum
on the grounds that there is not enough time for it.'
More here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/10023810/Hamas-teaches-Palestinian-schoolboys-how-to-fire-Kalashnikovs.html
My,
aren't Hamas truly lovely people. It wonder how... more »
BOSTON BOMBERS, GULEN, RUSSIA, ACTORS
*Left - The boy-loving David Ferrie, who transported drugs for the CIA.
Right - Ferrie's 15-year-old student Lee Harvie Oswald.*
*
*
Tamerlan Tsarnaev may be like Lee Harvie Oswald.
There were two Oswalds.
Only one of them was shot dead.
*The CIA's Gulen (left) who helps Erdogan (right) run Turkey.*
The Boston Bombers' relative, Graham Fuller of the CIA, is an associate of
the Turkish Moslem called Fethullah Gulen.
*The CIA's Graham Fuller, who is related to the Boston Bombers, the
Tsarnaevs.*
Gulen is the CIA asset who helps the CIA to control Turkey.
Fuller was was one of the... more »
Petition of the Century in Sweden
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/04/petition-of-century-in-sweden.html
"You should know that we Banks own the courts in this country! We will
crush you like a little bug."
S-E Bank Chief
Executive Lawyer
Goteborgsposten, 23
Januari 2000
The Fight in Sweden against the crooked criminal cabal banksters continues!
138319817 the Petition of the Century in Sweden
15 Must-Read Books (And 2 Must-Watch Movies) For Political Science Students
Consider this a prompt for an open thread. I’m looking for books to
recommend to students to both give them a hint of what academic political
science is “really” like but also to get them excited about the systematic
study of politics. No single book can do it all, but a summer reading list
can
Continue reading
Pro-ALEC Editorial - Recklessly Misleads Public
From March 2013
In an interview, Bill Meierling, ALEC's spokesman, …. did say that ALEC
has no plans to reveal its corporate and legislative members, identify
individuals representing corporations within ALEC, or open up their model
bill task force meetings.
Let me rephrase and repeat that in case you did not understand it the first
time:
In an interview, Bill Meierling, ALEC's spokesman, …. did say that
*ALEC has no plans to reveal its corporate and legislative members, *
*ALEC has no plans identify individuals representing corporations within
ALEC, or *
*ALEC has no plan... more »
Does Anyone Think The Republican Party Is The Same As A Garden Variety Fascist Party? Consider North Carolina
Just how the GOP, financed by wealthy fascist Art Pope, took over the
entire North Carolina state government and immediately turned to subverting
democracy and cementing their own power, is a well-known story, at least in
circles where people care about such things. And barely a day passes
without the Republican extremists in the legislature and the Republican
extremist governor working their asses off-- on behalf of consolidating and
retaining power. This week, for example, the House, largely along
party-lines, passed a controversial voter ID law meant to disenfranchise
African-... more »
Pre #commoncore kindergarten and #commoncore kindergarten
Thanks to Sara Wottwa for the image collections below. You can read about
these images on her blog
at http://nocommonsenseeducation.blogspot.com/2013/04/kindergarten-comparison.html
. Kindergarten (Pre Common Core) Common Core Kindergarten It’s never
too early to start getting your five-year olds ready for college and
careers! Someone has to say it! “Time to grow up!” [...]
Moore (NC - ALEC): Women - Duct Tape Your Nipples
“You know what they say, duct tape fixes everything,” Republican state Rep.
Tim Moore agreed.
*NC lawmaker: Women should ‘duct tape’ nipples to stay out of jail*
By David Edwards
Thursday, February 14, 2013 16:18 EDT
North Carolina Republican state *Rep. Tim Moore* says that women can
protect themselves from a new law that makes baring female breasts illegal
by simply applying duct tape to their nipples.
On Wednesday, the state House Judiciary Committee C approved House Bill 34,
which makes it a Class H felony to purposefully expose “private parts” for
the “purpose of arousing or... more »
Tar Sands Refinery Explosion Under-reported
Saw this on Crooks and Liars
April 27, 2013 04:36 PM
*Explosion Reported At Detroit Tar Sands Refinery*
By Susie Madrak
Another explosion, this time near Detroit:
DETROIT (WWJ) – BREAKING – There has been an explosion at the Marathon
Detroit Refinery and a mandatory evacuation order is in effect for the area
just off of Schafer from Ropp down to Dix and all the way down to Outer
Drive per Melvindale police.
Reports of the explosion came in from several listeners to WWJ
Newsradio 950 just before 6 p.m. and it appears that one of the tankers on
the site may have exploded.
... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Asset Stripping'
ASSET
STRIPPING
Posted on April 28, 2013
MNN. Apr. 28. 2013. Canada will be raiding bank accounts to take
people’s money. Just like the way the Corporation of Canada passed a
statute making itself the trustee of our ever growing $70.5 trillion
Indian Trust Fund. The wealth of Canadians, all created by genocide and
theft of our natural resources, will be plundered by the shareholders of
Replace 'Pink Ribbon' Campaign with 'Say No to Genotoxins' Campaign
The New York Times has an interesting and lengthy discussion of the Pink
Ribbon campaign 'against' cancer. The discussion emphasizes the potential
drawbacks of frequent mammogram screening. There has been considerable
debate about the relative safety and costs/benefits of annual mammograms
for women, especially for those under 50. This article focuses on this
debate and the costs/benefits. It does not address the causes of breast
cancer, only detection, diagnoses, screening and treatment:
Orenstein, P. (25 April 2013) Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer The New
York Times,
http://w... more »
Yaqui in Sonora invite President Obama for government to government consultation
Yaqui
in Sonora invite President Obama for government to government
consultation
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News Breaking News Exclusive
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
POTAM PUEBLO, Sonora, Mexico -- Yaqui in Sonora, Mexico, have invited
President Obama to meet with Yaquis in a government to government
meeting in the Yaqui village of Potam, during Obama’s visit to Mexico on
May 2 -- 3. Urging
Son of Oilman - "Time to Let Go of 20th Century"
A perfect example of how legislators choose not to listen and silence the
voice of the public – when it comes to fulfilling the needs of the fossil
fuel industry – regardless of whether it is in the US or Canada.
A perfect example of the potential of the next generation - in regards to
climate change.
20 minutes well worth your time.
His passion and rhetoric sometimes make it hard to listen to - and you have
to listen carefully -
BUT this is important!!!!
*Lee Brain, son of an oil man,* receives a standing ovation and brings a
crowd to tears after delivering powerful & inspirat... more »
Adrian Dix, Fighting Against Stephen Harper To Protect British Columbia
Adrian Dix, firm, concise, the only leader fighting to protect British
Columbia from the heavy tar stained hands of Stephen Harper.
Grab a coffee, put your feet up, watch the next premier of British Columbia
speak to a national audience, and unlike Christy Clark, Adrian doesn`t
embarrass us with sounding like valley girl*.."I think, ya know" *
http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=914784&playlistId=1.1257498&binId=1.811561&playlistPageNum=1
The Straight Goods
Cheers Eyes Wide Open
Are White People the New "Niggers"?
Controversial title and video from Joe and John at *The White Voice*, but a
must watch folks. Think about it.
From the video:
*"If you define 'Nigger' as someone whose lifestyle is defined by others,
whose opportunities are defined by others, whose role in society is defined
by others, the good news is you don't have to be Black to be a 'Nigger' in
this society. Most of the people in America are 'Niggers'."*
*- Ron Dellums, former Mayor of Oakland and California Congressman
(1971-1998) *
How true is that statement? Are White people in America allowed to define
their own lifestyl... more »
POTUS - Correspondence Dinner comments and humor
For any of you out there - who like me - don't get CSPAN
My favorite story:
*I know Republicans are still sorting out what happened in the elections of
2012. *
*One thing they all agree on is that they need to do a better job of
reaching out to minorities. *
*Call me self-centered, but I can think of one minority they can start with*
* *
*(and he raises his hand) *
*Hello????????*
* *
*Think of me as a trial run.*
* *
*See how it goes.*
Yeh - it would be sell if the Republicons reached out to the president.
The Every-Country-For-Itself Face of the Global Food Insecurity Crisis
Consider these two realities. (1) The United Nations World Food Programme
toils to keep millions of people alive (2) in the same African nations
where affluent grain-importing countries like Saudi Arabia, China and South
Korea are busy buying or negotiating long-term leasing rights on key
agricultural lands.
*As of mid-2012, hundreds of land acquisition deals had been negotiated or
were under negotiation, some of them exceeding a million acres. A World
Bank analysis of these “land grabs” reported that at least 140 million
acres were involved - an area that exceeds the cropland d... more »
Amen to That, Babs
From the mouth of former First Lady and Presidential Mom, Barb Bush:
Amen to that, Babs
ALEC - keyword search laugh of the day
I actually had someone come into my blog with this series of search words -
I would not lie to you:
*how much per diem do I get at american legislative exchange council*
What a bozo.
Must be a future member of ALEC!
The answer:
Buttwipe - your per diem is 100%.
Corporations pay for your airfare, your parking, your hotel, your
registration.
The per diem is known as an "ALEC coporate scholarhip"
In addition:
The ALEC corporations wine and dine you while you are there and make you
offers of great consequence so they can get you to do their bidding.
When it comes to ALEC meetings:
Don't w... more »
GOP - At War With Itself and Losing
Great Article – really a must read – entertaining and informational.
Limited Snips from a really good article
*Whole article is: *
*>>>HERE<<<*
*A Republican Party Held Captive by Its Radical Base*
May 1, 2013 | by Lou Dubose
Reporters appreciate the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
It never fails to provide good copy.
Louie Gohmert? The short, bald Teabagger who has accomplished nothing in
the six years as he has represented his East Texas district—other than
establish himself as a cable news curiosity whose comments are so over the
top that they go viral in 24 h... more »
ALEC Educational Policy - "Separate and Wholly Unequal" in Louisiana
The Louisiana Voice has been on top of the evilness of ALEC - since way
back when.
Today they published an extra-ordinarily long - yet very information
article, on how the "separate and wholly unequal" educational policies of
the American Legislative Exchange Council have failed Louisiana.
EDITOR’S NOTE: LouisianaVoice traditionally addresses state political
events as they occur. Our posts generally run between 1,000 and 1,500 words
in length. Recently, however, attorney Nancy Picard, a Metairie law firm
partner, submitted the following 4,000-word essay that examines the
complicate... more »
Just this once, we’re letting you ask us!
*SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013*
*About our fourth annual fund-raising drive:* Just this once, we’re letting
you ask us about our conversations with sitting vice presidents.
See our new post, straight below.
We’re also letting you ask us about our fourth “annual” fund-raising
drive—the fourth in fifteen years.
Yes, our fund-raising drive is still on. To join all the fun:
Just click here.
سرية FBI برامج التجسس
الحالة 04:13-MJ-00234 وثيقة 3 قدم في TXSD في 04/22/13 الصفحة 1 من 13UNITED
STATES المحكمة الجزئيةمقاطعة جنوب تكساسهيوستن شعبةIN WARRANT RE للبحث عن
هدف §COMPUTER في مقر UNKNOWN § القضية رقم H-13-234M§§مذكرة وORDERوقد طبقت
الحكومة لبحث المادة 41 وأمر الاستيلاء استهداف جهاز كمبيوتر يدعى تستخدم
لانتهاك الاحتيال الاتحادية البنك، وسرقة الهوية، وقوانين الأمن الكمبيوتر. ويقال
إن مجهولين :: أنهم ارتكبوا هذه الجرائم باستخدام حساب بريد إلكتروني معين عن
طريق الكمبيوتر غير معروف في مكان مجهول. سيتم إنجاز البحث من قبل خلسة تثبيت
البرنامج مصممة ليس فقط لاستخراج بعض السجلات الإلكترونية تخزين ولكن... more »
Secret FBI Spying software
Case 4:13-mj-00234 Document 3 Filed in TXSD on 04/22/13 Page 1 of 13
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
IN RE WARRANT TO SEARCH A TARGET §
COMPUTER AT PREMISES UNKNOWN § CASE No. H-13-234M
§
§
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
The Government has applied for a Rule 41 search and seizure warrant
targeting a computer allegedly used to violate federal bank fraud, identity
theft, and computer security laws. Unknown persons are said:: to have
committed these crimes using a particular email account via an unknown
computer at an unknown location. The search would be ... more »
That Decision Just Got a Lot Easier
Looks like I'll be voting NDP in the upcoming British Columbia elections.
I had some qualms about backing the NDP or my party of choice, the Greens,
especially when it appeared the NDP already have this election in the bag.
Problem solved. The Greens aren't fielding a candidate in my riding.
They're contesting 58 of the 85 ridings and mine isn't one of them. I'm
hoping the Greens have stood down to avoid undermining the NDP's chances of
ousting the Liberals in a riding that *The Tyee* has concluded is "too
close to call."
Oh well the Liberals and *Christy Clark* have to go bu... more »
F-35 Cyber-Warplane, Cyber-Vulnerable
One of the big selling points of the F-35 is the warplane's stealth
electronics. The F-35's systems are so advanced that the maker had to
write almost ten-million lines of onboard software code to make them
work. That's about six times more computer code than is needed for an
F-18.
All that code runs elaborate sensors that, unlike radar, allow the F-35 to
gather information without generating its own electronic emissions that
would allow an enemy to spot it. The F-35 relies on information gained
elsewhere and transmitted to it. This data enters the F-35 through
electronic po... more »
Mobile device giant Samsung admits to using tin linked to child labor, deforestation – Apple mum on sourcing
[image: Pools of stagnant water and the cratered landscape of this PT Timah
tin mine have replaced forest and farmland. Mobile device giant Samsung has
admitted to using tin sourced from the controversial mining operation on
the Indonesian island of Bangka, where unregulated mining kills 150 miners
a year and causes substantial environmental damage Photo: Ulet Ifansasti]
25 April 2013 (mongabay.com) – Mobile device giant Samsung has admitted to
using tin sourced from a controversial mining operation on the Indonesian
island of Bangka, where unregulated mining kills 150 miners a yea... more »
Rhinos now extinct in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park – Poachers include park rangers
[image: Poachers have likely killed off the last rhinos in Mozambique's
Limpopo National Park. Park rangers are among the poachers. Photo:
mongabay.com]
25 April 2013 (mongabay.com) – Poachers have likely killed off the last
rhinos in Mozambique's Limpopo National Park, according to a park official
who spoke with *Portugal News*.
Park director António Abacar said that no rhinos have been sighted in
Limpopo National Park since January, “which means that the ones that lived
in the park are probably dead”.
Abacar blamed poachers, including park rangers, noting that 30 employees
a... more »
Why elk are robbing birds of nesting habitat as Arizona climate changes rapidly
[image: A Red-faced Warbler in its nest. Warblers are threatened by rapid
climate change as elk eat the plants in which the birds nest. Photo: Sonya
Auer]
By Sonya Auer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
26 April 2013
(LiveScience) – Plants and animals in a given area form an ecological
system of interacting species. Impacts on one, or just a few, species can
ripple throughout the system and have indirect effects on other species
within a larger community.
Many plants and animals are sensitive to shifts in temperature and
precipitation and subsequently relocate to more suitabl... more »
Rep.Trey Gowdy Says More Benghazi Hearings Are Coming Quickly...
*I love starting my day with Trey.*
Days of Bush: Manufactured all the way down!
*SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013*
*Was George Bush a good, decent person:* Was President George W. Bush “more
than a composite of swagger and smirk?” Was he “also a kind man with a
gentle heart who should be remembered as such?”
We don’t know, although we certainly think that is possible. That said, we
can’t say it hugely matters. The decisions and conduct of a president are
more important than the question of what he was “really like.”
At any rate, Kathleen Parker is saying those things about Bush in this
morning’s Washington Post. She draws upon this methodology:
PARKER (4/28/13): *Everyo... more »
Workers' Memorial Day
Today is Workers' Memorial Day, and I didn't know this:
Workers' Memorial Day was started by the Canadian Union of Public Employees
(CUPE) in 1984. The Canadian Labour Congress declared an annual day of
remembrance in 1985 on April 28, which is the anniversary of a
comprehensive Workers Compensation Act (refer to the entry Workplace Safety
& Insurance Board), passed in 1914. In 1991, the Canadian Parliament passed
an Act respecting a National Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured
in the workplace, making April 28 an official Workers’ Mourning Day.
As I know well, workers ar... more »
Torture is Still a Crime
Just in case anyone has forgotten. Just in case the shamelessness of our
current political culture has caused you to lose your moral and legal
bearings. Beating people until they answer questions, driving people mad
through sleep deprivation, systematically humiliating powerless human
beings, mutilating people's genitals, threatening the families of
prisoners, stress positions, water-boarding, etc., etc., ... it's all
torture and it's all wrong and it's all illegal.
Why Mulcair Shouldn't Be Trusted to Govern Canada.
Any doubts whether T. "Tony" Mulcair is ready to govern Canada are resolved
by his actions in the modest controversy over the Supreme Court of Canada's
handling of the 1981 constitutional patriation case.
Author Frederic Bastien contends two justices of the SCC, Justice Willard
Estey and Chief Justice Bora Laskin, made inappropriate disclosures of the
court's deliberations.
Estey, Bastien claims, told British officials the court was dealing with
the patriation issue. Laskin allegedly told British and Canadian officials
that the justices were divided on the question and suggested ... more »
Ed Balls in Stoke
Stoke-on-Trent Central Labour Party and the potters' union Unity hosted a
members' and supporters' question and answer session with the "most
irritating man in British politics" yesterday. And as today is Ed Balls Day,
there has never been a more opportune moment to look at what the shadow
chancellor had to say.
*On trade unions* The last Labour governments did not strike the right
balance between the party and its trade union support, acknowledging there
was some understandable frustration on their part. Labour should never take
the link for granted, nor, for that matter, trade un... more »
Puerto Rico: Chupacabras Update, 04.28.2013
INEXPLICATA contributing editor José A. Martínez Echeverría of Project
Argus-PR has posted as sequence of photographs of alleged Chupacabras
depredations at the property of Rafael "Tigre" Flores. He writes: "New
information provided by researcher José Pérez indicates that the
creature
returned to Tigre's property, where it attacked once more, killing two
piglets. Another one is missing."
For more information please visit Mr. Martínez's site at
http://historiasufologicasenpuertoricoyexterior.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/nuevos-ataques-de-entidad-anomala-en-guayama-puerto-rico/
Inexplica... more »
bangladesh factory fire: consumers are not the problem, or the solution
As I write this, the death toll in the recent Bangladesh factory fire nears
350. That number is expected to grow, as scores of people are still trapped
under giant blocks of concrete, and not expected to survive. Six people
have been arrested in connection with the conditions in the factory.
This fire is only the latest (and worst) in a long series of factory fires
in Bangladesh's booming garment industry.
After a fire killed 112 garment workers at Tazreen Fashions in November,
clothing brands and retailers rejected a union-sponsored proposal to
improve safety throughout Bangladesh'... more »
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