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Image via CrunchBaseDrug Price Control 34: No Single National Price, And a Wailing Cat
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 50 seconds ago
Among the reasons often cited why some groups proposed government price
control of certain commodities is that the local price of the same product
by the same manufacturer is higher compared to other countries in the
developing world. The assumption is that since it is (a) same product (b)
made by the same manufacturer, then the price should be generally the same.
This assumption is intrinsically wrong because it assumes that there is
only one price in one country or city for each product that satisfies (a)
and (b) conditions above. For instance, a can of coca cola 350 ml is the
s... more »
Happy Father's Day & Updates
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 2 minutes ago
Three things I'd like to mention quickly.
*First*, Happy Father's Day Dad, I miss you already. Thanks for being the
honest, hard-working, dedicated father you always have been and always will
be. You truly are one of a kind. I feel blessed knowing I have such a
wonderful, responsible father I can always and forever count on.
Below is a photo of my Dad and I fishing where the Platte River meets the
Missouri River when I was visiting Nebraska recently. Makes me want to
move back to Nebraska!
*Second*, I set up a TalkShoe account where I will be broadcasting The
Realist Report... more »
#SurveillanceState: As I was saying on the phone last night…
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 minutes ago
As I was saying on the phone last night…
The right to privacy rests largely on a presumption of innocence [says
Wendy McElroy]. It assumes that — in the absence of evidence of wrongdoing
— an individual has a right to shut his front door and tell other people
(including government) to mind their own business.
Today, this assumption has been twisted inside out so that a desire for
privacy means you have something to hide. You are expected to prove your
innocence by revealing every financial transaction, by filling in pages of
government paperwork, by allowing state agents to frisk ... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Crazy 4 Green
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 8 minutes ago
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
[image: A link-up for green blogs on Reduce Footprints Blog]
Banner by Art Ist
Grab our banner for your site:
*The
rules:*
1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or
collection
of environment... more »
*The
rules:*
1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or
collection
of environment... more » Oh no, Pam Spaulding is closing down "Pam's House Blend"
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 8 minutes ago
*Thanks, Pam!*
*by Ken*
Just because the bombshell wasn't all that surprising doesn't make it less
of a bombshell, or less of a cause for sadness. Today Pam Spaulding made it
official: "Goodbye Pam’s House Blend: after nine years, closing the
coffeehouse July 1." ("Pam's House Blend" is currently hosted at
FireDogLake.)
All good things must come to an end, even after numerous awards and
accolades, it’s time to acknowledge that I cannot continue to run on fumes
alone. The Blend could continue limping along, but my health and well-being
come first; over the last few years burning t... more »
Jan Brewer, crazy but not stupid
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 hour ago
No news because, Father's Day weekend, but didn't get around to posting
this earlier and it's still worth mentioning. She's been a poster girl for
crackpot conservatism, but apparently Jan Brewer understands the value of
free money and figured out the economics of keeping uninsured people out of
the ER is cost effective for the state's finances.
After a marathon session that lasted until nearly 4 in the morning on
Thursday, the Arizona House approved a plan backed by Republican Gov. Jan
Brewer to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care
Act by providing health... more »
Does opposing Obama make you a racist?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
Does opposing Obama make you a racist?
No?
Then how about opposing the Maori Party?
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Click-bait journalism means never having to admit you screwed up
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 hour ago
So last night CNet's Declan McCullugh posted a story with the red siren
hed, "NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants — National
Security Agency." You'll be shocked to learn, by this morning Declan's
sloppy click-baiting turned out to be pretty much false, apparently based
on his misinterpretation of a stray comment by Congressman Jerrold Nadler
at some hearing.
Congressman Nadler corrected the misreporting today. [Transcript of the
full convo at the link.] As The Atlantic notes in their piece the NSA
click-baiting is even bigger than just this one point.
Seeing... more »
Business 360 8: TPP, RCEP, SAARC and Free Trade
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 2 hours ago
* This is my article for the June 2013 issue of the business magazine in
Kathmandu, Nepal. The person in the cover is a friend, Robin Sitoula,
President of a free market think tank in Kathmandu, Samriddhi Prosperity
Foundation.
--------
*TPP, RCEP, SAARC and Free Trade*
If people are left alone to buy or sell something, they would wish that
they are given full freedom to choose their buyers and sellers. They would
not wish some external bodies to tell and prohibit them from trading with
certain groups of people or economies.
In the Asia-Pacific area, the Asia Pacific Economic Coope... more »
Political Science 101 . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 2 hours ago
Yup, that pretty much sums 'er up.
AMAZEBALLS: Rachel Maddow's Ignorance on Iran
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 2 hours ago
MSNBC
host Rachel Maddow has a penchant for saying smug, self-satisfied and
generally stupid things about Iran. She has claimed that the Iranian
Revolution in 1979 marked the establishment of a dictatorship in that
country, rather than end of one; one that just so happened to be a
monarchic dynasty that was proudly supported for decades by the United
States government. Just two months ago, she
Quote of the day: Keynes takes a bath
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago
"Keynesians think that you can take water from the
deep end of the swimming pool, pump it into the
shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow
the water level of the swimming pool will rise."
– Thomas Woods
Discuss, with reference to this cartoon…
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Can Florida Democrats Blow The 2014 Gubernatorial Race?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Last week, Florida politics expert Steve Schale had a cautiously optimistic
analysis of how his state's electorate has changed since 2006 and what it
portends for the future. Since the 2006 election, the total number of
active registered voters in Florida has grown from 10,433.849 to 11,934,446
voters and of those million and a half new voters, 61% are either black or
Hispanic. Here's the kicker: only 6% of them registered as Republicans. On
top of that, over 50% of Hispanic voter registration growth has accrued to
the Democrats, while the Republicans account for only 12%. Schale e... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Whisper To Me”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Liquid Mind, “Whisper To Me”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpfrRz-jcS8
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Whisper To Me”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Liquid Mind, “Whisper To Me”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpfrRz-jcS8
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“Sharpless 115 stands just north and west of Deneb, the alpha star of
Cygnus the Swan in planet Earth's skies. Noted in the 1959 catalog by
astronomer Stewart Sharpless (as Sh2-115) the faint but lovely emission
nebula lies along the edge of one of the outer Milky Way's giant molecular
clouds, about 7,500 light-years away.
*Click image for larger size.*
Shining with the light of ionized atoms of hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen in
this Hubble palette color composite image, the nebular glow is powered by
hot stars in star cluster Berkeley 90. The cluster stars are likely only
100 ... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Sea Grows Old In It”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
* *
* “The Sea Grows Old In It”*
by Chet Raymo
“The poet, like the electric [lightning] rod, must reach from a point
nearer to the sky than all surrounding objects down to the earth, and down
to the dark wet soil, or neither is of use. The poet must not only converse
with pure thought, but he must demonstrate it almost to the senses. His
words must be pictures, his verses must be spheres and cubes, to be seen,
and smelled and handled.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Ah, Mr. Emerson. This seems about as good a description of poetry as one
is likely to find. I love the image. Not a hand r... more »
Washington Aims To Provoke A Sunni-Shiite Conflict To Destroy The Muslim World
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago
*Obama Embraces Neocons' War Against Syria*.
There is no sectarian war in Syria. The war is about political issues, not
religious differences. The Sunni-Shiite rivalry is being played up by
Washington and its money-loving slaves in the Gulf states in order to
divide the Muslim world and eventually destroy it.
Washington is doing this because it does not want Muslims to unite and
challenge its hegemonic policies and Israel's aggressive, expansionist
agenda.
The biggest crime is that Washington is funding the massacre of innocent
Shiite citizens in Syria to get a Sunni-Shiite wa... more »
Piece of Shit
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 3 hours ago
Canadians did not have proper respect for their democracy. And so they
elected cretins and allowed themselves to be fleeced. Some of us went
through the futility of ceremonial protests.
And trolls show up here and snicker and giggle like the demented
shit-stains that they are.
On What I Eat These Days
George Henderson at The High-fat Hep C Diet - 3 hours ago
"I forget most of what I have read, just as I do most of what I have eaten,
but I know that both contribute no less to the conservation of my mind and
my body on that account." - Georg Christop Lichtenberg on food frequency
questionnaires.
I've procrastinated about this ever since Peter Hyperlipid posted his own
classic eating update a while back, trying to contextualize what purpose a
similar post of my own might serve. Ah-Ha! I see. OK then.
Basically, it's good to know these things can be done, are being done, and
the reasons for certain decisions are probably worth revisiting.
M... more »
Paulo Coelho
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
* *
*"The Code of the Desert”*
by Paulo Coelho
"Two men were crossing the desert when they saw a Bedouin’s tent and asked
him for shelter. Even though he did not know them, he welcomed them in the
way that the conduct of nomads dictates: a camel was killed and its meat
served in a sumptuous dinner. The next day, the two strangers woke early
and decided to continue on their journey. As the Bedouin was not at home,
they gave his wife a hundred dinars, apologizing for not being able to
wait, because if they spent any more time there, the sun would become too
strong for them to trave... more »
The five stages of living in a #SurveillanceState
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
Over the weekend, the extent of NSA surveillance of Americans became even
more evident:
Not just metadata: "NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without
warrants as well."
So you might say that yesterday's conspiracy theory is today's sad
reality...
Bryce Edwards answers, or tries to, the question that might occur to every
New Zealander about now:
Many have been wondering this week if New Zealanders are routinely spied
upon by the United States’ NSA. International reports would suggest that we
are and many journalists and commentators asking the Government whether it
receiv... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Thanks for stopping by.
(The building pictured, by the way, is a railway station. - CP)
The Economy: “Washington Signals Deep Dollar Concerns”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“Washington Signals Deep Dollar Concerns”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
“Over the past month there has been a statistically improbable concurrence
of events that can only be explained as a conspiracy to protect the dollar
from the Federal Reserve’s policy of Quantitative Easing (QE). Quantitative
Easing is the term given to the Federal Reserve’s policy of printing 1,000
billion new dollars annually in order to finance the US budget deficit by
purchasing US Treasury bonds and to keep the prices high of debt-related
derivatives on the “banks too big to fail” (BTBF) balance sheets by
pur... more »
Video of Northrop Frye Receiving An Honorary Degree In Zagreb, Croatia In 1990
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
"I come from a country which has been fortunate in having less violence,
bloodshed, and tyranny, and betrayal, and uprising, than most of the
countries of Europe. Nevertheless, I feel that I have lived through as much
history of the 20th century in Canada as should I have done in any other
country." - Northrop Frye in a speech upon receiving an honorary doctorate
at the University of Zagreb in Croatia in September 1990. Frye "was a
Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most
influential of the 20th century," (*Wikipedia*).
Video Title: Northrop H. ... more »
Washington Arms Cannibals In Syria
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
An excerpt from *"Putin warns West not to arm organ-eating Syrian rebels,"*by Alexei Anishchuk (Reuters, June 16):
Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned on Sunday why the West would
want to arm Syrian rebels who he said ate human organs, saying plans to
give them weapons contradicted basic human values.
Speaking after meeting Prime Minister David Cameron in London ahead of a
G8 summit on Monday, Putin said both the Syrian government and Syrian rebelswere to blame for the bloodshed.
*"You will not deny that one does not really need to support the people
who not only kill ... more »
Defend Havasupai Sacred Land from Uranium Mining at Grand Canyon June 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
Protest
reopening of Canyon Uranium Mine June 21, 2013 at Red Butte, Havasupai
land, Grand Canyon
Photos by Dawn Dyer
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
You are welcome to a three day gathering just south of Grand Canyon
National Park, with main gathering happening at dawn June 21st right on
Hwy. 64. We will protest the re-opening of Canyon Uranium Mine on Native
sacred
"Philly Closes 23 Public Schools, Generously Builds $400 Million Prison Where Kids Can Hang Instead"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
* *
*"Philly Closes 23 Public Schools, *
*Generously Builds $400 Million Prison Where Kids Can Hang Instead"*
By Kristen Gwynne
"Philadelphia is so broke the city is closing 23 public schools, never mind
that it has the cash to build a $400 million prison. Construction on the
penitentiary said to be "the second-most expensive state project ever"
began just days after the Pennsylvania School Reform Commission voted down
a plan to close only four of the 27 schools scheduled to die. Facing a $304
million debt, the Commission instead approved a measly $2.4 billion budget
that would... more »
End housing inflation now
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
Property commentator Hugh Pavletich reckons yesterday's TV One *Sunday*programme on house pricesis a “must view.”
The economist Shamubeel Eaqub … explained exceptionally well the massive
risks of bubble housing markets and excessive mortgage debt…
In normal housing markets, housing does not exceed 3.0 times annual
household income, requiring mortgage loads of about 2.5 times. (Lending
multiples must mirror median multiples.)
As Shamubeel Eaqub explained (with Auckland and Christchurch currently on
7 Median Multiples), $100,000 household income families are loading
themselves up... more »
Hilarion June 16, 2013
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
June 16-23, 2013
Beloved Ones,
The days that are before you bring deeper connections to the light that is
within you. Most of you are now connecting your innate being to Mother
Earth on a daily basis and this is helping you to stay grounded in your
perceptions of the world around you. There is much that is happening that
is helping to create the changes that are necessary to move humanity
forward into greater awareness and consciousness. The awakening on a mass
level is now occurring and this is something that every soul upon the
planet has chosen at their soul level. At soul... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
Eric Holder: weak link in the Obama cabinet who should be replaced, or
target of a bum rap?
INSIDE THE BASKETBALL STORY
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
After making basketball history playing alongside the North Korean National
Team, Vice Correspondent, Ryan Duffy and the Harlem Globetrotters sit down
for a meal with the North Korean players, sharing highlights from the game
and reactions to the surprise appearance of the Grand Marshall, Kim Jong Un.
Two years ago . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 7 hours ago
AS
THE PERSECUTION of Julian Assange was getting organized, things were in
their early stages, and on 23 of June, 2011 a secret five hour meeting
took place between Julian and Eric Schmidt, who is the CEO of Google.
Wikileaks has the complete transcript. It gets a bit technical, but you
can get through that, and ponder.
This meeting discusses the current state-of-things, and gives an
Inventor of the Day: Leo James
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
[image: James-Leo_1]I’d like to help bring back an almost-forgotten word:
the word “inventor,” being a person taken for granted by economists and
politicians yet without whom our lives would be very much worse. Or, to
put it positively, a person who by ingenuity or imagination produces a new
means by which human life is made better—demonstrating the fundamental role
that reason plays in furthering human life.
This post then is the first in an occasional series on this blog of
inventors who’ve improved, or will improve, our lives.
Our inventor of the day today is Leo James and hi... more »
Reactionary New Dems Help GOP Pass A Fatally Flawed National Defense Authorization Act
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
On Friday, the House passed Buck McKeon's tragically flawed National
Defense Authorization Act, 315-108. All but 18 Republicans voted YES. The
Democratic minority was much more split. Hoyer and Steve Israel led 103 of
the more corrupt and conservative Democrats over to the Republican side of
the aisle, while Pelosi, Clyburn and Becerra led a contingent of 90 more
progressive Democrats against it, folks like Alan Grayson, Barbara Lee,
Raul Grijalva, Keith Ellison, John Conyers, Mark Pocan, Jerry Nadler, Jan
Schakowsky. As always, uber-corrupt New Dem Colleen Hanabusa, who takes
imm... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Chris Christie: half (at least) RINO who at best is the best to hope for in
New Jersey, but certainly should be nowhere near a national ticket? Or: a
promising conservative presidential candidate?
Elder of Ziyon: Egyptian cleric recommends viewers read "Protocols of Elders of Zion"
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
More news from Egypt that you won't hear on the BBC...
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/egyptian-cleric-recommends-viewers-read.html
SATANIC SAVILE
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
*Satanist?*
*The following is from:*
*Interview prep........*
"I remember a man who I think was Savile sticking his tongue in my mouth
when I was a toddler and a group of men in suits laughed about it.
"After that I was taken to various places by various rings and was
introduced to someone who definitely was Savile and was told not to let on
I had met him before...
*William Hague, UK Foreign Secretary, with his friend Savile.*
"We moved out to the country when I was four... I have a strong sense of
ritualised abuse becoming very normal to me very early...
"One time he took me... more »
Princess Festival at Thanksgiving Point Giveaway!
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 8 hours ago
I am so lucky to have a sweet little princess in my life. She is full of
spunk and most of all curiosity. She loves to dress up as any numbers of
things, but princesses rank at the very top. Our trip to Disneyland this
year fell through and she was really disappointed that we weren't going to
be able to see "real princesses," I was completely delighted to find the Princess
Festival and to know that I can make her dream come true. I can't wait to
see the look on her face when we walk into the festival this week.
The Largest and Longest Running Princess Adventure Event in America,... more »
Is that that the reflection of a cornflower, Steve Case, or an egret in the ionosphere?
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 8 hours ago
Here is a link to a list of words that get you marked out by the NSA as a
potential terrorist. These are merely some of the highlights:
Firewalls
Archives
Spookwords
SASP
SACLANT
BECCA
CONUS
WANK
TEXTA
Spetznaz
Reese
15kg
Cornflower
Iris
Talent
Trump
Reflection
Guppy
Ionosphere
Data havens
Keyhole
Artichoke
Daisy
Egret
Sugar Grove
Retinal fetish
Bess
Railgun
1997
8142
1911
1984
Squib
Primacord
Becker
Nerd
Fangs
Sneakers
Steve Case
Sunday Classics: Father's Day special -- Wagner's Daland usually knows better than to trust in the wind
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*DALAND*: [*coming down from the cliff*]: No doubt! Seven miles away
the storm has driven us from safe port.
So near our goal after a long voyage,
this trick was saved up for me!
*STEERSMAN* [*on board, shouting through cupped hands*]:
Ho! Captain!
*DALAND*: On board with you -- how goes it?
*STEERSMAN* [*as before*]: Good, captain!
We have firm grounding.
*DALAND*: It's Sandwike! I know the bay well.
*Damn! I already saw my house on the shore.
Senta, my child, I imagined myself already embracing.
Then came this blast from the depths of hell.
Who trusts in wind trusts in Satan's mercy.
Wh... more »
"Gangsta Government"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
* *
*"Gangsta Government"*
by William O'Connor
“I’ll let you have the $10,000 for three points. That’s only because I know
you.” I’m listening to Tony yak, my Shylock. Yak, yak has earned the
moniker. He never gives his mouth a rest. Yak’s giving me the loan at
street price: $30 for every $1,000. That’s “juice.” Every week I’ll pay
$300, but nothing comes off the top.
Usury’s a felony. The Yak did a three-and-a -half year stretch for it.
That’s the way it was back in the day. Now, credit card companies make cash
loans at 28 percent with Congress’ blessing. Many Credit card compan... more »
Hillary Mann Leverett On American-Iranian Relations: "We Need To Stop Making This A Zero-Sum Game"
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
"We need to stop making this a zero-sum game, the United States and our
allies vis-à-vis Iran. It is destroying the Middle East. We need to come to
terms with Iran, accept it, and have constructive relationships with these
countries as they are." - Hillary Mann Leverett, former director of Iran
and Afghanistan Affairs at the National Security Council.
Source: CNN.
SYRIA: BRZEZINSKI ATTACKS INTERVENTION; Hands Off Syria Rally - Sydney
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
Hands OFF Syria | Facebook
*Brzezinski attacks intervention in Iraq, Libya and Syria.*
*Pro-Assad in Australia*
Merkel in trouble ? Bild polls indicate the answer might be yes ! AFD polling much stronger than let on.....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/06/germany-election-update-afd-soars-in.html
Sunday, June 16, 2013 1:16 PM
Germany Election Update: AFD Soars in Online Poll
Reader Bernd from Germany (not Bernd Lucke, AfD anti-euro party leader) has
emailed me several times since Friday about polls conducted by the German
tabloid Bild.
Emphasis must be placed on the the word "tabloid" because intellectuals and
academics do not tend to read the paper, nor even acknowledge its existence.
Nonetheless, Bild is the number one readership paper in Germany, by far,
with about 20 million r... more »
NO JUSTICE IN NIGERIA
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
What would white folks say if their communities were turned into oil
cesspools like this? Why do Nigerians have to live this way?
“Inside 'Prism' Success: Even Bigger Data Seizure”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
* *
*“Inside 'Prism' Success: Even Bigger Data Seizure” *
By Stephen Braun, Anne Flaherty, Jack Gillum and Matt Apuzzo
WASHINGTON — “In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began
showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court
orders demanding information on customers. Around the world, government
spies and eavesdroppers were tracking the email and Internet addresses used
by suspected terrorists. Often, those trails led to the world's largest
software company and, at the time, largest email provider. The agents
wanted email archives, accoun... more »
'PM'
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
Some of my recent posts have rather slipped away from my original intention
to avoid cherry-picking, but the cherries were ripe and hanging low, so I
picked them. Time then to rummage through a whole supermarket shelf of
flavoursome fruits instead, and do so without a pre-prepared shopping list.
(OK, I'll stop that metaphor now!)
How about listening to a whole week's worth of editions of Radio 4's *PM*?
Any bias? Individual segments may seem unbalanced, but what about the
entirety of the programme's output over all its available episodes? If *PM*is strongly biased, some evidence of... more »
Consequences? Did Anyone Say "Consequences?"
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 10 hours ago
Glasnost On the Potomac Under Obama? Not Quite WelL, it would be just like
it except that this praise belongs to those who sold out their progressive
followers by instituting Bush III government. But if you truly think that's
a good thing (even just for security's sake), then you perhaps should move
back (in time) to Soviet Russia, which collapsed due to the inward rot
occurring because the
Forgotten Libya news - Militia mayhem ......Qatar faces regime change - due to health concerns or US pressures ? Depends on whom you believe......
Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
Libya news of note ..... Militias still calling the shots.....
http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/06/13/34848/
Qatar Airways suspends Benghazi flights
*By Maha Ellawati and Aimen Eljali.*
Qatar Airways suspends flights to Benghazi
*Benghazi/Tripoli*.
Qatar Airways has suspended flights between Benghazi and Doha following an
incident yesterday at Benghazi’s Benina Airport when protestors prevented
non-Libyan passengers arriving from Doha from going through passport
control. Said to be mostly Bangladeshis, they were forced to fly back to
Qatar. Libyan passengers heading to Doha were also... more »
Zapatistas Events Summer 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
Photo street artist Banksy
Space full in communities for the Zapatista little school Zapatista Army for National Liberation Mexico
Seminar Tata Juan Chávez Alonso' open to
all in CIDECI, San
Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, beginning on August 17, 2013
June 2013
Enlace Zapatista http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/06/16/space-full-in-communities-for-the-zapatista-little-school/
To
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, June 16th, 2013
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 11 hours ago
It is Sunday again, and time for my weekly rant about exactly what the hell
is happening in our sick world....
First and foremost.... Today is of course Father's Day, and I want to send
out a Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.... We do indeed do a
lot, and put up with a lot.... It is nice to have one day for us....
My father passed away almost 13 and 1/2 years ago due to the ravages of
Alzheimer's Disease... He was in the last stages of Dementia, and his mind
was finally shutting down. It was sad to have to pull the plug on him and
watch him pass away, though peacefully.... more »
Your second moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 12 hours ago
A Lady Liberty, photo taken in 1925. [via]
GAIA PORTAL: Shifting and Reversal of Selected Gateways and Portals…
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
*
* *Shifting and Reversal of Selected Gateways and Portals…*
by ÉirePort
Shifting and reversal of selected gateways and portals occurs at this
moment. Required to accommodate slowing of some Light worker's ascension
patterns, some of these will revert to prior energetic states, whereas
others will retain the new configuration.
Much occurs during the 6-15-13 (a 6-6-6) to the 6-18-13 (6-9-6) period.
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Mohawk Nation News 'Bums Rush'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
BUMS RUSH
Posted on June 16, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Jun 15, 2013. We are the biggest contributors
in history. Our real estate, Great Turtle Island, has been illegally put
up by foreigners for the largest economy in the world! The crooks are
rushing to eject us from our land to try to squeeze the last bit of our
rights and ever growing $105 trillion Indian Trust Fund.
Obesogens - Have you ever heard of obesogens?
2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago
The first paragraphs from an article on Mother Jones – made me take a
journey this morning – I had not planned to make.
I found it interesting and after I found the third source – I felt
comfortable to take the tin foil hat off
– and ask the question, “Why aren’t we seeing this reported anywhere else?”
A chemical common in food packaging—Bisphenol-A (BPA)—has for years been
scrutinized for potential links to reproductive problems, heart disease,
cancer, and even anxiety. And now new research suggests BPA, which leeches
out from things like aluminum cans, drink straws, plastic packa... more »
NSA admits to warrantless wiretapping which only needs an analyst's decision ( no national security letter or FISA warrant ) - Snowden proven correct despite all the blather to the contrary..... At this rate , he will be in Hong Kong many years.....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-16/nsa-admits-warrantless-wiretapping-according-house-judiciary-committee-member
( Hmm , didn't Edward Snowden say an analyst could wiretap any phone ? )
NSA Admits To Warrantless Wiretapping According To House Judiciary
Committee Member
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/16/2013 10:26 -0400
- FBI
- national security
- Verizon
More confusion, or just more lies? You decide.
In an exchange first caught by CNET, Rep Gerrold Nadler, a New York
Democrat, questioned FBI Director Robert Mueller late last we... more »
Escaping from Earth? See Kepler's Catalog for your journey - we may not be alone after all!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 13 hours ago
link:
http://youtu.be/ZbijeR_AALo
Are we alone in the Cosmos? No, we aren't... Then: where are 'they'?
Hereand
there. Between science-fiction and *science-fact* sits the NASA
KEPLERProject. High-Science of the very best on Earth. It will take
another 2 or
3 years (if the project continues) to deliver *conclusive evidence* that
our planet may not be the single, unique one to support life. The next
step
might be a revision of propulsion methods and systems to venture out
"where
nobody went before". Interesting stuff for travel agents! What about
some
holidays on Gliese 581g? I can hard... more »
Is It Time to Wake Up - People?
2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
*Think about it people!*
*It's really time to stop *
*and think about it.*
Across the United States they are hellbent on destroying any and every
union (which is the most salient representation of democracy in the US).
They came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Across the United States they are hellbent labeling activists terrorist -
whether it is a peaceful rally, an action against XL or actions against
animal cruelty.
I think of the persecution and prosecution of activists like Aaron Schwartz
and members of Anonymous.
... more »
Education Isn't Enough Anymore
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
On Friday, Paul Krugman wrote that the technological revolution is leaving
even some of the well educated behind:
Today, however, a much darker picture of the effects of technology on labor
is emerging. In this picture, highly educated workers are as likely as less
educated workers to find themselves displaced and devalued, and pushing for
more education may create as many problems as it solves.
I’ve noted before that the nature of rising inequality in America changed
around 2000. Until then, it was all about worker versus worker; the
distribution of income between labor and cap... more »
Harvey Organ's Gold and Silver Report - June 13 , 2013 ! Ed Steer's Report for June 14 , 2013 .....Data , News and Views !
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/goldmoney-interviews-sprotts-john-embry-on-golds-prospects
GoldMoney Interviews Sprott’s John Embry on Gold’s Prospects
Jun
*14*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
RetweetShare
"We're still stuck in the sub-$1,400 holding pattern in gold."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
Gold's attempt to rally in morning trading in the Far East ran into a
seller of last resort around noon in Tokyo...and from there it was all
quietly down hill into the 9:30 open of the New York equity markets. The
subsequent ral... more »
ACTION: Support Bernie Sanders Privacy Act
2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
*This man fights for US every day in every way - he is one of a kind in
today's usele$$ Congre$$.*
*Show him some love by bookmarking his webpage*
*AND*
*Signing the things that he puts on his webpage.*
*The Restore Our Privacy Act *
*Sign your name and support the Restore Our Privacy Act. *
*>>>>HERE<<<*
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Restore Our Privacy Act to put strict
limits on sweeping powers used by the National Security Agency and Federal
Bureau of Investigation to secretly track telephone calls by millions of
innocent Americans who are not suspected of any wrongdoing.
... more »
We’re #10, We’re #10 !
Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 14 hours ago
Ah yes, the public likes lists. We like to quantify even the unmeasurable
and know where we stand. Hence the annual ranking of school districts by a
publication in the Buffalo area that no one ever reads, except when it
publishes a list of “top school districts”. What a great marketing ploy.
And it works. […]
Greek Gamble - muzzling reporting - what about democracy?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 14 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/GNwaVrZa-9o
One might argue that State Television is for propaganda purposes only. But
what competition offer commercial networks? For instance check-out the
German media infrastructure, their state run ZDF and ARD entertainment-,
news- and information programs versus the commercial ones. Take a look at
Bayern TV as well and its bewildering 24/7 naive love-song on the beauty of
the region, only now and then interrupted by mostly conservative political
propaganda and some insignificant documentaries about religion, exotic
foreign sceneries, cooking and rural ac... more »
Did Weyrich Kill the Republicon Party?
2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago
An interesting piece *on HuffPo *this morning – if you take the time to
think about it – rather than just read it.
In relation to this – it’s important to remember that is was 40+ years ago
that Paul Weyrich pulled the “Moral Majority” together and did all his
nastiness with other organizations because he felt that the
ultraconservatives in our nation had lost their stronghold on the political
process.
Today, because of tenacity and evilness of Weyrich’s (and others) that is
no longer the case – the RWNJ’s have too much power. But it's not turning
out to be the success story Wey... more »
Throwing juice isn't the way to go
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
Someone, now charged with assault, threw juice at Rob Ford.
Twitter lit up with those cheering her act while others deplored it.
Myself? I just see it as a rather weak media stunt.
When a protestor threw a show towards George Bush it resonated as there was
a deep cultural significance. Ain't no such thing with juice.
I am not an apologist for Mayor Ford. I didn't back him in the last
election; but he did win on a clear mandate. I have concerns for him as a
person - I fear he is deeply unhealthy. I'd prefer him not to be Mayor.
But throwing juice? Just wrong.
Subscription Is Coming
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 14 hours ago
Subscription business often make good business sense to both the service
provider and the consumer. For the service provider it enables them to
build a sustainable and predictable revenue stream where the peaks and
troughs of fads and the unpredictability of demand is cushioned by the
width and depth of offer. They still have to manage down the exposure to
churn, but have the opportunity to build customer loyalty and relationship.
For the consumer it offers the obvious one stop shop and protection from
change in what today is often dynamically changing markets.
Media, technology,... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago
Happy Dad's Day if it fits your circumstances. For me, it's different now.
Second year since my Pop died. Still miss him just as much as the first day
he left but you make peace with the absence over time.
Mr. Obama! Mr. Cameron! We Must Arm The Turkish Rebels Now!
NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 14 hours ago
.
Recent polls show that only 48% of the country living outside Instanbul
support Turkey's Prime Minister, Mr Erdogan while inside Istanbul that
figure collapses to a mere and shocking 30%.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/163061/turks-grew-discontent-leaders-freedom-unrest.aspx
Similar polls in Syria as revealed by NATO sources, no less, reveal that Mr
Assad enjoys 70% support from the Syrian people while only 10% oppose his
rule.
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/05/31/nato-data-assad-winning-the-war-for-syrians-hearts-and-minds/
Mr Obama! Mr. Cameron! Of course we must arm the Syrian ... more »
WI GOP - Being 50 of 50 A-OK!!
2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago
There is a diary on Daily Kos this morning – that kinda helps to lift a
cloud of confusion. It is about Wisconsin - but applies almost anywhere ,
I suspect.
A recent survey on Wisconsin – begins to remove the fog around the "WTF?"
That the rest of us are mumbling every day.
It is well worth your read – It’s not horribly long – and even though you
will be saying WTF? throughout – it will start to lift the fog.
And the scary part if that this is not just limited to Wisconsin - I bet if
you took a different state where an economic distaster has happened under a
RepubliCON legislatu... more »
TURKISH NIGHT
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Last night at 9.00 PM police forces intervened against the Istanbul Gezi
Park resistance violently, following the speech of Prime Minister Erdoğan
in Ankara.
This is an obvious declaration of war against the people.
All main highways of Istanbul were occupied by demonstrators. Tens of
thousands of people were in the streets, trying to march to Taksim square.
Police uses not only tear gas but also rubber bullets.
Prime Minister Erdoğan also ordered that doctors and medical volunteers who
were treating the victims of police violence should be arrested and many
were. One hotel in t... more »
Saudi cleric promises Jihadists that their 72 virgins will be fair-skinned white women
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
http://topconservativenews.com/2013/06/saudi-cleric-promises-jihadists-that-their-72-virgins-will-be-fair-skinned-white-women/
More from the apartheid state of Saudi Arabia. Don't expect any reporting
of this on the BBC for whom Israel is the only apartheid state and Islamic
states are beyond criticism.
Does The Pope Refuse To Live In The Papal Apartments Because He Knows The Curia Will Try To Kill Him?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
When the College of Cardinals elects the new Pope, they don't have a magic
wand to give him-- and he's stuck with an entrenched, conservative Curia.
And like all conservatives-- *very* corrupt. There's been a lot in the news
lately about Pope Francis remarking on the "gay lobby" (or, more
accurately, a gay subculture) in the Vatican. That's not really the story
though. This week NPR interviewed Robert Mickens, Vatican correspondent for
the British Catholic weekly *The Tablet*, who reminded them that "many of
these people in the Vatican that are gay, and even acting out, are
extre... more »
Multiple New Polls Show Americans Reject Wholesale NSA Domestic Spying
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
image source Mark M. Jaycox
*Electronic Frontier Foundation*
In the 1950s and 60s, the NSA spied on all telegrams entering and exiting
the country. The egregious actions were only uncovered after Congress set
up an independent investigation called the Church Committee in the 1970s after
Watergate. When the American public learned about NSA's actions, they
demanded change. And the Church Committee delivered it by providing more
information about the programs and by curtailing the spying.
Just like the American public in the 1970s, Americans in the 2010s know
that when the governmen... more »
Zbigniew Brzezinski on Syria: US is engaging in "mass propaganda"
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
*Youtube*
*RELATED ARTICLE:*
*7 Reasons War with Syria is a Really Bad Idea*
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Ed Snowden’s magic thumb drive and other NSA fantasies
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
image source Jon Rappoport
Well, they’ve solved the riddle. Ed Snowden was able to steal thousands of
highly protected NSA documents because…he had a thumb drive.
This is the weapon that breached the inner sanctum of the most
sophisticated information agency in the world.
This is the weapon to which the NSA, with all its resources, remains
utterly vulnerable. Can’t defeat it.
NSA bans thumb drives, but certain special employees are allowed to use
them.
Would Snowden have been in that elite circle? He was an outside contractor
who’d been assigned to the NSA, and he was only there... more »
Obama Ups the Stakes in Syria
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman
Obama lied. He's a serial liar. He claims Syria used chemical weapons. His
so-called red line was crossed. No verifiable evidence provides proof.
Clear facts prove he lied.
Syria's Foreign Ministry called Obama's accusations "a caravan of lies" and
"fabrications."
On May 5, Reuters headlined "UN has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin
gas: investigator."
Geneva-based "UN human rights investigators have gathered testimony from
casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel
forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the... more »
How Not to Cover Abusive Relationships
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 15 hours ago
If you're yet to see it, the piece is very uncomfortable. Readers who've
experienced and survived domestic violence might want to give it a miss, so
keep that in mind before you click this link. But it's fair to say the
photographs of Charles Saatchi gripping the throat of Nigella Lawson,
pushing at her nose and reducing her to tears leave little to
interpretation. No amount of context can spin this as anything other than
an assault.
While some might be tempted to see the splash as a good thing, I don't
think the *Sunday People* have done Nigella nor anyone else a service.
While a... more »
Learn A Post-Collapse Trade Before It’s Too Late
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
Brandon Smith
There comes a point in the analysis of any problem when its escalation
turns so blatantly obvious that the disaster is self-explanatory. The
economic crisis in the United States and around the globe is one of those
problems. While there are still plenty of people out there who remain
ignorant to the immediate danger, I think we are very close (at least in
America) to a point of maximum velocity. The more accelerated the
awakening, however, the faster globalist interests will pull the plug on
what remains of our financial system.
Most citizens are at least vaguely co... more »
Orwellian State? Don’t worry – Big Sis says the DHS is not “going willy-nilly and using any kind of data that we can gather”
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
Daisy Luther
We can all rest a little easier now. Janet Napolitano, head of the
Department of Homeland Gestapo Security has said that fears over extreme
government surveillance are overblown. There is no Orwellian state, no
extreme surveillance, and we can all go back to watching *Dancing with the
Stars* now.
I think people have gotten the idea that there’s an Orwellian state out
there that somehow we’re operating in. That’s far from the case… There are
lots of protections built into the system… No one should believe that we
are simply going willy-nilly and using any kind of dat... more »
The Truth About Syria
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
*Youtube*
This video is a bit long, but it has many comprehensive and important
videos strung together to show the real story about Syria's so-called civil
war.
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Whistleblower Rap News
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
*Youtube*
Witty and funny as usual, especially the Mark Zuckerberg spoof.
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77% Do Not Trust Television News
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
*Activist Post*
The annual Gallup survey revealing confidence in institutions made news
earlier this week for a record low score of 10% for Congress. But another
figure is noteworthy in the study: only 23% of those polled said they had a
"great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Television News.
One would think that 77% lacking trust in television news is a staggering
number. Yet it is actually an improvement over last year's results of 79%
(or 21% with confidence).
If the new low for Congress has something to do with recent political
scandals, perhaps the media's coverage ... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Sheriff spent $213,000 on repairs, then closed jail facility ~Gordon
Russell, The Advocate*
*OSHA to join investigation of Donaldsonville plant explosion*
*U.S. Chemical Safety Board to investigate Thursday Geismar blast ~WDSU*
*OSV Sinks in Gulf of Mexico After Striking Oil Platform ~gCaptain*
*With tar balls still common, some question end of oil spill cleanup ~MBJ*
Target to Eliminate GMOs from Simply Balanced Brand
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours ago
*Activist Post*
Designed to meet the increasing demand for healthy food products at a great
price, Target is introducing Simply Balanced, a new food collection within
its owned brand portfolio.
The Simply Balanced collection is crafted to be free of artificial flavors,
colors and preservatives, and avoids high fructose corn syrup. The
collection never uses trans fats, is mindful about the amount of sodium in
each product, and forty percent of the products are organic – giving guests
more of the simple, recognizable ingredients they know and want – and a
food label they can unders... more »
House Passes Ban on Drone Strikes Against US Citizens
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours ago
*Activist Post*
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014
that will ban drone strikes against American citizens passed in the House
on Friday.
However, the amendment does contain an exception for Americans "actively
engaged in combat against the United States".
Below is the full amendment:
*SEC. 12l. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DRONES TO KILL UNITED STATES CITIZENS. *
**(a) PROHIBITION.—The Department of Defense may not use a drone to kill a
citizen of the United States.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection shall not apply to an
individ... more »
Andrew and Tommy show
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
Him indoors called me to come and watch Andrew Neil talking with Tommy
Robinson this morning. This jaw-dropping exchange caused all household
activities to be suspended.
The constraints of political correctness applied only to Andrew Neil and
not his adversary, which made for a conspicuous case of asymmetric warfare. So
it wasn’t a level playing field, but then Tommy Robinson was automatically
playing with a handicap just by being who he is. Nevertheless, even on
Andrew Neil’s terms, with language as weapons, I’d say it was game set and
match to Tommy.
Realising he was being tr... more »
The British child brides: Muslim mosque leaders agree to marry girl of 12... so long as parents don't tell anyone via Mail Online
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
'British Muslim clerics are willing to carry out sharia marriages involving
child brides as young as 12, an investigation has found.
Two imams said they would be prepared to officiate at the wedding of an
underage girl to a man in his twenties, despite fears the pair would later
have sex.
The revelations have led the Home Office to confirm that such ceremonies
will be examined in the Government's forthcoming Bill to outlaw forced
marriages.
More than 1,000 of the 8,000 forced marriages of Britons each year are
believed to involve girls of 15 or under, with one case last year alle... more »
Mike Duff vs an anti-string layman
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
Giotis has pointed out an argument published in the Guardian:
A theory of everything ... has physics gone too far?
Mike Duff of the Imperial College tries to teach something about the
foundations of physics to a self-confident layman called Jim Baggott (yes,
I had to press backspace when I instinctively started his surname with an
F) who is obsessed with irrational critiques of the state-of-the-art
physics and who has even written a book based on all these fallacies (see
the link below).
The title of the article asserting that "physics that has gone too far" is
a rather accurate ... more »
'Question Time' in Scotland
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
There's been something of a stramash (Scots, *n *an uproar; tumult; brawl)
over this week's edition of *Question Time* from Edinburgh.
The panel consisted of Respect's George Galloway, UKIP's Nigel Farage,
Scottish Conservative Ruth Davidson, Labour's Anas Sarwar, the SNP's Angus
Robertson and journalist Lesley Riddoch. The audience consisted entirely of
16 and 17 year olds, following the decision to give them the vote for the
2014 independence referendum.
One protest, which began during the programme, concerned the pro-unionist
bias of the panel. The SNP's Angus Robertson compl... more »
MOSSAD PROMOTES HOMOPHOBIA
Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*Ted Haggard did not consider himself to be gay? *www.seedsofdoubt.com...
One expert told *Mother Jones* that highly observant Muslim men are known
to have physical relationships with other men - *but do not consider
themselves to be gay.*
*dailymail.*
*
*
The same of course applies to many fundamentalist Christians.
*Charlize Theron remembers bursting into tears at school because she
couldn’t sit next to the “really popular girl” she was “obsessed” with.*
Countries with a low tolerance for homosexuality include Tunisia where only
2 % approve of homosexuality, and Egypt and Indones... more »
Obama Embraces Neocons' War Against Syria, While Ron Paul Makes The Neocons Look Silly
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago
President Obama is up in arms about the non-existent reality that Assad
used chemical weapons against his own people. He has become the biggest
mouthpiece for Neocon propaganda.
Obama has also *replaced Osama as the key man* in Al-Qaeda's success in the
Arab world. Without the funding provided by the Obama administration, the
Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria would not be able to create so much needless
harm and bloodshed.
Obama is turning out to be a more effective leader of the terrorist
organization than Osama ever was. Frankly, bin Laden is looking like an
amateur compared to Bar... more »
Valentina Tereshkova: 50 years ago
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
Exactly 50 years ago, on June 16th, 1963, the first woman went to outer
space.
*The story of Valentina Tereshkova is also a story of the remarkable
similarity between the propaganda tools of the Soviet Union and those
employed by feminism and other pathological ideologies of the contemporary
Western society.*
*Gagarin, Popovich, Tereshkova, Khruschchev...*
For some time, the Soviet Union appeared to be ahead of the U.S. in the
space race. Sending a female cosmonaut to the orbit was a natural next
argument designed to support the (preposterous) claims that communism was
technolog... more »
I haz a sad...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 23 hours ago
*another dear blogger buddy is facing death.*
May God bless and keep her.
For many years I've followed this exceptional lady. - through transplants,
chemo, radiation.
The news she just received is not good.Please visit and send your prayers.
*A hard post to write.*
TV Watch: Maybe "Graceland" only seems "formulaic" because the characters aren't (yet?) terribly compelling
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*by Ken*
Normally I wouldn't try to write about a show like USA's *Graceland* after
only two episodes, especially when I'm so conflicted about it. It's always
possible, for example, that once I've absorbed all the characters and
circumstances piled on us in these early episodes, it will all fit together
more credibly and interestingly. The problem is, I don't know how many more
episodes I'll be sticking around.
Anyone with shouting range of USA's promos knows that Graceland is the name
given to a California beachfront house seized from a drug lord and
repurposed into an undercove... more »
THE IRAN ELECTION: CONSEQUENCES
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 1 day ago
An overwhelming victory for the comparatively moderate Hassan Rowhani
avoids a run-off election that was set for next Friday. Winning more than
50% of the vote means that Rowhani is indisputably Iran’s next President.
However, just because he is touted as being a ‘moderate’ does not mean to
say that Iran is suddenly pro-Western or will stop pursuing nuclear energy.
All it means is that Israel and the US will find it a little more difficult
to effect ‘regime change’. Iran is also likely to continue supporting
Bashir al-Assad in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
As the country’s one-ti... more »
Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz July 15 -- Dec. 22, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
The Longest Walk 4: Return to Alcatraz
Longest Walk 1978
Press Release
Posted at Censored News
In
1978 11 bills were introduced in the United States Congress that if
passed would have harmed American Indian sovereign rights, with the
worst of the bills calling for the abrogation of all Indian Treaties.
This inspired some people such as Dennis Banks and Bill Wahpepah to
come up
The US And Israel Want Syria Destroyed: Man Behind (False) Syrian "Chemical Weapons" Claim Is Fiction Writer Who Ran Benghazi Cover-Up!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I am back... And again I do feel that I must apologize for those that have
been expecting more articles at this blog... This last week I have had to
split my time between both business and family concerns, and thus this blog
has fallen by the way-side.... I have always said that family comes first
and foremost, and the writings that I place at this blog come second.....
For the last few days I have been listening in periodically to the
mainstream BS news that the innocent nation of Syria has "crossed the red
line" according to the criminals in the Barry Soetoro administration in
Was... more »
Morsi Threatens Ethiopia Over Dam Project, And Backs Al-Qaeda In Syria
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Morsi and Erdoğan are backing Al-Qaeda in Syria, and working against the
wishes and interests of the Syrian people.*
The Ethiopian Dam project called, "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam" that
began construction in April 2011 has recently made headlines because the
Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Egypt have threatened to sabotage the
project.
Earlier this month, numerous leading Egyptian political figures were *caught
in a brainstorming session on live television* arguing about the kinds of
methods that can be used to stop the Dam's construction. They didn't know
they were being... more »
Dr. Iain McGilchrist on The Divided Brain
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*"The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the
Western World"* by Iain McGilchrist.
Description of the book (Amazon.com):
In a book of unprecedented scope--now available in a larger format—Iain
McGilchrist presents a fascinating exploration of the differences between
the brain’s left and right hemispheres, and how those differences have
affected society, history, and culture. McGilchrist draws on a vast body of
recent research in neuroscience and psychology to reveal that the
difference is profound: the left hemisphere is detail oriented, while the
right... more »
Been Busy The Last Few Days Taking Care Of Family Business
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
No, I have not fallen off the face of the Earth for the last few days... I
have been busy taking care of some personal business and family
concerns.....
I will try to post up some new material later tonight when I return to my
place of residence....
In the meantime, as I usually say.... Take a close look at the articles
that are put up by those who I consider the finest bloggers that I know...
They are listed in the left hand column of this blog...
I will be back shortly.... Until then, as I usually say....
More to come
NTS
Wall Hits Liberal Nerve ....
leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
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*'If you throw a rock into the dark and hear a yelp .. you hit the dog.'*
*Old Sask CCF populist political wisdom*
*
*-*Saskatoon Star Phoenix: 'Wall calls for Trudeau to pay back $20K
speaking fee.'** *
*Note: for the record ... I have no horse in this race. I simply enjoy good
old fashioned Canadian politics. *
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*UPDATED:*
* -Justin Trudeau to 'make it right' with charities that paid him to
fundraise*
Mohawk Nation News 'Nobody's Business'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Nobody’s
Business
Posted on June 14, 2013
MNN. June 14, 2013. The rulers are trying to build a giant computer that
knows and runs everything. PRISM is the US National Security Agency
program that gathers billions of private data on everyone in the world.
In Canada it’s CSEC Communications Security Establishment Canada. It has
a $400 million budget and 2000 employees.
“Did you hear this
DON'T TELL ME THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SCRUPLES
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Right out of high school a friend ran for freshman class president at the
local Community College near Beale AFB in California where our father's
were stationed. In high school he was not particularly popular nor was he
one to follow the crowd. When I asked him how he went from being a virtual
nobody to class president in his first year of college he replied, "Bruce,
people are basically sheep."
This poll on the question of NSA surveillance reflects that sad fact.
Democrats, like most Republicans, largely "follow their leader" and don't
bother thinking for themselves. My frie... more »
Rightists Have Always Been Obsessed With Homosexuality
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Rightists through history-- always looking for easy scapegoats for a policy
of divisiveness-- have been obsessed with homosexuality. This week we saw
Florida's Tea Party junior senator, Marco Rubio, shrilly threatening to
scuttle his own immigration bill if it includes protections for LGBT
families.
While discussing Senator Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) proposed amendment to the
immigration bill-- which would grant same-sex couples the same protections
as heterosexual couples by making the law recognize “any marriage entered
into full compliance with the laws of the State or foreign co... more »
The lies on Iran keep on coming
Left I on the News at Left I on the News - 1 day ago
ABC News tonight was a good example of the reporting on the Iran that
permeates Western media. After trumpeting the election of the "moderate"
candidate in the recent election, they hastened to point out that it
wouldn't make much difference because the key decisions are made by
Khamenei, who is, in their words, "strongly pro-nuclear." Well, he is
strongly pro-nuclear *power*, but at the same time has issued a fatwa
against nuclear weapons. A fact you might think was important since we just
finished hearing how he has the final word on such things. And a fact which
also casts light ... more »
For Tuesday I Walk to the Village
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
And it's Election Day again in my neighborhood. I'm in one of only two
districts where the city council contest wound up as a run-off, and so it
gets resolved today.
That's just one mark on the ballot. It's the second election day of the
year, and second of the two and four year cycles; I've only had three
choices, total, to make so far. And all of them were relatively easy in
that the offices at least make sense (mayor and city council), although
made unnecessarily difficult because they were nonpartisan elections.
That's hardly anything! I'm not certain, but I think we may have on... more »
Blast from the Past: June 6, 1913, 'Terrible Campaign' Launched in Taiwan
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
The Japan Times reprinted a piece from a century ago this week:
*+++++++++++*
*‘Terrible campaign’ launched in Taiwan*
Military operations against the tribes in northeastern Taiwan were
commenced at dawn yesterday. The government forces consist of 3,000 men, of
the police and native troops. Mr. Uchida, Chief of the Civil
Administration, is on the scene. General Sakuma, Governor-General of
Taiwan, will be in the field early next month.
The Governor-General, it is believed, has planned one of the most terrible
campaigns for the subjugation of the savage tribes living in eastern
Form... more »
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
And also explain why our devoted public servants from Ashburn, VA (featured
in Thursday's '"The Daily 'Near You?'") today spent 6 1/2 hours perusing
this little blog. Nice try at spoofing your address, boys and girls!
Nothing better to do? How about go find some terrorists or something, or go
back to playing "Bubble Safari" on Facebook? lol - CP
"Keep Your Long Flannel Underwear: Climate Scientists Predict Hell To Freeze Over!"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* "Keep Your Long Flannel Underwear: *
*Climate Scientists Predict Hell To Freeze Over!"*
by Larry Bell
"If the notion of global warming has gotten you all hot and bothered,
here’s something to really worry about. What if just the opposite is
occurring and global temperatures not only continue to remain flat, but get
much colder for a very long time? In fact, that’s exactly what some
highly-credentialed and well-informed scientists are predicting.
Yes, and what if carbon dioxide, particularly that three percent of total
atmospheric CO2 we humans produce, winds up being a bit pla... more »
#edweek finds Nirvana.
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
A new piece of propaganda published by EdWeek and written by Crowe, Allen,
and Coble begins with this assertion: Better-prepared teachers and greatly
improved teacher-preparation programs are the essential ingredients of
stronger academic outcomes for this nation’s K-12 students. It is then
followed up with this evidence to support it. ?????????????????? That’s
right. Nothing! It […]
“Then And Now: What 100 Years Of Change Looks Like, In One Infographic”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Then And Now: *
*What 100 Years Of Change Looks Like, In One Infographic”*
by Tyler Durden
“As we rapidly approach the 100 year anniversary of the Federal Reserve
(signed into law on December 23, 1913) and the 16th amendment (ushering in
that IRS favorite - the income tax) a question arises: what was life like a
century ago? Conveniently, the following infographic breaks down some of
the main ways in which life has changed in the past 100 years: from life
expectancy, to marriage, education, employment, wages, entertainment,
sport, and shopping (we finally find a time when JCPen... more »
HSBC's Ad Campaign at Airports
Americani Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
HSBC Promoting DNA Based Banking Transactions
June 15, 2013
By American Kabuki
I just got back from my trip to Morocco visting Heather Tucci-Jarraf. Wow
what an experience, I will be writing more about that later.
I thought I'd post a sampling of the add campaign being conducted by HSBC
in American airports. HSBC has plastered American Airlines loading ramps
(and perhaps other airlines?) with advertising promoting "the future" as
they see it.
We covered on American Kabuki earlier that Bank of America and VISA had
filed patents on the Human Embodiment claiming they own how ... more »
Angry Rivers, Floods and a Muddy Aftermath
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day ago
It's still pretty soggy and miserable weather here but some good signs are
in evidence as many of the residents who were evacuated from their homes
have been allowed to return. I have no idea how many sand bags have been
filled by fellow Fort McMurrayites the past few days but the number reached
its limit earlier today and the actual filling up sand bags has wound
down....hopefully for good.
I headed down to the Sport and Wellness Centre at Keyano to do what I
could. As you can see from the pictures here, it was pretty gloomy and
volunteers were pelted with a bit more rain. It a... more »
It's Time to Junk 'Imperialism'
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Washed-up ex-Trot sellout I may be, but even at my most orthodox and
ra-ra-revolutionary I always had a problem with the term 'imperialism' as
applied to global capitalism after the Second World War. In Marxism as
practiced by official communism and the 57 varieties, imperialism has a
highly specific meaning. In Lenin's *Imperialism, the Highest Stage of
Capitalism*, it marks the point where capitalism in its advanced
metropolitan heartlands has become dominated by monopolies and the merging
of industrial and finance capital. To seek new profitable opportunities,
capital of necessi... more »
“5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor”*
by John Cheese
“Being poor is like a game of poker where if you lose, the other players
get to screw you. And if you win, the dealer screws you. A bunch of you
reading this are among the 45 million “working poor” in America, and if
you’re not, you know somebody who is. Like me. I’m not blaming anybody but
myself for getting into this situation (I was drunk for two straight
decades) and I’m not asking for anybody’s sympathy. What I am saying is
that people are quick to tell you to pick yourself up by your bootstraps
and just stop being... more »
News Reel No. 2, Senate HELP and #ESEA
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Part two of our series. Tagged: ESEA, help, NCLB, reauthorization, senate
Is There a Right Way to Do Development?
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
In our newish MA program in Global Policy Studies, it turns out
“International Development” is the most popular concentration. Now, many of
our students who are interested in this “specialization” have what I call a
distinct project-based approach to development. They think of international
development as projects foreigners go out and do. Since most of our
Continue reading
Weekend Link-a-Rama
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Contrasting views on Obama foreign-policy and realism from Daniel Drezner
and Sean Kay. The BBC’s profile of Iranian President-elect, Hassan Rouhani.
Michael J. Geary and Kevin A. Lees examine how the NSA scandal might impact
Obama’s trip to Europe. Chris Fair’s testimony at the Hearing on
“Protecting the Homeland Against Mumbai-Style Attacks and the Threat from
Lashkar-e-Taiba” (PDF). Vladmir Putin:
Continue reading
Northrop Frye on The Shape of the Bible
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*"The Great Code: The Bible and Literature"* by Northrop Frye.
Related: *Northrop Frye on An Approach to the Bible*.
Title: Northrop Frye on The Shape of the Bible. Date Published: October 5,
2012. Source: TVOBigIdeas. Description:
Renowned literary theorist, Northrop Frye, examines the pattern of U-shaped
narratives in the bible that deal with loss, return, and deliverance.
Foreclosed? Grounds to sue BOA
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 1 day ago
Former employees have alleged that* Bank of America* (NYSE:BAC)
deliberately denied eligible home owners loan modifications and lied to
them about the status of their mortgage payments and documents, in a report
by *Reuters*. The strategy was used to push homeowners towards foreclosure
and in-house modifications, both of which produced more profits for the
bank than the government sponsored Home Affordable Modification Program.
The former employees also allege that those who successfully herded
customers towards foreclosure were rewarded through cash bonuses and gift
cards. An employ... more »
The House Finally Voted To End The War In Afghanistan
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
It's been a dozen years but on Thursday the House finally voted to end the
war in Afghanistan. By backing an amendment to a military spending bill,
all but 9 Democrats and just over half the Republicans removed House
Republicans' language supporting a post-2014 military presence in
Afghanistan and replaced it with a statement that the President should come
back to Congress and specifically seek new authorization if he wants to
keep troops there after the 2014 deadline.
The bipartisan amendment was sponsored by Jim McGovern (D-MA), Walter Jones
(R-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Gar... more »
"Huxley Was Right"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did
not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an
externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is
required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he
saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the
technologies that undo their capacities to think.
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was
that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who
wanted to read one. Orw... more »
Aldous Huxley, "Lightly"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"It’s dark because you are trying too hard.
Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.
Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.
Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.
I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig.
Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me.
When it comes to dying even. Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic.
No rhetoric, no tremolos,
no self conscious persona putting on its celebrated imitation of Christ or
Little Nell.
And of course, no theology, no metaphysics.
Just the fact... more »
Creating Artificial Student Failure in New York @nysed @nysut
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
New York Teacher, Jennifer Fatone, posted some pretty shocking information
on the UOO Facebook site recently, along with her comments and a letter to
Steven Katz, the Director of New York State Assessments. This is blatant.
This is wrong. If there was any doubt that New York has an agenda to show
failure in the […]
H.P. Gone Mad
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Charles Moore’s article in the Telegraph is the topic of a thread on
Harry’s Place.
Sarah AB says:
*“**those who think it’s bad, full stop, and those who think it’s pretty
bad, but perhaps raises issues which need to be addressed.*”
I’m confused. Where has she seen these views expressed? Certainly not in
the BTL comments, which are predominantly from people agreeing with Moore
and expressing their gratitude for seeing the piece in the MSM at last.
Charles Moore says:
*"It (EDL) does not – officially at least – support violence. It is the
instinctive reaction of elements of an indige... more »
Boston Urban Shield 2013 Exercise interestingly similar to the actual incident involving the Boston Marathon...... with that in mind , note the Alameda Sheriffs Association , in conjunction with the Bay Area Urban Security Initiative announces its Urban Shield 2013 - October 25 - 28 , 2013.....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Boston Urban Shield exercise for 2013.....
Boston – Operation Urban Shield and the “Free America Citizens” Terrorists
Drill
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 22:34
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Boston – Operation Urban Shield and the “Free America Citizens”
Terrorists Drill
Posted on June 12, 2013 by willyloman
*UPDATE:* ajmacdonaldjr makes a great point: Why were they planning to run
another drill so soon after the one they held in November in Boston? Most
cities that run these drills run one a year.
**
*(The scenario planned by the “producers” of this event unfolded much like
the actual Boston Bo... more »
And To The Republic For Which It Stands
theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 1 day ago
June 15, 2013 Well, we just had one of those whiz-bang Ozark thunderstorms,
with a lightning strike that shut down power (and therefore, my computer)
just long enough to erase everything I’d written for the blog post at the
time. … Continue reading →
Deutsche Bank , with its 73 trillion total derivative exposure ( 24 times GDP of Germany ) is horribly undercapitalized and THE Systemic threat to the Global Banking Systems - speaking of which , note the calls to recap Europe insolvent banks ! Can you say Bail - In ?
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-15/deutsche-bank-horribly-undercapitalized-its-ridiculous-says-former-fed-president-hoe
Deutsche Bank "Is Horribly Undercapitalized... It's Ridiculous" Says Former
Fed President Hoenig
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/15/2013 13:11 -0400
- Deustche Bank
- Deustche Bank
- Deutsche Bank
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Reserve
- Germany
- Gross Domestic Product
- LTRO
- Morgan Stanley
- Reuters
Back in May 2012, when we were making fun at the latest itera... more »
UK PLANNED ATTACK ON SYRIA BEFORE ARAB SPRING.
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, who says the war against
Syria was planned two years before 'The Arab Spring'*
In an interview with the French TV station LCP, former French minister for
Foreign Affairs Roland Dumas said:
"I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business.
*"I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were
preparing something in Syria.*
"This was in Britain not in America.
"Britain was organizing an invasion of rebels into Syria.
"They even asked me, although I was no longer minister for foreign affairs, ... more »
Is Quebec's proposal for assisted suicide law legal? Likely not.
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
I am writing legally. This note does not consider the "morality" of the
issue.
First, the Criminal Code (Federal law) provides:
*241. Every one who*
*(a)counsels a person to commit suicide, or*
*(b) aids or abets a person to commit suicide,*
*whether suicide ensues or not, is guilty of an indictable offence and
liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.*
Quebec law that directly conflicts with Federal law is legally not
effective. Federal law has paramountcy over provincial law.
Accordingly if Quebec says you can aid a suicide and the Criminal Code
(which is... more »
Alex Jones - Controlled Opposition; David Icke - Committed Internationalist
Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day ago
It is now a week since the Bilderberg circus rolled into England. Unlike
previous Establishment gatherings this year the Bilderberg Conference was
acknowledged by the mainstream media, who even took the time to highlight
the event, and to draw attention to those who were protesting against it.
Last Sunday, the BBC aired the now infamous interview with Alex Jones in
which the Texan stooge ranted like a lunatic. Alex Jones is forever
lamenting that the media is controlled by a cabal which seeks to enslave
us, yet time and again, this self-proclaimed messiah of the 'truth
movement' i... more »
Advice for the Moskitia: Be careful. Very, very careful
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day ago
June 12, 2013
Sure, it's pretty here, but not yet ready for tourists
Day 6 here in the Moskitia, and I’m bored dead. You don’t know what
you’ve got ‘til it’s got, as good old Joni once sang, and what I miss the
most right now is freedom.
One of my co-workers describes Palacios as a “beautiful prison.” That
sums up the place nicely. The little town is a short boat ride away from
Batalla, the Garifuna community where road access ends. But the two
villages feel completely different.
There's a gorgeous lagoon just steps away from the main road through
Palacios – which is to say,... more »
Dine' youths' 'Doo'ko'oosliid' on Link TV
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Doo'ko'oosliid :
San Francisco Peaks
The most viewed film today at the Green Film Festival, Culture Unplugged!
Watch online:
http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/12271
Camille Manybeads Tso
Director: Camille Manybeads Tso and Kira Butler |
Producer: Rachel Tso
Genre: Documentary |
Produced In: 2011 |
Story Teller's Country: United States
What Mattered This Week?
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
I'm pretty much with the people who suspect that US involvement in Syria
will matter less than it may seem, but at the same time that the overall
Syria conflict does matter.
As far as something that doesn't matter? Skirmishes about the "Hastert
rule" and immigration over on the House side. It's all for show. John
Boehner isn't going to try to bully this thing through unless most of his
Members want him to. Whatever they say for the cameras.
Brit DefMin Concedes - Afghanistan Is Our Vietnam
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
British Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, says the miserable war in Afghanistan
has been his country's Vietnam.
*Britain is experiencing a ''Vietnam phenomenon'' as the mission draws to a
close, the Defence Secretary said in an interview during a trip to
Afghanistan.*
* *
*His candid assessment comes as Britain tries to wind down its mission in
Afghanistan at the same time as Western leaders edge towards greater
military intervention in Syria.*
*''I suspect that the British people - and not just the British people -
will be wary of enduring engagements on this kind of scale for p... more »
Accountability for the bottom, immunity at the top, incompetence all around
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Bill Maher’s recent New Rule is somewhat applicable to our current moment
in education reform. Watch it now, or later, and come back here. One of the
chief problems in education right now involves the actual workforce:
uninspired, supervised, scrutinized, unappreciated, and underpaid. But the
individuals populating the bloated bureaucracies of public school systems
are […]
Barack hypocrite Obama
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
What The F*** Memes (@WhatTheFMemes) tweeted at 8:06 PM on Fri, Jun 14,
2013:
The irony http://t.co/ou0JVfa0W7
(https://twitter.com/WhatTheFMemes/status/345618239264546817)
US Military proposes limited no fly zone over Syria , along with arming Syrian rebels...... Here we go ! Meanwhile as the War machine gears up to protect Syrian ( Al Qaeda fighters ) , the attempted beat downs / intimidation / character assassination of Greenwald and Snowden commence in earnest !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.infowars.com/man-behind-syrian-chemical-weapons-claim-is-fiction-writer-who-covered-up-benghazi/
Man Behind Syrian ‘Chemical Weapons’ Claim Is Fiction Writer Who Covered Up
Benghazi
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Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election - but don't be fooled , he isn't a moderate. The fact that not only was he allowed to win in the first round , in a country run by hardline clerics , establishes he is not a moderate. To the point - the fact he was allowed to run , established that he could not be anything other than a cleric blessed hardliner in sheep's clothing .....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election
Hassan Rouhani is declared winner of the presidential election after
getting more than 18 million of the votes.
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Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has been elected the president of Iran, the
Interior minister has announced.
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar told a press conference on Saturday that Rouhani
had won Iran's presidential election with more than 18 million of the votes.
Najjar ... more »
Iran, Syria, Obama-Bush and... Alan Grayson
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
If you read Ken's preview of the Iranian presidential election Friday
night, you probably got the impression Hasan Rowhani was the guy we should
be rooting for. By this morning he seemed to have a wide lead in the vote
count, 51% against the 15% of his closest rival (hardliner Tehran Mayor
Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf, the Iranian equivalent of Ted Cruz or Louie
Gohmert)-- enough to avoid a run-off next week. *USA Today*'s coverage was
even more upbeat about Rowhani than Ken was.
The man poised to take the Iranian presidency is a moderate-conservative
known for his negotiating skill ov... more »
Naked Citizens
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
A short documentary that reveals what lies in store for the innocent when
digital, robo-surveillance, gets it wrong.
MAJOR UPDATE: Exposing the Link between Climate Change and Our Government's Digital Surveillance of Us All.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Does climate change and the fear of public unrest explain why Western
governments have sharply ramped up domestic surveillance of our digital
communications? According to *The Guardian*, that's precisely what's going
on.
*Since the 2008 economic crash, security agencies have increasingly spied
on political activists, especially environmental groups, on behalf of
corporate interests. This activity is linked to the last decade of US
defence planning, which has been increasingly concerned by the risk of
civil unrest at home triggered by catastrophic events linked to climate
change... more »
Hoping for Stable Banks
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day ago
Fortunately we aren't supposed to get as much rain this weekend as was
originally forecast. Still, I found myself looking up at the sky today
rather frequently as there were a few scattered dark clouds. I resisted the
urge to head out today for some photos of the flooding as I'm sure they
don't need random people running around with cameras down there. An
emerging threat at the moment are the banks of the Hangingstone River
itself. Bitumen oozes naturally out of the ground in this area and as you
can tell from the photos below the river banks are already precipitous and
unstable. T... more »
Conservatives Heading For A BIG Fall With Harper .... Brad Wall Could Change All Of That ...
leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
**
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*I know Brad Wall. Not extremely well, but like a neighbour that you wave
to as you come and go on your street. He's friendly. Nice family. The lawn
is mowed. *
*
**I don't like his politics. He took his political apprenticeship with the
disastrous Progressive Conservative administration of Grant Devine ...
many of who were convicted of fraud and breach of trust after two terms in
the 1980's. Wall has the kind of politics that holds firm to the belief
that 'if it's good for the corporate world, by golly, it's gonna be good
for everybody..'*
*
**P... more »
SHARING SOME FAN REACTIONS
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*Another fan posted this photo on the Orioles chat site to make the point
that the military has infiltrated virtually all sporting events in the
US.....in this case sponsoring the black racing car*
I checked the fan reactions this morning to my post last night (see post
below) about camo baseball uniforms at the most popular Baltimore Orioles
chat site. There were some and thought I'd share them. It's nice to see
some thoughtful responses. Makes you remember that you are not usually
alone in your feelings about some issues. Finding a way to make your
feelings known can often ope... more »
The NSA’s Line In the Sand
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
NSA Director Keith Alexander
"I will tell you what your rights are" Dave Hodges
In a “this is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you” kind of a
statement, Keith Alexander, Director of the NSA, said that Americans must
be spied upon and absolute secrecy with regard to these spy programs must
remain in place to ensure the effectiveness of the programs and the
purposes which underlie them. Alexander further asserted that there cannot
be any transparency as to NSA spying activities. Funny, I thought that
being a Constitutional Republic demanded transparency.
Alexander reasoned t... more »
@EdWeekComm once again provides valuable line space to the ignorant hordes #teacherprep #highered
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Education Week is once again serving the interests, via its commentary
section, of non-educators. This time, from some fly-by-night LLC
called Teacher Preparation Analytics in DC. Judging by the amateurish
nature of the website, I can’t say I’d really want their advice or their
analytics, whatever those are. But the three founders and partners in this
organization […]
NSA Chief Lies to Congress
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Stephen Lendman
General Keith Alexander is NSA director. He's US Cyber Command head. He's
in charge of lawlessly spying. He directs illegal hacking.
He does both globally. He's a serial lawbreaker. He violates fundamental
constitutional law. He testified before Congress. More on that below.
Edward Joseph Snowden revealed what vital to know. He exposed
unconstitutional spying. He said more. He accused NSA of lawless hacking.
He knows. He was there. He revealed what he saw firsthand.
On June 14, Russia Today headlined "Snowden's asset: NSA hacking exposer
knows secrets China wants... more »
Thousands Of Companies Have Been Handing Over Your Personal Data To The NSA
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Michael Snyder
It isn't just Internet and phone companies that are giving your personal
information to the U.S. government. According to an astounding report by
Bloomberg, "four people familiar with the process" say that "makers of
hardware and software, banks, Internet security providers, satellite
telecommunications companies" and a whole host of other sources are handing
over your personal data to federal agencies. The truth is that there is so
much more to this NSA snooping scandal than the American people know so far.
When U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez said that what ... more »
How Schools Use Fear to Brainwash Students to Trust the System: A Parent’s Story
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
*Recently my child experienced firsthand the kind of victim disarmament
indoctrination America’s public school system is teaching our children.*
Melissa Melton
The school went on lockdown mode without even bothering to inform me, her
parent, and while it turned out to be nothing at all, the impression left
on my child that day will not soon be forgotten.
In 2005, a federal court upheld that our nation’s public schools trump
parent rights:
Parents and politicians alike were shocked when the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Nov. 2 that parents’ fundamental righ... more »
dave zirin writes to dan snyder: why the washington nfl team must change its name
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
Here is the definitive piece on why the NFL team in Washington DC must
change its name, written by - who else - Dave Zirin: Enough: An Open Letter
to Enough Dan Snyder, at *Grantland*. Please go and read it.
my role model, joni mitchell
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
Next week, Toronto's Luminato arts festival will present "Joni: a Portrait
in Song," various musicians performing and celebrating the work of Joni
Mitchell. For months, speculation flew about whether or not Mitchell
herself would attend, and if she did, whether she would perform. Finally, a
few weeks ago, it was announced: Joni will appear at the Massey Hall event;
she will recite a new poem with musical accompaniment.
In the lead-up to this rare public appearance, Mitchell - who, of course,
is Canadian, and who turns 70 this year - gave a few interviews to Canadian
media. Mitchell ... more »
Untitled
Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 1 day ago
CNN Hit Piece on Edward Snowden CNN didn't mention this in their Hit Piece
on Snowden
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Hong Kong Lawmakers urge President Obama to tread carefully on Snowden case ... Legislative Council to investigate issues associated with Snowden's disclosures even as numerous groups plan to march on the US Consulate in Hong Kong in a show of support for whistle blower Snowden.....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1260849/hong-kong-lawmakers-urge-obama-tread-very-carefully-snowden-case?comment-sort=recommended
Hong
Kong lawmakers urge Obama to 'tread very carefully' on Snowden case
Legco to debate Snowden case and hacking disclosures next week
Friday, 14 June, 2013 [UPDATED: 9:05PM]
Lai Ying-kit and staff reporter
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Two pan-democratic lawmakers Gary Fan Kwok-wai and Claudia Mo Man-ching
show the letter that they sent to US President Barack Obama on Friday.
Photo: Felix Wong
Two pan-de... more »
Ron Paul Destroys White House Claims About Syria
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
*Youtube*
RonPaulInstitute.org
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7 Reasons War with Syria is a Really Bad Idea
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
"Missing Peace"
*Anthony Freda Art* *Activist Post*
The Obama Doctrine of preemptive "humanitarian" war is once again moving
into high gear, this time in Syria.
Without providing any concrete evidence, U.S. officials have concluded that
Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels. Apparently, this is now the
standard (or 'Red Line') for which the U.S. goes to war.
The U.S. government wouldn't dare lie to the world about such things again,
would they? Well, they got away with it in Iraq, and they destroyed Libya
without any valid reason provided.
Even if it was true that Assad ... more »
Save LAUSD’s SRLDP Preschools for English Language Learners
rdsathene * Robert D. Skeels at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
First published on solidaridad on June 15, 2013 Because we know that
language learning doesn’t occur in one year or even in a few months, it’s
over time.—Becky Palacios, Ph.D. The School Readiness Language Development
Program (SRLDP) is an amazingly effective Pre-K program for English
Language Leaners. This isn’t the first time that Broad and […]
Obama is the Best Actor Alive, A Shill in an Empty Suit
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Tap It: The NSA Slow Jam
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
*Reason*
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Vernon Hershberger Sentence and Fines Are Decided
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Heather Callaghan
Vernon Hershberger and Family
Vernon Hershberger's recent verdict was mostly victorious on the three
counts held against him for distributing fresh food to members without
licensing. A jury found him guilty on the last count for breaking a holding
order which held the maximum punishment. For the last three years, he's had
a threat of 2 years prison and $10,000 in fines looming over until that
fateful fifth night of trial.
Vernon said after the verdict:
Praise the Lord! Now I can feed my community again.
Just days after, Wisconsin's Department of Justice went a... more »
Eric Holder: info leaked about NSA surveillance program is ‘extremely damaging’ to national security
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Madison Ruppert
Attorney General Eric Holder claimed that the information leaked about the massive
surveillance program run by the National Security Agency (NSA) is
“extremely damaging” to U.S. national security without explaining how it is
actually damaging.
Holder also vowed to hold the individual who leaked the information about the
NSA program accountable, though he did not identify admitted NSA leaker
Edward Snowden by name.
“The national security of the United States has been damaged as a result of
those leaks,” Holder claimed at a United States-European Union ministerial
... more »
Stand for Sovereignty
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Shared recently on Face Book, the following inspiring words are not my
own. Thank you Tom, for voicing what so many of us are feeling. America
once brought in a revolutionary spirit. It is time to bring it in, again.**
*
*"Here’s the question everyone is asking:
“Is Edward Snowden a hero or a criminal, a whistleblower or a traitor?”
But here’s the question they really should be asking:
“Does America still have its original revolutionary backbone, or are we a
nation of sheep?”
There is the possibility that Snowden’s courageous action has triggered,
something much more ... more »
Gold Buying Panic In China: 10,000 People Wait In Line For Their Chance to Own Precious Metals
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
image source Mac Slavo
One day in the near future Americans will finally realize that their money
is being devalued at a rapid pace. For the time being the price increases
are somewhat muted by official announcements of inflation being under
control at around 2% and purported economic recovery on the horizon. The
Federal Reserve and the US government are doing everything in their power
to maintain a perception of stability.
But what happens when all the machinations are proven to be fruitless during
the next stock market crash and currency crisis?
That’s when people panic. That’s... more »
Unholy Alliance: The Federal Reserve and the Treasury
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Dees Illustration Cassandra Anderson
The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are running a scam that funnels
freshly-printed money from the Fed into the Treasury, using Freddie Mac and
Fannie Mae as the pipeline. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were taken over by
the government and put into conservatorship in the 2008 bailout. Freddie
Mac and Fannie Mae are companies that bundle mortgages and then sell them
to investors. At the end of 2012, the Federal Reserve committed to spending
$40 billion per month on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae mortgage backed
securities, creating an artificial marke... more »
Learning to Render Fat
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Gaye Levy
Old habits die slowly. For years we have been told that animal fat is bad
and to be honest, I personally subscribe to a diet plan that is primarily
plant based. That said, there is a place in my diet and my kitchen for
organic meat and meat products, including the fat that is typically
discarded after the fact.
For the longest time, something I absolutely tossed out was cooking grease.
Healthcare experts, government and public health agencies and even the
editors of popular cooking magazines all jumped on the fat is bad
bandwagon. Low fat was good, no fat was better an... more »
Turnkey Tyranny
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Anthony Freda Art Joe Giambrone
“I know everything that is said and done. And thought!” - Emperor Tiberius,
*Caligula *(1979)
"...they are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior
in the world known to them." - Edward Snowden (2013)
The genius of the American political system is that each administration is
significantly worse than the one that preceded it. The effect is historical
revisionism in the public mind. Nixon looks downright cuddly next to the
abuses of Cheney/Rummy/Bush and company. Now Bush Jr. is starting to look
like a civil libertarian when com... more »
Greek Prime Minister Samaras tries to find face saving solution for ERT closure mess - fig offered to Coalition partners rejected . Can the Ccalition survive ERT debacle ? Spain debt surges to record high and the pace accelerating - more green shoots of poison ivy .....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/15/c_132456326.htm
Dispute over Greek public broadcaster's shutdown referred to courts
English.news.cn 2013-06-15 01:26:41
ATHENS, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The intense dispute over the Greek government's
sudden decision to shut down state television and radio broadcaster ERT on
Tuesday midnight was referred to courts on Friday, amid mounting tensions
over the first big wave of layoffs in the country's public sector.
The Council of State, Greece's highest administrative court, is likely to
issue a preliminary verdict by Tuesday ... more »
Tenure Denial, Public Relations, and Asymmetric Voice
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
I’ll admit that this is a rather anodyne title, but the alternatives
involved language not suited for above-the-fold content. The tenure process
involves power asymmetries that make life very unpleasant for assistant
professors. They have to worry about alienating their colleagues and their
administration. They interact daily with people — who are too often petty,
Continue reading
It's Only a Rumour, But It's a Dandy
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Did Tony Blair break up the marriage between 82-year old Rupert Murdoch and
his 44-year old wife, Wendi Deng?
*BBC financial correspondent Robert Peston, who is close friends with many
of Mr Murdoch's key lieutenants, including News Corp CEO Robert Thomson,
kicked the rumour frenzy off when he tweeted yesterday: "Am also told that
undisclosed reasons for Murdoch divorcing Deng are jaw-dropping - & hate
myself for wanting to know what they are." *
* *
*Happier Times**Murdoch's biographer, Michael Wolff, added on his Twitter
account: "I'm hearing the WHY, the big reveal, the scandal... more »
Daddy-O Speaks
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
It's time once again for that annual Fathers Day dose of paternalistic
presidential pablum.
*Hi, everybody. This Sunday is Father’s Day, and so I wanted to take a
moment to talk about the most important job many of us will ever have – and
that’s being a dad.*
*Today we’re blessed to live in a world where technology allows us to
connect instantly with just about anyone on the planet. But no matter how
advanced we get, there will never be a substitute for the love and support
and, most importantly, the presence of a parent in a child’s life. And in
many ways, that’s uniquely true f... more »
Knell Keeps the Ball Rolling During Lull in Israel-Related Activities
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Nothing much happening in Israel/Gaza at the minute, apart from a momentary
flurry of interest when it looked as though the action in Syria was about
to overflow into the Golan. Of course Syria isn’t Israel, therefore of
relatively minor interest to the BBC, but lest the Israel-bashing audience
gets bored and drifts away, in the noble spirit of the keepy uppie, Yolande
Knell ferrets out some human interest stories about Gaza. She’s only making
sure the plight of the Palestinians stays fresh in our minds, and that
Israel’s bogey-man image doesn’t fade.
Introducing Knell’s upcoming ... more »
Some Bollywood music for you
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Laila - Full Song (Uncensored Version) - Shootout At Wadala
Open Thread
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
God damn you people for voting for that piece of shit.
War watch - June 15, 2013 .. Focus on Syria and Afghanistan .....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.debka.com/article/23047/Hizballah-units-near-Golan-Some-receive-%E2%80%9Climited-use%E2%80%9D-chemical-arms
( Haze of chemical weapon claims bubbling up ....)
American sources claimed Saturday, June 15, that the “military support”
the Obama administration promised the Syrian opposition Friday consisted of
automatic weapons, mortars and recoilless rocket grenades (RPGs) for
delivery within three weeks through Turkey.
Those items, say DEBKAfile’s military sources, are no more than a mockery
of the rebels’ needs. Any Middle East arms trafficker can quickly lay hands
on ad... more »
Joint US/Israeli 'contingency' plan aka attack plan for Syria. Updated!
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
* This post has been updated twice scroll down............*
*YNET *
While the US prepares to arm rebels and after its confirmation that the
Syrian army has used chemical weapons and crossed the much debated "red
line", Time Magazine published a detailed account of how and when the US
and Israel plan to destroy President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons
stockpile.
*The plan to destroy alleged chems is cover for airstrikes on Syria*
Hagel, Ya'alon meet in Pentagon (Photo: AP)
According to the report, the two countries have formed a number of
contingency plans in case Assad's reg... more »
Light posting
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Visiting friends. Internet access is spotty. So posting will be sporadic at
best for the next few days.
Harvey Organ's Gold and Silver Report - June 12 , 2013 .... note Comex gold continues to migrate away - yesterday was JP Morgan , today it's Brinks .. GLD inventory flatline extends to day three !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/06/another-price-fixing-scandal-on-foreign.html
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Another price fixing scandal on foreign exchange/Comex gold inventories
fall on both dealer and customer accounts/JPMorgan's account remains
constant/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed up by $14.80 to $1391.80 (comex closing time). Silver rose by
15 cents to $21.79 (comex closing time)
In the access market at 5:00 pm, gold and silver finished trading at the
following prices :
gold: 1388.20.
silver: $21.78
At the Comex, the open interest in silver fell by... more »
Don't Blame the Shlubs. Blame the Left Leadership
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
My view on ordinary apolitical Canadians is that I don't blame them for not
having taken to the streets to take down the fraudulently empowered stephen
harper. How was that supposed to have happened? At 3pm, June 2012, each
individual apolitical ordinary Canadian is simultaneously struck by
visceral disgust with the harpercons' systematic dismantling of their
democracy and they all go out into the streets, in Toronto, in Montreal, in
Timmins, in Saskatoon, etc., ... and then what?
No. I blame the politically active progressives and their institutions and
leaders. If those millions o... more »
Do Not Shake Hands with #commoncore
peggyrobertson at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Some days it is terribly overwhelming to read the comments of despair and
desperation from parents who are trying to figure out how to help their
children who are suffering from severe anxiety after being told they will
be retained due to failing the state test. Many of these children must take
the test multiple […]
Criminal Code sections relevant to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*Criminal Code*
*The subject areas that were identified as being dealt with, directly or
indirectly, in the Code are: (1) pain control and sedation practices (2)
withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, (3) assisted
suicide, and (4) euthanasia. Furthermore, although certain portions of the
provisions may not appear to relate directly to the conduct described, the
sections have not, for the most part, been abridged in light of the fact
that each provision should be read in its entirety in order to better
appreciate its purpose.*
*Consent to Death*
14. No person is... more »
Will Glenn Greenwald Run For Congress Against Peter King?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Terrorist supporter Peter King and civil libertarian Glenn Greenwald
Long Island as a geographical entity includes all of 4 counties: from east
to west, Suffolk, Nassau, Queens and Kings (Brooklyn). Long Island as a
state of mind is Nassau and Suffolk. When someone in NYC says they're going
to "the Island," no one thinks they mean Brooklyn or Queens. There are 3
Long Island congressional districts, NY-01, NY-02 and NY-03 (although
NY-03, represented by Steve Israel has a significant slice of Queens in it
now). Although NY-01 and NY-03 are represented by Democrats, Obama did best
last... more »
Chief Justice McLachlin on mental illness and the law
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Skirting carefully around a contentious federal government policy, she says
that the legal regime used to decide the fate of violent, mentally ill
offenders has worked smoothly and “served us well.”
Under reforms proposed by the federal government, it would become
substantially more difficult for those designated as high-risk offenders to
be reviewed and potentially released.
While the Chief Justice expresses reluctance to inject herself into a
raging debate about a proposal to make the law more strict, she says she is
unaware of any particular deficiencies in the current law. ... more »
BoA - We enjoy screwing our customers
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
*From HuffPo*
Whenever people think about corporations and government working together -
they always forget that with corporations - the goal is to make profits.
Their 1% shareholders want them to make profits. To hell with the people.
The government is there to serve the people.
Over the years - while working on ALEC - I have found that
The lesson when you have the government partnering with corporations
is
- the people will get screwed so the stockholders can be rewarded, because
of increased corporate profits.
This story is kinda a mix of those - the kind of stuff members o... more »
Not A Big Speaker From A Big Country
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
When Stephen Harper steps out on the world stage, he never fails to offend.
Last week, he spoke before the Mother of all Parliaments. He praised David
Cameron and Margaret Thatcher:
In his speech, Harper told Cameron how much he has admired the prime
minister’s “determined efforts and your wise and principled leadership
during these last few years as we have dealt with the difficult and
critical issues facing our countries and the world issues which require the
best of what has always made Britain unique and strong, and which you have
plainly demonstrated.”
Of Thatcher, Harper n... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*The Advocate's Secret Weapon: A Speedy Press ~Amy Jeffries, WWNO*
*IG’s report confirms Hoslim Mendoza broke NOPD rules ~Andrew Vanacore,
The Advocate* *Summer Festivals & Fun - Updated ~WWOZ*
Fish Farming Tops Beef Production
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
Essentially fish farming has surpassed the wild catch and the meat output
of the beef industry. Most of this has gone by unnoticed by most of us and
is a continuing global expansion. Aspects of the process are not
sustainable, but these are solvable problems which are been solved. In
time, and this is not too far away, fish farming will generally eliminate
the bulk of the wild fishery in favor of managed stocks at the least.
Most likely fish feed will be drawn generally from krill with some grain
augmentation perhaps as well as the recycling of fish waste. All this can
be au... more »
Ancient Primate Skeleton Hints at Monkey and Human Origins
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
It appears that our earliest lineage really did operate in the trees. Of
course, it is way back then when it was a bare beginning and the primate
linage could be barely imagined from the evidence at hand.
We are also now reconstructing a full image using x-rays and computers to
avoid actually damaging the rock. This is great news as there is plenty of
potential data there easily lost on exposure. From now on, I would expect
bone beds to be readily processed in this manner to produce the maximum
possible data.
This particular 'ancestor' was about the size of a mouse.
*An... more »
Siberian Shamans
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
Curiosity has been rising in the shamanic traditions of tribesmen who
lived a life free of urban development which promotes organized religion.
This item outlines the history of the extensive Siberian culture which is
really our best extant window into that world of the mind.
It turns out that there were several areas of practice available and it
clearly acted as a repository of folk knowledge. In this day, we can at
least catalog that knowledge and investigate it.
This provides a solid framework at least rather than what has been a
smattering of oblique references.
... more »
Environmentalists are Celebrating Rising CO2 Levels
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
It took seven years for geologic reality to set in. More CO2 is welcome to
begin with and it is clearly not linked to global temperatures. In
practice, global temperatures are linked to the geometry of the continental
plates. This was deliberately changed 12800 years ago in order to usher in
the Holocene. Again a thirty degree crustal shift is a direct change in
geometry.
A minimum effort at research displays the reality of an unwelcome decline
over geological time. The work here also shows us that the ocean is the
dominant player and that limits us in terms of offset... more »
Merrow Is a Jolly Fellow (Not)
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
I hate even to acknowledge John Merrow’s most recent venture into not
having a clue, but his attempt at humor is yet more evidence that the
evidence doesn’t matter: The Common Core and the End of the World In
Merrow’s evidence-free world, all who question the Mighty Common Core are
nothing more than end-of-the-world loonies. […]
America And Israel Will Use Nukes To Force Submission of Muslims
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Darkness in their eyes, hatred in their hearts, death on their tongues:
Obama and Netanyahu are not humans, but monsters. *
A healthy and sane society looks inward and fixes its problems rationally,
peacefully, and democratically, rather than violently lash out at invented
monsters in distant and exotic lands. Sadly, the Obama administration has
taken the latter course.
It is intent on escalating the war in Syria by all means at its disposal: a
renewed and massive propaganda campaign aimed at the peace-minded public,
godlike air power, deploying elite U.S. special forces on Syri... more »
Greek Public Service Broadcasting Close-down: Told You So!
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 1 day ago
The week's second I told you so (the first one is here), this time with
regard to my analysis of the Greek government's shocking close-down,
effective immediately, of its public service broadcasting agency, ERT
earlier this week.
Friday and today, reports are now coming in that the Greek PM Samaras has
been taken aback by the mass and force of protests and civil disobedience,
and is offering "to hire a small number of workers to resume public
broadcasts".
You don't say??!! A small number? Carefully selected, I presume? With a
carefully selected brief, I presume even more? Exactly ... more »
Alex Jones - We Are Overrun by Global Criminals
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*National Security Paranoia Agency.*
This is one of Alex's most powerful speeches. The recent scandals,
especially the NSA revelations, have validated everything Alex has said in
the past decade and a half about the collusion between global corporate
criminals and power-mad government agencies.
It is impossible nowadays to accuse government critics of paranoia and
"conspiracy theorizing" in the face of mountains of evidence that shows
they are right about the dangers of government overreach. People's worst
suspicions about the abuse of power and the betrayal of public trust in
W... more »
An article by Charles Moore
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Here's a little Saturday morning reading related to the theme of this blog
- an extract from a thought-provoking piece by Charles Moore in the *Daily
Telegraph, *which deserves reading in full:
It is less than a month since Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered in Woolwich,
yet already the incident feels half-forgotten. In terms of the legal
process, all is well. Two men have been charged. There will be a trial. No
doubt justice will be done. But I have a sense that the horror felt at the
crime is slipping away.
The media, notably the BBC, quickly changed the subject. After a day or two
... more »
Defending the One Percent
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Click here to read my new essay "Defending the One Percent," which is
forthcoming in the *Journal of Economic Perspectives*.
'Today' today
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
This looks promising.
Following on from our last-but-one post about *Today*'s failure to label
Professor Prem Sikka of the Tax Justice Network as a campaigner by merely
introducing him as academic, this morning's *Today* live page provides us
with the following infomation:
"Richard Murphy, director of Tax Research UK, a campaigner for tax reform
and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander analyse the
government's plan for more disclosure on the tax payments of companies and
wealthy individuals."
Evan Davis repeated this formulation whilst introducing Mr Murphy at 8.10,
an... more »
Northrop Frye on An Approach to the Bible
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*"The Great Code: The Bible and Literature"* by Northrop Frye.
Title: Northrop Frye on An Approach to the Bible. Date Published: October
5, 2012. Source: TVOBigIdeas. Description:
Professor Frye explains the origins of his course on The Bible and
Literature and his approach to the Bible, namely exploring its narrative
and imagery.
There is no classical world
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
*...even Sean Carroll may say true things about the foundations of
physics...*
How is it possible? Well, quantum mechanics implies that if a process isn't
prohibited by some absolute laws such as symmetries and conservation laws,
it may happen even though the probability may be very tiny (like in quantum
tunneling; or in Carroll's authorship of valid sentences about quantum or
statistical physics).
Sean Carroll decided to promote an animated cartoon film on quantum
mechanics, previously embedded in John Preskill's blog – it's nicely done
but you may ultimately think that it's missi... more »
Report Back from the Trigger Happy Parent Revolution’s “Meet and Greet” with teachers and social justice organizers
rdsathene * Robert D. Skeels at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
What troubles me is what you are doing with the millions you raise. You use
it to sow dissension, to set parents against parents, parents against
teachers, parents against principals. I don’t see this as productive or
helpful. Schools function best when there is collaboration among teachers,
parents, administrators, and students. Schools have a better […]
KEN CLARKE AND SYRIA; BILDERBERG AND McCAIN SABOTAGED SYRIA PEACE? MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BACKS MOSSAD; BLAIRS AFFAIRS? IRAN
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Ken Clarke*
Ken Clarke, who is a member of Bilderberg, opposed the Iraq War and now
opposes intervention in Syria.
Ken Clarke has recently been 'got at' by a former child actor called Ben
Fellows.
*Syria*
Accordingt to *Dr. Webster G. Tarpley*, *Britain and France are prodding
Obama into attacking Syria*
*1.* *On 5 June 2013*, the rebels in Syria lost a major base.
The UK and France demanded that Obama bomb Syria, to help the rebels.
Obama refused.
The Guardian (which is run by MI6 reportedly) then revealed that 'Obama
taps your phones!'
*2. On 6 June*, The Guardian (which... more »
The Aussie Military Redefinig Masculinity Amidst Another Scandal?
Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
The Australian Defense Force (ADF- and they spell it with an ‘s’) finds
themselves in yet another sex scandal this week. The force has barely
recovered from last year’s ‘skype scandal,’ which involved members of a
defense force academy videotaping sex without permission and streaming it
to other members of the academy. This time it
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"Glenn Beck Delivers Moving, Tearful Monologue — Without Saying a Single Word"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Glenn Beck Delivers Moving, Tearful Monologue — Without Saying a Single
Word"
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlugRym4Rbo&feature=player_embedded
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Hat tip to Julie Mitchell for this material.
Drug Price Control 33: Debate with a Cat
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 2 days ago
When some people’s ego is bruised, they tend to take revenge. And if that
requires abandoning a previous advocacy, say from anti-statist
interventionism and move to the opposite, statist and socialist, they will
do it.
My blog post, Drug Price Control 32: Policeman of Pharma Companies, about
my reply to a demand for another round of price control by the head of the
Cancer Warriors Foundation (CWF) here in Manila, was posted yesterday in
the facebook group, Imperium et Populi (Philippines), to be countered and
debated by the fb group owner, *Kensi Blye-Two*.
Until last week, this... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Father's Day special -- meet the sea captain Daland (with UPDATE: Overture!)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 days ago
*In Act II of Wagner's Flying Dutchman, the sea captain Daland has just
walked into his home on the rugged Norwegian coast following a harrowing
voyage with a near-fatal landing, as we witnessed in Act I. Here bass Karl
Ridderbusch as Daland exhorts his daughter, Senta, to welcome the guest
he's brought home with him (from a Rome Radio broadcast performance
conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, February 15, 1969).*
*DALAND*: Would you, my child, bid this stranger welcome?
A sailor is he, like me; he asks our hospitality.
Long without homeland, always on far, long journeys,
in foreign la... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
2002, "Remember Now"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bq4qjI8VVzg#!
"The Road"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
"The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The Road goes ever on and on,
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Belated Friday Nerd Blogging: Classics Mashup
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 2 days ago
I thought Charli’s return meant I was off this beat, but what the hey. What
if Shakespeare wrote Star Wars? Check it out here. Come to think of it, the
whole brother and sister not knowing each other and almost falling in love
seems like a Shakespeare comedy, does it not? Oh really? Never mind.
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some
200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away
toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of
the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster. This sharp color image shows
intense star forming regions at the ends of the bar and along the spiral
arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At
the core lies a supermassive black hole.
*Click image for larger size.*
Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in the
gal... more »
"If We're Lucky..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
“Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that
reality is better. We convince ourselves it’s better that we never dream at
all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the
dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We
wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we’re
lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true
dream is being able to dream at all.”
- Dr. Meredith Grey, "Grey's Anatomy"
THE MILITARIZATION OF BASEBALL
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 days ago
I love baseball and the Baltimore Orioles are my favorite team. Because I
grew up in a military family we moved every 2-3 years. I lived all over
the US and in England and Germany (twice). I never really had a home town
to speak of. The Orioles were my roots.
It's become harder and harder for me to remain a fan but I keep trying in
spite of the big $$$ takeover of sports. But the worst part for me is the
increasing militarization of baseball. Just tonight, after being at a
meeting in Portland to hear a peace movement speaker, I came home to check
to see how my O's did. They... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
Atascadero, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Tony Blair assures that he is not " currently " sleeping with Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendy - glad that's cleared up ! Now we may have the answer to the dynamite affair that was rocking the UK recently
Catharsis Ours - 2 days ago
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Svalbard Blogging
Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 2 days ago
Why, yes that is the Indian Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid, and Norway’s
Foreign Affairs Minister and Political Scientist, Espen Barthe Eide, in
Svalbard. Are they trying to tell Duck fans something? [Discuss]
Bank of America allegedly caught red handed committing systemic organized fraud in HAMP Program ...... Where is the DOJ and / or State Attorney Generals ? These continuous flagrant violations of laws by the banksters are going to lead to a breakdown in society as folks reach their own line in the sand about institutionalized corruption and control frauds......
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 days ago
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=221772
F The DOJ, F The Government, F The Banks
Read this:
"Using the Bank of America computer systems I saw that *hundreds of
customers had made their required trial payments, sent the documents
requested of them, but had not received permanent modifications.* I also
saw records showing that *Bank of America employees have told people that
documents had not been received when, in fact, the computer system showed
that Bank of America had received the documents.* This was consistent with
the instructions my colleagues and I were given. *We we... more »
Turkey protests updates - June 12 - 13 , 2013 ... Turkey pushes back against media coverage of protests both at home and abroad .....quiet start to 16th day of protests !
Catharsis Ours - 2 days ago
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Music and stuff
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 2 days ago
More proof, if it were needed, that Radiohead are a soul group trapped in
the body of a rock band.
Chinese demand - low price = skyrocketing demand ! Commitment of Traders - very interesting silver picture in Commercials - net short position quite low......
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 days ago
http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/4779/considering-chinese-demand
Considering Chinese Demand
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 1:36 pm
It's one of those things. You hear about it every day but never stop to *
really*think about it.
This began as an email discussion with my friend, Ned, yesterday. All of us
in Turdville are aware that the Shanghai Gold Exchange has physically
delivered something like 1200 metric tonnes of gold, year to date. That's a
staggering number and it far exceeds the amount delivered through London
and dwarfs the level delivered through the Comex. Prior to yesterday,... more »
Musical Interlude: John Denver, “The Eagle and the Hawk”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
“I am the eagle, I live in high country,
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky.
I am the hawk and there's blood on my feathers,
But time is still turning, they soon will be dry.
And all those who see me, and all who believe in me
Share in the freedom I feel when I fly...
Come dance with the west wind, and touch on the mountain tops
Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars.
And reach for the heavens, and hope for the future,
And all that we can be, and not what we are...”
John Denver, “The Eagle and the Hawk”
Who was who in the Iranian presidential election? (UPDATE: And the winner is . . .)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 days ago
*Was Saeed Jalili, described in a February Reuters head as "rigid ideologue
close to Khamenei," the Supreme Leader's guy in today's Iranian
presidential election? Nobody seems to know.*
*"Where the Supreme Leader is concerned, [Mohammad Baqer] Qalibaf and
[Hassan] Rowhani have got to be the two least attractive candidates.
Neither has the profile of an ideological true believer or an
unquestioningly faithful lieutenant. Khamenei has had enough of Presidents
who challenge him from bases of power of their own. But to sideline these
two relatively popular figures in favor of a dour fo... more »
"The Pathetic Truth..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
"The pathetic truth is that most people fear genuine independence more
than they fear death itself. So desperate are they for "acceptance" and so
fearful of being thought "peculiar," they will deny the evidence of their
own eyes and mindlessly repeat the lies and ignorance of others. When it
comes to a subject like economics or foreign policy, they think: "Oh,
that's so hard! I can't understand that. I'll just listen to what the
'experts' say. They know best."
- Arthur Silber,
- http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/
Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
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*"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"*
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"For I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be
beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not
and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. And it is
just this faith of mine that they laugh at. But how can I help believing
it? I have seen the truth- it is not as though I had invented it with my
mind, I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my
soul for ever. I have seen it in such full perfection that I cannot believe
that it is... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 days ago
*Acadian Ambulance responding to explosion at nitrogen plant in
Donaldsonville*
100 Million extended trip to Africa - in this time of austerity ? Bang for the buck but for whom ? And considering the possibility of a terror attack around the Forth of July holiday - seems like a lot of resources ( hundreds of secret service agents ) pulled away at not the best time .
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 days ago
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/14/308901/obama-africa-trip-to-cost-up-to-100m/
Obama’s extended trip to Africa to cost taxpayers up to $100m, report says
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US President Barack Obama
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The first extended trip by US President Barack Obama to sub-Saharan Africa
will take place at a time of China’s growing influence in Africa and severe
economic distress in the United States with across-the-board spending cuts.
The first extended trip by US President Barack Obama to sub-Saharan Africa
later in June is expected to ... more »
Rumi, "You Were Born With..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
"You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust.
You were born with ideals and dreams.
You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't.
You have wings,
Learn to use them, and fly.
What in your life is calling you,
When all the noise is silenced,
The meetings adjourned...
The lists laid aside,
And the Wild Iris blooms
By itself in the dark forest...
What still pulls on your soul?"
- Rumi (1207 - 1273)
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"Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a 13th century Afghan poet and philosopher
who heavily influenced both eastern... more »
"I Am Human. I Am Here..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
Across 30,000 years of time the message is clear: "I am human. I am here."
"Lascaux is a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its cave
paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in
the Dordogne departement. They contain some of the earliest known art,
dating back to somewhere between 13,000 and 15,000 BCE, or as far back as
25,000 BCE. The Upper Paleolithic cave paintings consist mostly of
realistic images of large animals procreating, including aurochs, most of
which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the tim... more »
ARMING THE SYRIAN REBELS: A NEW CHAPTER IN THE WEST’S MIDDLE-EAST FOREIGN POLICY
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 2 days ago
If it demonstrates nothing else, America’s decision to support the rebels
against Syrian President Bashir al-Assad indicates that the US has arrived
at a long term endgame plan for the future of both Syria and the region –
and it won’t be just the removal of al-Assad from office.
The opposition in Syria is now dominated by pan-Islamic Sunni jihadists. In
the event of al-Assad’s downfall the last thing the Israelis and the US
want is a new Syrian government made up of Islamists who despise Israel
more than they do the pro-Assad Shia foe they’re fighting now. Indeed, if
there is anyth... more »
The Poet: William Stafford, "You Reading This, Be Ready"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 days ago
*"You Reading This, Be Ready"*
"Starting here, what do you want to remember?
How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?
What scent of old wood hovers, what softened
sound from outside fills the air?
Will you ever bring a better gift for the world
than the breathing respect that you carry
wherever you go right now? Are you waiting
for time to show you some better thoughts?
When you turn around, starting here, lift this
new glimpse that you found; carry into evening
all that you want from this day. This interval you spent
reading or hearing this, keep it for life.
What can anyone give... more »
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