Wednesday, September 18, 2013

17 Sept - Blogs I'm Following II

English: F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighte...English: F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter arrives at Edwards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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English: The Department of Defense's first U.S...English: The Department of Defense's first U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF) aircraft soars over Destin, Fla., before landing at its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, July 14, 2011. Its pilot, Lt. Col. Eric Smith of the 58th Fighter Squadron, is the first Air Force qualified JSF pilot. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
11:53pm MDST

dream - Cressida Dick did not look like Stanley Kubrick's wife was not Philip K Dick's wife

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 20 minutes ago
*not Cressida Dick*what the hell was THAT dream all about? I was lost, in the same 'urban village' of Old London I always get lost in, when trying to find 'the railway station' or 'avoiding riots in the street'. I passed my friend Mitch out in Town with his two grown-up kids. Then went down a winding back alley to where I ended up being invited into this old person's house 'for water' or 'directions'. There was a soft white female black 'n' white Border Collie or 'sheep dog' in the pantry that eventually was affectionate or at least accepted petting, seemed to need love. Then (here... more »

Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Helicopter, Harbors Al-Qaeda, Looks To Play Spoiler (Videos)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 41 minutes ago
While President Obama and President Putin are busy making responsible deals and coming to an adult agreement about Syria, at least for now, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is doing everything in his power to increase tensions along Turkey's border with Syria and jump-start a larger war. "Turkey scrambled its F-16 fighter jets on Monday to shoot down Syria’s Russian-built Mi-17 helicopter, claiming that it was forced to take the decision after the helicopter intruded two km inside Turkish airspace," reports Atul Aneja for *The Hindu*. The blog "friday-lunch-club" *says* ... more »

The Upcoming War On Syria (Momentarily Delayed): Speaking Of Chemical Weapons - What About Israel's Arsenal?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 57 minutes ago
Yes, it does appear that an outright attack by the United States against the innocent nation of Syria has been delayed for the time being... But what is not being told is that in spite of direct military intervention by the cirminals in the United States, their government has now been pouring in massive amounts of supplies to their insurgent criminal mercenaries, also known as the "rebels". This battle for Syria is not over by a long shot... With the Syrians agreeing to put their chemical weapons arsenal under international control, there have been many people that have said tha... more »

Gen. Dr. Engineer Salim Idriss

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
The Face of The FSA. lol. He's not exactly the charismatic-conqueror type. "You know how Salim Idriss of the Fee Syrian Army signs his decrees? Like this: Gen. Dr. Engineer Salim Idriss. I am not making this up. This is exactly how his name appears in all of his decrees. I think that he should add lawyer to the mix." - *The Angry Arab*.

Gates Money and Common Core– Part IV

deutsch29 at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
This post is a continuation of a series I am writing on Bill Gates’ funding specifically for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In my first post, I examined the Gates bankroll of the CCSS foundation organizations and to both national teachers’ unions and other influential groups. In the second post, I […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Is This Thing A Lemon?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
Some time ago, someone asked me to take a look at the new US Lockheed Martin designed and built Joint Strike Fighter, the F35, that many in the criminal US Government have haled as being the fighter plane of the future, and have decided to replace almost the entire existing inventory of US fighter planes with. I periodically have read the reports in major online publications, and have looked at the aeronautics of this so called "fighter plane" and I am not impressed... In fact, I am deeply concerned that the American public has been forced to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on... more »

Misogynist Rites Activists Alberta Style Part the Second

noreply@blogger.com (Niles) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 hour ago
Well, we knew it was coming after the show earlier in the year. When Canadian "GirlWritesWhat", Edmonton member of American misogyny group/aggregate blog and fun group "A Voice for Men" (google it, I'm not linking), fronted to the media for the group after a slut-shaming poster campaign that went up around the Uof Alberta, American Paul Elam, head of AVfM, crowed about how much mileage they were going to get out of people being outraged by their speaking truthiness to Power in a country where they could be bold Spartacus in lumberjack shirts, throwing off the shackles of feminarchy... more »

Far Right Extremist Koch Brothers Are Pouring Hundreds of Millions Into A Silent Coup Against Democracy

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
North Carolina neo-fascist Art Pope bought his state's Republican Party at bargain basement rates. The Koch brothers, also of a distinctly fascist/John Bircher bent, paid a lot more to buy the national Republican Party. In fact, they're paying a lot more than anyone could have proven until just recently. The most corporately-oriented and extreme right Supreme Court since the Civil War has allowed Big Business and wealthy special interests like the Kochs to coverup the legalistic bribes they give politicians. But the diligence of OpenSecrets keeps foiling much of the skullduggery. ... more »

Standard of review

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
R v Yorston, 2013 ABCA 309 : [6] Triers of fact have considerable leeway in assessing the evidence and in drawing inferences from that evidence: *R v Biniaris*, 2000 SCC 15 (CanLII), 2000 SCC 15, [2000] 1 SCR 381 at paras 24, 37. While appellate courts accord great deference to findings of fact by a trial judge, they will intervene when they are unreasonable: *R v Wolbeck*, 2010 ABCA 65 (CanLII), 2010 ABCA 65, 474 AR 331 at para 9.

A snack

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago

Proud to be a bleeding heart liberal

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago
Been a long day dealing with real life. Best thing I've seen on the internets tonight, via Doug J, is this political ad. Reminds me of me and my Dad.

Federal Judge approves US seizure of Mid- Town Manhattan Tower owned by Iran ( by way of Alavi Foundation and Assa Corporation ) - Piaget building seized due to building owners alleged violation of federal money laundering laws and Iran sanctions ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130917-707310.html A U.S. district judge found that the U.S. government can seize a 36-story midtown Manhattan office building that it says is secretly owned and controlled by the government of Iran. The judgment paves the way for the "largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture" and sale and would provide a means for compensating victims of Iranian-backed terrorism, the U.S. Justice Department said. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest granted summary judgment in favor of the U.S. government's claims for the forfeiture of 650 F... more »

S&P turns negative on Chicago's outlook ! Will Chicago follow Detroit as its fiscal plight worsens ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
S&P turns negative on Chicago's outlook BY DAN BERMAN September 17, 2013 • Reprints Share on linkedinShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailMore Sharing Services0 Chicago became the latest U.S. city to see its financial prospects dragged down by its pension obligations when Standard & Poor’s changed its outlook to negative from stable, while affirming its A-plus bond rating. "The outlook change reflects our view of the risks involved in how the city will address its upcoming, large pension payments," Standard & Poor's credit analyst Helen Samuelson, said in a statement. Whil... more »

Alan Waldman: ‘Are You Being Served?’ Was Hit Sitcom in Britain and Around the World

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
Waldman's film and TV treasures you may have missed: It -- and sequel ‘Grace and Favour’ -- aired 81 classic episodes, which repeated and repeated on many PBS stations. By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas, mysteries, and comedies from Canada

endeavor

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 3 hours ago

Congressmen (not) on BBC America

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago
According to the right-wing website Trending Central the BBC has been caught out over its "pro-Obama bias". The evidence? A report from the Pew Research Center think tank comparing the coverage of the Syrian Crisis by Al Jazeera America, BBC America, CNN, Fox and MSNBC. One of the sections in the Pew report examines the use of sources cited by each media organisation. Trending Central notes that all the media outlets relied heavily on Obama administration officials as sources but adds that "the BBC failed to balance its reporting by consulting many representatives of the U.S. ... more »

Harry Targ : Revisiting 'American Exceptionalism'

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 4 hours ago
Beacon to the world? Image from Wikimedia Commons. Was Putin right? Revisiting 'American exceptionalism' A better future and the survival of the human race require us to realize, as Paul Robeson suggested, that what is precious about humanity is not our differences but our commonalities. By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 17, 2013 Continued study and research into the origins of the

Worry: There's no escape

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 4 hours ago
Long, slow drives to distant communities are opportunities for interesting conversations with my co-workers, as there’s often just me and one of the guys in the truck. We've talked about workers’ rights, Canadian salaries, time management, trades training, attitudes toward homosexuality – you name it. “Why do so many people in Canada and the U.S. use drugs?” asked a co-worker last week during one such conversation. Hoo-boy, I thought to myself. Tough question. Making a living in the illegal-drug business is something a significant number of Hondurans are intimately famil... more »

Lion Rock 7: Reading Club Salon 2013, Hong Kong

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago
The Lion Rock Institute (LRI), Hong Kong's first and only free market think tank, will hold its second annual round table discussion on some theoretical concepts, billed as "Reading Club Salon 2013". The first event, "Reading Club Salon 2012" was held in early November 2012, two days before the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia conference which was held in another hotel in Hong Kong. I attended both events. Below, our group photo at the conclusion of the 1 1/2 days LRI event. The Reading Salon is unique because (1) there are no primary or resource speakers, every participant is... more »

New Democrats DEMAND To Know (as should MOST Canadians), Why Conservative Party Lawyer Sat In On Elections Canada Investigatie Interviews On Robocalls Scandal!!

leftdog at Buckdog - 4 hours ago
*OTTAWA – The NDP wants the Commissioner of Elections Canada to publicly answer questions about why Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton attended robocalls interviews.* *In a letter sent to Commissioner Yves Cote Tuesday, NDP MP Craig Scott asks Cote to answer six specific questions about Hamilton’s presence in interviews with witnesses, all of them Conservative staffers. “It just jumps off the page that there’s a potential ethical problem here,” Scott, critic for democratic and Parliamentary reform, said in an interview. “What is (Hamilton) doing in the interview when he’s ... more »

Why is this man smiling? Jeffrey Toobin walks us through the ongoing conservative capture of our state courts

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
*The clown justice gets the last laugh.* *by Ken* We've heard and read a lot about the heavy investments made by the billionaires of the Right in the decade before the 2010 census and ensuing reapportionment to gain control of as many governorships and state legislative houses as possible, and we've head and read a lot about the direct effect on legislative agendas -- spearheaded by such luminaries of the rich and reactionary as Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Ohio's John Kasich, Michigan's Rick Snyder, and Florida's Rick Scott -- and also about the even longer-term impact of the right-... more »

Ron Paul Wants to Abolish Public Schools

freetoteach at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
While progressives are busy reading (or not reading) Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error, Ron Paul’s anti-progressive, right wing Tea Party folks and followers are reading The School Revolution. I came across a review of this book in The New Republic. What concerns me are the recent discussions and blog posts here and elsewhere about finding common […]

BEYOND AMBITION

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
*My father, Kenneth Gagnon (front center), with his family around 1926* A dear friend once told me that her parents thought I had no ambition. But that wasn’t quite the case; it is more complicated than that. The real issue, summed up in my long-lost father’s worn letters to my mom (kept secret until I finally got to read them at 23 years old) written soon after their separation around 1954, was that “I couldn’t imagine making money off other people’s misery.” My mother (Gaetana Ruth Amelia DiCapua), the product of a social climbing Italian immigrant family, had asked him in a pr... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, “The Dreaming Tree”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
2002, “The Dreaming Tree” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hOphl_fsg&html5=1

Dutch Trim F-35 Order

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 5 hours ago
At the outset the Netherlands was expected to buy 85 of Lockheed's light attack stealth bomber, the F-35. For a nation not much larger in area than Vancouver Island that seemed like a hefty purchase. Now the Dutch have announced they'll settle for just 37 of the overpriced, overdue and underperforming warplanes. That seems to make the F-35 something of a niche buy for the Netherlands. Not particularly inspirational but it still gives Lockheed something to crow about as the company tries to strongarm South Korea into rethinking their decision to go for an updated F-15 buy inst... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
“From Sagittarius to Carina, the Milky Way Galaxy shines in this dark night sky above planet Earth's lush island paradise of Mangaia. Familiar to denizens of the southern hemisphere, the gorgeous skyscape includes the bulging galactic center at the upper left and bright stars Alpha and Beta Centauri just right of center. *Click image for larger size.* About 10 kilometers wide, volcanic Mangaia is the southernmost of the Cook Islands. Geologists estimate that at 18 million years old it is the oldest island in the Pacific Ocean. Of course, the Milky Way is somewhat older, with the... more »

"A Look to the Heavens

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“Is this what our own Milky Way Galaxy looks like from far away? Similar in size and grand design to our home Galaxy (although without the central bar), spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Lion (Leo). Recorded below in exquisite detail by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, the big, beautiful face-on spiral is not only photogenic, but has proven sharp enough to study individual stars known as Cepheids. *Click image for larger size.* These pulsating stars have been used to accurately determine NG... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“Is this what our own Milky Way Galaxy looks like from far away? Similar in size and grand design to our home Galaxy (although without the central bar), spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Lion (Leo). Recorded below in exquisite detail by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, the big, beautiful face-on spiral is not only photogenic, but has proven sharp enough to study individual stars known as Cepheids. *Click image for larger size.* These pulsating stars have been used to accurately determine NGC ... more »

Carlos Castaneda, "The Predator of Man"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"The Predator of Man"* by Carlos Castaneda ․ “’Predators Mind.’ This is the Castaneda term for that which aligns man with the thought center of service to self. In “Active Side of Infinity,” Don Juan tells Castaneda of the Earth being invaded in the mists of time by creatures of condensed darkness, the so-called Flyers which use man as food. The key idea as that these cosmic predators gave man their own mind. This is reasonable in light of much other material. At the human level, a system based on exploitation and consuming and control is seen to shape people in its own image... more »

"True, But Partial..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"The real intent of my writing is not to say, you must think in this way. The real intent is: here are some of the many important facets of this extraordinary Kosmos; have you thought about including them in your own worldview? My work is an attempt to make room in the Kosmos for all of the dimensions, levels, domains, waves, memes, modes, individuals, cultures, and so on ad infinitum. I have one major rule: Everybody is right. More specifically, everybody — including me — has some important pieces of truth, and all of those pieces need to be honored, cherished, and included in ... more »

Michael James : Heart of Illinois in the Summer of '64

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 6 hours ago
Boys in a pickup truck in front of the Fulton Democrat in Lewistown, Illinois, in the summer of 1964. Photos by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Heart of Illinois in the Summer of '64 Hanging with this band of old dudes I learned to roll smokes. I played guitar and sang with them, and in the process

Chet Raymo, "A Walk In The Woods"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"A Walk In The Woods"* by Chet Raymo "Awhile ago I went for a walk in the deep woods west of Boston with sons Tom and Dan and spouses. The highlight of the day was coming across this beaver dam. We were bowled over by the size and engineering sophistication of the dam, as impressive in its own way as Hoover Dam on the Colorado. Constructed by rats. OK, not rats, but rodents. A huge undertaking of felled trees, rocks and mud, ingeniously placed at the perfect spot along a tiny stream, as if planned by a human engineer. "OK," the engineer might have said to the assembled be... more »

"The True Dream..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours 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"

My 8 year old cries foul on testing.

Chris Cerrone at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 6 hours ago
At last week’s school board meeting in my rural Western New York community an excellent discussion on testing occurred, focusing on the use of progress monitoring assessments. Several families, including mine, have made the decision to boycott all assessment that is mandated by federal or state policy. Our district uses a Pearson product called AIMSweb […]

One of the Greatest Truths Seldom Told. Are you up to hearing it?

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago
------------------------------ *PAKISTANI NATIONAL TV REVEALS THAT OBAMA’S CLAIM TO HAVE KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN IS “AN AMERICAN HOAX.” — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ September 16, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter PAKISTANI NATIONAL TV REVEALS THAT OBAMA’S CLAIM TO HAVE KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN IS “AN AMERICAN HOAX.” By readers’ request, this is a reposting of a translation of a Pakistani National TV interview with an eyewitness to the alleged SEAL Team Six attack that a... more »

“A Self-Created State: Worry”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“A Self-Created State: Worry”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “Worry is an extension of fear and can also set you up for attracting that which you don’t want in your life. We have all had the experience of worrying about something at some point in our lives. Some of us have a habitual tendency to worry, and all of us have known someone who is a chronic worrier. Worry is an extension of fear and can be a very draining experience. In order for worry to exist, we have to imagine that something bad might happen. What we are worrying about has not happened yet, however, so this ba... more »

Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of Error

Michael Paul Goldenberg at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Reblogged from InterACT: Just in time for its official release tomorrow, I've finished reading an advance copy of Diane Ravitch's new book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools. For people who have been following education policy debates long enough and already know that they tend to […]

Cunliffe v Key: Two sides of a Muldoon

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
In his first day in the House yesterday, in the only chance he will have in four weeks to demonstrate he has what it takes to back up his windy rhetoric about “having John Key’s number” and showing the PM with his pants around his ankles, David Cunliffe did at least choose a real target on his first chance to defenestrate his opponent, which is John Key’s prevalence when “supporting business” to take that line too literally by supporting the shareholders of *particular *businesses. He could have chosen anyone from Fletcher Building to Sky City to Rio Tinto. Instead, Cunliffe chose... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

“I Am Become Death”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“I Am Become Death”* by factoids “Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and the scientific director of the Manhattan project. Since so many talents were involved it's somewhat misleading to call him "the father of the nuclear bomb", but he undeniably made one of the major individual contributions. In an interview from 1965, Oppenheimer describes the initial reactions as the fruit of their labors, the very first nuclear bomb (the Hiroshima bomb was the second one), detonated early in the morning of July 16, 1945: “We knew the wor... more »

The Rock Begat the Club Begat the F-35

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
The first guy, the one who wielded a rock, was all but invincible until the second guy figured out how to tie a stick to a rock and turn it into a club. That guy thought he was the cat's ass until he ran into a guy with a longer stick with a pointy rock on the end. The lesson is, when it comes to finding ways to kill each other, breakthrough begets breakthrough. So remind me why we're looking to spend 70-billion dollars on breakthrough technology purpose built to defeat older technology that's already obsolete and being superseded? Why are we buying a supposedly "fifth generation"... more »

P.S. Henson D.D. On Public Opinion

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
P.S. Henson D.D. - Public Opinion. Source: *The Treasury: A Magazine of Religious and Current Thought for Pastor and People*. Edited by Joseph Sanderson, D.D., LL.D. Volume 7. May 1889 - April 1890. Pg. 429. "There should always be a proper deference shown to the opinion of our fellows. There is a general desire to be thought well of by those with whom we are associated. Every baby will coo and crow when its mother smiles upon it. There are people who are deaf to public opinion, but they are the baser man. There is not a man with a spark of generous manhood in his nature, be he pre... more »

ALEC Legislators Should be Canned!

2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago
Well, folks - we gotta real problem and unless you get vocal - like everything associated with ALEC - this issue- will spread from state to state to state to state. The Center for Media and democracy has requested ALEC documents from multiple ALEC legislators across the US and in two states - *WI* and *TX *- the attorney general in those states is saying that the documents that ALEC legislators receive from ALEC are private and privileged. *Problem folks - big problem here - HUGE!* ALEC is really putting on the secretive - hiding - mentality here. If that doesn't tell you that ALEC i... more »

"Sneak Peek: Eric Schlosser's Terrifying New Book on Nuclear Weapons"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"Sneak Peek: **Eric Schlosser's * *Terrifying New Book **on **Nuclear Weapons"* By Michael Mechanic "On January 23, 1961, a B-52 packing a pair of Mark 39 hydrogen bombs suffered a refueling snafu and went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina. In the cockpit of the rapidly disintegrating bomber (only one crew member bailed out safely) was a lanyard attached to the bomb-release mechanism. Intense G-forces tugged hard at it and unleashed the nukes, which, at four megatons, were 250 times more powerful than the weapon that leveled Hiroshima. One of them "failed safe" an... more »

Banking made simple - what's wrong with fractional banking? Khan Academy explains it in a simple way...

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/3mUi9IZb4T4 Link: http://youtu.be/1HYSMxu-Dns Link: http://youtu.be/ZyyaE3DIxhc Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational system with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. Everybody can go there to learn something at their own pace. I fell back on 'Khan' to explain something that is going to be of utmost interest *the next coming weeks*: the huge survival problems of banks and with them entangled governments. The banking system is in complete disarray. It's falling apart in a sort of '... more »

The Coming LibDem/Tory War

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 8 hours ago
Believe it or not, there is one time of the year the political commentariat are more insufferable than the nonsense of the silly season. And that's when it's Liberal Democrat conference. And it is painful, I mean, *really painful*. Let's look at the exhibits. Underneath the demand-destroying cuts and general *laissez-faire* attitude to economics, Vince Cable has been hinting that he's a bit of a lefty(again). There are "red lines" he tells us. Matters of principle that would have him up sticks from the cabinet should the government do especially appalling things. I wonder what they... more »

Quote of the day, on the Washington Navy Yard killings: “This is gun control”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
“Gun control advocates wasted no time in demanding new restrictions on the means of self-defence … But the unhappy truth is that the scene of the crime, the Washington Navy Yard, is subject to many of the restrictions that gun control advocates favour. And the perpetrator …had passed a background check for a security clearance. Unfortunately, laws and databases don't create magic force-fields against criminal intent … That makes military bases much like other ‘gun-free zones.’ They're only as well protected as the willingness of would-be perpetrators to follow rules allows… “... more »

The Wall Street Dems-- Rising Or Falling?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Barney Frank is no longer a Member of Congress and his influence on the House Democrats' fiscal agenda has been largely supplanted by that of former Wall Street executive Jim Himes (New Dem-CT). As we saw last week, the New Dems have been boasting that a quarter of all House Democrats are now Members of their caucus. 53 Democrats, including DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz, have joined the New Dems, a caucus dedicated to-- above anything else-- sucking legalistic bribes from Wall Street and corporate America by backing their toxic economic agenda. And, unlike the Blue Dog Caucus... more »

The so called debate

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 9 hours ago
There is a private members bill facing parliament that proposes to ban the muslim face-veil. There has also been the recent case of a crown court judge demanding a muslim woman remove her niqab when giving evidence. A Birmingham college banned and then unbanned all face coverings. The Sun has boldly leaped into this 'debate' demanding 'vital' reforms. Now, let's be honest, what will happen if these 'vital' reforms are not put into place? I'm no clairvoyant but I'm fairly certain everything will go on as before, fine and dandy, more or less. These are not vital reforms. The fact of t... more »

Petro-Statehood and Flooding Are a Bad Mix

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
Saudi Arabia doesn't flood. Ditto for Kuwait, Iraq or Iran. No floods. Alberta floods and we should consider what that means. Fortunately Colorado is giving us the answers we need. From *Grist:* *Heavy rains returned to Colorado on Sunday and hampered rescue efforts after last week’s flash floods. The confirmed death toll has risen to seven, and hundreds are still unaccounted for. An estimated 1,500 homes are destroyed. Some 1,000 people in Larimer County, north of Boulder, were awaiting airlifts that never came on Sunday — they were called off because of the foul weather.* ... more »

The Hitler Pictures Hitler Wanted Destroyed

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
After his release from prison, Adolf Hitler practised the gestures that would become a feature of his public speeches. A helper photographed them for Hitler to study. The Fuhrer thought the negatives were destroyed. Apparently not. See more snaps here. They are pretty creepy.

Photos Long Walkers talk with students in Kansas

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
Walkers on Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz talked with students in Kansas today! Thanks to Bad Bear for the photos for Censored News! www.returntoalcatraz.com

South Florida Doctor Uses New Technology To “Re-Grow” Man’s Finger

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
A doctor used cutting edge technology to re-grow a man's finger. Source: Dr. Eugenio Rodriguez) *South Florida Doctor Uses New Technology To “Re-Grow” Man’s Finger* September 16, 2013 6:21 PM Healthwatch On CBSMiami DELRAY BEACH (CBSMiami) — It’s being called a medical marvel. A south Florida doctor used a unique procedure to actually grow back a man’s finger that a horse bit off. According to Dr. Eugenio Rodriguez, Paul Halpern, 33, arrived in Delray Beach with his finger in a zip lock bag. The insurance company wanted the rest of the finger amputated. However, a doctor want... more »

Tired

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

Catch of the Day

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
I really like Kevin Drum's deflating post on Syria hype: "This is no Iraq and it's no Vietnam. Hell, it's not even a Suez crisis." That's only one of a number of excellent points he makes. Good stuff. Why did Syria get so hyped? I've been wondering about this (and blamed everyone for getting it wrong in my weekend Salon column). It's worth going through: * Conservatives: at first, they were split, which may have pushed those who supported the president against hyping Syria (because they might not have wanted to play up something that found them on his side); once they eventually go... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours ago
*City In Louisiana Makes ‘Twerking’ Illegal; 30 Days In Jail For First Offense*

Moon of Alabama - Syria: Who Really Wants Assad To Go?

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
*Syria: Who Really Wants Assad To Go?* *By 'b'* *Moon of Alabama* *September 17, 2013 * Michael Oren, the outgoing Israeli ambassador to the United States, *wants*to lift any doubt about who really wants Assad to go: “The initial message about the Syrian issue was that we always wanted [President] Bashar Assad to go, we always preferred the bad guys who weren’t backed by Iran to the bad guys who were backed by Iran,” he said. This was the case, he said, even if the other “bad guys” were affiliated to al-Qaida. “We understand that they are pretty bad guys,” he said, adding that... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 10 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Giacomo "Jack" Vallone, founder and director of the *European Knights Project*. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.

Thoughts for the Brain

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 10 hours ago
The recent massacre in America has made me wonder, what is the function of gun culture in the USA? Endemic violence is a terrible burden for any country but especially one that has managed without a civil war for 150-odd years. Of course there is firearms industry, but it surely can’t be so powerful as to subordinate the whole of society to its needs. And there are countries that pay a higher price in terms of homicides. But the question remains why. USgun culture is based around the 2nd amendment to the constitution. Thanks to Supreme Court judgments it is now understood that the g... more »

RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Award-Winning Novelist and Screenwriter Stephen Harrigan

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours ago
Noted Texas writer Stephen Harrigan in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, September 6, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and journalist Stephen Harrigan The author of the New York Times bestseller, The Gates of the Alamo, Harrigan has been selected to write the initial title and centerpiece work in an ambitious

“The Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain, Ever”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*“The Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain, Ever”* Say goodnight to the dream that education, journalism, scientific evidence, or reason can provide the tools that people need in order to make good decisions. By Marty Kaplan "Yale law school professor Dan Kahan’s new research paper is called “Motivated Numeracy and Enlightened Self-Government,” but for me a better title is the headline on science writer Chris Mooney’s piece about it in Grist: “Science Confirms: Politics Wrecks Your Ability to Do Math.” Kahan conducted some ingenious experiments about the impact of p... more »

Perteguhan- Indonesia: Fury of the Nature

LeDaro at LeDaro - 10 hours ago
*"A volcano in western Indonesia erupted for the second time this week, forcing some villagers who were just returning home to flee Mount Sinabung again, according to the Associated Press."* *A mother holds her child in the village of Perteguhan as Mount Sinabung spews ash and hot lava. (Roni Bintang/Reuters)WSJ*

Nancy Pelosi and Bashar Al-Assad Entente (video)

LeDaro at LeDaro - 10 hours ago
*Originally I did this post in June, 2010. How circumstances change! In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was a friend of the U.S. in the 1980s and then he was hanged later on after the 2003 U.S. Invasion. Bashar Al-Assad of Syria was a friend of the U.S. in 2007 and now the U.S. will like to hang him it seems.* *Moral of the story:** It is dangerous to be a friend of the U.S.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nancy Pelosi did visit Syria in April 2007 and had congenial meeting with Bashar Al-Assad of Syria. Original post here. Al-Assad sings Habibi to Pelosi. ;) I googled Habibi and it means “baby or m... more »

Stephen Harper's Gas Problem

LeDaro at LeDaro - 10 hours ago
Harper flip-flopped and he was cornered. His role on 'Corner Gas'.

What the Freedom Riders thought about Bull Connor!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013* *Should the Riders have thought that:* In 1961, Bull Connor was the arch-segregationist police chief of Birmingham, Alabama. He became famous in 1963 for his use of fire hoses and attack dogs during the demonstrations known as the “children’s crusade.” In his book Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch relates an incident involving Connor and a group of Freedom Riders from 1961. According to Branch, a group of seven Freedom Riders thought they spied “sparks of humanity even in Connor” during a long, peculiar car ride in which he removed them, or tried to re... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
• “A Guide to Mass Shootings in America” - http://www.motherjones.com/

Dog Whistling to Wall Street: Anniversary Edition

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
Barack Obama might have lost the battle to appoint one of Wall Street's own to control the Fed and run the world, but the Class War of the rich versus the rest shall continue. For, cynically hidden within his self-serving, platitude-ridden retrospective of the collapse, in which he ascribed virtually no blame to the criminal financial cartel which continues to terrorize and prey upon us, was yet another presidential dog whistle of reassurance to the Malefactors of Great Wealth. The occasion for this week's presidential speechifying (besides another un-shocking mass shooting rampag... more »

Tax, Lies and Videotape

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
So after all the hype, how did *Panorama*'s Tax, Lies and Videotape pan out? Well, yes, Richard Brooks of *Private Eye **was* a key figure in the programme, but the programme wasn't by any means an out-and-out piece of campaigning journalism. Its central argument was that there's an uneasy tension between the government stated desire that everyone should pay their fair share of tax and the government's hope for Britain to remain an attractive place for large businesses to invest in. Do UK taxpayers lose out if foreign companies avoid paying their 'fair share' of tax? The progra... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Cowards with Power!'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
COWARDS WITH POWER! Mohawk Nation News Posted on September 17, 2013 MNN. Sept. 17, 2013. Prime Minister Harper proroguing – setting aside – Parliament is fascism. It comes from the Latin word fasces [or feces!], referring to a centralized autocratic regime headed by a dictator. The image is individual sticks tied together into a bundle, representing the citizens. The bundle

The Return of the McMansion

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
Back in the late 80s I fled my old Arbutus Ridge neighbourhood in Vancouver's west side. It had been a community of small but really neat little bungalows with single car garages accessed by lanes that separated the lots at the back. They were older houses, built in the 40s, on what were 50 foot, or "lot and a half" parcels, and most had been nicely upgraded over the years. Then the newcomers from Hong Kong began moving in, paying really high prices for houses in my neighbourhood and others. They never lived in those neat little houses but tore them down and replaced them with M... more »

Just cause a factual issue

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
Dziecielski v. Lighting Dimensions Inc., 2013 ONCA 565: [1] The determination of just cause is essentially factual. Here the trial judge found that the employee's conduct in these circumstances, amounted to serious misconduct despite his unblemished employment record to that point. We see no error, let alone a palpable and overriding error which must be demonstrated on appeal in order to interfere with the trial judge's finding.

Tony Abbott's Ongoing Woman Problem

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
That's "woman", singular. As in the only woman - the one and only - appointed by Tony Abbott to his 19-person (oh, to hell with it, 19-man) cabinet. When you add in Tony, that's one in twenty, five percent which, I suppose, must represent the female demographic in Australia. Oh dear. Sorry, Tony, but you'll have to do more than prance about in a marble bag to keep the Australian women's vote. Meanwhile, on the sane side of the world, Austrian officials have decided how to design a city for women following a transit survey that revealed how differently women use a city than men ... more »

Boris Slams Wind Farm "Disease"

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
London mayor and presumptive future Tory leader, Boris Johnson, loves nukes and fracked gas but decidedly does not love wind power. *The senior Tory said turning to a new generation of nuclear plants and fracking would cut energy bills and boost the economy.* * * *Writing in The Sun on Sunday he said he was shocked by the number of wind turbines he saw on a recent drive to Scotland.* * * * * *"It is a good 20 years since I last drove all the way to Scotland, and in the interim something unbelievable has been done – in our name – to our green, pleasant and precious countryside," he... more »

Unplugged... For Carl Sciortino

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
We've been talking about the race in MA-05 to replace Ed Markey for some time now. It's just a month away and there are 7 Democrats running. Six of them are garden variety Dems and one, state Rep. Carl Sciortino, is a proven, dedicated progressive *leader*, which is why we endorsed him-- and why progressive organizations from People for the American Way, Progressive Mass and Mass Equality to the Human Rights Campaign and Grey2kUSA have also endorsed him. This week-- starting today-- we're launching a fundraising drive to help Carl pay to run his amazing TV ad (up top). We're being... more »

The Economy: “Racing Toward the Zombie Apocalypse”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*“Racing Toward the Zombie Apocalypse”* by Bill Bonner “Another good day for US stocks… and a rare decent day for gold. But the big economic news yesterday was that Larry Summers has withdrawn from the race to be the next Fed chief. If only Janet Yellen, Don Kohn and Alan Blinder would do the same! Then who would be left in front of us in line for the post? Only about 50,000 economists – every one of whom is smarter, better educated, better connected, with better social skills and a better haircut… From the start, our campaign to become the next Fed chief has faced long odd... more »

Speaking of chemical weapons.... What about Israel's arsenal?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
This is a perfect intro to a bunch of stuff I had saved to use over this past weekend, but, didn't get it put up No better time then the present! *Syria deal shines light on Israel's chemical arsenal* Israel signed the landmark international treaty banning the production or use of chemical weapons two decades ago, *but it is among a handful of nations that have never ratified the deal. *While foreign experts widely believe that Israel likely possesses a stockpile of chemical and biological weapons, Israeli officials refuse to confirm or deny the existence of any such arsenal. Defen... more »

Rethinking Academic Rankings

Charli Carpenter at The Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Peter Campbell and Michael Desch write in Foreign Affairs that the National Research Council’s rankings of political science departments are systematically biased against international relations scholarship and against policy-relevant scholarship: The NRC’s methodology biased its rankings against two kinds of scholarship: international relations scholarship, which is often book-oriented; and policy-relevant scholarship, which often appears in Continue reading

Constitution Day

Southern Man at Southern Man - 13 hours ago
Today we celebrate the greatest governing document in the history of the world: the United States Constitution... ...and those who defend it. The USS *Gunston Hall*, on which Southern Daughter proudly serves. Celebrate the constitution by asserting your rights today!

Nothing to See Here. Just Another Crazy Guy With an Arsenal of Guns

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
*Yes, Many of Them Being Held by Crazy People* He heard voices in his head. He was receiving treatment through the Veterans Administration for mental problems. Police officials were aware of him through two shooting incidents. Hmm - we've got a crazy guy with grievances, with a demonstrated penchant for gunplay and armed to the teeth - what could possibly go wrong? I can think of a dozen people who might give you a clear answer except that they're dead, felled by the crazy guy with grievances and guns yesterday in Washington's Navy Yard facility. It's people just like Aaron Al... more »

Brace Yourself. The Next Bout of Denialism Is Already Showing Up

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
A neat refresher piece on the* Five Stages of Denialism* is available from *The Guardian*. They're all being dragged out again - all of them - in advance of the release of the next IPCC report. Here they are in a nutshell: 1. Deny the Problem Exists; 2. Deny We're the Cause and Deny the clear Scientific Consensus; 3. Deny It's a Problem; 4. Deny We Can Solve It; and, 5. Claim It's Too Late for Anything but Adaptation. Meanwhile a new science group, *Earth League, *has fired an opening salvo of their own. Earth League is made up of representatives of some of the most prominent... more »

The Big Difference Between 1995 and Now

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 13 hours ago
One more point about Speaker Boehner and the Republicans as we approach a possible shutdown: this is very different than 1995-1996. Newt Gingrich, unlike Boehner now, really did believe that Bill Clinton was going to fold; his entire strategy for the year was to play chicken with Clinton, who he mistakenly saw as a weakling. Newt, too, really was coming off of a stunning electoral victory. Bill Clinton's approval ratings were fairly similar to where Barack Obama is now, but where we sit in the electoral cycle is totally different, since the most recent election was an Obama-reelecti... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*Federal judge overturns Danziger convictions* *Light Sweet Deal For Big Oil In LA ~Lamar Parmentel, The Daily Kingfish*

Owe Aku Report to United Nations on US Human Rights Violations 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
Ancient Traditional Governments, Indigenous Sovereignty and Treaty Rights By Kent Lebsock Owe Aku International Justice Project Censored News Brothers, Sisters, Allies and Relatives: On Friday, September 13, 2013, Owe Aku International Justice Project, on behalf of the Oyuhpa Tiyospaye of the Oglala Lakota Oyate, a band of the Lakota Nation within the Oceti Sakowin (the Seven Council Fires

Will Britain Succumb?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
At first it was seen mainly as a North American contagion. Then it took hold in Australia and now it has spread to Britain. The Anglo-Saxon tradition of enlightenment has collapsed. We have, as *The Guardian's* George Monbiot, describes it, yielded to a "*flat-Earth love in. *" *A "flat Earth love-in". That's how one MP described the debate he witnessed in parliament last week. The politics with which citizens of the United States, Canada and Australia are now wearily familiar, in which elected representatives denounce both scientific evidence and the researchers who produce it, h... more »

Books Without Price Points

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 14 hours ago
Most retail products have price points. These are either know price points which the consumers expects; can of beans, pint of milk, loaf of bread, or are more industry accepted price points which the consumer doesn’t always know. When at B&Q we had some 50,000 plus SKUs (stocked units), we discovered only a couple of hundred had consumer know price points and it was only these you often had to focus on in a price war. Book publishing has always enjoyed price point freedom, where the RRP (Recommended Retail Price) is often anybody’s guess and some would suggest as fictitious as som... more »

You Can't Take Him At His Word

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Stephen Harper was in British Columbia over the weekend, "negotiating" with British Columbia's native peoples on the Northern Gateway file. Michael Harris writes that Mr. Harper has a constitutional duty to consult with first nations. But Harper doesn't negotiate: *That* approach would violate the Harper government’s preferred tactic when dealing with opponents: blunt declarations of how it’s going to be, followed by a rabbit punch or two. Think of Jim Flaherty’s negotiating technique with provincial health ministers in Victoria. Not a lot of back-and-forth, right? If the prime ... more »

"Break the Fever" Is Futile -- Especially For Boehner

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours ago
I said this over at Greg's place yesterday (and just now another version of it on twitter), but I sort of buried it in the post, and so I want to highlight it properly: [T]he key thing to know about a shutdown is that it will end. Maybe after a day; maybe after a month. It will end, and it will end with something that both Boehner (and mainstream conservatives) and Obama (and mainstream liberals) can live with. And at that point, there is nothing more certain in this world than that radical “conservatives” will believe that if only Boehner and Congressional Republicans had held out... more »

A Time Of Recognition - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
** *Language* ** *Is words created* ** *To describe a Reality* ** *That is indescribable* ** *A Reality* ** *That does not fit into* ** *The framework of images* ** *Created by man* ** *Created to cloud* ** *To confuse* ** *To lead us astray* ** *From what we * ** *Really are* ** *And* ** *Why we came to exist* ** *How we came to exist* ** *Here upon this world* ** *We call* ** *The earth* ** *It has other names* ** *And* ** *For now* ** *Earth* ** *Will it be called* ** *Language is a device* ** *Created to mask* ** *The voice of ones heart* ** *The voice of Creation* ** *The direct exper... more »

Exposing The MYTH Of The "Seal Team 6" Killing Of Osama Bin Laden: Pakistani National Television Reveals That Obama's Claim To Killing Bin Laden To Be A HOAX!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
Osama bin Laden, also known as American CIA operative Tim Osman, died of complications due to failing kidneys sometime around December13th, 2001. THAT, readers, is absolute fact.... Therefore all of the BS perpetrated by the criminals in the American government that they "killed" Bin Laden in a "raid" on a compound in Pakistan on May 2nd, 2011 is absolutely, positively, pure fantasy! I still shake my head and sometimes laugh at the gullibility of the American people that they swallowed that BS "raid" crap, and the subsequent tossing of bin Laden's body into the Indian Ocean bull... more »

US Military Raids Within the District of Columbia and Why They Trouble Me....

Paul Coker at News Spike - 15 hours ago
Predictive Programming - Olympus Has Fallen from Spike1138 on Vimeo. Serious students of the events of September 11, 2001 are aware of the process by which the memes or elements of that tragic day were carefully introduced, accredited, and developed in the public mind, especially through a series of Hollywood movies. An example is the final scene of the movie The Fight Club, which shows the collapse of a number of skyscrapers in a manner eerily prophetic of the fate of the New York Twin Towers. Hollywood is, after all, not far away from Santa Monica, the home of that leading s... more »

Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part IV, Sheikh Wissam Abdul Ibrahim Hardan

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 15 hours ago
Sheikh Abdul Abu Risha and Sheikh Wissam Abdul Ibrahim Hardan were the brains behind the Anbar Awakening. The two met in 2006, and decided to organize the major tribes in the province against the insurgents. The problem was that many of the sheikhs were reluctant at first to join in Abu Risha and Hardan’s scheme. The Awakening also had to convince the Americans of their sincerity, and deal with the Iraqi Islamic Party that controlled Anbar. Once they overcame these difficulties, and were successful in expelling the militants however, the Awakening began breaking up. Those division... more »

Crowd-sourcing an Award

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 15 hours ago
Voting is open for the *Economist Educators Best in Class Teaching Award*, but only for this week. If you teach economics, you may want to review the finalists and vote. Click here to learn more.

Not Aufklärers but Dilettantes: Reading Michael C. Williams’s “In the Beginning…”

Daniel Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Daniel J. Levine. It is the 24th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for the special issue of the European Journal of International Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that issue. This post refers to Michael C. Williams‘ article (PDF). His post appeared earlier today. tl;dr notice: ~1730 words. Other entries in the symposium–when Continue reading

“Are The Police More Dangerous Than Criminals?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*“Are The Police More Dangerous Than Criminals?”* by Paul Craig Roberts “The goon thug psychopaths no longer only brutalize minorities–it is open season on all of us –the latest victim is a petite young white mother of two small children. The worse threat every American faces comes from his/her own government. At the federal level the threat is a seventh war (Syria) in 12 years, leading on to the eighth and ninth (Iran and Lebanon) and then on to nuclear war with Russia and China. The criminal psychopaths in Washington have squandered trillions of dollars on their wars, kil... more »

Global Temperature Trends and the IPCC

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 15 hours ago
As the excitement builds about the release forthcoming IPCC report (snore), debate is underway on how to interpret previous IPCC predictions for the evolution of global surface temperature trends. The debate has been super-charged by a recent article in The Daily Mail by David Rose, leading the usual suspects to say the usual things. Such debates involve exegeses of generally inscrutable IPCC statements filtered through the imperfect process of media (social and mainstream) reporting, colored by agendas. In this post I pass on the exegeses and have a look at the actual numbers to ... more »

Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, , having fun

LeDaro at LeDaro - 16 hours ago
He is a 'jolly-good' fellow. Enjoy. ;)

The Relentless Bully Politics Continues in SC

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
Superintendent of Education Mick Zais can’t help himself. He is so enamored with his misinformation-as-talking-points that he is willing to visit and shame a high-poverty elementary school. This is the other side of the coin for Zais who has previously visited a so-called high-flying school in order to shame all the other schools. In both cases, […]

DIVISION AND CONQUEST: 13 people dead!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 16 hours ago
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013* *Part 2—The wars of the 1990s:* At present count, thirteen people died yesterday in the Washington shootings. Everyone knows the role this event will play in the public discourse. For starters, the incident will harden sides in the public debate about guns. Beyond that, some on “the right” will offer quips in which Barack Obama says, “If I had a son, he would look like” the killer. Some on the left—perhaps on the self-reinventing, newly-left left—will encourage anger about such comments, while saying such things as this: “Obviously I'm not trying to ... more »

Iran offers to close Fordow if sanctions end .... Israel balks but what does the US think of this offer ? When will the next round of Iran nuclear talks occur ? At some point , threats need to give way to serious discussions by all sides regarding Iran.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Report: Iran Would Shut Enrichment Plant for End to SanctionsIsrael Expected to Oppose Deal as 'Ploy' by Jason Ditz, September 16, 2013 Print This | Share This According to German newspaper Der Spiegel, Iranian President Hassan Rohani is prepared to offer a deal wherein he would shutter the Fordow uranium enrichment facility in return for the international community ending sanctions against them. Fordow, the second Iranian enrichment site after Natanz, is considered more irksome to the international community because it is underground and difficult to bomb. Israeli officials are expe... more »

CATCHING UP

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago
- The Washington DC Navy Yard shooting yesterday appears to have been done by a man who had been discharged from the Navy active reserves after several years service. The Navy Yard is home to the Naval Sea Systems Command and home to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command that oversees support, integration and acquisition of the U.S. Aegis "missile defense" systems deployed throughout the Navy and around the world. It is also home to the Chief of Naval Operations for the US Navy. - I need to make a correction from our recent Global Network newslette... more »

School District Pays to Monitor Students' Social Media

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours ago
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Dianne Feinstein: First Amendment Is A Special Privilege

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Youtube* Sociopaths are running the government. Let's define who qualifies for the special privilege of free speech in the new media shield law. Subscribe to E. Pratt Witney's Channel Cf. First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Senator Dianne Feinstein Phone: (202) 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954 Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

The International Relations Enlightenment and the Ends of International Relations Theory

Daniel Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Michael C. Williams. It is the 23rd installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for the special issue of the European Journal of International Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that issue. This post refers to Williams’ article (PDF). A response, authored by Daniel J. Levine, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the Continue reading

Gardasil Vaccine Destroys Ovaries of 16-yr. Old Girl, Causes Infertility by Elizabeth Renter

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
Gardasil Vaccine Destroys Ovaries of 16-yr. Old Girl, Causes Infertility by Elizabeth Renter Natural Society, 16 September 2013 Gardasil is the vaccine created by Merck & Co. to stop human papillomavirus (HPV) in young women and men. Unfortunately, to say the vaccine is controversial would be a gross understatement – even a lead developer of the vaccine *points out its undeniable dangers* and how even how the vaccine is of little use. One recent case study published in the *British Medical Journal* *found that the Gardasil vaccine destroyed the ovaries in a young girl of 16 ye... more »

Sept 26: Comedy Night, On Tap

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago
Too busy to blog. But some of my friends are performing at On Tap next week. Yes, it's true. I have friends. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Orlando Cepeda, 76 We do need some good stuff, don't we: 1. Dan Drezner on credibility. I don't keep up on what's happening in IR at all (well, not beyond the bloggers, I suppose), but I'll add that most Americanists think less of the importance of "personal credibility...inside the corridors of power" than Neustadt did. On the other hand, if politicians think it's a big deal, then it is, even if it doesn't actually buy them anything in negotiations. And as long as the value in negotiations is positive, even if it's small? Well, rather have it than not, no? 2. I r... more »

Survey: 1 in 3 Americans believe conflict in Syria is a sign of biblical end times

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Image: LifeWayResearch.com Madison Ruppert A new survey by LifeWay Research found that one-third of Americans surveyed believe that the Syrian conflict is a sign of biblical “end times” events, though only one-fifth believe the world will end in their lifetime. The survey also found that one-fourth of those surveyed believe a U.S. military strike could lead to the battle of Armageddon. However, some believe such a strike is now out of the question thanks to the U.S.-Russia chemical weapons deal. A military operation is cle... more »

Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - September 17 , 2013 - Data , News and views touching on the precious metals !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gold-repatriation-movement-arises-in-finland ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER The gold price spiked up at the New York open on Sunday night/Monday morning in the Far East, and that was the high for the day. There was big volume up until noon Hong Kong time, so it was obvious from that, that someone was throwing a lot of paper contracts at the market to keep the price from moving high, or maybe it was just the high-frequency traders doing their thing. I suspect the latter. Then the gold price got sold down into the Comex open in New York, rallied... more »

Club For Growth-- More Of A Cudgel For Far Right Extremism

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Last night we looked, once again, at how the Koch brothers are polluting American politics with the millions of dollars they inherited from their dangerously psychotic, anti-democracy father. Sunday, the *Washington Post*published an opus on how the Club for Growth fits into this nefarious anti-democracy web. Early in the morning, Club fuehrer, Chris Chocola, was gloating and bragging about it on Twitter. Is any special interest group strong enough to get behind shipping millions of jobs overseas and win? You bet! Congressmen are fearful whores. If you have a stick and a bone, you ... more »

Ambassador Oren: Israel has wanted Assad ousted since BEFORE Syria war began

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*I cannot express to you all the level of vindication I feel in reading this news, today.* For two and a half years I have talked plainly and clearly about the involvement of Israel in the take down of Syria. I talked about it because it was so obvious despite the media spin and talking head lies! I spoke about the involvement of Israel in the ruin of Syria for the most obvious reason: Cui Bono. Who benefits? Israel had the most to gain, the most benefit, in the Middle East. Beyond the pipeline aspect. And onto the water aspect. The land grab. The mineral rights. The maintenance o... more »

Syria updates - September 17 , 2013 - Obama Administration waives provisions of federal law prohibiting supplying weapons and funds to terrorists ( ends justify means ) .... UN releases it's report on chemical weapons ( lost in the shuffle of the DC shooter rampage Monday ) , Russia continues to guide global foreign policy on Syria......Syrian war crimes split rebel forces - no wonder we see terrible crimes committed by the rebel forces ( Saudis release 1200 death row inmates to fight in Syria - freedom for killers , stipends for their families ) ........ 75 percent of rebel fighters are islamist oriented ( ranging from hardcore Al Qaeda to alleged moderate islamists ) , none of this 75 percent are friends of the US !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.debka.com/article/23285/The-Syrian-helicopter-flight-over-Turkey-fabricated-first-Assad-obstacle-to-chemical-weapons-handover- Syrian Prime Minister Waal al-Khalqi knew what he was talking about when he said Monday, Sept. 16 that the Assad regime had plenty more assets up its sleeve for harming Israel and achieving strategic balance - even after surrendering its chemical weapons to international control. The Russian ships already on their way to Syria loaded with munitions for Bashar Assad’s army demonstrate the justice of his words. Indeed the Syrian ruler would not have ... more »

Police State USA updates - September 14 , 2013.....

Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours ago
*Leaders dispute report on unspent Katrina aid ~Mississippi Business Journal * *Blood tests show elevated health risks for Gulf spill cleanup workers ~Fuel Fix* *Man accused of defacing 9/11 memorial in Lafayette makes bail (Video) ~Billy Gun, The Advocate* *The newest land in Louisiana pours out of a pipe ~John Snell* *Streetcar repair project hurting Riverbend businesses, shop owners say ~Scott Satchfield* *New Orleans Burlesque Festival ~Will Coviello, Gambit*

Rule of Law 21: Violating Simple Parking Rules

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 17 hours ago
This photo was shared more than a thousand times in facebook as of today. I posted this in my fb wall, it was shared by at least five friends already. Plate number SKE 131. I think this is a Taguig police car. Another government vehicle whose driver does not know how to respect simple parking rules. Plate number SFT 558 This one is a private vehicle, Hyundai Tucson, RDX 360. This was shared many times in facebook too.The joke is that since the driver parked at two slots of Parking for Disabled passengers, he may be mentally disabled. A good reminder for the driver of RDX 360. B... more »

Operation Black Vote

Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago
Steve Cokely - The Murder of Dr Martin Luther King, feat. William F. Pepper from Spike1138 on Vimeo. *"My brotha - I appreciate that you say on the tape that I am the Jackson who will always speak with you and talk with you freely and without hesitation.* * * *As regards the allegations concerning The Reverend.... ...he will have to defend himself." - Jesse Jackson Jr., Congressional Black Caucus, 2001.* on the 2000 Dept. of Justice report commissioned in the wake of the Guilty verdict in King Family vs. Jowers et al. (1999)., for the purpose of clearing "SCLC Minister" and... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 19 hours ago
*N.O. Florida Ave. canal collapses, sending sewage into it ~WWLTV*

Keiser Report #498 - James Clapper on NSA Economic Espionage on BRICS - WORLD WAR MONEY

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 19 hours ago
I haven't checked out RT's Keiser Report for a while but Stacey and Max are still banging out their radical opinions on the WAR WORLD we all inhabit, *for PROFIT*. This time they discuss Economic Espionage and, perhaps, Sabotage by the NSA against the corporations and innovators of competitor (BRICS) nations. Which kinda ties in with the Bank of England attempt to cap house price appreciation to 5% putting the breaks on the amount you can lend. What *free market*? In the second half, Max interviews author, journalist and filmmaker, Greg Palast of GregPalast.com, about the Larry Sum... more »

@BigDunc123 update

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
As an update to this post of yesterday 'Big' Dunc has been at it again... Looks like 'Big' Dunc might have been reading the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and more worryingly believing it.

LoneCrazedKillerLoneCrazedKillerLoneCrazedKiller

Paul Coker at News Spike - 20 hours ago
There were 5 shooters at Columbine, 2 shooters at the Dark Knight Shooting, 2 shooters at Dunblane, 3 shooters in Norway on Ütoya, 3 Shooters at Sandy Hoax and 5 Boston "Bombers". This was a military raid. And as soon as they transferred the investigation the FBI, they pin it all on a dead black man. *"Defence Contractor Aaron Alexis was Acting Alone"* *Image cropped to NOT show his military uniform.* The Shooters were all US Military. Shut the fuck up. This was a military raid on whatever was housed on the 4th floor. As soon as the FBI took the lead on the investigation, t... more »

5 Lies Invented to Spin UN Report on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 21 hours ago
*September 17, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - As predicted days before the UN's Syrian chemical weapons report was made public, the West has begun spinning the findings to bolster their faltering narrative regarding alleged chemical weapon attacks on August 21, 2013 in eastern Damascus, Syria. The goal of course, is to continue demonizing the Syrian government while simultaneously sabotaging a recent Syrian-Russian deal to have Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles verified and disarmed by independent observers. *Image: 107mm rocket shells frequently used by terrorists operating within and ... more »

String theory is a complete theory of quantum gravity

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
I've been aware of the unmatched internal consistency, richness, and predictive power of string/M-theory for something like two decades even though my understanding of the theory's unique features was growing pretty much every year since then. *Bohemian [not Czech] Gravity [not Rhapsody]. A Queen-based musical video edition of Joe Polchinski's string theory textbook (1,000+ pages compressed to 8 minutes).* But as recently as a decade ago, I was also immensely impressed (and, later, proud about) the intellectual strength of the string theory community. What I mean is that I wasn't... more »

“An Open Letter to the Person Who Left This Sweet Dog at the Kill Shelter”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“An Open Letter to the Person Who Left * *This Sweet Dog at the Kill Shelter” * by Jamie White “You don't know me, and for your sake, you'd best hope and pray that you never have the misfortune to meet me. How do I know who you are? Because the people at Animal Control gave me Cocoa's intake sheet. You know, the one you filled out. The one that said Cocoa was 12 years old and you'd had her all those years. The one that said you were moving to a pet-free apartment and couldn't take your faithful companion of 12 years. You know, the one that you said was a "sweet old girl- a wo... more »

The Poet: D.H. Lawrence, "Escape"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Escape"* "When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego, and when we escape like squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and fright. But things will happen to us so that we don't know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in, and passion will make our bodies taut with power. We shall laugh, and institutions will curl up like burnt paper." - D.H. Lawrence

NAVY YARD - WRONG DATE?

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
Police, FBI: Shooter reported in military building at Washington Navy Yard; multiple victims SUNDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 23:31 ERIC TUCKER AND BRETT ZONGKER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [image: Print] [image: PDF] Police work the scene on M Street S.E. in Washington, where a gunman was reported in a military building at the Washington Navy Yard Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Shots have been fired and employees directed to a shelter. Police and federal agents from multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene and streets in the area were closed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON - Seve... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Its own dusty disk, young blue star clusters, and pink star forming regions standout in the sharp, colorful telescopic image. *Click image for larger size.* About 13 million light-years distant toward the expansive southern constellation Centaurus, NGC 4945 is only about six times farther away than Andromeda, the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Though the galaxy's central region is largely hidden from view... more »

HITLER - JUST ANOTHER FRIEND OF THE BANKERS

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
www.funnyjunk.com Usury is lending money at high interest rates. "There is the widespread notion that Hitler was fighting the Money Power and that he was a problem for the Bankers because he created a Usury free economy. "But there was no Usury free Third Reich economy. "The German taxpayer continued to pay interest over the substantial national debt and commercial banking received interest for its fractional reserve banking based loans, which to a large extent financed the war." *Hitler's Finances and the Myth of Nazi Anti-Usury Activism * * * *Schacht served in Hitler's governm... more »

“On The Beach”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“On The Beach” (1959) Part 1 of 2* “Set in 1964, in the months following World War III. The conflict has devastated the northern hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout and killing all life. While the bombs were confined to the northern hemisphere, air currents are slowly carrying the fallout south. The only areas still habitable are in the far southern hemisphere, like Australia. The Australian government arranges for its citizens to receive suicide pills and injections, so that they end things quickly before there is prolonged suffering from the coming radiati... more »

Obama's 14th-Dimensional Chess Moves Questioned by Events/Testimony

It's been a pretty big day for news. Less so for comprehension. Those rebels shown in a New York Times video executing Syrian soldiers after torturing them – those were FSA "moderates." And remember the Syrian rebel cannibal who filmed himself eating the heart – or was it a liver? – of a captive soldier? "With the guy who was eating a heart, he was part of a moderate faction," says

Here's Why We Endorsed Daylin Leach

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I used to be the president of my university's Young Democrats. That didn't even last a full semester. I soon discovered that there was a sharp, sharp difference between a progressive and a Democrat. These days there aren't any Republicans who are progressive. There are barely any Republicans left who are even conservative. They've moved *so far* right-- from conservative to reactionary-- that they left plenty of room for the Republican wing of the Democratic party to feel comfortable donning conservative mantles. Those aren't the kinds of Democrats Blue America backs. In fact, tho... more »

A #CTWW Sneak Peek - Get Ready!

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
[image: National Ceiling Fan Day by Fanimation]

My Top Ten Books to Read

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
I always have a long list of books I want to read. Between my list of holds at the library and my book buying problem, I often get stacks of books waiting to be read. Here are some of the ones I am looking forward to in the next little while. Linking up with The Broke and the Bookish. Allegiant by Veronica Roth- Who is NOT waiting for the conclusion of this trilogy? The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson- This last book in The Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy just came out at the end of August. I can't wait to find out what happens to some of my favorite characters of all time. If my hold... more »

Wings Wanted

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Here is a story of facing your fear and letting go. The ending isn’t completely written yet, maybe you can help. This is written by my son, and, although he’s at the other end of the planet right now, it sounds like he’s working on the same things mentioned the other day (Note to Self). Enjoy. *(Link to original article: The curious catalyst.)* *Thursday, September 12, 2013* *i done fucked up * *this post may sound a bit rough - that's how i feel at the moment. i'm sitting with the resonances of a pretty massive learning, and it's still digesting. i want to put m... more »

Jean Trounstine : Education in Prison Works

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Image from audaciousideas.org. So are we listening? Study proves education in prison works The largest ever meta-analysis of prison education and its overwhelming positive effect on recidivism was released in August, so what are we going to do about it? By Jean Trounstine / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2013 It was barely six months ago when I first wrote about the battle to bring back Pell

My testimony to the UN commission on Dag Hammarskjold's plane crash is mentioned in their report

Real History Lisa at Real History Blog - 1 day ago
I was one of three Americans to testify to a new commission that has been reinvestigating the death of Dag Hammarskjold for the last year. I'm named in the report that is now out. Please see my summary of the report over at Consortium News here: http://consortiumnews.com/2013/09/16/the-mysterious-death-of-a-un-hero/ There are two worlds - one in which covert operations are well known, and one in

Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My Review

deutsch29 at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
In considering my review of education historian Diane Ravitch’s latest book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, I decided to write with traditional public school teachers in mind as my audience. For one, I am a genuine public school teacher, the kind that makes a career of classroom teaching […]

"We Shall Endure..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.” - Cesar Chavez “Despair means hopelessness. When you don't see any ray of hope, all doors seem closed to you, you experience despair. Despair kills all hope inside a human being. To kill the feeling of despair, one needs to move on and accept the reality. Action is the antidote or remedy to kill the feeling of despair and nip it in the bud. In the words of William Cowper, “Absence from whom we love is worse than death; and frustrates hope severer than despair.” Failure, heart... more »

Chet Raymo, “Eureka!”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Eureka!”* by Chet Raymo “I mentioned before that Tom and I like to tease each other with views from Google Earth: Where is this? Here's a view I sent him a few days ago. It didn't take him long to respond, not with the place name, but with a Latin phrase: "Noli turbare circulos meos!" Yep. Syracuse. Tom knows his history of science. When the Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus conquered the Greek colony of Syracuse in Sicily in 212 B.C., he ordered that the brilliant mathematician/astronomer/engineer Archimedes be spared. Soldiers entered Archimedes' house where they... more »

Our 'Scaredy Cat' Prime Minister Won't Convene The House Of Commons But New Democrats Are Going To Ask Question Regardless ...

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
*Stephen Harper is afraid of democratic process. He won't recall the House of Commons. Never the less, Canada's Official Oppostion New Democrats are going to hold a 'Virtual' Question Period today ...* NDP's 'virtual' question period

Postmedia's Attempted Rehabilitation Of Stephen Harper's Crappy Image ....

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * * *Stephen Harper's image and popularity has taken a bit of a nose dive lately. Senate scandals, arrogant government and other assorted Tory sins have left Mr. Harper facing the prospect that the nation is getting ready to dump him.* * **To the rescue ..... Canada's corporate media! Image rehabilitation is in full swing!* * ** **How Canada's corporate media is trying to rehab Harper's image with the nation *

snowden, greenwald, miranda, and the creeping police state: one month later, we should still be disturbed

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
One month ago, something happened that should trouble us gravely. Something happened that people who believe in democracy and free speech and an independent media and civil liberties and human rights should find appalling and unacceptable. It's old news by now; anything that occurs one month ago is ancient history. I wasn't able to blog about it at the time, and in a way that is good. Events of great significance occur - our rights continue to shrink, governmental powers continue to expand, fascism and police states continue to be normalized - and we rarely have a moment to process ... more »

Kate Braun : During Fall Equinox Give Thanks for Earth's Bounty

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Honor Mother Earth on Fall Equinox. Image from Seeds of Good Fortune. Fall Equinox: A time to seek balance in all things By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2013 “Come, ye thankful people comeRaise the song of harvest home...” Sunday, September 22, 2013 is the Fall Equinox, aka Mabon, Harvest Home, Second Harvest, or Cornucopia. Hours of day and night are equal on this day. As

PROFITS FROM WAR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

Musical Interlude: Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM-eGUiK4bU&html5=1

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Bobby Jindal to axe officials who took on Big Oil ~John Upton, Grist *

The horror in D.C.

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Here's video from this morning.* *by Ken* At the moment, the day's confusion in and around the Washington Naval Yard is still a long way from being sorted out. The last I heard, from washingtonpost.com's Rachel Weiner at 8:22pm ET: Fourteen people were wounded in today's shooting, according to the latest count from the Navy. Along with the 13 killed, including the gunman, that makes 27 casualties. All were civilians, Vice Adm. William French told reporters at a press conference just now. At 7:49pm Carol Leonnig posted ("Alexis had security clearance): Aaron Alexis had been worki... more »

Q Day 8: A Baseball Question

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
What happened to the Giants this year? Is there hope of them turning it around next year? Fine; I'll do a baseball one to close out, and then I'll try to go back to comments on the original post to do short hits on a few. What happened to the Giants? That's easy. As of today, they have 47 starts from pitchers with ERA+ higher than 80, and 103 starts from pitchers with ERA+ under 80. That's not the whole story, but it's most of it. I'm not going to look it up, but I'd say that if you get over 100 starts from terrible starting pitchers, you're not going to win very often. Can they ... more »

"Nothing..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.” - Reinhold Niebuhr

Fukushima: "No Comment..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
No comment... what could I possibly say? - CP

Crackpot cons make their own reality

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Apparently they believe their own crackpottery. In the world according to the vandals of the Crackpot Caucus in John Boehner's House of Dysfunction, you can shut down the federal government for the sole purpose of abolishing a duly enacted law of the land outside the normal process of governance and simply pin the blame on President Obama. They are urging Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to gamble that Obama and Senate Democrats will take the blame if they reject legislation that keeps the government running but stops ObamaCare. At least 43 co... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Mark Baird, a leading advocate for the state of Jefferson. Please visit * http://jeffersondeclaration.net/* for more information about the state of Jefferson. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.

Shanghai Cooperative Organization's meeting on September 13 , 2013 - could you imagine a more triumphant setting for both Russia and China after the success to date in diplomatically halting ( with eloquence ) the mad rush to start another War by the West and GCC Countries ? With a shooting entre into War by the US and its so called willing Coalition , the eyes of China and Russia turn to the Iran situation ....

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Shanghai Cooperative Organization September 13 , 2013 meeting and strategies - items of note.... http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/14/report-putin-to-travel-to-iran-for-nuclear-strategy-talks/ Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Iran’s invitation to visit Tehran to work out a strategy for the Islamic regime’s nuclear program, Fars News Agency reported Saturday. The West believes the Iranian program is a front for developing nuclear weapons. Putin, seen by Iran’s clerical establishment as a strong opponent to America and the West — especially after his successful political p... more »

“Fukushima Reactor Cores May Have Had “Melt Through to China Syndrome”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Fukushima Reactor Cores May Have Had* * “Melt Through to China Syndrome”* by Dr. Helen Caldicott, MD “It is becoming apparent that the three molten cores, each weighing 120 to 130 tons have not only melted their way through 6 inches of steel in the reactor vessels, but they now either sit on concrete floors of the severely cracked containment buildings or they have melted ("burning at 5,600 degrees F- CP) their way into the earth itself– this, in nuclear parlance, is called ‘A Melt Through to China Syndrome’. Each reactor core contains 500lbs of plutonium, but Reactor 3 cont... more »

Q Day 7: Evaluating Presidents?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Dan asks: When evaluating presidents, what weight do you give to the actual policies they pass or support? Can someone be a "good" president while supporting policies that are morally awful? It's a hard question to answer. I try to evaluate them based on policy "success" in which success means that it worked...but what works and what doesn't is, admittedly, not always an objective call. I mean, sometimes is it: losing a war is generally objectively less successful than winning a war -- or avoiding a war. And it's at least somewhat possible to objectively characterize winning and lo... more »

NASA's Voyager 1 is sending spooky noises

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
Are these noises from aliens? Not yet.;) Stay tuned.

HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 9, 1924-1930

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Mural shows Saad Zaghlul, first Egyptian prime minister, giving the finger to the military council. Image from Egypt 2011 and Beyond. A people's history: The movement to democratize Egypt Part 9: 1924-1930 period --The Wafd government and the repression of communists. By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2013 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "

Pope’s meets with the father of liberation theology; Vatican media praises the Peruvian priest

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Dominican priest Gustavo Gutierrez suffered years of criticism over the liberation theology * * * * *This is a radical departure from the previous Popes! I can hardly believe my eyes! -Bill* http://en.mercopress.com/2013/09/15/pope-s-meets-with-the-father-of-liberation-theology-vatican-media-praises-the-peruvian-priest Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 20:16 UTC *Pope’s meets with the father of liberation theology; Vatican media praises the Peruvian priest* Pope Francis' September 11 meeting with Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez was an informal one, held in the in the pope's reside... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Vacuum system alleviates methane buildup ~David J. Mitchell, The Advocate*

Please Join Us at Albert Woodfox's Court Hearing on Sept. 17

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 1 day ago
Although our hearts and minds are all preoccupied with Herman right now, in late August, the A3 civil case legal team filed a TRO to stop the now routine strip searches Albert has had to endure since March (view the legal filing here). Judge Brady has set a set of evidentiary hearings on the issue for this on*Tuesday, September 17th *at *8:00am *and *9:30am *in *Baton Rouge*. The cruel and rather perplexing irony of all this is that it was Albert who sued the State in 1978 and successfully put an end to this practice, and it is still that precedent that holds these searches as ille... more »

Leland Grass 'Navajo Nation reverses position on Horse Slaughter'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Navajo Nation Reverses Position and Now is Against Horse Slaughtering Leland Grass By Leland Grass, Sacred Legacy Censored News BLACK MESA, Ariz. -- (September 16, 2013) – The Nohooká Dine’, Elders and Medicine People of the Dine’, unanimously approved a Resolution opposing any and all action that leads to the slaughter of horses. The Horse is sacred to the Dine’ and is a central part

Differences

Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Sometime tomorrow this will be a half-way interesting post but right now it is Southern Man trying to get blogger to accept an HTML table. Column 1Column 2Entry 1Entry 1Entry 2Entry 2Entry 3Entry 3 So far so good...

"Greatness..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. So far from greatness consisting in going beyond its limits, it really consists in keeping within it." - Blaise Pascal

Native American Long Walkers harassed by Kansas police

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Photo by Bad Bear The sweet smell of sage and racism in Kansas By Brenda Norrell Censored News English and Dutch Photo by Bad Bear KANSAS -- Native Americans on the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz said, "Day 64-nothing like a little racism." Long Walkers said that after five straight days of walking they were "racially harassed" near Kansas City in Kansas.  "Some ding dong called the

Washed out in Colorado

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
I know everybody has been preoccupied with Syria and then the Navy Yard shooting today, but I'm genuinely surprised at how little internet chatter there's been about this. This is huge. The devastation from the floods in Colorado is stunning. Twitter tells me the GOP fought against funding dam maintenance there. Many dams failed in the epic rain. Yeah for deficit reduction... [More photos at the link.]

Kerry Was Wrong

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
* * * * *Kerry Was Wrong* *Turkish police raids al-Nusra safe house in Adana.* *Turkish prosecutor indicts six jihadists for alleged attempts to acquire chemicals with intent to produce sarin* - The Turkish Republican Prosecutor in Adana has issued a 132-page indictment, alleging that six members of the al-Qaeda-aligned al-Nusra Front and Ahrar ash-Sham – one Syrian and five Turks – tried to acquire chemicals with the intent to produce the chemical weapon sarin. The Turkish newspaper Radikal reports that the suspects were under surveillance by Turkish police after they received inf... more »

LEAP/E2020: GEAB N°77: 3 Sparks And A Powder Keg”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*LEAP/E2020: GEAB N°77: "3 Sparks And A Powder Keg” * Finance, The Economy, Politics And The World Situation At The End of 2013 by LEAP/E2020 "The 2013 summer sun, far from having brought the lull for which some hoped, has continued to heat finance, the economy, and especially global geopolitics white hot. The Syrian apple of discord has shown the extent to which the international community was no longer one; the economic news, despite all the tricks possible, stubbornly refuses to announce a long awaited recovery; currency wars have flared up again, hitting the emerging coun... more »

Q Day 6: Predicting Good Presidenting Skills?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Yet another anonymous commenter asks: Does Hillary Clinton display any skills at 'Presidenting' that set her apart from Biden, Cuomo, Warren, and company? How much of this can we determine from past achievements? If I had an answer for that question... Here's, I guess, what I would say: 1. Experience is better than lack of experience. Broader experience is better than narrow: Clinton's particular strength is that she's been involved in state government, she's been, if not quite White House staff, pretty close to it; she's been in Congress (don't forget that she's been House commi... more »

“The Untrustables”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Untrustables”* by Merrill Matthews “I have come to the point that I cannot believe a thing President Obama says. That’s not quite the same as saying I don’t believe anything he says. When he speaks he may be telling the truth, he may not be, or he may be parsing his words to mislead. But it’s impossible to know which is which? It has been his pattern since, well, forever, as John Heilemann and Mark Halperin demonstrate in their excellent book on the 2008 presidential election, "Game Change." One revealing passage recounts Obama’s decision to run for president. The aut... more »

Pretty Darn Funny- Fitness Challenge and a Giveaway!

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
Something I loved about my husband when we met? He hated exercise as much as I do. Seriously there is pretty much nothing in the world I loathe more than putting on spandex and running. A little over a year ago, my husband found an exercise routine he loves and has since abandoned me to sitting on the couch by myself. Now don't get me wrong. I exercise. I run and I curse every second in my head. I finally found something that describes how I feel in Pretty Darn Funny Season 2, episode 5. Check it out for a good laugh. Even if you love to exercise! To celebrate this week's episode ... more »

Trouble Brewing

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
(That's Jeff Buckley...)

Féria de Baza - where I was last week

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/LkTJyfYk96k The "Féria de Baza", the Baza Fair, has got its reputation as an important (inter)national tourist attraction. Held about September 6th and lasting a week it comprises the famous "Cascamorras" tradition, an absolute *Must See*for people who want a thrill of the super-extraordinary kind. Yes, as a visitor you may expect a lick of black grease when watching that mega-event, as evidence you were really there! Apart from that the cosy and noisy fair itself is breath-taking. With lots of fine dining tents, chiringuitos (small shops for small products, loc... more »

Orwell Updated-- In An Infiniti Q50 TV Ad?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Or maybe it was Aldous Huxley's 1931 dystopian novel, Brave New World that the creators of Infinity's new television ad for the Q50 ("Factory of Life") based the new ad on. The blue chip advertising company, TBWA\CHIAT\DAY (part of the edgy and "disruptive" Omnicom marketing group) was also responsible for Apple's classic "1984" campaign for the newly introduced Macintosh (below) thirty years ago! That ad was conceived of by Steve Hayden, Brent Thomas and Lee Clow at Chiat/Day, in Venice, California and directed by Ridley Scott, who had just directed Blade Runner, based on Do And... more »

Quote of the day: On Syria … and Obama

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*“It is hard to say whether Obama won or lost in the showdown over Syria, because we don't really have any idea what he was trying to do.” *- Robert Tracinski, “The Assad Regime's Long Con” Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Q Day 5: 51st State?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Bart asks: What will be the 51st state? DC? Puerto Rico? A handful of conservative counties in Colorado? A wildcard? I continue to think that the failure of the Democrats to push DC statehood in 2009 (and, for that matter, 1993) was odd, at best, and inexplicably foolish, at worst. The District certainly has the best case for statehood (and, yes, there's also a legitimate case for just returning it to Maryland). But Democrats seem mostly uninterested in pushing something which most of them agree with on the merits, not to mention something which would get them two safe Senate seats... more »

Just WHO does the NSA work for? Who does it protect?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
By American Kabuki (Bill) The more this NSA thing unravels the more remarkable it becomes. Its name "National Security Agency" seems lately a bit like the other misnamed organization the Federal Reserve System, which is neither Federal nor a Reserve. The agency is unique in that it refers to those who get its data as "customers". We know the NSA turns over information to private corporations like Boeing, in the case of the intercepts they did when Airbus paid bribes for a sale of planes to a Saudi Prince. Bill Clinton used that information to make a direct sales pitch to King ... more »

An Idle Bully Pulpit

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
I knew about the Stand Up for Science rallies today and had planned to attend the local one (until rent-paying activities intervened), but this hadn't occurred to me until I saw Canadian Cynic's tweets. Can someone please tell me where in the hell is Cmdr Chris Hadfield, and why he isn't leading the charge for science in this country? — CC (@canadiancynic) September 16, 2013 Because as much as he's so gosh-darned adorable with his zero-gee guitar playing, his country sort of needs him right around now. — CC (@canadiancynic) September 16, 2013 Yeah. So where is our Tweeting Super ... more »

Red Ice Radio: William Engdahl - War in Syria & Manufactured Conflicts

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
"All the evidence points to the fact that the so-called rebels, the al-Qaeda and other terrorists inside Syria, were provided chemical weapons by most likely the Saudis in order to create what's called in the intelligence business a false flag incident that would trigger the red line that Obama foolishly declared a year ago as a casus belli dared not be crossed by Bashar al-Assad's government, namely, the use of chemical weapons in the conflict." - F. William Engdahl. Red Ice Radio: William Engdahl - War in Syria & Manufactured Conflicts. Source: YouTube Channel Sundrumify.

This Clown Can't Even Get The Words Out

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Ban Ki-Moon is the war criminal, not Assad. Ban Ki-Moon is violating international law, not Syria.

Yaqui maintain highway blockade, call for international support

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Yaqui Highway Barricade Yaqui maintained their highway blockade as the Indigenous National Congress met over the weekend By Brenda Norrell Censored News Exclusive Sept. 16, 2013 Ofelia Rivas/Vicam Photo Brenda Norrell VICAM PUEBLO, Sonora, Mexico -- Yoeme (Yaqui) in Vicam Pueblo maintained their highway barricade in defense of their water in the Rio Yaqui, as representatives of the
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