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Maureen Dowd’s Two Faces of Barry!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 minutes ago
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013* *The one face of Milbank and Dowd:* In this morning’s Washington Post, Milbank plays the silly card with respect to Susan Rice. But first, Maureen Dowd played the silly card with respect to President Barry. On Sunday, she started her column like this, pitiful headline included: DOWD (9/8/13): *Barry’s War Within* *The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize had been up late pleading for war.* *The president looked exhausted* as he met the press in St. Petersburg on Friday. The man elected because of his magical powers of persuasion had failed to persuade othe... more »

"Insanity..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 minutes ago
“Insanity is when you do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.” - Albert Einstein

Ignore the Right, support the BBC - says a Labour MP

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 minutes ago
The BBC' usual "right-wing and competitor" opponents must be ignored, states a disinterested political neutral at the *Guardian *tonight. "We must stand up for the BBC"... At a time when public trust is so low, the BBC has proved time and time again its resilience. Its founding principles are to inform, educate and entertain. It is truly a public good which, despite everything, continues to be an incredibly successful global broadcaster providing high-quality journalism, factual programming and drama, and keeping journalistic and production values higher in the commercial sector t... more »

Satire: “Kerry Shocked to Be Taken Seriously”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 minutes ago
* “Kerry Shocked to Be Taken Seriously”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Secretary of State John Kerry said today that he was “shocked and flabbergasted” that the Russians heeded his suggestion about Syria’s chemical weapons, telling reporters, “After four decades in public life, this is the first time someone has taken me seriously. Whether as a senator, a Presidential candidate, or Secretary of State, I’ve devoted countless hours to thunderous and droning speeches that people have consistently tuned out,” he said. “So naturally, to be listened to all of ... more »

Issa: The Syrian 10 years old boy who works in a weapon factory 6 days a week - more pictures

LeDaro at LeDaro - 24 minutes ago
*Issa assembles a locally handmade mortar shell.Hamid Khatib / Reuters* *10-year-old Syrian boy works 10-hour days, six days a week alongside father in weapons factory. See more pictures *here.

Israel And Saudi Arabia Are Afraid of A Peace Deal Between America And Syria, May Stage False Flag Op

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 25 minutes ago
* Israel and Saudi Arabia are mad that President Obama hasn't already bombed Syria.* Below is an excerpt from, *"Harper: Beware of False Flag Incident,"*published at Colonel Patrick Lang's site on Tuesday, September 10, 2013. "The countdown to U.S. military action against Syria has taken another dramatic twist over the past 24 hours, with a Russian proposal, backed by Syria, Iran and the Obama Administration, now being formulated to avert American military action. The proposal, contrary to much of the media chatter, was discussed between Putin and Obama in St. Petersburg last week... more »

Putin: Syria chemical arms handover will work only if US calls off strike

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 25 minutes ago
Putin: Syria chemical arms handover will work only if US calls off strike. Source: RT.

As we await Obama's speech tonight, presumably trying to justify launching cruise missiles indiscriminately into Syria to punish Bashar al-Assad for the unproven notion that he was responsible for the chemical weapons deaths 3 weeks ago, he should consider the unequivocal consequences of the stupendously larger amounts of toxic chemicals that the U.S. dumped on Vietnam...

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 48 minutes ago
------------------------------ *The US government has used more chemical weapons than all other countries combined * ------------------------------ September 10, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Guest Contribution by the BBC Compare what Washington did to the people of Vietnam with its relentless chemical weapons attacks that the Vietnamese had to endure for years with the alleged and unproven use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article... more »

Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part II, Sheikh Abdullah Jalal Mukhif Faraji

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 57 minutes ago
The Anbar Awakening, which emerged in 2006 was a mix of sheikhs, clerics, and tribesmen, many of which were involved with the insurgency. Each was driven by their own motivation to give up the struggle against the Americans and the Iraqi government, and instead turn their weapons on their former compatriots. Sheikh Abdullah Jalal Mukhif Faraji was one such individual. He was the deputy head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar, and a member of the Ramadi city council that later helped lead the Anbar Salvation Council along with Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha and others. To Faraji it was... more »

The Realist Report

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 hour ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Harrell Rhome*, a contributing editor to the bi-monthly historical magazine *The Barnes Review*. Dr. Rhome and I will be discussing the Jewish Talmud, Jewish ritual murder, and Judaism's connection to Freemasonry. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.

Three Years and Counting on the Kalamazoo

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
Three years after a major dilbit spill on Michigan's Kalamazoo River, pipeline operator Enbridge is still at work on the cleanup. If it can't clean a shallow river in three years, what will it do if it dumps a supertanker load of dilbit to the bottom 600-feet down in British Columbia's turbulent north coastal waters?

Living Large Chemically

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
China is taking a page out of North America's book, discovering that antibiotics are the key to industrial livestock production. Already half the antibiotics used in China go to keeping livestock ticking over until they can be slaughtered. Shocked? You shouldn't be. China is at 50%. In the U.S., the livestock industry consumes 77% of that nation's antibiotics. *China's teeming factory meat farms have a drug problem. To make animals grow quickly under cramped, feces-ridden conditions, animals there get fed small, doses of antibiotics—creating ideal breeding grounds for anti... more »

Syria: I Told You So.

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
I Told You So. He's just as smart as John Kennedy. Syria: Agenda-Setting Masterclass for the Completely Boxed-in. from Spike1138 on Vimeo. How to win and save face by making it look as though you totally screwed up. If there is to be the "inevitable" military action over Syria that the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Complex so adamantly insists there must be: let the responsibility for that decision lie with those people already perceived by the American people to be irresponsible, untrustworthy, partisan, ambitious, and thirsty for the limelight. Am I crazy, or... more »

Best blog post in the world... EVER... again... part two

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 hour ago
Ain't Misbeehiving Ayu Lonesome Tonight Whelk Oldham Blenny Kravitz Queens of the Stoat Age Fly and the Clam-ily Stoat La Isla Bonito Gorilla Radio Limpet Bizkit Avenged Sevenfoal Mr Bungull Go-gull Bordello Shrew Fighters That's What Breams Are Made Of My Chemical Romants Half Man Half Biscat Sweet Breams Bananallama Lemurythmics Half Man Half Puss-cat Ptarmigan-garoo Down Sport Prawn to Run Prawn to Be Wild The Flamingo Lips Diana Wasp The Beetles Video Killed The Radio Starling Boasis Here Comes The Sunbird NOFOX Cattle Be The Day Toucan Play That Game Caribou Doesn't Live Here Anymore B... more »

It’s pretty darn good being Wagner or Cupp!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013* *Notes on two all-new programs:* Two Sundays ago, Meredith Blake reviewed the all-new Newsroom in the Washington Post. The piece was a reprint from the Los Angeles Times. We don’t get HBO on our sprawling campus. In part for that reason, we don’t know a great deal about Newsroom. That said, we’re not sure that getting HBO would help. Last year, a few free episodes of Newsroom aired. We tried to watch but couldn’t do it, so awful was the program. Last night, we found the all-new second season on our free cable, so we tried to watch again. Same result... more »

Greatest poster in the world... EVER... again... part two

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 hour ago
Ain't Misbeehiving Ayu Lonesome Tonight Whelk Oldham Blenny Kravitz Queens of the Stoat Age Fly and the Clam-ily Stoat La Isla Bonito Gorilla Radio Limpet Bizkit Avenged Sevenfoal Mr Bungull Go-gull Bordello Shrew Fighters That's What Breams Are Made Of My Chemical Romants Half Man Half Biscat Sweet Breams Bananallama Lemurythmics Half Man Half Puss-cat Ptarmigan-garoo Down Sport Prawn to Run Prawn to Be Wild The Flamingo Lips Diana Wasp The Beetles Video Killed The Radio Starling Boasis Here Comes The Sunbird NOFOX Cattle Be The Day Toucan Play That Game Caribou Doesn't Live Here Anymore B... more »

Professor Al Bartlett, Rest In Peace

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 1 hour ago
Isn't it nice that the world is still full of joy, and there are still people so oblivious to the gathering clouds of famine, war, deprivation and pestilence that they can make ecstatic photographs like this series by Jordan Matter? *Dancers Among Us* reminds me that I always wanted to be a ballerina. It's very odd that this morning before I got out of bed, I lay there thinking over and over again of one of Bartlett's famous quotes: “The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” He said and wrote a great many things during his ... more »

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Wit's End - 1 hour ago

1st Anniversary Repost: Writers Reflect on Chicago Strike (EdWeek) | the becoming radical

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
1st Anniversary Repost: Writers Reflect on Chicago Strike (EdWeek) | the becoming radical.

The State As An Attractor for Sociopaths

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
* * *Thanks to Tim forwarding this! -Bill* * * *The State As An Attractor for Sociopaths* By Butler Shaffer September 10, 2013 What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else. - Tom Clancy In the science of chaos, “attractors” are operational principles around which turbulence and apparent chaos are harmonized. What the limited nature of our prior experiences dismisses as randomness or disorder, the study of chaos and complexity is revealing as deeper patterns of regularity. Attractors help to identif... more »

Transposition of grid points enables Higher Vibrationals to transmit healing frequencies to all of humanity

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
* * *Transposition of grid points enables Higher Vibrationals to transmit healing frequencies to all of humanity* by ÉirePort  Transposition of grid points enables Higher Vibrationals to transmit healing frequencies to all of humanity. This process aligns Gaia energetics for final steps into hyperdimensional awareness. Humanity has resisted such for centuries, but has now reached the tipping point into this awareness. Gaia does not wait for those still clinging to the resistance paradigm. ÉirePort | September 10, 2013 at 17:02 URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-o2

You Wouldn't Knowingly Throw Plastics Into Our Lakes and Rivers, Would You?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
Well, if you're fond of those exfoliant cleansers, you might have been doing it unknowingly. Researchers trying to assess the magnitude of waste plastic debris in the Great Lakes in 2012 were in for a surprise: *Some of the samples they collected from Lakes Huron, Superior, and Erie indicated the presence of as many as 450,000 bits per square kilometer—twice as many as had ever been recorded. And the scientists were mystified by the form that so many of these microplastics took: multicolored, perfectly spherical balls a fraction of a millimeter in diameter.* *Further investigati... more »

CMS: \(3\sigma\) deficits in search for vector-like \(b\)-like quarks

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 hour ago
This blog and other sources occasionally mention excesses, possible (or real?) deviations of the observed quantities away from the theoretical predictions. They're extremely rare and we expect most of them to go away when more data is collected, anyway. But the idea that some of of them are real is surely what keeps many people going. However, in most of these discussions, one subtlety is neglected: deviations from predicted values may have two signs. Plus and minus. So in principle, deviations from the Standard Model may be either excesses (surpluses), or deficits (shortages) of ev... more »

Was Miley Cyrus Racist?

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 hour ago
Apparently one of her fellow dancers was dressed up as an exaggerated version of a black woman with a huge ass or something. Would my blog be any less relevant if I focused on the pop-cultural significances of Miley's hyper-drive career rather than rancid lard-ass stephen harper's daily defecations on Canadian democracy or such world-historical topics as the betrayal of the "Arab Spring"? I'd like to type something about popular responses to the character of Skyler White from "Breaking Bad." But, for now, I'll just take you back to those thrilling days of Yesteryear. When the bi... more »

What, Me Blog? | the becoming radical

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
What, Me Blog? | the becoming radical. Tagged: blogging, Twitter

Senator Pam Cashing In

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
It might be she's hoping to stay one step ahead of the law or at least out of jail but Pam Wallin is flogging her Manhattan condo and taking a bath on the deal. *CBC News has confirmed that Wallin has accepted an offer to sell her New York condo in the coming days, but the deal has not yet formally closed. * *The condo is in the 34-storey Plaza Tower, a Manhattan property described in a real estate listing as “a proper ‘white-glove’ co-op with 24/7 doorman, full-time concierge, covered circular driveway … and fabulous roof deck” — all just off New York’s iconic Park Avenue. * *Acco... more »

Bashar al-Assad's perception of democracy

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 hour ago
In times of tragedy it is refreshing that cartoonists provide the humorous perspective.

Syrian War: Casualities of War

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 hour ago
Wars do bring tragedies and we humans will never learn. It is about time that Russia intervenes to end this ongoing carnage of people in Syria. If Russia makes genuine efforts other nations will join in. Diplomatic resolution will be the best resolution. *HELPING HANDS: Mustafa Abu Bekir, 23 years old, smiled as he was carried near the Cilvegozu gate on the Turkish border, Sunday. Mr. Abu Bekir said he was severely wounded by a bomb dropped from Syrian government aircraft, while he was fighting with the Free Syrian Army in Idlib, Syria. (Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press)WSJ.*

Scary Panda

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

Judicial Compensation Commissions

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
*Judges of the Provincial Court (Man.) v. Manitoba et al*., 2013 MBCA 74 considers judicial compensation commissions. Judicial officers do not negotiate with the Government regarding compensation; rather compensation commissions are established to determine what is a fair and proper compensation. The recommendations of compensation commissions are, unless otherwise provided for by statute, not binding on the Government. However, if the Government rejects or varies the recommendations, it has to provide a rational reason for doing so and the process must be properly followed. ... more »

M&M's Zucchini Cake and Hot Apple Cider in the Crock Pot

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 2 hours ago
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and its client. Jeans and sweatshirts. Pumpkins and leaves. Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year. There is something about switching into fall recipes like soup and hot apple cider that makes me so happy. When we lived in Texas, we had only two seasons. Summer and Summer Lite. I would watch all of my friends post pictures of leaves and sweatshirt weather and I would get so home sick. I am so happy to be back in the ... more »

Anyone have this?

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
If anyone has a Rossetta Stone for French they'd be willing to donate to me or let me borrow for 3-4 months please contact me at americankabuki@gmail.com. I like to get the complete set, but even lesson one will help... I need to strengthen my French abilities, I'm going to need it soon.

The Gutter Press

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 2 hours ago
Away from the topic BBC bias (again), I've been troubled for some days now by the fate of a fellow blogger, Fr Ray Blake, whose blog I've been reading for some time. Fr Blake has been the victim of sensationalist reporting in a local newspaper. A reporter at the *Brighton Argus *misinterpreted an honest and thoughtful post of Father Ray's concerning his dealings with the poor. Unfortunately, things then got even worse. The original sensationalist report was taken up by the *Daily Mail* and the *Daily Telegraph*, who piled on the completely unjust agony for Fr Blake. (I won't l... more »

Will California's GOP Solve Its "Latino Problem" ( i.e., Racism And Bigotry)?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
Allan Hoffenblum, a Republican consultant in California politics since the Nixon era, told the *NY Times* that “Until we solve our Latino problem, we’re not going to be a viable state party, and it’s hard to understand how that’s possible without fixing immigration.” The *Times* explains what everyone in California is already well-aware of: Advocates of a comprehensive immigration overhaul argue that California is a cautionary tale for Republicans in the rest of the country and that if the party does not help pass legislation this year, it will risk losing Latino votes for decad... more »

Barack Obama's Redline Relief - Russia proposal on Syria chemical weapons

LeDaro at LeDaro - 3 hours ago
*"President Barack Obama has agreed to discuss Russia's proposal that Syria hand over chemical weapons, the White House said Tuesday after Damascus confirmed it would accept such a deal.* ** *Talks will begin at the United Nations later Tuesday, a White House official told NBC News, even as Obama prepares to address Congress -- and the American people -- over the need for military strikes."* Read more here.

Lanslide and Good Luck Indeed!

LeDaro at LeDaro - 3 hours ago
This driver was indeed very lucky. Watch! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Who's a hawk, Mark?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago
David Preiser at *Biased BBC* is not impressed with Mark Mardell. To put it mildly. Quoting the BBC North America editor's latest blog post, David says "Even here the disgusting Mardell can’t help but let his personal bias cloud his reporting." [That "disgusting" being an allusion to MM's own description of *Biased BBC*.] The sentence from MM's piece which has really got David's goat is *"The hawks in Congress may not like this but many Democrats will"*. This, as you may be aware, follows the Obama administration's decision to - as Mark puts it - pause over Syria (as a result o... more »

Can you see the BBC bias angle here? No, me neither

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago
*"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"* * * Indeed not, Sir Toby, and just because this is primarily a blog about BBC bias doesn't meet that there can't be a few Tommy Cooper jokes. So here are a few Tommy Cooper jokes. *I went to the doctors. He said 'What appears to be the problem?'. * *I said 'I keep having the same dream, night after night, beautiful girls rushing towards me and I keep pushing them away'. * *He said 'How can I help?'. * *I said 'Break my arms!'* * **I went to the doctor the other day* *I said 'have you got anything f... more »

The Science of Ascension -- Positrons Have Arrived to Transform Our Reality

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 4 hours ago
*Brian Kelly posted this at his blog... its an interesting explanation... what the true one is I am not quite sure. One thing is for sure there's a massive change coming shortly! :) - Bill* * * * * *The Science of Ascension -- Positrons Have Arrived to Transform Our Reality* September 9, 2013 http://cosmicdolphinmagic.ning.com/ I'm no science whiz, but I found this article super interesting. Thanks for sharing Jewell ~Brian Kelly When I discovered at spaceweather.com that scientists are seeing the Sun ejecting POSITRONS now, I started jumping up and down and screaming with joy.... more »

Free Energy Developments

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 4 hours ago
http://2012portal.blogspot.com/2013/09/free-energy-developments.html Tuesday, September 10, 2013 *Free Energy Developments* There is a great project with the purpose of bringing free energy devices to the people, created by Hope Girl and Fix the World organization. You might want to read more about it here: http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/finally-we-have-found-the-perfect-way-to-release-free-energy-technology-to-the-people/ And participate in the project here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/home-quantum-energy-generator/ There are similar projects taking place be... more »

Symposium — A Response to Charlotte Epstein: Are ‘Universals’ Allowed in Poststructural IR?

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Vivienne Jabri. It is the eleventh 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 responds to Charlotte Epstein article (PDF). Epstein’s post appeared earlier today. Other entries in the symposium–when available–may be reached via the Continue reading

Symposium — Une Invitation au Lecteur

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Charlotte Epstein. It is the ninth 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 Epstein’s article (PDF). A response, authored by Vivienne Jabri, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the symposium–when available–may be Continue reading

Israel- The not so missing link in the Syrian war puzzle

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 4 hours ago
I could come back here today and talk to you all in an expanded fashion about the latest developments regarding Syria. Such as yet, another UN resolution put forth by France. Or how it is that Russia and Syria are cooperating to get the alleged chemical weapons stores under international control. And, you may or may not know that yet another person has come forward to report that the NATO mercs used chemical weapons, not the Assad government or the Syrian army. * But, I don’t want to delve deeply into those aspects today. * * Instead let us talk about Israel......* It seems to be ab... more »

Wang case roundup (formerly Tseng case)

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago
*Ma vs. Wang: who will be eaten?* Well...Ma Ying-jeou's hysterical attack on Legislator Wang Jin-pyng, with its condemnation of Wang as guilty of crimes he has not even been charged with, has blown up into an enormous political scandal with huge potential to damage the KMT and Ma Ying-jeou, all of it completely unnecessary, had Ma simply said nothing. It's also made it obvious that from the beginning this whole case was about getting Wang. Tseng's resignation was just the collateral damage. Wang had been in Malaysia attending his daughter's wedding when the news "broke" that the ... more »

A WAY OUT OF THE DARKNESS?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago

HELP OBAMA PAY FOR HIS WARS!?!?!

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago

Signs of Change - last month' global phenomena special

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 4 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/0zJyEXyNtvo Remarkable phenomena occur on our planet. More is surely to come. Times are changing - everything is changing, even we are. John

Lawrence interviews Anthony Weiner!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013* *The end of the human race:* Last night, Lawrence made us think of Norman O. Brown again. Brown, a well-regarded classicist, suddenly got very hot in the 1960s. He got very hot because of his books, Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History (1959) and Love’s Body (1966). We don’t recall what those books were about, or why Brown suddenly got so hot as a visionary of the revolution. If you’re interested, this remembrance of Brown from 2005 helps explain how it was. That said, we have always remembered that one brief passage from Love’s... more »

Oy, Politico

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours ago
Alexander Burns and John F. Harris tell us that the Syria matter has exposed the "weakness" of several institutions...I'll only pay attention to the one I know best: the parties. Here's what Politico would have us believe: The diminishment of the parties has been underway for years, fueled by the rise of outside groups and politicians who don’t depend on their parties for money and influence. This is...exactly backwards. The parties are very strong and have been getting stronger. The "outside" groups are mostly party-aligned groups, organized outside of formal party organizations b... more »

SYRIAN REBELS 'PLAN FALSE FLAG ATTACK ON ISRAEL'; UN SAYS GAS VIDEOS FAKE; McGOVERN

Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours ago
And, the UN rights council says the Syria gas attack videos and photos are fake. And, the intelligence gathered against Syria’s Assad was manufactured by elements within the spy community in order to mislead the US President to take punitive action, Ray McGovern, a veteran CIA analyst, told RT. *'CIA fabricated evidence to lure US into war with Syria'*

Tony Abbott and family

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
This picture of the newly elected Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife and three daughters caught my eye. Eyes right!

The Tipping Point In The Fight Against GMOs Will Be Moms by Nancy Massotto

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
The Tipping Point in the Fight Against GMOs: Moms Green Med Info, 9 September 2013 *By Nancy Massotto, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director of the Holistic Moms Network* Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are taking over our food supply. Nearly 80 percent of processed foods, including those labeled "natural," contain *GMOs* and experts agree that organic foods are not likely entirely organic anymore due to cross-pollination (aka "genetic pollution") between conventional and organic fields. The facts are sobering. Our food system has truly run amok. Our children are increasi... more »

Stephen Harper's Pipedreams

LeDaro at LeDaro - 5 hours ago
Poor Steve! He wants black-gold to flow through these pipes all over North America.

Pepsi Settles Naked Juice Lawsuit for 'All Natural' BS

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *LipTV* Naked Juice (owned by Pepsi), is paying out $9,000,000 to drinkers after falsely using the term "natural," The FDA has fumbled with the definition of "natural," but the class action lawsuit against Pepsi continues to welcome submissions who bought Naked Juice until November. Subscribe to LipTV's Channel Get your money back here - http://www.nakedjuiceclass.com/ Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

Localized VAM and Nationalized Scam

Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
Part of the story we tell in TMoE focuses on how value-added modeling (VAM) grew up out of the backwoods of Tennessee to become an essential component of the national Common Core testing delivery engine that now appears to be running on fumes way short of its destination. Had anyone at the Gates Foundation or […]

Farewell to Arms?

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 5 hours ago
Now that he has apparently been given a huge out by Uncle Vlad after getting all mucked in his own red line, President Obama's appearance before the nation tonight might as well consist of just two words: After all the high drama that has distracted us from such important crap as the debt ceiling and where Hillary ate lunch, Herr Assad Hitler is, according to reports, giving up his CW stash in exchange for not getting blown to bits (not that the presidential palace or the royal presidential person itself was ever on Obama's hit list, or anything untoward like that.) So, there i... more »

6 Ways To Prove You're A Victim Of Age Discrimination

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 5 hours ago
This was a question I got from an AOL Jobs reader: *Last year they hired a younger employee and I have been working at this job for over 30 years and have always been in charge of the bookkeeping department. The new girl is head now. I am 53 years old and I feel I have been discriminated against. I got a huge raise because they were paying the new girl a ton more than what I was making. I need help in deciding whether I could win a discrimination suit.* Age discrimination is rampant in this economy. It's not unusual for older employees to be the first selected in layoffs and demot... more »

U.S. Government Also Spying On Corporations

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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Playing Into His Hands

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours ago
A lot can happen before the next election. But, Andrew Coyne writes, public perceptions of the opposition leaders are beginning to solidify. Justin Trudeau has had a good summer: The Liberals continued to draft in the jetstream of their leader, Justin Trudeau, who demonstrated at several points his effortless ability to command the media’s attention, as few opposition leaders can. Yes, in part this is mere celebrity fascination — dynastic politics at its shallowest — but in part it is owing to the personal qualities that a life in the public eye seem to have instilled in Trudeau. ... more »

Yaqui host National Indigenous Congress for Northwest Mexico Sept. 14 - 15, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
Marcos and Juan Chavez in Sonora TRIBU YAQUI-CNI CONVOCAN A REUNIÓN REGIONAL NOROESTE DE PUEBLOS, COMUNIDADES Y ORGANIZACIONES INDÍGENAS DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, CHIHUAHUA, SONORA Y SINALOA Indigenous National Congresss of the Yaqui Tribe calls for Northwestern Regional Meeting of Indigenous organizations and Indigenous communities of Baja and Chihuahua, Sonora and Sinoloa, in Vicam Pueblo, Sept

ADULT ABUSE: Same old memorized standardized lines!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013* *Part 2—Who is Professor Gordon:* Adults don’t stand a chance with the New York Times. Consider what happened in this week’s Sunday Review. Eventually, the bright young couples you see in those Times TV ads glanced at Professor Robert J. Gordon’s piece about the public schools. They may not have actually read what he wrote. But they saw the gloomy headline, and they saw the gloomy visual. You can see the headline and visual just by clicking this. The headline tells a gloomy tale, a story that’s very familiar. “The Great Stagnation of American Educatio... more »

Without hesitation, repetition, deviation, or repetition...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
*Psittacus naughtiecus* The second half hour of this morning's *Today *programme began with James Naughtie talking (from Washington) to Justin Webb about yesterday's remarkable events over Syria, when Presidents Obama and Assad both giving interviews to the U.S. media, John Kerry made a throwaway remark about Syria giving up its chemical weapons and Russia pounced on that remark to throw an almighty spanner into the U.S. administrations calculations by saying that Syria might indeed give up its chemical weapons, so there's no need whatsoever for strikes. From everything I've been ... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Siobhan Fahey, 55. And good stuff: 1. Scott Lemieux on the presidency. 2. Good points by Kevin Drum about Obama and Syria. 3. And Dan Larison on "isolationism." Yeah; there ain't much, at least among politicians (not to mention foreign policy professionals).

Another ConservaDem Will Try-- And Fail-- To Win A Republican Seat In Pennsylvania

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
After John Murtha died, his chief of staff/in-house thug, John Hugya, became a lobbyist and a shooting range owner. Today he is a 79 year old NRA fanatic, stinking of Beltway corruption, who wants his old boss' seat in Congress, PA-12. The highly-gerrymandered western Pennsylvania district carefully skirts Pittsburgh but includes some of the northern suburbs plus Johnstown. With blue-leaning Cambria and Lawrence counties balancing out against red-leaning Somerset and Westmoreland counties, elections here are decided by margins in the two biggest counties, red Allegheny and blue Be... more »

"9/11/2013: Tomorrow, We Go Dark"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"9/11/2013: Tomorrow, We Go Dark"* by Karl Denninger “Tomorrow is 9/11. On 8/21, I posted this: “On 9/11/2013 if you run an Internet site you go dark. If you use the Internet you go dark. And whatever you were going to buy, whatever you were going to do on 9/11/2013, you do not do on 9/10, 9/12, or at any other time. You get your friends to do it, or you decide they're not your friends any more. You get your business associates to it, or they're not your business associates any more. If just 10% of the people in this nation will demand and enforce these changes, the... more »

Government rejects the science of Pesticide

*The government says it accepts the EU ban on the use of some pesticides linked to bee deaths, but it discards the knowledge behind the moratorium.*In a response to the ecological Audit commission, the government indicates it will not ban the use of these chemicals for gardeners. The Committee says they are dissatisfied with this approach. The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) criticized the government's approach in their report earlier this year. The government confirmed they were not convinced by the results of laboratory studies showing destructive effects to... more »

Rick Hess and the Art of Truly Bad Writing

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
I have been teaching writing now for thirty years. Eighteen of those years were spent in a rural South Carolina high school, and more recently I have been teaching first year writing seminars at a selective liberal arts university. Young writers are quite predictable in their writing. They gravitate toward huge, sweeping claims, but shy […]

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*Rob Ryan moves with the stealth of a cat as Russel Honor stands up to Big Oil and Gas ~Library Chronicles* *Iberville demo begins, marking end of an era ~Jaquetta White, New Orleans Advocate* *New Orleans inspector general, police monitor at odds ~Meg Gatto, WVUE* *Lawmakers want to delay skyrocketing flood insurance rate hikes ~Bill Capo, WWLTV* *Coastal Lawmakers Seek Delays in Flood Insurance Changes, Rate Hikes ~Insurance Journal* *Tropical Storm Gabrielle re-forms in the Atlantic* *City of New Orleans strikes 18-wheeler in MS* *Monster Lawsuit: Godzilla Creator Sues NOLA Br... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*Mad Monster Party Gras this weekend!* *~Hat Tweet @LeslieJAlmeida*

"Song of Childhood," by Peter Handke

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
I first watched Wim Wenders’s film *Wings of Desire* years ago, drunk, at the picture theatre, and really had no clue what was going on--except that it was worth watching later. Later turned out to be much, much, much later. Twenty-six years later. Just last weekend. And I’m glad I finally did, because it’s a frankly earthly celebration. And it has this neat poem running through it by Peter Handke, based on the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, whose poetry is supposed to have partially inspired the movie. *Song of Childhood By Peter Handke* When the child was a child It walked wit... more »

Neil Turok's crisis in physics is a hallucination

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours ago
Cosmologist Neil Turok, the new director of the Perimeter Institute in Canada, gave this 82-minute welcome speech (well, only 1/2 of it is his presentation) to the participants of the 2013 Perimeter Scholars International. It's been discussed in Macleans, a Canadian newspaper, where an equally large article is dedicated to the Perimeter school canteen. The beginning of the talk is a fine but not too original promotion of physics as a science. Some comments about his institute's being unique are exaggerated. Look e.g. at all topcite 250+ papers from the Perimeter, ever, and compare t... more »

Japan's nuclear Industry will be shutdown - no active reactors for the first time since the 1970's - as of September 15 , 2013...

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
The Looming Shutdown Of Japan's Nuclear Power [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/09/2013 22:34 -0400 - Japan - Nuclear Power inShare1 *Via Stratfor,* Japan commissioned the country's first nuclear power plant in 1966 and nuclear power has been a staple of the country's energy strategy since the 1970s. But when the last active reactor at the Ohi plant shuts down for scheduled maintenance on Sept. 15, Japan will be without nuclear power for the first time since May 2012. While a small amount of nuclear energy production resumed in July 2012,... more »

Ilana Horn: Recipe for Inequality

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
Recipe for inequality* 1. Find a metric that correlates to poverty. 2. Use it to measure quality. 3. Find that high poverty schools are bad. 4. Make schools’ resources dependent on quality. 5. Allow affluent to develop other revenue for their schools. 6. Close schools in poverty. 7. Justify school closures in high poverty neighborhoods […]

'Today' - the first half hour of bias

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
Just taking a listen to the first half hour of this morning's *Today*programmeon BBC Radio 4 let to the following thought: My goodness, it's amazing how much BBC bias can be found in just half an hour of BBC broadcasting! (Especially if you're looking for it.) Justin Webb and John Humphrys presented. Here's how it went. *The first paper review* After the news bulletin, the first hour of this morning's *Today *programme began with the paper review. Justin and John kicked off (as so often happens) with the *Guardian* (56 seconds)* *on Syria, then the *Times *(59 seconds) on bank 'r... more »

Syria updates - September 10 , 2013....Syria agrees to Russia proposal to handover its chemical arsenal to international control - this being done to thwart US military strikes......US military action apparently averted for now , however , the battle to debunk the basis for US intervention continues as russia leads the effort to refute Syria Rebel claims concerning the alleged August 21 , 2013 attack !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.juancole.com/2013/09/congress-embarrassing-themselves.html How Putin Saved Obama, Congress and the European Union from Further Embarrassing themselves on Syria Posted on 09/10/2013 by Juan Cole Secretary of State John Kerry was asked at a press conference in London Monday morning if there was anything that could forestall a US missile attack on Damascus, and he replied off the cuff that Syria could surrender its chemical weapons stockpile to the international community within a week. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pounced on ... more »

Who used Sarin gas in Syria?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
An interesting piece of video of one of the recently released Belgian journalists has come to my attention. If what he says is true it might explain why the BBC and other pro-Jihadi news organisations have downplayed the reporting of the release of these journalists.

Dog scores a Goal with his Head!

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
*Thanks to Danny Baker for the spot *

Thomson, Compton, Bloch: anniversaries

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago
George Paget Thomson (1892-1975) died exactly 38 years ago. Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962) was born exactly 121 years ago. And Felix Bloch(1905-1983) died exactly 30 years ago. I wrote some biographies of these men, especially Compton, in 2007. While these September 10th men were not the ultimate fathers of the quantum theory or quantum mechanics, they surely belong to "next to the front line" of the 20th century quantum revolution. In this blog entry, I want to avoid their personal lives and focus on their key discoveries, especially in the context of the permanently persisting do... more »

Fight!

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Ian Katz's editorship of *Newsnight *began last Monday. His editorial choices have been interesting, shall we say. Last night, we got the Arctic Monkeys. Ian Katz is clearly trying to put a bit of trendy pep back into BBC Two's battered flagship, that forlorn Fighting Temeraire which, due to poor viewing figures and a string of self-inflicted wounds (Savilegate, Lord McAlpine), looked in danger of being tugged to its berth and broken up. 'Trendy pep' is probably how he sees it. Last week saw two separate features on mobile phones, accompanied by a request for viewers to record ... more »

Do Vaccines Cause Autism? - A Canary Party Video Presentation

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago
*Published on Sep 7, 2013* ** ** Why is there still a vaccine/autism controversy? Because families have been blocked from getting into a REAL court to prove that vaccines have caused their child's autism. The Canary Party presents a video on the corrupt Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to show how the federal government and pharmaceutical companies continue to get away with claiming that vaccines don't cause autism in the face of mounting evidence that they are doing just that in a growing number of children. Join our mailing list: http://canaryparty.org/index.php/join-us Fin... more »

Ouch!

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
And talking of BBC staff opening their oh-so-impartial mouths and somehow managing to wedge their own oh-so-impartial feet firmly into them.... *...Newsnight*'s new editor, Ian Katz, may well be choking on one of his own toes at the moment, having not DM-ed something on Twitter which he meant to DM. For those of you who don't know, 'DM' means 'direct message' - a way of holding private chats on Twitter. It doesn't mean 'Daily Mail'. (Ian Katz is ex-*Guardian *after all.) *Order Order* captured the toe-curlingly embarrassing tweet (now deleted) for posterity. It read: Tnks...exc... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Might this distant planet hold water? Actually, given how close Gliese 1214b is to its parent star, any water, if it exists, would surely be in the form of steam. In the above artist's illustration, the super-Earth Gliese 1214b is imagined passing in front of its parent star, creating a mini-eclipse that alerted humanity to its presence. Gliese 1214b, also designated GJ 1214b, has been designated a super-Earth because it is larger than the Earth but smaller a planet like Neptune. *Click image for larger size.* The entire Gliese 1214 planetary system is of the closest known sys... more »

"Shaya's Home Run"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Shaya's Home Run"* by Rabbi Paysach Krohn "In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning-disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school careers, while others can be mainstreamed into conventional yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs. There are a few children who attend Chush for most of the week and go to a regular school on Sundays. At a Chush fund-raising dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, “Where is the ... more »

Cheers at the BBC

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
Well, Margaret Hodge's especially aggressive grilling of ex-BBC man Mark Thompson is unlikely to have gone down too badly with the current staff at the BBC itself (nor with her BBC employee daughter, presumably). We certainly know that's the case for her other main target, HR manager Lucy Adams. The *Mail* reports a tweet from Nick Higham, the BBC's media correspondent: *There was an audible cheer in the BBC newsroom when Margaret Hodge accused BBC HR director Lucy Adams of lying to the PAC.’* Such an impartial bunch, aren't they!

"Choices..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
“Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.” - Richard Bach

He's back!

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
Ah, the Chris Huhne comeback tour, as sponsored by the *Guardian*, rolls on at the BBC. After his appearance on *Today *this morning, *Newsnight *is offering him the chance for another Murdoch-bashing outing tonight. Is the hand of new *Newsnight *editor Ian Katz, former deputy editor of the *Guardian*, being felt? (Was it being felt last week when George Monbiot received an invite, just two days into his editorship?) OK, so how did the interview go? Well, Paxo may have put him through his paces at the start over his past lying, but when the interview turned to Rupert Murdoch... more »

"Reflections of Self: We Are All Mirrors for Each Other"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Reflections of Self: We Are All Mirrors for Each Other"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "People you feel drawn to reflect your inner self back at you, and you act as a mirror for them as well. When we look at other people, we see many of their qualities in innumerable and seemingly random combinations. However, the qualities that we see in the people around us are directly related to the traits that exist in us. “Like attracts like” is one of the spiritual laws of the universe. We attract individuals into our lives that mirror who we are. Those you feel drawn to reflect your ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
Ferreiras, Faro, Portugal. Thanks for stopping by.

Webster Griffin Tarpley (2006) - 9/11 Angel Is Next - World War Three in the making

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 13 hours ago
Here's American author, historian, economist, journalist Webster Griffin Tarpley talking about war in Syria, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and other places around the world and how it relates back to the September 11th (financial towers) Event in 2001 and the London bombings of 2005 and the Madrid bombings of 2004. Strong words (indeed) from this ex-LarouchePAC member, and strong words are always welcome on Free Planet, right? If you found your way here, you probably need to know that this kinda 'thought' or 'theorising' is out there. Tarpley pinpoints FIFTEEN military drills tak... more »

TRF, the Earth's 10th-13th most central climate blog

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours ago
If this blog were *primarily* or even *exclusively* a blog dedicated to the climate, which is the case of *all* the colleagues and competitors listed below, I would find the results mediocre. But because it's primarily a theoretical particle physics blog, the results are OK. ;-) According to Mapping the climate sceptical blogosphere (full paper in PDF) by Amelia Sharman, *The Reference Frame* is the 10th "most central" skeptical climate blog on this blue, not green planet, tied with 3 more blogs. The author analyzed the links inside a network of 171 climate blogs by two method... more »

Obama Adviser: Strike at Syria Not 'another War'

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 hours ago
*President Obama and National Security Advisor Susan Rice live in a post-war universe. In their crazy world, attacking another country is not considered an act of war. Imagine if the leaders of every country thought this way. It is a scary thought. This view goes beyond arrogance. It surpasses arrogance and leaves it behind in the dust. The face of arrogance is aghast when it looks at Obama and Rice. It puts on a mask to protect itself from the smoke coming from their fire of bullshit. * *Obama Adviser: Strike at Syria Not 'another War.' Source: AssociatedPress. Date Publishe... more »

“Washington at the Centre of The Axis of Evil”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*“Washington at the Centre of The Axis of Evil”* By Paul Craig Roberts “The European race’s last three hundred years of evolutionary progress have all come down to nothing but four words: selfishness, slaughter, shamelessness and corruption.” - Yan Fu “It only took the rest of the world 300 years to catch on to the evil that masquerades as “western civilization,” or perhaps it only took the rise of new powers with the confidence to state the obvious. Anyone doubtful of America’s responsibility for the evil needs to read The Untold History of the United States by Oliver St... more »

Russia seeks peace for Syria, "...calling on the Syrian authorities not only agree on putting chemical weapons storages under international control, but also for its further destruction and then joining the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons." Thus calling Kerry's bluff.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago
------------------------------ *Lavrov Calls Kerry's Bluff* By Stephen Lendman September 09, 2013 "Information Clearing House - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wants peace. He's going all out against war on Syria. He's doing it responsibly. Important world leaders back him. So does overwhelming global anti-war sentiment. On Monday, Lavrov met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. He did so in Moscow. "We are calling on the Syrian authorities not only agree on putting chemical weapons storages under international control, but also for its further destruction an... more »

Putin Trips Up Obama

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
Russia has announced a plan to put Syrian government chemical weapons under the control of international monitors who will then destroy them. The proposal apparently is acceptable to Assad provided the U.S. agrees not to attack Syria.

MYSTERIOUS HOSS FAMILY; ESCAPE TO SOUTH AMERICA

Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago
*Brigitte (left) and her father Rudolf Höss* The Daughter of the Nazi in charge of Auschwitz worked for a Jewish boss in Washington. Brigitte Höss questions the number of people her father murdered: 'How can there be so many survivors if so many had been killed?' *Washington Post* / *Hiding in N. Virginia, a daughter of Auschwitz */* dailymail.co.uk* *Rudolf Höss* Brigitte Höss is the daughter of Rudolf Höss, the Kommandant of Auschwitz. Rudolf Höss was born into a strict Catholic family. During his early years, there was a constant emphasis on sin, guilt and the need to do pena... more »

Syria's Assad: U.S. Has No Evidence, No Credibility

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
*Title: Syria's Assad: U.S. Has No Evidence, No Credibility. Source: YouTube Channel Bloomberg. Date Published: September 9, 2013. Description:* Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- In an exclusive interview for "The Charlie Rose Show", Rose sits down with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The interview will be broadcast on Bloomberg Television on September 10 at 8pm EDT. (Source: Bloomberg) "This war is against the interest of the United States." - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 15 hours ago
A Piuva tree in Brazil.

Steve Israel Seeks To Jump Start A Conservative Takeover Of The House Democratic Caucus

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
For Democrats, this is the problem, not the solution-- Israel and Garrison In his Sunday column, The Wonk Gap, Paul Krugman highlighted "the G.O.P.’s near-complete lack of expertise on anything substantive. Health care is the most prominent example, but the dumbing down extends across the spectrum, from budget issues to national security to poll analysis." Political conservatism and serious policy analysis can coexist, and there was a time when they did. Back in the 1980s, after all, health experts at Heritage made a good-faith effort to devise a plan for universal health coverage--... more »

Guest Post - A Guide to Going Green - Improvements You Can Make Around the Home

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 15 hours ago
Buying a home is one of the biggest investments you will ever make, however the spend doesn’t stop there as throughout your time in the property you will need to spend money on many factors to ensure the space is comfortable and meets your needs. Spending money on energy bills is arguably one of the largest regular expenses you will have, and with finances tighter in this day and age for a rising number of households, any ways that this can be reduced are likely to be welcomed with open arms. There is often not a day that goes by where there isn’t a story about going green or becomi... more »

WILL AUSTRALIA JOIN THE U.S. TO ATTACK SYRIA AND IRAN?

It was clear before Australia’s recent elections that the previous Labor government under Kevin Rudd would have supported US ‘punitive’ action against Syria – and this despite Australia taking over the presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) this month. However, while the Rudd government may have given political support to the US, it is not known if Rudd would have provided any military support apart from the intelligence and communications resources that are based in Australia. That was before last Saturday’s election. Australia’s conservative incoming Prime Minister, Tony Abb... more »

The Upcoming War On Syria: Has The US "Intelligence" Community Fabricated Evidence To Lure US Into War With Syria? (Why Do I Smell Mossad?)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours ago
It does seem that there has been a momentary delay in the US launching its insanely stupid war against the innocent nation of Syria.... With the recent findings that absolutely prove that Assad did not gas his own people, and with the Syrians themselves allowing their own chemical weapons stockpiles to be turned over to international control, there is now definitely a backing off by the US, at least for the time being, in their rush to launch its missile attack on that peaceful nation..... With rising anger in the American people towards their own criminal federal government, there ... more »

The Computer of Tomorrow

Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 16 hours ago
About 60 years ago this is what scientists thought home computers would look like in 2004 (h/t kpete via *Democratic Underground*). In this TED Talk from last summer in Sidney, quantum physicist Michelle Simmons talked about the race to complete the quantum computer and how it will change everything.

Do medical doctors improve health?

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 16 hours ago
By Denis G. Rancourt It is a serious question. If any other profession caused a fraction of the death rate due to medical interventions, then that profession would be prohibited from practicing until a full coroner's inquiry was ordered and completed. But not the medical profession. It kills with impunity, without any real oversight. The numbers are staggering. In 1999, the Institute of

Everyone has their part to play in the kabuki

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 16 hours ago
Long day offline. My internets tell me we aren't bombing Syria this week. I'm good with that. George Zimmerman is still a raging maniac who's allowed to wander the streets waving around loaded guns. Not so good with that but unsurprised. And apparently somebody killed the Redskins which launched an epic breakdown on my twitters. In the words of Scarlett O'Hara: "I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow."

How to swear

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago
These words may be offensive. The Broadcasting Standards Authority advises reader discretion. Robyn Gallagher reckons reading them backwards is like a top 40 of cussing. Well, top 31, anyway. The Broadcasting Standards Authority’s list of rude words is at least a great start, proving if nothing else that there still ain’t no word like the ‘c’ word. Susan Freeman-Greene [of the Broadcasting Standards Authority] says … “The extent to which people are offended by swearing varies markedly across different groups of society, and from individual to individual. This survey is a way for... more »

Skydiving and SCUBA

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 16 hours ago
Not at the same time, of course. My new ModCloth pug shirt. LoveAt a firm lunch outing, we decided we are going skydiving. Well, not all of us, but some of us. Lauren and I are going for sure and have already paid our deposit and signed up. Kory's girlfriend Jennifer is going, and I think she will talk kory into going. Kurt and Megan for sure are not going, LOL. My friend Stacy is going as well, and I think some others may sign up. I think it would be super kewl to have a group. We are going at Tecumseh Skydive, which is the most respected place around here. Then, last week... more »

Multi-Choice Test: The Australian Election

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago
The Australian Election: Was it (choose one): a) a victory for a neanderthal who doubts the global warming nonsense, likes women, sports, beer, and wants lower taxes? b) a sign that the voters of Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Britain are all to the right of those in the US? c) a referendum on axing the carbon tax? d) an indication Australia has now decided to permanently enshrine itself as the 'Lucky Country': i.e., only by the luck of birth can one now reside in Australia. Please select one. [Hat tip Catallaxy Files] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact a... more »

Contract interpretation

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago
Northwest Plaza Ltd. v. Zellers Inc. and Target Canada Co., 2013 NBCA 54: According to classical contract theory, the interpretive issue involves a search for the intention of the parties as viewed by a disinterested bystander having regard to the circumstances in which the parties found themselves at the time they entered into the lease: see generally *Robichaud, Williamson, Theriault and Johnstone v. Pharmacie Acadienne de Beresford Ltée *,2008 NBCA 12 (CanLII), 2008 NBCA 12, 328 N.B.R. (2d) 205, at para. 18. Or as Brooke J.A. stated in *Leading Investments Ltd. v. New Forest Invest... more »

While sense on the hard realities of the Syrian mess is hard to come by, nonsense abounds

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
*"A bitter past hangs over this debate and could overwhelm a discussion of what's actually at stake."* *-- E. J. Dionne Jr., in his* Washington Post *column today,* "Syria puts our system on trial" *by Ken* I've been watching from the sidelines with mounting confusion and incredulity as the Syrian mess has hardened U.S. political lines in hard-to-comprehend ways and moved us toward a crisis point from which it's just about impossible to imagine a sane exit. I've stayed out of it mostly because I have no halfway clever ideas of how to reshape the mess into something that might stan... more »

David Stockman on his Book and the Bailouts

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
*I’ve been recommending to friends the bestselling book by former Reagan Budget Director, David Stockman:* The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America—*a telling account of the twentieth-century’s monetary and political breakdown, and how mistakes begun in the Reagan era and perpetuated by the GOP helped bring about the global financial meltdown. In this interview with the **Mises Institute**, Stockman discusses his book, the gold standard, bailouts, and the problems the American economy faces today.* *[image: Stockman, David A.]Mises Institute**:* *In the book... more »

Iran : Meme vs. Truth

Paul Coker at News Spike - 19 hours ago
*Meme:* *Truth* “Under difficult living conditions of the Syrian people, the (Iranian) government will continue sending its humanitarian aid and assistance (to them) while condemning any hostile act against the regional countries, especially Syria,” said president Rouhani. Dr.Rouhani stated: “We strongly condemn any hostile measure against regional countries, particularly Syria,” Dr.Rouhani adding, “Today, our region suffers from a severe crisis and is in a sensitive condition -- a clear example of which is seen in Syria.” He also reaffirmed Tehran’s resolve to conti... more »

Putin poses THE question to Obama and the West " What Will You Do If Rebels Are Ones Using Chemical Weapons ? "

Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Putin Puts Obama in Hot Seat: ‘What Will You Do If Rebels Are Ones Using Chemical Weapons?’<div class="post-meta" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; borde

Oh, Death, Where is Thy Sting?

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 20 hours ago
Sweet fucking Jesus on whole wheat toast, this fat prick again? George Zimmerman is the Teflon Terrorist, the Jenny Craig version of Ronald Reagan, a man with a soft, blubbery face like second generation dictators such as Baby Doc Duvalier and Kim Jong Un. It's preordained that before he's 32, George Zimmerman will be found dead in the back room of a Cancún bodega that doubles as a gay porn movie set, his bloated corpse on discovery by the laughing Mexican authorities being stripped, deformed penises drawn on him with eyeliner and picked over by barely-illegal gay por... more »

How come you’re still alive?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
Here is the most important news of the last 150 years: You’re alive when you should be dead! The most important difference between the world today and 150 years ago isn’t airplane flight or nuclear weapons or the Internet. It’s lifespan. We used to live 35 or 40 years on average …, but now we live almost 80. We used to get one life. Now we get *two*. Cool, huh. Which gives you more time to handle all those neat #FirstWorldProblems. This whole ‘second lifetime’ is a gift from our industrial civilisation. And, given how much our industrial civilisation is so regularly abused and ... more »

Catch of the Day

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 20 hours ago
Have to give one of these to Dan Drezner, for celebrating the craven self-interest displayed by politicians in the Syria matter: Look, this isn't rocket science: the opposition party will always be more skeptical of administration policy. Throw in a nation that's pretty sick of war and pretty hostile to taking action in Syria and this is a no-brainer position to adopt for most Republicans. This is particularly true since I suspect enough Republicans will join with most Democrats to give the administration the necessary authorization. Old foreign policy hands will likely cluck a bi... more »

November’s North American Power Grid Take Down Drill - Is November 13 - 14 when the lights go out for America ?

Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
http://thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/09/07/when-the-lights-go-out-on-november-13-2013/ When the Lights Go Out On November 13, 2013 There are very dark storm clouds gathering around the country and North America as a whole. Things are about to get dark, very dark in just a few short weeks. In just over two months, on November 13-14, 2013, the lights are about to go out. Will the lights come back on? It depends on who you ask. Given the past behavior of those in power, it would behoove all of us to prepare for the fact that we could be living for an extended time with no electricity. ... more »

Rostros de mujeres jóvenes - Beautiful girl

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 20 hours ago

Preciosa rosa de color salmón - Roses free photos

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 20 hours ago

Ciudad de Nyksund en las Islas Vesterålen de Noruega

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 20 hours ago

Monti Paschi faces Bail - In , depositors and senior bondholder at risk ? Meanwhile , Italy consider to face turmoil concerning the future of a present Coalition - will Berlusconi be forced out , will the PDL withdraw from the Coalition if Berlusconi i stripped of his Senate seat ? PM Letta warns of permanent chaos .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-09/monti-paschi-faces-bail-capital-needs-point-nationalization Monti Paschi Faces Bail-In As Capital Needs Point To Nationalization [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/09/2013 08:32 -0400 - Bond - Monte Paschi - Nationalization - Reuters inShare Just as we warned 4 months ago, the oldest bank in the world now faces a critical need to raise EUR2.5 billion in fresh capital - more than double its original plan. "*There is no chance on the planet that they can raise [this] in 12 months... they are h... more »

Una mañana mística para caminar despacio

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 21 hours ago

Hermosa postal de San Francisco, California, USA.

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 21 hours ago

Bloomberg:Dear NSA, Thanks for Making Us All Insecure

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago
Photograph by Mark Viker/Getty Images *Comments in red mine... -Bill* Definition of PANGLOSSIAN : marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds : excessively optimistic Origin of PANGLOSSIAN Pangloss, optimistic tutor in Voltaire's Candide (1759) First Known Use: 1831 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-06/dear-nsa-thanks-for-making-us-all-insecure#r=rss * * *Dear NSA, Thanks for Making Us All Insecure* By David Meyer September 06, 2013 Dear stupid, stupid NSA, I’ve got to hand it to you: As an agency set up with the task of breaking c... more »

Float like a butterfly, sting like an SOB

Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 21 hours ago
We need a formal welcome for Michael Paul Goldenberg. Take a look at his page here and be sure to follow him here At the Chalk Face. Tagged: at the chalk face, michael paul goldenberg

Alan Waldman: ‘New Street Law’ is a Dramatic English Legal Series

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 21 hours ago
Waldman's film and TV treasures you may have missed: Scottish actor John Hannah heads a strong cast as two competing law firms seek justice. By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / September 9, 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, England, Ireland, and Scotland

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 21 hours ago
*In Advocate ad, retired Gen. Russell Honore backs lawsuit against oil and gas companies ~Kevin McGill, AP*

Syria: “Watch NoBama Hit 'Em Anyway”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*“Watch NoBama Hit 'Em Anyway”* by Karl Denninger "Now Obama is ****ed. Gaining traction is a push to compel the Assad regime to turn over its chemical weapons. The idea caught fire unexpectedly on Monday after Secretary of State John Kerry made an off-hand comment that Syria could resolve the stand-off by relinquishing its chemical weapons within a week. Kerry claimed that Assad "isn't about to do it"- and an aide suggested the secretary was not being serious. But within hours, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow would push Syria to place its chemical weapons ... more »

Richard Dawkins on Paedophilia

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 22 hours ago
Is it just me, or has Dawkins become a parody of himself? Here's his trolling from the weekend's *Times Magazine*: Just as we don’t look back at the 18th and 19th centuries and condemn people for racism in the same way as we would condemn a modern person for racism, I look back a few decades to my childhood and see things like caning, like mild paedophilia, and can’t find it in me to condemn it by the same standards as I or anyone would today.” Professor Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist, describes in a new autobiography how a master at his Salisbury prep school “pulled me on to h... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 22 hours ago
*Judge: LSU board could face jail if search records not released ~Joe Gyan Jr., The Advocate*

From my other blog, Rational Mathematics Education: “If We Weren’t Meant to Use Calculating Devices, Why Didn’t We Evolve A Lot More FIngers and Toes?”

Michael Paul Goldenberg at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 22 hours ago
Some readers here may be familiar with my much longer-running blog, Rational Mathematics Education. I just posted something there that I believe will be relevant to many readers here: If We Weren’t Meant to Use Calculating Devices, Why Didn’t We Evolve A Lot More FIngers and Toes? Excerpt: Yes, of course handheld calculating devices (with or […]

A rainy day in Auburn Hills

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours ago

Michelle Nunn Fumbles Badly On Syria-- Steen Miles Would Make A Better Choice For Georgia Democrats

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
Most Senate candidates are on the same page as the American people-- they oppose attacking Syria. According to a report by Sam Stein at HuffPo last week "[o]f the 50 candidates-- which included incumbents, members of the House of Representatives seeking higher office, top challengers and long-shots-- 43 either returned a request for comment or have already announced their position. Of those 43 candidates, 21 fully oppose the president's plan for limited engagement, nine are skeptical of the idea and seven are undecided. Just six support the proposed air strikes." This could be the... more »

Canadians Tolerated the Toronto G20, Contempt of Parliament and a Stolen Election

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 22 hours ago
What more needs to be said? This country is hopeless.

Anti-War Sentiment

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 22 hours ago
Well, you can describe blow-back against decades of imperialism in the Middle East and adjacent areas as an unprovoked attack based on a medieval hatred for your freedoms. You can invade a country and kill anywhere from 50,000 to a million people (they couldn't be bothered to keep track) because they wouldn't turn over a suspect in the terrorist attack unless evidence of his guilt was produced. You can then impose a super-corrupt, oppressive government on that country's people and blame all resistance against it as being part of an evil conspiracy. You can then attack a country with... more »

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Challenge your feelings

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 22 hours ago
"Many of my clients find relief from their problems when they realise that we all have the right -- indeed, the duty -- to challenge our feelings and make sure they correspond to the facts." - Dr Michael Hurd, in "Are Feelings Hazardous to Your Health?" Discuss. [Hat tip GVH] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Mishap At The Money Factory Delays $100 Bill Release

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*Mishap At The Money Factory Delays $100 Bill Release* September 6, 2013 11:21 PM MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) – Imagine having $3 billion in cash sitting in front of you, teasing you – that you couldn't use. That’s what happened to the Federal Reserve this year because the country’s money factory messed up. One of America’s most familiar exports is the $100 bill. “We estimate that as many as two-thirds of all $100 notes circulate outside the United States,” said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. “It’s certainly one of the most valuable bills to counterfeit,” Ben Mazzotta said, a c... more »

Screw the Psy-Ops

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 22 hours ago
In another sign of how tenuous the Empire's case for attacking Syria is becoming, *New* *York Times* columnist Bill Keller "went there" today. He implied that to oppose this war (he never calls it a war, of course, because that would defeat the purpose of his sanitization) is to be anti-Semitic. He compares today's anti-war sentiment to the "armchair isolationism" that allowed Hitler to come to power: Many pro-Israel and Jewish groups last week endorsed an attack on Syria, but only after agonizing about a likely backlash. And, sure enough, the first comment posted on The Washington ... more »

Blogging against the Odds

Brandon Valeriano at Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago
I am very pleased to join the Duck on a more formal basis. I have been posting for a bit through our dear departed leader – Dan Nexon – for some time with a focus on my cyber security work. I am particularly proud of my post making fun of James Bond’s ineptitude as a cyber Continue reading

What did Michael Bloomberg say!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013* *And what about Johnny Manziel:* A substantial percentage of we the people are now in love with our R-bombs. We don’t know what the percentage is. But we now have two clear proofs of our incomparable view. First, consider the flap about what Mayor Bloomberg said. And by the way, what *did* Mayor Bloomberg say? At present, this is the way his remark is recorded in the transcript of a trio of interviews, starting last month, with New York magazine’s Chris Smith. The asterisk is right there in the transcript: SMITH (9/7/13): Then there’s Bill de Blasio, wh... more »

George Zimmerman's wife called police for help

LeDaro at LeDaro - 23 hours ago
Zimmerman got away with murder of Trayvon Martin and gun has become a little toy for him. *Joe Burbank / Pool via AP file* *"Florida police are investigating a dispute between George Zimmerman and his wife Shellie, who called cops and said he had his hand on his gun, an official said."* Read more here. *Update:* Zimmerman considers himself immune from the law. That is what happens when one gets away with murder. He was pulled over by police for speeding the second time. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Read all about it.

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
These videos will be doing the speaking today. I love you. I have seen you. You are extraordinary. You are heartbreaking, breathtaking, tender, compassionate and whole. You are every wonderful thing that Source could imagine. You are lesser than none. You are not lazy or criminal or in need of any correction. You know truth. You hold every card. You know your power and have waited all this time to use it. It is an honor to share this moment with you. I tremble with anticipation at what you will do next. The truth, the love, the answer,... more »

The Upcoming War On Syria: Has Syria Just Checkmated The United States? - Syria Agrees to Place Its Chemical Weapons Under International Control!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours ago
Continuing with the insane rush to war on Syria by the criminally insane occupying both the US and of course the terrorist state of Israel, we have seen more and more evidence the last few days of Assad's total innocence when it comes to the fraud "chemical attack" on his own citizens... More and more nations have now bailed on the so called "coalition" of nations that the US claims is willing to attack Syria, and all "credibility" that the US Government has had in the past has now disappeared... The world sees this impending attack on Syria for what it is; Another innocent nation to... more »

Sask Premier Needs To Tone Down His 'Country Bumpkin' Schtick - UPDATED

leftdog at Buckdog - 23 hours ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers]* ** * *"The NDP thinks Saskatchewan's resource economy is a disease."* *Brad Wall* *Premier of Saskatchewan* *Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is scheduled to meet with Federal New Democratic Party Leader, Tom Mulcair while the Federal NDP Caucus meets in Saskatchewan.* *For starters, Tom Mulcair never called Saskatchewan's resource industry a 'disease' despite the paid political TV ads that Premier Wall's right wing Saskatchewan Party ran. * *It's time to stop playing to the lowest common denominator in the Sask Party and act like a true national states... more »

URGENT: False Flag Involving Israel to Implicate Syria in the Works Says RT

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 23 hours ago
*September 10, 2013 *(Tony Cartalucci) - After a stunning geopolitical move by Russia and Syria involving the surrendering of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, the special interests seeking war have been forced to adjust their rhetoric and timetable around what is now a quickly dissolving casus belli. The surrendering of Syria's chemical weapons would not only critically set back rhetorical arguments being made to justify war with the nation, but would also preempt future false flag operations in the works. Perhaps fearing war was not possible, just such a false flag appears to have... more »

Skull and Bones Kerry Goes To Head of Line? Striking Russia - Real Gas Concern Is Natural (NOT Sarin) and Summers A Nightmare (Neimans and Saks Sold)

Feigning outrage, the former anti-war darling and Democratic Presidential candidate was talking about the Syria chemical attack, which was likely the work of America itself, through its crazed terrorists, though Washington is trying hard to convince incredulous listeners that Assad somehow did this just so the US of A could have the excuse to destroy him, along with thousands of innocent

Assad of Syria agrees to put chemical weapons' stockpile under international control

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
Russia asked Syria to put chemical weapons stockpile under international control and Assad has agreed to that. Will that stop U.S. strike against Syria? *"Syria welcomes a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said Monday after talks in Moscow, praising the Kremlin for seeking to "prevent American aggression." *** *Moualem, who spoke to reporters through an interpreter after Russia expressed hope the proposal could avert military strikes against Syria, stopped short of saying explicitly that President ... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Sticks and Stones'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
STICKS and STONES Posted on September 9, 2013 MNN. Sept. 9, 2013. The Indian Trust Fund was set up in 1704. In 1867 and 1876 the Corporations of Canada and US were set up under Admiralty Law of the Seas and illegally placed on our land. Canada made itself the illegal trustee of our funds and calls giving us a few cents of our own money “sharing revenue from Indigenous resources”.

Bachmann Goes Batshit in Egypt

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Michelle Bachmann links Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood with 9/11.

Nothing To See Here. Move Along.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
A former parliamentary law clerk can't see what possible benefit flowed from Nigel Wright's $90,000 under the table payment to senator Mike Duffy and, accordingly, based on what he can't see, concludes there was no crime. *Rob Walsh, who was Parliament's top legal adviser until 2012, says in theory, a criminal offence would occur if money was given to a senator in exchange for some kind of benefit.* ***But in case of the Duffy cheque, Walsh can't see what benefit Wright would have received for repaying Duffy's expenses.* ***No charges have been laid against either Duffy or Wright, b... more »

Who Am I?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago

Why is Jeb Bush giving Hillary Clinton an award?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*If you look at 2 party politics, this seems bizarre, but not so bizarre if they were always on the same side... Everyone gets distracted by polarity misdirection game in politics, but have the policies changed any since George HW Bush's term? Not really... -Bill* * * http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2013/0903/Why-is-Jeb-Bush-giving-Hillary-Clinton-an-award * * *Why is Jeb Bush giving Hillary Clinton an award?* *Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a possible GOP 2016 White House contender, has agreed to honor Hillary Clinton with an award from the National Constituti... more »

The S&P Fraud Case as Theater of the Absurd

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
* * * * * * *The S&P Fraud Case as Theater of the Absurd* By Paul M. Barrett September 04, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-04/the-s-and-p-fraud-case-as-theater-of-the-absurd#r=nav-f-story Sometimes litigation throws such weird light on business and human affairs that it’s best to view the proceedings as ironic commentary on the underlying issues, rather than a rational search for truth, let alone justice. Such is the case with Standard & Poor’s defense against the federal government’s $5 billion fraud lawsuit. The Justice Department, as you’ll recall, has accu... more »

Johns Hopkins Professor's Blog Shut Down on NSA Spying

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
By Brenda Norrell Censored News Matthew Green, cryptography professor at Johns Hopkins University, said his blog on NSA spying was shut down on university servers today, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. "I received a request from my Dean this morning asking me to remove all copies of my NSA blog post from University servers. The post is still up on Blogger, but a local University mirror of my blog was

Fellow Democrats, it's high time to admit to yourselves that Obama is not the "great black hope" you thought you had elected. On a little reflection you will realize that in the past five years he has presided over the imminent collapse of our economy, talked of cutting Social Security while ever increasing military spending, and lied us into senseless foreign wars that have subjected our troops (who we "support" with little ribbon stickers) to grave injury, post traumatic stress syndrome, and death (often at their own hand). Syria in not a threat to continental U.S. ...although it does have Russian missiles capable of sinking ships dispatched to rain cruise missiles on it's towns. So it's high time for Democrats and Republicans who are not brain dead to stand shoulder-to-shoulder and oppose Obama's plan to strike Syria!

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
------------------------------ *The rule of zombies: Why Are Obama and Kerry So Desperate to Start a New War? — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ September 8, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter The rule of zombies Why Are Obama and Kerry So Desperate to Start a New War? Paul Craig Roberts What is the real agenda? Why is the obama Regime so desperate to commit a war crime despite the warnings delivered to the White House Fool two days ago by the most important countries... more »

Stephen Harper and Keystone Pipeline

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
*Cartoon by Greg Perry.* ** This cartoon says it all.  

My breakup with high heels... the end of a love affair

Sandra Guzman at Sandra Guzman - 1 day ago
I've had a life long love affair with high heels. But a year ago, when I tripped and almost fell on a pile of dog dung, and my heel went one way and the ankle another, I knew it was time to give them up. There are no sensible heels anymore. I share my break up story w Latina magazine in this month's issue. It's on newsstands now.

Professional Reputation: Obama and Syria

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Okay, with the main point about Syria and the presidency out of the way, time to turn to stuff like this: If he loses the vote on Syria, the Republicans will be emboldened to challenge him on fiscal issues, immigration and on his nominee to be chairman of the Federal Reserve...If Obama wins, his position on those issues, along with immigration, will be strengthened just as he also is starting enrollment for his health-care law. That's Michael Tacket reporting at Bloomberg, but you can find lots of similar examples. It's totally the wrong way of thinking about presidential reputatio... more »

Elizabeth Warren To AFL-CIO: "If We Don't Fight, We Can't Win, But If We Fight We WILL Win"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Although Obama canceled his appearance at the AFL-CIO convention in L.A. this week so he could work on strategy for persuading America that war against Syria is the right move, the convention rocked without him-- by what many pray is a future president, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. She urged union activists that they need to strengthen their movement to beat back the enemies of working families. Here's the body of her address: I love being here with labor. It reminds me of a family reunion. Lots of roughhousing. Occasional arguments. Plenty of food. But ultimately, in... more »

Updated Major Hurricane Drought Figure

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day ago
2,878 days. The US major hurricane drought continues. This length of time is almost exactly twice as long as the previous "drought" since 1915 (which was 1975-1979). Of course, it could end this month or after, but it will end sometime. Whenever it does it has been remarkable.

FREED HOSTAGE SAYS ASSAD DID NOT DO GAS ATTACK

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
"A Belgian writer held hostage for five months in Syria has said that his own rebel captors denied that President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the Ghouta massacre. "Pierre Piccinin said that he and fellow hostage Domenico Quirico, an Italian war reporter, heard their jailers talking about the chemical weapon attack and saying that Assad was not to blame. "Quirico confirmed to La Stampa newspaper that they had eavesdropped such a conversation through a closed door..." *Syria: Assad not Responsible for Ghouta Gas Attack, Says Freed ...* *REUTERS/Hamid Khatib* Above, we see ... more »

Is the chair of the PAC biased? - live blog (up to a point)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Watching the start of the parliamentary Public Affairs Committee's committee grilling of Mark Thompson, Chris Patten et al, I was struck by PAC chairman (and Labour MP) Margaret Hodge's opening declaration of love for the BBC, and her confidence that that love is shared by us, the public - along with her declaration of interest that her daughter works for the BBC. Indeed she does. Following a tip from Beeboidal* *at *Biased BBC, *Ms Hodge's daughter* *Lizzi Watson has been a producer at *Newsnight*, so far as I can see, for well over a decade. (See here for 2001 and here for 2013... more »

This just in on kittens and sweets!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013* *Values of the Times:* Delia Ephron isn’t Nora Ephron, though she may as well be. On Sunday, in the Sunday Review, Ephron brought us up to date on a few of her favorite things, and on New York Times values. This is the way she began: EPHRON (9/8/13): *My favorite thing is a bakery, and my favorite thing about where I live is how many bakeries are a dog’s walk away. *Dogs aren’t allowed in bakeries, but many Manhattan bakeries have little benches in front so you can tie your dog’s leash to a bench leg and keep watch out the window to make sure your dog i... more »

Syria, War and Children

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
It is sad that how war-torn areas impact children and what kind of life they live. To start with there are two million refugees from Syria in neighbouring countries and many of them are children. Syria's total population is 22 1/2 million and nearly 35% are 0-14 years old - children. What kind of life view will they have the ones who survive? It is all very tragic. Below is a picture of a child who is playing with a mortar launcher as if it is a toy. *PLAYING SOLDIER: Issa, 10 years old, fixed a mortar launcher at a weapons factory used by the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, Syria, Satu... more »

Can a non party appeal?

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Kutlesa v. Kutlesa, 2013 ONCA 549: [5] There is a threshold problem today, however: Mr. Kotsiou was not, and is not, a party to the *Family Law Act*proceeding between the Kutlesas from which this purported appeal springs. He has taken no steps in Superior Court to be added as a party or to set aside or vary the order of Parayeski J., although a motion to stay that order was brought before another judge and dismissed on the basis that it should be brought before Parayeski J. A renewed stay before Parayeski J. has not been pursued to date.

Orchestrating Terror: 9/11 and Operation Gladio

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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The Men Who Stole $16 Trillion from America

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Let’s Start A War – An Alternative View

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Chris Carrington Today, September 9th 2013, is the day Congress will debate the prospect of war. Then, when the debating is done, they will vote on President Obama’s recommendation that the United States bomb Syria back to the Stone Age. These well-heeled politicians will meet in the comfort and safety of Washington to decide the fate of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Syrians. Most of them couldn’t point out Syria on a map, let alone comment on the complex and tribal issues that beset the country. Obama will pree... more »

December Surprise: Jesse Jackson and The Staged Syrian Hostage Crisis

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
December Surprise: Jesse Jackson and The Staged Syrian Hostage Crisis from Spike1138 on Vimeo. Jesse, Farrakahn and the Rev. Jerimiah Wright hold a Press Conference on the front steps of the State Dept. announcing their intention to violate the Logan Act. Given that this was 1983, this was presumably the same Middle East visit on which "Special Envoy Rumsfeld" was filmed firmly shaking hands with President Saddam Hussain. When it comes to political theatre, it doesn't get any better than this. "Upon his arrival in Paris, he met with various French officials, including Talleyr... more »

Is it Crazy to Still Support Obama?

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *David Seaman* It may be truly "mad" to support Obama's horrific national security policies, in the same way it was mad to accept that lead pipes in ancient Rome were safe, or that fascist dictators in 1930s Europe had the people's best interests in mind. Subscribe to David Seaman's Channel Visit RiseMorningShow.com Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

Glenn Greenwald Explains the Importance of Snowden and Whistleblowing

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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War Profiteer RAYTHEON Cashing In On Syria Already

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Youtube* Defense contractor, RAYTHEON is already seeing a huge stock jump at the prospects of launching Tomahawk missiles (which the defense giant produces) into Syria. We look at how they have profited already and how the defense lobby has nudged our representatives closer to war to line their pockets. Subscribe to LipTV Channel Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

What a "Basket Case" Pretty Darn Funny Episode and Hilary Weeks Giveaway

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
This week's episode of Pretty Darn Funny, made me laugh out loud in places. If you have ever had to get kids to school on time, you will absolutely love this episode. It is all about the crazy things and competition that moms put themselves through just to impress other members of the PTA. It seriously seemed like a snippet out of my life as a teenager, watching mom's do this to each other. It is pretty darn funny and not too long, check it out! To celebrate this week's episode of Pretty Darn Funny, Deseret Book has generously offered to give one Housewife Eclectic reader a copy o... more »

Syria and The Terrorist Governments of the Western World

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Syrian Cartoonists on Obama

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
*"No series of internet based humour would be complete without an image of a cat and a speech bubble, and the Syrian army is no different. The cat in the image is saying: "Where are these American battleships?"* See more cartoons here. My concern is that the current situation may give Assad incentive to carry out more atrocities. It is a very troubling situation. The atrocities must stop and the U.S. must get Russia on its side to deter Assad. Diplomatic efforts must be intensified. Given the U.S. Congress's dilly dallying a strike on Syria may be delayed indefinitely.

Radiation At Fukishima Nuclear Plant Is Still Increasing

Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 1 day ago
Russia Times Sept 4 2013 Radiation levels around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan have hit a new high, officials with Japan’s nuclear regulator said Wednesday. The readings taken by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) just above the ground near tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant showed as much as 2,200 millisieverts (mSv) present, surpassing the previous high measure of 1,800 mSv found just four days prior. Both levels are potent enough to kill an unprotected human within hours. NRA officials say the area of strong radia... more »

Symposium — A Comment on Chris Brown’s “The Poverty of Grand Theory”

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by David Edelstein. It is the eighth 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 responds to Chris Brown’s article (PDF). His post appeared earlier today. Other entries in the symposium–when available–may be Continue reading

Reflections on Amplify’s Core Knowledge Profit Potential

deutsch29 at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
In this post, I would like to offer my response to this information included as part of Diane Ravitch’s post on my exchange with Core Knowledge (CK) founder E.D. Hirsch. Regarding my strong statements on Amplify’s profit motive, Hirsch writes the following: The only way Amplify can make money from CK Pre-K-through 3 is if a school […]

Obama, Congress and Syria

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
It does not look good for Obama. *"As of now, the odds of Charlie Brown kicking the football appear to be better than the odds of Obama winning the House vote for authorization of his Syrian missile strike plan. Let's hope the Cleveland Browns' game plan to beat the Dolphins is better executed than Obama's game plan for Syria."* Read more here.

Under the Sea Photo Backdrop

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
I try to have a photo backdrop at every party I put together. I think it is easier to get people to take pictures at the party if there is a specific place for it. This cute back drop is from The Little Mermaid partyI posted about last week. I love this backdrop because it was so easy to pull together and it was so cheap to make. Sometimes my photo backdrops involve power tools, so my husband was thrilled that this was something that only took a couple of minutes to throw together and no saws. For this backdrop, you will need: Twine Tape Plastic tablecloths from the dollar s... more »

You Might Have Read How Arctic Sea Ice Has Recovered

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
There's more Arctic sea ice this year than last, a fair bit more. What does that mean? In fact, not much at all. *The Guardian's* Dan Nuccitelli provides a couple of really informative graphics why the crowing of climate change denialists is really just like the sea ice itself, noise. Take a look and you can close the door on this latest nonsense.

Why Aren’t The Common Core Math Standards Making Us Mathier?

Michael Paul Goldenberg at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
An 8th grade math teacher commented on Facebook: Here’s what I know about math at the middle school level: when I survey my 8th graders at the start of each year, most of them say that math was their least favorite subject the year before. It is the only subject at our school […]

Point One on Obama's Presidency and Syria

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
There are a bunch of things out there that I suspect I'm going to write about with respect to Barack Obama, presidential power, presidential reputation, and Syria...I'll start with what might seem the most obvious, but a point that isn't being made much and should be. The preface: There are multiple balls in the air. There's the effects of winning vs. losing a Congressional vote. There's the effects of forcing a Congressional vote, which Obama did, as opposed to not forcing it, which is what everyone expect. But then there's also the effects of actually carrying out the policy (that... more »

Who Is Killing Democracy in Education?

Michael Paul Goldenberg at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Who Is Killing Democracy in Education? by Paul Horton Reblogged from Diane Ravitch’s blog and by suggestion from Prof. Horton

Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part I, Thamir al-Asafi

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
The main narratives of the Iraq War tend to come from American and British sources. It has not been until recently that the Iraqi perspective has been added to the mix. One major difference between the two is what was the turning point in the conflict. According to the U.S. Iraq had fallen into a civil war by 2006, and things were not reversed until 2007 when the Surge began. That brought new counterinsurgency tactics, which focused upon protecting the population and turned many tribes and insurgents against their compatriots. Some in Anbar would disagree with that history. Thamir ... more »

The “End of IR Theory?” Symposium

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
The European Journal of International Relations-Duck of Minerva symposium on “The End of International Relations Theory?” is currently live. This is an informational post that will remain at the top of the page for the duration of the event. The symposium runs 7 September-18 September. It features twenty-five planned posts consisting mostly of teasers of articles in Continue reading

Symposium — The Poverty of Grand Theory, Duck Taster Edition

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Chris Brown. It is the seventh 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 Brown’s article (PDF). A response, authored by David Edelstein, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the symposium–when available–may be Continue reading

Ecuador: Soccer Defeat Blamed on UFOs (HOAX)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Source: La Cara Oculta de los Ovnis and Futbol Internacional (www.depor.pe) Date: 09.09.13* *Ecuador: Soccer Defeat Blamed on UFOs (HOAX)* Aeronautical researcher *Paco Máñez* informs us of a *hoax* that is making the rounds of the internet today. The Ecuadoran soccer team has blamed its defeat on the inopportune presence of UFOs over the stadium -- alien intruders who, according to the paper, caused the ball to move 40 centimeters away from the goal. This is the text as it appears at Depor.pe: "Ecuador left the Barranquilla Metropolitan stadium soaking wet. Not only because the... more »

Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - The Squishable Baby

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
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ADULT ABUSE: Sort of a nervous bustdown!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013* *Part 1—The Times brings in the gloom:* Last Friday, we listed “five myths about public schools,” noting that there were others we could have chosen. Just to refresh you, these were the five myths we chose: *Myth:* American students have been losing ground, or showing no progress, in reading and math. *Myth:* American students can’t compete with students in other nations. *Myth:* American students were once the best in the world on international tests. *Myth:* The United States is constantly humbled by educational powers like Finland. *Myth:* Our “achieve... more »

The Unrepentant Sinner?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
*"I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance."* But will there be such joy in heaven over one sinner who only *says* he repents, but who seems much more concerned with getting an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth from his enemies, and who most definitely doesn't seem prepared to turn the other cheek or examine too closely the beam in his own eye? Namely Chris Huhne. Forgiveness has already been granted to the fallen politician by the * Guardian*, which has now giv... more »

Get Your NSA On - Five Eyes and an Ear and A Mouth

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
The NSA is breaking the internet . The Washington Post reveals that the NSA spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year paying private companies for access to large fiber optic communications backbones - part of the agency's Corporate Partner Access Project. .

Charterland

Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
From NEPC: BOULDER, CO (September 9, 2013) – “Good schools shouldn’t weed out kids. They should teach everyone.” That’s the bottom line of the new “CharterLand” infographic from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign of the Schott Foundation. Inspired by the venerable children’s game “Candy Land,” the infographic asks players to work their way past Hoop […]

Cabaña a orillas del río - Bosques en Otoño

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago

Cascadas en el bosque de las coníferas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago

Meet the six Muslim Brotherhood operatives in Obama regime

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Do you wonder why Barack Hussein Obama seems so keen to come to the rescue of the Muslim Brotherhood and its associated organisations? Here's a possible explanation http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2013/08/18/obama-six-muslim-brotherhood-operatives/

Remember when you were told that women want to wear the burqua and that women are not forced by Islam to cover up?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The Herald Sun reports: '*A SUDANESE woman says she's prepared to be flogged to defend the right to leave her hair uncovered in defiance of a Taliban-like law. * * * Amira Osman Hamed faces a possible whipping if convicted at a trial which could come on September 19. Under Sudanese law, her hair - and that of all women - is supposed to be covered with a "hijab", but Ms Hamed refuses. The 35-year-old's case has drawn support from civil rights activists and is the latest to highlight Sudan's series of laws governing morality, which took effect after the 1989 Islamist-backed coup by P... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Happy Birthday to Jeffrey Combs, 59. Ah, back to it. Which means back to the good stuff: 1. Seth Masket on where the problems with political journalism can be found. 2. Very good overview of the ACA "premium shock" debate from Jonathan Cohn. 3. I generally agree with Danny Vinik's speculation about a post-retirement (announcement) Boehner, should we get one. 4. Nice to have Andrew Rudalevige out there writing about the presidency. Recommended. Well, I suppose everything I put here is recommended, but I'm not sure I've emphasized how useful Rudalevige is on these issues. 5. Jordan ... more »

Harper Unleashes The Dogs Of War

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
Stephen Harper is stocking his office with fanatical loyalists and delivering red meat speeches about the "dangerous" opposition. Clearly he is preparing to go to war -- not in Syria, but at home. And that tells you a lot about the man. He does not see that he is the author of his own folly. Lawrence Martin wrote back in May that "serial breaches of trust will doom the Harper machine." The Wright-Duffy affair is only the latest in a long list of abuses of power: Much has been written about their odious record on ethics and abuse of power. But there’s a common thread to the narrati... more »

South Carolina Senate Race: Jay Stamper vs Lindsey Graham

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Jay Stamper is the Democratic candidate for Senate in South Carolina and he's running against Lindsey Graham-- or whoever the Tea Party replaces Graham with in an increasingly bitter and contentious Republican primary. Blue America endorsed Jay and he needs your help, not just to help fund his grassroots campaign, but to help to send a message to Graham and John McCain that the people of the United States will not be scared and stampeded into agreeing to an unnecessary and illegitimate war. We asked Jay to give us a rundown on how the battle over attacking Syria looks from a Sout... more »

Lago en las montañas - Osbow lake

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago

¿Quién dice que los elefantes no pueden volar?

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago

I am not fond of Mondays ...

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

Pajarillos come avejas - Bee-eaters birds

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Flashback finish gives Saints a leg up in the NFC South ~R.A. Vargas, New Orleans Advocate* *Sean Payton post-Falcons Q and A* *Saints Defense Rises in 23-17 Win Over Falcons ~NOLA DEFENDER* *GAME BALLS VS. NO BALLS: New Orleans Saints Vs Atlanta Falcons ~Brian Beinemy, Nola Rundown* *LSU's Odel Beckham Jr. Among SEC Players of the Week * *John Barry, On Why The Levee Authority Has Sued The Oil And Gas Companies ~Bob Marshall, WWNO* *Frustrated council prepares to take up jail-size question anew ~Claire Galofaro* *Tropical Storm Humberto Drenching the Cape Verde Islands ~Dr. Jef... more »

Caravana de camellos en las dunas del desierto

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago

Cebras tomando agua en el río (Animales de África)

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago

Edward Teller: anniversary, interview

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
Edward Teller died exactly 10 years ago. See the biography I wrote 100 years after his birth and other TRF articles mentioning Teller. In this 30-minute interview taped on August 5th, 1974, he talked to James Day. At the beginning, the father of the H-bomb claims that what exploded and changed after the war was technology, not science. He tries to explain to the host that the pure scientific discoveries had no major impact on the life of the society and this impact isn't the right criterion to measure their importance. The theoretical breakthroughs are pillars of applicatio... more »

Monday linkage

Adrienne LeBas at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Syria continues to dominate the news. President Obama will appear on television both tonight and tomorrow to make the case for intervention in Syria. Both Senate and House votes are leaning against authorization. Assad will appear tonight on Charlie Rose (!) to deny responsibility for last month’s chemical weapons attack. More Syria linkage after the jump. The most Continue reading

Leonard Peltier's Statement on Indigenous Rights Tribunal

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
September 9, 2013 By Leonard Peltier My dear friends and family, There is a lot being said about the scheduled “Leonard Peltier International Tribunal on the Abuse of Indigenous Human Rights" on October 2-4, 2013, on the Oneida Reservation in Oneida/Green Bay, WI.  I want to express support for and appreciation to my team for all of the hard work they are putting in to make this a

Secretary of State demands Syria surrender its chemical weapons within one week - otherwise the US would launch an " unbelievably small and limited effort " to punish the Assad regime for the August 21 , 2013 chemical attack ....US admits it does not possess irrefutable evidence that President Assad was behind the alleged chemical weapon attack on August 21 , 2013 - but will rely on " common sense test irrespective of the intelligence " .....additional updates on syria !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/504691/20130909/kerry-gives-ultimatum-assad-syria-chemical-weapons.htm [image: US secretary of State John Kerry] US secretary of State John Kerry (Reuters) US secretary of state John Kerry has given an ultimatum to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to avoid a military strike by turning over his entire chemical weapons arsenal to the international community within the next week. At a joint press conference with UK foreign secretary William Hague, Kerry said that America was not going to war but would launch an "unbelievably small and limited effort" to... more »

"Premonitions: Yes, We Do Have A Sixth Sense”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * No, this is not an animated GIF... *"Premonitions: Yes, We Do Have A Sixth Sense”* By Sarah Chalmers "On Friday, October 21, 1966, a mountain of coal waste, perched above the Welsh mining village of Aberfan, broke loose and came flowing down uncontrollably. Destabilized by recent rains, a river of black coal sludge, water and boulders bore down on Aberfan. It steamrollered over a tiny cottage halfway down the slope, thundered through Pantglas Junior School, obliterated a further 20 houses - then finally came to rest. A total of 144 people, including many children, were c... more »

"A Fifth of a Second: Falling in Love is More Scientific Than You Think"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* "A Fifth of a Second: * *Falling in Love is More Scientific Than You Think"* by PhysOrg.com "A new meta-analysis study conducted by Syracuse University Professor Stephanie Ortigue is getting attention around the world. The groundbreaking study, "The Neuroimaging of Love," reveals falling in love can elicit not only the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine, but also affects intellectual areas of the brain. Researchers also found falling in love only takes about a fifth of a second. Ortigue is an assistant professor of psychology and an adjunct assistant professor of ne... more »

Ken Roth from HRW. Spins for NATO despite significant lingering doubts

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
freethinkerSeptember 9, 2013 at 1:39 AM Human Rights Watch show their true colours in this RT interview of Ken Roth, executive director of HRW: Bombing for Peace * The loaded language is very interesting. His organization is quite obviously a NATO propaganda tool.* *Clearly*. *Not that I had any doubt, but, just in case anyone else did?* *Ken Roth makes many false or misleading claims including:* -Claiming Assad undertook the chemical attacks. Conveniently the same stance as US/Israel -Claiming NATO mercs do not have weapons the do indeed have. -Claiming the casualty total from... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Yeah, God forbid those rich folks don't get their stock dividends from owning the "Defense" corporations... - CP
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