English: Chicago Public Schools headquarters, Chicago, Illinois. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Part of Title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code) on a shelf at a law library in San Francisco. Photographed by user Coolcaesar on March 14, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)My Employer Filed Bankruptcy. Does That Mean They Can't Enforce My Noncompete?
This question was asked on my post Non-Compete Agreements - Top 5 Ways To
Get Out of Yours:
My employer has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and is reorganizing. Does
this also invalidate their employment contracts?
Wayne
This is a good question, Wayne, especially considering how many
bankruptcies have been filed in the past few years. I should first say
that, being an employment lawyer, what I don't know about bankruptcy law is
a whole lot. However, I'll do my best to explain why there's no easy answer
to this question. If there are any bankruptcy lawyers out there who want to
... more »
InBloom Wants Your Child's Data
*CHICAGO (CBS) –* The head of a Chicago parents group was warning parents
the Chicago Public Schools system plans to upload personal student
information into a national database run by billionaire media mogul Rupert
Murdoch.
Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible
Education (PURE), said the InBloom database upload is an invasion of
privacy, masquerading as a program to individualize educational programs.
She said uploading personal data like disciplinary records, information on
disabilities, and parental income — along with the child’s name — will
allo... more »
Ron Comrade
Hmm, Leninism, isn't it...? Iron cohort... discipline... three and in...
1917... jumpers for goalposts... workers and soldiers... in the soviet...
Petrograd... the Aurora... Paul Gascoigne... 1966... storming the Winter
Palace... firm leadership... key link in the chain... not like 1936...
Trotsky... Stalin rubbing dogshit on the ball... Bobby Moore... penalty
shoot out... 1990.. Barcelona... Hungary... Iran 1979... the shoras...
wingless wonders... organising the vanguard... Lenin... twinkle in his
eye... at the podium... Peace Land and Bread... enduring image, isn't it?
But can y... more »
Fools In Charge (Again?)? Just Wait for Their Next Act!
How did I miss this jewel yesterday? Can't resist running their lovely
photos with tales of the uneducated idle to follow. Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013
Right-Wing Nutjobs’ Last Stand: The Debt Limit Endgame ArrivesAs the debt
limit deadline approaches, conservatives are trotting out the real
nonsense. The fantasy is almost over.By Brian Beutler (Click on photo for
full wingnut effect.) Ted Cruz
Bad Bear Photos: Longest Walk 4 walking to Garden City, Kansas
Thanks to Western Shoshone long walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson for the photos from the road today!
www.returntoalcatraz.com
Mohawk John Kane: Tewatahtawi 'We Carry Ourselves'
Mohawk
John Kane: Tewatahtawi 'We Carry Ourselves'
By John Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
In 1776, when a group of 13 British colonies broke off from their
empire, there was more than just a battle that needed to be fought.
First, there needed to be a rationale or philosophy that the rest of the
world (Europe, in particular) could embrace for such a revolt. The
rationale was laid out in the
FREE ALICE MUNRO
Via Lawyers, Guns, and Money, we learn of the international campaign
unleashed by the audacious choice of the Nobel prize committee to give the
literature prize to dissident Canadian writer Alice Munro:
State media in Canada reacted positively to the news, calling it a great
victory for the Canadian nation and the state ideology. Still, Munro is
expected to come under intense pressure from Canadian exile communities,
who are already calling on the author to use this moment to focus greater
attention on the lack of political freedoms in Canada.
Margaret Atwood could not be reached... more »
Elsewhere: Shutdown/Debt Limit, Gerrymandering, more
Today I did a notes-style post while waiting for details of whatever the
House is going to do on the debt limit, covering some of the next steps on
shutdown/debt limit.
Earlier I argued that it's still all about mainstream conservatives House
Republicans. Not Boehner, not the (relatively) moderate group, and not the
Tea Party group -- it's about the mainstream conservatives.
Here's some more:
Gerrymandering didn't break the House.
The basic story: Democratic unity.
Republicans are demanding a price for negotiations.
Professors Need to Stop Recommending TFA’ers to Be Teachers
TFA is Losing Its Luster There is still good, quality, genuine education
going on around the country despite the anti-teacher, anti-intellectual and
misogynistic meme of accountability and performance, test scores, and
measuring every student every year, over and over and over again, on
standardized fill in the bubble sheets. TFA, just like so much of […]
Predictive Programming: Alex Jones and the Assassination of President Barack H. Obama
*"Alex Jones is a viscous White Supremecist"*
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*- Bro. Steve Cokely, 2010*
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"Aside from a 2011 report that Alex Jones is actually working for the Obama
administration, Alex Jones is one of 10 or so “celebrities” that have
openly predicted the future assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama.
In a video uploaded on February 15, 2010, Jones emphatically states that he
is “100%” sure an Obama assassination is going to happen.
There are many reasons to believe that an Obama assassination by the
Israeli Mossad is going to happen, but interestingly this evidence is never... more »
Oxford Cheiromancy ... ever been curious?
about twenty years ago, I wondered if the ancient divining techniques I'd
gleaned from a tatty old book (The Cheiro Book of Fate and Fortune by Count
Louis Hamon aka *Cheiro) *that I'd found on the shelf in a bedsit I'd
rented as an art student could be applied to the modern world. I gave local
people readings for a few florins and (despite my skepticism) it seemed to
just work.
Back then it was either face-to-face or (if you weren't local) it was inked
hands or photocopies sent through Royal Mail - it was a bit laborious. Now,
as everyone has a digital camera-phone or similar devi... more »
Brad Wall's Sask Party Gov't Will Continue To Fund Research To Try And Prove Dr. Zamboni's Debunked Multiple Sclerosis Theory ...
*(Sask Health Hon. Minister Dustin Duncan)**
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*[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
* Sask. health minister says new study doesn't necessarily debunk MS
liberation therapy*
*"Saskatchewan’s health minister says the province won’t be deterred by a
new study that found the narrowing of the veins leading from the brain is
just as prevalent in patients with Multiple Sclerosis as in people without
the disease.*
*** (Minister) Dustin Duncan says the findings of the study don’t
necessarily debunk the efficacy of the liberation treatment for MS.*
*** “I don’t think the information, the evid... more »
Truffle Party Favors
*Disclosure: I participated in this post on behalf of Burst Media. I was
compensated for my time and commitment, but all opinions are my own. This
post is sponsored by GODIVA.*
When I throw a baby shower, I love it when everything matches. All the
way down to the little details. I have made a lot of party favors in my
life, but none have gotten such a good as these simple little pots with a
truffle inside. They are easy to make and they really have wow factor.
You will need:
Small ceramic pots (You can buy these at the craft store)
Paint in the color scheme of your party
Ribbon that... more »
My Textbook on Religion
*Preface*
Every society in the history of the world has engaged in some form of this
batshittery. We would like to move on from it, but many, many people have
made damn good livings over the centuries practicing, teaching, and writing
about it, so we thought, what the hell?
Universities and colleges being no better, yours is offering you a course
on this crap and here's the textbook for it.
Suck it up, buttercups.
*Introduction*
This text is organized along the usual nutbar lines. We'll do the oldest
stuff first, when humans were still pissing their pants over thunder and
lightning... more »
TFA is Losing Its Luster
There is still good, quality, genuine education going on around the country
despite the anti-teacher, anti-intellectual and misogynistic meme of
accountability and performance, test scores, and measuring every student
every year, over and over and over again, on standardized fill in the
bubble sheets.
TFA, just like so much of corporate education reform, fails to acknowledge
the "appropriate role of a TFA recruit" in a school where there are
experienced teachers who have devoted their lives and their careers to a
particular school and community and its children.
And so, TFA'ers, ... more »
Evidence Presented in the Case Against Growth Models for High Stakes Purposes
*Posted earlier today at Substance News:*
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**Evidence Presented in the Case Against Growth Models for High Stakes
Purposes*
*Denise Wilburn and Jim Horn*
*The following article quotes liberally from The Mismeasure of Education, and
it represents an overview of the research-based critiques of value-added
modeling, or growth models. We offer it here to Chicago educators [and
educators everywhere] with the hope that it may serve to inspire and inform
the restoration of fairness, reliability, and validity to the teacher
evaluation process and the assessment of children and schools.*
... more »
British Columbia Court of Appeal upholds federal ban on assisted suicide
*Carter v. Canada (Attorney General),* 2013 BCCA 435:
The Facts and Reasons of the Trial Judge:
The plaintiffs Ms. Carter and Ms. Taylor, both of whom suffered from
intractable and progressive diseases and are now deceased, joined with
others in bringing this civil claim challenging the constitutionality of
the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide and euthanasia,
specifically ss. 14, 21(1)(b), 21(2), 22, 222(1)-222(5), and 241 of the
Criminal Code. The main focus of their case, however, was s. 241(b), which
prohibits assisting another person to commit suicide... more »
Analysis and range for manslaughter of children
*R v Choy, *2013 ABCA 334:
[12] The judge did not have the benefit of this Court's decisions
in *R v Nickel*,2012 ABCA 158 (CanLII), 2012 ABCA 158, 524 AR 366 and *R v
SDC*, 2013 ABCA 46 (CanLII), 2013 ABCA 46, as they issued after she
delivered her reasons in this case. *Nickel* laid out a framework for
analysis of child abuse cases. In *Nickel*the majority stated that "perhaps
the most important consideration when assessing moral culpability of the *actus
reus* is the child's exposure to harm", (para 34). Here the exposure was
prolonged, and at the hands of a caregiver... more »
Have we become too connected?...
*smartphones, computers, Facebook, Twitter - all clamoring for our
attention. *
I practice a bit of reverse snobbery when it comes to all this. I don't
have a smartphone. Why the hell would I want a phone that's smarter than
me? We do have a Tracfone for emergencies which I never remember to take
with me.
I don't text. I remember witnessing a friend having an argument with her
brother by texting back and forth. I couldn't help thinking a phone call
would have been much better and easier.
I still find Twitter incomprehensible.
And Facebook? Good grief. We're raising a gene... more »
Smell the Earth, Taste the Rain...Hear the Sun Rise and Night Fall
The exquisitely vibrant version of the tangerine maple was taken in
Peapack, New Jersey back on October 13, 2010. It was the prettiest tree I
could find that year, when the portentous symptoms of tree decline had been
apparent for at least two years. By the time a summer season of absorbing
pollution was coming to a close in autumn, most leaves were already showing
visible damage impeding photosynthesis. That trend has since lurched ahead
most inauspiciously. The second image is the same tree October 11,
2012...while the last and thinnest is from yesterday - October 9, 2013. In ... more »
Memewatch: What if we fail to raise the debt limit?
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2013*
*The Times almost starts to report:* What will happen if we don’t raise the
debt limit?
Timorously, barely daring to speak, the New York Times has finally begun to
answer that question. But just barely!
Annie Lowrey’s news report appears on page A14. With one week to go before
we drop dead, the New York Times has finally started explaining what would
happen!
That said, you have to read Lowrey’s report with great care if you want to
get clear on the facts.
If we fail to raise the debt limit, will Treasury be able to keep paying
our “debt service?” That... more »
Roy Spencer vs citizen scientists
*Willis Eschenbach didn't deserve such a universal criticism*
Citizen scientists typically – or, given some terminology, by definition –
lack the official education and familiarity with the existing body of the
technical literature in a scientific discipline. They're autodidacts and
they haven't been "rated" by any well-established institutionalized system.
That means that the quality of their research differs. When it comes to
atmospheric physics, we can find citizen scientists at many levels.
The Sky Dragon Slayers represent the bottom end of the spectrum; they're
full-fledged c... more »
Smell the Earth, Taste the Rain...Hear the Sun Rise and Night Fall
The exquisitely vibrant version of the tangerine maple was taken in
Peapack, New Jersey back on October 13, 2010. It was the prettiest tree I
could find that year, when the portentous symptoms of tree decline had been
apparent for at least two years. By the time a summer season of absorbing
pollution was coming to a close in autumn, most leaves were already showing
visible damage impeding photosynthesis. That trend has since lurched ahead
most inauspiciously. The second image is the same tree October 11,
2012...while the last and thinnest is from yesterday - October 9, 2013. In ... more »
Calling Wendy Kopp!
With the government shutdown, a great opportunity exists for those
entrepreneurs who see education as fertile ground for their innovative
innovations.
Wendy Kopp, here is an idea for you—free of charge:
*Govern for America*
Call on bright young college grads with no expertise or experience in
government to commit to 2-year (House) or 6-year (Senate) stints in the
U.S. Congress!
[You're welcomed..]
GONNA STUDY WAR LOTS MORE: Survey said!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2013*
*Part 4—A surprising response:* At the new devolving Salon, we liberals are
studying war.
More specifically, we’re being told that the other party is a gang of
snarling racists—that this is the obvious explanation for the other tribe’s
crazy beliefs. We're being trained in the joy of hate at this devolving
site.
Race has played a giant, disastrous role in our brutal American history.
That said, *is* the tea party a gang of racists? And how can a person tell?
Consider a recent post by Kevin Drum. Drum is one of our favorite writers.
He’s a very intelli... more »
Explaining Senator Obama's Debt Limit Speech
Matt Yglesias had a fun item yesterday with a little analysis of Barack
Obama's speech against, and vote against, raising the debt limit back in
2006. It's a good item:
All in all, a pretty ridiculous display. But note what Obama doesn't
do—attempt to hold the country hostage in order to advance a policy agenda.
To use a technical term, what Obama's doing here is bullshitting. The debt
ceiling bill has majority support in both houses and is clearly going to
pass. Rather than doing the right thing and voting "yes," Obama has decided
to make a "no" vote and then deliver a speech denou... more »
Dr. Ben Carson on Megyn Kelly Show...
*he speaks for himself.*
via *Freedom's Lighthouse* - and we thank them.
Demonize and ridicule. It's the liberal's way. Every conservative who has
not been called stupid, a hater, or made fun of, please raise their hand.
Double Ten Day: Ma's speech
Quote from the snoozefest of speakery today:
"My fellow citizens: The people of both sides of the Taiwan Strait are all
Chinese by ethnicity. Cross-strait relations are not international
relations."
This is the same language that Ma used in his 2008 inaugural address where
he not only brought out the ethnic links but also said sovereignty was not
important in cross-strait issues. As I noted:
...the English text says "our common Chinese heritage" but the Chinese is
explicit -- the people on the two sides of the Strait both belong to the
Chinese race" (兩岸人民同屬中華民族).The second trans... more »
The World Is Made for Edward Burkhardt
Remember the CEO of Rail World Inc., and owner of the MMA trains that
derailed in Lac-Megantic, killing 42 people? He pushed deregulation, fought
unions, pursued profit over safety, and when the inevitable happened,
blamed everyone but himself and had MMA declare bankruptcy so as to escape
paying for his own disaster.
This is the naked face of capitalism. This sort of shriveled soul is the
hero in an Ayn Rand novel. (That horrible writer's main character pretended
to run a railroad herself!) This is how capitalism avoids being as bad as
Hitler or Stalin or Mao. Burkhardt wasn't sett... more »
Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria. Good Cop/Bad Cop spin?
So, yesterday we looked at the spin being done on the Saudi role in Syria.
You know taking a lead role? Strategic decision making? Saudi interests?
All the while downplaying the US role. As mentioned in the comments section
in the post from yesterday. The Saudi role is *not *a new development in
the continuing destruction of Syria.
* Saudi Arabia has been paying for mercs since the destabilization began 2
and1/2 years ago. *
However it seemed Saudi Arabia took the regional terror reins, still in
sync with Israel, some months back as mentioned in a post from July 10/13
called :Syria... more »
The Mainstreaming of Iran: From Ancient Persian Ruins to Iranian Living Rooms
A
photograph from “Iranian Living Room”: Mohammad at home with his dog
Loosy
(Photo Credit: Nazanin Tabatabaei Yazdi)
The perception of Iran, as presented in the Western media, is beginning
to change. What was once only flaming flags, wild-eyed mullahs and
spinning centrifuges is being, slowly, replaced by images of beautiful
landscapes and, more importantly, human beings (instead of
Places to Go, Things to Do: Night Owl and Becoming.com.tw
Will Grazecki, who operates the wonderful Early Bird Diner in Taichung (62
Chung Ming South Road 忠明南路62號,04 2320 2608 -- Facebook), has opened the
Night Owl next door. Both are great places to hang. Go thou and enjoy!
I just found about Becoming (http://becoming.com.tw), a creative exchange
project run by some of the most beautiful and talented people you will ever
meet. I am taking their Flash Fiction writing workshop on Tuesdays, run by
my friend Marc Anthony. Just went to first meeting. Hope you can find
something useful....
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comment... more »
Anti-Pension Protests Return To Iraq
October saw hundreds of people across Iraq return to the streets to protest
against pensions for the country’s politicians. This was the third major
day of demonstrations over this issue, and organizers promised more unless
things were changed. After the first round of marches parliament and Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised to reform the system, but nothing has
happened since then. Nothing likely will, as part of the rewards for
getting elected to office is all the money that comes along with it.
There were protests in at least 15 of Iraq’s 18 provinces on October 5,
2013... more »
Iran 5+1 talks set to resume on October 15 2013 - With Iran preparing a fresh proposal which seems to be welcomed by Europe , will the US and Israel scuttle an agreement ? While the US is making positive noises and seem to be broaching with Israel that sanctions will be eased , the situation is fluid and the outcome of the talks remains to be seen !
Iran sanctions to be be partially lifted soon ?
Ya'alon to Hagel: Easing of Iran sanctions will cause their collapseIsraeli
defense minister meets U.S. counterpart in Washington for third time in six
months to discuss Syria's chemical weapons and Iran's nuclear program.
By Gili Cohen | 12:19 09.10.13 | 8
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon met his U.S. counterpart, Chuck Hagel, at
the Pentagon on Tuesday for talks on dismantling Syria’s chemical weapons
and pressure over Iran's nuclear program.
Hagel told Ya'alon during their meeting that while the United States
intended to consider the ... more »
Why Didn’t the US “Re-interpret” the UN Charter on Syria?
[Note: This is a guest post by Ardeshir Pezeshk, PhD candidate at
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, in collaboration with Charli
Carpenter.] For a brief moment a few weeks back, law and policy elites in
the US gave serious consideration to whether there was a legal basis for a
military strike in Syria, either under the auspices of civilian
Continue reading
Little Burma in Taipei
[image: IMAG0410]
Double Ten. Holiday, but I spent it working in the morning and evening. But
in the afternoon my student Liting, who is from Burma, took me down to the
Nanshijiao metro to visit Little Burma on Huaxin Street... sadly, it was
spur of the moment, so I didn't have a decent camera with me. So forgive me
for the cellphone shots.
Take Exit 4 from the Nanshijiao Metro.
[image: IMAG0407]
Our first stop was a little eatery where we had this Burmese tea leaf
salad, which Liting told me was a staple. Delicious. Peanuts, tea leaves,
garlic, tomatoes, lettuce...
[image: IMAG04... more »
ObamaCare Fail
With all the stories about the government shutdown it was pretty easy to
miss the rollout of the much-delayed and much-anticipated HealthCare.gov,
the health insurance marketplace where everyone could get "affordable"
health care.
How health care used to work.
What Democrats think will work better.
Too bad, because it is and continues to be an epic failure, with numerous
reports of users unable to access the system. It's gotten to the point that
they're resetting everyone's password. How this will help, Southern Man
cannot tell. But they're trying it.
What you may not know is ... more »
Untitled
*Official: Demand rising for offshore service vessels ~Richard Thompson,
New Orleans Advocate*
*Army Corps of Engineers faces furloughs ~WAPT*
*Major Construction Set To Begin On Lakefront Pumping Stations ~Eileen
Flemming, WWNO*
*Face Of Poverty In New Orleans Increasingly Suburban ~Diane Mack, WWNO*
*Two large security districts balk at NOPD reforms ~John Simerman*
*Killer amoeba response: Parishes check chlorine records*
*The 504: John Desplas on this year's New Orleans Film Festival ~WWLTV *
*Wooden Boat Festival! *
*Voice of the Wetlands Festival returns to Houma ~Carolyn Sco... more »
Why Didn’t The US “Reinterpret” The UN Charter on Syria?
[Note: This is a guest post by Ardeshir Pezeshk, PhD candidate at
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, in collaboration with Charli
Carpenter.] For a brief moment a few weeks back, policy elites in the US
gave serious consideration to whether there was a legal basis for a
military strike in Syria, either under the auspices of civilian
Continue reading
11 Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds by Charlie Pulsipher
11 Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds
by Charlie Pulsipher
Sunwarrior, 27 February 2013
*Pumpkins are rich in beta carotene and can be used in more ways than just
making a seasonal pie. Pumpkin can be used in breads, soups, granola,
salads, waffles, guacamole, and much more. Don’t forget the seeds though;
pumpkin seeds are packed with nutrition.*
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*Natural Anti-Parasitic* – Pumpkin seeds have been used to treat parasites
for thousands of years in ancient China. Pumpkin seeds help the body expel
parasites, especially tapeworms and round worms. These seeds also have
antifun... more »
Common Core in the Real World: Destroying Literacy through Standardization (Again) | the becoming radical
Common Core in the Real World: Destroying Literacy through Standardization
(Again) | the becoming radical.
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Bradley Whitford, 54. Wesleyan Class of '81.
Can't forget the good stuff:
1. Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal on gerrymandering.
2. Andrew Rudalevige on beating the debt limit.
3. The latest on teaching creation myths, from Sarah Posner.
4. Greg Koger on the conservative record on deficits. But tell us something
we don't know (which I mean literally: I'd be very interested in seeing
this evidence for the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s).
5. And Zach Beauchamp on race, Republicans, and shutdown.
How The Ghost Of The Center Aisle Caucus Will Keep The House In Republican Hands No Matter What Polls Say About How Much People Hate GOP Extremists
No one's afraid
For the Democrats to take back the House and put an end to fanatic Tea
Party excesses, the DCCC has to wrest at least 25 seats away from GOP
incumbents (or win in open red districts). That's because it's likely that
several Blue Dogs and New Dems who have disappointed their constituents--
particularly Mike McIntyre (NC), Jim Matheson (UT), Scott Peters (CA),
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and John Barrow (GA)-- will lose reelection efforts.
Right now the DCCC has 15 "Jumpstart" candidates they're backing. These are
Steve Israel's priorities so far:
*•* Ann Callis (IL-13)- vs R... more »
The US-EU Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA): Big Business Corporate Power Grab by Colin Todhunter
The US-EU Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA): Big Business
Corporate Power Grab
by Colin Todhunter
Global Research Canada, 4 October 2013
*The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) between the US and EU
intends to create the world’s largest free trade area, ‘protect’ investment
and remove ‘unnecessary regulatory barriers’. Corporate interests are
driving the agenda, with the public having been sidelined. Unaccountable,
pro-free-trade bureaucrats from both sides of the Atlantic are facilitating
the strategy (1) *
In addition to the biotech sector and Big Pharma... more »
Colour It Beige
Lawrence Martin doesn't expect much from the upcoming throne speech. He
predicts that it will be a pretty bland document:
If the leaks are to be believed, this Throne Speech will be a
bean-counter’s delight, with vote targeting evident in every paragraph. It
will feature all kinds of consumer-friendly initiatives, such as addressing
excessive telecom charges. There will be support for families. There will
be a sermon on how proud we should be to be Canadians – especially under
this government.
The speech will have new offerings in areas such as military procurement
and greenhous... more »
Are terrorists conducting dry runs to test security ahead of another jet hijack scheme ? Airline pilots and Federal Marshalls say " yes " , this is happening now !
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/339104/250/INVESTIGATORS-Memo-warns-of-terrorist-dry-runs-on-planes
Orlando, Florida -- It was a flight bound for Florida, and some airline
pilots believe it also may have been a dry-run for terrorists.
The 10 News Investigators have obtained an internal memo that details a
frightening incident that brings back memories of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks.
Since then, federal efforts have gone in place to prevent a similar attack,
leading many to believe another attack what happened on 9/11 could never
happen again.
Wolf Koch, who ... more »
Libya Prime Minister briefly kidnaped by armed gunman on October 10 , 2013 - was this a reflection of milita anger after last weekend's kidnapping of Libya citizen al - Libi ? Was this militia anger at endemic corruption and another demonstration that even the Prime Minister is " touchable " ? Whatever the motivation , this action demonstrates militias remain the strongmen in Libya and the government is still the proverbial 98 pound weakling...
Libya Herald.....
Libya
Assembled ministers slam kidnap minutes before Zeidan’s release announced
By Ahmed Elumami. Tripoli, 10 October 2013, 12:23pm: Only minutes before it
was first reported that prime minister Ali Zeidan has been released by his
abductors, four of…
Thursday, 10 October, 2013Read More
UK condemns Zeidan abduction
Tripoli, 10 October 2013: Britain condemned the kidnapping, in the early
hours of this morning, of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, before his apparent
release at around eleven o’clock. The…
Thursday, 10 October, 2013Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Zeidan “released”
Tr... more »
Government shutdown - Day 10 ( October 10 , 2013 ) - A 4- 6 week kick the can continuing spending resolution and debt ceiling extension brings hopes that we can replay this all over again around Thanksgiving - what conditions will be attached remain to be seen naturally , whether the GOP will completely abandon opposition to Obamacare as part of the short term extensions remains to be seen as well ..... Marker re-caps for Asia and Europe , news bulletins from Bloomberg and RanSquawk ..... overnight review of different asset classes ...... Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid wraps with his daily assessment ! ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-10/hong-kong-raises-haircut-treasury-bill-collateral-over-debt-default-dears
Hong Kong Raises Haircut On Treasury Bill Collateral Over Debt Default Fears
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/10/2013 07:44 -0400
- China
- Creditors
- Debt Ceiling
- default
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Lehman
- Reality
- Repo Market
- Reserve Currency
inShare
While there is hope that DC will engage in its favorite, can-kicking
activity any minute and if not resolve then at least push back the fundi... more »
Phil Schneider
Age Of TruthA Truth InfoPedia Portal
*Philip Schneider* (April 23, 1947 – January 1996) claimed to be an
ex-government geologist and structural engineer who was involved in
building underground military bases around the United States (possessing a
level 3 security clearance, “Rhyolite 38″), and to be one of only three
people to have survived a deadly battle in which 66 American and NATO
“Delta Force” soldiers were killed. This battle allegedly occurred in 1979
between Grey aliens and U.S. military and NATO forces at an underground
base at Dulce, NM (c.f.: “The Dulce Wars: Undergro... more »
John Horgan, The Only Real Choice For NDP Leader, Democracy Be Damned
Well well well, time to discuss the NDP leadership issue, actually, it`s
time to discuss who gets to vote for the new leader..
At present, one member one vote bullshit, $10 dollars to have the right to
vote..
This is bullcrap, the party need the best leader not who can win a
popularity sign-up contest, and there are external forces at play..
There are no safeguards against BC Liberals, BC lIBERAL PARTY MEMBERS OR
OPERATIVES FROM HIJACKING THE ndp LEADERSHIP CONTEST..
You all know who my choice is, the honourable John Horgan, yet he is at a
disadvantage because of the relative... more »
Say what?!
I thought I was good at accents but now I'm not so sure.
Iraqgate
December 7, 2002:
Iraq files a 12,000-page weapons declaration with the UN in order to meet
requirements of resolution 1441. UN weapons inspectors, the UN security
council and the U.S. feel that this declaration fails to account for all of
Iraq's chemical and biological agents.
March 7, 2003:
The Washington Times publishes a report detailing recent US intelligence
showing that France has been secretly selling spare parts to Iraq for its
fighter jets and military helicopters during the past several months. Other
intelligence reports indicate that Iraq had succeeded in acquiring ... more »
On weights and coding errors: odd coincidence or dress rehearsal?
Angus Deaton recounts an unpleasant episode in his career. Followers of
the Reinhart-Rogoff controversy, take note.
Who is to blame for energy price rises? “Yes, there are upward pressures on energy bills, and that makes life difficult for people, including those in fuel poverty, but it is right that we go down the low-carbon energy route.”
Despite what Ed Milibnad said in his BBC Watchdog interview last night,
when Mrs NotaSheep and I were mesmerised by his over white teeth and goofy
expression more than his words, the 'green taxes' are to blame for at least
part of price rises and Ed Miliband knew that they would be.
Guido Fawkes has been right on top of this story
Ed Miliband admitted in 2009 that his green taxes would have a direct
negative effect on the cost of living.
When pushed by Andrew Marr about the impact of green measures *“on the
price of energy”* and *“the price of basic living necessities”*, the then
En... more »
“Shocking Surprise! US Adults Are Dumber Than The Average Human”
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*“Shocking Surprise! *
*US Adults Are Dumber Than The Average Human”*
by AP
“It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well
compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t
either. In math, reading and problem-solving using technology – all skills
considered critical for global competitiveness and economic strength –
American adults scored below the international average on a global test,
according to results released Tuesday.
Adults in Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland and multiple other countries
scored significantly higher t... more »
These New $100 Bills Are Going to Be Huge Overseas
A view of a the new 2009 series $100 bill on Oct. 4 in Washington.
Photograph by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
*D. asked me to post this as she is busy right now. -Bill*
*
* *D's comments below in blue: *
*
* *[10/9/13 12:12:38 PM] D: yep- lower right hand side- it says "Series
2009" **thank you bloomberg and main stream media for showing us the
transparency!*
*
* *[10/9/13 12:14:38 PM] D: history: in Oct 2011 I saw the first copy of a
photo of the "new" $100 bill. I didnt' think anything of it at the time.
then in 2012 other "leaked" photos of the "New" $100. I blew ... more »
RELIGION MEANS PATHWAY TO TRUTH
*Religion Means Pathway To Truth, Some Pathways Are A Long Winding Road*
"The popular history of churchianity begins from 325 years after Christ,
the 20th year of the reign of Constantine the Great, when the famous
Council was convened at the City of Nicea.
"Those who have read the life of this august Roman Emperor will remember
how remarkable was the character of this so called pious supporter of the
church dogmas.
"He put to death his own son and his wife Fausta on groundless suspicion,
cut off his brother-in-law Licinius and the unoffending son of Licinius and
massacred every... more »
Is Capture and Kill Bad Guys Good Counter-Terrorism?
The U.S. had two dramatic efforts to capture high priority terrorist
targets, one in Libya and another in Somalia. The snatch and grab operation
in Libya was a seeming success (though I’m wondering if last night’s
kidnapping of the Libyan Prime Minister was retaliation). The Somalia
mission, coming one day after the 20th anniversary of
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Governing Through Ungovernability
It's 2011 all over again. House Republicans are once more threatening to
force the country into default by not raising the government's debt
ceiling. Markets are beginning to get nervous with default only a week
away. Fidelity, the country's largest manger of money market funds, has
sold off all its government debt maturing in late October and early
November.
Unlike 2011, the government is shut down, throwing hundreds of thousands of
government workers out of work and reducing gross domestic product by
billions of dollars. On the good side, President Obama so far has refused
to neg... more »
Musical Interlude: The Moody Blues, “Blue World”
The Moody Blues, “Blue World”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBK3fXWnH50
Behind Boehner's Decision To Shut Down The Government: A Self-Pitying Personal Life
Will Boehner's son-in-law introduce him to Peter Tosh's music?
It's not a secret around Washington that Speaker John Boehner is an
unstable alcoholic. Anyone who's ever gotten within a couple of feet of him
has smelled the booze. Dozens of Members who have been sworn in by him have
told me he was somewhere between drunk and staggering drunk when he asked
them to put a hand on the Bible and take the oath of office. And reports
are rampant that his drinking went completely out of control this year.
Boehner got his wife Debbie got married 40 years ago. A vain and pompous
little man, he... more »
Retired police officer ( note retirement was thirteen years ago ) Thomas Piccard ( Picard ) opens fire at a West Virginia Federal Court House and a YMCA today for no apparent reason.....
http://www.centredaily.com/2013/10/09/3830346/marshals-gunman-fires-at-us-courthouse.html
WHEELING, W.VA. — A retired police officer armed with an assault weapon and
a handgun fired up to two dozen shots at a U.S. courthouse in West Virginia
on Wednesday before police returned fire and killed him, authorities said.
Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger identified the gunman as Thomas J.
Piccard, 55, of Bridgeport, Ohio. He was a retired Wheeling police officer.
Schwertfeger did not say whether Piccard used both weapons during the
assault on the Wheeling Federal Building or speculat... more »
Government shutdown - Day 6 October 6 , 2013 - Speaker Boehner rallies the GOP House to stand firm while adding there aren't the votes to pass a clean continuing spending resolution in the House ... Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says Dems and President Obama open to a reasonable discussion and that the President is willing to negotiate in good faith - regarding the debt ceiling , Jack Lew rules out the 14th amendment route to break a deadlock in Congress on raising the debt ceiling . Discharge Petition even if successful not likely to be heard before October 28 , 2013 . Round up of news and views as the second week of the Government shutdown begins !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.businessinsider.com/can-the-treasury-prioritize-payments-if-the-debt-ceiling-is-breached-2013-10
Theoretically, breaching the debt limit doesn't mean the U.S. needs to
default on its debt.
Those who are sympathetic to debt ceiling brinksmanship rightly point out
that the U.S. has way more tax revenue coming in each day* than it has to
pay each day in interest payments, and so therefore the U.S. does have the
financial means to be good on its debt obligations without incurring more
debt.
The argument is that after the debt limit is hit the Treasury can
"prioritize" paymen... more »
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, “I Heard It”
Justin Hayward, “I Heard It”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ONxsCbDqE&list=PLF6BBBB6ABA85A3EC
Hint: let it keep playing once this song is over ;-)
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Almost every object in the below photograph is a galaxy. The Coma Cluster
of Galaxies pictured above is one of the densest clusters known - it
contains thousands of galaxies. Each of these galaxies houses billions of
stars - just as our own Milky Way Galaxy does. Although nearby when
compared to most other clusters, light from the Coma Cluster still takes
hundreds of millions of years to reach us.
*Click image for larger size.*
In fact, the Coma Cluster is so big it takes light millions of years just
to go from one side to the other! Most galaxies in Coma and other clusters
are ... more »
"Do You Remember?"
"Do you remember still the falling stars
that like swift horses through the heavens raced
and suddenly leaped across the hurdles
of our wishes- do you recall?
And we did make so many!
For there were countless numbers of stars:
each time we looked above we were
astounded by the swiftness of their daring play,
while in our hearts we felt safe and secure
watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate,
knowing somehow we had survived their fall."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Chet Raymo, “Spiders In the Mist”
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*“Spiders In the Mist”*
by Chet Raymo
“We had a stretch of unusually warm weather recently. This generally meant
foggy mornings as I walked to college at dawn. And foggy mornings meant
spider webs were relieved of their invisibility by beads of dew. "What
refinement of art for a mess of Flies! Nowhere, in the whole animal
kingdom, has the need to eat inspired a more cunning industry," wrote Jean
Henri Fabre in The Life of the Spider. He should know. He spent a good part
of his life attending to spiders. Fabre made himself the Homer of insects
and arachnids, observing their ha... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Pensacola, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Assad Clarifies Reality For German Propaganda Rag Der Spiegel
Below is an excerpt from a recent interview that the German propaganda rag
Der Spiegel conducted with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (*Source:
Syrian Arab News Agency*. October 7, 2013).
Der Spiegel: The legitimacy of a president does not rest on slogans and
promises, but on actions. As a result of the gas attack against your
people, you forfeited every right to be in your position.
President Assad: We did not use chemical weapons; this is not true. And the
picture you are drawing of me is not true. The United States, the entire
western world, the richest countries in the Ar... more »
Gold news - October 9 , 2013 - Big news of the day is the relentless importation of gold by China . Data for August reveals 300 tons of gold imported into Hong Kong with another 110 tons into the Chinese mainland ! Even more interesting , note US and Switzerland were the two largest exporters of gold to Hong Kong . If China and India imports represent 90 percent of world production and with other central banks also buying gold , is there any surprise we have seen World Bank data reflecting the incredible shrinkage of western physical gold - but where is the gold coming from to meet that demand from non Chinese and Indian Central Banks ?
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/china-imports-110-tonnes-of-gold-through-hong-kong-in-august
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The big news yesterday were the August gold import numbers for China. Here
are the updated charts courtesy of Nick Laird over at *sharelynx.com*. The
first one shows the monthly import data, and the second one is the yearly
import data, with the bar for 2013 representing year-to-date imports.
If they keep up this pace, China will import around 1,200 tonnes of gold
through Hong Kong in 2013, which represents about half of all the gold that
will be mined this year. And those ... more »
Stating the obvious
Is there really anyone who didn't know this? Anonymous senior GOP source
admits they need Democratic help to escape their own snares in the shutdown
insanity. Not at all clear they understand yet how little leverage they
have but this is a start.
This source believes that at the end of the day, enough people in the GOP
caucus could be OK with this because the economic implication of breaching
the debt limit "scares people." This source also acknowledged that under
this scenario, House GOP leaders may have to agree to pass a debt ceiling
bill without all Republicans on board, and wi... more »
A Matter Of Record
From the Congressional Record, 3/16/2006...
Apparently he was against it before he was for it.
"Far Too Easily..."
"Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak.
We are far too easily pleased."
- C.S. Lewis
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Important Video -Nicole Sandler Speaks With Dr. Helen Caldicott
After I posted my last article that had Arnie Gundersen from Fairewinds
narrate a very good video that shows exactly what the TRUE situation is at
Fukushima Japan, I went and checked what a few of my friends and fellow
bloggers have been up to.... Believe it or not, but my friend Noor, who
writes the excellent blog: Snippits And Snappits, at
www.snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.ca had just posted a great article about
Fukushima herself!
For this article, I want to bring forward first the video that Noor had
posted at Snippits.... It is entitled: "Nicole Sandler Speaks With Dr.
Hele... more »
Dana Milbank says, "The Supreme Court is poised to legalize corruption"
*Is Justice Nino's great legal mind preparing
to further roll back campaign spending limits?*
*"It is what it is."*
-- *Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, pressed about
the Court's previous mangling of campaign finance law*
*by Ken*
Is it any wonder that some people herald Justice Nino's as one of the great
legal minds of our time? (They must be very stupid people, you say? But of
course!)
So meanwhile, while we're all wrapped up in the Shutdown Follies, back at
the Supreme Court . . . .
There's a certain irony in the Supreme Court remaining open while much of
the federal gove... more »
The Spanish Inquisition by Joseph Perez
*The Spanish Inquisition [*Joseph Perez, Yale University Press, 2005,
ISBN 0-10790-0 ; Translated from the French]
I found this brief history and analysis of the Spanish Inquisition to
be a real eye opener. The institution is followed from its inception in
1479 to its final abolition in 1834. The book is structured into two parts
the history per se and the setting of the 'Holy Office' in the political,
economic and social life of Spain.
It should be noted that the Spanish Inquisition, in contrast to the
Inquisition elsewhere in Europe, was more a creation of the state as... more »
Color requires light and dark
*Johann Wolfgang von Goethe*
I read some of Goethe's work on colors, its a remarkable study on the
nature of light that artists can appreciate. Quite different from the
approach of physics. -Bill
Light Darkness and Colors: A fascinating Journey Through the Universe
of
Colors
Alexandra Bruce
October 6, 2013
Reposted from:
http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/videos/art/light-darkness-and-colors-a-fascinating-journey-through-the-universe-of-colors.html
This
film is unquestionably unusual: it's about how the renowned German
philosopher/poet, Goethe actually spent most of his... more »
International Institutions Mobilize Opponents Too
Members of international institutions typically honor their commitments.
But that does not, by itself, tell us much. States are unlikely to join
institutions that require them to do things they have no intention of
doing. Indeed, some argue that institutions merely act to screen out those
least likely to comply. Others, however, have argued that
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The State Blogging's In
Long time readers know I'm a stickler for anniversaries. As it happens,
Monday just gone saw the passing of another - a full year since I returned
to blogging. Hasn't time flown? Surely only five minutes have elapsed since
I threw down some thoughts about Stephanie Flanders take on Marx? Nope, the
Earth had indeed made a single revolution around the sun. In the interval
between then and now this blog has attracted just shy of half a million
page views, and audience figures are around the point regular service ceasedin February 2011. I've also had the
odd piece go viral, and overall ... more »
As to prepping
As to prepping: when it really hits the fan, there will be rationing, first
in one place and then another. As that comes your way, you'll encounter
increasing propaganda as to how prepping is really hoarding.
You know what hoarding is; it's irrational storage of stuff you're obsessed
with, to the point of your being unable to function well -- you can't get
to the bathroom because your heap of Pez bottles is in the way.
There's nothing irrational about, say, food preservation: canning, drying,
freezing and fermenting your produce. Or buying farm produce cheap at the
height of the ... more »
Kyle Bass discusses US bonds and the " No Way Out " scenario if US Treasuries default ! World Bank whistleblower Karen Hudes gives startling interview - states dollar worthless and will soon crash !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-09/general-collateral-turmoil-bill-battering-finally-slams-repo
General Collateral Friendo'd As Bill Battering Finally Slams Repo
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/09/2013 09:48 -0400
- Debt Ceiling
- Friendo
- Repo Market
inShare4
As we first pointed out, yesterday's stunning, near-failure in the 4-Week
Bill auction, was the straw that broke the illusion of the market
stability's back and as even Goldman pointed out, led to the first true
"fear-driven" drop in stocks. Today, things are getting from ... more »
Holy hell, that joke Doctor Steve Perry unloads and unhinged on Twitter. Say hey, @drsteveperry
Can you believe this guy? Does he not know the internet is forever? Tagged:
edreform, Ravitch, steve perry
Operation Streamline: Expedited Indian Removal
On the left side of the courtroom, 60 to 70 short, dark-brown men and a few
women are seated, handcuffed and shackled from the wrists, waist and
ankles. All are silent. They take up about 20 rows, including the two
corresponding to the jury box. The scene is surreal. Their chains, their
color and height are very pronounced - yet in this courtroom, are hardly
noticed by the lawyers and other court officials, including the judge.
This kangaroo court called Operation Streamline is America's modern version
of Expedited Indian Removal; chase, capture, pseudo-judicial proceeding,
incar... more »
Who Are the Conservative Advocacy Groups (and Individuals) Behind the Shutdown? The United States Feared No More (Because We Look Like Dumb Asses?)
It's not a mystery as to whom the inhabitants of This Town are. Here are a
few who benefit from the price the shutdown has imposed on the rest of US:
Meet One of the Conservative Advocacy Groups Behind the GOP's Government
Shutdown Strategy Chris Moody, Yahoo! News The activists at Heritage
Action, one of the conservative groups that successfully persuaded enough
Republicans to refuse to
US finally decides Egypt had a coup , cuts Egypt's military aid .... Iran previews its offer to P5 + 1 on its nuclear program - how does the P5+! respond , will the US be isolated if it takes a contrary stance this time , how long before sanctions come off the table ? Anyone recall Syria , the War going on , the threat of chemical weapons ?
Egypt - more foreign policy confusion.....
Hours After Denial, US Cuts Egypt Military AidWill Withhold Heavy Weapons,
Cash Pending Election 'Progress'
by Jason Ditz, October 09, 2013
Print This | Share This
A 24-hour span has seen reports, counterreports, denials, and
counterdenials, but the Obama Administration has finally confirmed what was
reported in the first place, that the US is going to significantly cut
military aid to Egypt’s junta.
Just hours after State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf issued a public
denial of the reports that this was coming, State Department spokeswo... more »
The Rockerfellers Can't Read
Jules Abel, in his 1965 book about the Rockefellers, wrote:
"The influence of the Lincoln School, which, as a progressive school,
encouraged students to explore their own interests and taught them to live
in society has been a dominant one in their lives....Yet Lawrence gives
startling confirmation as to *"Why Johnnie Can't Read." *He says that the
Lincoln School did not teach him to read and write as he wishes he now
could. Nelson, today, admits that reading for him is a *"slow and tortuous
process"* that he does not enjoy doing but compels himself to do it. This
is significant... more »
"Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy"
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*"Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy"*
By Kathleen Geier
"Psychologist Daniel Goleman has written a fascinating piece** for today’s
New York Times about social status and empathy. It seems that the richer
and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have
for people who are lower in status: "A growing body of recent research
shows that people with the most social power pay scant attention to those
with little such power. This tuning out has been observed, for instance,
with strangers in a mere five-minute get-acquainted session, where the more... more »
Heavenletter #4702 Living and Loving in Oneness, October 9, 2013
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* *Heavenletter #4702 Living and Loving in Oneness, October 9, 2013*
God said:
Lift up your eyes to Mine. Even if you can’t literally see My eyes, I will
be looking into the depth of your eyes. We will look into the depths. We
will immerse in the Vastness, and you will know that it is not clear to you
which One of Us is Which. Just as Our hearts meld, so do Our eyes. We are
One, beloveds, whichever way you slice it. We are One. Oneness is, and We
are One, and We are Each Other as One. One it is. One is enough. One is
plenty. What more can We desire but to live in Oneness?
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#Shutdown: Who slapped who?
*“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”*
- response attributed to Benjamin Franklin, at the close of the
Constitutional Convention of 1787
It’s fair to say that few commentators on the shutdown appear to know
anything at all about the American constitutional structure—and in that
number I include the President himself, who seems entirely unaware that the
division of powers entrenched by James Madison, John Adams and colleagues
was not intended to establish an activist all-powerful presidency, a a
virtual monarch presiding ov... more »
Manufacture of consent vs the wisdom of the crowd
Richard Seymour has an article on CiF riffing on a recent BBC poll. The
trouble with polls is that quite often the people polled are wrong. This
flies in the face of the Wisdom of the Crowd. The dregs of the Guardian
comment sections have roused themselves to condemn the article. It is true
that demagogues extol the virtues of the people until the people turn
against them. The thing is, in this case, Richard is the rationalist, the
commenters are the demagogues.
The wisdom of the crowd relies on the averaged computing efforts of an
average sample of people proving more accurate tha... more »
This is how it’s done, that professional development stuff.
I see how it is. So, teachers are offered the choice to join a pilot for
the Kindergarten GOLD assessments. In exchange, you get an iPad mini,
yours to keep. And a “day off” for training. Nicely done, consultants.
Nicely done. Tagged: gold assessments, professional development, reading
If you are this person, then you have no business in education. Quit now. Leave. Good-bye.
Here’s the model citizen in question. Are you a homophobe, or just so
blatantly stupid that it hurts? Quit. Tagged: education, gawker, homophobe,
teacher
Janet Yellen
This Means *Jobs.*
"Yellen is considered by many on Wall Street to be a "dove" (more concerned
with unemployment than with inflation) and as such to be less likely to
advocate Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, as compared, for example, to William
Poole (former St. Louis Fed president) a "hawk" (see definitions under
Inflation)."
Eldon Taylor: How what you do, affects the human heart
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*Eldon Taylor: How what you do, affects the human heart*
Posted by American Kabuki
October 9, 2013
I was driving late last night and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory was
on the radio. George was interviewing Eldon Taylor and I found this
particular section on the heart pertinent to this moment of NOW. Many are
struggling with the concept of thinking with the heart rather than the
intellect, and I think this might help.
You can listen to the full interview here:
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2013/10/08
Perverse Incentive Watch
Okay, it's mostly funny that Ted Cruz showed up at a meeting of Senate
conservatives with a poll he himself commissioned that "shows" why his
shutdown strategy is a brilliant success, especially since his poll showed
that more people blame Republicans for the shutdown.
But if we want to stop giggling (Alex Seitz-Wald: I only trust polls
commissioned by Louie Gohmert.) for a minute at the possibility that his
colleagues might actually believe anything they saw in that poll...
The detail I'd note about it is that Cruz -- presumably his campaign
committee -- paid for the poll. Which me... more »
Untitled
*State shuffling dollars to pay for Bayou Corne sinkhole ~Michelle
Millhollon, The Advocate*
*So I hear my ears shudda been burning last night: A periodic examination
of the media and journalism in the public interest ~Slabbed*
*Sheriff agrees to pay $900G in legal fees to civil rights group that sued
prison ~Marta Jewson, The Lens*
Should I Tell My Boss About My Mental Illness? Why You Should Not (And Three Times You Should)
A reader at AOL Jobs recently asked:
*I have 7 years tenure with my company with great reviews. My last 6 month
review I had met expectations in every area. I am going through a traumatic
personal situation. A new manager was hired in October, and she's the one
who gave my last review. In January, I disclosed to her I had PTSD. After
that she met with me a month later accused me of not working. Took me to
regional manager. They said I was making excuses and were disappointed. She
recently told me "maybe you can't do this job anymore". She then lied on
coaching logs saying I could no... more »
DRONE WALK UPDATES
I had a call this morning from the Grafton, New York Peace Pagoda where
Buddhist nun Jun-san Yasuda is based. They called to say that a dozen
Japanese would be coming to our Maine Drone Peace Walk.
We'll have about 20 folks at our house tonight in Bath for dinner and
sleeping and then we head off early in the morning for the long drive north
to Limestone. We'll stop in Bangor to pick up a couple more people and
then some others will meet us at the start point. So far the weather
reports look real good. The colors are changing on the trees and as we
begin the walk in Maine's p... more »
"Another Mask..."
"Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally
chase it down, is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and
fears."
- Hunter S. Thompson
Satire: “Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex”
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*“Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In an escalation of the stalemate
gripping Washington, House Republicans voted today to shut down the
prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls reasoning and
impulses. The resolution, which passed with heavy Tea Party support, calls
for a partial shutdown of the brain, leaving the medulla and cerebellum,
sometimes referred to as the “reptilian brain,” up and running.
The Tea Party caucus cheered the passage of the bill, which was sponsored
by Minnesota Congresswoman Mi... more »
Wanted: A Primary Opponent For Kyrsten Sinema (New Dem-AZ)-- And Voters Sweep Away North Carolina Republicans
I've had a lot of feedback-- most of it great-- after Michelangelo
Signorile's post last week in *HuffPo* about how propounding
disappointing
LGBT freshmen Kyrsten Sinema (New Dem-AZ) and Sean Patrick Maloney (New
Dem-NY) have been. I've been blogging about these two clowns here at
*DWT*all year. No one in New York seems to have noticed that Maloney has
the
single worst (i.e., most Republican) voting record of any Democratic
freshman. But Sinema's constituents are far more alert and are making
life
very difficult for her inner transition from a self-proclaimed
progressive
to a dece... more »
Maybe Ngai Tahu should return the dosh?
After five “full and final settlements” from the taxpayer, South Island
tribe Ngai Tahu has now got their hand out for a sixth—as a $68.5 million
“top up” of the $170 million gifted them in 1997 by convicted criminal Doug
Graham.
But perhaps, argues Mike Butler, instead of another handout based on a
bogus history, it would be more appropriate if the taxpayer were to receive
a refund—“demanding the return of the $170 million paid in 1998 on the
grounds that it was paid in error.”
Or after this sixth “settlement,” on which a government needing a Racist
Party for votes will assuredl... more »
I have nothing to say...
*nothing.*
I admit it.
I *do* have some sewing to do.
See you later...
Our sunset on October 1st
Looking South
Looking East
Terrance Nelson: First Nations welcome Anaya to probe human rights abuses
While
the US continues its choke hold on the United Nations, First Nations
welcome Anaya to probe Canada's abysmal human rights record
By Terrance Nelson
First Nation Anishinabe, Roseau River
Censored News
October 9, 2013
Dear Abas,
Special UN Rapporteur James Anaya (indigenous@ohchr.org) is in Canada
after being delayed by the government in his request to visit
Internet Radio - a useful tool
Knowledge is Power, but without a means to transmit that knowledge to
others, it is of very little use. The strength of the Secret Societies has
been their ability to keep vital information tightly held within their own
circles. However, without an ability to transmit the information through
the generations, the knowledge they steadfastly hold to themselves would
have been lost. We, of course, are not in the same position as the secret
societies. Our task is not to keep occult knowledge hidden, but rather to
ensure that forbidden knowledge is made more widely available. In these ... more »
Reading Ripley: Praise for Poland’s poorest kids!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013*
*Little regard for our own:* In Amanda Ripley’s new book, The Smartest Kids
in the World, the author visits American exchange students in Korea,
Finland and Poland.
At the end of Chapter 1, Ripley defines the nature of her pursuit. In the
following passage, she refers to average scores on the PISA, the set of
international tests around which she chooses to structure her book
RIPLEY (*page 24*): *Most successful or improving countries seemed to fit
into three basic categories: 1) the utopia model of Finland,* a system
built on trust in which kids achiev... more »
OPCW Press Conference on Syria
*Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. *
Video Title: OPCW Press Conference on Syria. Source: opcwonline. Date
Published: October 9, 2013. Description:
A press conference held on 9 October 2013 by OPCW featuring
Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü and members of the Syria Advance Team.
Kuwait: August 2nd 1990
Kuwait Cabinet from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"Thatcher Pushed Bush into War with Iraq "
This cabinet meeting takes place on the morning of the Iraqi occupation of
Kuwait.
This is before Bus met with Thatcher in Aspen in the afternoon.
To Bush's left is Robert Gates, to his right is Dick Cheney and Paul
Woolfowitz is seated directly behind him; Colin Powell appears to be across
the conference table.
Watch the way they GLARE at him...
"Thatcher may have seen the handwriting on the wall, and may have tried to
save herself with yet another war. When the regime of Bush the Elder in the
Un... more »
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
This guy amazes me. He knows how to enjoy his life. Eat your heart out Hugh
Hefner.
*GRIMACING: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held his head
on Wednesday at the Senate in Rome before Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s
confidence vote at the Parliament. After days of political chaos, Mr. Letta
won the confidence vote when Mr. Berlusconi abandoned his bid to topple the
government at the last minute. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)*
Baling out
Justifiably provoked by the BBC’s biased reporting, many of the
commentariat over at our former haunting ground (B-BBC) have an
overwhelming desire to vent their spleen. Some of the most enthusiastic
contributors would fall over themselves in the rush to pick up the ball and
run with it. In their haste they might ride roughshod over nuance and
subtlety and, frankly, get pretty out of control. Being discredited by
one’s supporters is like being sent flying by a big dog who’s only trying
to make friends.
An unintended consequence of being, may I call it ‘hoist by ones own
iconoclasm... more »
Murder and Intoxication
R. v. Gregory, 2013 NSCA 102:
[14] Turning first to intoxication, “drunkenness” is not really a defence
to a criminal act. It is a suggestion that, due to the consumption of
alcohol, or other mind altering substances, the Crown cannot prove beyond a
reasonable doubt the necessary mens rea to establish criminal liability. In
the absence of such evidence, the trier of fact is entitled to apply the
common-sense inference that a sane and sober person intends the natural
consequences of his or her actions.
[15] In terms of the offence of murder, consumption of intoxicants could
be to ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'White Man with a Black Face'
WHITE
MAN WITH BLACK FACE
Posted on October 9, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Oct. 9, 2013. Promises! Promises! We Indigenous know about getting
“bad medicine” from those “who speak with forked tongue”! On October 2
Department of Health and Human Services told Congress that anyone
“lawfully present” inside the US would qualify for Obamacare even if
they are not citizens, that includes
Murder and intoxication
*R. v. Gregory,* 2013 NSCA 102:
[14] Turning first to intoxication, "drunkenness" is not really
a defence to a criminal act. It is a suggestion that, due to the
consumption of alcohol, or other mind altering substances, the Crown cannot
prove beyond a reasonable doubt the necessary *mens rea* to establish
criminal liability. In the absence of such evidence, the trier of fact is
entitled to apply the common-sense inference that a sane and sober person
intends the natural consequences of his or her actions.
[15] In terms of the offence of murder, consumption... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Tom
in Connecticut. Tom and I will be discussing the psychological aspects of
the White guilt phenomenon.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Organized Jewry: destroyers of Western civilization* by John Friend
- *The 20th Century: Talmudic triumph over Western civilization* by John
Friend
- *A Spineless Appeal to Emotion* by Andrew Anglin
- *94% of Jews "guilt free and proud"* by John Friend
- *Israel Z... more »
Cholera Lawsuit
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Tens of Thousands March in Support of Brazilian Teachers
[image: Well-supported: People pack the Cinelandia square during the march
in Rio de Janeiro]
Well-supported: People pack the Cinelandia square during the march in Rio
de Janeiro
Brazil faces a challenging security situation as it gears up to host the
World Cup in eight months’ time.
In June thousands of demonstrators, angered by the billions spent in
preparations for the event, clashed with riot police near the Mineirao
Stadium in Belo Horizonte.
'We don't need the World Cup,' said Leonardo Fabri, a 19-year-old
protester, at the time. 'We need education, we need better health servic... more »
Counting Backwards (I Count You In)
Grover Norquist is pretty much right about the basics about the 2012
nomination process:
After the speech, he said only three of the Republicans seeking the
nomination were really running for president: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and
Rick Perry.
“In 2012, we had ten people up on stage. Three of them were running for
president, the others were looking to sell books or be radio talk-show
hosts or marriage counseling or something, but they weren’t running for
president,” he said.
Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, showed he was genuinely running
for president because he quit th... more »
We Move About in a Bubble
Two
posts in a row inspired by a Rosie DiManno article.. This is a trend
that has to stop.
I have a simple observation. As a general rule, drivers are not thinking
of cyclists and pedestrians, cyclists are not thinking of pedestrians
and drivers and pedestrians are not thinking of cyclists and drivers.
I drive, walk and cycle and have come to the conclusion that 1 in 5
people are inconsiderate
Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws,
demands, and commands of a government. Henry David Thoreau's essay of the
same title is required reading. It's readily available; Southern Man's
e-copy was free at the Kindle Store. And we are - happily - seeing more and
more civil disobedience as citizens push back against a tyrannical
government who confuses a cessation of non-essential services to
barry-cading open-air parks and monuments and even shutting down
privately-funded facilities that just happen to lease their lots from the
Feds. And the shutdown ... more »
Meltdown not happening
I am a student of history, thus I have some perspective. If you ask me are
we on the verge of a great collapse, I could answer nothing but yes.
However we have so many reality distorting facilities in place that we
should not worry. Understand that the world economic system is based upon
fantasy. The only way our model could fail is for some body go rouge. So we
will muddle through this, and in history it will be same old same old.
Thought of the Day
I think we can all agree that Obama Care largely created the Teabagger
majority in the House in 2010. It'll also cost them that majority in 2014.
The Gas Plant Scandal
I wonder how much was incompetence and how much was corruption. Because
when you spend a billion dollar the cracks are very absorbent and hard to
detect.
As I understand it the liberal government made the brave decision to shut
down coal. The conservatives would not have done this but I expect the NDP
would have been all for. Coal is a cheap way to produce power, BTU per
dollar its great. However everything else is bad, mercury pollution alone
is reason enough to shut down these killers. Even if you can scrub the
heavy metals its still a green house gas gasbag. There is another elem... more »
The Brothers
When we think about contemporary brothers wreaking damage on America it's
natural to immediately focus on the John Bircher extremists, David and
Charles Koch, the billionaires financing a relentless campaign against
American democracy itself. If they're successful, history will remember
them as two of the most vile and destructive characters in American
history. But this post is about two different brothers from David and
Charles and set in a time many *DWT* readers may not have been following
politics or even born yet.
Right now I'm reading two books about characters in American ... more »
Osvaldo Murray: The Man-Birds of Chile
*Osvaldo Murray: The Man-Birds of Chile*
*(From Revista Revelación, Santiago de Chile, May 1996 pages 10-13)*
There are some incredible stories, and this is one of them. So incredible
that not even I believe it, but the facts are there and I am not going to
change them, no matter how skeptical one may be.
The start of this story kicked off – as a sort of byproduct of terror – of
an equally incredible story: the death of a young woman in what the
Catholic Church described as demonic possession.
And I believe it in the sum total of the fantastic, despite the fact that I
myself have... more »
Open Letter on Fusion
Over the past decade, research on alternate fusion protocols has blossomed
while the one off Tokomak approach has swallowed financial and human
resources to modest effect. There is a simple answer of course. Just
demand that Tokamak receive fifty percent private financing and do the same
for all other protocols. This will quickly reapply capital broadly to the
thriving protocols.
This is essentially what happened to NASA and we have been smiling ever
since.
Seven years ago there were a handful of protocols sitting mostly dead in
the water. That has changed. It has... more »
Cheaper Grid Battery
We do not get a lot here, including the all-important energy density.
Otherwise it appears promising and deliverable so we will likely see more
of this company. I do like the lack of an acid solution for the system
itself as that ends no end of operational difficulties.
Vanadium Redox has not gone away either, so the age of utility grade
energy storage is fast approaching. Flow batteries are the natural fix
there.
This particular aspect of grid architecture is the low lying fruit of our
grid system. A storage option hugely increases grid capacity.
*Startup Shows... more »
Oldest Petroglyphs in North America
The postulate here of an extreme gamma ray burst is certainly interesting,
but does not support the momentum transfer absorbed by the crust at the
time and supported by masses of conforming geological evidence. Yet this
may well have happened during the longer time window that includes the
Pleistocene Nonconformity and brings in evidentiary confusion. We may have
had two major events with the plasma event been dramatic and clearly
survivable. That we have linked petrography is compelling for ready
survival.
What is important is that the pinch glyphs are accurately... more »
Cattle Mutilations
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*It is plausible that some cattle mutilations are caused by natural
attacks from an unidentified creature such as my posited gargoyle. Yet ten
thousand animals over several years mostly demonstrating surgical sampling
techniques is nothing of the sort.*
*More important however in this report is that we get confirmation of
alien monitoring of our communications. I have suspected as much simply
because it is a natural to need to establish ground truth.*
*It is thus clear that aliens are testing our environment through the
sampling of cattle specif... more »
Hell Froze Over - #VoteNo2ALEC
Campaign season has started.
As a Dem precinct chair here in MN I get a lot of campaign emails.
People looking for support for the upcoming primaries and for party
endorsement.
Have to admit - I delete these from my email box - 99% of the time I just
delete them.
Cause I research the candidates, not just accept their promos.
For unknown reason - universe knocking at my door - I opened the email I
got last night.
And then
*had* to do a little research.
State Rep. Debra Hilstrom will seek DFL endorsement for secretary of state
By Joe Kimball | 06/21/13
State Rep. Debra Hilstrom, a DFL... more »
Invest in libraries, not more tests
Sent to the Houston Chronicle, October 9
Lisa Falkenberg ("Cutting libraries shows warped priorities," October 9) is
right: Spending money on increased testing while cutting libraries and
librarians is like investing in precise scales to weigh the animal, but
neglecting to feed it.
Decades of research show that the most important factor in developing
literacy is self-selected reading, or reading because you want to. For
children of poverty, the library is often the only place they have access
to books.
We hear pious pronouncements from politicians about the importance of
reading... more »
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