Spitzer Spies Spectacular Sombrero (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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IN U.S., PERCEIVED NEED FOR THIRD PARTY REACHES NEW HIGH
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Twenty-six percent believe Democratic and Republican parties do adequate job by Jeffrey M. Jones This article is part of an ongoing series analyzing how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt ceiling are affecting Americans’ views of government, government leaders, political parties, the economy, and the country in general. PRINCETON, NJ — […]
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"A Look to the Heavens"
“What's going on in the center of this spiral galaxy? Named the Sombrero
Galaxy for its hat-like resemblance, M104 features a prominent dust lane
and a bright halo of stars and globular clusters. Reasons for the
Sombrero's hat-like appearance include an unusually large and extended
central bulge of stars, and dark prominent dust lanes that appear in a disk
that we see nearly edge-on. Billions of old stars cause the diffuse glow of
the extended central bulge.
*Click image for larger size.*
Close inspection of the bulge in the above photograph shows many points of
light that ar... more »
"No, We Can't Have It All"
* *
*"No, We Can't Have It All"*
by Derrick Jensen
"We all face choices. We can have ice caps and polar bears, or we can have
automobiles. We can have dams or we can have salmon. We can have irrigated
wine from Mendocino and Sonoma counties, or we can have the Russian and Eel
Rivers. We can have oil from beneath the oceans, or we can have whales. We
can have cardboard boxes or we can have living forests. We can have
computers and cancer clusters from the manufacture of those computers, or
we can have neither. We can have electricity and a world devastated by
mining, or we can ha... more »
Boehner Has Decided Keeping The Anthony Weiner Memorial House Gym Open Is "Essential"
Aside from Progressive Caucus leaders Alan Grayson, Raul Grijalva and Keith
Ellison, who are all relatively safe for reelection, Blue AMerica has only endorsed
2 House incumbents so far this cycle. One is the progressive Member of the
New Hampshire congressional delegation, Carol Shea-Porter and a press
release she sent out of the weekend helps explain why.
The government has been shut down for eleven days, but Members of Congress
who have paid membership continue to have access to their gym and spa while
workers face furloughs.
“It is absolutely outrageous that John Boehner refu... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Go Green Academy
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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of environment... more » "You Think You Knew Crazy? Think Again. 10 Shockers from the Increasingly Unhinged Right Wing"
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*"You Think You Knew Crazy? Think Again. *
*10 Shockers from the Increasingly Unhinged Right Wing"*
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*by Janet Allon*
*1. Michele Bachmann: 'Obama is part of Al Qaeda and end times are
near.'*To the extent that she is capable of rational decision-making,
Minn. Rep.
Michele Bachmann decided this week might be a fitting time to remind the
public that she is batshit crazy. During a radio interview, she spun out
her theory that, A) President Obama is arming terrorists, generally, and
Al
Qaeda, specifically. And B) This is cause for rejoicing because it is a
sign that the end t... more »
Kan, Jaczko, Gundersen, Bradford and Nader -- Nuclear Power Through the Fukukshima Perspective | Enformable
by Karl Grossman - - It started this June in California. Speaking about the
problems at the troubled San Onofre nuclear plants through the perspective
of the Fukushima nuclear complex catastrophe was a panel of Naoto Kan,
prime minister of Japan when the disaster began; Gregory Jaczko, chairman
of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the time; Peter
Bradford, an NRC member when the Three Mile Island accident happened; and
nuclear engineer and former nuclear industry executive Arnie Gundersen.
This week the same panel of experts on nuclear technology—joined by
long-ti... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Gordon, Alabama, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
A Cherokee Proverb
"One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on
inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us
all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, generosity, empathy, truth,
compassion and faith.”
The grandson thought about this for a minute and then asked the
grandfather, “Which wolf wins?”
The old Cherokee simply repli... more »
Chet Raymo, "What Does It All Mean?"
* *
*"What Does It All Mean?"*
by Chet Raymo
"A good friend tells me via e-mail that she is reading Leo Tolstoy's "Anna
Karenina." I read the book for a second time two years ago, in the new
translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. It's one of those
novels I had to read twice - once in middle age (I would not have had the
patience in youth) and once in settled maturity. In middle age, it was all
about Anna, and passion, and doubt. In old age - for me at least - it's
about Levin, settled, happily married, enjoying as much intellectual peace
as might be possible in th... more »
When cocaine is all there is
Drugs are on my mind, as they often are these days. South American
cocaine, to be more specific, 800 tons of which are reportedly moved north
every year to eager markets in the U.S. and Canada. And the majority of it
passes right through this region where I’m working at the moment - the
Moskitia.
Just before I left Copan Ruinas to come down here, I was telling an
American friend about how I loved coming to this gorgeous place but at the
same time always felt a bit on edge because of the enormous presence of The
Business, as I've come to think of it. She was astounded that suc... more »
You say want a negotiation
Well, this is encouraging. It appears our Democrats learned how to negotiate.
Helluva a counter offer to the GOP's inane demands:
Washington Post: "Rather than making concessions that would undermine
Obama's signature health-care initiative, as Republicans first demanded,
Democrats are now on the offensive and seeking to undo what has become a
cherished prize for the GOP: deep agency spending cuts known as the
sequester."
Much more at Taegan's link.
Solidarity to the Parents
This morning I sat in front of my computer determined – determined to
answer every opt out question in my inbox – this is hard to accomplish
because they just keep coming. But today I did it. At least until tomorrow
morning or until I check my email again. I answered questions from
distraught parents, […]
This Oughta Mean Something ...
International cover-up of genotoxic environmental catastrophe? I'm one of
those limp-wristed "pwogwessive" types whooz against things like the death
penalty. But maybe an uprising, followed by executions of those who
launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003 would teach these scumbags some
fucking lessons?
Do you think rumsfeld, Condi, Cheney or bush II would die as well as Saddam
Hussein? No fucking way. Of all of them, I think Condi would die the
proudest. She was, I think, the most deluded. Cheney would have had a
pathetic heart attack long before the sentence was carried out. rumsfe... more »
NWO Cunt & Obamacare Stooge Ruin DC Truckers' Rally
SURPRISE!!! Guess who gets to grab all the headlines from the truckers
anti-government protest and rally in Washington DC? Queen Co-Opter &
Limelight Whore Sarah Palin, fresh of her assignment of co-opting Ron Paul
& Karl Denninger's REAL original Tea Party and ruining it. Now she ruined
the truckers' rally by turning it into being about HER and grabbing all the
headlines.
*World War II Memorial Barriers Pushed Through By Crowd*
The job of a co-opter is to infiltrate an existing grassroots movement,
keep the name of it, but change the mission of it to THEIR mission - not
the or... more »
TV Watch: Could the barren wasteland of this TV season be somehow connected to the barren wasteland of our social and political reality?
*Bright lights in the void*: *I haven't watched this official trailer for
Season 3 of Homeland, but you may want to. If the season turned out to be
good, I didn't want it spoiled by the preview, and if it didn't, well, I
didn't want to waste my time. So far, I'm happier than I could have
imagined. It's less of a surprise the The Good Wife is off to a great
season start -- less of a surprise, but still an enormous relief.*
*by Ken*
Let's just throw this out as an off-the-cuff thought rather than a closely
argued sociocultural treatise, but do you suppose there could be a
connection... more »
Great Moments in Republican Rebranding
Jesus fucking Christ on a foam rubber crutch, Fat Jack Leonard and the
Three Stooges had more gravitas than this bald-headed white separatist.
U.S. foreign Aid to Egypt
Recently, the Arab press in particular and the western press in general
have focused on President Barack Obama’s decision to stop U.S. aid to
Egypt. The rationale he used is based on the Egyptian military coup that
removed the freely and democratically elected ex-president Morsi.
President Obama’s rationale is totally wrong. Whoever briefed him was not
in touch with reality. His foreign policies regarding the Middle East in
general and the Arab world in particular has been wrong. The Arab
population was optimistic after his 2008 election, but is now totally
disappointed in the pre... more »
Untitled
*James Gill: Big shot steps in on behalf of oil and gas ~New Orleans
Advocate*
Game changer!
So the Tea Party faithful held a protest in DC today which was duly
addressed by the leading Crackpot Cons who build their own personal reality
for them. It was billed as a Million Man March but looking at the photos
I'd say 2-3 thousand max at its height and I'm probably being over generous.
And a dozen big trucks that showed up for the Ten Thousand Angry Truckers
Convoy circled the park while a few dozen true conservatives tore down the
gates around the War Memorial. But according to conservative math (real
numbers are skewed!) close enough to live up to the billing. Besides, loo... more »
Sharing pears
Reblogged from Talking Math with Your Kids: I took the kids camping this
weekend. Jay Cooke State Park is lovely. I recommend a visit if you have
never been. We had the following conversation at the campsite on Saturday
evening. Me: Griff, we have two pears and three people. What should we do
about that? […]
Dutchsinse, OPPT, and the mystery of the missing facts
So it all started last night (in my time zone) when a friend on skype sent
me a link to Dutchsinse's latest video and told me that "He's saying OPPT
is following Aleister Crowley!!".... well I just HAD to go listen to the
report..... especially since I'm pretty sure Heather doesn't even know who
Crowley is, lol.
I listened to the whole video (and for those who were/are following the
comments on the video, I wrote the first 3 comments I made as I was
listening to the report).
Dutch's video went viral all over the place and the skype chats rooms
exploded with comments and responses... more »
So, maybe you had no-one to vote for?
By the way: if you didn’t bother voting for mayors or councillors this
election—even though you know that virtually all mayors and councillors
both old and new regard your property as their business, and your pocket as
their personal ATM machine—then maybe you should have done something about
it?
You know, like standing yourself? Or supporting those who did, so more folk
could hear what they had to say?
There were a few candidates across the country standing against that
premise, and some of them polled well, and some few of them got elected.
And I hope some of you do let me know... more »
NO TO DRONES IN MAINE
We arrived at the Skowhegan Community Center around 4:00 pm today after a
13 mile walk. We left Bangor with 30 folks and walked 6.3 miles out of the
city. Ten folks from Bangor then bid us goodbye and we shuttled 40 miles
ahead on Hwy 2 heading west and had lunch along the road. Then we walked
another six-plus miles into Skowhegan.
Yesterday when we were walking thru Orono a Native American man named
Gkisedtanamoogk heard us drumming as he was washing dishes. He teaches
peace studies and Native American history at the University of
Maine-Orono. He came running after us and d... more »
Chinese relentless quest for gold underlines their call ( by way of their official press agency ) for a new reserve currency and replacement of the Dollar ( due to US fiscal failure and irresponsibility ) and New World Order - meaning China wants to be in Charge folks !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-13/chinas-official-press-agency-calls-new-reserve-currency
China's Official Press Agency Calls For New Reserve Currency, And New World
Order
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/13/2013 14:32 -0400
- Budget Deficit
- China
- Debt Ceiling
- Fail
- Federal Reserve
- International Monetary Fund
- Iraq
- recovery
- Reserve Currency
- White House
- World Bank
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We assume it is a coincidence that on the day in which we demonstrate
China's relentless appetite for g... more »
Secession Victories: Want To Know Why So Few Are Happy? (Just 11 Percent of the U.S. Population Has Enough Senate Representation To Stop Anything That the Other 89 Percent May Want) And They Completely Control the House of Representatives
(If throwing a contribution Pottersville2's way won't break your budget in
these difficult financial times, I really need it, and would wholeheartedly
appreciate it. Anything you can afford will make a huge difference in this
blog's lifetime.) With as much unalloyed confusion and as little
satisfaction (not to mention real happiness) as there is in the U.S. today
(no, I'm not talking about
I'm Willing To Bet That Kyrsten Sinema And Sean Patrick Maloney Will Never Be On A Postage Stamp
I have credits on a lot of films and albums but none thrill me as much as
when the end credits on the 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk roll
and I see my name. I wasn't in the movie and I was shocked to see my name
in the credits. It was there because the filmmaker had used some stills I
had taken of Harvey over the years. I had been unable to bring myself to
watch it-- too distraught-- for over a decade and had no idea my name was
attached to it.
Harvey was an important person in my life when I first moved to the West
Coast after having lived in Europe for nearly 7 year... more »
ZEROHEDGE: China's Official Press Agency Calls For New Reserve Currency, And New World Order
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-13/chinas-official-press-agency-calls-new-reserve-currency
China's Official Press Agency Calls For New Reserve Currency, And New World
Order
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/13/2013 14:32 -0400
We assume it is a coincidence that on the day in which we demonstrate
China's relentless appetite for gold, driven by what we and many others
believe is the country's desire to have a call option on a gold-backed
reserve currency when the time comes, just posted in China's official press
agency, Xinhua, is an op-... more »
"The Only Time..."
"Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times,
it's the only time we've got."
~ Art Buchwald
How difficult is to drop a letter in the post?
People are asking this morning: “How difficult is to drop a letter in the
post?” They’re asking, because so few people bothered to vote in the latest
local government elections, the results for which (in case you haven’t
noticed) were announced over the weekend.
Implied in that question is the notion that the *only* thing holding people
back from voting was the alleged difficulty of filling out a paper form and
finding an envelope, a stamp and a postbox. As if fixing low voter turnout
would be “fixed” if folk could fix their choice on their iPad.
But the people asking that questio... more »
‘Captain Phillips’ Is A Hollywood/CIA PsyOp
Source: Columbia Pictures.
'Captain Phillips' belongs in the company of Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, United
93, and other joint Hollywood-CIA productions that take liberties with the
truth, to put it mildly.
The crew members of the ship that was taken hostage in Somalian waters,
captained by what appears to be a moron from hell, say that the movie is a
big lie.
Here is an excerpt from the article, *"Crew members: ‘Captain Phillips’ is
one big lie"* by Maureen Callahan, The New York Post, October 13:
It didn’t go down like that, say several crew members: The pirates just
reneged on... more »
"Sometimes You Do..."
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea
that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're
licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no
matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."
~ "Harper Lee", "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Sunday Question for Liberals
Gotta get away from shutdown/debt limit for a while. So how about Syria:
how are you feeling now about Barack Obama's actions on Syria?
Jaguar C-X75 just got ugly... damn ugly.
after reporting on the thing for a couple of years, twelve months ago the
(cancelled?) Jaguar C-X75 jet-turbine powered electric-all-wheel driven
concept car looked like this. Glorious, clean ominous. It was powered by
two rear-mounted mini-jet engines and it had an electric motor per wheel.
Expensive, yes, and insane, but imagine how that jet-whistle alone would
have sounded as you floored the pedal.
SEX ON WHEELS, right?
Now, suddenly, it looks, and sounds, like this ... oh, dear: what have they
done?
How can that even claim to be the same car? Ugly spoiler'd backend, uglier ... more »
Paulo Coelho “Dreams: The 12 Steps”
*“Dreams: The 12 Steps”*
by Paulo Coelho
"When Joseph Campbell created the expression “follow your blessing,” he was
reflecting an idea that seems to be very appropriate right now. In “The
Alchemist,” this same idea is called “Personal Legend.” Alan Cohen, a
therapist who lives in Hawaii, is also working on this theme. He says that
in his lectures he asks those who are dissatisfied with their work and
seventy-five percent of the audience raise their hands. Cohen has created a
system of twelve steps to help people to rediscover their “blessing” (he is
a follower of Campbell):
*1... more »
Kennedy and Nixon
*"The Watergate break-in of 1972 (in which, I have always been convinced,
Nixon was not so much a guilty perpetrator as a guilty victim) followed
Nixon's secret negotiations with Hanoi for disengagement from Vietnam,
significantly advanced by his May 1972 visit to Moscow, where he signed the
first Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement."*
*
**- Peter Dale Scott, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1993)*
Kennedy and Nixon from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
The Hegelian Dialectic of 20th Century History.
The National Security State creates it's own Manichean duality, objects of
ego identificat... more »
“60 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Think”
* “60 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Think”*
by Marc Chernoff
"In your quiet moments, what do you think about? How far you’ve come, or
how far you have to go? Your strengths, or your weaknesses? The best that
might happen, or the worst that might come to be? In your quiet moments,
pay attention to your thoughts. Because maybe, just maybe, the only thing
that needs to shift in order for you to experience more happiness, more
love, and more vitality, is your way of thinking.
Here are 60 thought-provoking quotes gathered from our sister site, Everyday
Life Lessons, and from... more »
My Conversation with Benjamin Fulford Regarding the Dutchsinse Video
By American Kabuki
Sunday October 13, 2013
In the interest of complete transparency regarding the ever increasing
attempt to conflate the OPPT (which is a reconciled trust in any case - HOW
MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO REPEAT THAT?) with the actions of Swissindo.
I am publishing this conversation with Ben Fulford regarding the recent
Dutchsinse video claiming the OPPT asked him to sign an oath in exchange
for huge sums of money. * The OPPT simply isn't doing that. Whomever is
doing that, is not the OPPT.* It could very well be Swissindo (that has
yet to be confirmed) and those in ... more »
Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9oZ5A548Ak
Rep. Gohmert Tells The Truth
“When it comes to the shutdown that’s going on, I heard just before I came
on, some senator from Arizona — *a guy that liked [former Libyan dictator
Moammar] Gadhafi before he wanted to bomb him, a guy that liked [former
Egyptian strongman Hosni] Mubarak before he wanted him out, a guy that’s
been to Syria and supported al Qaeda and the rebels* — but he was saying
today the shutdown has been a fool’s errand, and I agree with him. The
president and [Sen.] Harry Reid [D-Nev.] should not have shut this
government down.” - Rep. Louie Gohmert. Source: *"Rep. Gohmert: McCain
‘supported ... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Oh, I give up: anyone have any ideas for how to fix the Republican Party --
or, more broadly, to rescue conservatives from the radicals, hucksters, and
crazies?
(Yeah, feel free to argue with the premise of the question if you think
that Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin are the True Conservatives, but good luck
with that).
Syria updates - October 11 , 2013 - a detailed look at the extremists ravaging Syria ( and inflicting mass killings on Syrian muslims and christians while the West looks the other way ) .....extremists financed by wealthy Gulf donors , trained on using chemical weapons by foreigners - expect more chemical weapon false flag attacks regardless of what happens with Assad's chemical weapons ..... ...
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/syria-killings-hrw-report-020/
Syria extremists financed by private Gulf donors carried out mass killings
– HRW
Published time: October 11, 2013 11:21
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in Syria's northwestern Latakia province, September 4, 2013 (Reuters /
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Syria's northwestern Latakia province, September 4, 2013 (Reuters / Khattab
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Templars dispersed on Friday, October 13th, 1307
Seznam.cz and Stream.cz present
*0:15 13th of October, the day when the Order of Templars was dispersed*
0:20 It's Friday, 13th of October, 1307. In all of France, a giant raid
against the members of the Order of Templars is underway. It was one of the
most powerful orders of the medieval Europe.
*If you don't see a video above, go here. I don't have the nerves to
reconcile the formatting of the objects with the HTML restrictions of
blogger.com.*
0:33 The accusations are completely shocking using the standards of that
era: heresy, sodomy, homosexuality, denial of Christ, and so o... more »
Reminder: Washington Had A Hand In The Creation of The Islamic Republic
President Ronald Reagan and Ayatollah Khomeini were two of the biggest
tyrants in history. Their successors, President Barack Hussein Obama and
Ayatollah Khamenei, are even bigger tyrants. But, of course, neither of
them can hold a candle in the competition for the world's greatest tyranny
to the murderous tyrants in Israel who had a big hand in the September 11
attacks
These truths are important to point out time and time again because no one
should be under the delusion that America, Iran, and Israel are led by
liberators. Demons run these countries.
If it wasn't for ... more »
"Foodstamp Nation In Turmoil: EBT System Goes Dark, "Glitch" Blamed"
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*"Foodstamp Nation In Turmoil: *
*EBT System Goes Dark, "Glitch" Blamed" *
by Tyler Durden
"In the past five years it has become apparent that America can survive a
near-fatal financial system collapse, an economy teetering on the edge and
kept ticking only thanks to the Fed's now perpetual QE, a collapsing
standard of living for everyone but the wealthiest 0.1%, declining wages,
zero interest rates, surging food, energy, rent, tuition and welfare costs,
and pretty much everything else, as long as the welfare state keeps humming
along. And by welfare state we mostly mean pro... more »
Sunday Classics: "Ingratitude is always Loge's lot"
*English singing translation by Andrew Porter, used in the Goodall-ENO
performance below:*
*LOGE*: Never one word
of praise or thanks!
For your sake alone,
hoping to help
I restlessly roamed
to the ends of the earth
to find a ransom for Freia,
one that the giants would like more.
In vain sought I,
and now I can see
in this whole wide world,
nothing at all
is of greater
worth to a man
than woman's beauty and love!
I asked every one living,
in water, earth, and sky,
one question, sought for the answer
and all whom I met,
I asked them this question:
"What in the world
means more to you
tha... more »
Crystalline Light Needles Penetrate into Gaia Hiddens at this Moment
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* *Crystalline Light Needles Penetrate into Gaia Hiddens at this Moment*
by ÉirePort
Crystalline Light Needles penetrate into Gaia hiddens at this moment. This
occurs Gaia-wide.
All unilluminateds will be pierced and revealed.
Secondary purpose of the Needle Light is to unveil all energetic soft
points and upgrade (strengthen).
Tertiary purpose is to stimulate both Hue- and humanity to next levels.
Quaternary purpose is dissolution of lower D cultural, societal, and
governmental paradigms, inner and outer.
Current Cosmic energetics and Gaia consciousness levels have initiat... more »
Result
Further to Craig’s post summarizing this morning’s edition of Sunday
Morning Live, allow me once again to go over to Samira Ahmed, who is
usually an excellent host for that Sunday Morning Live scenario, daft as
it is.
There are oh so many reasons why it’s daft, least of all the unreliability
of Skype, and Samira’s inability (partly, but not wholly, through
technical limitations) to get certain contributors to shut the f**k up. Not
that she had to do that this week.
Then there’s the wording of the “question” that was put to the vote. This
week it was loaded in favour of the ‘yes’ v... more »
Sandwich wars
Also on the Marr show, did anyone see David Mellor talking about his battle
with an M&S sandwich? He had difficulty getting at his sandwich, which I
admit can be tricky, but he showed little imagination in complaining about
over-abundant packaging, (perhaps he prefers his sandwiches squashed to a
pulp) and for some reason seemed apologetic that he’d been forced to stop
off at an M & S service station at all because he was “overwhelmed by
hunger”. He said it as though he was excusing some despicable aberration.
Is stopping off at a service station for an M&S sandwich something to be... more »
Taiwan = ROC? Yes, but not the way you might think
*Rare clear night here in Taichung. So happy with this picture.*
TISR published a very interesting poll this week picked up by the Taipei
Times:
The survey, conducted by Taiwan Indicators Survey Research (TISR), showed
that 69.7 percent believe that Taiwan and China are “two countries with
separate development,” 9.6 percent think that both sides belong to “a
divided ROC” and 2.4 percent see the two as belonging to “a divided
People’s Republic of China [PRC].” A further 18.2 percent had no opinion,
the survey showed.
Given a choice of how they would like the international media to ... more »
it's the end
"The more you know,
the crazier you look."
Watch: Million Man Vet March...(live stream video)
*God bless them.*
Live streaming video by Ustream
"The crucial thing is that yer live and let live, isn't it?"
The aforementioned *Sunday Morning Live *partly followed its usual pattern
of juxtaposing sharply opposed points of view, and hoping that some light
comes out of the inevitable heat. I think some light did come out of the
heat of this edition.
The opening subject (and the subject of the viewers' poll that saw 95%
saying 'yes' to the question), was "Does the English Defence League
represent a view that needs to be heard?", and it pitted the former EDL
leader Tommy Robinson against former Muslim Council of Britain spokesman
Inayat Bunglawala.
Although placed on an end chair, Esthe... more »
Marred
Two injured souls struggling against adversity. Andrew Marr, obviously
paralysed down the left side, and Malala Yousafzai with her slight facial
disfigurement courtesy of the Taliban were rather a sad sight this morning
as they sat facing each other on the Andrew Marr show.
Malala appears unnervingly confident in her public appearances. One has to
admire her eloquence and maturity, but the superficiality of her quest is
still the elephant in my room.
There’s something about being draped with a cloth that confers
righteousness upon the drapee. When a Muslim sweeps into a room or Mala... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, October 13th, 2013
Sunday, and it is Thanksgiving here in Canada.... Time for our annual
turkey dinner and for my weekly rant where I talk turkey.....
I have been watching over the last few weeks as this "Government Shutdown"
continues in the United States, and I have been wondering when the HELL the
American public would finally say enough is enough, and take some sort of
action against their criminal government in Washington.... I was wondering
when the American people would have the balls to finally decide to take
their country back from the brink of oblivion, and it seems that thanks to
the brainw... more »
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as “Costume Parties”
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as \”Costume Parties\”. via
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as “Costume Parties”.
Stevie and Brazil . . .
—
A protest in Vancouver over our mining operations in Tibet —
WHY WOULD STEVIE TARGET BRAZIL? According to Dave Dean at Vice, “75% of
the World's Mining Companies Are Based in Canada”. Maybe that's why
Stevie wants to know what the Brazilian Ministry of Mines is planning?
All over the world, companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and
run out of lawyer’s offices on Bay Street or
ObamaCare rollout "glitches " and Saturday's EBT " glitch " - beginning of a pattern of technological epic fails ? When do we see " glitches affecting electrical grids ?
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/10/obamacare-rollout-what-the-log-in-problems-tell-us-about-more-serious-and-harder-problems-to-come.html
SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 13, 2013
ObamaCare Rollout: What All the Log-In Problems Tell Us About More
Serious
(and Harder) Problems to Come
*By Lambert Strether of Corrente.*
Let’s dispose immediately of the administration’s canard that the
Federal
Exchange’s problems were caused a happy excess of visitors all trying to
log in at once; I posted on my encounter with the dreaded security
questions bug 38 minutes after the Exchange launched at midnight,
Octo... more »
Rod Adams offers a correction
My Breakthrough Institute post got picked up; by The Energy Collective and
to date has drawn 19 comments. Among the comments was one by Rod Adams:
@Charles Barton
I have not yet finished your piece, but I needed to take a break and
respond to the following statement:
*The Pebble Bed Reactor is often pointed to as an example of Generation IV
Inherent Safety, but part of that safety requires a very large core. In
fact a core that is larger than the core of commercial Light Water
Reactors. The Pebble Bed core costs as much to build as a LWR and thus no
one seems to be moving forward ... more »
Milibandism: Politics and Expediency
It's a truism of politics that a cabinet or shadow cabinet reshuffle does
not necessarily mean a change in political direction. And that much is true
of the first statements of intent from new appointees Rachel Reeves and
Tristram Hunt. You don't need me to tell you that Rachel's intent to "be
tough" on joblessness, and Tristram's pledge to stick "rocket boosters" on
Gove's free school wheeze have not proven palatable with much of the Labour
faithful. So what's going on?
Well, to be truthful, nothing has changed at all. Rachel's pledge to be
tougher than the Tories is exactly where... more »
Making The Swamp Bigger
When Canada went to war in Afghanistan twelve years ago, self
congratulation was in the air -- and journalism did not serve the country
well. Jeffrey Simpson wrote in yesterday's *Globe and Mail*:
The early coverage was largely ahistorical, gung-ho, a big group hug for
the Canadians – a travesty of journalism, really. What Canadians needed
then was a clear-eyed analysis of the country and its history, an
understanding of its regional antagonisms, an appreciation of the daunting,
even impossible task Canada and its government – to say nothing of the
entire North Atlantic Treaty Org... more »
A drone in your neighbourhood soon.
Americans are going to issue drone driver licence for safety. That is what
NRA says about guns too - that they are safe. Where are we headed?
Riley Morgan, 14, flies a home-built drone AfterDARC on Oct. 11. Morgan
has been working with drones for half a year. This drone took him two
days to build and cost around $1300 in parts.
*"Others are less sure that humans, even trained ones, can be trusted at
all. Drones would need to come with software-based "training wheels," or
"safety bumpers," to protect amateurs and reckless pilots from harming
themselves and others, Cummings said.
Ju... more »
Canadian Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving celebration by Euro-peoples in North America was not
in New England but in Newfoundland by Martin Frobisher, 42 years before the
Pilgrims.
Frobisher's Thanksgiving was not for harvest but homecoming. He had safely
returned from a search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate
of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin.
Given the fierceness of Arctic winter and the tragedy of these other
expeditions, we can understand why he was grateful to come out alive. But
why a special thanksgiving?
Frobisher sailed under Elizabeth I, whose reign was marked by gr... more »
Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders Fights For Working Families-- Florida Corporate Hack Patrick Murphy Is On The Other Side
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)-- like Ken and I, a graduate of James Madison High
School-- has been trying to explain that “Yesterday, the Republicans were
using the Affordable Care Act as the reason why they had to shut down the
government and not pay our bills. Today, it’s ‘reforming’ Social Security,
Medicare and Medicaid. What will it be tomorrow?
“Social Security, which is independently funded through the payroll tax,
has nothing to do with the deficit. The deficit-- which has been cut in
half since 2009-- was significantly caused by the Bush wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the Bush ta... more »
Wild Bill: Obama rats...(video)
good Sunday morning to you all.
first footage of Edward Snowden receiving his Sam Adams award in Moscow
first footage of Edward Snowden receiving his Sam Adams award in Moscow.
Sarah Harrison, WikiLeaks journalist, seated next to Mr Snowden on left of
picture. Also present, whistleblowers from NSA, CIA, FBI, DoJ, Mr.
Snowden's Russian lawyer, and translators.
Grid Ex 2 coming November 11-13 and interestingly , we see National Geographic is featuring a premier movie about a cyber attack knocking out power for ten days - said movie launching about two weeks before Grid Ex 2 ! ! Conditioning ?
http://beforeitsnews.com/science-and-technology/2013/10/msm-american-blackout-false-flag-electrical-grid-cyber-attack-foreshadowed-in-new-national-geographic-movie-2643390.html
(
Similar to yesterday's glitch shutdown of EBT systems all day in 17
states , is the coming film 'test " of reactions , training of the
sheeple
for the Grid Ex 2 Test and " glitches " which may occur in the same
timeframe ? )
*Is a forthcoming false flag attack upon our electrical grid
foreshadowed
in a new**NationalGeographic* *premier movie event coming in late
October,
just prior to the electrical grid s... more »
"Sirens of the Lambs"
It's not just factory farming that is causing other species to weep, wail,
scream and sob as we are driving them to extinction. But Banksy's video
makes it viscerally apparent. An explanation of his project in New York
City is here.
"Black Elk's Vision"; "All One Tribe"
"I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about
beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw
more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in
a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of
all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the
sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide
as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering
tree to shelter all children of one mother and one father. And I saw that ... more »
Whoops! (again)
Well, it's happened again.
This morning's *Sunday Morning Live* viewers' poll had as its question:
*Does the English Defence League represent a view that needs to be heard?*
The result was as emphatic as ever:
*95% said 'Yes'*
*
5% said 'No'
*
I really don't know why the studio guests on the losing side always appear
so surprised. These kinds of result are par for the course on *Sunday
Morning Live *these days*. SML *viewers don't seem to follow the BBC line
on anything.
Musical Interlude: Frank Sinatra, “My Way”
Frank Sinatra, “My Way”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0dJXtwwiY
"Why Not Despair?"
* "Why Not Despair?"*
by Sam Smith
"To view our times as decadent and dangerous, to mistrust the government,
to imagine that those in power as not concerned with our best interests is
not paranoid but perceptive; to be depressed, angry or confused about such
things is not delusional but a sign of consciousness. Yet our culture
suggests otherwise.
.
But if all this is true, then why not despair? The simple answer is this: *despair
is the suicide of imagination.* Whatever reality presses upon us, there
still remains the possibility of imagining something better, and in this
dr... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Toads"
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*"Toads"*
by Paulo Coelho
“Various biological studies have shown that if a toad is placed in a
container along with water from his own pond, he will remain there, utterly
still, while the water is heated, even when the water reaches boiling
point. The toad does not react to the gradual increase in temperature and
dies when the water boils. Fat and happy. On the other hand, if a toad is
thrown into that container when the water is already boiling, he will jump
straight out again, scalded, but alive!
Sometimes we behave like the boiled toads. We do not notice changes. We
t... more »
The Poet: Eugene O'Neill, "Free"
* "Free"*
by Eugene O'Neill
"Weary am I of the tumult, sick of the staring crowd,
Pining for wild sea places where the soul may think aloud.
Fled is the glamour of cities, dead as the ghost of a dream,
While I pine anew for the tint of blue on the breast of the old Gulf Stream.
I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame;
I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price of shame;
But I know that I shall find surcease, the rest my spirit craves,
Where the rainbows play in the flying spray,
'Mid the keen salt kiss of the waves.
Then it's ho! for the plunging d... more »
Shhh!
Is Janet Daley correct when she writes that "BBC news output is
specifically designed to counter what it sees as ignorance and popular
prejudices" and that "its coverage of issues in which it believes such
prejudices to be rife – immigration, for example – is intended to be
instructional and, specifically corrective of what its managers think of,
and describe openly in conversation, as the influence of the “Right-wing
press”"?
Well, the Right-wing press is covering an important immigration story today
- one that is likely to get many people somewhat hot under the collar.
Indeed, ... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Shape of Night”
* *
* “The Shape of Night”*
by Chet Raymo
“In Shelley's “Prometheus Unbound”, the Earth speaks these wonderful words:
“I spin beneath my pyramid of night
Which points into the heavens, dreaming delight,
Murmuring victorious joy in my enchanted sleep;
As a youth lulled in love-dreams faintly sighing,
Under the shadow of his beauty lying,
Which round his rest a watch of light and warmth doth keep.”
Beautiful words, but beautiful too that the poet has fixed in his mind's
eye a geometry that was first imagined by astronomers in the ancient Near
East. Night... more »
MISS WHIPLASH, TOP POLITICIANS, ROYALTY, SPIES
*George Osborne with Natalie Rowe, a vice madam, in 1994. **mirror.co.uk/ *
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In the photo above we see UK cabinet minister George Osborne and prostitute
Natalie Rowe.
Natalie, a former teenage runaway, ran the *Black Beauties* escort agency
and used the name 'Miss Whiplash' and 'Mistress Pain'.
Reportedly,* among her clients were four top members of the Conservative
party, a bank chief executive and a 'world famous' television host.*
*mirror.co.uk/ *
George Osborne, aka Gideon Osborne, is a top man in the UK government and
in Bilderberg.
George Osborne has been linked to Na... more »
Give us this day our Daley read
Janet Daley's *Sunday Telegraph *article this week tackles the increasing
popular theme of BBC bias:
The BBC foists on us a skewed version of reality
*The news media are engaged in a political argument about whether the
purpose of journalism is to report the world as it is or to purvey an
idealised view*
Her article begins by discussing the present "fight to the death" over the
future of the press here in the United Kingdom. It's a fight, she says,
that's not just between sections of the media and large parts of the
political class, but also a fight between parts of the media - b... more »
Disgusting behaviour
Man in court for trying to have sex with sheep near Tottenham training
ground
So reported The Standard recently. Sheep? Yuck!
List of lists (non exhaustive)
List of architects from New Zealand.
List of popes.
List of sustainable seafood advisory lists and certification.
List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M
to Z.
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
List of Melrose Place episodes.
List of Fist of Fun.
List of Lizst.
List of lakes.
List of endangered languages of the United States of America.
List of islands of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.
Philip Zelikow teaches Modern History - the irony is overloading
"THE MODERN WORLD, global history since 1760 with Phillip Zelikow," this is
the once-director of the 'small government group' called the 9/11
Commission. Yeah, small but extremely important and extremely calcimine
from the get go.
Zelikow essentially made sure THE TRUTH WAS NEVER KNOWN, not even about the
demolition of WTC #7 (the Saloman Brothers building that housed the CIA,
FBI and the NY Emergency Management Suite) late on the day of 9/11.
Seriously, this career political manipulator is intimately connected to the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for global influence, is on Presi... more »
IAF Seminar, Gummersbach, Germany, Part 2
This is the continuation of my earlier paper, IAF Seminar 2008,
Gummersbach, Germany, posted in January 21, 2011. The course that I
attended in THA, Gummersbach, Germany, was "Civil Society and Local
Government" conducted I think, from October 26 to November 2, 2008. or
almost five years ago. I feel nostalgic...
Our batch visited some government offices in Cologne, about one hour by car
from Gummersbach. A local paper featured one story about such visit.
One of those lecture-workshops. To my right was Asma Asfor from Palestine,
to my left Isil Cakmac from Turkey.
My other batchma... more »
Are you an urban scientist or an urban whore?
A part of the blogosphere is discussing the following incident.
DNLee5, Dana N. Lee, a black female biologist (specializing in vampire bats:
note that the words for vampire, bat are upír, netopýr in Czech, similar
endings) who oscillates between Oklahoma and Tanzania and who blogs as the
Urban Scientist at the Scientific American server, was negotiating with
biology-online.org about her possible regular, monthly contributions to
this biologically oriented community server of a sort.
(No, Twitter's DNLee without 5 is someone else entirely, a fact that dozens
of mindless retweeters of... more »
Syria humanitarian crisis: Catastrophe or media war? [RT]
The Obama administration is about as humanitarian as a serial killer.
Syria humanitarian crisis: Catastrophe or media war? Source: RT.
Greed: Why An Accepted Cure For Cancer Won't Be Found by Elizabeth Renter
*Source: **http://cancercaremalaysia.com/category/wisdom-living-general*/
Greed: Why an Accepted “Cure” for Cancer Won’t Be Found
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 12 October 2013
Cancer kills about 1,600 people in the United States every single day.
That’s 580,350 in 2013, according to the American Cancer Society. Millions
if not billions of dollars every year are funneled into cancer research,
yet the issue is still growing. In many cases we know what causes cancer or
what increases your risk of developing cancerous tumors, but the world has
yet to see a “medically acce... more »
Musical Interlude: Kodo Drummers, “Live at the Acropolis”
Kodo Drummers, “Live at the Acropolis”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nLUXQS8hY
October 12, 1973
Nixon, perhaps energized by the multiple crises (the Yom Kippur War, the
tapes war) acts quickly: just two days after Spiro Agnew resigned, he nominates
House Minority Leader Gerald Ford for the VP vacancy. This, at least, was a
pragmatic move designed to get someone confirmed. Unfortunately for Nixon,
however, it also meant a president-in-waiting that no one in Congress
worried about, which removed at least one important disincentive for
eventual impeachment.
The fight that Nixon really wanted, however, was with the special
prosecutor. Archibald Cox had just secured his first indic... more »
Nothing much to say, or at least that I feel up to saying
*by Ken*
The above news, in case you missed it, comes courtesy of *New Yorker*cartoon editor Bob Mankoff's weekly blogpost, "Nothing
to Say," news that Bob declares he was "particularly gratified about."
There is perhaps inspiration to be drawn from Bob's opening:
I have nothing at all to say this week. But that's pretty much the case
every week, and, since it hasn’t stopped me in the past, it's not going to
now.
Bob proceeds to propose "a simple 'News of the Week' feature" that consists
of a list of the days of the week, a stunt that I suspect at most one of us
can get away with... more »
Dutchsinse: Purported White Dragon/OPPT Oaths....
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* *Note to Dutchsinse:* the OPPT has *nothing* to do with the White Dragon
Society, Swissindo, or...yes he did say it....Aleister Crowley *(REALLY
Dutch... Crowley??? Really???)* or any purported OPPT oaths. Whomever is
claiming to represent the OPPT is doing so fraudulently. The OPPT has
NEVER asked anyone to do ANY oaths. Anyone who has sworn an oath to a
fraud is not bound to it in any case. Whether these contacts have money
remains to be seen...but they are not the OPPT. The OPPT is a reconciled
trust that is no longer in operation. It has been superseded by the I... more »
'Premier Brad Wall's Sask. Party government ‘does not play well with others’ - Says Leader-Post Business Editor
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[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
*In today's 'new' Saskatchewan, you generally find little criticism of
Premier Brad Wall in the main stream media. Executives in Saskatchewan's
corporate media simply love Wall and their editorial policy generally stays
away from any criticism whatsoever. *
*
**But things are changing. Here is Bruce Johnstone, the Business Editor of
the Regina Leader-Post::*
*
**"It might seem ungrateful, especially on Thanksgiving weekend, to
criticize the Saskatchewan Party government’s economic development track
record. After all, the Saskatchewan economy h... more »
Moderate Republicans? Has Anyone Spotted A Live One In Congress Since Sherry Boehlert?
No friends of Darrell Issa's, the American Association of Letter Carriers
endorsed Richard Hanna for reelection
Yes… Mark Pocan, the intensely progressive freshman from Wisconsin insists
he knows a genuine moderate Republican. Richard Hanna (R-NY) defeated
disappointing conservative Mike Arcuri in the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of
2010 to win back Boehlert's old upstate New York seat (Utica, Rome,
Binghamton). The district-- now NY-22-- has a PVI of R+3 but was a 49-49%
tie in the presidential elections of 2008 and 2012. Last year Hanna was
reelected 61-39% and won all 8 counties in t... more »
UPDATE FROM AROOSTOOK COUNTY
*Arriving at UU church in Caribou on the first day of the walk*
I am writing this on our mini-bus as we head south from Presque Isle to
Bangor. We have nine of our group in this vehicle while another ten folks
are in a couple other vehicles behind us. Our crew in the bus has five
Americans and four Japanese activists and for the first hour we were
singing songs in both languages. It’s been a lot of fun.
Last night we stayed in the home of two local activists who make up half of
the peace group that weekly vigils on a local bridge – they’ve been doing
it for the last 10 years even ... more »
No deal
I hope this is true. The Hill is reporting Obama rejected the GOP's lame
offer:
President Obama signaled Saturday that he wouldn't accept the Republicans'
offer for a short-term increase in the nation's debt limit.
"Manufacturing crises to extract massive concessions isn’t how our
democracy works, and we have to stop it," Obama said. "Politics is a battle
of ideas, but you advance those ideas through elections and legislation –
not extortion."
Hell, I could have written that statement myself. Meanwhile, the twitter
tells me House GOPers are scrambling to pass the buck to the Sena... more »
Philadelphia School District Financial Crisis - Did the financial crisis slamming the School district lead to the tragic death of a student ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2456311/Girl-12-dies-asthma-attack-nurse.html
Girl, 12, dies of an asthma attack because there was no school nurse due to
Philadelphia budget cuts
- School budget cuts allowed for a school nurse only 2 days a week
- 12-year-old Laporshia would have lived if the school called rescue,
according to a District source
- Teachers told her 'just be calm' and didn't take her to the hospital
By ALEXANDRA KLAUSNER
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Free and Stylish Glasses with Firmoo
I was given a pair of glasses from Firmoo.com in exchange for my honest
review.
I have a confession to make. I didn't need glasses when I first got them.
There was the super cute girl in my 5 grade class that everybody loved. She
had darling glasses and so naturally I wanted them too. I squinted a lot
until I finally talked my parents into giving me glasses. I remember
completely bluffing my way through my first eye exam. I ended up with a
pair of glasses I could hardly see out of but eventually ended up needing
them because I wore them anyway.
Now I would love to blame my ne... more »
On DC Discord
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.
HI-02: Fix The Debt? Or Fight For Progressive Values?
Tulsi Gabbard positioned herself as the progressive candidate in last
year's race to represent Hawai`i's 2nd Congressional District. She
accurately and successfully tagged her main rival, Honolulu Mayor Mufi
Hannemann, as anti-choice and anti-gay and, with strong backing from
liberals, easily won last summer's Democratic primary. She faced no serious
opposition in the general election.
A Republican has never represented HI-02. Indeed, the district has a strong
progressive pedigree. Legendary Congresswoman Patsy Mink co-founded the
Progressive Congressional Caucus while representin... more »
Rain is no obstacle for Pope Francis
In a sea of umbrellas Pope Francis sticks out like Jesus walking on water.
So move over Barack Hussein Obama, there is a new holy one in town.
Title: Rain is no obstacle for Pope Francis. Source: romereports. Date
Published: October 12, 2013.
Satire: "Poll: Americans Divided Over What Wild Animal They Would Like To See Congress Mauled By"
*"Poll: Americans Divided Over What Wild Animal *
*They Would Like To See Congress Mauled By"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "As the partial government shutdown
grinds on into its twelfth day, Americans remain deeply divided over what
kind of wild animal they would most like to see Congress mauled by,
according to a new poll released today.
While a majority of Americans say they would enjoy seeing Congress torn
limb from limb by a ferocious bear, there is disagreement over which
species of bear would be best suited for that assignment. When asked, “What
... more »
on a Free Planet - what would you miss the most?
I don't usually ENCOURAGE discussion on this blog, but that's what this
post is all about: DISCUSSION.
"On a Free Planet, what would you miss the most about this modern
consumerist world we currently inhabit?"
Maybe you'd miss the wars, the greed, the dogma, the rent, the rates, the
taxes, the constant grind to 'make ends meet' and be better than your
competitor... but some people are sick like that.
I'm talking about the things you currently take for granted.
Would you miss CITIES?
Would you miss DRIVING?
Would you miss LAWYERS?
Would you miss HIERARCHY?
Would you miss COUNTRY?
Wo... more »
Fukushima updates - October 12 , 2013 - Assessing the ongoing contamination from the ongoing Fukushima debacle in not just Japan but global impacts.....
Energy News......
07:53 AM EST on October 13th, 2013 | 10 comments
Cesium spiking in ocean off Fukushima plant — Record amount for location at
10,000 Bq/m³ — Former IAEA Expert: “Fish have a real ability to accumulate
cesium” (VIDEO)
12:43 AM EST on October 13th, 2013 | 7 comments
Japan Professors: Worst case scenario at Fukushima, nuclear rods melted and
went through reactor floors; Contamination is impacting rest of world;
Likely that entire Pacific will be affected — Farmer: Gov’t doesn’t have
any idea about status of fuel (VIDEO)
06:08 PM EST on October 12th, 2013 | 54 comments
G... more »
Over the Cliff and Onto the Rocks Below
October 12, 2013 Now that Ted Cruz seems to have self-immolated, or
something close enough to it to make me happy, maybe Congress will step
away from the fiscal cliff and settle down to do their congressional duties
long enough for the country not to self-immolate next week. Maybe not.
Hard to tell, at this […]
Components of Gender
From *Paradoxes of Gender* by Judith Lorber (1994), pp.30-1.
... gender is not a unitary essence but has many components as a social
institution and as an individual status. As a social institution, gender is
composed of:
*Gender statuses*, the socially recognised genders in a society and the
norms and expectations for their enactment behaviourally, gesturally,
linguistically, emotionally, and physically. How gender statuses are
evaluated depends on historical development in any particular society.
*Gendered division of labour*, the assignment of productive and domestic
work to mem... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Plenty of things, of course; I'm going to single out Janet Yellin to the
Fed.
On the doesn't matter front...I'll stick with the various spin stuff from
the shutdown, from the House minibills to the House discharge petition.
This one isn't going to be decided by spin.
What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?
Business 360 12: Optimum Size of Government
* This is my article for B360, a monthly business magazine in Kathmandu,
Nepal, October 2013 issue.
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Most of the discontent and disharmony of people within and among countries
around the world can be traced to the size and degree of invention and
regulations of government. Some people want government to be as extensive
as possible, approaching a socialist economy, some want no government at
all.
Too much government means too many taxes and fees to sustain a big army of
government officials and personnel, and also sustain an enormous number of
people who will be waiting... more »
Weekend Fun 49: Lefties Songs
During our student activist days in UP in the 80s, we heard a lot of
protest songs. Anti-dictatorship, anti-imperalism, anti-capitalism, etc.
But what remained in my mind until now are the funny ones. Like these three.
(1) (A marching tune often played by drum and bugle corps, I don't know the
title)
Sandaang masinggan, hawak ng hukbong bayan
lulusubin ang Malakanyang.
Sa bundok sa gubat, kami ay walang gulat
lulusubin ang Malakanyang.
Ang aming lider, Amado Guerrero
Victor Corpuz ang commander
Ang sigaw namin ibagsak ang pasismo
pyudalismo, imperyalismo
Ang suot namin, pajama ng V... more »
9/11: The Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy
*"I see these bumper-stickers everywhere: 'Bush Knew!' *
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*This is an oxymoron.*
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*Bush knows nothing."*
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*- Webster G. Tarpley*
It is therefore extremely significant that the Shadow Government attempted
to murder his wife on the day of 9/11.
9/11 - The Attempted Assassination of Senator Ted Kennedy and First Lady
Laura Bush from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
There has been endless debate as to what really took place and what really
happened regarding Flight United 93.
* What cannot be denied, however was that there was a plane-like object
in-bound to Washington DC that never made ... more »
Operation Streamline Shutdown: Si preguntan porque? – If they ask why?
Lupe Castillo holding it down in front of Tucson's Federal Courthouse
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By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
Scouring media outlets nationwide, it is evident that Operation Streamline
– which was shut down by human rights activists on Oct 11 in Tucson –
remains “America’s dirty little secret.”
One of the media outlets reporting on this unprecedented action – which
included blocking the entrance to the federal courthouse’s parking lot –
plus the disabling of two immigration buses – elicited this response from
readers:
“They should be shot on site.”
“Just run them over.”
While many... more »
Interesting Solar Events on October 11, 2013
Interesting videos for October 11 of activity on the Sun.
JFK: American University Commencment Speech: A Strategy of Peace - June 10th 1963
JFK: American University Commencment Speech: A Strategy of Peace - June
10th 1963 from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
At American University on June 10, 1963, President Kennedy proposed an end
to the Cold War.”
Khrushchev called the American University Address “the greatest speech by
any American President since Roosevelt.”
To work his way out of the arms race (and free from the kind of dilemma
that arose from his science advisor knowing more about nuclear war, even
its strategy, than his Defense Secretary), Kennedy decided to create a
series of peace initiatives. He began with the Ameri... more »
what i'm reading, children's books edition # 9: wonderstruck
Over the summer, I wrote about *The Invention of Hugo Cabret* by Brian
Selznick, a children's book with a suspenseful, convoluted story, lavishly
illustrated with Selznick's beautiful pencil drawings. (I scanned several
of those images into my earlier post.)
I've just finished Selznick's most recent book, *Wonderstruck*. *
Wonderstruck* is filled with drawings in the same distinctive pencil style,
but it is even better than *Hugo Cabret*.
The central story of *Wonderstruck* is more linear, so it's easier to
follow. But Selznick employs a brilliant device that adds mystery and
suspe... more »
Exclusive: Cookie Monster to appear on 'Question Time'
Following the Cookie Monster's appearance on *Newsnight* news has come
through to us that he will soon be joining the ever-growing list of
celebrities to appear on BBC One's *Question Time*.
We at *Is the BBC Biased?* have acquired a transcript of part of that
forthcoming edition of the programme:
*David Dimblebly*: Can we have our next question please? Mo Ansar, Mo Ansar?
*Audience member*: Yes, does the panel think Israel is worse than Iran?
*David Dimbleby*: Owen Jones?
*Owen Jones*: Yes, Iran rules; Israel sucks.
*Audience*: Hurray!
*David Dimbleby*: John Redwood?
*John Redwood... more »
OPCW team in Syria reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win
The OPCW is the political arm of USrahell. It is removing Syria's chemical weapons, but won't even speak about Israel's arsenal of chemical weapons. So take that Nobel peace prize and shove it straight up your ass. It means nothing. But, hey, if OPCW members want to believe their mission in Syria is noble and humanitarian, that's fine, but they shouldn't assume that others share their illusions about their work. OPCW team in Syria reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win. Source: Reuters. Date Published: October 11, 2013.Related articles
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