Saturday, February 15, 2014

15 Feb - Blogs I'm Following II

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10:40pm MSTR

Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 20 minutes ago
Welcome to *Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man*! Zan Overall, also known as the *Wise Old Man*, is an activist, musician, comedian, and actor. Tonight, we will again be hearing two of the Wise Old Man's excellent songs, along with a comedic skit and an overview of Zan's recent activism on the UCLA college campus. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.

John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School Labor

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 25 minutes ago
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and his hand-selected, anti-public-school sidekick, State Education Superintendent John White, really want their so-termed “online education” dollar siphon, Course Choice, to be the major death drain that it was intended to be to Louisiana public education. In May 2013, the Louisiana Supreme Court declared use of Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) funding– […]

How Bad Is The Comcast Acquisition Of TimeWarner For Society?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 39 minutes ago
In his 1995 article for *Business On A Small Planet*, Corporations and the Public Interest, Jonathan Rowe helped put the intent behind the rise of corporations into a perspective that has been lost over the decades. "When I was a law student in Philadelphia," he writes, "I was hired by the owner of a small local radio station to look into the original corporate charters of the Penn Central Railroad (originally the Pennsylvania Railroad). The Penn Central was in the process of ending its passenger service, and the man who hired me wondered if the railroad didn’t have a legal duty of... more »

NO COWERING IN IRELAND

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
Imprisoned peace activist Margaretta D'Arcy has reiterated her assertion that Shannon Airport's runway is being used improperly for the purposes of war, and has called on the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter to stop defending the indefensible military use of the airport. Speaking to John Lannon and Edward Horgan of Shannonwatch this Monday, she said that the State has a responsibility to ensure the proper use of the airport and to protect it against security threats. "The fact that Niall Farrell and I could walk out onto the runway at Shannon demonstrates that it is not secure." ... more »

KIPPCare Includes Child Doping Benefit

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
Since corporate school leader, Mike Feinberg, left his KIPP superintendent's duties in Houston for the full-time pursuit of national brand saturation, KIPP teachers report chaos at a number of the KIPP schools around Houston, with mass retentions, administrative meltdowns, faltering test scores, and en masse teacher resignations. What will it take to restore order? How about some meds? The KIPP marketing team may have come up with an answer with the new lucrative KIPP:Care, which promises to offer KIPPster treatment for everything from anxiety to zits. That will include testing, e... more »

Sunday Classics preview: Here's the key -- or is it?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Piano Trio: * *i. Allegro moderato -- opening* *Arthur Rubinstein, piano; Jascha Heifetz, violin; Emanuel Feuermann, cello. RCA-BMG, recorded in Holllywood, Sept. 12-13, 1941* *Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello. EMI, recorded in New York, c1979* *UPDATE:* If you looked at this post before 10pm ET/7pm PT, you saw only the Ashkenazy-Perlman-Harrell clip, and in fact originally the whole first movement. When I went back to edit it to include just the opening, I was disheartened by how namby-pamby the performance is. (I actually thought the EMI C... more »

Some Personal Reflections on Social Media and Tenure

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago
Editor’s note: this post first appeared on my personal blog. As some of you may know, I’m up for tenure this year, and it’s not going to work out. I don’t want to get into the details of anything that ought not be discussed in public, but I thought I’d share some quick thoughts that Continue reading

Global chess - Saudi Arabia: Preparing for Aggression ? US blind to barbs in Japan defense plan .......... The new US-Russia Cold War ....... Baghdad plays familiar al-Qaeda card

Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/02/11/will-the-saudis-unleash-a-conventional-and-terror-war-together/ Will the Saudis unleash a conventional and terror war together? Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services44 [image: Saudi tanks] Saudi Arabia: Preparing for Aggression ?*…by *<span class="author" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial in

Despite Excuses the Economy Still Sucks

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 5 hours ago
The state-corporate media continues to generate spin and excuses for the ongoing dismal state of the U.S. economy which despite the big Wall Street bailout has yet to generate a real economic recovery for those outside of the elitist enclaves and the Lower Manhattan state-subsidized gambling casinos. It has now been nearly six years since the pigs choked on their own greed triggering the implosions of Bear Stearns, AIG and Lehman Brothers and the subsequent drop in the stock markets that proved that modern finance capitalism as practiced in our rotting land of at one time plenty i... more »

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 6 hours ago
I was interviewed for EPIC’s Iraq Matters Podcast about the latest development’s in Iraq, Pres. Obama’s State of the Union and Iraq’s education system. I also talked with Louise Redvers for her article “Old fault lines, new flashpoints in Iraq’s Anbar” for IRIN about the current conflict in Anbar. Finally, I was interviewed by J. Dana Stuster for her piece in Foreign Policy “Iraq’s Abject Lessons for Mexico’s Self-Defense Forces” which compared Mexico’s attempt to use paramilitaries in its drug war to Iraq’s use of the Sons of Iraq.

Internet Trolls, "Dark Tetrad"

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 6 hours ago
Abstract to a just published psychology paper on internet troll personalities: In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing to a common construct underlying the measures.

Who is the true liquidity juggernaut ? China , of course......Key takeaways --- Total Chinese loan creation in January was CNY 1.32 trillion, or $218 billion. While January traditionally sees a pick up in loan creation (and demand), the 174% increase in bank loans from December was an unprecedented number, was above the CNY 1.1 trillion, and CNY 250 billion more than a year ago. More notably, this was the largest monthly bank loan injection since January 2010. The last time China scrambled to inject massive amounts of bank loans was in late 2008 and early 2009 when the world was ending, and it was China's money that stabilized the global financial system far more so than the Fed's whose QE 1 did not begin in earnest until March 2009....... The far broader monetary aggregate, Total Social Financing, which is the most encompassing calculation of credit and liquidity created in China in any one month, rose to CNY 2.58 trillion. This was more than double the December's $1.23 trillion, and beat last January's CNY 2.545 trillion. In fact, this month's broad liquidity creation was the largest monthly amount in China's history !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-15/chinas-liquidity-bubble-hits-record-china-banks-issue-50-more-loans-fed-and-boj-qe-c Spot The Real Liquidity Bubble [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/15/2014 16:01 -0500 - China - Japan - Liquidity Bubble - Monetary Policy - Reuters - Shadow Banking inShare Overnight the PBOC released the latest Chinese bank loan and liquidity data for the month of January. Those who have been following our recent series on Chinese liquidity measures will know that when it comes to the real margina... more »

NYT and Poli Sci Public Engagement

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
The ISA mess is the gift that keeps on giving. Now Nicholas Kristof has written a piece in his NYT column that “addresses” the controversy. The problem is that the column is out of date. Not just in focusing on the ISA proposal that has been beaten back by the forces of reason (that would Continue reading

Gold medal ad

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
Haven't had time to watch the Olympics this year. Sorry to miss them but happy to have caught this ad. I was kind of meh about it until the end. The punch line is killer. [via]

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
The Wonder Tree - Klamath, California. [photo via Reg Saddler]

The Restore Honor to Service Members Act Languishes Under Republican Party Obstruction

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Mark Pocan (D-WI) will have to be a magician if he's going to get his Restore Honor to Service Members Act (H.R. 2839) out of committee and passed into law. Sure, Pocan rounded up 144 cosponsors for his bill, but only one-- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen-- is a Republican. Her colleagues are accustomed to writing off her pro-LGBT actions because she doesn't hassle them over their homophobia and because she has a huge LGBT population in her blue-leaning district. The bill would require "appropriate military record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge character... more »

Rand

Paul Coker at News Spike - 7 hours ago
*It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: “Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?” * *The answer to that question is no.* *Sincerely,* *Eric H. Holder, Jr.*

Glittering incarnations of a great poetic tradition

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
It's a peculiar thing, but whenever I read the inestimable Clive James I always hear his voice in my head as I'm reading. I don't consciously decide to hear his written pieces in my head in this way. It just seems to happen. See if the same happens to you too when you read his latest piece for the *Daily Telegraph*, from which this is a taster - and a very tasty taster at that: To my perhaps jaded eye, the Winter Olympics has been, since the opening ceremony, all downhill, especially when the skiers are not going downhill at all, but are slogging along the level snow for miles be... more »

Saudi Arabia to supply anti-aircraft missiles- US to pay 'rebel' salaries

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
Saudis Agree to Provide Syrian Rebels With Mobile Antiaircraft Missiles*U.S. Also Giving Fighters Millions of Dollars for Salaries*Feb. 14, 2014 8:31 p.m. ET AMMAN, Jordan—Washington's Arab allies, disappointed with Syria peace talks, *have agreed* to provide rebels there with more sophisticated weaponry, including shoulder-fired missiles that can take down jets, according to Western and Arab diplomats and opposition figures. *Who have Washington's Arab allies agreed to this with?* *The answer is obvious in the statement- it is Washington. Therefore Saudi Arabia along with their Wa... more »

Turkish Parliament approves controversial bill tightening up government grip on judicial body - Fighting erupted overnight with fists flying in the air between ruling party and opposition lawmakers as the bill was debated in a marathon 20-hour session. Looks like Turkey political instability is set to explode on markets next week !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Turkish Parliament approves controversial bill tightening up gov't grip on judicial body ANKARA - Agence France-Presse Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: Ali Ihsan Köktürk, lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), got a bloodied nose in the brawl, while ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) lawmaker Bayram Özçelik's finger was broken, Feb. 15. AA photo] Ali Ihsan Köktürk, lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), got a bloodied nose in the brawl, while ruling Justice and Development Party'... more »

Fear of Losing Control

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 8 hours ago
February 15, 2014 Does Money Make You Mean? Over the last week or two, we’ve seen a rash of stupid, hubristic statements by some in the one percent about how they’re being unfairly persecuted, etc., etc., etc. Here’s a pretty … Continue reading →

Newsnight: 10-14 February

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
For those of you who just couldn't face watching it, here's this week's run-through of the stories covered by BBC Two's not-very-widely-watched *Newsnight -* part of our ongoing project to see just what subjects they choose to cover over a long period of time. This is basically what you missed: Flooding, a gentle ride for Lord Smith of the EA, and a rough ride for Philip Hammond MP. Lots and lots of talk of climate change. Another plug for a Labour proposal. A spot of BBC naval-gazing over men-only panels on game shows. A report about rhinos I just couldn't face watching. A tribut... more »

War watch February 14 , 2014 - Al-Qaeda Overruns Another Iraqi Town, This Time North of Baghdad , on another day of sectarian death dealing ........... Afghan Peace Council Spokesman: US Main Cause of War in the Region ........ Russia says Syria aid draft groundwork for military action ....... 14 Escaped in al-Qaeda Attack on Yemen Prison 11 Killed in Attack on Sanaa Central Prison ....... Turkey - developments in the ongoing corruption and graft scandals , judicial crackdown and economic impacts .............Iran sanction relief could reach 20 billion .....

Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Iraq........ Al-Qaeda Overruns Another Iraqi Town, This Time North of BaghdadMayor: Attackers Control Overnight by Jason Ditz, February 13, 2014 Print This | Share This For the second time in as many months, a significant Iraqi town has fallen under the control of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). After the loss of Fallujah in the Anbar Province, this time the town of Sulaiman Pek, north of Baghdad, has fallen. Mayor Talib Mohammed discussed the fall of his town, whilst still trapped in a building, saying that AQI took over overnight, and he and other residents woke up to the mosque’s loudspe... more »

The Obama's celebrate income inequality...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 9 hours ago
*by showing us how the other half lives.* So where is he? He's at the exclusive Sunnylands Retreat in Rancho Mirage knocking a little white ball around a lush golf course because, after all, he needs to relax from all the fund raising, previous vacations, and speaking at elementary schools, doncha know. And Mooch? Since wowing us all with her 12K dress (presented here with no comment) at the recent state dinner for the French serial adulterer and vertically challenged Hollande, she needed a rest. So she and the first daughters are enjoying a few days of skiing in Aspen whil... more »

Bear and foxes

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

~ Fukushima ~

Mother Sharon Damnable at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours ago
On March the 11 2011, the world watched as the tsunami, caused by a massive underwater earthquake hit the coast of Japan, the huge immediate effect on people’s lives was apparent, but as we watched the explosions at the nuclear power plant at Fukushima it became clear that this was a catastrophe that would have huge and ongoing consequences, a catastrophe that is being ignored and swept under that carpet by world governments and the main stream media alike. However the consequences of the meltdown of the nuclear power plant at Fukushima are increasingly hard to ignore as evidence ... more »

Left, left, left

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
After giving the anti-capitalist activists/ academics of Cardiff University something of a coshing, it's now something of a relief to turn back to today's *Dateline London *and reach familiar ground with - despite all of Justin Lewis's 'evidence' - the usual kind of *Dateline *panel. What? Four right-wingers, as per Cardiff Uni? No. Well, maybe three right-wingers? No. Two right-wingers then? No. One surely? No, no, no. So what would the Cardiff Uni researchers make of a BBC-chosen panel featuring one left-winger, pro-Labour Steve Richards of *The Independent; *a second left-wing... more »

Free Trade 33: ASEAN Economic Community 2016

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 11 hours ago
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will materialize by December 31, 2015. Of course there are no business transactions on a new year, so AEC will start on January 1, 2016 or nearly two years from now. The original target of AEC was January 01, 2015 but since some country-members of ASEAN are "not yet ready" in some sectors, a one-year postponement was the compromise move. Last Thursday, February 13, I attended a forum on "In Sync: An Evaluation of the ASEAN 2015 Integration" at my alma mater, the UP School of Economics (UPSE), organized by my student organization then, the Economics... more »

Primary In Oklahoma City

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Al McAffrey and Tom Guild When our old pal, Andrew Rice, resigned his Oklahoma City state Senate seat, state Rep. Al McAffrey won it. It's one of the most progressive pockets in a deep red state and McAffrey's accession was both good and bad. Symbolically, it was awesome to have an openly gay man in the Oklahoma Senate. Many Republicans saw, for the first time, that gays have neither cloven hooves for horns. On a more substantive basis, it was less wonderful. McAffrey is a lot less progressive than Rice and a lot less progressive than his district. As we've pointed out before, being ... more »

@slekar supports this #commoncore close reading lesson: @sharemylesson

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
Over the past four years I have met some great people involved in fighting education reform. It’s always awesome to get a surprise email from one of these activists that typically starts off with “I hope you remember me, we met….” Well I got one of those the other day from a brilliant teacher I […]

Defending the One Percent (Again)

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 11 hours ago
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*. I expect this one will generate more than its share of irate letters.

Police State Update February 15 , 2014 -- US Army Trains for Martial Law In US , builds ‘Fake City’ in Virginia to Practice Military Occupation ......... Sandy Hook Lies Crash Down! Ex-State Trooper Exposes Cover-Up, Is Threatened ........ In an odd twist on free speech rights, a firm which makes automated license plate readers is suing Utah for a law intended to protect drivers’ privacy........ TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS REFUSE TO REGISTER GUNS UNDER NEW LAW

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
Breaking: US Army Trains for Martial Law In US - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] Shock investigation: Pentagon accelerates plan to confiscate guns, prosecute US conservatives. *Infowars.com* February 15, 2014 [image: church-military-article] A mock small town Christian steeple sits among the martial law training infrastructure. The federal government has been in a big hurry to build a 300 acre city in just 2 years at an expense of $96 mi... more »

The Forgotten History of American Support for the Shah

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 12 hours ago
Anti-Shah graffiti in Tehran, Iran, 1979. This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, the popular uprising that successfully deposed the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah had ruled the country since September 1941, after Britain and the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Iran and forced the abdication of his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi. While myriad commentaries

@chalkbeatny dishes on Cuomo’s education contributors, but how about your own?

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
As Chalkbeat NY, a spry education journalism collective, gets cited in the Wall Street Journal for those in the education world funding Cuomo’s re-election campaign, maybe Chalkbeat should reconsider its own take. Easily accessible from its website, Chalkbeat does indeed take funding from a few, at minimum, key organizations that are currently undermining public education […]

Sochi Olympics preparation

LeDaro at LeDaro - 12 hours ago
Time-lapse animation. 2005-2014.

A PRIMER ON IRAN

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He received a dual Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Islamic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He wrote his dissertation on Max Weber's theory of charismatic authority with Philip Rieff (1922-2006), the most distinguished Freudian cultural critic of his time. Professor Dabashi has taught and delivered lectures in many North American, European, Arab, and Iranian universities. Professor D... more »

The Pivot to Asia: Some Tough Questions

Jeffrey Stacey at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago
The so-called Pivot to Asia, or “rebalance” in official parlance, has been one of the Obama Administration’s signature strategic moves on the global chessboard. But for all the serious engagement of the Pacific Rim countries, the core of the pivot has always been about China and responding to its rise as a regional Continue reading

Your Daily Howler keeps getting results!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014* *Still coming, Matt Miller and Hawking:* Inexorably, your Daily Howler just keeps pounding out those results. To wit: Last night, Governor Christie wasn’t mentioned on the Maddow TV show. People! Not even once! Yesterday, there was no news about Governor Christie, or about Fort Lee. And, for the first time in weeks, Rachel Maddow didn’t *pretend* that she had important, exclusive breaking news to share which no one else has reported. Possibly concerning “Nicole,” whoever that turns out to be! Maddow didn’t fake it! Around the nation, astonished view... more »

HARVARD PROFESSOR EXPLAINS THE WEATHER

Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
On 14 February 2114, Professor Martin L Weitzman, of Harvard University, explains the weather. *The world in 2114* He explains that geo-engineering the weather, which means changing the weather, is going to shape our future. *Aircraft spread particles to block out some of the suns rays. These are called chemtrails.* *According to Weitzman:* *1.* We geo-engineer the weather when we burn things like coal. *2. *Nature engineers the weather when a volcano throws out lots of dust. *After Tambora erupted in Indonesia 1815, we had The Year Without a Summer and Eighteen Hundred and F... more »

BBC News - UK storms: Two die as fierce storms continue

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
The BBC seem fit to tell us in amongst the terrible news that: ' Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted: "My thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of the people killed in the storms last night."' So what! In fact I feel the words of the Anti Nowhere League's biggest hit coming to mind... More pro Labour brainwashing here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26200497 and all over the BBC.

The Charter School Takeover Cycle in Memphis Schools

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
The Gates business plan for Memphis schools requires public school closures and corporate charter start-ups to replace them. A dozen schools are on the hit list for the coming year, and the charter operators are lined up waiting for the buildings to become empty. Parents, however, are not nearly as uninformed as county officials who are doing the Gates dirty work believe. See video below: *How the Charterization Cycle Works* So here is how the charter school takeover cycle works. First, we need public schools isolated by years of neglect, segregation, and poverty--schools tha... more »

Galileo Galilei: 450th birthday

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
Galileo Galilei, the father of science, the scientific method, physics, modern physics, and astronomy, among other things (including 2 daughters and 1 son, all of them out of wedlock), was born on February 15th (unadjusted Julian calender i.e. Old Style), 1564 in Pisa, a town in the Duchy of Florence. *That's exactly 450 years ago today. Congratulations, Galileo!* *See National Geographic for some fresh out-of-TRF article on Galileo.* His father Vincenzo Galilei was an achieved lutenist (like an obsolete guitar player) and music theorist and the family was doing fine. Nevertheless,... more »

Mexico: Mysterious Object Over Yucatán

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 14 hours ago
*Source: El Criterio and Planeta UFODate: 13 February 2014* *Mexico: Mysterious Object Over Yucatan* A putative UFO was recorded on video on 11 February 2014. The videographer adds that it was recorded at 22:00 hours on that day, adding: "I'm not saying it's a spaceship, but it is an unidentified flying object." The video - 1:30 minutes long - shows a light in the sky whose trajectory eliminates the likelihood of it being an airplane, as it comes and goes. The sighting took place at the Los Almedros II Park in Ciudad Caucel. The videographer's attention was drawn by the shining... more »

Dieudonné, Face to Face on Iranian TV: English

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
After you listen share a rational thought or two?

The biases of Professor Justin Lewis

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
If you want to get a handle on where the aforementioned Professor Justin Lewis of Cardiff University is coming from, here's a little light reading for your Saturday afternoon. If you felt that the BBC was biased against the Iraq War, then think again. Prof. Lewis's research (2003) found that the BBC was pro-war - as you can see from his *Guardian* article, *Biased broadcasting corporation: A survey of the main broadcasters' coverage of the invasion of Iraq shows the claim that the BBC was anti-war is the opposite of the truth*. If you felt in 2004 (just a year before the 7/7 bomb... more »

Argentina: Tucumán - Another Alleged UFO in the News

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 15 hours ago
*Source: El Cívico (www.elcívico.com.ar)Date: 13 Feb 2014* *Argentina: Tucumán - Another Alleged UFO in the News* TUCUMAN - A strange object was seen in the skies over San Miguel de Tucumán, creating doubts as to whether it was a UFO. The images were recorded with a cellphone camera from the corner of Mate de Luna and Pellegrini avenues from the capital city of the "Jardín de la República" (*garden of the republic* - the name bestowed by president Domingo Sarmiento on the area when he encountered the subtropical cloud forest [*yungas*] of the Tucumán-Bolivia region - Ed). The... more »

Not All Party Switchers Are Opportunists-- Meet Jason Thigpen (NC-03)

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Lately, I've been railing a lot about Steve Israel recruiting Republicans to run for Congress as Democrats. That usually works out very badly-- at least for people, unlike Steve Israel, who give a damn about Democratic values. But not every Republican-turned-fake-Democratic is an opportunistic shill. Jason Thigpen, who's running in North Carolina's third CD against Walter Jones is running because if realized that his value system is more inline with progressive Democrats than it is with Republicans. He blogged about it here last year after he had switched parties. Needless to say, ... more »

Global protest watch February 13 , 2014 ........Venezuelan anti-government protests turn violent ....... Police use force to disperse coup trials protest in Turkish capital ....... The Tanks Are Rolling In Post-Devaluation Kazakhstan ........ Ukraine sees stances harden on both sides as the February 17 , 2014 deadlines to comply with the Government's amnesty law , as well as the protesters demand to release jailed protesters , loom .........

Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Venezuela Accuses AFP Of "Manipulating" News Coverage; Shuts Down Colombian TV Station [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/13/2014 20:36 -0500 - France - Twitter - Twitter inShare Having described Venezuela as "absolutely calm" today - when it was anything but; the fact that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has the stones to accuse Agence France Press of "manipulating" news coverage is stunning. - **VENEZUELA ASKS INFO MINISTER TO TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST AFP NEWS* Furthermore, Maduro has *taken a TV station off-air that competed with ... more »

No Comparison

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
When Nelson Mandela died, Stephen Harper eulogised him as a “great moral leader…He left prison with his mind closed to any settling of scores and his heart open to those he had fought against. He demonstrated that the only path open to his nation was to reject the appeal of bitterness.” In Friday's *Globe and Mail*, Gerry Caplan used that standard to compare the present prime minister of Canada to the former president of South Africa. The comparison is enlightening: Mr. Mandela practised magnanimity. Harper proudly declares: “I couldn’t care less what my critics say.” Mr. Mandela... more »

Banker Source on Wall Street Suicides: Big Things Are Going Down!

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 15 hours ago
Silver Doctors February 7, 2014 *[image: bankster Assassinations]Steve Quayle’s banker source “V” is warning that “big things are going down” as a result of the fact that the NY Fed & bullion banks are OUT OF PHYSICAL GOLD, and states that* *the 4 banker suicides in the past week were on a HIT LIST tied to FOREX fraud- a list which the source claims includes dozens of Wall Street banksters.The full warning alert from “V” is below:* *Steve Quayle‘s banker source V states that the recent rash of banker suicides were on a hit list tied to FOREX fraud:* Big big things are going down..... more »

Living and Learning in Perpetual Crisis

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
Living and Learning in Perpetual Crisis* What do the fiscal cliff and Common Core (CC) have in common? For the answer consider this scenario: An arsonist sets a home on fire, and then risks his life fighting the blaze—but the house eventually succumbs to the flames. The media and the public praise the arsonist a […]

War Watch February 15 , 2014 -- Pentagon: We May Kill Freed Afghan Detainees Threatens to 'Hunt Down' Detainees If They Oppose Foreign Forces .......... Saudis Give Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Missiles Rebels Have Repeatedly Threatened Attacks on Civilian Airlines ....... Another day of sectarian death dealing in Iraq - PM Maliki plays Al Qaeda card with skill ..... Key al-Qaeda Members Escaped in Yemen Prison Break Five of Freed Were Awaiting Execution

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Afghanistan..... Pentagon: We May Kill Freed Afghan DetaineesThreatens to 'Hunt Down' Detainees If They Oppose Foreign Forces by Jason Ditz, February 14, 2014 Print This | Share This Lawfully released by the Afghan government on Thursday, 65 detainees who were held for years by the US military at Bagram could find themselves targets again at any time, officials say. While Rear Admiral John Kirby insisted the 65 “are not considered targets right now,” he also said that “every day we continue to go after enemies in Afghanistan” and that “nothing’s going to change about that.” Of the 65... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Where the Vile Things Are* [image: Where the Vile Things Are,"] * *Melissa "DJ Soul Sister" to Rule krewedelusion!*

No Excuses?: Giving Power a Pass

P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
No Excuses?: Giving Power a Pass* "After several decades of rigorous effort, it is fair to say that the majority of our attention in political science has been given to interstate war and civil war," explains Christian Davenport, adding: I would say that it would be interesting to count the number of articles over the last five years on terrorism and compare it to the number of articles on repression but regardless, I stand by the claim that most of our attention has been focused on those activities that challenge political authorities. Actually, it’s probably not even close. Why ... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 16 hours ago
*Here we go again …* The cult of the vicitim is alive and well in the US. It’s been fostered by politicians and lawyers who are open to the idea that one’s problems, whatever they are, are the fault of someone else. And, given that doing so gives the pols more power (and the lawyers more money), the field is open for exploitation. Remember the tobacco settlement? Well guess who is next and why: "Lawyers are pitching state attorneys general in 16 states with a radical idea: make the food industry pay for soaring obesity-related health care costs. It’s a move straight fro... more »

Political Stuff: talks, Jason Hu, Bruce Jacobs

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago
*Someday it will be warm and sunny again....* J Michael Cole notes that the main gain from the "government to government" talks between the CCP of China and the KMT of Taiwan is the propaganda coup for Beijing. Nicely put. The ironic thing is while the world is atizzy at the "historic" talks between two parties that have been holding regular conversations for nearly two decades, the Taiwanese themselves are not at all excited, as Ralph Jennings documents in Christian Science Monitor. I was talking to some bike industry people in Taichung today. They pointed out that Taichung Bike ... more »

EIREPORT: Morphologies of all Star-Connecteds are in process of change and “upward” transmutation

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago
http://eireport.wordpress.com/ *Morphologies of all Star-Connecteds are in process of change and “upward” transmutation* 15 Feb 2014 Morphologies of all Star-Connecteds are in process of change and “upward” transmutation. Higher Dimensional cosmic links of Star-Connecteds now widen, and strengthen, as the “Ascended Being” energetic grids engage, and “solidify”. Fulfillment of Planetary Inner Vision comes quickly. ------------------------------ *Cetacean Cosmic Guidance is now aligned with humans collective for energetic upliftment phase* 11 Feb 2014 *Cetacean Cosmic Guidance i... more »

Celebratory Planet - Motivational Planet - Re-prioritised Planet

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 17 hours ago
*image copyright Reuters 2014*...watching the Winter Olympics from Sochi RU I realised how, when directed through the right Creativity, Passion and Kinship motivators, "Celebration," is the KEY INGREDIENT to human happiness. I mean look at the faces of the Olympians on the winner's rostrum there, they're celebrating 'achievement' or 'personal success'. Most of the following examples of succecstacy(sic) i.e. joy at winning, are for issues involving personal gain; a step up the career ladder, a financial victory, a war won. What if those cheery happy *Olympians* weren't celebrating... more »

Argentina: A UFO Over Lake Musters?

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 17 hours ago
*Source: Cronica (www.diariocronica.com.ar)Date: 13 Feb 2014* *Argentina: A UFO Over Lake Musters?* The current "urban drought" - a result of supply restrictions aimed at recovering reserves as well as accidental pipe leakage - leads us to pay closer attention to Lake Musters and examine any particularities concerning water volume, evaporation, flow and distribution through one of the country's most complex aqueduct systems. The beautiful lake and its surroundings have again become the focus of attention, but this time on account of a strange unidentified flying object. This al... more »

To boldly go...into the 'Independent' comments section

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
You don't have to be Captain Kirk or Mr Spock to experience what it's like to visit a parallel universe. I visited one only this morning. I was reading an article on the *Independent *website by the paper's media editor Ian Burrell, outlining the complaints of Prof. Justin Lewis of Cardiff University. Prof. Lewis is unhappy that a report from this university claiming to have proven that the BBC is biased *towards* the right has been ignored by the BBC. The report 'found' that the BBC is pro-Conservative, pro-Eurosceptic and pro-business. You can read my own sniffy take on that re... more »

Heavenletter #4830 Embrace, February 14, 2014

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
*Heavenletter #4830 Embrace, February 14, 2014 * God said: There are thoughts, and there are many aspects to thoughts. And, so, is the One World One Thought with many aspects to it. When you come down to it, there are not really disagreements. There are different aspects, much as it is in the story of the blind men and the elephant. And so, two or more see differently. Two or more feel differently. Who is to say which is right, and why does it matter so much or at all? In many places of the world, life is a competition. Everyone wants to get an A. Everyone wants to be a champ... more »

Look Now! - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
 Look Now! *Now is the time to act! * *Hear again the joyous voices* *and * *allow their music to vibrate * *throughout your being.* *See the beauty * *all around * *and * *within you. * *Look now!* M.N. Hopkins *Note:* This was an older writing I changed to poetic form and published for the first time on my blog today. Enjoy.

Food Buying Clubs Podcast by Dennis Crowley

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
Food Buying Clubs by Dennis Crowley on February 12, 2014 Podcast with host Dennis Crowley *Episode 14 of the Food Rights Hour podcast *is about food buying clubs. During this episode, our host Dennis Crowley and John Moody, food buying club consultant for FTCLDF members and administrator for Whole Life Buying Club, discuss: - How a food buying club works - Why food buying clubs matter to the local and real food movement - How John Moody crafted a truly successful food buying club model - Why food buying club members should also be FTCLDF members - How to find farmer... more »

Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
*Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle* *Tifton 85 Cyanide Grass is killing cows* When a herd of cattle suddenly died in Central Texas investigators were dispatched to the scene to investigate and now preliminary test results are blaming the animals deaths on the genetically modified grass the cows were consuming. The cows which were grazing on an 80-acre patch owned by Jerry Abel in Elgin, Texas died several weeks ago. Abel tells CBS Station KEYE that the grass should have been perfect since it had “a lot of leaf, it’s good grass, tested high fo... more »

Updated: A Letter from Carol

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
1960s UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement Posted by American Kabuki February 15, 2014 *I received this email from Carol this morning, thought I'd share it with all of you. Its a wonderful letter, the kind that gives me a real sense of satisfaction for starting this blog.* *The letter also spurred some thoughts in me as I was a child during the 60s and saw the hippies and how they recognized there was something wrong with the system of things, but later on many "sold out" to the system and became much more greedy than what they rebelled against. A kind of cognitive dissonance occur... more »

ISRAELIS KIDNAP AND TORTURE CHILDREN

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*The Israeli army is made up of Sadistic Pedophiles* February 15-17, 2014 -- Snowden was not alone: *CIA faction behind Snowden*.

Big Pharma's Profits Over People & How to Hit Back

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
*February 15, 2014* (LocalOrg) - In Slashdot's "Big Pharma Presses US To Quash Cheap Drug Production In India," it states: "Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), are leaning on the United States government to discourage India from allowing the production and sale of affordable generic drugs to treat diseases such as cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. India is currently on the U.S. government's Priority Watch List — countries whose practices on protecting intellectual property Washington believes should be monitored closely. Last year Novartis lost a si... more »

Michio Kaku's theory of polar vortex

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
NewsBusters, WUWT, Climate Depot, and other skeptical websites have been mocking Michio Kaku's CBS shtick: Kaku has "explained" the snowy Northeast and Midwest and the relatively dry Californian weather in recent months as the result of the same cause, the "instability of historic proportions" that affects the polar vortex. He could have added the floods in the U.K. as a consequence, too – so that his fairy-tale would become even more global. ;-) The climate skeptics are making fun of the string field theorist's new book about futurism and the mind. Kaku seems to be keen on telepa... more »

'SPIES WORKING WITH NAZIS AND ISLAMISTS IN GERMANY'

Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*Sebastian Edathy* In Germany there is a case involving the secret services, Nazis and the *Azov Films* child abuse ring. In Germany, in 2013, Social Democrat *Sebastian Edathy* and his parliamentary panel investigated police and secret service activities in connection with a Nazi group. A neo-Nazi cell reportedly murdered Turks in Germany during a seven-year Gladio-style terrorism spree. Sebastian Edathy is now being linked to the Azov Films child pornography affair (Operation Spade in Canada). *German minister quits over child pornography inquiry 'leak'*. / SPD leaders knew a... more »

CSEC : Get Your Plouffe On!

Alison at Creekside - 22 hours ago
CBC : CSEC exoneration a 'mockery of public accountability' "The CSEC watchdog, headed on a part-time basis by a semi-retired judge, Jean-Pierre Plouffe, concluded: “No CSEC activity was directed at Canadians or persons in Canada…that would be illegal.”Plouffe’s office says its investigation exonerating CSEC consisted almost entirely of talking to CSEC." Lux ex Umbra : Q: Why did CSEC spy on Canadian wi-fi? A: It's all good! .

“Plutocrats Despising the Poor: An American Tradition”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*“Plutocrats Despising the Poor: An American Tradition”* by Joseph A. Palermo “It's not surprising that greater numbers of Americans these days tell pollsters they believe corporate CEOs are grossly overpaid, or that they support an increase in the minimum wage, or agree with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to open an alternative banking systemthrough the U.S. Postal Service. Ever since Wall Street's giant mortgage bubble popped wreaking economic havoc with just about every working family in America people have rediscovered that the system is rigged against them. A... more »

NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*The Wisdom Of Near-Death Experiences by Dr Penny Sartori, Watkins Publishing* *According to PENNY SARTORI:* Researchers writing in the medical journal Critical Care Medicine kept in touch with the parents of a six-month-old boy who nearly died in hospital during a serious illness. Three years later, the child was told by his parents that his grandmother was dying. The child asked: was she going through the tunnel to meet God? *dailymail.co.uk* Tom, the four-year-old son of a British soldier called Gary, was seriously ill in hospital. It was 'touch and go', said Gary. A few ... more »

Nuttier than Steve Stockman? We bring you a real Texan, Dwayne Stovall

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*No, it's not the canine who's challenging Texas Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary, it's his master. Dwayne apparently isn't a big fan of "Beltway turtle" Mitch McConnell.* *by Ken* Howie passed along this clip, and what can I say? It's Texas, friends. If you're two-term Sen. John Cornyn, and you've spent your political career trying to be the kind of right-wing crackpot every Lone Star redneck crackpot can be proud of, the reality is that if you're up for reelection in 2014, the thing you have to watch out for is someone from the new generation of crackpots slithering a... more »

Back To My Roots: NASA And Their FAKE Apollo Moon Missions - The Apollo Moon Landings By Marcus Allen

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
It is now just over 35 years since I was first told outright that all of NASA's Apollo manned moon missions were faked.... At that time, as a 19 year old bright yet brash University student who had at the time so much faith in the "system" and never doubted anything written in our "history" books as well as what was told by our governments and media, it was an eye opener and probably the turning point in my entire life.... It did not take me long after that original revelation to deduce that the entire Apollo program was fake, and that man could not land on the moon for a myriad of ... more »

Newest Article From Lasha Darkmoon: Will US Sponsored Terrorists Try To Sabotage The Sochi Olympics?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I am back... Again, I have been spending more and more time lately taking care of personal and family business, and concentrating on getting myself more physically fit.... The recent scare I had with a "heart condition" caused me to realize that my focus must be on my own health and fitness first and foremost.. Therefore at times, this blog has been put on the so called "back burner" and has not received the attention that I used to do in previous years... But like I have said, I am in this for the long haul, and honestly want to see the day that we are able to achieve victory over ... more »

Comcast's CEO must just be kidding when he calls swallowing up Time Warner Cable "pro-consumer, pro-competitive, and strongly in the public interest"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*by Ken* My first thought on hearing of Comcast's acquisition Time Warner Cable (which as far as I can tell is a more accurate description than a "merger" of the country's no. 1 and no. 2 cable-TV companies) was: They're not gonna let that happen, are they? By "they," I guess I meant the FCC, the FTC, the Justice Department's Anti-Trust Division -- whoever would have to sign off on a corporate conglomeration that would turn two pretty powerful players in the cable industry into one behemoth. It's just not possible, is it? My second thought was: Well, they spent a lot of time and b... more »

('Thug Vote-Stealing Strategy for Next Elections Revealed) JPMorgan's Startling (Or NOT!) CIA Ties - 39-Year-Old VP Jumps/Thrown From/Or Just Has His Body Left On Roof of Skyscraper (Ms. Yellen, You're New, But It’s Time to Pay Attention to the Slowdown)

BREAKING: PBS To Return John Arnold’s $3.5 Million, Following Pando Exposé And it's not because he's embarrassed, friends. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ever wonder exactly where they were planning to steal the votes for the next election? Wonder no more. They don't make mistakes about elections. No matter how foolish the MSM makes most of them look on the TV snooze. Never take your eyes off the crooks.

KlickEx Launches Crypto-Currency 2.0: A New Global Asset-Backed Currency - as we have seen bitcoin achieve successes and failures , might KlickEx evolve into the crypto- currency that rises to the top of the feeding chain ? Something to ponder .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
*http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/will-this-be-the-new-world-reserve-currency* Will This Be A New World Reserve Currency? In the Pacific there has been a currency exchange system since 2009 that allows individuals to sent funds directly to each other. Payments in the same currency can be made instant and free of charge, swapping currencies takes no more than 5 minutes (to allow time for market orders to accumulate so that the best exchange rate possible is achieved) and has very low fees. This system is called KlickEx. It only deals in cleared funds, so all users (or banks) have an accou... more »

read dave kopay's open letter to michael sam

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
Did I celebrate Michael Sam's coming out on Facebook and Twitter, and forget to mention it on wmtc?? Ack! Social media run amok! The news that a top NFL prospect has come out as gay in advance of the draft is electrifying. The support for Sam among NFL players is awesome. At first, there was a conspicuous silence among NFL owners, but Giants owner Steve Tisch and Dolphins owner Dolphins owner Stephen Ross have stepped up. Perhaps more will follow. Here's an excerpt from an open letter to Michael Sam from Dave Kopay, a former NFL player who came out as gay after he retired. Not only... more »

cherry-picked data and undisclosed bias: the failure of freakonomics

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
Allan came home from one of his used-book sale sprees with copies of both *Freakonomics* and *Super Freakonomics*. I had read so many excerpts from, and reviews of, these books over the years, and their appearance was a reminder to actually read them myself. You're probably familiar with the general premise of *Freakonomics*. Steven D. Levitt is an economics professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen J. Dubner is a well-known writer and editor. The two teamed up to write an unusual mix of story, statistics, and surprises for a popular audience, using research and statistics... more »

Alcatraz Photos Longest Walk 4 by Leslie Reed

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Thanks to photographer Leslie Reed for 14 new photos! . Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz: Leslie Reed Soggs, Sakonnet Band of Wampanoag, shared photos from the arrival at Alcatraz in December. Thank you from Censored News!

War watch February 13 , 2014 - Afghanistan and President Karzai continue to ignore US demand as Bagram prisoners released over US opposition , BSA remains unsigned and another insider attacks kills two US soldiers.... Syria - despite the occasional noises made by the irrelevant Syrian National coalition , the real focus has to be upon the Al Qaeda and jihadists fighters in Syria ....

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Afghanistan.... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/13/karzai-criticises-respect-afghan-sovereignty ( Considering the foreign policy blunders to date - is the Obama Administration reading the tea leaves right about a post- Karzai Afghanistan ? ) Karzai criticises lack of US respect for Afghan sovereignty as relations worsen Obama administration looks increasingly likely to gamble with Afghan president’s successor over signing of security agreement - Share13 - - - inShare0 - Email - Dan Roberts in Washington - - theguardian.com, Thursday 13 Februa... more »

Bitcoin news round up February 13 , 2014 --Transaction malleability and attack on the Bitcoin network .....Silk Road 2.0 'Hacked' Using Bitcoin Bug, All Its Funds Stolen ......... The Guardian reports Bitcoin exchanges ( Mt Gox , BTC-e and Bitstamp ) suspend conversions as hacker attack intensifies ....... Mt. Gox Founder Mark Karpeles Responds to Critics ...... Bruce Fenton opines " Why Life Under Bitcoin Regulation Will Be Worse Than Investors Think " ...... Canada’s Finance Minister Prepares to Regulate Bitcoin ....... India’s Government Claims the RBI is Examining Virtual Currencies ......Bank of Greece Breaks Silence on Bitcoin ........ St Louis Fed curious as to why businesses would accept bitcoins in spite of fiat ? Roger Ver bets on Mt Gox solvency...... New Jersey slaps MIT Bitcoin hackers with subpoena — and they’re fighting back ....... Utopia Drug Marketplace Shutdown

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Malleability problem addressed by Justcoin already ? How long for Bitstamp and Mt Gox to fix their particular glitches ? http://blog.justcoin.com/post/transaction-malleability-and-attack-on-the-bitcoin-network Transaction malleability and attack on the Bitcoin network TL;DR Funds are safe and Bitcoin withdrawals are back to normal The following post is quite technical, simply because Bitcoin is very technical. [image: There’s more work to do on DoS, but I’m doing a quick build of what I have so far in case it’s needed, before venturing into more complex ideas.] Like Satoshi Nak... more »

3D Printing Energy Global Network : MISSION I’M POSSIBLE

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
I would like to introduce you to an amazing site and a brilliant group of people who are working together to make a difference in the world. I first met Dave through the To-BE Community skype room and Nick and Dave and I immediately hit it off. .... Being from a British family, I'm even immune to his caustic brit wit, lol. Dave is part of a global network of people using 3D Printers to give the planet an upgrade. I talked to Ralph Ring about Dave's work in our conversation with Ralph and Marsha last weekend HERE, and the Rings were very excited by what has been put together in thi... more »

The Story of How Corporate Welfare Child Prison Operators Got Rich in Pennsylvania

Schools Matter - 1 day ago
*AMY GOODMAN* *DEMOCRACY NOW!** / VIDEO INTERVIEW* From Nation of Change: Published: Wednesday 5 February 2014 *“Kids for Cash” is the shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities.* Today a special on "kids for cash," the shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities. We hear from two of the youth: Charlie Balasav... more »

Legalised Euthanasia for Children Regardless of Age in Belgium: The Actual Law in English

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 1 day ago
The past few days we have heard the reports of the change made to the Belgian (permissive, but also restrictive) euthanasia law that makes it include children of all ages among those who may lawfully receive medical help to end their lives. For instance here, here, here and here. None, however, have had access to or quoted any actual English translation of the new law. Thanks to my colleague Kristof Van Assche at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Faculty of Law and Criminology, I'm now happy to be able provide one for interested readers, with the following disclaimer: This is Kristof... more »

The Bermuda Triangle and the C-119 Disappearance

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 1 day ago
As most of you know, I spent some time as an Air Force intelligence officer. I was assigned to the 928th Tactical Airlift Group which was part of the 440th Tactical Airlift Group which was headquartered at General Billy Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During that time, there was an intelligence conference held in Milwaukee (and of no importance at all, it was here, late at night I first saw *ZULU*). The relevance of all this somewhat personal information will become obvious in a moment. Now, according to Bermuda Triangle lore (and to Gian Quasar) on June 5, 1965, “a C-119 v... more »

Going French: transport-related emissions in a nuclear/EV environment

Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 1 day ago
One of the nice things about analyses you can do on the back of an envelope is that they are easier to understand and lend themselves to settling issues.  It occurred to me that a comparison of US LDV carbon emissions to the EV-related emissions from a nuclearized grid would be just one of those things. First off, gasoline.  Motor gasoline forms about 20 pounds of CO2 per gallon burned.  In 2012

Will The Tea Party Adopt The "A Million Dollars/A Million Votes" Plan As Part Of Their Anti-Democracy Platform?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
"Money is all over the place." Really? Watch that video from Thursday's Chris Hayes' MSNBC show above. That's the ugly sound of Republican class war against American families. That's why there are children who don't have enough food to eat. That guy in the bow tie and the canary yellow cardigan could have been reading a script from the days that lead up to the French Revolution. Admit it, you'd secretly watch him being guillotined if it was televised. And the accursed Tom Perkins too. He wasn't on Chris' show last night. But you probably remember him from his whining about how the... more »

Obamacare versus Romneycare

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
One of the themes that we have all heard over the past few years is that President Obama's healthcare reform is merely bringing the kind of changes Massachusetts had under Governor Romney to the nation. If that were really true, you would think that these national reforms would have minimal impact on the state of Massachusetts. Well, here is a story from today's Boston Globe: About 50,000 health insurance applications, many filed by low-income Massachusetts residents, have yet to be processed by the state’s troubled insurance marketplace, officials disclosed Thursday, and it may tak... more »

Jodorowsky's Dune - Giger the set designer, Salvador Dali the Emperor, Orson Wells and Mick Jagger

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 1 day ago
*moloko vellocet, sir or madam?* Remembering that Frank Herbert's original novel DUNE was about the oil industry, Alejandro Jodorowsky wanted to make a film adaptation that would *'give one LSD hallucinations without taking LSD'*. "I want to change the young minds of all the world." he said. Indeed, LSD-induced MK Ultra for the masses... *This fascinating documentary explores the genesis of one of cinema's greatest epics that never was: cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's (EL TOPO) adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic Dune, whose cast would have included such icons as... more »

Computer is baaaaack...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*and so far Windows 7 is A-okay.* And, yes Odie - I know it's not as good as a Mac. Sigh... I did lose my bookmarks, but since I'm into decluttering, might as well declutter my bookmarks, too. Off to work... See ya later, peeps.

Dine' Sarah White 'Uncertainties remain with Navajo Mine purchase'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Uncertainties remain with Navajo Mine purchase Sarah Jane White Tiis Tsoh Sikaad community member Censored News Lorenzo Bates stated in Tuesday’s Farmington Daily Times newspaper that he informed the community members in all six Chapters about the mine purchase. However, as I stated in this same article, only English was spoken by Mr. Bates, so how does he know if he got his message

Classroom Activity: Thinking Strategically

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
This third activity comes after students are to have listened to a lecture on game theory (slides). Look below the fold for details. First, I asked them to fully characterize the optimal strategy for player 1 in the following modified centipede game, assuming player 2 adopts their optimal strategy. That second part is important, and I stressed Continue reading

ANYTHING GOES: Everybody agrees!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014* *Part 4—McMorris Rodgers and us:* Speaking in one of our most august forums, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers did in fact make a misstatement. She was delivering the official GOP response to the president’s State of the Union Address. At one point, she said what follows. What she said was wrong: MCMORRIS RODGERS (1/28/14): Not long ago, *I got a letter from Bette in Spokane, who had hoped the president's health care law would save her money, but found out instead her premiums were going up nearly $700 a month.* We've all talked to too many people who've recei... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'US Canada Joint Military Operations against Mohawks'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
US-CANADA JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST MOHAWKS Posted on February 14, 2014  Mohawk Nation News MNN. Feb. 13, 2014. “Gallant Piper” is the US counterpart to Canada’s military plan to annihilate Mohawks through “Operation Campus/Scorpion-Saxon”.  “Canada declares war on Mohawks”. Remembering Kanehsatake, Kahnawake,Tyendinaga, Akwesasne, Six Nations …. Mohawks as “Keepers of

The Truth about Numbers

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
From DailyKos: Do not follow this troublemaker, @RubenBolling. And whatever you do, do not join the INNER HIVE, which is surely some kind of secret cabal of secular, humanist, moral-relativist, evolution-hugging mathe-manics who get comic strips emailed to them BEFORE publication, which is clearly unnatural.

In general, where an accused is sentenced for separate events, sentences should be consecutive

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*R. v Drader, *2014 ABCA 69: [4] In ascertaining what is a fit sentence, a sentencing court may make sentences concurrent or consecutive. Particularly where an accused is being sentenced for a number of offences at the same time, the principles of totality and proportionality will inform whether sentences should be consecutive or concurrent. However, as a general principle, where an accused is sentenced on separate days for completely separate events, typically the sentences should be consecutive. Otherwise, the result is that there is no effective sentence for the lat... more »
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