Thursday, March 20, 2014

20 Mar - Blogs I'm Following

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Schoolkids are more indoctrinated than during late communism

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 minutes ago
*A report by Václav Klaus, quick translation by L.M.* *Summary of the fifth Dialogues at Hanspaulka* *Is the degree of indoctrination at our schools higher or lower than during late communism?* On Wednesday 19th, the halls of the Institute of Václav Klaus witnessed the fifth "Dialogues at Hanspaulka [a neighborhood in Prague]". The participants – about 20 panelists – were spending their time with the issue of our education system from a particular angle described in the title above: they were deciding whether the degree of indoctrination of our kids at schools is higher or lower t... more »

Tom Hayden : The Cold War that threatens democracy

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
The new Cold War doctrine is that democratically elected nationalist or socialist leaders are new dominos threatening the fall of a U.S.-controlled order. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | March 20, 2014 While the first Cold War was … finish reading Tom Hayden : The Cold War that threatens democracy

Does Rakuten Deal in Blood eCommerce?

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 1 hour ago
Japanese retail giant Rakuten who own the likes of Play.com and ebook operator Kobo has been exposed by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) as the world’s biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and whale meat products. The EIA in conjunction with Humane Society International (HSI) have issued a joint report “Blood e-Commerce: Rakuten’s profits from the slaughter ofelephants and whales” which reveals that Rakuten’s Japanese website carries more than 28,000 ads for elephant ivory products and some 1,200 whale meat products ads. Japan's controls continue to fail to co... more »

Why don’t we hear about low-income kids?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014* *Michael Lind, being unpleasant:* Michael Lind is a hold-over from the old Salon. In his new piece, he tells a naughty tale. For once, the headline basically captures the tone of the piece: “College-educated professionals could doom progressive politics.” Lind starts by noting an obvious fact: “college-educated professionals are an increasingly important part of the base of the progressive movement and the Democratic Party.” As he continues, he lists three reasons why “the growing domination of the center-left by college-educated professionals is bad on ... more »

NO to NATO/Newport

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 2 hours ago
*Clothcap @ Clothcaps place asked if I wouldn't mind terribly bringing this to readers attention?* Not a problem Clothcap! *NO NATO- Newport- check'em out!* On 4th & 5th September 2014 the NATO summit will be taking place at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport. We will be opposing it. Join in! *Wales could see its biggest protests in a generation as 60 world leaders meet at the Celtic Manor in Newport for the NATO summit on 4th -5th September to plan their war on the world. Previous summits in Chicago and Strassbourg saw thousands protest war, austerity and global inequality.Fro... more »

The Digital Devil's In The Detail

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 2 hours ago
One of the most disturbing rulings occurred this week in the court of US Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald and relates to a case of copyright infringement brought by HarperCollins in 2011 against Open Road in relation to the ebook publication of Jean Craighead George’s 1973 bestselling children’s book ‘Julie of the Wolves’. The judge ruled that the original contract which was signed in 1971 differed to that of the 2001 ruling in Rosetta vs RandomHouse and clearly granted HarperCollins exclusive right to licence electronic publications as then in 1973 and into the future. They still need... more »

Equinoxious

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago
Happy first day of Spring, everybody! Let us rejoice in one of only two magical days in the astronomical year when, legend has it, Night and Day achieve parity. (equinox is Latin for "equal night") Twelve hours of sunlight and twelve hours of darkness. Isn't equality grand? I imagine that Consensus Builder in Chief Obama is reveling in this rare, balanced approach. On the one hand, darkness has its soporific benefits, as in an entire population too exhausted and depressed to notice they are living under the most secretive, privacy-killing, income-disparate political system in Ameri... more »

What’s the Status of the Decline of War?

Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
In light of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Josh raised the question this morning about how we are all feeling about the war decline thesis. Also in reaction to Russia’s actions, Mlada Bukovansky issued a strong call to end the complacency regarding the acceptance and influence of global liberal norms and institutions. These comments are juxtaposed Continue reading

Chicago: It’s surprising how often this happens!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014* *New York Times attempts to cite statistics:* It’s surprising how often this happens. This morning, a headline said this in our New York Times: “Gang-Related Shootings Decline in Chicago.” That sounded good to us. But uh-oh! When we sought the specific information, we were confronted by this: YACCINO (3/20/14): *Gang-related shootings here [in Chicago] are steadily declining, officials said on Wednesday,* citing violence-reduction efforts that prevent gang retaliation and that are prompting the interest of other cities. *Since the beginning of the yea... more »

Congress Can Control College Costs-- Guest Post By Mark Levine, VA-08 Congressional Candidate

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*Mark Levine, former Chief Legislative Counsel to Democratic Congressman Barney Frank, is currently running for Congress himself to represent the 8th Congressional District of Virginia. His nickname is "The Aggressive Progressive" and we asked him to write a guest post explaining his ideas on college affordability and the skyrocketing costs of college as a threat to the American Dream, one of the issues on which he's campaigning in his bid to win the crowded primary to replace Jim Moran in northeastern Virginia.* The millennials may be the first generation in American history to be... more »

Repeal of early parole violates rights, Supreme Court rules

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
*Canada (Attorney General) v. Whaling*, 2014 SCC 20: W, S and M were all serving federal penitentiary sentences. As first‑time, non‑violent offenders, all three were eligible for accelerated parole review (“APR”) under the system in place at the time of their sentencing. With the coming into force of the *Abolition of Early Parole Act* (“*AEPA*”), APR was abolished. Section 10(1) of the *AEPA* made the abolition of APR apply retrospectively to offenders already serving their sentences. This changed the timing of eligibility for day parole: eligibility after the offender had served... more »

:Love is a beautiful thong

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
Never felt heartbreak never faced that recall I just think I was given something special I am a tool that needs no more information to work as it was meant so no drama no conquest I came to love as a modest view I saw this girl and then i saw her twice and so many times after that She saw me as well which made our first coupling swell No more people could be so far apart as me and my sweetheart and thats what makes me weak at the knees we can love and hate we can have all these great debates\ but at the end of the day when the sheet need to be washed clean we all know one sound that rings l... more »

Real Wages Rise Slightly but Remain below Peak for 41st Straight Year

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 2 hours ago
Remember the *Economic Report of the President*? If you've been reading this blog for at least a year, of course you do. It's where we get our annual data on real wages (and apparently some other stuff, too). The 2014 edition was released on March 10. As you may recall, I made my first post on the declining real wage trend through 2011 and was literally the firstperson to notice 2012's further slight decline. The good news is that, in what is now Table B-15 rather than B-47, real wages advanced somewhat in 2013, from $294.31 per week (in 1982-84 dollars) to $295.51, an increase of 0.... more »

OLD IBM LOTUS NOTES R5 COMMERCIAL - "I AM" - Did they know?

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
On Mar 19, 2014, at 10:55 PM, Denise wrote: Do you think they knew then what was coming? I woke up after a dream last night recalling an old commercial from GE or another big company from the 1990s. Couldn't find that one, but this one came up when I searched. Cannot link, but you can copy into browser. Lotus from IBM "I AM" commercial. .. 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRAhCCGb7BY Peace, Denice "I AM, I AM SUPERMAN and I can do anything" a refrain/chant repeated over and over who is everywhere (writing) I am Who is aware? I am who is powerful? I am who is human? I am ... more »

The Return to Morocco: What is, IS.

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 2 hours ago
Good morning everyone I will preface this article by asking for your indulgence to deal with what will most likely be horrible typing, lol. I am currently using Nick's computer/laptop.... and his keyboard doesn't like me much. I"m also sitting outside and the brightness is making it very difficult to see the screen, so more than likely this will not be the neatest article I've ever written, lol. (ps: Nick's spacebar also doesn't like me but I'll try my best to not make too many runon words!!) As you probably know by now, my family and I have just returned to Morocco a few days a... more »

We Are Watching You Rand Paul

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 3 hours ago
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Chocolate Dipped Marshmallows and Spring Banners- You're Invited Link Up

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours ago
These link parties are quickly becoming one of my favorite things! I LOVE seeing what you are all working on and we are so thankful to each of you that takes the time to link up projects every week! We would love it if you would link up your projects this week as well, but first, we need to get to some features from last week. [image: You're invited header 2] As you know, we each take a week to choose the features, and this week the features come from Jonie who blogs at Just Between Friends. Hey everyone! I am so excited to share some of my favorite projects with you as well as pick ... more »

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that retroactive changes to parole eligibility brought in by the Harper government are unconstitutional

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that retroactive changes to parole eligibility brought in by the Harper government are unconstitutional. The top court was the third successive court to find that the March 2011 legislation was in clear breach of the Charter of Rights because it imposed new punishment on people who had already been tried and sentenced. The retroactive changes which lengthened the amount of time a non-violent, first-time offender had to spend behind bars before being eligible for parole were deemed by the court to be a form of double jeopardy. The rul... more »

Business 360 16: ASEAN Economic Community 2016

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 3 hours ago
* This is my article for B360, a monthly business magazine published in Kathmandu, March 2014 issue. ------------ The Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is composed of 10 countries in East Asia -- Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It has a combined population of around 670 million people -- about twice the US population. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has been envisioned to be a common space to facilitate mobility of goods and people markets of the member-countries. It will officially mat... more »

US-ISRAEL PUSHING 'MISSILE DEFENSE'

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
Israeli Homeland Security (iHLS) interviews Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) Chairman Riki Ellison about American and Israeli missile defense. Ellison's expertise appears to come from being a former pro-football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers where they used to put up defenses against the 'long bomb'.....other than than I can't figure out why he is the 'leading citizen proponent' of MD. The truth is that the aerospace industry needs some kind of 'grassroots' base to promote MD. Since there is not really any out there the industry funds Ellison to travel around th... more »

Sound of my Voice

Bill Robertson at GlobaLove Think Tank - 3 hours ago
*Sound of my Voice *with Brit Marling Somewhere in the valley, there is a woman living in a basement. She claims to be from the future and she’s amassing followers. These people believe that she will actually lead them to salvation. The FBI say she is perpetrating a con ..stockpiling weapons and forming a militia.

'Free Speech' and censorship - the debate goes on (outside the mosque)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 4 hours ago
Do you remember that BBC Three discussion programme, held in a mosque, which featured a short film of a Muslim drag queen asking the question, "When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?", before the presenter turned to the audience and said We were going to debate that question today, but after speaking to the Mosque, they have expressed deep concerns with having that discussion here..so we'll move on to our next question. before the programme did, indeed, move on to another question without inviting either the audience or the panel to comment on this act of censorship? If yo... more »

Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “The Voice”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Moody Blues, “The Voice” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-umqM9R8cnI What? LOL, after 5 1/2 years and over 24,000 posts I've earned the right to play a little, lol... - CP

Energy Econ 16: Electricity and Development

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago
* This is my article in thelobbyist.biz last March 07, 2014. ----------- Energy is development. It is not possible to develop economically and socially if a country or economy has little electricity and hence, energy prices are high and there is frequent brown out. In many economic literatures, growth in energy use is often used as proxy or “checking mechanism” for GDP growth as there is a generally one on one correspondence in energy use and real GDP growth. A data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is very interesting, below. Countries are grouped into three: Northeast Asia, So... more »

TALKING TO OURSELVES: Whitesplanations of belly-dancing!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014* *Interlude—Salon serves the one percent:* Current progressive messaging is built around a weird distinction. Quite correctly, we talk about the power of the one percent. In this way, we fashion ourselves as part of the 99. This raises a puzzling question: How in the world can the one percent maintain so much control over policy and politics? In part, we’d say the answer lies with the way we progressive choose to talk to ourselves. In the process, we help fragment the 99 percent, obliterating natural bases for unity. No one performs this service better... more »

PEEK INSIDE THE FAR RIGHT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago
BBC Newsnight's Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the links between the new Ukrainian government and Neo-Nazis.

The Hanged Man and the Towers

Paul Coker at News Spike - 4 hours ago
As the Fool leaves the throne of the Goat God, he comes upon a Tower, fantastic, magnificent, and familiar. In fact, The Fool, himself, helped build this Tower back when the most important thing to him was making his mark on the world and proving himself better than other men. Inside the Tower, at the top, arrogant men still live, convinced of their rightness. Seeing the Tower again, the Fool feels as if lightning has just flashed across his mind; he thought he'd left that old self behind when he started on this spiritual journey. But he realizes now that he hasn't. He's been s... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*General Honore and the "Green Army" coming for Sasol hearing ~Theresa Schmidt* *Port engages agency in India ~WDSU* *Russia bans entry to US lawmakers, including La. Sen. Landrieu ~AP, via WWLTV * *Still in Rotation: The Big Easy Soundtrack ~Ron Thibodeaux, Midlife Mixtape* *French Quarter Fest Releases Full Schedule ~NOLA DEFENDER* *Uptown Super Sunday 2014 ~WWOZ*

Iraq’s Anbar Council Claims Stability Returned To Ramadi

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 5 hours ago
Fighting continues every day in Iraq’s western Anbar province. Recently however, the Anbar provincial council has claimed that the city of Ramadi has become a bastion of stability in an otherwise unstable governorate. Its talked about the end of military operations in the city, the return of displaced families and everyday life, and called on Baghdad to send funds to help the refugees and compensate those that have suffered losses. Those statements are contradicted by the fact that Ramadi has seen the most violence in the governorate over the last several weeks. (*BBC*) Beginnin... more »

Policy Follies

Pete B at Grass Based Health - 5 hours ago
My experience has made me skeptical. I believe that’s a requirement for scientists and “herd quitters.” After all, the opposite of skeptical is gullible. When sustainability comes up, I’m usually left wondering who’s defined the criteria. It frequently seems that profitability isn’t part of these discussions, for example. But there’s no sustainability without profit. After all, there are easier ways than farming to not make money! A definition I am most comfortable with describes sustainability as “ … meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future ge... more »

Spending our Money like bees harvesting honey

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 5 hours ago
(steve at Newton) Alison Redford retired yesterday she was a women who fought battles with men and when the writ was dropped she rose the top. So revealing what came then she thought she was Bill Gates or Larry Ellison because on her personal spending she opened the floodgates/ We want good people in goverment this is the system established very well in Singapore where their goverment and governance leaves every other looking like clown throwing coins down a wishing well. Everybody knows Knowledge flows and Singapore is on the GPS but we resit Lee Quan Yew because he puts his nation first... more »

Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, “Forever Autumn”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Justin Hayward, “Forever Autumn” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU0_BOSgyRs This song, at 31:00, is from Jeff Wayne's wonderful "War of the Worlds", narrated by Richard Burton. The full album is here: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFPIDCk8FIs

Students Occupy the Legislature, Roundup and Linkfest

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 5 hours ago
English language liveblog from inside. Just heard over 20,000 down there tonight. Much fear there will be police violence against the protesters. Thousands now out supporting the students, with students from universities all over Taiwan coming up to join them and to rally outside the legislature to support them. Even the KMT paper said 20,000 rallied there on Wednesday night. My Facebook and email are overwhelmed with pictures, etc. Really an amazing moment in Taiwan's history. Dafydd Fell explained in the Taipei Times today.... Over the past six years pressure has been building up... more »

A form of madness

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 5 hours ago
I always enjoy The Life Scientific. I wasn’t even put off by the episode where the subject turned out to be a prominent anti-Israel campaigner as well as an eminent scientist. Well, I was a bit, and I probably learned to be even more distrustful than I already was. Anne Glover Anyway, I listened to the delightful Anne Glover, professor of molecular and cell biology at Aberdeen University amongst other things, and one thing in particular resonated with me, and stayed in my mind. The strap line to her episode states: “Opposing GM crops is a form of madness” Her expertise is in the... more »

Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, John Lodge, “This Morning”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Justin Hayward, John Lodge, “This Morning” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImN3OpvI1l8 Music should make you *feel*...

Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward and John Lodge, “I Dreamed Last Night”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Justin Hayward and John Lodge, “I Dreamed Last Night” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9DHVeuXH0

Possible next steps for Russia after Crimea ? Might not necessarily be the Eastern or Southern Regions in Ukraine ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
Estonia Next? Russia "Signals Concern" For Its Citizens In The Baltic Republic [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2014 08:51 -0400 - Estonia - European Union - Joe Biden - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Newspaper - Reuters - Ukraine inShare Amid the growing Crimea crisis, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - which like Ukraine were all parts of the old Soviet Union and have very significant concentrations of ethnic Russian-speaking citizens - have expressed growing apprehension over Moscow's intentions. As R... more »

Full Blown Paranoia

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours ago
Commentators are lining up to praise Jim Flaherty. Andrew Coyne is not among them. Under Flaherty, he writes, budgets ceased to have much meaning. They became masterpieces of obfuscation: Under Flaherty, not only did budgets cease to be budgets — now they are Economic Action Plans — but they ceased to mean much of anything. The budget and the estimates are not only expressed on different accounting systems, but parliamentarians are provided with no means of reconciling the two. Actual departmental spending, as recorded in the public accounts, routinely bears no resemblance to ei... more »

Could Lindsey Graham Lose to a Democrat?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
The South Caolina Senate race may be more of a tossup than anyone realizes. With Patty Murray, the architect of the DSCC's stunning series of victories in 2012, having turned over the reins of the committee to one of the Senate's weakest, lamest and least capable members, Michael Bennet, there are ominous signs ominously pointing to the possibility that Democrats will narrowly lose the Senate this year. The hackish executive director, Guy Cecil, who totally controls Bennet has vetoed DSCC involvement on behalf of grassroots progressives in races in South Dakota and Maine and Senate... more »

Singing & Music Were Given To Man - A Discourse by Peter Deunov

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
*Singing and music are given man as a method of transforma**tion of energies*. Music plays in Nature the role of a transformer. Music is a transformer not only for man but also for the whole of Nature. The occult science recommends singing as a method of transformation of negative energies into positive. Music uplifts the vibrations of human organism and on the other hand, revives the vital energies. Knowing the power and action of music upon the organism man should sing in all life conditions – being sick or healthy, during difficulties, trials, sufferings. When sic... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 6 hours ago
*Saturated fat 'ISN'T bad for your heart': Major study questions decades of dietary advice* Guidelines urging people to avoid ‘unhealthy’ fat to stave off heart disease are wrong, according to a major study. After decades of advice on the harm done by saturated fat such as butter, scientists have found no evidence of a link with heart problems. A ‘mega’ study which analysed a huge amount of existing data also said so-called healthy polyunsaturated fats, such as sunflower oil, had no general effect on the risk of heart disease. In contrast, a dairy fat called margaric acid ‘signifi... more »

Parody or parody of parody

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
I must say I wasn’t as impressed by the much lauded W1A last night as I’d hoped to be. It wasn’t that the acting was any less sharp or the characters any less truly parodic. But there was one weakness that spoiled the whole thing and made me think of mirrors of infinity. What if the writers of W1A were in fact the creation of another set of writers, sitting round the table at a script meeting and having a creative brainstorming whilst creating writers sitting round the table having a creative brainstorming about the script of W1A. Let’s imagine the writers discussing their idea ... more »

Music: The Language of Creation by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
*Music* - the language of creation and its creatures "Running streams, gushing springs, the falling rain, roaring torrents, the ceaseless motion of oceans and seas, the sound of the wind blowing, of leaves rustling, of insects chirping and birds singing… everything in nature is music. And from the dawn of time, it is this natural music that has awakened and sustained human beings’ feeling for music. It has prompted them to express themselves through an instrument or through song, to evoke the important moments of their life, to express their love, their joys and their sorrows. T... more »

Fukushima nuclear debacle update March 20 , 2014 -- An absolute shocker and should be a government rocking scandal ( assuming anyone in Japan gives a damn ! ) KPFA in Japan: I’ve learned over 800 people have disappeared from Fukushima plant — “May have been killed or died during work” — “Government actually in business with the Yakuza” !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://enenews.com/kpfa-in-japan-ive-learned-over-800-people-missing-from-fukushima-plant-they-may-have-been-killed-or-died-during-work-govt-is-actually-in-business-with-the-yakuza-audio KPFA Flashpoints, Mar. 10, 2014 (*at 3:00 in*): *Steve Zeltzer, reporting from Japan*: One of the things I learned in Osaka from the president of the day laborers is that many of the day laborers being brought into the plant, they’re not being registered and they’re disappearing. There were over 800 day laborers who have disappeared from contact by the union, which means they may have been killed or d... more »

Gold and Silver News and views - March 20 , 2014 -- Not surprisingly , on the FOMC Meeting Announcement Day , gold and silver take a tumble ! Ed Steer's daily report , numerous news and views items touching on the precious metals !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/india-allows-more-banks-to-import-gold-in-easing-of-curbs ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER Yesterday's trading session in gold turned out pretty much as I talked about in *The Wrap* yesterday, except for the fact that I thought that JPMorgan *et al* would hit the gold price harder on the Fed news, but they didn't. But it was still a lousy day nonetheless. The CME Group recorded the high and low ticks as $1,360.20 and $1,327.80 in the April contract. The gold price closed in New York yesterday at $1,330.60 spot, down $24.90 from Tuesday's close. ... more »

Ukraine situation March 20 , 2014 State of Play -- • Crimea 'self defence' militia on Wednesday stormed Ukrainian military facilities • Moscow has approved annexation of strategic peninsula • EU leaders meeting in Brussels to discuss response to Russian seizure of Crimea • Splits have emerged in Europe over whether annexation should trigger sanctions • Barack Obama has ruled out military intervention in Ukraine • Ukraine plans war games with US and UK though no confirmation from London

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
*Latest* *12.04 *Here's a fuller report from* Reuters* on this morning's UN human rights meeting in Geneva, where Ukraine's ambassador to the organisation has warned that Russia is planning further incursions into Moscow-leaning parts of the country: *Russia may be preparing a further military incursion to Ukrainian territory, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva told UN diplomats on Thursday.* *"There are indications that Russia is on its way to unleash a full blown military intervention in Ukraine's east and south," ambassador Yurii Klymenko said at a briefing on ... more »

ATMS purposely left wide open and exposed by two thirds of the banks in the world ( as of April 8 , 2014 ) ..... So , the Banks are leaving their ATMS open to hacking globally ( how did that work for bitcoin , leaving a security open for hackers ? ) This is happening just as Ukraine wobbles toward a possible war of some type involving Russia ( Nato dragged in perhaps ) ....... And as we suddenly decide today to freeze diplomatic relations with Syria for no particular reason and quite curious timing ( did I mention there's a missing jet plan - a 770 Boeing jumbo jet ? )

Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
ATMs Open to Hacking [image: Pivotfarm's picture] Submitted by Pivotfarm on 03/18/2014 19:47 -0400 - Bank of America - Bank of America - Citigroup - Federal Reserve - goldman sachs - Goldman Sachs - Housing Bubble - JPMorgan Chase - Morgan Stanley - Wells Fargo inShare Follow ZeroHedge in Real-Time on FinancialJuice Computer programs are obsolete before they even get put on the market and it’s been that way for years now. There’s also the added bonus of actually making sure that the buyers keep buying and always want the latest. Obsolesce... more »

"What Is There To Fight For?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
"Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe- turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you- if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it." - Charlie Chaplin, Calvero's answer to Terry's question: "What is there to fight for?" in “Limelight”, (1952)

Musical Interlude,1968:“Classical Gas”, “Love is Blue”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Mason Williams, “Classical Gas” - http://www.youtube.com/ ◆ Paul Mauriat, “Love is Blue” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjsNNcsUNzE

Malaysia Airlines 370 Mystery - Day thirteen , March 20 , 2014 -- Possible debris sighting ( unconfirmed presently ) by way of satellite .... Alleged debris comprised of two objects in the south corridor ( which seems to be the focus rather than the northern corridor ) .... Press Conference from the Malaysian Transport Minister - focusing upon debris observed , search efforts , care of / concern for family members

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/mh370-two-possible-objects-may-have-been-found-in-australian-search-zone 13m ago Here’s a summary of the latest developments: *• Australia’s maritime search agency is focusing all of its resources on finding two objects picked up on satellite images that they believe could be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.* One of the objects is said to around 24 metres (79ft) long. *• Australia has despatched four search planes and two ships to the area. *So far there’s has been no word on the results of those searches. A US search fligh... more »

A new associate

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago

Toronto to Pond Inlet is the same distance as Toronto to Vancouver

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago
About 3300 km – but to Vancouver you go west and to Pond Inlet you go north. Canada is a very big country!!!

Putting character in issue is not a condition precedent to having a prior criminal record admitted

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago
*R. v. Lepine*, 2013 NWTCA 8 is a source for the proposition that while putting character in issue is relevant to a Corbett application such is not a condition precedent to having a prior criminal record admitted. The Court holds: [6] The leading case is *R v Corbett* 1988 CanLII 80 (SCC), [1988] 1 SCR 670, 85 NR 81, 41 CCC (3d) 385 in which six judges took part. Dickson C.J.C. wrote a judgment in which two others concurred. LaForest J. dissented, but Dickson C.J.C. agreed (para 49) “with the discretion recognized by the reasons of LaForest J.”. That judge emphasized t... more »

Our Men in Kiev: Fascist Goons Beat TV Executive

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 8 hours ago
In one of the more amazing pieces of raw stupidity - quite an achievement as of late - members of the US backed coup installed government in Kiev burst into the office of a Ukranian TV executive and filmed themselves beating him. Oleksandr Panteleymono acting CEO of the First National TV channel was set upon by goons from the extremist Svoboda party, one of the fascist, neo-Nazi, anti-Semite infested coalition members of the western installed puppet regime of Arseniy Yatsenyuk and brutalized into signing his resignation. At least three of the thugs are allegedly members of the une... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
The purest love there is... and like Will Rogers said, "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Me too, Will, me too... - CP

Spring officially arrives at 12:57 p.m. Thursday

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago
Oh yes, very Springlike!!!!

Chile: A Flying Object As Large as Two Soccer Stadiums

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 8 hours ago
*Source: Planeta UFO and Terra Peruhttp://noticias.terra.com.pe/internacional/ovni-en-chile-organismo-estatal-dice-que-fenomeno-es-realDate: 03.18.2014* *Chile: A Flying Object As Large as Two Soccer Stadiums* *By Ricardo Francino Saldivia* *The UFO seen at the El Yeso Reservoir was twice the size of the National Stadium.* The photo of an alleged UFO in Chile has left more than one viewer startled after that country’s Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anomalos (CEFAA) confirmed its authenticity. The image was taken in the area known as El Yeso Reservoir by a Venezuelan co... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 9 hours ago
*Déjà Vu All Over Again: UN Climate Talks In Bonn Fail* The latest round of UN Climate Talks in Bonn have failed with the usual lack of trust between the parties. The UN Climate Circus met in Bonn, Germany last week, though with the exception of dedicated Green news outlets and blogs the whole event passed with no main stream media attention, such is the state of global warming fear fatigue these days. The divisions are along the usual lines of who will cut emissions and by how much, the lack of contributions from the so called rich countries to the Green Climate Fund and Loss and... more »

President Barack Obama & Ayatollah Khamenei: You Will Both Fall To Ashes Along With The Zionist Terrorists

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
*President Obama and Ayatollah Khamenei: You Will Both Fall To Ashes Along With The Zionist Terrorists. * In his *2013 Nowruz message*, President Barack Obama, aka the Curse Upon Humanity, made some wonderful statements, and some statements that were not so wonderful. Reflecting on Iran's supposed isolation in the international community, *Obama said*, "Every day that you are cut off from us is a day we’re not working together, building together, innovating together — and building a future of peace and prosperity that is at the heart of this holiday." Good words, no doubt. But, ne... more »

“First Glimpse of Big Bang Ripples From Universe's Birth”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“First Glimpse of Big Bang Ripples From Universe's Birth”* by Lisa Grossman “Waves in the very fabric of the cosmos are allowing us to peer further back in time than anyone thought possible, showing us what was happening in the first slivers of a second after the big bang. If confirmed, the discovery of these primordial waves will have rippling effects throughout science. It backs up key predictions for how the universe began and operates, and offers a glimmer of hope for tying together two foundational theories of modern physics. It might even net the discoverers a Nobel prize. ... more »

ONE HAND AND HIS MOTHER

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
Christmas 1990 was approaching and I had shopping to do. Mo, my middle aged driver, wasn’t smiling. I could tell, as I could see a tense little mouth in my vehicle’s front mirror. It was the late afternoon rush-hour and I had asked him to stop on a very busy street called Jalan Katedral, a street which has Jakarta’s main mosque on one side and its cathedral on the other. I had spotted something strange. Seated at the roadside with his rough featured, peasanty mum, and a plump baby, was a boy aged about six. The boy had no hair and no shoes. Even worse, he had no trousers and one o... more »

“Dmitry Orlov: Collapse and Systemic Failure at All Levels Coming to U.S.”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*“Dmitry Orlov:* * Collapse and Systemic Failure at All Levels Coming to U.S.”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “Dmitry Orlov is a Russian blogger who writes about the parallel between the U.S and the USSR. Orlov lived through the financial collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s, and he thinks the U.S. is on the same trajectory. Orlov contends, “The trajectory is defined by this sort of incompetent militarism where more and more money results in bigger and bigger military fiascos around the world and less and less of actual foreign policy that can be pursued or articulate... more »

Do the British have a deterrent against Russia

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Do the British have a deterrent against Russia, what would Britain do? Is Putin using 'salami tactics'. Yes, Prime Minister always was prescient.

Syria's Recent Victories Betray Last Year's WMD Lies

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours ago
*Image: Syrian forces have made irreversible gains across the country against foreign-backed militants. Such gains began long before the August 2013 "chemical weapons attack" in Damascus - exposing thepivotal event as not only a false-flag attack carried out by the West and its proxies, but as a result of not Syrian desperation, but rather Western desperation. **March 20, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Since the beginning of 2013, Syrian troops had begun an irreversible push to take back territory overrun by foreign-backed militants, including along Syria's borders with Lebano... more »

11 Apps To Help You Be GMO Free

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
Are you eating GMO Free? Yep, there's an app for that! Actually, there are 11 Apps that can help you avoid GMOs. Add Fooducate to the list in this article and that makes 11! Happy GMO Free eating! *READ MORE and get the links HERE:* *http://www.nanny.net/blog/10-iphone-apps-to-help-keep-you-eating-gmo-free/* #gmofree #phoneapps #gmo #boycottGMOs #BUYCOTT #TrueFood #ShopNoGMO #GMOChecker #ipiit #ChemicalMaze #FruitChecker #NonGMOProjectShoppingGuide *Source:* *GMO Free USA*

Social contracts - they're so-o-o last century

Alison at Creekside - 13 hours ago
According to lawyers for the Attorney General fighting the class-action suit filed by six Afghanistan veterans, the social contract Prime Minister Robert Borden promised to Canadian Armed Forces and their families just before Canadian soldiers went off to Vimy Ridge in 1917 was just a politician talking so they are under no particular obligation to honour it. Good to know. Federal government response, BC Supreme Court,* Page 17 :* "The defendant further pleads that at no time in Canada's history has any alleged "social contract" or "social covenant" having the attributes plea... more »

Redford Resigns

Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 13 hours ago
It just seemed like it would be an interesting day this morning when I left for work. And it was....the first day of a new shift, a pleasant discovery of a recording of all 6 of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos by I Barrochisti, a nice spring dump of snow continuing on as I type this, a mere few hours before the (supposedly first day of Spring. But the biggest surprise of the day was undoubtedly the news of the resignation of Premier Allison Redford. Now without being too partisan here, I can say I'm not particularly surprised or upset. I had a feeling it might come to this what wit... more »

2013 Film Roundup, Part 1: The Oscars and the Year in Review

Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 13 hours ago
(I'm further behind than usual on my annual post-Oscar film roundup, a pre-blog tradition I'll be tweaking after this edition. But here's part one in the meantime.) 2013 was a good year for film. Fare for adults was plentiful and varied. The comic book movies and other would-be blockbusters were mostly decent yet unexceptional, but Gravity was a cut far above in terms of spectacle popcorn

Thursday Linkage

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
With Crimea’s secession and accession drama still unfolding, we wait with baited breath about whether we will bear witness to yet another war (Kimberly Marten’s post on the Monkey Cage is sobering). Sure hard to believe that Steven Pinker is right with Syria blazing, the Central Africa Republic aflame, and Ukraine and Russia poised for Continue reading

Alternative Universe

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 15 hours ago
I read today an AP article that was surely written about an alternative universe: Fishing Industry in Japan Recovers from 2011 Tsunami. By E. Kurtenbach and E. Wang (2014, Mar 19), The Arizona Republic, A18 The article covers the challenges to, and 'recovery' of, fishing in northeastern Japan. For example: [excerpted] Businesses throughout Japan's northeastern Tohoku region face a reality tv show's worth of obstacles to setting up shop: from shortages of financing and construction workers and materials, to lengthy delays in administrative approvals and overburdened transport netw... more »

Haslam Fiddles with Vouchers and More Tests While Tennesseans Go Without Health Care

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago
Is school privatization really more important than keeping the most vulnerable citizens from having access to health care? What would it cost the State of Tennessee to say Yes to expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act? Nothing, except the wrath of the billionaires. *The Daily Show* Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook

New Dem Colleen Hanabusa-- Fighting On The Wrong Side Of The Minimum Wage Battle… As Usual

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
I have no idea why, but corrupt conservative New Dem Colleen Hanabusa has me on her mailing list. Usually I just delete all the EMILY's List-generated spam she sends out, but this morning I opened one because "minimum wage" was in the subject line. A consistent shill for Big Business and K Street lobbyists, I wanted to see if she was using Republican talking points in her argument. As it turned out, she claimed to be in favor of raising the minimum wage-- just not as much as any other Democrats! President Obama and the Senate Dems are willing to settle for $10.10 an hour, which i... more »

17 Tips For Spring

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 15 hours ago
[image: Eco-friendly tips for spring.]*Spring is HERE!*Welcome to the first day of Spring!! I'll bet that you thought it would never get here, right? I had my doubts! But it's here and it's time for our annual spring tips and ideas. *If you're moving into Autumn instead of Spring, you might be interested in Eco-Friendly Tips For Autumn.* Eco-Friendly Tips for Spring 1. Spring is traditionally a time to tackle those big cleaning jobs. Instead of using toxic chemicals, opt for more earth-friendly cleansers. Check out How to Make a Non-Toxic Cleaning Kit for ideas and rec... more »

Lamar W. Hankins : Both Democrats and Republicans have it wrong

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 15 hours ago
Once the Republicans tried to wrest back welfare reform as a political issue from Clinton, it was a race to see who could pander most successfully to the electorate. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 19, … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : Both Democrats and Republicans have it wrong

NATO's "Mystery Gunmen" Seek to Strengthen Kiev Regime's Hand

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 16 hours ago
*Image: Provoking a confrontation with Russia allows the West to furtherarm and aid the regime in Kiev - not against a military conflict it has nohope of winning against Moscow, but against the inevitable uprising itfaces from the Ukrainian people. Nazi thugs were able to blitz theelected government out of power, but will not be able to hold on withoutextensive Western aid. **March 20, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci-NEO) - In yet another attempt to widen the confrontation between Russia, Crimea, and the Western-backed regime in Kiev, snipers have opened fire on both Ukrainian and Crimea... more »

march 19, 2003: don't call it a failure. it was a huge success for so many.

laura k at wmtc - 16 hours ago
Eleven years ago today, the US invaded Iraq. This unprovoked invasion of another country that had not threatened the United States was justified by the pretense of finding weapons of mass destruction (which the US knew did not exist), and as payback for 9/11 (which the US knew Iraq had no part in), and by of ridding the world of Saddam Hussein (who was trained and financed by the US). Many such rationales were advanced, including a Christian crusade against Muslims. None of the stated rationales for the invasion mentioned the massive profiteering that would reap trillions in profits... more »

Lowongan Kerja Apoteker Di Surabaya April 2014 Terbaru

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 16 hours ago
Lowongan Kerja Apoteker Di Surabaya April 2014 Terbaru - mungkin anda adalah salah satu orang yang telah bekerja tapi anda inginkan adalah pekerjaan di perusahaan baru karena perusahaan anda yang sekarang sudah anda rasa tidak cocok atau habis masa kerja, anda bisa mencoba melamar kerja ke pt UNITED DICO CITAS jika anda sudah berpengalaman kerja sebagai apoteker penanggung jawab minimal 1 tahun

China update March 19 , 2014 -- The Chinese Yuan Is Collapsing and the wealthy are cashing out offshore luxury homes for cash .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
[image: Tyler Durden's picture] Dollar Surges, Chinese Yuan Plunges In FOMC AftermathSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2014 - 07:16 In the aftermath of yesterday's key market event, the FOMC's $10 billion tapering and elimination of QE with "*QualG*", not to mention the "dots" and the 6 month period, the USD has been on fire against all key pairs, with the EURUSD sliding below 1.38, a 150 pip move in one day which should at least give Mario Draghi some comfort, but more importantly sending the USDJPY soaring to 102.500 even as US equity futures, and not to mention the Nikkei which... more »

Government Agency Warns If 9 Substations Are Destroyed, The Power Grid Could Be Down For 18 Months .......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Government Agency Warns If 9 Substations Are Destroyed, The Power Grid Could Be Down For 18 Months [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/19/2014 20:49 -0400 - New York Stock Exchange - Reality - Wall Street Journal inShare *Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,* What would you do if the Internet or the power grid went down for over a year? Our key infrastructure, including the Internet and the power grid, is far more vulnerable than most people would dare to imagine. These days, most people simply take for granted th... more »

The Sandy Hook HOAX! A Great List Of Sandy Hook "Oddities"

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 18 hours ago
As I have said many times, as more important information presents itself that exposes the fraud of the Sandy Hook "shooting" I would present it here at this blog for everyone to see.... It is a fact now that most people are finally waking up to the fact that Sandy Hook was indeed a criminal operation, which has both the criminals behind the operation, and the disinformation agents out there trying to discredit any researchers, reeling! I came across the following article from a fellow real truth seeker, "SoldierofYah" that writes the great blog, Truthseeker Archive, at www.truthsee... more »

More kudos for Bryan Cranston's portrayal of LBJ -- but the "Edith Bunker"-ing of Lady Bird J is no sale

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
*No shrinking violet she*: *Al Kamen reports that former LBJ chief of staff Jim Jones "said there was a scene where Johnson dismissed [Lady Bird] with a curse -- which he said 'would never happen.' "* *by Ken* Since I devoted a post last week ("Bryan Cranston as LBJ, according to people who worked with him") to Al Kamen's WaPo "In the Loop" item "Bryan Cranston gets two thumbs up from LBJ staffers" ("Like Walter White’s epic transformation from meek family man to unrepentant meth lord, Bryan Cranston transforms so completely into President Lyndon B. Johnson that for those who actu... more »

Costa Rican Car

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 18 hours ago
What an exhausting day. Got up super early to drive to Cuyahoga Falls, OH, to buy our new car for Costa Rica. Had to go to the bank there first to get a cashiers check and deposit money to get this check. A simply transaction ended up taking an hour as they could not figure out the transaction since I was getting a check made out from me and not the business to the dealership. Super frustrating. We then got to the dealership (finally) and that transaction seemed to take much longer than necessary as well, but finally, drove off with our new Nissan Xterra. Stopped for lunch at a... more »

jackie on the trunk

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 18 hours ago

HOW TO AVOID COLLAPSE?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
According to a new scientific study funded by NASA, modern civilization is heading for collapse within a matter of decades. In the study, mathematicians used theoretical models to predict what will happen to the industrialized world over the course of the next century. And they found that even with conservative estimates, the Earth is headed down a very tumultuous path. RT's Ameera David reports.

Not Just Another Word (for nothing left to lose)

Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago
Note: The following is a guest post from Mlada Bukovansky, Professor of Government at Smith College. The word freedom has to come into it, when speaking of the Ukraine crisis. It has become exceptionally difficult to use that term without wincing in the post-Bush era, but still I think it needs to be said. I Continue reading

Libya updates March 19 , 2014 -- UN imposes sanctions on vessels involved in illegal oil exports .... Former Interior Ministry Undersecretary kidnapped ...... Air Force chief says he is still in post ...... Thinni holds first cabinet meeting in Ghat ..... Sebha camp handover claimed – and disputed

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
UN imposes sanctions on vessels involved in illegal oil exports *Tripoli, 19 March 2014*: The UN Security Council today voted unanimously to adopt a resolution condemning attempts to illicitly export oil from Libya and imposing sanctions on any vessels attempting to do so. The move came after the tanker *Morning Glory* successfully loaded a shipment of crude oil from Sidra oil export terminal, which has been under the control of a group of federalists operating under Ibrahim Jadhran since August last year. The tanker escaped a naval blockade to sail into international waters but, w... more »

China items of note - March 17 , 2013 ..... Yuan Tumbles To 11-Month Lows As China Home Price Growth Slows ..... "Putin Did The Right Thing" Says Marc Faber, But Fears China Implications More ...... China and gold related news items !

Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Yuan Tumbles To 11-Month Lows As China Home Price Growth Slows [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/17/2014 22:21 -0400 - Bond - Capital Markets - Carry Trade - China - Copper - Hong Kong - Morgan Stanley - Price Action - Real estate - Shadow Banking - Volatility - Yuan inShare It would appear that the widening of the daily trading bands (we discussed last night) are having a directional effect on USDCNY as the devaluation continues on the back of forced carry-trade unwinds. *At 6.19, CNY is its wea... more »

A Defence of #NoMakeUpSelfieForCancer

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 20 hours ago
Another good cause. Another charity stunt exploiting social media. If you're unfamiliar with #NoMakeUpSelfieForCancer, it's pretty self-explanatory. Post a "bare" selfie of your face to the social media platform of your choice and make a donation to Cancer Research UK. Theoretically, friends in your timeline/feed will see it, do the same, and so on. As viral campaigns go, it's been a success with the charity reporting a surge in donations. It's very clever and raised a bag of cash. Great stuff, right? Not a few Twitter celebs have written about the problematic character of the ini... more »

Who Can Tolerate Bill Gates and His Ignorance and Apathy for Another Minute???

jillconroy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 20 hours ago
http://theindignantteacher.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/the-indignant-teacher-can-no-longer-tolerate-bill-gates-ignorance-and-apathy/Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face

KavKaz confirms the death of Dokku Umarov

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 21 hours ago
*Caucasus Emirate's Emir Dokku Abu Usman martyred, Insha'Allah. Obituary* Dokku Abu Usman (Dokku Umarov) went to jihad in 1994, as soon as he learned about the invasion of Chechnya by Russian troops. He gave up his lucrative business in Russia and returned home. Since then, Dokku Abu Usman was forced to leave Chechnya for several months only once, at the beginning of 2000 due to a severe wound. After treatment, he returned home and continued the Jihad. After the first Russian-Chechen war of 1994-96, Ichkerian President Aslan Maskhadov appointed Dokku Umarov Secretary of the Securit... more »

Somebody Had to Punch the Bully

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 21 hours ago
Barack Obama is going to Europe and America is going to Hell. Still smarting over the audacity of the newest devil of *The Homeland* Russian leader Vladimir Putin's pretty much telling Barry and the boys to go and fuck themselves and annexing Crimea despite the empty threats and howls of protestation from the political class El Presidente is soon to be on his way across the pond to meet with the heads of US client states over the next move. You have to give it to the man, he never gives up and never learns from his mistakes, January 2017 cannot possibly get here soon enough provid... more »

Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit Summary - July 22, 1947

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 21 hours ago
The other night as I was cursing the cable I blundered into another of those UFO programs filled with hysterical narration and a belief that nearly every outrageous claim is based in reality. In this case they were talking about the Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit as if the documentation existed to prove that the Army had, at one time, investigated UFOs under that unit title. They flashed some documentation but in today’s world with nearly everyone and her brother creating UFO documents for fun and profit you would think that a little caution would be called for. But there was reall... more »

Ukraine: Chess Piece For Global Power

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
Source: THElNFOWARRlOR.

Timber!!

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 22 hours ago
[image: Courtesy of Michael Green Architecture] *Courtesy of Michael Green Architecture* Sure, you can build a multi-story timber building if you want to. That’s two concepts above. And here’s a design for one in Stockholm: [image: C. F. Møller designs world's tallest wooden skyscraper] Here’s another concept, for somewhere in the US, by architect Michael Charters: You can even head here to watch time-lapse videos of the construction of this one, in Prince George, Canada. In 2011, this was the world’s largest timber apartment block, Bridport House in [image: image] [image: i... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 22 hours ago
*Louisiana to have more than $2 billion in coastal restoration work built or under construction by 2015, official says ~Mark Schleifstein* *New Orleans by Streetlight ~David Gonzalez*

Alan Grayson: GutsPAC

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
This week, Alan Grayson opened a leadership PAC, GutsPAC. You can contribute to it here, but let me warn you, it cannot accept more than $5,000 per year from any individual. He plans to use it to help elect other progressives to Congress. I asked him a couple of quick questions: Q: What will you be doing with that leadership PAC, donating to Steve Israel so you can rise in the House leadership? A: Well, here are some things I won’t be doing: spending 145 times as much on legal fees as on candidate support, as Rep. Michele Bachmann did in the first half of 2013. Paying my spouse ov... more »

Robert Sharlet : Jim Retherford, the ‘Man in a Red Devil Suit’

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 22 hours ago
Jim has been a fearless New Left editor, a political performance artist, part of a guerrilla theater troupe, and has worked with some of the legendary figures of the ’60s. By Robert Sharlet | The Rag Blog | February 19, … finish reading Robert Sharlet : Jim Retherford, the ‘Man in a Red Devil Suit’

Al Gore, Spike Lee, and Me

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 23 hours ago
We all made this list.

True Torah Jews Runs Radio Ads Against Israeli Draft

Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 23 hours ago
True Torah Jews March 18, 2014 March 12, 2014 will unfortunately go down in history as a black day for Orthodox Jewry, the day when the Israeli government finally passed their law to forcibly draft Orthodox youth into their army. Starting in 2017, Jews refusing the draft for religious reasons will be sent to jail. But this is no time to sit and mourn. We must wake up from our shock and shake up the world with an outcry of protest. Orthodox Jewry has already shown in the case of the law mandating the drafting of girls (in 1954) that even after the decree passed the Knesset, it rem... more »

iBookstore Sans Nipples

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 23 hours ago
Some will say that a picture paints a thousand words, and that book jackets sell books. The Deric Longden ebooks we have published which feature cute kittens on their covers have sold better than those without the cats and with just Deric on their jackets. This is despite these some of these catless books having won film and writing awards. We now actually fear that we have made the mistake on his latest jacket, ‘Radio Times: Take 1.’ in that we haven't put a cute kitten on the jacket. Apple belief that a jacket image can also be offensive, inappropriate and they continue to impo... more »

A misleading statement on 'Newsnight'

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
*Newsnight *reported from the Central African Republic last night. The conflict there had a pretty clear trajectory in its early days - a trajectory most news organisations reported at the time. It was summed up by the *Telegraph*'s Mike Pflanz last November: *Who is fighting whom now, and why?* Armed Muslim units drawn from the Seleka rebel alliance that seized power in March have defied the new president’s demands that they disarm, and have continued the rampage they began before their successful coup. They have targeted mostly Christian civilians, murdering, raping, torturing an... more »

“Democracy? Forget About It...”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Democracy? Forget About It...” * by Bill Bonner “They say we have violated international law. At least they remember about international law – better late than never.” – Vladimir Putin, talking about US and the West. “Once again, world politics dominate the news. The Crimea drama is over... finished... done. The Russians did what you would expect. So did the Crimeans. Crimea has voted overwhelmingly to join Russia. And the markets seem to be celebrating. The US stock market, as measured by the Dow, rose 88 points yesterday. Gold – the antidote to crises of all sorts – dropped $... more »

Christy Cluck Cluck Clark Versus Jack Mintz And The LNG Energy Companies(who made who)

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
*Written by Grant G* In the run-up to British Columbia`s 2013 provincial election Christy Clark told the electorate, told the world and told the foxes(multi-national energy companies) that LNG was a $trillion dollar golden egg that would fix all of BC`s fiscal and economic woes, Christy was quite specific, a dozen LNG plants, BC would receive 5 times the North American price(Henry Hub pricing) from Japan.. My how times change... If British Columbia who owns our natural gas resources wants to get 4 to 5 times the North American price for natural gas we must build our own Briti... more »

O’Reilly and Maddow go Malaysian!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014* *Not all that slowly they turn:* On Monday night, Bill O’Reilly was saying he just couldn’t do it. Despite the high ratings the topic produces, he wasn’t going to spend his time speculating about the Malaysian airplane mystery. “As far as I'm concerned, I can't do it. I just can't,” he told Bernie Goldberg, after noting the high degree of speculation involved in ongoing cable coverage of the missing airplane. “I told a bunch of people,” O’Reilly said. “I said, I can only do stories grounded in reality. I cannot do, ‘Well, maybe this happened,’ you know... more »

The truth is out: money is just an IOU

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
THIS is a must read article!!! The Truth IS out!!!! This is transparency in it's finest moment in the financial world and in the eyes of the general public: Money is just an IOU. The following is an article by The Guardian News Paper, and a pdf copy of the original document that this article is based upon. This is a revelation of epic proportions coming directly from withIN the banking industry, from the Bank of England itself. Of course, this isn't the "whole" truth, and really it is just barely scratching the surface, BUT is is a huge piece of the puzzle. WE know all of thi... more »

How Many Anti-Pelosi Candidates Has Steve Israel Recruited This Year?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
It's a dirty little secret that Hoyer and his corrupt, conservative allies in the House Democratic caucus forced Nancy Pelosi to appoint Long Island "ex"-Blue Dog and model of Wall Street corruption, Steve Israel as DCCC chairman. We've mentioned a few times how Israel's "strategy" mathematically guarantees that the Republicans can never lose the majority in the House, or at least not while he is DCCC Chair. Aside from only naming 16 Red-to-Blue candidates (when the Dems need a net of 17 red-to-blue wins), Israel has made a deal with the NRCC to not target any senior Republicans, ... more »

His Highness Stephen Harper does not answer questions

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
Inconsiderate reporters waste the time of His Majesty Stephen Harper. Following video speaks volumes about Harper's attitude. He is accountable to no one. It is a shame. Who would have thought that we will have dictatorship in Canada.

The Realist Report - Eric Hunt: Jewish Gas Chamber Hoax

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Eric Hunt. Eric and I will be discussing his films *The Last Days of the Big Lie* and *The Jewish Gas Chamber Hoax*. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *The Jewish Gas Chamber Hoax* - *The Last Days of the Big Lie* - *One Third of the Holocaust* - *What is the "Holocaust" story really all about? - John Friend* - *1.2m killed at Auschwitz in just one day - ... more »

One Woman Blockade: Cheyenne River Hero Halts Megaload

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Joye Braun: NO! to fat takers, halts megaload to oilfields By Brenda Norrell Censored News Courtesy photo published with permission EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. -- A Cheyenne River Lakota woman turned a megaload around today, saying "No!" to fat takers and megaloads" headed to the oil fields, adding that "you have to be the change you want." Joye Braun told Censored News, "There were two trucks that

Vindication For Edward Herman

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
Just a little footnote in history. But yesterday I read a columnist (can't remember who) saying an former Iranian official has admitted that it was his country that blew up Lockerbie, Pan Am Flight 103, and not Libya. The Libyan guy convicted of the bombing was mysteriously given an early release on the grounds that he had three months to live before his cancer killed him, but he lived another three years. The deal to get him out of prison was dodgy to say the least. Aha! It was Gwynne Dyer! Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a Libyan airline official who was convicted of placing the bomb aboa... more »

TALKING TO OURSELVES: Salon says Ryan is worse than he looks!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014* *Part 3—Talk like a South Ossetian:* On Monday morning, Salon’s Brian Beutler broke our hearts again. His piece appeared beneath a set of Salonistic headlines. You can’t fully blame Beutler for this. But prepare to be scared, really scared: *Paul Ryan’s race flap even worse than it looks* The notion that Ryan was dog-whistling to racists is actually the best-case scenario. Here’s the scary alternative. What makes those headlines Salonistic? Easy: According to Hard Salon Tribal Law, every “flap” involving race has to be “even worse than it looks.” Also, p... more »

Reading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean Myers

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Reading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean Myers. via Reading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean Myers.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Stemming STEM Will Help Everyone Except the Billionaires

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
I have been railing for a number of years about the corporate socialism at work in the creation of an oversupply of scientists, technocrats, and engineers. Follow the links. So here is a clip from a very thoughtful piece from the Atlantic today, which concludes that the creation of an oversupply of workers in science, tech, and engineering could, in fact, make these fields of endeavor so unattractive as career fields that the phony shortage may, indeed, become real. So the short term goal of creating an oversupply to drive down wages serves no one except Bill Gates and Billionaire... more »

The extraordinary deeds of ordinary men

Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
By Capt. Fogg I won't comment on the proposition that the men who were honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor yesterday had been overlooked because they had been identified with some less favored ethnic group. It takes away from their individual stories and suggests that by honoring them we're doing them some sort of favor by elevating them to the level of "regular" Americans. Having listened yesterday to the long recitation of the deeds of these medal recipients, I don't doubt that they all earned the long delayed distinction in full. In fact I felt that although I had o... more »

Anbar Before And After The Awakening Pt. XII General Nouri al-Fahadawi

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
General Nouri al-Din Abdul al-Karim Muhlif al-Fahadawi was appointed the head of intelligence in Anbar in May 2007. Before that he worked with the local police in Anbar, and then the Defense Ministry in Baghdad. In 2009 the U.S. Marine Corps interviewed him about his experiences in the province. He talked about how the Americans initially mishandled the security situation in Anbar, but then how Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) lost its support as a result of its own mistreatment of the population. In April 2003 U.S. forces entered Anbar without a fight, but in less than a year the provinc... more »

Free Planet - second ever LIVE remote viewing session.

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 1 day ago
Well, it's that time again, that back-right of my head is tingling and I need to do another LIVE remote viewing experiment that's actually more like Automatic Typing that Remote Viewing but let's not distract ourselves... I'm going to 'flavour' this LIVE remote viewing with a question, "What is the purpose of my life," and by this I mean I want to focus on 'the possibility' that I'm not just here to eat, shit and die, and that there might actually be 'some point' to my occupying this Flesh Machine for 48 years now. Right, I'm ready... 1. fish bone archon 2. immediate dial... more »

Israel launched airstrikes into Syria- supporting their Islamists, of course

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*Israel boasts* &* Syria confirms Israeli attack* Where is John Kerry? Bald headed Hague? Why are these two hypocrites, spewing their usual hyperbole, always missing in action when it comes to Israel? You know Kerry who utters such stupidities as this regarding Crimea *"You just don't in the 21st Century behave in 19th Century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext."* Kerry, where are you? I am waiting for your condemnation of Israel. And for the US to take action against this heinous breach of Syrian sovereignty and territorial integrity. Not the fi... more »

Provocations- Crimean sniper fire updated- UN Security council to meet

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*The Crimean killings........updated from yesterday* Sniper attack in Crimea- Two dead- Maidan take two? As mentioned: Two dead. One Ukrainian military. One Russian self defence force. The NATO/corporate media is now also mentioning the two deaths. *UPDATE-G&M* One *"Ukrainian soldier was killed when he was shot in the heart"*. News reports out of Crimea said *"one of the pro-Russian soldiers also died"* *Regarding earlier reports of one sniper down? Bogus* Earlier, a fake Twitter account supposedly belonging to Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov had stated that a sniper had indeed bee... more »

Ban anti human Activity

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
We have a world court in the Hague that functions well. So lets just pass laws at that level against anti human activity. Sure we can not bring most to justice, but being on notice as a tendency to change behavior. The world has a success story in the war on Ozone defeating activities. Lets take down the humanity hurting scumbags for once and for all.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Carville: More attention on benefits, not costs of coastal restoration ~Amy Wold, The Advocate* *Timeline shows how energy industry violated laws, levee authority attorneys say ~Mark Schleifstein* *Assessors eye La. salt caverns as revenue source ~David J. Mitchell* *CB&I, Chiyoda awarded $6 billion contract to construct Cameron liquefaction project; Sempra to hold 50% ownership in Cameron, project ~Renita D. Young* *BP making 31 bids in Gulf oil lease sale ~AP* *BR-N.O. passenger rail service estimated at $262 million ~Timothy Boone* *UnfairBnB: What Unlicensed Short-Term Rental... more »

Bitcoin news March 17 , 2014 - Regulatory statements and related actions -- China ( Temporary QR Code Ban ) , South Africa and Germany ( Bundesbank member comment ) , investment fron ( Bitstamp item ) , Blockchain.info Is Down For Unscheduled Maintenance, Due To Issue With Database

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
China’s Temporary QR Code Ban Could Have Implications for Bitcoin’s Future Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) | Published on March 17, 2014 at 19:01 GMT | *Asia, News, Regulation,Technology* inShare5 Share 47 [image: shutterstock_138914147] The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has placed a temporary ban on payments made by scanning quick-response (QR) codes with mobile devices. The move by China’s central bank, which was announced on 14th March, is aimed at stopping, at least for the moment, the upcoming launch of ‘virtual credit cards’ by major Internet companies. Alibaba, China’s leading e-com... more »

Better To Reign In Hell

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
Jim Flaherty jumped ship yesterday. It came as no surprise. When he questioned the wisdom of income splitting, he signalled that he was heading for dry land. He had the temerity to question the central tenet of Harperism. The surplus could not be used to pay down the national debt. And, more unacceptable still, it could not be invested in national priorities. It had to be used for tax cuts. Tax cuts don't serve the nation. They serve one purpose -- and one purpose only. They buy votes. And, therefore, they keep Stephen Harper in power. It was the equivalent of questioning the ... more »

Adam Boulton fail

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
I think you mean Magna *Carta*, Adam.

PCCC Endorses Brian Schatz

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
This morning, Brian Schatz added another grassroots progressive group to his growing list of endorsers. The PCCC came out strongly in favor of Schatz's campaign after their local members voted 4 to 1 in favor of the organization endorsing Brian over New Dem Colleen Hanabusa. They cited Social Security as the "defining issue" in the race and in their decision. Hanabusa, one of the most corrupt politicians in Hawaii, has adamantly refused to to rule out cutting Social Security benefits. She did not join many of her House colleagues who signed the Grayson-Takano letter, which promis... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*Millions of healthy Britons are set to be prescribed them, but why do many GPs say they won't take statins?* *As Dr Chand says, the litmus test is if you get better by stopping the pills. Many do. It shows that the pills are the cause of the problems, not just a coincidence* He’d been a GP for a quarter of a century and had written ‘tens of thousands of statin prescriptions’. Then two years ago, Dr Kailash Chand, too, started taking the cholesterol-lowering pills to protect his heart. As Dr Chand, who is the deputy chairman of the British Medical Association — the doctors’ uni... more »

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies news March 19 , 2014 -- Breaking: CoinEx.pw hacked, all coins stolen ....... Sean’s Outpost & Satoshi Forest Under Attack ....... Breaking: Blockchain Outage And Cause Of The Issue ...... BREAKING: As Promised, Bitcurex Resumes Operations on Tuesday ....... Bank of Thailand issues another statement on Bitcoin

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Breaking: CoinEx.pw hacked, all coins stolen Christoph Marckx 19/03/2014 Bitcoin, Bitcoin Exchanges, Breaking News, News, Security Posted 2 hours ago [image: coinex got hacked, coins stolen] CoinEx.pw got hacked, all coins are stolen as reported by founder Erundook. Another one bites the dust. CoinEx.pw seems to be the next exchange that became the victim of a successful hack. Today, CoinEx finally responded on Bitcointalk.org. A few days ago, people started complaining in CoinEx’official thread at the Bitcointalk forum. At first, deposits and withdrawals seemed impossible. Sh... more »

NSA spying on everyone updates March 19 , 2014 -- NSA Recorded the CONTENT of 'EVERY SINGLE' CALL in a Foreign Country ... and Also In AMERICA ? Proof of lies -- NSA whistleblower Russel Tice – a key source in the 2005 New York Times report that blew the lid off the Bush administration’s use of warrantless wiretapping – says that the content and metadata of all digital communications are being tapped by the NSA. ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
NSA Recorded the CONTENT of 'EVERY SINGLE' CALL in a Foreign Country ... and Also In AMERICA? [image: George Washington's picture] Submitted by George Washington on 03/18/2014 18:01 -0400 - ETC - FBI - national security - NBC - New York Times - SPY inShare The Washington Post reports – based upon documents leaked by Edward Snowden – that the NSA is recording *“every single”*phone call in one foreign country (at the request of the NSA, the Post is withholding the name of the country. However, the Post notes that the NSA is also planning on expanding th... more »

Malaysia Airline mystery March 17 , 2014 - Alternative theory from Keith Ledgerwood -- Did Malaysian Airlines 370 disappear using SIA68/SQ68 (another 777) ? And if so , might the plane that no one can find debris for actually be in Xingjian province, Kyrgyzstan, or Turkmenistan ? India fears a 9/11 type attack and continuing triple talk from Malaysian Government Officials - just make folks very nervous and distrustful !

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://keithledgerwood.tumblr.com/post/79838944823/did-malaysian-airlines-370-disappear-using-sia68-sq68 Did Malaysian Airlines 370 disappear using SIA68/SQ68 (another 777)? *Monday, March 17, 2014 - 12:01 AM EST* *UPDATED: Monday, March 17, 2014 - 9:00 AM EST**Typo was made during the conversion of UTC times. Meeting of SIA68 and MH320 occurred at 18:00UTC - 18:15UTC. MH320 dropped off of civilian radar at 17:22UTC.* *UPDATE - Monday, March 17, 2014 - 12:15 PM EST**Some have raised the statement that TCAS doesn’t work if the transponder is disabled… this is only partially correct... more »

Reasons to Invest in apartment Buildings by Jeff Adams

When most people hear about the millions of dollars investors make buying and selling real estate, the majority of them imagine about homes and duplexes. That’s because nearly each person starts on its own family market. The main reason investors start out buying homes is because they have heard all the stories or watched an infomercial where some guru is pitching the latest and greatest money down technique. Buyers think they can purchase homes with no money using a variety of methods including foreclosure, rehab, fix and flip, subject to, lease option, partnerships, wholesaling... more »

Rainy Day

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

War watch - Ukraine , Syria and Iraq items of note March 19 , 2014 !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Ukraine...... EU Hawks Call to Escalate Sanctions, But Not Everyone Is SoldAustria, Others See Sanctions War as Losing Proposition by Jason Ditz, March 18, 2014 Print This | Share This A first round of EU sanctions against Russia, unveiled yesterday, has been roundly mocked by Russian officials as weak and meaningless. Hawks among the EU foreign ministers are inclined to agree, and are pushing for an immediate and dramatic escalation of sanctions. That’s not going to be an easy sell, as the EU can’t impose anything that’s not unanimous, and with Russian trade ties vital to many natio... more »

Malaysia Airlines Mystery March 19 , 2014 -- A day 12 rolls on , Malaysian Authorities swat down theories ( Maldives sighting ) , try to keep relatives calm ( as relatives try to storm pres briefing ) , attempt to tamp down speculation ( while trying to retrieve deleted files from the pilot's home flight simulator ) and still are requesting military radar ( has the US supplied its data yet from Diego Garcia ? )

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/mh370-assumed-lost-in-the-indian-ocean-live-updates 9.32pm GMT Summary We’re going to tie up this live blog. Here’s a summary of where things stand: *• **The 13th day of the search for MH370 has opened *in the southern Indian Ocean, with five merchant ships answering a call to search alongside surveillance aircraft from Australia, the US and New Zealand. *• Frustrated relatives of missing passengers were ejected from a news conference with Malaysian officials* Wednesday. The relatives accused authorities of withholding information. “We can... more »

Recusal motion

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*Dugas v. Gaudet et al.*, 2014 NBCA 7: [5] The grounds giving rise to the apprehension of bias must be sufficiently serious to rebut the presumption that the judge will abide by his or her oath of office and “[judge] a particular controversy fairly on the basis of its own circumstances” (see United States v. Morgan, 313 U.S. 409 (1941), at p. 421, excerpt quoted with approval in R. v. S.(R.D.), 1997 CanLII 324 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484, [1997] S.C.J. No. 84 (QL)).
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