Wednesday, October 15, 2014

15 Oct - Blogs I'm Following

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Obama, Malala and the Militants America Put into Power

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 24 minutes ago
*October 15, 2014 *(Ulson Gunnar - NEO) - It would seem only natural that the presumed arbiters of the world would see their greetings and congratulations as the natural pinnacle of success for any they deem a global hero. And such is the case of now Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai who has been given an audience with US President Barack Obama (also a Nobel Peace Prize recipient) to be congratulated on for having "inspired people around the world with her determined efforts for girls' right to education." Malala Yousafzai was thrust into headlines when she was attacked... more »

The First U.S. Air Force One (Video)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Hat Tip:* Theo Spark

Education Post’s Selective Concern with “Belittling”

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
There’s a new blog in town, and it is fortified by millions in corporate-reformer cash in order to spread the message that “the reforms are working.” It’s called Education Post. I first wrote about it in this September 3, 2014, post. EdPost is keen on US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (More discussion on that point in in this September […]

How Close Is 1984 Today?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
When I think back to high school and recall the books I read that have had the most impact on my thinking since then, certainly the dystopian novels *1984* (1949) by George Orwell and *Brave New World* (1932) by Aldous Huxley ranked high among them. Our world must never turn into the world’s created by Huxley and Orwell. This afternoon we looked at a reason to cast a vote to reelect Colorado Senator Mark Udall based on his role in preventing *1984* encroachment by the CIA and the rest of the U.S. Military-Industrial-Intellegence Complex on our society and our democracy. After wrt... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Monitors

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 2 hours ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »

Is President Obama Facing A Pentagon Backlash?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
President Barack Obama meets with Gen. Raymond Odierno, Commanding General, United States Forces-Iraq, in the Oval Office, June 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) *Pentagon Backlash: Why Are Top Military Leaders Attacking Obama’s Foreign Policy? -- Husna Haq, Christian Science Monitor* *Gen. Ray Odierno, the US Army Chief of Staff, is the latest Pentagon official to criticize President Obama's foreign policy. Is that unusual? * On Tuesday, Gen. Ray Odierno, the US Army Chief of Staff, publicly questioned President Obama’s plan to reduce the size of America’s groun... more »

Ukraine / Russia situation ( October 14 , 2014 ) - As West not successful in persuading russia from backing off ( Syria , Iran , Ukraine ) , brent being crushed to try to break Russian will ? Meanwhile in Kiev. rumbling beginning .......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
Published October 14, 2014 by VineyardSaker Two important sources of statistical data Dear friends, I want to share with you two very interesting articles. The first one was originally posted in the Oceania Saker Blog. Written by Alexander Latsa, a Russian analyst, and entitled “Russian Demographics: Winter or Spring, depending on whether the analysis comes from the West or from Russia itself“, it takes a close look into the topic of Russian demographics. The second one was posted on the website No Bread and Circuses for You. Written by NoBC4U, a person with first hand knowledge of th... more »

The Great Game Updates - October 10 , 2014 ( Connecting Dots - Russia , Oil , China , BRICS , SCO , De-Dollarization , GCC appeasement , Syria / Iraq Regional War impact , Ukraine payback )

Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
Cause and Effect..... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-10/de-dollarizing-russia-pays-down-near-record-53-billion-debt-third-quarter "De-Dollarizing" Russia Pays Down Near-Record $53 Billion In Debt In Third Quarter [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/10/2014 17:23 -0400 - Lehman - Reality - Trade Balance - Ukraine inShare Despite the reassuring narrative from The West that Russia faces "costs" and is increasingly "isolated" due to sanctions for its actions in Ukraine, the most recent data suggests reality is quite different. Fir... more »

haiku

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 2 hours ago
Worker bees can leave Even drones can fly away The queen is their slave

Censored News Begins 9th Year!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
With 3.5 million pageviews, we begin our 9th year! By Brenda Norrell Censored News We celebrate the beginning of the ninth year of Censored News! In 2006, after being censored, then terminated, as a staff writer for Indian Country Today, I began Censored News to expose what is being censored, and as a platform for grassroots Indigenous Peoples. It was launched at the Indigenous Border

Is Israel About To Use It's Natural Gas Reserves To Shape Mideast Relations?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*Israel Sees Gas as Key to Transforming Mideast Relations -- Bloomberg* After this summer’s war in Gaza battered Israel’s international reputation, the country’s leaders say they have a new foreign policy tool to build relations with its neighbors: natural gas. By the the end of the year, Israel may have binding agreements to sell billions of dollars of gas to Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. Preliminary talks are taking place with customers in Turkey, even though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is among Israel’s fiercest critics. Gas may even help improve relationships... more »

RIP, Leonard Liggio

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 3 hours ago
Rest in Peace, Prof. Leonard P. Liggio, Executive Vice President of Academics at Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Washington DC, USA. He passed away October 14, 2014, he was 81. I met Leonard first time in April 2004 when Atlas granted me an international fellowship for one month to the US, along with Ellen Cain of the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF). First in Chicago for the Atlas Liberty Forum, then at the Atlas office in Fairfax, Virginia then. It was my first exposure to other free market-oriented groups, think tanks and individuals from many parts of the world. Atlas... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, "Valley Of Healing Waters"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
2002, "Valley Of Healing Waters" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IWFKmI-3oo

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“This sharp cosmic portrait features NGC 891. The spiral galaxy spans about 100 thousand light-years and is seen almost exactly edge-on from our perspective. In fact, about 30 million light-years distant in the constellation Andromeda, NGC 891 looks a lot like our Milky Way. At first glance, it has a flat, thin, galactic disk and a central bulge cut along the middle by regions of dark obscuring dust. *Click image for larger size.* The combined image data also reveal the galaxy's young blue star clusters and telltale pinkish star forming regions. And remarkably apparent in NGC 891's e... more »

Chet Raymo, “All Men Have The Stars”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“All Men Have The Stars”* by Chet Raymo "At the end of his big-bang book "The First Three Minutes", physicist Steven Weinberg famously wrote: "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless." His point is this: We have discovered in this century that the human species is just one of billions of species of life on a typical planet near a star that is just one of a trillion stars in a galaxy among hundreds of billions of galaxies. It is no longer possible, he implies, to think that the universe was made for us or that our existence is in any way importa... more »

"The Whole Of Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life." - Jiddu Krishnamurti

The Giza Pyramids – Unravelling the Mystery

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 4 hours ago
*Robert Carson* - "Egyptologists had come to believe that the pyramids at Giza had been constructed as mausoleums... they seemed unconcerned that many of these internal spaces seemed unsuited to the purpose." The post The Giza Pyramids – Unravelling the Mystery appeared first on Waking Times.

Crude Oil Prices Are Collapsing

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Oil Prices Plunge As Production Rises, Fueling Concern In OPEC -- Washington Post* The rollercoaster ride of oil prices is speeding downward, carrying with it bickering members of OPEC, anxious U.S. shale oil producers and a Russia that relies heavily on petroleum revenues. With a weak global economy, the customary swing producer of oil — Saudi Arabia — has cut prices instead of cutting production, setting off a scramble on world markets. Crude oil prices have tumbled more than 23 percent since June, including a more than 4 percent drop Tuesday. Prices fell below four-year lows ... more »

Lucid Dreaming: "Silent Lucidity"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"Silent Lucidity" by Jason Bellows "There was a time that I could fly. I jutted my right fist into the air, and launched into the sky. My stomach dropped with the sensation of breaking gravity’s bond, and the summer air cooled as I reached higher. When the roads were so far below as to be an indistinct ashen blur, I halted and curled my legs under me as I was pelted by icy crystals of clouds, and surveyed all below. There was a moment of idle indecision, but in the end it mattered not at all. I picked a direction and dove. The experience was one of my many brushes with Lucid Dreami... more »

Dine' Traditional Harvest Recipes

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
Reposting these popular traditional recipes, most of the Dine' recipes were collected while I was food editor of Navajo Times Today many years ago. There's also mesquite and nopalito (cactus pad) recipes from Tohono O'odham, and others from Sonora. Enjoy! Thanks for reading, Brenda Dine’ Traditional Harvest Recipes Article and photo by Brenda Norrell Censored News Foods for Health

Throwing in the towel on the 2014 campaign, and while we're at it the 2016 campaign as well

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
*"I get 'The Temple will be rebuilt' and 'The Messiahwill come.' But what does 'Hillary will run' mean?"* *by Ken* Just as I was about to make the official announcement that I'm officially sick of the 2014 election campaign, along comes *The New Yorker*'s David Sipress, on his current stint as newyorker.com "Daily Cartoon"-ist, with the above cartoon, to remind me that I'm actually already officially sick of the 2016 election campaign. Is this what they mean by early voting? In case you're wondering, the moment when I decided it was time to pull my personal plug on the 2014 hoote... more »

Pakistan's Taliban Leaders Pledge Allegiance To The Islamic State

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid. PHOTO: INP *Pakistani Taliban Leaders Pledge Allegiance to Islamic State -- Wall Street Journal* PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Six senior members of the Pakistani Taliban, including prominent regional leaders, Tuesday pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a potentially explosive rift within militant circles here that could lead to new violence. “I pledge allegiance to the Caliph of Muslims…Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” said the spokesman Shahidullah Shahid. “I will listen to and obey his every order, even if the situation is... more »

The Daily "Near You?

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Pompano Beach, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"What Is Hope?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"What Is Hope?"* by Ruben Alves "What is hope? It is the pre-sentiment that imagination is more real and reality is less real than it looks. It is the hunch that the overwhelming brutality of facts that oppress and repress us is not the last word. It is the suspicion that reality is more complex than the realists want us to believe. That the frontiers of the possible are not determined by the limits of the actual; and in a miraculous and unexplained way, life is opening creative events which will light the way to freedom and resurrection. But the two — suffering and hope — must l... more »

Come to the Bard and Banker Thursday for my book launch

paul at Paying attention - 5 hours ago
It’s been a long time between posts. Lots of good reasons. We’ve had two weddings in October, two daughters marrying two great guys. They’ve been fun and inspiring, and a chance to re-connect with people who matter. I’ve been doing interesting work for The Tyee, BC Business and Douglas Magazine. We - Jody Paterson and I - have been looking ahead to new Cuso International placements in Nicaragua. And there has been ‘the book.’ The real title is Dead Ends: BC Crime Stories, but for a long time, as I laboured away, it was just ‘the book.’ It’s my first, published by the team at the Un... more »

President Obama Acknowledged Setbacks Tuesday In The War Against The Islamic State

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Photo:* Analysts have said it is very important Obama shows that he is committed to fighting ISIS *Obama Acknowledges Setbacks In ISIS Fight -- FOX News* President Obama acknowledged setbacks Tuesday in the war against the Islamic State, to the backdrop of fierce fighting for control of a Syrian border town and fresh concerns over Turkey’s cooperation. The president spoke as he met just outside Washington with military chiefs from more than 20 nations. He noted negative developments in the fight against the Islamic State, saying there will be days of progress but also “periods of... more »

Probability Theory: “Chances Are”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“Chances Are” by Steven Strogatz "Have you ever had that anxiety dream where you suddenly realize you have to take the final exam in some course you’ve never attended? For professors, it works the other way around — you dream you’re giving a lecture for a class you know nothing about. That’s what it’s like for me whenever I teach probability theory. It was never part of my own education, so having to lecture about it now is scary and fun, in an amusement park, thrill-house sort of way. Perhaps the most pulse-quickening topic of all is “conditional probability” — the probability th... more »

Watch Closer to God Full Movie 2014 Streaming

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 7 hours ago
*Closer to God (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 6.0 Release : 24 Apr 2014 Duration : 81 min Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller Director : Billy Senese Writer : Billy Senese Cast : Jeremy Childs, Shelean Newman, Shannon Hoppe, David Alford Synopsis Closer to GodA genetic scientist successfully clones the first human being, a baby girl named Elizabeth, but his work is soon threatened by a dark secret, a secret that threatens to destroy everything and everyone precious to him. Description Closer to GodLooking Closer at Left Behind The Movie! October 2, 2014 By Jeffrey Overstree... more »

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 14, 2014

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*The Worsening Ebola Crisis -- New York Times editorial* Recent days have brought two alarming developments in the struggle to contain Ebola. The campaign against the epidemic in West Africa, the only sure way to prevent the spread of the virus to the United States and other countries, fell even further behind. And the discovery that a nurse treating an Ebola patient in Dallas had herself become infected despite wearing protective gear raised questions about the readiness of American hospitals to deal with Ebola patients. Reassuring statements by health officials that virtually an... more »

US-Backed Hazzm Movement is Touted as a Secular and Model Rebel Group by Washington

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago
*Washington is giving away high-tech weapons to ISIL cavemen like it's candy. * *Video Title: US-Backed Hazzm Movement is Touted as a Secular and Model Rebel Group by Washington. Source: Eretz Zen. Date Published: October 14, 2014. Description:* This video shows excerpts from videos belonging to Harakat Hazm (Hazzm Movement or Steadfastness Movement), which operates with US-backing and whose formation was announced in January 2014 in the presence of the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the "Free Syrian Army" (FSA), General Salim Idris. The group has been touted by Washing... more »

The Magic of the Peace Walk in Livermore Falls

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
*The group this morning as we began walking from Farmington to Livermore Falls - an 18 mile day**During our lunch break this local old timer, a WW II vet, came over and talked with us about the insanity of war* *During a break just outside of Livermore Falls Veterans For Peace founding member Doug Rawlings rests and holds the VFP flag* *Students from University of Maine-Farmington* We made it to Livermore Falls by about 4:00 pm - after our 8:30 am start this morning in Farmington. Several students from the University of Maine-Farmington Amnesty International club joined us for the fir... more »

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noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Rune Charms For Warriors And For Peace”* by Sunnyway "I've been asked numerous times by soldiers and family members for magical charms to aid and protect our soldiers and news corps in the Middle East and elsewhere. I've put together a collection of Galdrastafir - Viking era "magical staves." Most of these talismans are very ancient and effective. According to tradition, the Aegishjalmur "helm of awe" should be worn over the forehead, perhaps scratched or drawn on the inside of one's helmet. Its purpose is protection and "irresistibility" in battle (as in the Borg's, "Resistance... more »

NZ Housing Crisis: Local Government Still Confused

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
*Guest post by Hugh Pavletich* Early 2007, soon after the release of Demographia’s housing affordability survey showing NZ’s housing beccoming increasingly unaffordable, Local Government New Zealand® and the New Zealand Planning Institute® expressed concern about housing affordability, stating: The New Zealand Planning Institute® strongly supports Demographia’s call for planners, local councils and developers to collaborate more proactively and effectively on the provision of an adequate supply of affordable new residential housing. Now, some seven-and-a-half years later, 10th Oc... more »

World News Briefs -- October 14, 2014 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*W.H.O. Forecast For Ebola Worsens As Mortality Rate Rises -- New York Times* The World Health Organization reported sobering new figures Tuesday about the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, saying the mortality rate had risen to 70 percent and that the number of new cases could reach 10,000 per week by December. The organization had been saying that the number of new cases was about 1,000 per week for the past four weeks, and that the mortality rate for Ebola had been around 50 percent. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* US-led strikes on ISIL *intensify in Kobane*. Coalition h... more »

Planned Obsolescence, Perceived Obsolescence

Waking Times at Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Video - *Are people being herded along in a desired direction by a greater power to constantly buy more stuff, when they don't really need it? The post Planned Obsolescence, Perceived Obsolescence appeared first on Waking Times.

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 8 hours ago
*The Myth of Carbon Pollution * On October 15, 2014, Dr. William Happer, Chairman of the George C. Marshall Institute, will discuss "The Myth of Carbon Pollution." "Carbon pollution" is a propaganda slogan for the campaign against carbon dioxide (CO2). It is not science. Atmospheric CO2 is not a pollutant but is essential for plant growth. Current CO2 levels are far below optimum for most plants, and far below norms of geological history, when CO2 concentrations averaged several times higher than present values. A substantial fraction, about 15%, of current world food producti... more »

Calaveritas con Nombres de Personas - Pide el tuyo en Facebook

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 8 hours ago
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"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

Oct. 14: Wow! A page and a half of people......

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 9 hours ago
....picking apples. (Actually only one photo is of a person who is actually picking an apple.) Also in the Monday edition, a big story that the Fundy lobster season is ready to start, and fishermen are hoping for good prices. Gee! Who would have guessed? And, in a world that is on the brink of the biggest war it has ever seen, the edition has not a single story about foreign news. In more exciting news, ace reporter Dale Hobson breaks the big news that a Pita Pit restaurant will be opening in Riverview.- Page A1, and continued on P. A4. (Paris will be so jealous.) I bet it took so... more »

Goffman and the Sociology of Video Games

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 9 hours ago
Erving Goffman. Certainly a sociologist who hasn't had much of an airing round these parts. Not that I have anything against him or his body of work, it's more that we have very different problematics. He was interested in the micro level, of the practices, stratagems and conventions of interaction between individuals. And me? You know what this blog is all about. But on occasion, I like a straight foray into things sociological and this is one of those moments. Goffman was interested in developing analytical frameworks for the study of face-to-face interaction. While he did devel... more »

Red To Blue Has Now Become A Democratic Candidate Death Sentence

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
We’ve been talking a lot about the very predictable catastrophic impact the Steve Israel Effect has been having on Democratic campaigns from coast to coast. Although a staffer in one of Israel’s victims’ campaigns was willing to tell us that his candidate has basically stopped making donor calls and just chops wood now, cursing Israel with every swing of his ax, most of the candidates and staffers don’t want to go on the record about how they feel about the DCCC wrecking their campaigns at the last minute. Bitterness is rampant and *every* campaign told me that Israel never called ... more »

U.S. And Russia Agree To Share Intel On The Islamic State

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the Ukrainian crisis during three-hour talks in Paris. © RIA Novosti. Eduard Pesov Lavrov: Russia, US Could Be More Effective in Joint Efforts to Fight Terrorism, Ebola -- RIA Novosti PARIS, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and the United States could be more effective in their joint efforts on a number of global issues, including the fight against terrorism and the Ebola virus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, following the talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry... more »

war on peace

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 9 hours ago
the "war on drugs" got us more drugs the "war on poverty" brings us more poverty the "war on terror" brought us more terror maybe we should have a "war on peace" ! ...

Utah Giveaway: Disney On Ice

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 9 hours ago
I have been given tickets to Disney on Ice in exchange this post and giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own. Who is ready for a giveaway? Disney on Ice is headed back into Salt Lake City this coming November with scenes from Cars, The Little Mermaid, Toy Story 3 and Tinkerbell and you have the opportunity to win a family 4 pack of tickets! Ticket information and the giveaway are below. *Rev up for non-stop fun with four of your favorite Disney stories when Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy - Presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt, comes to Salt Lake City playing the E... more »

5 Steps to Agape ~ Love Quest ~ Day 2

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
[image: Picture] Let's talk about who you are, for you are so much more than you know. This person, the one looking at you from the bathroom mirror this morning is akin to a god. This is not said lightly or in jest. This is truth. The Source of life that propels you forward each day is the energy of creation itself. The definition of “soul” is your local connection to that energy. This energy doesn't diminish as it localizes, it becomes a specific point of focus. As such, it can experience its surroundings at a local level. You are the face of that local level. We are speaking abou... more »

"Shielded from Justice: The High Cost of Living in a Police State"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Shielded from Justice: * *The High Cost of Living in a Police State"* By John W. Whitehead “It’s been over five months since the night a SWAT team broke into the house in which we were staying…We were staying with relatives and my whole family was sleeping in one room. My husband and I, our three daughters and our baby (nicknamed “Baby Bou Bou”) in his crib. Dressed like soldiers, they broke down the door. The SWAT officers tossed a flashbang grenade into the room. It landed in Baby Bou Bou’s crib, blowing a hole in his face and chest that took months to heal and covering his enti... more »

"Enter, Stranger..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there. " - J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

Ebola: “Most US Hospitals Cannot Safely Handle Ebola Patients”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“Most US Hospitals Cannot Safely Handle Ebola Patients”* by Michael Snyder “This Ebola outbreak is being called the “most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times“, and the U.S. health care system is completely and totally unprepared for it. The truth is that most U.S. hospitals are simply not equipped to safely handle Ebola patients, and most hospital staff members have received little or no training on Ebola. And the fact that Barack Obama and our top public health officials are running around proclaiming that Ebola is “difficult to catch” is giving doctors and nurs... more »

Jesse Rothstein’s Refutation of Chetty et. al’s Longterm Impacts of Teachers

John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago
Lacking the expertise to critique the specifics of the methodology of “The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers” by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff, I have focused on becoming a good consumer of their study’s findings. I could not test the validity of their specific regression methods, but repeated rereadings and diverse email communications allowed […]

How does it taste?

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
This is from Oliver Troll's blog.... http://www.i-uvsweden.com/i-oliver-blog/-how-does-it-taste HOW DOES IT TASTE? Had enough yet?

Watch Rage Full Movie 2014 Streaming

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 10 hours ago
*Rage (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 5.0 Release : 09 May 2014 Duration : 92 min Genre : Action, Crime, Thriller Director : Paco Cabezas Writer : Jim Agnew, Sean Keller Cast : Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Max Ryan, Michael McGrady Synopsis RageWhen the daughter of a reformed criminal is kidnapped, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice. Description RageThe Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.,Site dedicated to Rage Pro\Rage 1... more »

India-Pakistan Border Fighting Tapers Off But Tensions Remain High

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
BBC *India-Pakistan Border Firing Tapers Off, But Diplomatic Tempers Continue to Flare -- Wall Street Journal* After nearly a week of heavy cross-border firing, the boundary between India and Pakistan largely fell quiet over the weekend, though diplomatic tempers continued to flare. There was no exchange of fire Sunday night, a spokesman for India’s Border Security Force said, raising hopes of an end to the current round of hostilities, which has left at least 17 people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands of people on both sides. But the intense fighting and the strong polit... more »

Releasing the FEAR of the “unknown”

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
*Oh man are the energies shifting! Felt very strongly here, its all changing. The winds in North Africa the last 24 hours are perhaps indicative of the exponentially changing energies of the planet as a whole - I've never seen them so strong. -AK* *Releasing the FEAR of the “unknown”* October 13, 2014 by Karen Dover For many of you at this time it may be a time of utter chaos, as the old 3D earth created constructs begin to dissolve there are no reference points that your human logical mind can reach in this frequency and so the human logical mind goes into a panic. Many of you... more »

Inequality and Parenting

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 10 hours ago
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Ebola: “So, About That Nurse...”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*“So, About That Nurse...”* by Karl Denninger “So now we have a nurse that has contracted ebola while treating the Dallas patient- and apparently only treated him after it was known he had ebola, and thus was following protocol. The CDC says: “As the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blames a "protocol breach" for the infection of a Dallas nurse with Ebola...” Ok, then if you assert that a "protocol breach" was responsible please identify it. Because if you can't then you're speculating that it was a protocol breach- which is very different from knowing there ... more »

u.s. war resisters in canada are at serious risk. here's how you can help.

laura k at wmtc - 10 hours ago
The War Resisters Support Campaign is facing an unprecedented crisis. Since war resister Kimberly Rivera was forced out of the country in September 2012, there had been no movement on any war resister’s case. Then, within one month, five war resisters received notices that decisions have been made in their cases. Two of these have been given removal dates ( *i.e.* they have been told to leave the country by a certain date). We expect similar negative outcomes in the other cases – and we don’t know who else will receive a notice tomorrow or next week. The Campaign has shifted into hig... more »

Supplemental: Last thoughts on campaign storylines!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014Analysts scold favorite uncles:* The Des Moines Register has conducted its latest poll for the upcoming election. We refer to the upcoming *2016* election. In our view, the numbers look bad for a possible Candidate Clinton. We’re discussing voters in Iowa only. But Mitt Romney is outpolling Clinton in the state, 44 to 43. Clinton beats Paul Ryan by one point, Rand Paul by only three. Those numbers don’t look real good to us. When Clinton left the State Department, the tools at MSNBC guffawed and haw-hawed for a few weeks about what a shoo-in she was goin... more »

U.S. Media Starting To Accept The Reality That President Obama's Policy To Defeat The Islamic State Is Failing

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 14, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas *Zakaria: Iraq's Army Has Collapsed -- CNN* *CNN speaks with Fareed Zakaria about reports over new advances by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. This is an edited version of the transcript.* *There is reportedly one base remaining in Anbar Province under Iraqi control. Talking to a general, he said it isn't so significant. You disagree.* It's very significant... more »

Gratitude – The Key That Opens the Gateway to Abundance

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 11 hours ago
*Randi G. Fine* - "When we show gratitude to life, life shows gratitude to us. When we are grateful for what we have, we have more to be grateful for..." The post Gratitude – The Key That Opens the Gateway to Abundance appeared first on Waking Times.

Watch Itirazim var Full Movie 2014 Streaming

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 12 hours ago
*Itirazim var (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 8.3 Release : 18 Apr 2014 Duration : N/A Genre : Action, Drama Director : Onur Ünlü Writer : Onur Ünlü Cast : Serkan Keskin, Hazal Kaya, Öner Erkan, Osman Sonant Synopsis Itirazim varThere is a murder while at prayer. Selman Bulut, the imam of mosque, starts to investigate the murder and faces with people in the neighborhood. Description Itirazim var Itirazim var Trailer on Youtube *Watch Itirazim var Full Movie* Search Result Related Itirazim var

The Inside Story On Why The Iraqi City Of Mosul Fell So Quickly To The Islamic State

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, in this June 11, 2014 file photo. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer *Special Report: How Mosul Fell - An Iraqi General Disputes Baghdad's Story -- Ned Parker, Isabel Coles and Raheem Salman, Reuters* (Reuters) - Lieutenant General Mahdi Gharawi knew an attack was coming. In late May, Iraqi security forces arrested seven members of militant group Islamic State in Mosul and learned the group planned an offensive on the city in early June. Gharawi, the operational command... more »

Amnesty International: Iraq's Shiite Militias Are Committing War Crimes

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
A fighter from the Shi'ite Badr Brigade militia holds his gun at a mobile checkpoint in Suleiman Beg, northern Iraq September 9, 2014. Business Insider *Iraq: Shia Militias 'Killing Sunnis In Reprisal Attacks' -- BBC* Shia militias in Iraq have kidnapped and killed scores of Sunni civilians in recent months, a report by campaign group Amnesty International has said. The killings were in apparent revenge for attacks by Islamic State (IS). Amnesty said the militias had been supported and armed by the Iraqi government and operated with impunity. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who to... more »

The Islamic State Continues It's Conquest Of Iraq

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Iraq Crisis: 180,000 Flee IS Advance In Anbar, UN Says -- BBC* As many as 180,000 people have fled fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in and around the city of Hit in western Anbar province, the UN says. The civilians - many of whom were already displaced - have headed east towards the war-torn city of Ramadi. The UN says the refugees are in need of food, blankets and medical supplies. IS captured Hit earlier this month in an advance across Anbar that has alarmed Iraqi leaders. Analysts say seizing Anbar would enable IS to establish a supply line to ... more »

Overshoot

What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 12 hours ago
William Catton’s book, *Overshoot*, describes the process by which most modern societies have achieved *overshoot* — a population in excess of the permanent carrying capacity of the habitat. It examines the long human saga, and reveals embarrassing failures of foresight that make our big brains wince and blush. Catton drives an iron stake through the heart of our goofy worldview — the myths, fantasies, and illusions of progress. Readers are served a generous full strength dose of ecological reality with no sugar coating. Humans evolved to thrive in a tropical wilderness. In the... more »

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution "prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances" Nowadays, the presstitute media prefer to keep their lucrative jobs by reporting what the government wishes to be reported (usually lies). Only true patriots like James Risen risk imprisonment to stay the course that our Founding Fathers laid out for us.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
------------------------------ http://youtu.be/ZIBgwrveVag James Risen Prepared to “Pay Any Price” to Report on War on Terror Amid Crackdown on Whistleblowers *democracynow * *Published on Oct 14, 2014* http://democracynow.org - We spend the hour with veteran New York Times investigative reporter James Risen, the journalist at the center of one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades. In 2006, Risen won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting about warrantless wiretapping of Americans by the National Security Agency. He has since been pursued by both the Bush and Ob... more »

Eavesdropping, Reasonable Search & Seizure and The "Right to Privacy"

Spike EP at News Spike - 13 hours ago
*Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967)*, is a United States Supreme Court case discussing the nature of the "right to privacy" and the legal definition of a "search". The Court's ruling refined previous interpretations of the unreasonable search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment to count immaterial intrusion with technology as a search, overruling Olmstead v. United States and Goldman v. United States. Katz also extended Fourth Amendment protection to all areas where a person has a* "reasonable expectation of privacy".* *"The Government's activities in electronic... more »

Drowning in the Tidal Wave of Energy: Riding the Surf to BEing

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 13 hours ago
Once again, this has been a week of incredibly intense energetic tidal waves, sweeping in almost non-stop, leaving exhaustion and for many of us, even confusion it their wake. And once again, I waited to see who would be the first to pop up with an update on this next wave of high energy that has crashed onto our shores. I had been waiting and checking into Gaias Portal every few hours since sometime Sunday afternoon- KNOWing that the update would happen any moment..... WELLA! All three of the sites I have been closely watching posted within hours of each other, and the message w... more »

The CIA Wouldn't Try To Undermine Mark Udall's Reelection... Would They?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
In 2006, Blue America backed Tom Udall, a congressman from New Mexico when he ran for the Senate. He was an excellent congressman and he's been a good, solid, progressive senator. We didn't back his less progressive cousin, Mark Udall, a congressman from Colorado running the same year, also for the Senate. We weren't against him and we hoped he'd been right-wing extremist Bob Schaffer-- which he did, 1,230,994 (53%) to 990,755 (42%). 3 weeks from today, both are up for reelection. Tom doesn't have much of a contest against Republican Allen Weh. It's unlikely Weh will even crack 4... more »

Turkey Launches Air Strikes Against Kurdish PKK Fighters

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish PKK -- Wall Street Journal* Strikes Jeopardize On-Going Peace Talks to End Insurgency in Turkey ISTANBUL—Turkey’s warplanes and artillery repeatedly bombed camps of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in the country’s southeast on Monday, marking the military’s first significant offensive against the PKK since peace talks started two years ago. Attacks in the Hakkari province, on Turkey’s borders with Iran and Iraq, came in retaliation to repeated PKK harassment of military outposts, which have been drawing fire since Saturday, according to Turkey’s privat... more »

$3 Pumpkin Centerpieces

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 13 hours ago
With every party I throw, I find myself always stressing about the centerpieces. I want the tables to look amazing, but I want to be able to spend the majority of my budget on the food and entertainment, not the centerpieces. These simple centerpieces were a smash hit at my last get together, and they came together for about $3 each. You will need: - Small carvable pumpkins (available at dollar stores) - Bunches of leafs, I found it was way easier to buy the sprigs of leaves than strands - wire cutters or scissors I started to carve my first pumpkin, when I realized... more »

The Battle For Kobani -- News Updates October 14, 2014

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*The Black Flag Is Torn Down: US Airstrikes Help Kurdish Fighters Scale Hill Outside Battle-Torn Town Of Kobane To Remove Sinister ISIS Flag That Had Flown Above Them For A Week -- Daily Mail* * Islamic State militants show hastily abandoned Kurdish trenches in Kobane * Comes as ISIS push the Kurdish resistance ever deeper into city centre * Despite ISIS advances, Kurdish fighters claim to have recaptured key hill * Tall Shair hill-top in west Kobane was seized by ISIS militants 10 days ago * News comes as Turkey contradicts U.S. officials by denying it has granted America permissio... more »

15 Ton Shark Captured off Pakistan

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
Everyone misses the rather obvious detail that giants have huge hunting ranges and must never be too numerous. At the same time, on death their chances of been fossilized are much greater as well simply because they are so slow to decompose. Just as obvious, no one is out with the right tackle either. Thus we have a fluke capture scenario. At leasdt we now know these still exist. As well it takes us back to the unexplored deep were huge creatures can hang out forever and never be discovered. In another generation we will have the hardware for plenty of deep penetration... more »

Humans Glow in Visible Light

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
An alternative explanation or at least an augmentation is that our light bodies absorb solar energy of some form and this leads to reemmission in wavelengths we observe. The time periods support this. Our present problem is that we know that short wavelength energy is persuasive and used by our chemistry in particular to transmit information Thus this observation is fully expected. The light problem is major and it is not going away. It is also integral to our understanding of consciousness as well. In the meantime we are stumbling around the edges. *Schematic illust... more »

The God of War

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
Well maybe not. A rag tag army of killers has been allowed to run amok against a badly demoralized foe. The surprise led to a serious delay, mostly because no independent force in place had been established. This led to the obvious recognition that such a force is necessary and it is probably better that it will not now be totally American. In fact that is the solution here. Have the Arabs establish exactly that and combine it with the long reach of the USA war machine. An effective Arab regiment is just as good as American in combat and infinately better at handling locals. Thi... more »

It's Not 2008 For Chinese Companies — It's Worse

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
What this tells us is that demand has broadly collapsed somehow and while failing firms will be recapped or merged, there is no clear reason to understand if demand will recover. This appears to be the expected long stagnation period that China needs to pass through as the population base strengthens and accumulates wealth sufficient to end this natural consolidation. The State really cannot do much else as stimulus is merely sucked into unproductive real estate. The economy can now transition to a natural consumption based system that spends heavily on services. This is ha... more »

Andrea Rossi's E-Cat Confirmed!

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
This report finally bells the cat on the reality of what was discovered two decades ago by Pons et all and instantly labeled cold fusion. This is full and formal demonstrable production of nuclear energy in a real world working device that establishes method and byproducts and even real fuel consumption. It is also a powerful reminder of just how long it takes to get here. Five years have gone by since Rossi opened up and almost thirty since the original discoverers were hounded out of their positions. It remains disgusting how belief systems dominate science. What we learn h... more »

Sacred Symbols of the Stone Age

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
[image: Sacred Symbols of the Stone Age] This is a rather welcome item along with the known occurrences. We have here thirty symbols that shared common usage during the stone age. That the distribution is also largely global is also important and supports my contention that information migrated back and forth globally and what was helpful soon was global as well. My estimate is that it would take about one thousand years. The mature symbol kit made the jump to other continents when shipping could handle it. Otherwise this kit is designed for cutting into rock. Thus we c... more »

Fed Not Funding Munis with Ellen Brown

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
Now I understand what is wrong with the Eurozone. The individual countries cannot borrow from their own public banks. This naturally impedes their capacity. No wonder london has declined to play. In the meantime, the Fed has just proven why we must establish serious public banks in every State and even every large city. This is the natural market for munis and it has to be created. Do you really think a broker is Brooklyn cares about a muni from Bakersfield when he has a thousand other to choose from. Your local public bank has multiple reasons to support the local muni market ... more »

Why Zhou Yongkang Will Be Charged With Murder

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours ago
We continue to monitor the slow march of Zhou Yongkang to his ultimate elimination. As this makes out, what he really participated in was certain to see him hung anywhere. The other crimes, and they are not few, made him a made member of the 'bloody hands' faction whose end we are witnessing. I do not know if China is becoming better for any of this. It is clear that the guilty were unable to hold an inconvenient hard line on ideology while they held power and that opened the door to much which is now been pulled back somewhat. Present signals are actually disconcerting and tha... more »

Nationalist Protests Turn Violent Outside Ukraine Parliament

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Radical protesters (R) clash with Interior Ministry and law enforcement members on the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks, marked by activists and supporters of the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda (Freedom) Party and far-right activists and nationalists to honour the role of the movement in the history of Ukraine, during a rally near the parliament building in Kiev, October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko *Ukraine Far Right Battles Police At Parliament In Kiev -- BBC* Ukrainian nationalists have hurled smoke canisters and stones at riot police during clashes outside the parliament in Kiev. ... more »

World News Briefs -- October 14, 2014

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Obama, Military Leaders to Discuss Islamic State Strategy -- Voice of America* President Barack Obama and American military commanders are to meet Tuesday with foreign defense chiefs to discuss their coalition efforts to combat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. A spokesman for General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the upcoming talks at Andrews Air Force Base just outside Washington will cover the challenges of the operation and a vision for the way forward. Representatives from about 20 countries, including Turkey, are expected to... more »

A CHILD WILL LEAD US OUT OF OUR MORAL WILDERNESS

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 13 hours ago
*Click on to enlarge* *Jesus knew that a state of loving soul consciousness that he had surrendered to, as an adult, was innately there in children and that they already knew what he knew. That they all had a part to play in a slowly evolving loving plan as 16 year old Pakistani** Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is now most certainly doing: Allen L Roland, Ph.D* At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, *"Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" *Then He called a child to Him and had him stand among them. *"Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become ... more »

University of Memphis Plans to Establish Teacher Preparation Caste System

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
In the first decades of the 20th Century, the differentiated curriculum came into existence as a way to sort, segregate, and direct education programs that would ready the children of the most northern European and the richest for societal leadership roles, while preparing a docile workforce for the rest who could be contained, segregated, trained, and taught to value labor. An efficient sorting machine was constructed by using primitive intelligence and achievement tests to undergird a long-established social darwinist ideology and a eugenics agenda aimed at maximizing social hygi... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Ebola Crisis Set-up'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
EBOLA CRISIS SET-UP Posted on October 13, 2014 Please post and distribute. MNN. OCT. 14, 2014. “Crisis actors” are hired by government agencies and mainstream media to portray trauma and suffering. They play victims or witnesses in staged false flags, like school shootings or hoax terrorist attacks to promote totalitarianism. Watch the following video on the New York Times and CNN

For Jamie

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 14 hours ago
For the last several decades of my life, October 14th was a day of celebration. It happens to be the birthday of my first girlfriend and mother of my oldest child, someone whom I still count as my oldest and dearest friend. But three years ago today, Jamie Hubley of Kanata, Ontario, Canada changed all that. Jamie, as you may or not recall from the pages of this blog, stole a bottle of sleeping pills and did away with himself one Saturday morning while his father, a local politician, was smiling for pictures a short distance away for the dedication of a new field. Jamie's s... more »

Massive dumping of wastewater into aquifers shows Big Oil's power in California

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
stop_fracking.jpg Massive dumping of wastewater into aquifers shows Big Oil's power in California  Oil industry illegally injected nearly 3 billion gallons of wastewater  by Dan Bacher  Censored News As the oil industry spent record amounts on lobbying in Sacramento and made record profits, documents obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity reveal that almost 3

So Where Are We Now?

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 14 hours ago
*Zen Gardner* - Where are we now? Things are getting weirder by the day... The post So Where Are We Now? appeared first on Waking Times.

WHO Predicts 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week In West Africa By December 1

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Note: figures have occasionally been revised down as suspect or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. This does not include one death in the US recorded on 8 October. BBC *New Ebola Cases Seen at 10,000 a Week by Dec. 1, WHO Says -- Bloomberg* The number of Ebola cases in three West African nations may jump to between 5,000 and 10,000 a week by Dec. 1 as the deadly viral infection spreads, the World Health Organization said. The outbreak is still expanding geographically in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and accelerating in capital cities, Bruce Aylward, the WHO’s a... more »

Supplemental: A Vox on American public schools!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014Bad report, gloomy conclusion:* In the sixteen years we’ve been doing this site, we’ve learned one major lesson. We expect to announce our key finding next week. Yesterday, on a visit to Vox, we were reminded of this depressing finding. When we clicked to Vox, we found this report by Libby Nelson. It sat beneath an intriguing headline: “US public schools are better than they've ever been” Is that claim true? Such sweeping claims are hard to assess. But we were eager to see how Nelson supported the claim. How did Nelson support that claim? Very poorly! In... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 14, 2014

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
James Knight of US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases helps a soldier fit a protective suit *US Troops Prepare To Go To War With Ebola: 101st Airborne Receives Safety Training Before Being Deployed To Liberia -- Daily Mail* * Soldiers from 101st Airborne Division took part in a course at Fort Campbell * Families are desperate to know how military can keep their loved ones safe * Ebola is a different threat to what troops are used to in Afghanistan and Iraq * There are already more than 350 US troops on the ground in West Africa * Number is set to grow and could ev... more »

Who is a more visceral hater of fundamental physics: skeptics or alarmists?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
*It's a tie: both groups largely despise pure science and modern physics* A month ago, I mentioned that an interview with Edward Witten had occurred at a very strange place, namely John Horgan's blog hosted by Scientific American. John "End Of Science" Horgan is a loon and one does expect a completely different kind of people to be interviewed over there. And do you know who was the next interviewee who was interrogated on the same blog? Naomi “Merchants of Doubt” Oreskes Slams “Corrosive” Climate Change Skepticism Yes, it's Naomi Oreskes, a hardcore left-wing ideologue who would ... more »

10 Food Facts That May Surprise You

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 15 hours ago
*Karen Foster* - From the color of foods to their fat content and nutritional value, there are facts about what we consume, their origin and manufacture which is not common knowledge and rarely promoted as truth. Here are 10 food facts that still surprise the majority. The post 10 Food Facts That May Surprise You appeared first on Waking Times.

Peddling Snake Oil

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
http://littlegeorgiesblog-a-thon.blogspot.ca/ Stephen Harper has been traveling the country, announcing tax breaks. So you know the election campaign is on. But the real proof that Mr. Harper is in campaign mode, Michael Harris writes, is that the three cornerstones of Harperism are now firmly in place - fable, fear and smear: Fables are comforting tales with few details. And, if there is one thing Mr. Harper doesn't want Canadians to look at, it's the devil in the details: With the Canada-Europe CETA deal — which remains a work in progress, ... more »

THE WAY WE ARGUE: Ben Affleck’s trio of bombs!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014Part 2—Listening can be hard:* When he went to the plate for the Cleveland Indians, Mike Hargrove wasted so much time between each pitch that he earned a comical nickname: The Human Rain Delay. On Friday evening, October 3, Ben Affleck earned a different moniker: The (All Too) Human Two-Minute Warning. Poor Affleck! On that evening’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher and Sam Harris were trying to make some sort of claim about the way liberals react, or fail to react, to “illiberal” conduct and belief in the Muslim world. At the 87-second mark, Affleck int... more »

Syrian Air Defences and the Implications of Expanding Airstrikes into Syria

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
Info packed post! I’ve talked Syrian air defences, more then once. Recently, in relation to the appearance of the F-22 Took some time to find some info on the Syrian systems- all publicly available information *Two sources* *1- Strategic SAM deployment in Syria- 20102- The Implications of Expanding ISIS Airstrikes Into Syria* *I highly doubt the 2010 information is complete or comprehensive, *but, it should give us a generally good idea that *Syria does indeed have robust air defences*- Hence the F22. And the reluctance, to date, on the part of the coalition of the killing to bomb... more »

Wise words for changing times....

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago
[image: “Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn] “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 “Own only what you can always carry wi... more »

Sad about the HoC; mad about the BBC

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
Having cut our blogging teeth (blogging teeth?) on the well-trodden website Biased-BBC in the days when there were several above-the-line contributors when no sooner had one hit the ‘publish’ button than responses would start flying in to the comments section, our decision to isolate ourselves here, on our own little venture was not taken lightly. We ummed and ahhed over it for a while, but finally took a leap in the dark with gay abandon. This is not a hate site, (not that B-BBC is, but it has been regarded as such by the pro-BBC lobby) and both of us (Craig more than me) enjoy a ... more »

Bring in the McClowns

Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 16 hours ago
By Capt. Fogg It seems I write the same things over and over again because the Republican pattern repeats indefinitely. It's OK when we do it or say it or demand it, it's anti-American, tyrannical, too little, too late, too much, too soon when they do it. Even if Republicans invented it or pioneered it or used it until yesterday it's different when "they" do it. How long ago was it that John McCain and Fox News and the rest of the merry bunch made a circus act with all three rings full of how Obama is a "tyrant" for appointing all those Czars? "More Czars than the Romanovs," twe... more »

Russian Hackers Attacking NATO And Ukraine In A Cyber-Spy Campaign

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Microsoft says it will release a patch on Oct. 14 for the vulnerability that the Russian hackers group has exploited. (KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS) *Russian Hackers Use ‘Zero-Day’ To Hack NATO, Ukraine in Cyber-Spy Campaign -- Washington Post* A Russian hacking group probably working for the government has been exploiting a previously unknown flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to spy on NATO, the Ukrainian government, a U.S. university researcher and other national security targets, according to a new report. The group has been active since at least 2009, according to research ... more »

ZEROHEDGE: Mortgage Application Pipeline At America's Largest Mortgage Lender Drops To Lowest Since Lehman

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago
*Mortgage Application Pipeline At America's Largest Mortgage Lender Drops To Lowest Since Lehman* Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/14/2014 09:17 -0400 So much for the much hyped, if quite negligible, second quarter rebound in mortgage activity. After rates tumbled, and continued to tumble, there was some hope that at least the offset to the bond market screaming contraction and deflation (something even stocks have realized in recent days), would be more American's buying homes, which naturally means applying for mortgages. Well, that dead cat bounce has come and gone. As America... more »

US. Army Says It Is Facing A Budget Crisis

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno (L) speaks during a meeting with Fang Fenghui (not pictured), Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, at Bayi Building in Beijing February 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Lintao Zhang/Pool *U.S. Army Says It Faces Huge Equipment, Training Risks With Budget Cuts -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The U.S. Army warned on Monday that mandatory budget cuts due to resume in fiscal 2016 would be devastating to a service that is already facing huge risks as it tries to keep forces ready for battle, replace aging equipment and respond to crises ... more »

Contrary To Media Reports The U.S. Army Will Release Its Findings On Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl waits in a pick-up truck before he is freed at the Afghan border, in this still image from video released June 4, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Al-Emara via Reuters TV *Army Will Release Findings of Bergdahl Investigation After 'Lengthy' Review Process -- Breitbart* The U.S. Army will make public the results of its investigation into Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s alleged desertion of a base in Afghanistan and subsequent capture by Taliban militants in 2009. A Pentagon spokesperson clarified that, contrary to various media reports, the U.S. Army will release a repo... more »

Abraham Lincoln : Conspiracy Theorist

Spike EP at News Spike - 16 hours ago
"It will throw additional light on the latter, to go back, and run the mind over the string of historical facts already stated. Several things will *now* appear less *dark* and *mysterious* than they did *when* they were transpiring. The people were to be left "perfectly free" "subject only to the Constitution." What the Constitution had to do with it, outsiders could not *then* see. Plainly enough *now*, it was an exactly fitted *niche*, for the Dred Scott decision to afterward come in, and declare the *perfect freedom* of the people, to be just no freedom at all. Why was the ame... more »

Lonely life of a truth warrior

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 16 hours ago
No one want to hear the truth. Everyone clings to the hope. Not saying that optimism is a bad thing. In fact it is the best thing about the human race. We are not discouraged, we bow down to nothing and nobody and we keep seeking advancement despite all odds of discovery. Today in October 2014 there are two tracks going forward into infinity. Nihilism or best practices. Thats the hard divide every thinking unit must come to choose. There is no perfection in humanity. We are way more wrong than right. We collectively have all these monkey genes that make us humanity in a barrel. How... more »

Argentina: Are "They" Here?

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 16 hours ago
*Source: CEUFO (ceufo.blogspot.com)Date: 10/14/2014* *Argentina: Are "They" Here?* *By Quique Mario, CEUFO* Unidentified craft continue making their presence felt throughout the region, according to accounts from dozens of eyewitnesses who claim having seen them in broad daylight and under various circumstances. Not merely one, but several of them flying over the city of Santa Rosa, La Pampa, and several localities of this region. In many cases, this was confirmed by dozens of photographs submitted to the *Centro de Estudios UFO (CEUFO)*. These reports were also received from suc... more »

Transpicous News: Episode 2 - The Zombie Apocalypse 101

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago
Dani has a new episode of Transpicuous News out, The Zombie Apocalypse, its a good read! The full article that accompanies the video is HERE: http://transpicuousnews.blogspot.com/2014/10/transpicuous-news-ep-2-zombie.html I've included the video below:

Gia strikes back global warming is just the icing on the cake

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 17 hours ago
gia strikes back its just like Avatar but on our own planet It has been infected with a killer parasite that respects no boundary Yes that is us us humans the homo sapiens who gather in groups and sometimes fuck each other up the ass I am not anti Gay or the whole alphabet of what people feel as their sexual identity. I say its just one more symptom of a planet sick of human intrusions There was a garden of Eden and it lasted in human terms for at least a million years Humans lived as animals as part of the food chain life was good there was no stress Look at the Greeks and wonder desp... more »

U.S. Congressional Report: China Altering The Military Balance Of Power In The Asia Pacific

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
Beijing's military planners know they cannot rely on China's size alone as a deterrent Photo: REUTERS *China Military Buildup Shifts Balance of Power in Asia in Beijing’s Favor -- Washington Free Beacon* *Congressional report warns the danger of U.S.-China conflict is rising* China’s decades-long buildup of strategic and conventional military forces is shifting the balance of power in Asia in Beijing’s favor and increasing the risk of a conflict, according to a forthcoming report by a congressional China commission. China’s military has greatly expanded its air and naval forces a... more »

Ann Kuster May Have An Ugly Voting Record But New Hampshire Republican’s Vicious Comments On Her Appearance Is Part Of Their Cruel War Against Women

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
Blue America helped raise money and awareness for Annie Kuster when she ran last cycle. We’re not supporting her again, not because she doesn’t have a horrible opponent— she does— but because she also has a horrible voting record. Soon after getting elected, Kuster quit the Congressional Progressive Caucus and joined the Wall Street-owned New Dems. He voting record is UGLY— really ugly, and we’re ashamed that we got taken in by her. Because of Kuster, we’ve tightened up our vetting of candidates to exclude phony opportunists. That said, she was unfairly attacked this week for a di... more »

Is NATO's New Secretary General A Former KGB Spy?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. © REUTERS/ Stringer *NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg And His Top-Secret KGB Past -- RIA Novosti* MOSCOW, October 11 (RIA Novosti), Ekaterina Blinova - The newly-appointed Norwegian NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had ties with the KGB, the main Soviet security agency, under the code-name "Steklov" during the Cold War, according to former KGB officer Mikhail Butkov. "In the early 1990's, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg had contacts with a Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB) officer, who established a file with personal and political... more »

Untitled

jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 17 hours ago
*Obama Is Deploying 'Gainful Employment' Regulations To Threaten For-Profit Colleges* The Obama administration claims its latest college crusade will help students. On the contrary, its “gainful employment” regulations amount to a hostile takeover attempt by government of the fastest growing higher education sector in the country that will hurt students, taxpayers, and the economy. Education Secretary Arne Duncan acknowledges that most career colleges make a vital contribution to American global competitiveness. The few that don’t leave students with crushing debt and no degree to... more »

Battle for Kobani- Sideshow for broader war

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
Kobane(i) A sideshow. I've used those same words, here. How interesting? *Flashback to Wed. Oct. 08/14: US carries out 90 percent of attacks on ISIS- Turkey not complying and much more* “The ISIS 'attack' on Kobane? Doesn't seem to be anything bu*t a very half hearted attempt* to take over a town. First question, Is this just *some sort of sideshow *for the cameras? Oh we have a* flag on a rooftop! *So what? Did some media outlet go a put it there then take a pic of it? Did they have one of their ISIS cohorts put the flag in place for the photo shoot? A flag stuck in the middle of s... more »

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 17 hours ago
*Climate change is being slowed by plants far more than expected, researchers reveal* *So much for "settled science". But this is a report of CO2 effects, not climate change. The two have been unrelated for at least 18 years and probably millennia* Plants are slowing the effects of climate change far more than expected, researchers have found. They said the impact of rising CO2 levels on plant growth has been underestimated by 16 per cent, as they thrive with more of the gas in the atmosphere. And as plants absorb CO2, this has led to overestimates of how much of the greenhous... more »

Ebola and the Danger of Globalization

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 17 hours ago
Whatever the cause - conspiracy or incompetence - the recent Ebola outbreak illustrates the dangers of centralized globalization, and opens the door to possible solutions. *October 13, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) has surfaced in West Africa in an unprecedented outbreak infecting and killing thousands according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The epicenter appears to be centered between Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia - the former being where the first case was reported, the latter being hit the hardest. Other n... more »

The Death of a Democracy: Greece and the American Conscience by Stephen Rousseas

Spike EP at News Spike - 17 hours ago
*Chapter 1*The "New" Politics in Greece On the afternoon of April 20, 1967, in the Old Psychico section of Athens, Andreas Papandreou, a deputy in the Greek Parliament and former minister in the Center Union government of 1964-65, was entertaining a member of the the central committee of the Danish Social-Democratic Party. Greek elections had been scheduled for May 28 and, in anticipation of a major Center Union victory, part of the discussion that afternoon concerned the implementation of an agreement for the training of Center Union politicians in Denmark. Later in the eveni... more »

Jon Rappoport: Hypnotic data: 4 essential features

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
*Hypnotic data: 4 essential features* by Jon Rappoport October 13, 2014 NoMoreFakeNews.com Television news needs to create a hypnotic effect. Otherwise it would fall apart and shatter into a million nonsensical pieces. One: the presented data must be repeated, of course. This is the time-honored strategy. When the viewer sees and hears the same nugget many times, he accepts it because—“how can they say it so often if it isn’t true?” Close on the heels of this: “everybody else must be accepting it, who am I to make an objection?” And then, finally, there is the after-image ef... more »

Poll Eye

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago
[image: PingtungAquarium63] *Pingtung Aquarium.* A friend and astute observer of things Taiwan flipped me some poll info today from TISR and TVBS on the local elections.... TISR does a periodic Taiwan mood barometer. Ma Ying-jeou's dissatisfaction ratings are at 73.6% with Premier Jiang at 66% dissatisfaction. Jiang killed his presidential shot when he became Premier. The public view of the DPP is 31 (positive) to 35 (negative) but the negative fell from the last poll, while for the KMT the numbers are 20 and 54 and the negative is rising from the last poll. TISR also gives numbers... more »

"Our Thing" : Why the FBI is the Mafia in Cheaper Suits

Spike EP at News Spike - 18 hours ago
*"Charlie the Crook-Catcher" - Attorney General Charles Bonnaparte* *The Young Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) meeting Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807) in 1789, from a book on Corsica by J.A. Galetti, Paris* *Map of the Anglo-Corsican Protectorate, 1796* *"I have a presentiment that this little island will one day astonish Europe."Rousseau,The Social Contract* *Motto* *Amici e non di ventura* (English: *Friends, and not by mere accident*) If ever you might need to refresh your memory and dispel some of the most pompous, self-righteous mythologies that have been built up around the Hist... more »

Large Interior 175 (Richard), by Jude Rae

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
[image: image] *Large Interior 175 (Richard),* 2005, Oil on linen, 1800mm x 1200mm, James Wallace Collection, Auckland, NZ. No, this isn’t a Vermeer or Caravaggio – you can tell by the watch and T-short it’s not an old master – this is the work of NZ artist Jude Rae, now living in Canberra. Can you see why I was so excited when I discovered it over the weekend? Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Peru: Greenish, Shapeshifting Object Over Peru Seen Two Days Earlier in Canada?

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 19 hours ago
*Source: El Intransigente (Perú)Date: 10/09/2014* *Peru: Greenish, Shapeshifting Object Over Peru Seen Two Days Earlier in Canada?* PERU - A few days ago, on October 5th, a woman witnessed an incredible sighting: a mysterious object hovering voer the skies of the Peruvian capital, Lima. The UFO was greenish and changed shape. Sometimes it resembled a saucer, and at other moments it had an aspect similar to a "boomerang". The witness thought she was seeing the maneuvers of a remotely guided airplane, but it had no intermittent lighting. Furthermore, a remotely-controlled airplan... more »

Representing Global Network in India

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
Global Network board member Tamara Lorincz went to Nagpur, India on behalf of our organization to speak at a Keep Space for Peace Week conference organized by another one of our board members J. Narayana Rao. Tamara is from Halifax, Nova Scotia and is living in Yorkshire, England for a year doing a peace studies fellowship. Rao wrote from India: The National Youth Conference has come to an end at 3 PM to day. Tamara will send you a report. But I would like state how correct the decision to send Tamara to our Conference. She has won the hearts of the young people here. The narr... more »

Space Trippin Bowie Style

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 19 hours ago
H/T I09

Big Win! Monsanto Reports $156 Million Loss in Q4 as Farmers Abandon GM Crops

Waking Times at Waking Times - 19 hours ago
*Christina Sarich - *Monsanto experiences significant losses, attributed to farmers in major agricultural zones favoring soy over GMO corn because of falling crop prices. The post Big Win! Monsanto Reports $156 Million Loss in Q4 as Farmers Abandon GM Crops appeared first on Waking Times.

Hong Kong's Effect on Taiwan is major media moment

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 19 hours ago
*A hiking trail* Cindy Sui of the BBC sent around a piece today on the effect of the Hong Kong protests on Taiwan's desire to annex itself to China. It's mostly good, and its the first major media piece I've seen that refers to the ghostly deadlines of 2021 and 2049 for annexation of Taiwan that some in the Chinese media have talked about. As several of us have been remarking recently, one ironic effect of the Hong Kong protests is that everyone is now noticing Taiwan. Yay! Normally the international media hedges when it talks about Taiwan's rejection of annexation speaking of "so... more »

Peru: Strange Object Startles Residents of San Isidro

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 19 hours ago
*Source: Peru.comDate: 10/13/2014* *Peru: Strange Object Startles Residents of San Isidro* ****UFOs over San Isidro? Residents of the boardwalks on the border between San Isidro and Magdalena are alarmed by the presence of strange objects in the sky*** LIMA - On October 5th, while most citizens of Lima watched the election returns attentively, Melina Silva, a public relations instructor recorded the presence of an odd green light in the skies over Costa Verde. Her images, broadcast on the *Al Sexto Dia* show, clearly display green oval object in the sky for a few minutes before ... more »

Shame for Schama

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
A couple of says ago I read this in the Times. It’s behind a pay-wall, so I thought I’d bring it to you for fun. *Simon Schama struggles to put good spin on Jews’ story. *(£) “Simon Schama has revealed that despite attempting to accentuate the positive in telling the story of the Jewish people, the continual rearing of anti-semitism keeps forcing him back to the “death star of the Holocaust”.Schama said that the “gathering drum roll of antisemitism” after the recent Gaza conflict had forced him to reassess his conclusions about the journey of the Jewish people. The historian, who... more »

Osborne changes pension fund withdrawal rules again! Instead of a 25% tax-free lump sum, you will be able to withdraw as much as you like of which 25% will be tax free. What does it mean?

Jake at Ripped-off Britons - 20 hours ago
We point out repeatedly: Our politicians have got into the habit of pulling off shabby tricks to deceive the voters. Even when we don’t know we are being tricked, we suspect we probably are.   On the day it was announced in October 2014 even the BBC breathlessly reported this as "More pension freedoms": "The Treasury is to give savers

Hong Kong Democracy Vs. China Dictatorship, Part 3

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
An Indian friend, Barun Mitra, posted this interesting article from Live Mint, October 8, 2014. *"Wang Zang is a Chinese poet who was taken into custody in Beijing on 1 October because he posted a photograph of himself holding an umbrella on the Internet. The umbrella has emerged as the unlikely icon of demonstrations in Hong Kong...* *… each year on 4 June, when thousands of Hong Kong residents unfailingly congregate at Victoria Park and hold a candle-light vigil, remembering Tiananmen. China doesn’t like it but doesn’t do anything about it. This is partly due to that Basic Law, ... more »

Why Regime Change Won't Stop ISIS in Syria...

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 21 hours ago
Because it didn't stop ISIS terrorists in Iraq or Libya. Try Washington instead. *Image: Libya's Tripoli International Airport in flames - the product of USregime change and the predictable, genocidal chaos that followed. The airport is no longer in use. **October 14, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - US corporate-financier funded policy think tanks have been taking turns in recent weeks floating the narrative that the next logical step to stopping so-called "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorists in Syria is removing the Syrian government from power - this despite the fact that the on... more »

U.S. Officials Blame The News Media On Why America's War Strategy Against The Islamic State Is Failing

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Reuters / Ammar Awad *US Blames Journalists For Failure of Air Strike Strategy in Syria -- Newswire* *American intelligence officials blaming news reports for failed military attacks against ISIS, arguing that the articles alerted a new terror group to dodge air strikes. * (Newswire.net -- October 12, 2014) -- Despite lunching 46 cruise missiles last month on eight locations in northern Syria to destroy the Khorasan group’s training camps, there were only one or two key militants killed, US officials told the Associated Press. The officials said US-led airstrikes were ineffective... more »

Ukrainian soldiers among top victims of the fascist terror

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
Last night, hundreds of soldiers from the Ukrainian National Guard – which was founded (again) half a year ago – gathered in front of the president's office in Kiev. Russia Today. *I have watched the rally for some time. Some of the bitches who would scream at the soldiers that they are obliged to risk their lives for her bogus pride were disgusting. Why doesn't the fascist lady go to fight over there instead?* They demanded demobilization, compensation, and winter gear, among other things. Many of them protested that they have to work long after their contracts have expired. It ... more »

The Light and Love in Your Heart Shine so Brightly Now it Resembles the Light of the Sun

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*The Light and Love in Your Heart Shine so Brightly Now it Resembles the Light of the Sun* channeled by Marlene Swetlishoff October 12, 2014, Beloved Ones, Going with the flow of energy as it comes through is most helpful in the coming days. Whatever comes to the surface of your consciousness should be met with love, compassion and understanding, patience and tolerance. Your loved ones are also in the process of awakening to their higher light and they need your patient and loving support as they begin to see the world with more clarity than before. You might have to take sever... more »

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Mades His First Public Appearance In Six Weeks (With A Cane)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*North Korea Shows Kim With Cane In 1st Sighting In Weeks -- Bloomberg* North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in six weeks, walking with a cane during a visit to a new residential block as he ended a period of seclusion that prompted speculation about his grip on power. Kim commended workers who built the Wisong Scientists Residential District and was accompanied by senior officials including Vice Marshal Hwang Pyong So and Workers’ Party secretary Choe Ryong Hae, the official Korean Central News Agency reported today. Photographs on the website of the R... more »

Giveaway: Baby Brezza One Step Baby Food Maker

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 23 hours ago
If you have ever wanted to make your own baby food, then this giveaway is for you! Check out all of the information below. Have you ever thought about making your own baby food? Baby Brezza makes it EASY with their One Step Baby Food Maker! Here is a little more information about the Baby Brezza One Step Baby Food Maker from Amazon: Bring healthy, homemade baby food to your table in just minutes with the Baby Brezza One Step Baby Food Maker. This patented, multi functional baby food maker allows you to steam and blend fruits, vegetables, meats and fish all in one bowl quickly and... more »

An Interview With Former Vice President Dick Cheney

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Cheney: 'Very Dangerous Period … More Threatening Than The Period Before 9/11' -- Weekly Standard* '9/11 will turn out to be not nearly as bad as the next mass casualty attack against the United States' Vice President Dick Cheney opened up for a nearly two hour interview with Bill Kristol, as part of the latest installment of Conversations With Bill Kristol: The two discussed Cheney's time as secretary of defense, the Gulf War, the Nixon and Ford Years, the Reagan years, 9/11, and the threats we face today. On the last point, Cheney surveyed the world -- particulary the Middle E... more »

The Codename For The U.S. War Against The Islamic State Is 'Top Scret' (Until Later This Week)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Pentagon To Release Secret Anti-ISIS Codename -- WPTZ5-NBC/CNN* *Official says military has made sure name is acceptable in languages other than English* WASHINGTON (CNN) —The military operation against ISIS now does have a name but the Pentagon is not expected to reveal it until later this week, a U.S. official confirms to CNN. The name will not be made public until a formal "execution order" covering the entire mission against ISIS is published by the Defense Department's Joint Staff, perhaps as soon as Wednesday. Naming the operation is a fairly bureaucratic matter, but it is t... more »

Housewife Eclectic: Current Giveaways!

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
Petunia Pickle Bottom Ergo Baby Carrier, go to this post to enter. Giveaway begins 10/13 and will end 10/27 at 10pm MST A Kitchen Aid Mixer, with the winner choosing the color. Go to this post to enter. Giveaway begins 10/13 and will end 10/20 at 10pm MST $50 to BuyCostumes.Com. Go to this post to enter. Giveaway begins 10/10 and will end 10/17 at 12 am MST. Baby Brezza Baby Food Maker. Go to this post to enter. Giveaway begins 10/14 and will end 10/28 at 12 am MST. Disney on Ice Giveaway. Go to this post to enter. Giveaway begins 10/14 and will end 10/21 at 12 am MST. [image: p... more »

Musical Interlude: Mythos, “Solstice”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Mythos, “Solstice” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFvCI2Zao-8

METRO | Beverly Baker Moore : Doulas in Austin have the life cycle covered

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
People intent on taking back control of welcoming a child or saying goodbye to a loved one often find they don’t have the skills or information they need. By Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | October 13, 2014 … finish reading *METRO* | Beverly Baker Moore : Doulas in Austin have the life cycle covered

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this degree wide field of view spans almost 100 light-years, courtesy of the European Southern Observatory's new VLT Survey Telescope and OmegaCAM. *Click image for larger size.* The sharp, false color image includes both optical and infrared data, following faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars... more »

Chet Raymo, “Seal of Approval”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Seal of Approval”* by Chet Raymo “What you see above is one of James Thurber's most famous drawings. (He called them drawings, not cartoons.) Why so famous? It's not exactly a knee-slapper. It appeals rather, I suppose, to something in us that is sardonic, oblique. It clearly fits in with Thurber's body of work on the taut relations between men and women. This poor fellow who hears (or thinks he hears) a seal bark is your typical Thurberesque milquetoast, Mr. Mitty harassed by Mrs. Mitty. The drawing is a comment on the mysteries of matrimony by someone who never quite figured ou... more »

The Poet: Czeslaw Milosz, "Hope"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Hope"* "Hope is with you when you believe The earth is not a dream but living flesh, That sight, touch, and hearing do not lie, That all things you have ever seen here Are like a garden looked at from a gate. You cannot enter. But you're sure it's there. Could we but look more clearly and wisely We might discover somewhere in the garden A strange new flower and an unnamed star. Some people say we should not trust our eyes, That there is nothing, just a seeming, These are the ones who have no hope. They think that the moment we turn away, The world, behind our backs, ceases to exist, A... more »

"We Learn..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.” - Samuel Smiles

"Silent Spring for Us?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Silent Spring for Us?"* by Paul Craig Roberts "With her 1962 book, "Silent Spring," Rachel Carson got DDT and other synthetic pesticides banned and saved bird life. Today it is humans who are directly threatened by technologies designed to extract the maximum profit at the lowest private cost and the maximum social cost from natural resources. Once abundant clean water has become a scarce resource. Yet, in the US ground water and surface water are being polluted and made unusable by mountain top removal mining, fracking and other such “new technologies.” Ranchers in eastern Mont... more »

"Whatever Begins..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Whatever begins, also ends.” - Seneca

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Sagle, Idaho, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"We, However..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Most people come to know only one corner of their room, one spot near the window, one narrow strip on which they keep walking back and forth. In this way they have a certain security... We, however, are not prisoners.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

"Better Not To..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Better not to search for who you are until you decide who it is you want to find." - Robert Brault

Larry Pressler-- A Relentless Warrior In The Republican War Against Women

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
It took long enough— and let’s hope it isn’t too little/too late— but Harry Reid and Guy Cecil finally responded to the growing anger, primarily from Democratic senators and donors, and have let the DSCC get to work in South Dakota. Above is their first ad against one of the three Republicans, Mike Rounds (the GOP Establishment favorite), being going up against Rick Weiland. DSCC polling shows its a winnable race. We’ve been subtly nudging them in that direction since the beginning of the year. South Dakotans know how corrupt Mike Rounds is— which is why the former governor can’t... more »

Cartoon For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
(Click on Image to Enlarge) *My Comment*: Its been one of those weeks.

"Tearing Down to Rebuild: Rethinking Complaining"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Tearing Down to Rebuild: Rethinking Complaining"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When we spend all of our time complaining, we are in essence in constant destroy mode rather than building mode. We all know someone who has elevated the process of complaining to a high art. Sometimes funny, sometimes exhausting, these people have the ability to find a problem just about anywhere. In its more evolved form, complaining is simply the ability to see what’s not working, in one’s own life or in the external world, and it can be quite useful if followed to its natural conclusion—finding a... more »

The Poet: Maya Angelou, "When Great Trees Fall"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"When Great Trees Fall"* "When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

Watch Manja Pai Full Movie 2014 Streaming

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 1 day ago
*Manja Pai (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 6.4 Release : 06 Jun 2014 Duration : 130 min Genre : Action, Comedy, Drama Director : Raghavan Writer : N/A Cast : Vimal, Lakshmi Menon, Raj Kiran, Ashwin Raja Synopsis Manja PaiTamil (Vimal) was raised by his grandfather (Raj Kiran) single handedly in a village and 25 years later the boy is working in an IT company, Chennai staying in an upmarket posh apartment. Tamil meets Karthika( Lakshmi Menon) a medical student at a traffic signal and it is love-at-first-sight for him. He follows her and in no time she reciprocates. Tamil ... more »

Pentagon: Global Warming Is The Immediate Security Threat

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Pentagon Says Global Warming Presents Immediate Security Threat -- New York Times* WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a report Monday asserting decisively that climate change poses an immediate threat to national security, with increased risks from terrorism, infectious disease, global poverty and food shortages. It also predicted rising demand for military disaster response as extreme weather creates more global humanitarian crises. The report lays out a road map for how the military will adapt to rising sea levels, more violent storms and widespread droughts. The Defense Depart... more »

On poverty

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: image] The other day one of this blog’s regular trolls expressed amazement that I’d linked to a post on poverty in good faith. Surely, reasoned the troll, the only reason a blog promoting “capitalist acts” would link to the story of a woman living in poverty would be to point and laugh. The troll doesn’t get it. Because it is capitalist acts that are lifting people out of poverty all the time. And that’s one of the things this blog was created to celebrate. Consider this: capitalism inherited millennia of poverty, and (despite battling statism all the way) delivered two c... more »

An Iranian Nuclear Deal In The Works?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani smiles while replying to a question during a news conference on the sidelines of the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Adrees Latif *Iran's President Says Nuclear Deal With West 'Certain' -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday a nuclear deal with the West was bound to happen and he believed it could be achieved by a November 24 deadline. "We have reached consensus on generalities and there are only the fine details to be worked out: whe... more »

Syria And The Middle East: Genocide On Their Minds

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
ISIL/ISIS is a genocidal force sweeping across the Middle East. Let's not sugarcoat the reality. And it isn't a coincidence that at least three of the countries and states that are backing ISIL with money, weapons, training, propaganda, and other forms of support have a historical record of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Turkey committed genocide against the Armenians in the beginning of the last century; America committed genocide against Native peoples in the beginning of the modern era; Israel has been practicing a continuous campaign of genocide against Palestinians since the e... more »

go forth and kill

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

The New Ebola Scare: Again, Are We Being Conned? Important Article - Ebola: How To Stage A Fake Epidemic

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I have come under fire (nothing new for me) for the last article I put up linking to Jim Stone's important revealing information that this new "Ebola outbreak" is a massive fraud…. I have been looking over so many websites over the last few days that show increasing evidence that we are all being played as fools for the sick goal of having us subjected to new "vaccines" that will do NOTHING to fight this fraud "Ebola pandemic" that the criminals in our governments have been planning. The real goal is to get the deadly chemicals and DNA altering viruses within these "vaccines" into... more »

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