Sunday, December 11, 2016

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New in killing Mother

Being the change we want to see in the world - a personal approach to climate change
Gasoline, natural gas, coal and crude oil are not necessities for life. Clean water and air, shelter, food and the companionship and love of other humans and non-humans are actually what we need to survive. Unfortunately, the quest and lust for all that we do not in fact need is undermining the viability of the ecosystems that underpin that which we do. The showdown in North Dakota stands as a st
We the Majority have the Actual Power.
With the Electoral College U.S. Presidential win by Donald J. Trump, self-proclaimed racist, xenophobe, misogynist, scientific skeptic and assaulter of women, the majority of people in the United States woke up on 11/9/2016 in a state of shock, bewilderment and despair. Trump's proposed agenda [of stepped-up corporate welfare, dramatic tax cuts for the 1% (who are already not paying their fair sh

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Lån uten sikkerhet og lovdata
Finansdepartementet jobber kontinuerlig med å gjøre nordmenns privatøkonomi bedre. De er til stadighet ute i media og foreslår nye lover og regler som skal regulere […] The post Lån uten sikkerhet og lovdata appeared first on Lilithnews.com .
Avida Finans – fleksibelt forbrukslån
Avida Finans er en svenskeid bank som har etablert virksomheten sin i Sverige, Finland og Norge. Bedriften har helt siden 1985 drevet ulike former for […] The post Avida Finans – fleksibelt forbrukslån appeared first on Lilithnews.com .
10 økonomiske ord og uttrykk
Økonomi er en svært viktig del av hverdagen til de fleste, og slettes ikke alle har like god kontroll på økonomien som de kanskje burde […] The post 10 økonomiske ord og uttrykk appeared first on Lilithnews.com .

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Rump: Couldn't The Republicans Come Up With Somebody Better Than This?
By Manifesto Joe One thing I've learned in 60-plus years on this planet is that political ideology is not the measure of a person. As a veteran blogger, I've personally known right-wingers who are stand-up folks, and lefties who aren't worth their own shit. And trying to change someone's mind on politics is like trying to change their religion. It tends to be a cognitive thing that one learns from

New in Middle Class Political Economist

Clinton's lead now more than a million votes
As I explained last week , Donald Trump was elected to the Presidency despite having fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. She has already set a record for the biggest popular vote victory despite losing the Electoral College; according to CNN , she now (11/17/16 5:00am EST) leads by about 1,045,000 votes, roughly twice the margin of Al Gore's victory over George W. Bush in 2000. This equates to 0.8%

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Major Problems Facing the Egyptian Economy
Egypt recently requested a $12,000,000,000 USD loan from the International Monetary Fund to be paid back in three years. On November 11, 2016, the request was approved, and the first payment to Egypt, totaling $2.75 USD, will be delivered on November 15, 2016. Furthermore, the Egyptian government has already implemented the conditions imposed by the bank. These conditions include floating the Egy

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Homes bought out in Bayou Corne sinkhole disaster provide place for tornado victims ~David Mitchell, The Advocate
Homes bought out in Bayou Corne sinkhole disaster provide place for tornado victims ~David Mitchell, The Advocate
The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US ~ Daily Mail Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a...
The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US ~ Daily Mail Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular, those which feed the Mississippi River, in pink
Study says New Orleans will see one of the highest levels of sea level rise in the world ~Bob Marshall, The Lens
Study says New Orleans will see one of the highest levels of sea level rise in the world ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

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Decline of the Knowledge Is Power Forum
In October 2011 I started the Knowledge Is Power Forum . In the 5 years since it began, it attracted 96 users, 57 of whom posted (39 just lurked), with 44 getting involved in debate (13 posted once only). The Forum gained 499 unique topics, with a total of 1757 posts. These figures are right, as of the time of writing. In addition to the figures above, the Forum attracted a poster who flooded it

New in Not Quite Unhinged

The Ultimate Conspiracy
Donald Trump's problematic relationship with facts and the truth has been well documented. But of the analysis I have read, each assumes Donald knows he is lying. I don't agree with that. It doesn't quite match the behaviour we have observed. A consummate liar familiar with the facts skillfully distorts and dodges. Donald shows no such skill. He's a bull in the China shop of facts. He doesn't
Yes, as a Matter of Fact, I do Blame You!
The problem created by the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States of America, is not the fault of the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton, President Obama, the Democrats or Jon Stewart. It is the fault of the electorate. It is not the fault of neo-liberalism, political correctness or the news media. It is the fault of the electorate. Yes Hillary Clinton received a

New in Pesticide Action Network

Monsanto undermines EPA's scientific review
After halting the process in October, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently put its review of glyphosate back on the calendar for December 13-16. Scientists will gather on behalf of the agency to review the carcinogenic properties of the key ingredient in Monsanto’s flagship herbicide RoundUp. EPA originally postponed the meeting after Monsanto publicly attempted to discredit partici
Imagine a world without pesticides
On December 3, the anniversary of the 1984 Bhopal disaster , people around the world commemorated "No Pesticide Use Day" with somber remembrances and grassroots campaigns. Thirty-two years ago, more than 2,000 people were killed by a deadly gas leak from a pesticide plant in India. From production accidents to pesticide drift near schools to contaminated water and soil, these agricultural chemica
EPA greenlights two controversial pesticides
Amidst the election turmoil of the last few weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) quietly approved more harmful pesticide products for use with genetically engineered (GE) seeds. EPA put Dow's "Enlist Duo" cocktail of glyphosate and 2,4-D back on the market, after pulling it off just a year ago due to widespread concern . The agency also gave a green light to Monsanto's new formul
. . . and justice for all.
This is a very different post-election blog than the one I planned to write. I was going to call the new president's attention to the political importance of food and farming, highlighting the fact that how we grow our food directly impacts the health of our families, the well-being of our communities and the future of our planet. All of that is still true, but the political winds have dramatical
Kid-friendly farming in California
In late September, California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released a draft plan for protecting schoolchildren in agricultural communities from drift-prone, health-harming pesticides. The agency's proposed pesticide use rules don't do nearly enough — luckily, some farmers are already doing much more. In brief, these are the proposed new rules: Prohibit drift-prone pesticide applicat
Moving forward
Like other public interest and social justice groups across the country, we're wrestling with exactly what the recent election means for our work going forward. This will take some time to sort, but one thing is already crystal clear: our efforts will be more challenging — and more critical — than ever before. We're ready . There are already deeply disturbing signals from the incoming administrat

New in Philosophical Comment

New article on the possibility of machines as moral agents online
One of the real perks of supervising PhD students is that they tend to force you outside your established academic comfort zone, and explore new territories of philosophical inquiry. This is what has happened when I have followed the footsteps and eventually joined the work of Dorna Behdadi , who is pursuing a PhD project in our practical philosophy group on the theme of Moral Agency in Animals a
Come and Join our team in Practical Philosophy: One or more senior lecturers sought!
Our practical philosophy group at the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg is hiring. We are presently seeking one or several senior lecturers in practical philosophy. This subjects includes all aspects of philosophy relating to human action and social practices, such as applied and general normative ethics, ditto political philosophy and phi

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Get Beautiful nose, a permanent facial feature with rhinoplasty
When it comes to weigh the beauty of someone’s face, the very first feature that you must think of at the get go is definitely the nose, which is the centric and probably the pivotal part of human of face that influences the facial beauty to great extent. And when it comes to the beauty of the nasal structure, the pointed tip and sharp nose is of course everyone’s majestic imagination. But not ev
Soak your head with the factors contributing to a successful nose job
It’s the nose, which plays the cupid between Grecian sculpture and flawlessness of a human face. Hence, the beauty of the nose influences the overall beauty of a face to great extent undoubtedly. Round or oval, whatever facial structure you have, the sharp and pointed nose is the best implication, which is a wow addition to any ordinary face no doubt. But not everyone is blessed with such beautif
Have a complete information about Rhinoplasty
The famous saying that the beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder is true undoubtedly. But if you are not that much happy with your overall appearance, and especially there is some great flaw in your face, which stops you from knocking everyone

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We need a constitutional upgrade
I think we need a new constitution. There is so much that is simply antiquated and outdated. For one, when the "two Senators per state" rule was created, the states were smaller and closer together. I think California deserves four Senators. The electoral college was a good idea and is actually designed to prevent a madman from getting elected. But what if the guy isn't perceived by enough

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Bye Bye Nursing Breaks: Preparing For The Trumpocalypse Part IV
If you are chomping at the bit to see the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, you probably don't know all that you are giving up. For instance, I bet you didn't realize that it was ObamaCare that brought us nursing breaks for moms . That's right. It's the Fair Labor Standards Act which requires workplaces to give nursing moms reasonable breaks to express breast milk for a year after they give birth
Preparing Yourself For The End of ObamaCare (Bracing for the Trumpocalypse Part I)
Well, Donald Trump is our President-elect. He has made a cascade of promises throughout the campaign, and many of them will affect the workplace. First up will be the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. That seems to be Republican priority number one. With control of the House, the Senate, the Presidency and soon the Supreme Court, they will get to do whatever they want for at least two years. So t
Federal Contractors, You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til It's Gone: Preparing for the Trumpocalypse Part III
President-elect Trump has promised to undo all of President Obama's executive orders on day one of his presidency. If you are one of those middle class folks who voted for him, you may not realize what you voted for until he does it. If you work for a federal contractor, you will lose a whole heck of a lot if he keeps this promise. Here's what you've got that may be gone soon: Paid sick leave : Yo
What Happens When The Feds Decide To Enforce Marijuana Laws? Preparing For The Trumpocalypse Part II
While four more states legalized marijuana for recreational use and four passed medical marijuana laws, meaning a majority of states now have some form of legal marijuana, it looks like the Trump administration may step up enforcement on the federal level. What does this mean for workers who need marijuana for disabilities? Nothing good. So far, seven states have passed laws banning discrimination

New in Stranger in a Strange Land

A Message From Julian Assange on 7 December 2016
A Summary Of The Framing Of Julian Assange. Testimony Cover letter by Julian Assange: "Six years ago today, on 7 December 2010, I was handcuffed and locked into Wandsworth prison by order of a Swedish prosecutor, Marianne Ny. I had not and still have not been charged with an offence. The claimed grounds for my arrest and extradition without charge were so that Ny could question me. But it was not
I Stand With The Water Protectors Of Standing Rock, North Dakota
For more information: https://twitter.com/ReZpectOurWater https://twitter.com/hashtag/standingrock http://mnhopkins.blogspot.se/2016/09/call-to-action-in-north-dakota-stop.html
Accept Not A Fallen State Of Mankind. - A Discourse by M.N. Hopkins
So, we see how this world limits one's dreams. Forces are always at work to put a damper on doers of good deeds and right actions. A few of darkness project their own weakness out upon the lands and reward those who portray or you could also say, betray there fellows. If one appears to be strong or wise, he is discredited and made to look a fool. Every roadblock is put in the path of one who seek
Happy Thanksgiving Day 2016
Happy Thanksgiving weekend 2016 to all in the States.
Think Not Upon All The Wrongs And Injustices Of Men - A Discourse by M.N. Hopkins
Think not upon all the wrongs and injustices of men, rather think upon a future in which all co-operate and seek the greatest good for the greatest number. Hold a vision that is joyous and life giving and share it so that others can come to realize that such a joyous existence is a possibility within the physical realm of existence. Be not discouraged, for the gift of faith returns. A stronger mo

New in Syria Comment

Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi An emblem of Saraya al-Areen. The coastal province of Latakia is home to a variety of militias aligned with the Assad regime. One kind that can perhaps be distinguished consists of groups that seem to be independent in affiliation but are clearly associated with the Alawite community and identity. A previous case I have examined is that of Liwa Usud al-Hussein (“The Lion
Is Assad the Author of ISIS? Did Iran Blow Up Assef Shawkat? And Other Tall Tales – By Ehsani2
Is Assad the Author of ISIS? Did Iran Blow Up Assef Shawkat? By Ehsani2 5 December 2016 For Syria Comment Roy Gutman, Journalist The Daily Beast In a three-part series , Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Roy Gutman relies on a number of Syrian opposition members to make the central claim that “the Syrian regime’s collusion with the terrorists of the so-called Islamic State goes back a decade.” This
Saraya Al-Tawheed: A Pro-Assad Druze Militia in Lebanon and Syria
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Saraya al-Tawheed. In the centre is the symbol of the Hizb al-Tawhid al-Arabi (“Arab Unity Party”), the political wing of Saraya al-Tawheed. The involvement of the Arab Unity Party- primarily supported by Lebanese Druze opposed to Walid Jumblatt- and its leader Wi’am Wahhab in the Syrian civil war has long been known, as Wahhab and his party have played a role
Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report
HRW witnesses KDP asa’ish preventing a Yazidi civilian family from bringing rice and pillows for their own use into Sinjar. Photo: 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch has issued an important new report on how the Kurdish Regional Government’s implementation of an economic blockade of the Iraqi Sinjar region is preventing Yazidi families (displaced during ISIL’s genocide of Yaz
China’s Interests in Syria and the Middle East – by Dr. Christina Lin
China’s Interests in Syria and the Middle East By Dr. Christina Lin Syria Comment – November 13, 2016 Interview with Dr. Christina Lin about China’s view of Syria, ISIS, Ughurs and Turkey What is China’s motivation for a greater involvement in Syria, considering that many Uighur fighters seem to be going to Syria, with the goal of making a new permanent home for themselves, and thus not returning
Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar: A Prominent Loyalist Militia in Suwayda’
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar, featuring Syria as the main part of the emblem and the group’s name beneath it. The predominantly Druze province of Suwayda’ in southern Syria has a variety of militia factions, some of which lean more third-way and reformist from within (most notably the Rijal al-Karama movement) and others of a more Assad regime loyalist orientation. K

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What Do They Mean By "Climate"?
A few days ago (actually, on November 13th, so not just a few days ago) I wrote the following comment on the American Thinker site, to an article about "Trump and Hillary on Climate". (Mine was a scientific comment, the site and the article are political. I don't argue politics here, I am a scientist who tries to inform, even in the current general insanity.) I would not be bringing this up here,

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Fast, cheap, good biofuels: Can we have all 3?
Converting biomass (lignocellulose) to high-quality liquid fuels has been a huge, costly headache since the first log was retorted to make wood alcohol. Acid hydrolysis of cellulose is costly and leaves lots of sulfate to deal with. Enzyme hydrolysis is also costly in materials and typically slow. Various types of pyrolysis have their good and bad points, but while some products like "liquid
Bleg: Clean videos of A-tests
I need some video of an above-ground nuclear test, shot from the ground, with no watermarks and the original sound with no music or voice-overs. Everything I can find has some problem or other, and the original versions are buried way down the search results by all the crapped-up and promoted copies to the point where I wore out before I could dig that deep. ADVthanksANCE.

New in The Existentialist Cowboy

When Scalia Beamed up!
by Len Hart These flights are critical to the the government's crumbling cover up! Without those flights, Bush and his murderous co-conspirators will have to revise the big lie. They will have to concoct yet another cover story from the ground up! A cover up is on the brink of collapse when those guilty of capital crimes and high treason either turn on one another or are forced to revise the lie!

New in The Galloping Beaver

More #ERRE thoughts
I'm finding it interesting to contrast the Liberal and NDP supplements to the ERRE committee report, found on pages 321-333. The Liberal dissenting opinion makes frequent reference to witness testimony and descriptive data from the report to make its case for a comprehensive public engagement and knowledge building exercise prior to any hard decision on electoral reform. In contrast the NDP
#ERRE report and poison pills
There's a lot of hay being made of about Maryam Monsef's parliamentary attack on the Electoral Reform committee's report. In brief, Monsef went on the attack and accused the committee of failing in its job by producing a recommendation for proportional representation and a referendum on whether Canadians want it. In response, the committee members, other MPs, and the general public bristled,

New in The Straight Goods

Christy Clark's Taxpayer Funded LNG Advertising Blitz, Fictional Ads Versus Economic Truths
By Grant G What i'm about to tell you is nothing new(for regular readers)... This post is another slight against our domestic British Columbia media... The Vancouver Sun....they reported nothing.. The Province .............they reported nothing.. Global BC ................they reported nothing... CTV .........................they reported nothing.. CKNW .....................they reported nothing.
Papua New Guinea--Exxon--LNG--Corruption= The People of Papua New Guinea Gets Screwed
Landowners at Papua New Guinea's biggest resources project are threatening to create "chaos" if the PNG Government does not honour a deal to give them equity. PNG Government-owned company Kumul Petroleum Holdings has withdrawn an offer to finance landowners' purchase of 4.27 per cent of the PNG LNG project, after some complained it was unfair. The Government now says landowners need to find more
The Shredding of Rich Coleman's Latest LNG Bullshit Spinfest-A Straight Goods Special
Written by Grant G There has been some interesting developments on the British Columbia LNG front.....and the developments are bad news for BC's LNG superpower aspirations... As reported here in previous posts, Japan has officially challenged the legality of "take or pay LNG contracts"...Japan's LNG use is on the decline as a result of several things..number 1..Japan's population is falling by mi
Hollowed Souls and The Inescapable Box, Donald Trump Edition
Written by Grant G Donald Trump's presidential victory ... I have difficulty in describing the hollow feeling within, my internal compass was and is still spinning wildly, not knowing what direction to point, an emptiness filled my soul after Donald Trump triumphed and I'm not an American nor do I live in that country so it's easy to relate to the despair 50 million Americans are feeling.. Alone,
Beautiful British Columbia's Federal Liberal MPs ..... John Aldag -Cloverdale Langley Terry Beech -Burnaby North Seymou...
Beautiful British Columbia's Federal Liberal MPs ..... John Aldag -Cloverdale Langley Terry Beech -Burnaby North Seymour Suhk Dhaliwal -Surrey Newton Hedy Fry -Vancouver Center Stephen Fuhr -Kelowna Country Pamela Goldsmith Jones - West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country Ken Hardie -Fleetwood-Port Kells Ron Mckinnon -Coquitlam Port Coquitlam Joyce Murray -Vancouver Quadra Joe Peschisolid
LNG-Kinder Morgan-Site C Discussion at length-Blogtalk Radio-LNG, The Very Little Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Canadian Glen and I had a robust conversation on Blogtalk Radio... The View Up Here .. ....2 hours of intense myth busting, lengthy conversations covering a few of BC's burning issues and scandals... Kinder Morgan ..... Site C dam ..... LNG. ... Failed mainstream media and blatant betrayals at the hands of elected politicians ...Pour yourself a coffee, tea, ..whiskey, whatever you fancy, kick off

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December 7 – White Hats Report #57 – The Trump Factor: Trexit, America’s answer to the Globalists and Exposure on a grand scale.
Following the lead of our friends across the pond, America delivered their own version of Brexit by electing Donald Trump president. In the year of miracles, add Trexit to Brexit and the Cubs winning their first World Series in 108 years to the list of odds defying events. History tells us that eventually the pendulum will change direction and swing the other way and the number of casualties is g

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Memorial
Ted Rall on a Clinton Victory
Ted Rall writes about something I considered composing, and comes up with pretty much what I would have. (Just with more details.) "Hillary's Lost: Should We Care?" Here's some highlights: The Cabinet: ... Hillary Clinton’s cabinet would have been composed of the neoliberal militarists who’ve been running things for Obama. Taxes and the Economy: Clinton proposed a slightly more progressive tax st
Both Trump & Hillary Supporters Are Stupid
I really don't want to start blogging again. But the US election farce is finally over and I've had some thoughts and sharing bits of them with one or two friends just isn't enough. So I'll express myself here and then quit for a while. The whole response to this travesty has ratcheted up my misanthropy levels. Hillary supporters deluding themselves that Trump voters have rejected the way of ligh

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Armistice Day 11/11/16
(Click on the comic strip for a larger view.) In 1959, Pogo creator Walt Kelly wrote: The eleventh day of the eleventh month has always seemed to me to be special. Even if the reason for it fell apart as the years went on, it was a symbol of something close to the high part of the heart. Perhaps a life that stretches through two or three wars takes its first war rather seriously, but I still
Forgiveness, Compassion and Generosity
Some thoughts for Armistice Day (or Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day). How does one deal with a tragedy? Or a great injustice? Or persistent unfairness for years? How does one face violence, or conflict or hatred? One of the most striking stories I've encountered this year is that of Terri Roberts and her Amish neighbors. Both The Washington Post and StoryCorps did excellent pieces

New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)

So, It's Come to This? Dick Cheney Back in Fashion (The Gaslight Economy) Dismal Jobs Report (Pittsboro NC Plans for Our Future) The Politics of Rage
Don't miss this. (Trump stealing from the progressive playbook?) It's like not having to pay the gypsy. Just watch. And listen (and save your money): Gee, I'm so glad we have Elizabeth Warren and Robert Reich and Ralph Nader and Bill Black and Russ Feingold and Jill Stein and . . . oh well . . . no one with real power to ensure that the feared, horrific Trump War events on the horizon do
(Rethinking Your Vote?) Italy's Referendum a Surprise or a Given? (2018 Dem Triumph Gloating) Trumped Worse than Bushed? Who Cares! Pox on Both! (The Most Dangerous Country on Earth: Was 11/8 a New 9/11 Or Has Nothing Really Changed?)
Trump and His Betraying Makeover Italy’s Referendum Should Be a Warning to Donald Trump Much like Donald Trump’s appeal to the working class in America, Renzi took office in 2014 on an anti-establishment campaign. Ironically, or perhaps not, Renzi used the identical words as Trump, promising to clean out “the swamp.” The swamp in Italy includes the same cronyism, political pay-to-play
(Trumped? Jailed! Deep State Raises Ugly Head) Kissingered: USA War/Greed Factor Overwhelming (Waiting for the Barbarians) Dear President Putin (How Dems Could Win Again But WaPo Says NO) Too Many Americans Are Watching from the Sidelines (Google Gives PRISM Petabytes of Personal Data But No Evil Doers They!) Schmidt Next President? Commies Detected! (Hillary Running on Obama Sand Legacy) EFF Denied
(A few bucks in the Pay Pal to help cover server costs would be much appreciated. It's the holiday season. Thanks for your support.) The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. - George Orwell Official Washington’s rush into an Orwellian future is well underway as political and media bigwigs move to silence Internet voices of independence and dissent. As an unemployed
The Failure of American Liberalism (And Now, The Real (Terrible) News - Re: The Game of Ethical Behavior Is Over for the USA USA USA!) Small-Town Sleeper Cell Unravels (What Killed the TPP?) Still Always-At-War USA?
Fidel Castro Dies at 90 The same people who railed against ‘political correctness’ now seem to believe there should be no criticism of their choice. You can’t have it both ways Vote shaming, anyone? rump voters sure are sensitive lately. They’re upset that the cast of the hit play Hamilton made a statement to Vice-President-elect Mike Pence, and that the audience booed him. They’re
BE EVIL Wins! (Cleverer Trump) Neofascist Bang, Not Whimper Ends Era - Next Financial Catastrophe Upcoming (Google Evil Apparent) Hard Evidence Trump/Pence Stole Election (So Where's the Left?) Why We'll Never Have a Real Investigation of Anything Involving Acquisition of Power, Money and Influence (Google/Facebook, Mass Surveillance and The Endless War)
. "The neoliberal era in the United States ended with a neofascist bang. The political triumph of Donald Trump shattered the establishments in the Democratic and Republican parties - both wedded to the rule of Big Money and to the reign of meretricious politicians." I think I've been clear enough in my designation of Trump as the most clever candidate in this past election - even cleverer we
(Trump Is Obama/Hillary Legacy?) "Crosscheck" Lies Rule Election Choices (Unhinged Normal) Who Is Huma Abedin? (Deep State Arms-Sales Collusion) Power of the Shadow Gov't (Creeping Normality) They Paved Paradise & Sold It (Liberal Progressivism's Alleged Failure) That's Not Liberalism
Trump victory margin in North Carolina: 177,008 North Carolina "Crosscheck" purge list: 589,393 Some final Election 2016 analysis? In the week leading up to last Tuesday’s election the press was busy writing obituaries for the Republican Party. This continued even after Donald Trump’s “surprising” victory – which, like the 2008 bank-fraud crash, “nobody could have expected.” The pretense

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Ancient Spirit Rising
Life in 2100 will look very different from today. Industrial civilization is addicted to the mass consumption of nonrenewable resources, a design that can have no long-term future. To add to the excitement, climate change is a powerful wildcard. How did we get into this mess? Many too-clever mistakes. Are the problems widely understood now? No, most know little or nothing about ecological sustain
The Gallic Wars
After a long and crazy joyride in overshoot, enormous bills are coming due. Industrial civilization is sliding toward foreclosure. Capitalism gets the blame, but the roots of the madness go far deeper, older than ancient empires. Many public buildings in America imitate the architecture of the Roman Empire, with their rows of tall stone columns. Like ancient empires, our economic tentacles reach

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librarians: celebrate human rights at your library #Write4Rights
December 10 is International Human Rights Day . The date commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the first global human rights document. Every year on December 10, Amnesty International Canada holds Write For Rights . All over the country, Canadians use our own human rights to support people who don’t have them. We write letters in support of prisoners of co
on a language adventure with mango languages
We are going to Egypt! We're super excited about it. It's someplace we've always wanted to go. In fact, it's the only country that Allan has always wanted to see. (We went to my number one spot -- Peru -- in 2006.) Just after New Year's, we celebrate our anniversary, and we always go away for the 5s and 10s*. I thought for number 30 we should go someplace really special! The trip is in February. I
there is a major design flaw in the new blogger interface
Blogger has rolled out a redesigned dashboard. For those of us who write or manage blogs with comment moderation, it is decidedly not an upgrade. And for those of us who manage multiple blogs with comment moderation, it downright sucks. Unfortunately I can't illustrate this post; I didn't know my dashboard was going to change, so I didn't screenshot the old one. Previously, when I went to Blogger
before the flood: good information but ultimately a weak message
Tonight we watched " Before the Flood ", Leonardo DiCaprio's film about climate change, which I had heard such good things about. It's well done, and is chock full of appropriately terrifying and depressing information. But in the end, the film delivers yet another "it's up to each of us" message, focusing on individual actions, rather than systemic solutions. Early in the film, we hear that discu
fidel castro, 1926-2016
More than any ruler I can think of, Fidel Castro defies our insistence on seeing leaders as solely either good or evil. As this excellent assessment in Social Worker (UK ) puts it, "History must judge him both as the freedom fighter whose defiance humiliated US imperialism and as the ruler of a repressive, unequal society." Castro was an inspiration to freedom fighters the world over, including Ne
what i'm reading: welcome to the goddamn ice cube
Canadians might be disappointed to learn that Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North is not about Canada. We sometimes refer to Canada as the Great White North, but the Canada that most Canadians inhabit has little in common with the stark landscapes that author Blair Braverman called home. In the northernmost reaches of Norway or on an Alaskan gla

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Spain announces dredging ban to protect Doñana
Spain's Doñana wetland received a reprieve today when authorities committed not to allow dredging of a river essential to the World Heritage site's health. In a report to UNESCO, the country stated that a plan to deepen the Guadalquivir River to allow larger commercial ships will not be authorized. Failure to cancel the dredging project could have triggered the inscription of Doñana National Park
Asian infrastructure boom could be end of the road for tigers
With massive infrastructure plans threatening all tiger landscapes and risking recent gains in tiger conservation, Asian governments must adopt a sustainable approach to infrastructure planning and construction or drive tigers toward extinction, according to a new analysis by WWF. Released at the halfway point of an ambitious global effort to double the number of wild tigers between 2010 and 2022
Nations need to get serious about biodiversity loss or risk missing global targets
Gland, Switzerland (2 December) – Faced with dramatic declines in nature, governments must come prepared to urgently implement their collective commitments to global biodiversity conservation and dramatically raise their individual ambitions at the upcoming meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The meeting comes as nations are already on pace to miss internationally-agreed biod
Surge in seizures of captive-bred tigers strengthens call for Asia to close all tiger farms
With commercial tiger breeding in Asia threatening the future of the world's remaining wild tigers, governments must announce concrete steps to close all the continent's tiger farms within the next three years at the international conference on illegal wildlife trade starting tomorrow in Viet Nam. A full TRAFFIC report released today on tiger trafficking found that an estimated 30 per cent of tig
Paris Agreement passes first stress test at COP22
MARRAKECH, Morocco – In response to the close of COP22, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF International's Climate & Energy Practice, issued the following statement: "The UN climate talks continue to be filled with twists and turns, but they have delivered what they needed to this week – putting substance behind the promise of the Paris Agreement so it can be fully implemented. The Marrakech work
Mediterranean swordfish on the verge of collapse: WWF raises the alarm
Rome – WWF is calling on 48 fishing nations gathering on Monday in Vilamoura, Portugal to end over three decades of overfishing of the Mediterranean swordfish and urgently adopt an ambitious recovery plan to avoid the collapse of the species. Countries that are part of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), including the United States and Japan, plus the Euro

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