Tuesday, July 01, 2014

1 July - Blogs I'm Following

1:19pm MDST

Tweets From the Edge

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 25 minutes ago
I feel bad about those 3 Israeli teens getting killed but why hasn't @CNN once brought up the 1000's of Palestinian kids killed by the @IDF? — Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) July 1, 2014 I wonder what Obama's limo libs have to say about him sending 800 troops to Iraq? So much for "getting us out." http://t.co/oMK1csXoQR #p2 — Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) July 1, 2014 New Gallup poll shows 100% of people make sweeping generalizations. — Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) June 29, 2014 Allen West claims #Benghazi is a distraction from the Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, whi... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 31 minutes ago
The Day Before the Day After ~Buggin'out with Editilla the Pun...Tuesday, September 1, 2009 The day before Katrina made landfall, almost 12 hrs exactly, the Math Shopper and I were walking dog Flora on the neutral ground (what we in New Orleans call the grassy median) between Elysian Fields, smoking a nice joint beneath the trees and kicking logic theorems around like they'z jail-house punks, when I spied a dozen fat trademark New Orleans Nightcrawler cock roaches lined up on a tree end to end, nose to tail, completely still but for their long antennae that wriggled about either sid... more »

July1: My old, high school song - and the future of NB education....

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 47 minutes ago
-----terrible mistake. When I finished my Saturday blog, I forgot to publish it. Just fixed that today.) And now back to my high school song... (Tune: The Caissons Go Rolling Along) "Give a cry, give a cheer For the boys who drink the beer In the cellars of Montreal High. They are rough. they are bold And the liquor they can hold Is a story that's yet to be told......." I still remember every word, though I never even tried to memorize it. The same is true of Rudyard Kipling's "Gunga Din". I read it when I was eight, and fascinated by the wonders and glory (so I thought) of th... more »

The Choosing

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 54 minutes ago
If you focus only on life as you see depicted in your daily activities, it is only that world that you will conjure. Your eyesight must withdraw from form as you know it, and tap deeply into other arenas. These are places you have denied as real, perhaps disregarded them as dreams, yet all that you are capable of perceiving – is life. *You *are life, drawn from the blueprint of Source itself. How then could it be that anything you imagine is not life as well? The fabric of existence is woven from luminescent fibers of what can loosely be labeled “thoughts”. These ideas, or th... more »

The Ceasefire that wasn’t- Fascist Kiev continues it’s ethnic cleansing

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 hour ago
*Yup*. *Fascist Kiev.* Same as fascist Canada. Today is *Canada day* and our fascist leadership has sided with the fascists in Kiev. Same/same and sadly so many Canadian are blind to the tyranny in this nation. Because they are blinded by bizarre beliefs. Anyway, big sigh...........No flags or fireworks here today. *Ethnic cleansing- *A policy carried over from the attack in Odessa- Targeting ethnic Russians. Some of the latest news and an excellent informed piece from Stephen Cohen (you have seen him on RT's Crosstalk) to bring it home. *Going long.................* *'We Will A... more »

Supplemental: This is what jihad looks like!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014* *A clown car fueled by the Post:* Is the Washington Post staging a jihad about Hillary Clinton’s troubling wealth and deeply troubling gaffes? We’ll report and you can decide! Using Nexis, we checked to see how many times two of our most famous newspapers have referred, in the past three weeks, to Clinton’s deeply troubling comment about having once been “dead broke.” We used this search term: “Clinton AND dead broke.” Nexis churned these results: *New York Times:* 3 citations *Washington Post:* 62 citations No, that isn’t a typo. We got three hits for the ... more »

Geldof and Acts of Mayhem

Spike EP at News Spike - 1 hour ago
*Lock Keeper's Cottages, Old Ford, East London.* *Channel 4’s Big Breakfast was broadcast from the Lock Keeper’s Cottage at Old Ford Lock from 1992 to 2002. There had been rumours that the show’s founder Bob Geldof would blow up the cottage on the show’s final day but computer tricks were instead used to fake its disappearance.*

Canada Is Jewish Occupied Territory: Important Article From Robert Fisk - How On Earth Can Israel Tolerate This Filth From B'nai B'rith Canada?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
Canada is definitely Jewish occupied territory.... My nation that I still truly love, has fallen into enslavement by Jewish criminals who fully control the Federal Government in Ottawa. That same so called "federal government" under the ultra Jewish butt kissing Stephen Harper has again and again shown their undying love and firm allegiance to the criminal state of Israel and not to the Canadian people who have been suckers in placing them into power... It is disgusting to see indeed. Now comes a most interesting article that was first forwarded to me via a reader comment, and come... more »

Welcome to the Oligarchy: The U.S. Needs a New Mythology

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
Welcome to the Oligarchy: The U.S. Needs a New Mythology. via Welcome to the Oligarchy: The U.S. Needs a New Mythology.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Mid-year report from Stony Run Farm

risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 hour ago
The open three-sided shed that was here when we got here had been built with massive beams, 8X10s and the like.. The whole things is mounted on large stones that had been clawed out of the creek bed, and is settling over the years as the posts dry-rot on top of the stones. Our site is a north facing wetland, and wooden buildings here are even more ephemeral than usual. In 1994 I laid on a skin made up of salvage -- fence boards and old windows -- and we got by for two decades. We surely don't have another two decades in us, but we do feel we need a "barn" for awhile longer. Enough... more »

Spiderwebs and Steam June 29 2014 Fukushima

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 hour ago
I strongly recommend watching Nuckelchen's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBMVwaai2Qs&feature=youtu.be

Wild Bill: Joe Biden says homosexual rights trump all other cultures...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
*Bill has a few words about that.*

Happy Canada Day To All My Canadian Readers

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
Today is Canada Day here in this once free and now fully Jewish occupied and controlled nation called Canada. Yes, some 147 years ago, the Dominion of Canada was officially born.... Initially this "dominion" was still very much part of the British Empire, and in spite of having elected representatives to a House of Commons in the new capital of Ottawa, it took some 64 years before the Empire became a "Commonwealth" in 1931, and still another 51 years, in 1982, before the official Constitution of this nation was introduced and thus "formally" (at least what most Canadians believe) to... more »

The "Curse" of Harry Nilsson

Spike EP at News Spike - 2 hours ago
*Is there really a Curse of Harry Nilsson, or is Harry Nilsson helping to kill these people...?* *Consider "The Kennedy Curse"...* "While many purveyors of early Rock & Roll are familiar with the "curse" of Buddy Holly, most are not aware of the fatal bad luck that seemed to be connected to singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson. Harry Nilsson's popularity lasted from the late 1960s until roughly the mid-1970s. His hits include, "You Can't Do That," "Everybody's Talkin'," "One" (as recorded by Three Dog Night), "Best Friend" (the theme from television's The Courtship of Eddie's Father), ... more »

CAN WE SEE THE PUZZLE COMING TOGETHER?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
I did a radio interview last night on *Voice of Russia* about NATO expansion and earlier in the day I was called by a reporter from *Tokyo Shimbun*. The Japanese newspaper wanted my take on their right-wing government's decision to revise the interpretation of war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution to allow Japan to join the US in the provocative program to control China. Of course I said that this would be a dangerous and expensive step by Japan and it clearly indicates that the US had finally succeeded in forcing this change. For years successive US administrations have ... more »

Diana: Spot the Fake

Spike EP at News Spike - 2 hours ago
*You're Being Lied To.*

Yes, The Supreme Court Actually Did Something Good Yesterday-- Bye-Bye Republican Conversion Therapy

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
Ted Lieu-- leading the way, not following safely from behind Yesterday, in light of the horrendous rulings against organized labor and against a woman's right to Choice, was a strange day for a progressive to congratulate the Supreme Court. California state Senator Ted Lieu didn't agree with either of those decisions, of course. He found himself very much in accord with the statement issued by the Congressional Progressive Caucus right after the decision was handed down on *Hobby Lobby*: "Today’s decision is a step backwards for women’s rights in America. The Roberts’ Court consiste... more »

Update On Iraq’s Insurgency Interview With Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 2 hours ago
Iraq’s insurgency continues to make gains across central Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) now just the Islamic State (IS) is in the vanguard of this war, but other groups such as the Baathist Jaish Rijal al-Tariqa al-Naqshibandi (JRTN) and its Military Councils, Jamaat Ansar al-Islam, the Mujahadeen Army, the Islamic Army of Iraq, and others are involved. In many areas where ISIS has moved into it is attempting to dominate these other organizations. For an update on the situation is Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi who has extensively researched Syrian and Iraqi milita... more »

Can not post a comment

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
This has gone on for many years and now I just can not say. Not saying my thoughts were important, just should not have been eliminated. This is happening all over its kind of a global fear progressive initiative. Progressives only want one thing, to make this planet our home, and to extinguish any fires that might be allowed by the right. Now I can barely post a comment. Yes I tried a new email address. So I am a danger to you all. Okay what I want is local farming, fair wages and no discrimination. Other countries and might as be worlds can do what they want, it may take centuries... more »

Book Review: The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight and the Geography of You and Me

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours ago
*Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?* If any number of things had gone differently, 17-year-old Hadley wouldn't have missed her first flight to London, but missing her flight changed everything. Hadley is headed to England for her father's wedding to the "other woman," something she is frustrated and angry about when she misses her flight. While waiting for the next flight she meets Oliver, who is witty and honest and makes her feel better about being nervous to fly. They get to know each other over the course of the flight, but when they get separat... more »

It's Tuesday...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 3 hours ago
*what's going on.* Besides it being hair-cut day for me and my little pooch (not at the same place - I can't afford to get my hair done at the puppy place.) The Burning Platform: *The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek* Capitalist Preservation: *Surprise! Obama, the hack lawyer without a law license, disagrees with the SCOTUS over the Hobby Lobby decision.* Weasel Zippers: *First Gay President To Issue Executive Order Protecting Transsexuals, Second Pro-Gay Executive Action In Two Weeks… * Freedom Works: *How “Winning at Any Cost” Isn’t Really Winning at All*

And the Mission Keeps Creeping Along

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 3 hours ago
Under the forever-War Powers Resolution invested in him as unitary executive, Barack Obama has in one fell swoop just doubled the number of troops being (re) deployed to Iraq. They are being sent to "protect American interests" ( aka the plunderers from Big Oil and their taxpayer-funded Embassy support staff) and as "advisers" (armed thugs to keep on eye on the corrupt and weakening Maliki protectorate whose function has always been to provide cover to the plunderers from Big Oil). It is the very model of a modern major mission creep. Here an adviser, there a drone, everywhere is wa... more »

A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book

David Greene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago
A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face

thwap vs. George Monbiot & His Optimism

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 4 hours ago
Commenter "greg" (or someone anonymous) sought to challenge my pessimism and defeatism by hepping me to this George Monbiot editorial, entitled "An Ounce of Hope is Worth a Ton of Despair." and it's subtitled "We cannot reach people by terrifying them; there has to be a positive agenda." I've like George Monbiot for a long time. It's kind of odd actually, that my pessimism and defeatism is being countered with something from Monbiot because he's one of the leftists I respect for actually proposing concrete plans for the world's problems. He doesn't just take a whole book to explain ... more »

Telecom Modernization and the Developing World

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago
Related to the never-say-die hypothesis that with more globalization and global capitalism, "the poor are getting poorer". This table says that hypothesis is, once again, wrong. Even the poor in poor countries like Bangladesh, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, India, Indonesia, China, etc. can afford to buy mobile phones. Many of them are even buying 3G and 4G phones. source: http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a#subscribers, May 2014 I like their title, "The 100 million club". The Philippines is one of the 14 countries in that club worldwide. The repor... more »

ANTHROPOLOGISTS WITHIN: As heard on Fox!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014* *Part 2—You aren’t allowed to say this:* Within the mainstream Washington “press corps,” it’s simply never done. Despite that fact, it happened last Sunday! On the Fox News Channel’s Media Buzz, Julie Mason explained the latest jihad by the press corps’ guild. Mason’s career includes twenty years at the Houston Chronicle. From there, she moved to Politico. Last Sunday, she spoke with her host, Howard Kurtz. What you see next is never done. Frankly, this isn’t permitted: MASON (6/29/14): Hillary Clinton has a very prickly relationship with the press; that's ... more »

Say, how many worms are in that can?

Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
By Capt. Fogg Americans like words like Freedom and Liberty and perhaps because those ideas scare us so much. We are terrified of coercion by a government we all choose but we love to coerce those who disagree with us and deny them the right to choose. We certainly are rarely in agreement as to what it means to be a free country and I might dare to say that question is still central to political argument today. How do we define freedom? - *" It's a free country and I can do what I want." * - *" It's a free country and I don't have to do anything I don't want to do."* S... more »

A bad way to rate teachers

skrashen at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
Sent to the Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2014 Contrary to Eric Hanushek's statement ("How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform," June 30), there is no movement by anybody to "eliminate school accountability and teacher evaluations." There is a movement to eliminate the use of standardized test score gains to evaluate teachers, and there is good reason to do so. A number of studies have shown that rating teachers using test score gains does not give consistent results. Different tests produce different ratings, and the same teacher’s ratings can vary from year to yea... more »

Mike's Story Part 66 - Leaving

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 5 hours ago
By Jenna Orkin * Saturday, January 26, 2008 * * If we’re going to go out or have another real conversation before he leaves, it’s got to be today. Sunday night is Sixty Minutes and Monday night I work.* * I had to work this morning too but I’ve left the afternoon clear, turning down an opportunity to teach another class, in case Mike wants to have a "last supper" together or see a movie.* * I don’t raise the subject, however. My purpose is not to go out per se; it’s cold and I’m tired. I want to get a sense of where his mind is.* * He doesn’t mention anything but goes abo... more »

What does Canada mean to me? (Inspired by Ken Dryden Star Work)

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 5 hours ago
I have lived in the best part of Europe, and seen most of the first world. (and way to much of the third) Canada is my favorite country but as the best country only in my top handful. Canada to me means extraordinary opportunities. Tiny Norway has a heritage fund on nearly a trillion dollars. If Canada had the same policies we would have four or five trillion in the bank and literally rule the world. We live well in Canada, its a great place to grow up and thrive. The sky is not the limit here. I just worry that we are asleep while the evil is a awake. Two anchors that will alway... more »

Happy Canada Day

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
O Canada, I have not forgotten you, and as I kneel in my canoe, beholding this vision of a bookcase, I pray that I remain in your vast, polar, North American memory. You are the paddle, the snowshoe, the cabin in the pines. You are Jean de Brébeuf with his martyr's necklace of hatchet heads. You are the moose in the clearing and the moosehead on the wall. You are the rapids, the propeller, the kerosene lamp. You are the dust that coats the roadside berries. From "Canada" by Billy Collins

Why Everyone is Wrong about Climate Change

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 6 hours ago
*July 1, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LocalOrg) - Assigning blame for climate change that will happen with or without human activity on Earth constitutes a disingenuous discourse. The climate changes, and nearly everything on Earth and beyond it effects that change. From geological processes to biological evolution, to changes in the sun's output, to yes, even human activity - absolutely everything has an impact on the climate for better or for worse. *Image: Climate change, and even exceptional global warming is nothing new. Even if humans managed to negate any impact they were having ... more »

League Of Conservation Voters Sells Out Again

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
LCV Climate Change poster child, Susan Collins The Establishment-oriented LGBT organization, HRC, endorsed Republican Senator Susan Collins, who has an record of studiously ignoring gay equality issues in Maine and voting precisely 50% of the time with conservatives and 50% of the time with normal senators on gay issues in DC. Yesterday Digby explained the tragedy of HRC abandoning one of the LGBT communities most dedicated advocates, Shenna Bellows, on behalf of Collins. They say that no good deed goes unpunished and nothing illustrates the truth of that old trope more vividly that... more »

Canada's Veterans On Canada Day

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours ago
http://www.cbc.ca As we celebrate our good fortune today, we would do well to remember this country's veterans. Stephen Harper rode to power espousing a new militarism. But, Jeffrey Simpson writes, Harper and Co only love the military in theory. They don't put their money where their mouths are: Capital spending on military equipment has declined four years in a row and remains on a downward trend. As a share of the defence budget, capital spending has dropped to the lowest level since 1977-78. T... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 6 hours ago
*The Rot of Intolerance at Swarthmore* It’s nice when they make things perfectly clear. You step on to a college campus and you are beset by people parading around telling you how much they love “diversity.” Then you find out that when anyone who holds an opinion not perfectly in line the the contemporary gospel of race-gender-environmental sensitivity, they are shouted off campus. If they had been invited to speak at campus, they are disinvited, or if that wasn’t possible their appearance is subjected to sophomoric protests. As I put it last month in The New Criterion, contempor... more »

9 Things Every Teen Should Know About Workplace Rights

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 6 hours ago
If you're in high school or college, odds are you're looking for a summer job or internship. Maybe you're even working during the school year. Of course, your school gave you detailed preparation on what your legal rights are when you work. Right? Ha. Not a chance. Schools do roughly zip to prepare teens for the real world workplace. You have to figure this stuff out on your own. Well, I'm here to help. I wrote last week about sexual harassment, but there's more you need to know. If you're new to the workplace or getting ready to apply for an internship, this is the article for you.... more »

“Facebook’s Emotional Contagion”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“Facebook’s Emotional Contagion”* by Pivotfarm “For a while now it has been well proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by scientific research (Cornell and California Universities) that there is a phenomenon called ‘emotional contagion’, meaning that it is possible to induce a state of either happiness or sadness in someone, by inducing that feeling and emotion without their knowledge or awareness. Up until now the experiments have only been carried out in laboratories. But, now that Facebook has come clean and admitted that users of the social network were induced into feeling either ... more »

Facebook Emotional Manipulation Experiment: A Collection of Readings

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 7 hours ago
I will not make a real post of my own re the already infamous experiments (initially claimed to be military funded, but that, it seems, was a hoax), where Facebook allowed behavioural researchers to manipulate the allocation of status updates in personal feeds, to study the resulting emotional communicative behaviour of users. My own brief take is that, whatever else may be said on the matter, this is definitely not covered by the user agreement I've signed when joining Facebook. For while I did agree to Facebook testing out all sort of things to improve their service, I did certain... more »

Bitcoin Updates - June 28 , 2014 -- Bitcoins to Become Legal Currency in California; Bill Awaits Signing by Gov. Brown; Commodities vs. Currencies.........How the US Government’s Sale of 30,000 BTC Could Impact Bitcoin Prices ....... Commerce related items to consider ...

Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
Mish..... Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:05 PM Bitcoins to Become Legal Currency in California; Bill Awaits Signing by Gov. Brown; Commodities vs. Currencies California Bill AB-129 Lawful Money passed the California Senate on June 19, and the Assembly on June 23. The bill now awaits signing by Governor Jerry Brown. *Existing law prohibits a corporation, flexible purpose corporation, association, or individual from issuing or putting in circulation, as money, anything but the lawful money of the United States. AB-129 would repeal that provision.* Coindesk reports California’s Bill to ... more »

Big Greenwald Story Delayed by US Government

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 8 hours ago
Yesterday, Pulitzer prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald let the news slip via Twitter that the long-awaited, new NSA story was to be published on The Intercept at midnight. This morning, much to the dismay of myself and many, many others it appears that the new website - already suspiciously devoid of material - has caved to government pressure tactics and has successfully delayed the story. According to a cryptic Tweet by Greenwald *"After 3 months working on our story, USG today suddenly began making new last-minute claims which we intend to investigate before publishing"*.... more »

Eat Butter.......An Old Dutch Proverb

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago
Source of poster: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Agriculture-Society/217990047058

Karen Hudes - The Vatican Intelligence Agency - Pierce the Corporate Veil

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 9 hours ago
what's going on in Syria, Karen? "I'll tell you what's going on in Syria ... the President of the United States is an ACTOR run by the Vatican Intelligence Agency who tells *all intel agencies* what to do. The Vatican Bank tells all international banks what to do. We're not fighting about MONEY, we're fighting about Control and Faith and Love." UNQUOTE Wow, this is some crazy-ass de-bamboozlement - listen on... Some have suggested THE WHOLE NEW WORLD ORDER firm, or company or conglomerate is run in the name of this Camp Kangaroo-faced Cunt. You spastic-corporate attack-dogs can... more »

Harper vs. Putin, air edition

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 9 hours ago
RAF Typhoon with Russian Su-27 - June 2014 Brian Stewart at CBC suggests that Harper's  over-the-top tough-guy rhetoric about Putin has led to increased Russian strategic bomber flights and thus a busier time for Canadian fighters and pilots conducting Arctic interceptions. I'm not sure there's a direct causal relationship or that Putin is petty enough to care about what an insecure Canadian

Aisha North: A Short Update on the Energies

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
http://aishanorth.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/a-short-update-on-the-energies-47/ *A short update on the energies* By Aisha North Here we are again, ready and eager to impart another message into your being. For here you all stand, ready and poised to take this whole operation to a very new level. For you have all been anointed dear ones, as is only right, for you are indeed the bringers of the dawn and the keepers of the light, and now you are all set to set this world fully ablaze with your very presence in this human body and with your very presence in every corner of this globe. F... more »

I Survived Cervarix by Jenny Red

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago
[image: I survived Cervarix]JennyI Survived Cervarix by Jenny Red Philippines I thought the HPV vaccine Cervarix would protect me against cervical cancer. I thought I would be ‘armed’ for life. It only took one injection to find out I was wrong. My regular week used to consist of a 9-5 work schedule, 2-hour workouts at the gym, 10-kilometer runs during weekdays, long-distance runs on the weekends, and a lot of nights out with out-of-town trips with friends in between. But all that changed when I decided to have my first shot of Cervarix last September 2013. Our office was o... more »

Unusual Digital Photos: Quantum Phase Shifting? Frequency Rising? Fractals merging?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
Photo of Lisa and Sonia taken by Darius on a fully functional Canon Digital camera *Unusual Digital Photos: Quantum Phase Shifting? Frequency Rising? Fractals merging?* By American Kabuki Darius took these unusual set of photos with a high speed Canon digital camera two nights ago. We don't really have an explanation for the images and why we appear to be transparent to the camera and have multiple poses in the same photo. These are not double exposures. The one of Lisa above is perhaps the most unique in that there's two Lisa's with different poses. There was a very bright l... more »

Five Most Popular Posts for June

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 10 hours ago
The five most popular posts this last month were: 1. Managing Ed Miliband 2. Ed Miliband and The Sun 3. Why BBC News Ignored the People's Assembly March 4. TUSC's Exercises in Self Deception 5. When Men's Bodies Meet Side-Saddle Trunks Nice for a "proper" political story to top the monthly chart for once. Less surprising is the usual good showing for commentary on the media and the far left. There's not a great deal more that needs be said. Except, of course, a couple of shout outs to pieces that deserve another look. This month's picks are Politics After Newark, in which I argue t... more »

Many worlds pseudoscience, again

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago
When Hugh Everett, a PhD student, wrote some bizarre papers about "alternative foundations" of quantum mechanics in the late 1950s, he was allowed to speak about it in Copenhagen etc. Niels Bohr et al. saw that there was no valid physics in the papers whatsoever. The chap only wanted to be a critic whatever it costs, regardless of the absence of any evidence, and Bohr knew it was too little. He discussed these things with the chap's adviser, John Wheeler, and everyone agreed that this guy shouldn't continue as a professional physicist simply because he didn't have enough talent and ... more »

ZEROHEDGE.COM: WTF Chart Of The Day: "Holy $340 Billion In Quarter-End Window Dressing, Batman"

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
*Translation: Their balance sheets are all smoke and mirrors folks... -AK* http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-30/wtf-chart-day-holy-340-billion-quarter-end-window-dressing-batman WTF Chart Of The Day: "Holy $340 Billion In Quarter-End Window Dressing, Batman" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/30/2014 13:59 -0400 If there ever was any question as to what the purpose of the Fed's Reverse Repo liquidity facility was, or is (and considering we already explained it before in Fed Soaks Up Record $200 Billion In Year End Excess Liquidity and Month-End Win... more »

Liquid Love Light: It Is All New

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
http://liquidlovelight.com/2014/06/30/it-is-all-new/ *It Is All New* Posted on June 30, 2014 Have you felt these new frequencies rolling in? They are calling us to be present in every moment. Your mind can have an idea of what you are going to do and it can be tumbled about in the wave crashing in. There is no solid ground, we are the ground! A new firmament is being created as we stream our lovelight from Home into this earth. Exciting, exhausting, relentless. I had been given a vision and a date for my first step into my new expanded role. Dates shifted and the new moon cal... more »

Genius South Western flight attendant announcement

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Very funny and very fluent.

Benjamin Fulford - June 30, 2014: Is ISIS a CRISIS or some kind of inside joke?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
*All views expressed below are solely of Ben Fulford or his handlers and not necessarily of this blog. -AK* http://benjaminfulford.net/2014/07/01/is-isis-a-crisis-or-some-kind-of-inside-joke/ Monday, June 30, 2014 *Benjamin Fulford - June 30, 2014: Is ISIS a CRISIS or some kind of inside joke?* Sometimes events in the news seem so surreal that it becomes a guess they are not real, or at least not in the sense we see it. That is certainly the case with the declaration of the Islamic Caliphate or ISIS last week. The first thing to note, as pointed out by alert readers, is that the... more »

Sexual purpose or intent not necessary element of sexual assault

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours ago
R. v. Johnstone, 2014 ONCA 504: [49] I do not view the trial judge's failure to give such a specific direction as constituting an error. The trial judge properly instructed the jury on the elements of sexual assault. The sexual nature of an assault is to be determined objectively from the perspective of a reasonable observer. A sexual purpose or intention is not an essential element and the offence may be made out in the absence of any evidence of sexual intention and even where the accused's intention was not sexual.

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 11 hours ago
*The Global Climate Status Report (GCSR) * SUMMARY CLIMATE ASSESSMENT REPORT June 10, 2014, A product of the Space and Science Research Corporation (SSRC) Orlando, Florida, USA After a thorough review of the selected climate status parameters up through June 10, 2014, the current status and predicted climate assessment for the Earth is as follows: 1. Current Climate Status a. Overall Climate Status. The Earth is presently in a strong and sustained phase of GLOBAL COOLING. Though there is new evidence of moderation in this rate during the 2013- 2014 period, the rate of temperature ... more »

Taiwan not wanted in Canada

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 12 hours ago
*Farmers inspect their pepper plants.* A Canadian news agency reported that Taiwan is not wanted by Canada at celebratory events.... According to the report, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development circulates a persona non grata list in June each year, warning its embassies, consulates and other overseas missions to bar them from local events marking Canada Day, which is on July 1. North Korea, Fiji, Belarus, Iran, Syria, Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar were the prominent countries on last year’s list, largely because of Canada’s disapproval of unelected or ... more »

Researcher Charged in Major HIV Vaccine Fraud Case

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
[image: vaccine] What is find seriously disquieting is not this particular example which is clearly bad enough, bu. that a culture of fraudulent research has sprung up around the whole vaccine business. This unfortunately makes way to much sense. If the vaccine is useless, then there is no egregious harm in selling it. Thus the rationalization to cook the books. And of course if your competitor is doing it, so will you. The HIV vaccine claim made scant sense when it was made and not taken too seriously at the time either. I know that I dismissed it and I am hardly an industry ins... more »

Chinese Military Trump Cards?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
The hard truth is that China's force in place is deeply inferior and that is difficult to change. Far worse, none of the folks in place today have actually been involved in war. Their last dust up took place around 1980 on the Vietnamese border and they got roughly handled. Any twenty year old soldier there then would be fifty five today. Trump cards are also like Hitler’s secret weapons. They cannot be deployed or they are no longer secret. Yet large numbers are demanded in order to be useful. Modern warfare is about the magic of fire power and sheer battle depth in numbers. Thi... more »

The Big Fat Butter Lie

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
I remember my parents agonizing over whether to use margarine or butter back in the fifties. We ultimately chose to use corn oil margarine because of the story line been peddled. Now well over fifty years later and a lifetime of using such products, we find that it was all made up. The science is not settled in the edible oils and fat industry and processing technologies need to be policed up to meet what I am prepared to call natural standards. Better, the dairy industry can get directly back into the butter business. I want to see modern technology brought to bear here. ... more »

Monsanto Halted in Canada

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
There may be circumstances in which the effects of genetically modified seeds can be contained, but so far, that has turned out to be a failure with contamination showing up everywhere even in crops that one would think containment plausible. Worse the losses are real if you are picking up an organic premium. My sense today is that Monsanto has to be massively sued and made to account for a corporate culture that is utterly prepared to peddle total lies. This is not an overnight decision or evidence free insight. It is becoming clear that from the absolute beginning of the r... more »

Sign Alicia's Petition To Get GMOs Out Of Girl Scout Cookies

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
[image: Foto: One mighty determined 8 year old is traveling cross country this summer, from California to New York, to hand deliver her petition to Girl Scout Headquarters, requesting that Girl Scout cookies be made without Roundup Ready, pesticide-producing GMOs. Please sign Alicia's petition and ask friends & family to do the same. Alicia won't take no for an answer and we hope you won't either! We love you, Alicia! Keep up the great work! <3 <3 <3 Sign Alicia's petition asking the Girl Scouts to remove GMOs: https://www.change.org/petitions/girl-scouts-please-make-cookies-without-... more »

"The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats"* by Nick Hanauer "Memo: From Nick Hanauer To: My Fellow Zillionaires You probably don’t know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded more than 30 companies across a range of industries—from itsy-bitsy ones like the night club I started in my 20s to giant ones like Amazon.com, for which I was the first nonfamily investor. Then I founded aQuantive, an Internet advertising company that was sold to Microsoft in 2007 for $6.4 billion. In cash. My friends and I o... more »

Hey Buddy (Waking Up Yet?) If You Like Being Used/Manipulated By Those You Thought You Paid To Protect You . . . (Watch Out for John Negroponte's Next Sighting!)

Welcome to terrifying Pottersville. Yes. There are no good jobs or usable benefits for even the available bad ones. And if you didn't have enough to do to try to keep mind and body operating in tandem as you go about your daily grind trying to rub two cents together to get a spark . . . . . . . yes, guys. There are too many comments highlighted below. But each of them is important to the

Post By-election thoughts

Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 14 hours ago
With 94% of the votes counted as I type this it's guaranteed that our riding will be sending another Conservative to Ottawa. I can't say I'm too surprised as Fort McMurray-Athabasca has elected either Conservative or Reform MPs since its creation. However, as I watched the results come in tonight it was clear early on that the Liberals weren't about to fade quietly into the night. I suspected they would pick up some votes but was surprised by just how many. The Liberals had put a great deal of time and energy into the campaign here though and were able to tap into what seems to... more »

Politics And Race In Those 10 Worst Counties To Live In In America

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
This morning, Taegan Goddard took a look at the much-talked-about *NY Times* piece from a few days ago, Where Are The Hardest Places To Live In The U.S.? Clay County, Kentucky was *the* hardest and the *Times* compared Clay to Los Alamos County by showing specific contrasts: "Only 7.4 percent of Clay County residents have at least a bachelor’s degree, while 63.2 percent do in Los Alamos. The median household income in Los Alamos County is $106,426, almost five times what the median Clay County household earns. In Clay County, 12.7 percent of residents are unemployed, and 11.7 perc... more »

My Vegan Life - Picnics, Grilling, and the 4th of July

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 15 hours ago
[image: My Vegan Life - Celebrating the 4th of July] In the US, we're celebrating our country's independence this weekend. Many people enjoy picnics, backyard grilling, and a lot of good food on the 4th of July. I remember my first picnic as a vegan. We weren't thinking creatively and lunch consisted of raw carrots, celery, and tomatoes. Raw veggies are great but, lunch, that day, was far from exciting. [image: My Vegan Life - Celebrating the 4th of July] These days we've gotten much better at planning delicious meals for our outdoor enjoyment. We prepare traditional picnic foods... more »

Musical Interlude: Vangelis, "A Tour of the Universe"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
Vangelis, "A Tour of the Universe" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDXp1tpPD38

"Too Often..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - Leo Buscaglia

"Remember..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.” - Dale Carnegie

Thorne Dreyer : PODCAST | Suzanna Danuta Walters discusses the ‘Sabotaging of Gay Equality’

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 15 hours ago
The author of the provocative cultural critique, ‘The Tolerance Trap,’ joins us in a lively and revealing discussion on Rag Radio. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 30, 2014 Our Rag Radio podcast features Suzanna Danuta … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : *PODCAST* | Suzanna Danuta Walters discusses the ‘Sabotaging of Gay Equality’

NEOCONS AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ‘MORAL EQUIVALENCE’

There can, of course, be no moral equivalence in the tit-for-tat killings of Israeli and Palestinian children such as has occurred in the West Bank these last few weeks. But, on the other hand, neither can there be any tolerance of the killings of Palestinian children while the Western world’s press calls for outrage when the children of Israeli settlers are killed. It’s not so much a matter of moral equivalence as moral inequivalence. Israel and the neocons demand the world be outraged by the deaths of three Israeli children yet condemn those 1523 Palestinians children that have be... more »

From the same group of thugs who brought you the Temporary Foreign Workers fiasco ....

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 15 hours ago
The Trojan Horse! (Or horses, if you like). Ever heard of the International Mobility Program? How about Inter-Company Transfers, whereby foreign companies are permitted to bring their own foreign workers in to do work on Canadian soil? No? Off to Creekside where Alison had done an amazing amount of heavy lifting. It may be the most important post you've read this year.

Media Has No Idea What Special Education Is (Guest Post)

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
Guest Post by Jessica S. Martinez, in response to a recent editorial in the Albuquerque Journal. Once again, the Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board has placed its ignorance on display for all to see. Here is yet another example of those who know nothing about education sticking their noses where they do not belong. Allow me to […]

Falling over themselves to play soccer

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago
When teams win so often by acting, you wonder whether it’s a World Cup of sport, or a Wold Cup of comedy. “To be fair, it is actually possible to get hurt playing soccer.” But not often. Read: ‘The World Cup Flopping Rankings.’ Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Bulgaria Blues ( June 30 , 2014 ) -- With Bulgaria's banking system already under the threat of bank runs - note they now take their begging bowl to the EU for a bailout of their banking system ! And as they are now formally under the thumb of the EU , how can they not do its biding - whether that means blocking South Stream or whatever else the EU demands ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Black Listed News...... EU APPROVES BULGARIA CREDIT LINE TO STEM BANK RUNS June 30, 2014 Share It | Print This Escape Big Pharma! Kick the subs. Inexpensive Organic Herbal Pain Relief. KratomForCheap.com SOURCE: REUTERS The European Commission said on Monday it had approved a Bulgarian request to extend a credit line of 3.3 billion levs ($2.30 billion) in support of banks that have come under speculative attack. “The Commission concluded that the state aid implied by the provision of the credit line is proportionate and commensurate with the need to ensure sufficient liquidity ... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"Close to the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and surrounded by the stars of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici), this celestial wonder was discovered in 1781 by the metric French astronomer Pierre Mechain. Later, it was added to the catalog of his friend and colleague Charles Messier as M106. Modern deep telescopic views reveal it to be an island universe: a spiral galaxy around 30 thousand light-years across located only about 21 million light-years beyond the stars of the Milky Way. * Click image for larger size.* Along with prominent dust lanes and a bright central core, this colorful com... more »

Paulo Coelho, “A Saint In The Wrong Place”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*“A Saint In The Wrong Place”* by Paulo Coelho “‘Why is it that some people can resolve the most complicated problems really easily, whilst others agonize over every tiny crisis and end up drowning in a glass of water?’ I asked. Ramesh replied by telling the following story: ‘Once upon a time, there was a man who had been the soul of kindness all his life. When he died, everyone assumed that he would go straight to Heaven, for the only possible place for a good man like him was Paradise. The man wasn’t particularly bothered about going to Heaven, but that was where he went. Now in... more »

"Ever Have One Of Those Days?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago

"What Frustrates Us..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a little bit different for our having passed through it. What frustrates us and robs our lives of joy is this absence of meaning... Does our being alive matter?" - Harold S. Kushner, "When All You Ever Wanted Isn't Enough"

Mark Twain, “On The Damned Human Race”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*“On The Damned Human Race”* by Mark Twain “I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals; since it now seems plain to me that the theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals. In proceeding toward this unpleasant conclusion I have not guessed or ... more »

Mick Jagger: “But they’re still a bunch of wrinkly old men trying to relive their youth and make a load of money”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago
Yeah. Bastards. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Bodies of three missing Jewish teens 'found near West Bank city' | Mail Online

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
The Daily Mail seem to think all Israelis are 'settlers. No better than BBC, Guardian or The Independent. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2675451/Bodies-three-Jewish-settlers-went-missing-near-Hebron-near-West-Bank-city.html

Today it was Justice Sammy "The Hammer" Alito's big chance to bludgeon a hapless Constitution

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
*Justice Sammy the Hammer was wielding his Sledgehammer of Doom at the Supreme Court today.* *by Ken* Clearly the Cro-Magnon wing of the Roberts Court has developed a vestigial sense of shame. The two bombshell decisions saved for the final day of the Supreme Court term today (which Howie wrote about in his 2pm PT post) weren't bombshells in the sense of *surprise*. They were just more of the all-but-impossible-to-avoid IEDs that have become the manner of "justice" meted out these days by the High Court, now that the full counter-constitutional system is in place, with the Cro-Mag... more »

David P. Hamilton : The Democrats’ delusions and a strategy for change

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours ago
A central goal of the left in the U.S. should be to create an independent electoral base, a voice from which the left can speak directly to the mainstream. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | June 30, … finish reading David P. Hamilton : The Democrats’ delusions and a strategy for change

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
Port-of-spain, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and TobagoThanks for stopping by.

Chet Raymo, “On The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*“On The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”* by Chet Raymo "I seem to remember that it was Lawrence Durrell, somewhere in the Alexandrian Quartet, who said: "Science is the poetry of the intellect, and poetry is the science of the heart.” Or something to that effect. That line has stuck in my head for thirty or forty years, without ever quite knowing what to make of it. Maybe it's time to wonder if it's saying anything meaningful. Certainly, science is the work of the intellect. One can feel a heartfelt passion while doing science, and one can experience a throb or two when observing sci... more »

The Poet: Aldous Huxley, "Lightly"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
"It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig. Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me. When it comes to dying even. Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic. No rhetoric, no tremolos, no self conscious persona putting on its celebrated imitation of Christ or Little Nell. And of course, no theology, no metaphysics. Just the fact o... more »

"The Risk..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
"Biology says that we are who we are from birth. That our DNA is set in stone. Unchangeable. Our DNA doesn't account for all of us though, we're human. Life changes us. We develop new traits. Become less territorial. We start competing. We learn from our mistakes. We face our greatest fears. For better or worse, we find ways to become more than our biology. The risk of course is that we can change too much to the point where we don't recognize ourselves. Finding our way back can be difficult. There's no compass, no map. We just have to close our eyes, take a step, and hope to God w... more »

“11 Shocking Facts About America's Militarized Police Forces”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*“11 Shocking Facts About America's Militarized Police Forces”* By Alex Kane “The “war on terror” has come home- and it’s wreaking havoc on innocent American lives. The culprit is the militarization of the police. The weapons used in the “war on terror” that destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq have made their way to local law enforcement. While police forces across the country began a process of militarization complete with SWAT teams and flash-bang grenades when President Reagan intensified the “war on drugs,” the post-9/11 “war on terror” has added fuel to the fire. Through laws and ... more »

The Myths of School Vouchers, Then and Now

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
*Guest post by Casey Given* Although the first voucher program in the United States was introduced in 1869, it wasn’t until a century later that school choice started gaining mainstream traction, thanks to the efforts of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. In 1980, millions of Americans tuned in to watch Friedman make the case for choice while engaging in lively debate with opponents on his PBS television series *Free to Choose*. [These are the three clips showing the debate; head here for the first clip of Friedman’s argument.] A lot has changed in the 34 years since ... more »

Mike's Story Part 65 - Furnace

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 19 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * January 5, 2008 * * "Holy shit!" * * "What?"* * "It's gone! My email about B-. I looked in sent mail. Do you have it?"* * "Yes." I found my cc'ed copy of the email and forwarded it to Mike. * * "This is them. They're letting me know I have to back off." * * He sat back, pondering. "I'm taking this very seriously." * * "Why would they care more about that than about your helping Steve [Alten] or [the guy working on a movie about the end of industrial civilization]?" * * "They're afraid of my brain." * * The next day, I found the missing email in T... more »

Want to know what is really going on in the world that the "mainstream media" will never tell you? Ask Paul Craig Roberts! How? Well, Greg Hunter is by far PCR's the best interviewer, and here is a relatively recently interview that will have you glued to your chair for the duration...

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 19 hours ago
------------------------------ *YouTube: *http://youtu.be/AhxZxL56B00 Paul Craig Roberts: US is Completely Busted, Non-Delivery of Gold - Crash the System, War in Ukraine Greg Hunter *Published on Mar 11, 2014* http://usawatchdog.com/united-states-... - Economist Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, "The physical stock of gold in the West to meet delivery demand is diminishing rapidly. So, one day the Chinese will buy 100 tons of gold, and we won't be able to make delivery. That would crash the system. It would just pop. So, there are things that could crash it suddenly. Regardless... more »

The Flavor of the Summer is Fear

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 19 hours ago
Be very, very afraid America, the greatest threat to western civilization has now manifested itself with the mysterious Islamist group ISIS officially declaring the establishment of that dreaded caliphate that the neocons have been wailing about for years and have now hit the jackpot with the ultimate bogeyman to wage their Middle Eastern wars. It was inevitable that Americans would be bludgeoned again with that fear club, a powerful weapon of great influence that worked to perfection under Bush and Cheney and now that the Republicans or Hillary Clinton because what is really the ... more »

Southern hemisphere’s tallest building

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
I”m not sure the design is all it could be, but it’s still exciting to hear that Melbourne will soon host the southern hemisphere’s tallest building. [image: image] But the original 388m project designed by Eureka architects Fender Katsalidis, which was to have included a hotel, was scaled back by planners “due to CBD flight controls.” Because a lot of planes fly over the city at an altitude of 388m. [image: image] Story here. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

Helpful Government Personnel

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
Helpful government personnel. I think there are many of them in the Philippines, thanks to them. I met this man about three weeks ago. He has already retired from government, receiving his monthly pension but not having much to do at home, he frequently returns to his previous office and helps people, the public, in anyway he can. For free. His name is "Croox", jolly and cheerful guy. He retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), he has helped me secure certain government documents including a notarized copy by the Saudi Embassy, for a Special Power of Atty (SPA) of my y... more »

down the rabbit hole

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 20 hours ago
the rabbit hole

“Abuse of Power by Gigantic Corporation Comes as Total Surprise”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
* “Abuse of Power by Gigantic Corporation Comes as Total Surprise”* by Andy Borowitz MENLO PARK (The Borowitz Report)— “Millions of Americans awoke on Monday to the shocking news that a gigantic corporation with unprecedented power over their lives had allegedly abused that power for commercial gain. Across the United States, stunned consumers were shaking their heads in disbelief after learning that a gargantuan company whose explicit goal is to make as many billions of dollars as possible through any means available would put its own interests ahead of those of its customers. “It... more »

"Turn Off Your Mind, Relax and Float Downstream..."

Spike EP at News Spike - 20 hours ago
*"I was reading that stupid book of Leary's and all that shit..."* *- Lennon, 1970* “To be is to do”—Socrates. “To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre. “Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra. “To do is to be.” — Socrates “To be or not to be.” — Shakespeare “To be is to do.” — Sartre “Dooby dooby doo.” — Sinatra “Yabba dabba doo” — Fred Flinstone “Dabba dabba doo” — Kate Bush “Do be a do be.” — Miss Louise, Romper Room “Scooby-doobee-doo” — Scooby Doo “Hey-boo-boo” — Yogi Bear *"Ay-oh!" - Freddie Mercury* 1 - Realize that "speaking in tongues" was promised by Jesus and was to accompany belie... more »

The Great Warming

What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 20 hours ago
Recent decades have been a golden age for archaeologists. New technology has provided tools for better understanding the past. Researchers can now identify the climate trends of past centuries by analyzing the layers in tropical coral, tree rings, glacial ice packs, and lakeshore and seabed sediments. Climate has played a primary role in influencing the course of human history. It could enable the rise of mighty empires, and later reduce them to dusty ruins. Big changes can happen suddenly, without warning, and have devastating effects. Mighty scientists may huff and puff and s... more »

In praise of good drinking

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
[image: clip_image001] Very much going against today’s trend, Matt Heath comes not to bury good drinking, but to praise it. He has no time for campaigners who think a sniff of booze turns Kiwis into alcoholics and criminals. Like most Kiwis I enjoy a drink. In fact, I love a drink. I'm having a beer as I write this. But I am not an alcoholic and I don't have a drinking problem. My drinking is more like a hobby. Sadly, like all pastimes, work and family commitments keep me away from it. With two kids and three jobs I just don't have the time anymore. But that is the natural Ki... more »

"Whitehouse" "Al Qaeda" "bomb" 'Syria' Yemen' "airliner"

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 21 hours ago
*This news has all the buzzwords* *What is a 'buzzword'?* **Advertising and or propaganda (same/same) *- *buzzword: word or phrase that takes on added significance or new meaning through repetition or special usage* **Rhetoric and Figures of Speech* -* buzzword: slogan or catchword conjuring popular idea or image.* The White house is used purely for an appeal to authority. All the rest are words used to conjure ideas and these words have certainly taken on new meaning through repetition and special usage. Special usage going right back to propaganda. -Yup, this is how y... more »

11th Doctor Crocheted Tweed Scarf, Bowtie, and Fez

Lorene Nance at Housewife Eclectic - 21 hours ago
Hi all! Lorene from just Lu back again with another fun Doctor Who tutorial for you! Bowties are cool, and what’s cuter than a baby 11th doctor! The bowtie is removable, so you can easily adjust the scarf to wear yourself, too, for a little bit of understated Whovian cosplay style... if there is such a thing. How to Make a Mini 11th Doctor Cosplay Scarf and Bowtie *Supplies* - yarn in 4 colors: red, brown, tan, cream - crochet hooks: a smaller size like G, and then a jumbo size that will hold 4 strands of yarn - two large buttons, clear or red/brown to match the yarn ... more »

Intervention and the Prospects for Power-Sharing in Iraq

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 22 hours ago
This is a guest post by Philip Martin, PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, columnist David Brooks advises a U.S. approach to Iraq which uses military force to arm-twist Iraqi elites into forming an inclusive new government, since “if Continue reading

How Susan Collins (R-ME) And Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Wrote Those 2 Supreme Court Decisions Today

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
This morning's two Supreme Court decisions-- one that allows employers claiming to have religious objections to discriminate against women's health needs and one that says public service unions can't compel members to pay dues-- were both decided late in the afternoon on January 30, 2006 when 19 Democrats crossed the aisle to vote with the Republicans against the Democratic filibuster against New Jersey corporate whore Sam Alito. Almost all of them-- from Lieberman to Blanche Lincoln to Max Baucus and Ben Nelson-- are gone from the Senate now, but these 7 Alito-enablers are still ... more »

Teenage lack of angst revisited

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Everything's depressing me at the moment - the latest grim news from Israel, the proclamation of a new Caliphate, the shocking verdict on Rolf (OMG, Rolf!!!), accidentally hearing Ed Balls on *The World at One, *and coming across Eddie Mair's baby jingle thing for the umpteenth time on *PM* - so that's the reason why I'm cheering myself up this evening by listening to Morrissey and The Smiths. (I could have chosen Leonard Cohen but, no, Morrissey will do.) I've actually been listening to 'The Smiths' Greatest Hits' for the last three days (he confesses, in time-honoured blogger s... more »

"The Notion..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago

UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 23 hours ago
The UN has reported that more than 100,000 refugees are fleeing eastern Ukraine (mostly into Russia) as the regime in Kiev continues to shell civilian targets. In the video below the US denies the refugee number. Here are some words from the refugees: Woman: The situation in the cauldrons of Kramtorsk and Slavyansk is deteriorating by the hour. The reports of chlorine gas being used starting yesterday are confirmed. The nazis will do the same with gas they did with bombardments. First one single mortar shell, then 5, then 50 as the world ignored the shooting at civilian targets... more »

UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 23 hours ago
The UN has reported that more than 100,000 refugees are fleeing eastern Ukraine (mostly into Russia) as the regime in Kiev continues to shell civilian targets. In the video below the US denies the refugee number. Here are some words from the refugees: Woman: The situation in the cauldrons of Kramtorsk and Slavyansk is deteriorating by the hour. The reports of chlorine gas being used starting yesterday are confirmed. The nazis will do the same with gas they did with bombardments. First one single mortar shell, then 5, then 50 as the world ignored the shooting at civilian targets... more »

WE ARE WITH ISIS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 23 hours ago
ISIS proclaimed Islamic order on territories they captured both in Iraq and Syria. The area they now hold contains economically vital oil sites. Where does ISIS get the funding it needs to snatch power in the region? Even Washington has played its role in the rise of ISIS - as RT's Marina Portnaya explains.

Overview: “Anthropology lessons” continue this week!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014* *An old practice reappears:* At the start of last week, we thought we’d have a bit of fun, treating the press corps as the source of some “anthropology lessons.” Alas! During the week, a familiar old practice reappeared in earnest, largely at the Washington Post. As the week proceeded, this basically wiped the grins off our faces. But it didn’t vitiate the need for those scholarly lessons. Never before has the Washington “press corps” created a prevailing “narrative” so early in a White House campaign! But it’s fairly clear that this happened last week, an... more »

Release of guarantor by material alteration of underlying loan

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Turfpro Investments Inc. v. Heinrichs, 2014 ONCA 502: [13] A guarantor will be released from liability where the creditor and the principal debtor agree to a material alteration of the loan agreement without the consent of the guarantor: *Manulife Bank of Canada v. Conlin**,* [1996] 3 S.C.R. 415, at para. 2. In that decision, Cory J. adopted the oft-quoted description of the rule by Cotton L.J. from *Holme v. Brunskill* (1878), 3 Q.B.D. 495 (C.A.), at pp. 505-6: The true rule in my opinion is, that if there is any agreement between the principals with reference to the co... more »

TWISTED UP IN MONEY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*Twisted Up in Money* We've become twisted we are out of our minds money is the book we worship Natives called it 'green frog skin' paper covers heart heart goes cold and greedy mean we are twisted because we lost our way our reason for living our human purpose the vision has been stomped there is a twisted war on now the good, the people who want to share and be kind are the enemy of greed

What Makes People Vote? What Makes Them Stay Away From The Polls?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Friday we were looking at the grave danger the corrupt, conservative Democrats have put the party and the country in by recruiting grotesque candidates in their own image. The vast majority of congressional Democrats voted *for* Tom Massie's amendment to curb NSA domestic spying but corrupt, conservative Democratic leaders-- primarily Steny Hoyer (K Street-MD), Steve Israel (Blue Dog-NY) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (New Dem-FL)-- crossed the aisle to vote with the worst of the Republican authoritarians. The same day, most Democrats voted for Barbara Lee's amendment to prevent fu... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*91L Growing More Organized; Will Bring Heavy Rains to Florida and the Bahamas ~Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground* *Mayors of Atlanta and New Orleans: Uber Will Beat the Taxi Industry ~Coner Friedersdorf, The Atlantic* *Coastal Restoration Drives An Industry Boom ~Jesse Hardman, WWNO*

Supremes Being Supreme: Feudalism Edition

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
So the neoliberals and the theocrats had a torrid affair and just gave birth to a great, big, fascist monstrosity. The black-robed Inquisition known as the Supreme Court has blessed the anti-union union and officiated at the baptism. There shalt not be any Obamacare-subsidized birth control for you, ladies, and guaranteed living wage, benefits and union rights just got a swift kick in the ass for good measure. And Goddess help you if you happen to work as a home health aide in a Christian family-owned agency in the Land of Lincoln, the Great Emancipator. You will not only have to c... more »

Not another Promise

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
There’s quite a bit of hype about the upcoming eight-parter called The Honourable Woman to be aired starting Thursday on BBC2. It’s a drama/thriller set against the background of the Israel Palestine conflict. I can hear “Oh noes” erupting all around. Is it going to be another version of Peter Kosminsky’s ‘The Promise’, which purported to educate us about the history of the region as well as the modern day situation? Predictably Peter Kosminsky’s history was *his *story, as opposed to the actual story. His subsequent appearances on virulently anti-Israel discussion panels underli... more »

About yesterday's "gay pride" events...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*in which scantily clad men and women transformed themselves into slaves for the entertainment of the masses.* Pride, one of the seven deadly sins through which almost all other sins proceed, is indeed an apt description of what transpired yesterday. Simulated sex acts, the "leather" contingent with their bare butts hanging out, black leather masks and flicking whips, men dressed as women, and bull dykes pretending to be men, are at the center of all this "pride." Because the center of being homosexual is really all about the manner in which these people mutually masturbate. The... more »

Myths of Muslim Britain

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
The other day, Craig examined a book written by a radio producer called Innes Bowen who turned up on radio 4's “Sunday”. *Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent. *Here’s what she said re the Cardiff-born jihadi. The thing that the people who go have in common really, it's a shared set of ideals. They're young. They're idealistic. And if you look at that video yesterday you can see in this case certainly not stupid, very intelligent young man, and on that video he's appealing to other Muslims to a sense of duty. He's making them try to feel that they have a sense of duty to go to Ira... more »

Tracking Al Qaeda in Iraq's Zarqawi Interview With Ex-CIA Analyst Nada Bakos

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was most famous for leading Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). In fact, his first organization was called Tawhid wal Jihad, which he formed in the 1990s before he had joined al Qaeda. In 2002, Zarqawi travelled to Iraq to prepare for the U.S. invasion. It wasn’t until January 2004 that he asked for assistance from Al Qaeda central, and then in October 2004 he finally pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Zarqawi proved to be a much more bloodthirsty terrorist than even bin Laden was used to as AQI became committed to attacking Iraqis, and especially Shiites to start a ci... more »

ISA – Midwest: Please consider submitting to this conference!

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Please consider putting in a round-table, paper, or panel submission for the 2014 International Studies Association -Midwest Conference, to be held November 7th through the 9th at the Hilton-Ballpark in St. Louis. The deadline for proposals is July 1st. In my opinion, ISA-Midwest is the most productive and friendliest conference I attend all year. Unlike other conferences, ISA-Midwest Continue reading

A bang or a whimper

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
No sooner was The Big Questions getting into its stride under the masterful chairpersonship of Nicky Campbell than the series ended. I’m not even joking now. Don’t let’s forget that not so long ago that programme was such a shambles that watching it turned you into a voyeur, like when you stumble upon Jeremy Vine and are momentarily transfixed. However, it’s gone and now there’s Sunday Morning Live. I don’t know why we lost Samira Ahmed, who was rather good, and got instead Sian Williams who sports the roundest face ever to be televised. Like TBQs SML has three topics and a panel,... more »

ISIS oh ISIS your a Mysterious Child

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
To summarize my past analyze of this group : Bullshit. There are so many things wrong with this picture its hard to know where to hang oneself. I just know in my heart the group that manufactured ISIS where Bob Dylan fans. They are Bob Dlyan fans! I might have to support this effort. They are Bob Dlyan fans. They are throwing babies out of incubators, no not yet but soon I expect. If they really want to make a Islamic superstate why not project their message to the Islamic states instead of speaking English aimed at the American people? So the US will give a half billion dollars w... more »

ANTHROPOLOGISTS WITHIN: Defining the problem!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014* *Part 1—Balz on board:* With the death of his mentor, the late David Broder, Dan Balz is sometimes considered the dean of the Washington press corps. In yesterday’s Washington Post, Balz affirmed the instant narrative his own newspaper created last week. In the process, he raised a question which can only be answered by the anthropologists who emerge, on the rare occasion, from within his own corrupt guild. What is that question? We’ll post it below. First, let’s review Balz’s weekly column, which was quite significant this week. As always, Balz’s column, T... more »

Hobby Lobby...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*you could knock me over with a feather about now. * *HOBBY LOBBY WINS!* Supreme Court rules *5-4* in favor of *religious liberty*. and SCOTUS Rules 5-4 Against Public Unions in Harris vs. Quinn Decision

Radio Host Banned for Saying Mohammed Married a 6-Year-Old: “You Can’t Call a Deity a Pedophile” | FrontPage Magazine

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
' "No one mention Mohammed" has become the new, "No one mention the war".' Read why here... http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/radio-host-banned-for-saying-mohammed-married-a-6-year-old-you-cant-call-a-deity-a-pedophile/#.U7F0jxzrvwQ.twitter

Who are the Palestinian people?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
http://vimeo.com/98803639

Polar bear cubs in Germany

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

Hell Is Empty & All the Mercenaries Are Here

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
It's even worse than we imagined. A private mercenary force ostensibly working for the US Government issued a direct death threat against a US Government investigator, and then the US Government essentially turned tail and ran away in abject fear, leaving the private mercenary force behind in Iraq to kill at will. As usual, the wrong people are in jail (namely, Iraq War whistle-blower Chelsea Manning). And ironically enough, the reporter who broke this blockbuster Blackwater death threat story is himself now facing jail time for the crime of committing journalism and refusing to div... more »

Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assaults

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The BBC report - http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-28094561- that 'Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls. The 84-year-old was convicted of 12 attacks between 1968 and 1986.' Horrible story and to a man that I, figuratively, looked up to as a child. Oh well as Rolf Harris songs are now no doubt verboten, here's Splodgenessabounds with their version of Two Little Boys http://youtu.be/zeYwTIC2-TI

A film question re Django Unchained

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Why are the gang who are taking Django to the mine in Django Unchanged Australian? Just wondering...

ALEC Transparency - Ain't what it used to be

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
ALEC trans-par-ency ain't what it used to be, ain't what it used to be, ain't what it used to be, ALEC trans-par-ency ain't what it used to be, just a few years ago. ALEC has learned to mislead the press very well when it comes to the issue of transparency. Unfortunately for the reader - the press writes what ALEC says - doesn't check to see if it is true - so the press feeds the public lies. *ALEC Distorts Transparency* because of member concerns about transparency, Meierling said. “The fundamental issue is people want to know,” Meierling said. “Critics of the organization and s... more »

Charles Forsberg's views on Generation IV nuclear costs

Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 1 day ago
*I am reposting this 2010 essay, because I believe that it makes important points about the future of nuclear power that require repetition.. Charles Forsberg has retired from ORNL, and currently directs nuclear fuel cycle research at MIT.* ORNL MSR development work focused almost exclusively on MSBRs, although Ed Bettis's reactor design shop did design some deep burn MSR converters. The AEC was interested in breeder reactors, so the ORNL focus was on the development of a MSBR, rather than on possibly simpler converters. During the 1960's the cost of Light Water Reactors (LWRs) was... more »

Maine Senate: Mod Fraud Declawed? Bellows Fire And Our Match

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
A generous Blue America supporter who matched contributions to Maine US Senate Democratic nominee Shenna Bellows in this year’s first quarter, is back again to match the first $1,000 contributed to Bellows through the our ActBlue page between now and Monday night at midnight. This supporter says "with Bellows’ fire making Collins’ sweat, the least I can do is offer another match," and goes on to highlight the following evidence of Collins’ sweat and Bellows’ fire: Mainstream media-labeled "moderate" Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine has "evolved" more in the last 12 weeks ... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 1 day ago
*Poor, bright British children missing out on top universities: More than 2,000 are overtaken by less able pupils after getting lost in the 'secondary school maze'* *The authors below seem unaware that IQ peaks earlier among low IQ individuals -- and those who peak early often look relatively good at early ages. That alone could explain the results below* More than 2,000 bright children from poor homes are missing out on places at top universities because they get lost in a ‘secondary school maze’, according to new research. These disadvantaged students are being overtaken by ... more »

“What You Signed Up For”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“What You Signed Up For”* by Karl Denninger “I bet you thought Facebook tweaked your feed to provide you with "relevant" information you might find useful. What if you found out that instead they "tweaked" it in an attempt to determine whether they could manipulate your emotional state? Scientists at Facebook have published a paper showing that they manipulated the content seen by more than 600,000 users in an attempt to determine whether this would affect their emotional state. The paper, “Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks,” was p... more »

Stephen Harper's Legacy

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
http://greeceandworld.blogspot.ca/ Michael Harris has written a devastating indictment of the Harper regime. The piece is a little long. After all, the man has done a lot of damage in eight years. But, by far, most of the damage has been done since the prime minister was given his majority: It was revealing. Unlike his minority governments, where a murder of political crows flapped overhead waiting for the fatal misstep, after 2011 there was no vote Harper could not win, and no cabal in the Opposition ranks that could topple him... more »

Russia beginning to show its cards on Ukraine ( June 30 , 2014 ) -- Russia Reveals "Plan B": Gazprom Says Gas Transit Via Ukraine May Be Stopped Completely ..... Meanwhile Russia's trade with China set to soar !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-30/russia-reveals-plan-b-gazprom-says-gas-transit-ukraine-may-be-stopped-completely Russia Reveals "Plan B": Gazprom Says Gas Transit Via Ukraine May Be Stopped Completely [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durdenon 06/30/2014 07:53 -0400 - B+ - Bank Run - Bulgaria - Eurozone - fixed - Hungary - Natural Gas - None - Turkey - Ukraine inShare1 A few days ago, when we wrote our "explainer" on the need for Russia to have an alternative pathway for its gas, one which bypasses Ukraine ent... more »

Iraq Updates - June 30 , 2014 -- As the Iraq Government ( helped by Syria / Iran / Russia and the US ) mans the barricades to defend Baghdad / Samarra / Najaf / Karbala and to attempt to retake territory seized by various Sunni fighting Groups , just note the Kurds are moving quickly to establish Kurdistan in Iraq !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Tweets of note - FWIW ! *Mark* @markito0171 · 2h #Iraq #ISIS/#IS take most parts of Camp Speicher in #Tikirt http:// wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34.668935 Retweeted by Alexblx *dado* @unaa2011 · 2h There are reports the arrest of Maj. Gen. Ali Furaiji, commander of operations in Salah al-Din Base Speicher #Iraq #Tikrit - *Al-Monitor* @AlMonitor · 45m Former #Iraq PM Ayad Allawi says a crescent of Russian influence forming in Middle East - Week-in-Review http://almon.co/24f9 *Al-Monitor* @AlMonitor · 2h #Russia is unlikely to do much more than provide arms to Baghdad - @ Th... more »

NFF

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Sorry that I have been out of touch with regular blog readers. I have moved to Nantucket for the summer, and the weather here has been too great to spend much time in front of a keyboard. (The three best reasons to be a professor: June, July, and August.) The past few days I have been attending the Nantucket Film Festival. I have had a chance to see some great movies before they are in general release. Two are worth mentioning: *Arlo and Julie*, a small quirky comedy/mystery that is a bit Woody Allen-esque. Also, *Happiness*, a documentary about a boy and his family in Bhutan. ... more »