Wednesday, February 13, 2013

13 February - Blogs I'm Following II

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When does social change happen? Revisiting How to Survive a Plague

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 7 minutes ago
With the Oscars fast approaching, one documentary How to Survive a Plague is a likely winner (though may lose out to my second favorite documentary of the year Searching for Sugar Man). How to Survive a Plague is, as I described in my earlier review, an emotionally redolent account of ACT UP’s mobilization to move the U.S. government and the pharmaceuticals Continue reading

Alan Grayson Introduced His First Piece Of Legislation Since Returning To Congress

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 minutes ago
In November, central Florida voters in Orange, Osceola and Polk counties (FL-09) voted to send Alan Grayson back to Congress. He beat his Republican opponent 165,098 (63%) to 98,984 (37%) at the same time the district gave Obama 61.9%. He was given seats on the Foreign Relations Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. Blue America has already endorsed him for 2014. Last week Grayson introduced his first bill in the 113th Congress, H.R. 500, the Medicare You Can Buy Into Act. *The bill would allow any legal resident of the United States to buy into Medicare at cost*-- i... more »

A Real Holocaust: Dresden Deserves To Be Remembered!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 37 minutes ago
It is so shocking to realize that exactly 68 years ago today, the combined Air Forces of both the United States and Great Britain assaulted and firebombed the innocent city of Dreden Germany. That "Holocaust" cost the lives of almost 500,000 innocent civilians. It was an act of cold blooded murder on the part of the "Allies" and to this day there has been little recognition given for that massacre, and the victims that died in that horrible act of genocide... I want to present an interesting article that comes from the Telegraph online news service out of the United Kingdom, at ... more »

Aw, what the hey. Time to play 'Let's hear from another Sun reader' again!

Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 41 minutes ago
Yeah, well. I hesitate to direct traffic that way by linking to it, but the screen grab's above. Rest of it continues in the same vein -- sexism, racism, homophobia, and fat-shaming union members, mixed in with the occasional smirking Jack Layton rub-and-tug reference or equally witty and creative reference to Olivia as "chow-chow." Ah, the Toronto Sun. Not only spewing hatred, ignorance and belligerent stupidity, but providing a home for it from their toothless, badly-tattooed "readers" as well. *Related posts:* - Once again, let's hear from a few Sun readers - Once agai... more »

Turns Out That My Posts From 2008 Re Senator Pamela Wallin Were Slightly Prophetic ...

leftdog at Buckdog - 44 minutes ago
*-December 31, 2008: Academic Says Pamela Wallin Does NOT Meet Residency Requirements - Should NOT Be Appointed Senator 'From Saskatchewan'! * *-December 22, 2008: Pamela Wallin says she'll run in Sask. Senate election campaign! HUH? She hasn't lived in Saskatchewan for 29 years!!!!* [image: Progressive Bloggers]

Trifecta: Bill Whittle, Stephen Green, Scott Ott on why the libtards love (the late) killer Chris Dorner...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
*why? Good question!* You see Dorner claims he went bad because he was picked on by "whitey." Really? Want to see who he had problems with? Sure you do. *From Charleston Thug Life:* We have been sitting back for several days watching the media coverage of killer LAPD cop Christopher Dorner. With it being black history month, and just because a black man says racism is involved it must be true, the local and national media are once again bashing whitey and the institution of LAPD. Of course, they keep referring to the Rampart scandal involving the CRASH team. For those of you u... more »

Important Article: Mike Delaney Of Prothink Betrays Zioncrimefactory, Seizes www.zioncrimefactory.com!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
I really have missed a lot over the last week with all of my attention focused on my family issues, especially the well being of my mother.... It does seem that over the last few weeks, there have been concentrated efforts to ruin what I call the REAL truth movement, by individuals bent on destroying our websites and our efforts.... I have been absolutely shocked by the content of the following important article that comes from the the website, www.therealzcf.wordpress.com, that gives a disturbing revelation by "Zioncrimefactory" himself in his recent dealings with a certain individ... more »

RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Civil Liberties Lawyer and Author Marjorie Heins

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
'First Amendment Hero' Marjorie Hines. Rag Radio podcast: Civil liberties lawyer Marjorie Heins, author of 'Priests of Our Democracy' By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / February 14, 2013 Coming next week: Jonah Raskin reviews Priests of Our Democracy. Marjorie Heins, a civil liberties lawyer, writer, and teacher -- and author of the new book, Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic

SUMMER SNIPPETS: ‘The Authorized Biography of Robert A. Heinlein’ (Vol. 1, Learning Curve, 1907-1948)

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
*More snippets clipped from my summer reading, this time from William Patterson’s 2010 biography of the SF master.* “Heinlein’s hard-core un-common sense, dosed out mostly as entertainment, had given the parentless generations of the mid-twentieth century something of what previous generations had gotten, in quiet moments, one-one-one with their fathers and their tribe’s wise men: their portion, all they could take, of life wisdom. They counted Heinlein their “intellectual father,” as an earlier generation regarded Mark Twain… They had needed, sometimes desperately, to hear what... more »

Imágenes bonitas de amor para el 14 de febrero

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 hours ago
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Musical Interlude: 2002, "Stardust"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
2002 (Pamela & Randy Copus), “Stardust” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTgdp7RfBOM&feature=related

U.S. Ambassador - Time for Canada to Get Serious About Climate Change

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 2 hours ago
The U.S. Ambassador to Canada says Ottawa needs to follow Obama's lead on climate change. *In an interview with The Canadian Press, Ambassador David Jacobson said the message to move more aggressively against climate change was meant as much for Canada as it was for the United States.* *"We all need to do as much as we can. And that is true in your country and in mine," Jacobson said.* *"Obviously the more that the energy industry — whether it is the oilsands in Canada or the energy industry in the United States, or any place else — the more progress they can make to reduce greenho... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
“Namibia has some of the darkest nights visible from any continent. It is therefore home to some of the more spectacular skyscapes, a few of which have been captured in the below time-lapse video. Namibian Nights from Squiver on Vimeo. Visible at the movie start are unusual quiver trees perched before a deep starfield highlighted by the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. This bright band of stars and gas appears to pivot around the celestial south pole as our Earth rotates. The remains of camel thorn trees are then seen against a sky that includes a fuzzy patch on the far r... more »

NRA - The Connecticut Effect

2old2care at Because I Can - 2 hours ago
Next time you hear that phrase Connecticutt Effect used by the NRA - instead of letting your head explode - think of this gun event in Connecticutt. 2 charged in Connecticut shootings The Associated Press Posted: 02/13/2013 05:57:29 AM CST NORTH STONINGTON, Conn.—Connecticut state police have arrested two men and are looking for a third in connection with the shooting of two cows at a North Stonington farm. Troopers charged 18-year-old Max Urso of North Stonington on Tuesday with cruelty to animals and other crimes. Twenty-year-old Henry Williamson of Stonington was charged wit... more »

Urban Gadabout: Were Mayor Bloomberg's paratroopers in the City Hall area Sunday to provide a Civil War backdrop for our Lincoln walk?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*At City Hall, New Yorkers say a final farewell to President Lincoln.* *by Ken* I had thought about writing about my touring (and nontouring) weekend here in NYC as rearranged by the storm (see my Friday post, "While we're on storm watch here in the Northeast, maybe it's an OK time to play '2016'"), but I couldn't find an angle that seemed apt to be of much interest. What's more, I felt awkward, since however life here may have been disrupted, we were largely spared by comparison with our neighbors to the east and north. As you headed east on Long Island the storm was progressively... more »

Life Skills: “10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Your Age”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
* “10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Your Age”* by Marc “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” –Mae West “Over the years my dad has contributed some truly inspiring content to our blog. His two posts, “18 Things My Dad Was Right About” and “10 Timeless Lessons from a Life Well Lived”, were well received by the majority of you, and he absolutely loved reading the comments and emails you all sent to us in response to each post. Today I’m happy to report that your kindness has paid off. My dad was so inspired by your positive feedback that he surprised me ... more »

Scope of examination for discovery

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
CIBC v. Deloitte & Touche, 2013 ONSC 917 is a useful source for the current law on the scope of examination for discovery: [64] The basic scope of an examination for discovery is set out in rule 31.06 (1) of the*Rules of Civil Procedure*, which states: 31.06 (1) A person examined for discovery shall answer, to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief, any proper question relevant to any matter in issue in the action or to any matter made discoverable by subrules (2) to (4) and no question may be objected to on the ground that, (a) the info... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Cumberland Center, Maine, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Terrance Nelson 'Hollywood on Climate Change'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
by Terrance Nelson First Nation Ojibway, Roseau River Censored News Mr. Corcoran, You wrote in your article yesterday Hollywood stars — Alec Baldwin, Ed Norton, Yoko Ono — are backing the Sierra Club’s call for a march on Washington next weekend, “the largest climate rally in U.S. history.” Under the “Forward on Climate” banner, the target is clear in the Sierra Club’s

Rubio walks on water

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
Well yes, Marco Rubio's lunge and glug for the water in the middle of his official GOP response to President Obama's SOTU was hilariously bizarre. A made for internet meme moment. Everybody's talking about it. It sent CNN over the edge. Not a photoshop. (Imagining Ted Turner looking at that chyron and shooting his TV). Hell, that awkward moment was a lifesaver for Rubio's career. The Great Hispanic Hope of the GOP, who's going to win over the Democratic party's base because he knows who Tupac is, clearly understands the internets. The speech was awful but he handled the fallout... more »

Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada - a disturbing report from Human Rights Watch

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/02/13/those-who-take-us-away The failure of law enforcement authorities to deal effectively with the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada is just one element of the dysfunctional relationship between the Canadian police and indigenous communities. This report addresses the relationship between the RCMP and indigenous women and girls in northern BC and documents not only how indigenous women and girls are under-protected by the police but also how some have been the objects of outright police abuse. The report further... more »

Native American Music Awards Nominees 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
Censored News congratulates nominees NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Nominees Announced for the Fourteenth Annual Native American Music Awards to be held Friday, May 10, 2013 Seneca Niagara Hotel Casino In Niagara Falls February 12, 2013 – New York, NY. Nominations for the 14th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) were announced today by The Native American Music Association

Mohawk Nation News 'GMO Indian Scam'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
MNN: GMO INDIAN SCAM Posted on February 11, 2013 GMO INDIAN SCAM  Is this the bankers telling the Senators to hurry up? MNN. Feb. 10, 2013. Senator Brazeau turns out to be a ‘No’gonquin Indian created by Indian Affairs. One day he became a member of Kitigan-zibi, an Algonquin community north of Ottawa. Brazeau may meet the blood quantum of the corporate

The Ex Pope and the New Pope? Joseph Ratzinger and the palace coup-master, Cardinal Bertone

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
Pope Benedict (right) Cardinal Bertone (left) Note: Cardinal Bertone was born in *Romano* Canavase, Piedmont Italy. He is a priest of the Salesian order. He could well be the next Pope "Peter the Roman". Fulfilling the Jesuit *Malachy* (Molech) prophesy about Peter the Roman. He is the power broker that got the man fired who was cleaning up the Vatican Bank, got the butler jailed who exposed the corruption, and now has the Pope himself retiring. His purpose is to "*Phoenix*" the Illuminati control of the Vatican thru the ouster of the very flawed and easy to dislike Ratzinger whi... more »

My Response to ALEC ALUM Marco Rubio

2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours ago
I didn’t watch the POTUS do the SoU address last night. Tired of people lying to me. I truly wish that the “old guard” would come together, first for an organizational meeting and then a come to jesus congressional training session in DC. The “old guard” – politicians who actually worked across the aisle – knew how to put in a solid days work and cared about serving the public – instead of serving the 1%. I didn’t listen to ALEC Alumni Marco Rubio – giving his version of the world to his low-knowledge base. But I though I would read his response – after hearing some comments abo... more »

Napoleon On Men of Destiny

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
Below is an excerpt from the introduction to, *"The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words,"* edited and translated by J. Christopher Herold. Columbia University Press: New York. 1955. "This supreme combination of intellect and energy gave Napoleon's mind a magnetic, almost supernatural power--a power that seems to radiate from his pictured features and endows his very name with magic. If modern times have produced a mythological figure, that figure is Napoleon. Abraham Lincoln is a possible rival, but as a figure of mythology Napoleon has a great advant... more »

Walton's Words Hit Hardest

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago
*Simply saying what I've said for years.... * "Hundreds urged to honor King’s legacy" by Peter Schworm | Globe Staff, January 21, 2013 In a keynote address, Harvard University minister and professor Jonathan Walton said that *King’s true legacy, his push for economic justice and criticism of the US war in Vietnam*, is *too often brushed aside* in favor of a “sterilized, sanitized” figure. * **You know who I hold responsible for that, readers. * “We have reduced his contribution to an ephemeral dream,” he said. “We have deprived King’s legacy of its potency.” In the mid-1960s, *K... more »

The Retiring Reverend

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago
*Didn't get as much attention as that other guy with the big hat. * "Episcopal bishop sought to end conflicts, build bridges" by Lisa Wangsness | Globe Staff, January 21, 2013 He has donned a purple cassock and *joined Palestinian sympathizers protesting* in front of the *Israeli consulate*. *Gay* but celibate, he has immersed himself in East African cultures to better understand the antigay sentiment. Lately, he has asked his congregants — and other faith leaders — to help eradicate gun violence. Bishop M. Thomas Shaw of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, who announced his ... more »

Palomas blancas festejando el día de la amistad

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 6 hours ago
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Union City’s schools are on the march!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013* *Inquiring minds hadn’t noticed:* Sunday’s New York Times featured a striking piece about the Union City schools. That’s Union City, *New Jersey* to you, a city of roughly 65,000 not far from New York itself. As he started his piece in the Sunday Review, David Kirp, a Berkeley professor, suggested it’s an unlikely place for a “good news” public school story: KIRP (2/10/13): What would it really take to give students a first-rate education? Some argue that our schools are irremediably broken and that charter schools offer the only solution. The strikin... more »

The Force is strong with this one

Patrick Thaddeus Jackson at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
Episode I: Spencer Ackerman over at Danger Room posts this analysis of the Battle of Hoth. Episode II: 90 e-mails and twelve hours later, this symposium goes up on the Danger Room website including a contribution by our own Dan Nexon. Unfortunately, not all of us involved in the furious e-mail thread made the cut Continue reading

Perritos siempre juntos como unos buenos amigos

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 6 hours ago
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Imagen bonita para los enamorados y amigos

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 7 hours ago
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Satire: "A Letter from Kim Jong-un"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"A Letter from Kim Jong-un"* by Andy Borowitz PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report)— "Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has issued the following letter to the citizens of the world: Dear World People: For decades, North Korea was threatened by hostile foes with nuclear weapons. With our safety constantly at risk from violent intruders, we asked: How can we possibly defend ourselves? In the immortal words of my Dad, the glorious Kim Jong-il: “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.” I sleep safely at night kn... more »

GROWING CRACKDOWN IN JAPAN

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
In Japan police have recently arrested many anti-nuclear acrivists. A protest rally against police oppression was held in Osaka.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Hey, Teddy, how about some of this... lol: http:// coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/2012/10/welcome-to-ted-nugents-gun-country.html

Sequestration-- Real Consequences For Real People Excites Republican Sadomasochism

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Boehner and Cantor have both indicated they're willing to push he economy off the cliff again with that ridiculous sequester s&m nonsense they both voted for, vociferously disowned, and are now back in love with again. I have a feeling if ordinary American families know what their plan would do to the country-- and to their own situation-- there would be much more of a public outcry. The White House was kind enough to send out a fact sheet about the impact of the sequester if Boehner and Cantor force it to happen. Here are a few excerpts: Unless Congress acts by March 1st, a seri... more »

BC Liberal Groan(Throne) Speech, Lottery Cha Cha Cha

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 7 hours ago
*Written by Grant G* The British Columbia Liberal Government throne speech for 2013 was something else indeed, not quite sure what they wanted to accomplish, the speech itself was delivered with a chop and stop style, there was no verbal fluidity to our Lieutenant General`s delivery., the entire throne speech seemed to bounce back n forth, it started with partisan warnings and scare tactics similar to language used in the Governments jobs plan advertising blitz then the script quickly jumped into the LNG focal point, time and time again I thought the "gas" industry... more »

“U.S. Econcomy ‘ALL IS WELL!’ PhD in Stupidity!”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“U.S. Econcomy ‘ALL IS WELL!’ PhD in Stupidity!”* By: James Quinn “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley "I woke up this past Saturday morning and opened my local paper to find out that all was well. An Associated Press article declared a healthy jobs market, fantastic auto sales, a surging housing market, and a stock market rocketing to new all-time highs. What’s not to love? If the mainstream media says the economy is as good as new, it must be so. Why should we let facts get in the way of a good storyline? The stock market has surged to 2007... more »

"Canada will never be a safe haven for zombies" John Baird

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
*When I saw this news story...... It was like "what in the hell"!!* I just mentioned the persistence of the "zombie" meme the other day! In this post Zombie Alert broadcast during US televised programming *The zombie meme and semiotics* *It's worrisome. Why does this meme keep cropping up?* *In** *medical drills? *In* comic books put out by the CDC *The* meme is used to describe random killings. *It is a meme. Clearly. * *What is the purpose of this meme? Who are the "zombies' being referred to?* *This is an analogy * * * *The Zombies represent the citizens of their respective nati... more »

Navajos protest Salt River Project and dirty coal energy

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
Photos by Elsa Johnson, Dine', thanks for sharing with Censored News! By Elsa Johnson, Dine' and Brenda Norrell, Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com TEMPE, Arizona -- Navajos spoke out against dirty coal at the Salt River Project, operator of the Navajo Generating Station, one of the dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the US, during the Ash Wednesday Mob Protest. It was

Sábanas suaves de seda para envolver el amor

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 7 hours ago
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Rosas para el Día del Amor y la Amistad

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 7 hours ago
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Hermosos regalos para el Día de San Valentín

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 7 hours ago
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Gatito buscando al amor de su vida

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 7 hours ago
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White House arrests to stop Keystone XL pipeline Feb. 13, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
Photos Shadia Fayne Wood and Joshua Kahn Russell, thank you from Censored News! Marty Cobenais, Red Lake Ojibway (top photo) of the Indigenous Environmental Network: "This morning, these 48 people marched to the White House, and engaged in civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Some are ranchers. Some are religious leaders. Others are leaders of

Gatita esperando a su amor entre los petalos de rosas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 8 hours ago
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El amor es la fuerza que muve al mundo

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 8 hours ago
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A Short History and Critique of Climate Negotiations: All Climate Politics is Local

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
I gave a guest lecture for undergraduates on the state of global climate negotiations yesterday for a law school colleague here at the University of Texas. In light of the president’s strong but ambiguous comments in the State of the Union last night threatening executive action if the Congress doesn’t act, I thought I’d share Continue reading

Today's Charter School Crime Blotter

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 8 hours ago
Troubled *charter school* board president resigns; principal ordered to repay *...* Las Vegas Review - Journal Allegations of mismanagement at Quest Academy have led to the resignation of *charter school* President Christina Fuentes and prompted other board members to order Principal Connie Jordan to repay $15,000 in unmerited bonuses awarded to her by *...* Grant stripped from Brighton *charter school*, criminal investigation on Denver Post A Brighton *charter school* has been stripped of a startup grant after a state investigation into the misuse of federal funds and a criminal in... more »

NUTS & BOLTS ORGANIZING

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
The Vermont Breakthrough! How a Human Rights Movement Is Winning a Healthcare System that Puts People First from NESRI on Vimeo. This video tells the story of a successful grassroots campaign organizing for our human rights. This video is co-produced by the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) and the Vermont Workers' Center. It really well illustrates how to put together a campaign from start to finish. Worth watching.

The Arab Spring and Securitization Theory

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 9 hours ago
This is a guest post by Jarrod Hayes. Jarrod is Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. He received his PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Southern California in 2009. His research broadly focuses on the social construction of foreign and security policy. He is currently trying to determine what Continue reading

Mohawk Nation News 'Recombinant Strategy

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
MNN: RECOMBINANT STRATEGY Posted on February 13, 2013 RECOMBINANT* STRATEGY  GMO Indian waiting to be discovered MNN. Feb. 13, 2013. On February 12 Senator Brazeau went into the Senate Chambers in Ottawa looking like a grease ball, a disposable victim of the GMO Indian system! The government procurers are always casting around for naive young Indigenous blood.

The Real Cost of the Bedroom Tax

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 9 hours ago
*When it comes to listing the despicable things our LibDem-supported Tory government are doing, their bedroom tax has to be near the top of the list. The story below is reproduced with permission to show how punitive, damaging and entirely counter-productive the Tory attack on housing benefit is. John's story has been anonymised.* I’m a 50 year old devoted father of a nine year old son, who is disabled and is wheelchair bound. He suffers with Intraventricular Haemorrhage, Hydrocephalus, Cerebral Palsy (Spastic Quadriplegia), Epilepsy, and learning difficulties. His mother and I spl... more »

WEA RLC: Saudi Arabia Arrests 53 Ethiopian Christians at Private Worship Service

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
' Saudi authorities on Feb. 8 arrested 53 Ethiopian Christians, mostly women, who were attending a worship service in the private, rented home of an Ethiopian believer in Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia ' http://worldea.org/news/4178/wea-rlc-saudi-arabia-arrests-53-ethiopian-christians-at-private-worship-service But Israel's the apartheid state? I await the BBC's coverage of this story... Jeremy Bowen, Jon Donnison etc. any interest at all? Would you be more interested in reporting the story if it was Israel rather than Saudi Arabia? Why?

Evil Jew-puppet Sir Arthur Harris: 'I would have destroyed Dresden again'

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 9 hours ago
*"The aim of Bomber Command should be... publicly stated: the destruction of German cities and the killing of German workers."* *- Sir Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force, October 1943* In Willis Carto's must read article *A Straight Look at the Second World War * published in the January/February 2012 edition of *The Barnes Review*, he clearly explains that WWII was *not* the "Good War" *we've been lead to believe*. WWII was *not* about checking "Nazi" aggression and designs on world conquest, or "liberating" Europe from fascism and tyranny, or even a war o... more »

Dept. of Not Ready for Prime Time

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
Okay, the water thing was fun but rapidly hit overkill; the fact that he was just repeating standard GOP rhetoric was true but unsurprising; and I figured there was no reason to get into the whole business because the SOTU response is a hopeless task, anyway. But this deserves noting: But let's talk for a moment about his humbleboast, "I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in." Yes, that would be West Miami, where Rubio has been trying to sell that house for an un-working-class-like $675,000 so he can up and move his family to GODLESS ELITE DC. That's (via G... more »

Nothing For the Poor (Taxpayers) and Everything For the Rich (Tax-Avoiders)? One Deranged Trust Fund Baby Paid For Every CA Right-Wing Smear Campaign

One attendee was heard saying, "I only get $1200 a month to live on, but you need another yacht.Can you imagine what the national repercussions would be if every time one of these wealthy power schmoozers touting the goodness of cutting the safety net programs was met by informed (and irate) taxpayers? If only. David Cote, chairman and chief executive of Honeywell, speaks during The

Corazón flechado con una rosa de amor

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 10 hours ago
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Feeling Grumpy!

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago

Positions ought not be changed on eve of hearing

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
*Bellissimo v. Alfano*, 2013 ONCA 88 is a useful source for the principle that, at least in civil matters, positions cannot properly be changed on the eve of a hearing: [3] The appellants’ materials on the application state that they “do not challenge the terms of the Indemnity Agreements”. Indeed, the validity of the agreements had been conceded by them from the outset and was never in dispute. They nevertheless raised “lack of consideration” as an issue on the eve of the application hearing. The respondent objected on procedural fairness and prejudice grounds. A... more »

"Failure of Leadership"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"Failure of Leadership"* by Bill Bonner "Poor Chuck Hagel. Every day, The Wall Street Journal wallops the fellow. He is whacked for not knowing what he is doing…smacked for not appreciating the threat of a nuclear Iran…and slapped hard for not bending over quickly enough to kiss neo-con butts. John McCain and Lindsay Graham went to work on him in the Senate. They went at it clumsily and disgracefully — like a pair of goons with lead pipes. And then, in the WSJ, Dorothy Rabinowitz hammered him last Monday; she was so hysterical we couldn’t follow what she was talking about. Then... more »

Stop Corporate Takeover of Local School Decision Making in TN

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
From a new grassroots groups in Nashville focused to stop corporate power grab in Nashville and Memphis schools: Power grab on the Hill! CALL TO ACTION!! Today we are seeing an outrageous power grab play out in the Tennessee legislature. Legislation creating a process to circumvent the local school boards of Davidson and Shelby counties that allows charter school applicants to go directly to the state for charter approval was filed yesterday (Feb. 11) and is on the agenda for the House education subcommittee today. This last minute addition of language creating a direct state lev... more »

WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT NORTH KOREA?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
RT's Abby Martin talks to the national coordinator for the ANSWER Coalition, Brian Becker, about North Korea's nuclear drive, its tense relations with the US and the rationale of harsh rhetoric coming from the international community. She starts out with some good Korean history - remember that this year marks 60 years since the Korean War Armistice (ceasefire) was signed between the US and North Korea. To this day the US has refused to sign a real peace treaty with North Korea.

"The Drones Are Watching and Waiting"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"The Drones Are Watching and Waiting"* by Douglas French "The topic of drones came up on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Advertising guru and pro-drone Donny Deutsch pushed back against a skeptical Joe Scarborough saying, “What’s the big deal? There was no due process at Waco.” It’s just a difference in technology, he said. “It’s a more advanced way of dealing with problems,” Deutsch contended with a straight face. I guess Donny figures that the government will never consider him to be a problem. Scarborough fumbled around in response, saying something to the effect that the then attorney... more »

Where do facts about poverty come from!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013* *Wagner and Kristof speak:* Where do facts about poverty come from? We wondered last night as we watched Alex Wagner discussing the State of the Union. Obama had proposed a higher minimum wage. Rachel asked Alex to comment. To watch the full segment, click this: MADDOW (2/12/13): *Joining us now is Alex Wagner. She’s host of Now with Alex Wagner.* Alex, I think the president made news on this point. Is this a realistic policy goal? Do you expect him to get the attraction from Congress on this? WAGNER: I don’t know, Rachel. I mean, it was really shock... more »

Now that's interesting and quite potentially quite cheery news

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
The BBC report that: 'The estate of Jimmy Savile and the BBC are being sued by alleged sex abuse victims of the late DJ and presenter. Solicitor Alan Collins, of law firm Pannone, said a writ had been issued at the High Court on behalf of 31 alleged victims. All claimants were taking action against Savile's estate, while up to eight were also suing the BBC, he said. ... Mr Collins said that the number of people getting in touch with Pannone over alleged abuse still "grows on a daily basis". He said: "The purpose of issuing the writ is to protect our clients' position and to see... more »

Nature Of Addiction And Republican Party Politics

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
The music business has had a very long and storied history in terms of drug use-- and not just among artists. But by the end of the '80s, the drug lifestyle among music executives was being frowned on. I worked at a very humane company and addicts were given so many opportunities to recover and rehabilitate that it took years for anyone to actually get fired. I remember two on my team who were still using massive amounts of drugs long after everyone around them had cut it out-- or had at least cut back to mere recreational weekend use. One guy's drug abuse impaired his ability to ... more »

THE HIPPIES WERE RIGHT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago

Lunch-Time Linkage

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 11 hours ago
Japan’s “looming singularity.” Xavier Marquez has lots of infographics about the “normativeness of democracy.” The nuke content in Obama SOTU address. I’m skeptical of both the feasibility and utility of further nuclear arms control with the Russian Federation, but I’m down with cooperative-threat-reduction activity. BLTN: NUKEMAP! Walt argues that US existential security promotes adventurism. And Continue reading

Ill Today No Posts

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
I woke up so sick I cannot believe it. I feel as weak and achy as I did when I contracted typhoid in Asia four years ago. I am really sick. This is the third time I've been sick since early December. My husband has been sick even more. We are both very health people. I routinely hike (6 mile mountainous hikes), swim, and exercise on my exercise bike. I eat organics whenever possible and lots of fruits and vegetables. I can barely type this today. Going up the stairs is a trial. Going back to bed. what is happening....?

Winter Wonderland

Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours ago
A surprise snowstorm left the campus blanketed in white. There was enough snowfall that the school closed at 3:00. Well, a quarter of a snow day is better than none at all!

New Castle Courthouse Shooting

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
"3 dead, including gunman, in Del. courthouse shooting; Custody battle cited; 2 women seen as targets" by Randall Chase | Associated Press, February 12, 2013 WILMINGTON, Del. — Motivated by a yearslong custody dispute, a gunman opened fire Monday morning in a Delaware courthouse lobby as the building was opening to the public for the day, exchanging shots with police, authorities said. Three people, including the gunman, died.... State Police Sergeant Paul Shavack said the gunman opened fire before he passed metal detectors in the lobby.... In the hours after the shooting, dozen... more »

Mardi Gras Mayhem

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
*It rained on their parade.* "Mardi Gras revelry not muted by rain, gloomy skies" by Stacey Plaisance and Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press, February 13, 2013 NEW ORLEANS — Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. In the French Quarter, as usual, Fat Tuesday played out with all its flesh and raunchiness. Crowds were a little *smaller than recent years*, perhaps influenced by the forecast of *rain*. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a f... more »

marxism 2012 program notes: from each according to their ability: the role of socialists in disability movement

laura k at wmtc - 12 hours ago
This is the final post of my notes from the 2012 Marxism Conference. This was the first Marxism conference to include a talk on disability, an exciting development full of potential. I wanted to blog about it in great detail. A friend was recording the talk, so I stopped taking detailed notes... and then the audio didn't come out. Melissa Graham was kind enough to give me her notes, but the others didn't have anything written to share. What follows, then, is the general idea. What does disability have to do with capitalism and socialism? Where do disability and socialism intersect,... more »

Free & Equal Challenges Two Party Duopoly Again

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Free & Equal Elections to advocate free and open elections at "Voice of the People" Valentine's Day Meet & Greet at Arkansas State Capital Rotunda Little Rock, Arkansas (PRWEB) February 13, 2013 Free & Equal's Arkansas State Leadership Caucus, a non-partisan group working for fair and open elections in Arkansas, will meet with Arkansas citizens, legislators, and the local media at the “Voice of the People” Valentine’s Day meet and greet at the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday, Feb 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "The Voice of the People event is the perfect venue to inform Arkans... more »

ROSA PARKS AT 100: Where do factoids come from!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013* *Part 6—Mrs. Parks and Malcolm X:* Yesterday, Paul Krugman asked an excellent question, right in the headline of this blog post. We’d call it the question of the age. Krugman’s headline said this: Where Do “Facts” Come From? The bogus “fact” Krugman was trying to source was a claim about federal spending—the claim that federal spending has risen 37 percent under Obama. Using Nexis, we can’t find anyone making that claim on TV or in print in recent weeks. But as a general matter, Krugman was asking a deeply important question. An amazing amount of o... more »

A Disappointing Voting Initiative

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
For those who would like to see voting become easier, last night's SOTU riff and the planned presidential commission have to be disappointing. Here's what Obama said: We must all do our part to make sure our God-given rights are protected here at home. That includes one of the most fundamental right of a democracy: the right to vote. When any American, no matter where they live or what their party, are denied that right because they can’t afford to wait for five or six or seven hours just to cast their ballot, we are betraying our ideals. So tonight, I’m announcing a nonpartisan com... more »

ELM GUEST HOUSE; DAVID HAMILTON GRANT; DENHAM GILBART-SMITH

Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
The following is a short extract from: *ABOUT THE PAEDOTRIAL | The Paedo Trial* A man gave evidence that he had been raped or abused by *Denham Gilbart-Smith* in the following locations: Green Field House children's hostel in Maidenhead. Burnham Beeches Buckinghamshire Gilbart-Smith’s riverside home in Maidenhead. Five complaints of rape took place at Gilbart-Smiths holiday home in Sussex. Abuse took place in Gilbart-Smiths green MG convertible registration: KMO 124B The caravan and camping park Perranporth Cornwall. The Tudor House on Wimbledon Common London. Sir Percy Flan... more »

Poster Girl for 'Choice'

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 12 hours ago
Details are sketchy -- as they should be in a case like this -- but without knowing more, we at DAMMITJANET! are on the pregnant teen's side. A pregnant Texas 16-year-old has gone to court to avoid having an abortion against her will, according to court documents. Lawyers with the Texas Center for Defense of Life, a pro-life advocacy group, filed a petition on behalf of the teen plaintiff identified only by her initials in Harris County, Texas district court on Feb. 10. A judge granted a temporary restraining order in the case. . . The parties are slinging allegations at each other.... more »

ASSORTED STORIES OF INTEREST

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
- Last week I posted a news video from Nova Scotia about Global Network board member Tamara Lorincz's lonely vigil against Canada's vigorous new warship building program. This morning she sent around news about a man who stopped to talk with her during her vigil. Turns out he is the President of CAW/Marine Workers Federation Local. Tamara tells a great tale about their meeting and says, " I was shocked that he readily agreed with me!" It's a perfect illustration that you never know the power that one person can unleash. The union president told her that ... more »

Why is Jeremy Hardy a BBC favourite?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
Why is Jeremy Hardy a BBC favourite? I know it's a puzzler isn't it. Here's a clue, it's from Red Pepper - which is some sort of left-wing magazine Jeremy Hardy thinks… about hating the ToriesThe Tories have taken on human form, which is when they’re at their most dangerousSomething weird is going on. People don’t hate the Tories as much as they should. They do hate the Liberal Democrats, or rather Clegg... Generally, the Liberal Democrats have become a stab-vest for the Tories. This fact alone, however, can’t fully explain the fact that the Conservatives are not more widely loath... more »

gods and aliens

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 13 hours ago

Helmut Newton

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 13 hours ago

South Americans face deadly water battles – ‘The only thing the people want is water for families, but the mining companies want to take it. And soldiers will kill if you get in the way.’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago
[image: This lake in the Peruvian Andes, once the water supply for farms and villagers, is drying up after Newmont's Yanacocha mine drained its water. Photo: Gabriel Rinaldi / Bloomberg Markets] By Michael Smith 12 February 2013 (Bloomberg Markets Magazine) – People streamed into the central square in Celendin, a small city in the Peruvian Andes, the morning of July 3, 2012. They were protesting the government’s support for Newmont Mining Corp.’s plan to take control of four lakes to make way for a new gold and copper mine. By midday, there were 3,000. Some hurled rocks at polic... more »

'Law Enforcement Has No Duty To Defend You'

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
Came by this video via AP @ Twelfth Bough It's a gem. *Originally aired on January 13, 2013. Watch as Keith Morgan repeatedly defeats Bray Cary's empty and baseless arguments on the Second Amendment using facts, logic, and rational arguments.* What I really, really like is how irrational, manipulative and emotional the talking head gets. Vs the cool and rational rebuttals presented by Keith Morgan. A good demonstration of how rational discussion can trump propaganda

Molineux on The Crisis - his dire straits!

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 13 hours ago
*Stefan Molineux*, essayist, philosopher and Freedomain Radio podcaster from Canada, provides us with important data on what goes wrong in our western societies. His data about the USA is revealing and closely linked to other countries, some somewhat behind and others upfront "the curve", as he explains. The *catastrophic* socio-economics he outlines are -to the opinion of more experts- "the beginning of the end" of this type of societies. I believe that the USA and Europe are nearly at par with each other. It now depends on coincidences what triggers the final collapse of a worn ... more »

Daniel Greenfield expresses my sentiments...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*exactly* - and I thank him * ** Where's Our Panama Canal?* from Sultan Knish by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog Sitting in the CNN studio today, with an earpiece jammed in one ear and a microphone clipped to my jacket, the disembodied voice of some CNN guest urgently proposing that the government take advantage of historically low borrowing rates to invest in infrastructure howled in my ear. Without a monitor, the voice had no body belonging to it. It was the muse of liberalism. The idiot angel standing on the shoulder of Uncle Sam crying out, "Spend, spend, spend." In ... more »

Globe on France: Fags and a Photo

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago
*I know it is a politically-incorrect and incendiary term today (worse than the j- and n- word these days); however, it will illustrate the agenda-pushing formula at work in AmeriKa's newsrooms. * * * *Btw, if I were one would it be okay if I said it? That's what I thought (and I don't intend to use it again)**.* "LAYOFFS PROTESTED -- French riot police faced workers of the tire manufacturer Goodyear during a demonstration in front of the Goodyear headquarters in Reuil Malmaison, outside Paris, Tuesday. The US tire maker confirmed plans in January to close a French plant near the n... more »

Hagel Clears Committee

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago
"Chuck Hagel nomination advances after bitter vote; Some GOP senators vow filibuster over defense choice" by Jeremy W. Peters | New York Times, February 13, 2013 WASHINGTON — After a *combative two-hour debate* that tested the bounds of Senate collegiality, the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of former senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary on a *sharply partisan vote*. * **How can it be partisan with Democrats backing the Republican?* The 14-11 vote to send the nomination to the Senate floor with a *favorable recommendation* was just the latest step ... more »

China’s thick smog arrives in Japan – ‘This is dangerous pollution, like poison, and we can’t protect ourselves’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Dense smog settled over the North China Plain on 20 February 2011. The featureless gray-brown haze is so thick that the ground is not visible in parts of this photo-like image taken at 11:35 a.m. by NASA's Terra satellite. At that time, a weather station at Beijing’s airport reported visibility of 1.9 miles (3.1 kilometers). Visibility dropped as low as 1.1 miles (1.8 km) later in the afternoon. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC] TOKYO, 4 Feb 2013 (AFP) – The suffocating smog that blanketed swathes of China is now hitting parts of Ja... more »

Matt Damon Wants You to Give a Shit About Toilets

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
Best if he explains in his own words in this video: *It is the first in a series of YouTube videos put together by an unusual alliance of Google, Hollywood, social-media creators and a non-profit advocacy group, water.org. The campaign, which was launched on Tuesday and will build up to World Water Day on 22 March, hopes its combination of celebrity, social media and humour will appeal to young people and go viral on the internet.* *"It was Matt Damon's idea two years ago: how do we persuade people to give a shit about toilets?" said Chevenee Reavis, water.org's director of strat... more »

President Obama cites storms, drought to build case for climate action – ‘If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Senator John Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden applaud President Obama's State of the Union address, 12 February 2013. President Obama pledged action on climate change, saying, 'If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will.' Photo: Charles Dharapak / AP] By Coral Davenport 13 February 2013 Fifteen years ago, when President Clinton raised the specter of climate change in his State of the Union address, he spoke of a “gathering crisis” that would need to be stopped “at some point in the next century.” Now scientists say that crisis is starting to arrive... more »

Is David Icke A Zionist Agent?

NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 14 hours ago
. David Icke has nothing to say about the Nazi 'human gas chambers'. A large number of 'alternative' sites have published articles exposing this, history's greatest lie, as a fraudulent hoax. The science(and much more besides), in my opinion, proves it. But David doesn't go there. Thus, while naming Rothschild Zionism as mankind's greatest enemy he refuses to attack the lie that gives "Rothschild Zionism" its great spiritual power over the mind of man. Furthermore his attacks on the Catholic Church, traditionally Orthodox Judaism's (and therefore Zionism's) greatest foe, are cont... more »

YES!!!!

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 14 hours ago

Stephen Harper's War on Working Class Canadians

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
She should be leading the opposition in Parliament. The *Toronto Star's*Carol Goar shreds Steve Harper's fiscal war on blue and white collar working class Canadians. *Employment insurance, which once softened the blow of losing a job, has dwindled to the point that only a minority of the unemployed are eligible for benefits.* ** *Welfare, which once prevented people from hitting rock bottom, now leaves recipients 60 per cent below the poverty line.* ** *The income tax system has become flatter and more rigid. There were 13 income brackets in 1981. Today there are four. This means p... more »

Home Remedies for Burns – 8 Natural Treatments by Mike Barrett

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
Source of Logo: http://www.4ayurveda.com/health.asp?aid=553Home Remedies for Burns – 8 Natural Treatments by Mike Barrett Natural Society, 13 February 2013 Do you feel the burn? Whether first, second, or third degree, burns can be quite painful. But did you know that there are numerous home remedies for burns you can utilize without taking a trip to the pharmacy. If history has taught us anything, it’s that nature provides time-tested, natural solutions for most health ailments. Hopefully, these natural treatments will take away any burn-induced pain and discomfort. First, Seco... more »

Lousy Economists

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
As a response to the Great Depression, western governments put in place several "economic shock absorbers" -- unemployment insurance, welfare and baby bonus cheques -- to cushion the negative effects of an economic downturn. But neo-conservatives, convinced that they encouraged people to become fat and lazy, systematically destroyed those shock absorbers. Under the banner, "Makers Not Takers," people like Paul Martin and Stephen Harper cut back on government assistance to Canadians. Carol Goar writes, in *The Toronto Star*, that the war on the poor continues: [Jim] Flaherty has r... more »

The Fema Camp Bill is Back! (Video)

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
Lee Rogers, Black Listed News It looks as if Representative Alcee Hastings a Democrat from Florida has decided to reintroduce his FEMA Camp bill. A few years ago I was the first person to write an article about this awful piece of legislation. Fortunately, I was successful in exposing it to a much larger group of people via the alternative media and the bill did not move forward in the legislative process. The latest iteration of this bill has been introduced as House Resolution 390 otherwise known as the National Emergency Centers Establishment Act. This bill would authorize... more »

WotW: Shop Smarter, Eat Better and Save Money

Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 15 hours ago
The number one thing my wife hates more than anything else (besides cockroaches) is trying to figure out what to make for dinner. If we don't have a plan, it's really tempting to just say, "Nah, forget it, let's just go grab something real quick." So we do and then feel guilty we spent extra money and ate food that wasn't all that good for us. All because we didn't have a meal plan. The other dilemma we commonly face is going to the grocery store, buying a bunch of groceries and then come home only to realize we forgot a bunch of items we needed. So back to the store we go, or we pl... more »

Austerity-- Here And There: Paul Ryan's Roadmap Wrecking David Cameron's Conservative Party

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Failed Austerity warriors Paul Ryan & David Cameron American voters have, so far, been wise enough to reject Paul Ryan's Austerity vision. Outside the Beltway/Wall Street Axis of Greed, most people seem to think that what works in Ayn Rand's adolescent novels isn't really a roadmap to successful governance. Not only did Ryan's VP nomination help sink the Romney presidential ticket, he came close to losing his own Wisconsin congressional seat-- even falling below the 55% margin that marks an incumbent relatively safe for the next round. First-time candidate, Rob Zerban, who had no hel... more »

Klaus on abdication of Benedict XVI

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
I was sorry to learn about the reports that Benedict XVI resigned. Whatever the reasons behind the Pope's surprising decision were, the decision makes me sad. For 8 years, Benedict XVI has been not only the leader of the Catholic Church but also a globally prominent statesman. In the wake of our meetings – both his visits to the Czech Republic, as well as those in the Vatican – but also from his numerous public appearances, speeches, and texts, I could perceive the proximity of our attitudes. He belonged among the rare personalities of the contemporary world who don't ride the ... more »

SANDY HOOK; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE; EMILIE PARKER

Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
Lanza father and son. Saturday Night Live - *75 - Cluesforum* Saturday Night Live - 75 - Cluesforum Saturday Night Live - 75 - Cluesforum "Saturday Night Live" made a rare departure from its comedic opening to pay tribute to the children and adults killed at a Connecticut elementary school." 'SNL' & Newtown Shooting: Show Opened With 'Silent Night' Tribute SNL Banned Episode ~ Media Controlled... *by DianeDi* *Emilie's big sisters* * * Emilie Parker, shown on the school’s playground equipment last year. http://www.rrobserver.com/news/local/ar ... ge&photo=0

Worried by walking on ice? Fearful of falling over on the icy pavement?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
I found myself walking on an icy pavement yesterday, yes even in London there's ice around. It was slippery and even in rubber soled shoes I felt unsure of my tread, then I remembered this and all was fine...

Goddard, Watts vs Tamino: Arctic ice

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago
Grant Tamino Foster funnily and angrily reacted to an innocent observation by Steven Goddard and (later) Anthony Watts. They pointed out, without too much ado, the innocent fact that since the beginning of the observations in 1979, the year 2013 has seen the greatest increase of the Arctic sea ice area relatively to the previous year's summer minimum. That drove Tamino up the wall! Some people – deniers – can't be reasoned with, we learn. I find this exchange amusing. It's very clear that pride of Tamino's God – the omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent global warming – has been... more »

FoxConn China - iPad factory news - ONE MILLION ROBOTS TO REPLACE ONE MILLION WORKERS

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 19 hours ago
in 1982, Blade Runner's Tyrell Corporation had a motto, "More human than human." But that world never came. Instead, "Less human, more robot," became the rule, as the car industry soon found out. And now a *third world country** like China is starting to see how this will impact their (slave) jobs, too. ONE MILLION ROBOTS TO REPLACE ONE MILLION WORKERS is a new story that comes courtesy of Singularity HUB - a site I'm going to be reading a lot more of in the future, it's full of the great and horrific story of mankind's usurpment. *Foxconn, the Chinese electronics manufacturer tha... more »

Now you need never be lost for something to post on The Guardian comments pages

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
Tom Forth has created The Guardian Comment Generator and it is right on the money. Here's a couple of examples that I generated, they makes at least as much sense as many that I read on the Guardian's comment pages: I love Israeli fruit in the Winter but does it not taste bitter knowing what's going on in Palestine? It's absurd we haven't yet reached full equality for all ethno-sexual persuasions. It's time to recognise that animal rights now are as important as women's rights last century. Last Saturday, as I was weeding my organic foxglove bed, it struck me! Judging children's a... more »

'The poor are paying the price'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
The Labour/BBC alliance continually push the narrative that the poor are paying the price for the bankers crimes and that the rich are not paying a fair share of the costs. Is that true? Of course it's not. As a general rule if the Labour party and BBC are pushing a narrative, it's a lie, or at least a distortion of the truth.

We are Free

Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
~Sophia

Asteroid 2012 DA14 gets close to earth on February 15th

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 20 hours ago
as Douglas Adamas, who knew the CMG or Corporate Media Game, would say, "DON'T PANIC." It's only an asteroid about the size of the asteroid that created the Tunguska event where twenty square kilometers of woodland were flattened in 1908. I mean, it's weird referencing back to THAT event, don't you think? I mean, if there's no threat from this passing rock. You know, if you don't wanna panic the people of this world. If you want them to remain CALM and HEALTHY in body and mind. You know, if you don't have a BPI or Big Pharma Industry to feed with people's fear. So, if it's that h... more »

Hypocrisy: US Arms Al Qaeda in Syria, Mass-Slaughters Civilians in Afghanistan

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
*February 13, 2013* (LD) - AFP has reported that a recent NATO airstrike in Afghanistan has killed over 10 civilians in an all-too-familiar headline glossed over by the Western media in an exercise of both depravity and hypocrisy. RT's article, "NATO airstrike kills 10 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children - officials," notes in particular that up to 11,864 civilians were killed in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2011, and that civilian deaths before 2007 were not even tracked by the UN. Such facts reveal alarming hypocrisy as the UN keeps almost daily, inflated tallies of civili... more »

Susskind, Hrabovsky: The Theoretical Minimum

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
Sean Carroll locates and praises a new book by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. (Funny, in the Czech spelling, Jiří Hrabovský is a rather famous guy in the Czech TV News and P.R. industry.) This book's goal is to teach you everything you need to actually follow and do physics – including equations – but it is not a textbook. One may be surprised how a book with equations may refuse to be a textbook and what the word "textbook" really means ;-) but whatever it is, it is surely successful. For example, it's #150 at amazon.com (and it was #4, we hear) and #1 in "science for kids"... more »

Sorry about what we said, Tom, but spare a sigh for Alberta, latest victim of Dutch Disease

David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 21 hours ago
These typical Albertans may be victims of Dutch Disease. Who would have thought just weeks ago they were wearing slim-cut jeans, ostrich-hide boots and nice Resistol hats like the people below? It’s pathetic, really! Below: Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, sorry Tom; Alberta Premier Alison Redford. All images just found on the Internet. Who would ... more »

North Korean Provocation

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
The interests of China and North Korea have been steadily diverging. To start with China has learned that it can live beside a powerful united pro American Korea as a natural ally. China itself is powerful enough to see off any such challenge in the event. Better, the probability of such a war will be of China's choosing. In the meantime North Korea continues its reckless policy of provocation to extort concessions from the global community after which it retreats to the negotiating table for a couple of years. It appears that this pattern will not be changing with the new ... more »

No Leniency in China

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
There is certainly no better time than just at the beginning of a ten year rule to shed the top layer of officialdom of whom ninety percent can be easily replaced by understudies. Not only does it cool off the greed aspect for quite a while, it restores institutional responsiveness to effective levels without entering into a lot of local fights. So this is good and sets the stage for actual action. I can not imagine that the process will take long either as essentially everybody is guilty and will be begging for mercy and a quiet retirement. While this is going on, Bo w... more »

Iberian Neanderthals Prove 10,000 Years Older

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
The immediate take home is that our carbon 14 data is vulnerable to natural contamination able to make the samples far younger than they are. Again this type of dating is excellent yet vulnerable to unpleasant surprises. Unfortunately we draw conclusions that then inform further research and get really bitten when it comes to archeology. The first trip around that block was the idea that civilization arose in the middle east and slowly migrated outward. Correcting ages using 6000 years of tree rings turned decades of scholarship on its head. Now we have nicely bumped the Ne... more »

Global Warming Less Extreme than Feared?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Needless to say, the past thirteen years of zero change has cut down the modeling projections. What is not mentioned here is that the sensitivity to CO2 forcing is hugely cut if not even zeroed out. Quite simply, if any part of the rise in the nineties was due to CO2, where did it go in the past thirteen years? You cannot claim one without addressing the other. It be comes way easier to outright dismiss CO2 forcing. It is within human capacity to change the climate. It is just not likely to be by burning a lot of coal. Nature manages CO2 way too well. More wisely we need... more »

CHILD ABUSE BY WOMEN; GOVERNMENT MAY BLOCK INTERNET PORN

Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*1.* In the USA, the *National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System*(NCANDS) provides information on child-abusers. Nearly 80 percent (79.9%) of perpetrators were parents of the victim. *Approximately 58 percent (57.9%) of perpetrators were women.* 42 percent (42.1%) of perpetrators were men. Child Maltreatment 2006: Chapter 5: Perpetrators "A mother is accused of tormenting and abusing her ten-month-old baby and videoing the assaults..." Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ "When a father got the feeling that his children were being painfully mistreated by their mother, he got... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Clouds (LMC). *Click image for larger size. * The above image was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry by an amateur to win the Hubble's Hidden Treasures competition. Although the section imaged above is known as N... more »

Creation's Daughter - Sung by Nahko Bear and Sandra Fay

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
Nahko and Sandra perform one of Nahko Bear's original songs called 'Creation's Daughter' as a duet at the Evening of Island Sounds event, Antida Studio - Bali, Indonesia. ***How I Came Into BEing - A painting by SJ*

Allergy to reading among reading experts

skrashen at Schools Matter - 22 hours ago
A blog in Ed Week has the headline “Students Must Learn More Words, Say Studies.” Based on a yet to be published article in the Reading Research Quarterly, it asserts that research shows that teachers are not teaching enough vocabulary. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/02/06/20vocabulary_ep.h32.html?tkn=TZMFgk7NAkmjOoC5gr4c2bOzxwjAgLv%2BoQnD&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1 Only two of those who posted comments and none of the experts cited in the article (except for Hirsch) appear to be even aware of the hypothesis (not to mention the massive research showing) that vocabulary is gradually a... more »

The one hundred and seventy sixth weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
This week's award goes to the venerable journalist Simon Jenkins for this Comment is Free piece 'Whether it's North Korea or Iran, sanctions won't work' No shit, Sherlock. Sanctions won't work, but then neither will appeasement nor an invasion. So what is the solution? I'm not convinced by Simon Jenkins solution: 'Iran is a proud nation of 80 million mostly Muslim people, one of many Asian and African states struggling between theocracy and democracy, tradition and modernity. These are agonising struggles among and within peoples, to which the west has contributed nothing but host... more »

No coordinates...

A.Decker at GlobaLove Think Tank - 22 hours ago
... jUST bARNACLES...

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Stockard Channing, 69. For what it's worth: I believe that's two days in a row with someone who has played Barbara Gordon. And for the good stuff: 1. No list of items today; just SOTU pieces by Ezra Klein; by Jamelle Bouie; by Greg Sargent; by Philip Klein; by Andrew Sprung; and by Ann Friedman.

An Ethical Difference

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 22 hours ago
Senator Brandis is the Shadow Attorney General. One cannot get into that position without having an IQ greater than your shoe size. Though one might well wonder after his rude interruption of a witness before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee a fortnight ago. ParlInfo - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee : 24/01/2013 : Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 Senator PRATT: So you would like to see, if religious exemptions were to continue, intersex status specifically taken out of those exemptions? *Gina Wilson * : Certainly. T... more »

Liquefied Natural Gas export threatens Columbia River

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
Liquefied Natural Gas export threatens Columbia River By Karen Doris Wright Censored News   This is a NO LNG meeting in the Pacific Northwest, in Astoria Oregon, just across Columbia River (and the bridge) from Washington. This meeting is about stopping the Export LNG plant called "Oregon LNG" that will be at the mouth of SKIPANON RIVER River, where it flows into the YOUNGS BAY RIVER, which

SOTU

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours ago
State of the Union speeches are plagued by the format. They have to be laundry lists; that's the nature of it. At best, a president can drop in a nice phrase or two, a nice moment. But mostly, as speeches, they just aren't going to be memorable. Tonight's? No exception. I counted one moment that stood out, Barack Obama's demand for a vote on gun legislation in the name of the victims of gun violence. The rest was fine, but nothing special as oratory. Nor has Obama really mastered the Joint Session of Congress setting. He's okay; better than either Bush, I'd say. But he doesn't fully... more »

Excellent Video: Truth About Libya

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours ago
When the innocent nation of Libya was attacked and destroyed by the criminals in both NATO and the United States some two years ago, we were told by the liars in the mainstream media and our own governments that the destruction of Libya was "necessary" to remove the "dictator" Muhammar Gadaffi, and to bring "peace" to the Libyan people. We now know differently... Libya was destroyed primarily to prevent Gadaffi from breaking away from the US "Petro-Dollar" fraud, and also to prevent his establishment of a new African Gold based currency that could have freed his nation from the ev... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might find the following quick links helpful: - The #CTWW Gang - The Honor Society - This Week's Challenge Last week we decided to apply a little political pressure by contacting our officials about Fracking, a dangerous method of extracting natural gas and oi... more »

Violence Against Women... It's A Republican Family Value

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
GOP spokesmodels Rand & Marco favor violence against women This afternoon the Senate overwhelmingly voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, 78-22. Every Democrat plus 23 Republicans voted for it. All four of the Republican women in the Senate, Kelly Ayotte (NH), Susan Collins (ME), Deb Fischer (NE) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) were among the 23 who voted YES. And then there were the other 22-- all male, right-wing extremists, the Hatred and Bigotry wing of the Republican Party. What a disgrace, that on the same day Republicans were showcasing potential 2016 presidential nomin... more »

Alan Waldman : ‘MI-5’ is a Gripping, Timely Brit Counterspy TV Series

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Waldman's film and TV treasures you may have missed: Enjoy 10 seasons of a great, well-made thriller ripped from the headlines. By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / February 13, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas, mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland. Most are

North Korea Greets Kerry With Nuclear Bomb

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*Was that very nice?* "John Kerry plots course for first official trip; Expected to visit Europe, Israel, and possibly Egypt" by Bradley Klapper | Associated Press, February 12, 2013 WASHINGTON — Just hours before Kerry was sworn in to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton, militants provided a *stark reminder* of the *inherent danger in American diplomacy* as a suicide bomber struck the US Embassy in Turkey. * **Another agenda-pushing false flag operation? Seriously, a Marxist?* And in the days since, Japan alleged that *China locked weapons-targeting radar* on a Japanese destroyer and ... more »

Stephen Colbert: POPE QUITS

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
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Update by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation 02/12/2013

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Update by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation 02/12/2013 2 Ben, 1 Zac, 9 Eb Selamat Balik! We return with much more to tell you! The special deadline set by Heaven is practically upon us. The dark continues to scramble in vain to find a means of maintaining your shrinking world reality, but the old perceptions are fading as the new precipitates more confidently into your realm. It is only the old sacred agreement that is holding together the dark, cold world that you have known since birth. This is now set to convert into something that can brin... more »

BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : The Panthers and 'Black Against Empire'

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Black Against Empire: The legacy of the Black Panther Party "We didn't preach to the people, we worked with them." -- Former Black Panther Mumia Abu Jamal By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / February 12, 2013 [Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr. (George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies) (2013:

creation of adam

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

Sunlight stimulates release of carbon dioxide in melting permafrost – ‘Permafrost carbon is potentially a huge factor that will help determine how fast the Earth warms’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: Regions of melted permafrost in the Arctic, 11 February 2013. Photo: Rose Cory / PNAS] By Monte Morin 12 February 2013 (Los Angeles Times) – Ancient plant and animal matter trapped within Arctic permafrost can be converted rapidly into climate-warming carbon dioxide when melted and exposed to sunlight, according to a new study. In a report published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of environmental and biological scientists examined 27 melting permafrost sites in Alaska and found that bacteria converted dissolved organic carbon materia... more »

Pope Benedict resigned to avoid arrest, seizure of church wealth by Easter - Diplomatic Note was issued to Vatican just prior to his resignation

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Historic, Breaking News: Wednesday, February 12/13, 2013 *Pope Benedict resigned to avoid arrest, seizure of church wealth by Easter - Diplomatic Note was issued to Vatican just prior to his resignation* http://lightworkersxm.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/itccs-why-the-pope-retired-for-real-kevin-annett-european-governance-issued-an-arrest-warrant-and-closure-and-seizure-of-vatican-assetts-here-are-all-the-notices-and-dates/ New Pope and Catholic clergy face indictment and arrest as “Easter Reclamation” plan continues A Global Media Release and Statement from The International Tribunal... more »

Thirteen Ohio School Districts "Scrubbing" Low Scoring Students

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
From CantonRep.com: Four more Ohio districts, including Canton City Schools, removed poor-performing students from their rolls, state Auditor David Yost said Monday in the final step of his investigation into a practice whereby schools attempted to improve performance ratings. More than 70 schools or districts also had attendance reporting errors, though these didn’t appear to be purposeful, Yost said. The four districts bring to nine the number that Yost has identified in his investigation of the data withdrawal practice known as “scrubbing.” The districts Yost identified Monda... more »

Bears

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

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