Mardi Gras 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Mardi Gras Indian, Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Mardi Gras Indian, Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Mardi Gras revelery in the French Quarter of New Orleans (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Arkansas River Valley (Photo credit: Pierce Presley)Winter Wonderland
Southern Man at Southern Man - 18 minutes 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 - 19 minutes 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 - 25 minutes 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 - 29 minutes 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
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 34 minutes 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 - 35 minutes 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 - 37 minutes 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 - 37 minutes 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! - 53 minutes 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 - 1 hour 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 1. 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 tha... more »
Why is Jeremy Hardy a BBC favourite?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 hour 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 »
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 - 1 hour 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 »
Stephen Harper's War on Working Class Canadians
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 2 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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! - 3 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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.
Asteroid 2012 DA14 gets close to earth on February 15th
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 8 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 - 8 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 - 8 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 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 - 10 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 - 11 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 - 11 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 - 11 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 - 12 hours 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! - 12 hours 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 - 12 hours 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 - 12 hours 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 - 12 hours ago
*The Colbert Report*
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video
Archive
Update by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation 02/12/2013
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours 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 - 13 hours 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:
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 - 13 hours 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 - 13 hours 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 - 13 hours 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 »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
Ivor van Heerden, LSU settle wrongful termination lawsuit ~Bob Marshall
Freedom is an Attitude ~ OPPT-IN
Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 14 hours ago
We are not changing so much as becoming. The difference is that in the
first, you keep looking back to what was and it slows you down; comparisons
and judgments are heavy offerings. The second is a brand new BEing, with a
way of DOing that has never existed. There has very recently been a new
addition to my family. For sure we are all watching “who he BE and what he
DO” with nothing but joy – he is brand new!
So are you. This day, with this body, these thoughts, feelings and
abilities has never been. History is being re-written. Throw out
society’s expectations. Pick ... more »
The Real News - Clashes Erupt as Egyptians Commemorate Mubarak's Ousting
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
Ractopork coming to a supermarket near you?
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours ago
There's been much commentary on Taiwan this month from the Heritage and
Brookings, both of which hosted Taiwan-related events. Rupert
Hammond-Chambers, head of the US-Taiwan Business Council, opined that the
Ma Administration should be announcing soon that FTA agreements with major
trading partner Singapore and also with New Zealand should be finalized
soon. Good news, if true.
He and other speakers at the Heritage Foundation mentioned that, in the
context of the TIFA trade talks between the US and Taiwan, the issue of
ractopork should be easily solved and the talks moved forward (r... more »
Ayatollah Khamenei To President Obama: Prove You Have Goodwill Then We Will Negotiate
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
The Obama administration said it wants to have direct talks with the
Islamic Republic of Iran. But it is offering to sit down and talk with Iran
while simultaneously it is imposing illegal sanctions on Iran, killing its
scientists, waging cyber warfare against it, demonizing it, funding
terrorist groups, and politically supporting the terrorist cult MEK.
It is safe to say that the White House's current approach vis–à–vis Iran is
insane. There is no other word for it.
No one in their right mind can take the Obama administration seriously.
Someone who is hitting you and insulting ... more »
David Evans - The Drones of Empire (A Poem)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
*The Drones of Empire*
By David Evans
As the drones of empire circle the earth
Witness we hell fire queen's grim plan
To give fear and loathing a new birth
From Hoboken River to North Waziristan.
Alas the vanguard of death have found their mark
Unleashing their digital death orders,
From break of dawn to fall of dark
Across angry ancient borders.
The Angel of Death has had a field day
Caressing the burning circuits of doom
Where taunting electrons laugh and play
And the virgins of armageddon quietly loom.
Launching virtual war against faces nameless
Stalking them with surgi... more »
Secret Memo: Bin Laden Was Killed By Masked Man Bane
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
*This is the masked man who allegedly killed Osama Bin Laden. His name is
Bane.*
*Background* - Read: *"Esquire reporter: Man who killed bin Laden faced
life ‘like a mafia snitch’ after leaving Navy."*
If President Obama came forward and said, "Bane killed Bin Laden," it would
sound more believable than anything that has already been said about the
incident.
Washington has become a total joke. The President has no authentic
authority. The U.S. government is pathetic. It's not even fun to make fun
of these screwballs anymore.
The myth makers can't even create a realistic, beli... more »
The Next Pope?
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
An excerpt from *"Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet would bring ‘strong
sense
of collegiality’ as pope"* by The National Post:
Mere hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation Monday,
*Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet became one of the most talked about
candidates to replace him as leader of the world’s one billion
Catholics*.
If elected by his 120 or so peers in the Vatican next month, the
hockey-playing kid from Abitibi, Que., would make history not just as
the
first Canadian pope, or even the first from North America, but the first
ever appointed from outside Europe — a... more »
Saturday Night Live - Dress Rehearsal C-Span Chuck Hagel Hearings
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
*Andrew Sullivan:*
After being banished from earnest Washington discussion for decades by
various press gate-keepers, the absurdly overblown power of the Greater
Israel lobby is now seeping into the popular culture. SNL captures the
lunacy:
Paulo Coelho, “Convention For Those Wounded In Love”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“Convention For Those Wounded In Love”*
by Paulo Coelho
*“General provisions:*
*A –* Whereas the saying “all is fair in love and war” is absolutely
correct;
*B –* Whereas for war we have the Geneva Convention, approved on 22 August
1864, which provides for those wounded in the battlefield, but until now no
convention has been signed concerning those wounded in love, who are far
greater in number;
*It is hereby decreed that:*
*Article 1* – All lovers, of any sex, are alerted that love, besides being
a blessing, is also something extremely dangerous, unpredictable and
capable o... more »
“Cooperation: Acting Together for Good”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“Cooperation: Acting Together for Good”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“Cooperation is allowed to flow more easily when we let go of the
necessity to be right all the time. Cooperation seems simple: working
together toward a common goal for the benefit of all involved. But
amazingly it can be quite challenging, even when we have so many successful
examples all around us. Human society is based upon the concept of
cooperation, but finding a balance to ensure the good of all members of
society is difficult. In nature, symbiotic relationships form between
unlikely allies: a bee a... more »
Government: "One Hundred Years of Intrusions"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"One Hundred Years of Intrusions"*
by Jeffrey Tucker
"Imagine a time when the government knew nothing about the money in your
bank. It cared nothing about how much you made, where you made it, and what
you did with it. You could take your earnings in gold, silver, paper, or
anything else, and never filed a sheet with the government. How you earned
a living was none of the business of the political class. For that matter,
your bank account could be under a false name and absolutely no one cared.
This was the world of a mere 100 years ago in the United States. That’s why
it was c... more »
"Your Time Is Limited..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life and
don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
Most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They
somehow already know what you truly want to become.”
- Steve Jobs
Chet Raymo, “The (Unattainable) Thing Itself”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
* “The (Unattainable) Thing Itself”*
by Chet Raymo
․
“Clear water in a brilliant bowl,
Pink and white carnations. The light
In the room more like a snowy air,
Reflecting snow. A newly-fallen snow
At the end of winter when afternoons return.
Pink and white carnations- one desires
So much more than that. The day itself
Is simplified: a bowl of white,
Cold, a cold porcelain, low and round,
With nothing more than the carnations there.”
“Simplicity. Morning. Forty minutes till sunrise. Coffee. An English
muffin. Sit on the terrace. The sky a deep v... more »
Satire: “Pope’s Decision to Come Out of Retirement Stirs Controversy”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“Pope’s Decision to Come Out of Retirement Stirs Controversy”*
by Andy Borowitz
VATICAN (The Borowitz Report)— “Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world for
the second time in twenty-four hours today by announcing his decision to
come out of retirement. “I thought I was getting too old for this,” the
Pope explained via his Twitter account, “but I’ve still got plenty left in
the tank.”
The Pope’s abrupt unretirement left many fans wondering if his original
decision was little more than a publicity stunt, but according to one
Vatican source, “The situation was a lot more complicated ... more »
"Barack Obama 2013 State of the Union Drinking Game"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
* "Barack Obama 2013 State of the Union Drinking Game"*
by Will Durst
"WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY: Four taxpayers of any sex: One rich white
banker-type wearing a Suit. Cuff links would be nice. 1 person in a Blue
work Shirt, another in a White shirt and one wearing Rags that in a former
life might have been an integral part of a frantic escape through the
sewers of Paris. At high tide. The four group around a cocktail table
directly in front of a television with newspapers laid on the table and
floor.
One shot glass per person. Everybody brings own and places on table. Suit
gets f... more »
“A Warning To My Generation: Tyranny Has Come, Will You Take Action?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“A Warning To My Generation: Tyranny Has Come, Will You Take Action?”*
by Alec Scheer, Edited by Emilie Rensink
“To my generation,
Upon writing a letter to President Obama regarding his gruesome and
unconstitutional drone policy, I feel it is paramount that I write a letter
to you warning you about what is to come; warning you – that if you do not
take action now – you will not be able to enjoy the life pleasures you have
been acquainted to.
I know, from personal experience, that most of you would rather be out
partying, hanging out with friends, watching television, play... more »
“End of Liberty (The Societal Collapse Of America)”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
NIA, Gerald Celente, “End of Liberty (The Societal Collapse Of America)”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AQv-sdMCClQ#!
- http://facethepolitics.com/
Native American Music Awards Nominees 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
Censored News congratulates nominees
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD
Nominees Announced for the
Fourteenth Annual
Native American Music Awards
To Be Held On Friday, May 10, 2013
At The Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino In Niagara Falls
Tickets On-Sale Now At All Ticketmaster Outlets
& At The Seneca Casino Box Office
February
12, 2013 – New York, NY. Nominations for the 14th Annual
Northerntruthseeker Status: Returning To Blogging!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
As many of you have been aware... I have spent the last while with taking
care of family concerns, especially those of my elderly mother that
recently suffered from a stroke...
Everything is now in place in terms of the care necessary for my mother,
and I can now say that I am returning to other business, including writing
and posting articles in this blog...
I want to thank everyone that has sent their condolences and their
concerns... I do appreciate the thoughtful messages.... I also want to
thank everyone for their patience.....
It is good to be back... New articles at this blo... more »
Inside the Eye - Live! w/ John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 15 hours ago
Earlier today I guest hosted *Inside the Eye - Live!* on *Oracle
Broadcasting*. Dennis Fetcho, AKA "The Fetch", was away on business and
asked me to fill in for him. I interviewed Andre from *Total Fascism* and
we discussed the concepts of *National Socialism and Fascism* as reactions
to Jewish international communism and international capitalism, *
Christianity* and spirituality, *feminism*, cultural Marxism and *the
organized Jewish assault on traditional European culture and society*, and
related matters.
You can download the entire show *here*.
Taiwan isn't a dirty word: we need to talk about Taiwan
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago
*Happy New Year from Taiwan, 1930. Formosa Vintage Museum Cafe vintage photo
. *
Still on vacation in Borneo, but you're welcome to enjoy these links. The
writer, Ben Moles, attended an Emerging Leaders Dialogue in Taiwan as a
guest of Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Three blog posts:
*Taiwan isn't a dirty word: we need to talk about Taiwan* (Part One)(Part
Two)(Part Three)
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its
sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores
of links to other Taiwan blogs and fo... more »
Is it so hard to understand why CT Rep. Joe Courtney is upset by this misrepresentation in LINCOLN?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*Democrat Joe Courtney has represented CT's 2nd CD since 2007.*
*"I'll stick to my nice safe snakepit in Washington."*
*-- Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), reflecting on his
accidental immersion in the politics of Hollywood*
*by Ken*
Here's another one for the "You Don't Know Whether to Laugh or Cry" file.
[Connecticut Dem Rep. Joe] Courtney told us Monday he was captivated by the
movie until it came to that moment: How, he wondered, could a Connecticut
congressman have voted that way? “Our state abolished slavery completely in
1848. Children of slaves were emancipated by 1784,” he said. “... more »
Fox News hetero fail
Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 15 hours ago
One
would think that a prerequisite for pontificating on same-sex marriage
would be the ability to distinguish between same-sex and opposite-sex
unions. The apparently uber-straight titans of heterosexuality at Fox
News?
Epic fail.
Paraphrasing economist Bill Black: Flagstar was a big mortgage lender that lent among the riskiest kinds of mortgages and was a major user of liar's loans. These were the pervasively fraudulent loans that were insured by an insurance company that specialized in guaranteeing the quality of these kinds of loans, once they were packaged. They bank covered its fraud by making the home buyer appear to be the liar. The real significance of this case is that the same methodology is being used in an enormously bigger case against the Bank of America ...which would be wiped out if it is found guilty.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 16 hours ago
------------------------------
* the**REALnews
Permalink*
February 11, 2013
*Judge Rules Against a Bank - Precedent Could Cost Bank of America Billions*
Bill Black: Judge rules that Flagstar, a big mortgage lender that gave
"liars loans", is liable to insurance company - same issues at stake in
Bank of America case
Watch full multipart The Black Financial and Fraud Report
More at The Real News
*Bio*
William K. Black, author of THE BEST WAY TO ROB A BANK IS TO OWN ONE,
teaches economics and law at the U... more »
Paulo Coelho, “Convention For Those Wounded In Love”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*“Convention For Those Wounded In Love”*
by Paulo Coelho
*“General provisions:*
*A –* Whereas the saying “all is fair in love and war” is absolutely
correct;
*B –* Whereas for war we have the Geneva Convention, approved on 22 August
1864, which provides for those wounded in the battlefield, but until now no
convention has been signed concerning those wounded in love, who are far
greater in number;
*It is hereby decreed that:*
*Article 1* – All lovers, of any sex, are alerted that love, besides being
a blessing, is also something extremely dangerous, unpredictable and
capable o... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
Strabane, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
Atlas in South America
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago
Turns out that Atlas Shrugged, Objectivism and Ayn Rand—and Austrian
economics—are growing in popularity in South America, including reports
from Cuba of a tractor and cart used for transportation between two
villages wit he words “John Galt” emblazoned on its sides.
And in Guatemala the Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM) has a Ludwig von
Mises library, a Centro del Capitalismo, a Centro Henry Hazlitt, and has
made *Atlas Shrugged* required reading for all students—with the events in
the novel integrated with the economics courses—and *The Fountainhead*assigned reading for all a... more »
Korean Hostage Crisis
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago
*Caught themselves a spy did they? *
"North Korea says it has detained a US citizen" by Jean H. Lee |
Associated Press, December 22, 2012
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea said Friday that a *US citizen* has
been *detained* after confessing to *unspecified crimes*, confirming news
reports about his arrest at a time when Pyongyang is facing criticism from
Washington for launching a long-range rocket last week.
The man was identified as Pae Jun Ho in a brief dispatch issued by the
state-run Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang. News reports in the
United States and South Kore... more »
"The Only Example..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
“The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric
man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ
which it does not know how to use.”
- Arthur Koestler
You've Been Warned
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 17 hours ago
I don't put much stock in State of the Union addresses. They are an annual
theatrical exercise in pomp and circumstance. Or pomposity
and circumlocution. Remember the mortgage fraud task force rolled out last
year, for example, and how it was never fully staffed or funded and how it
was just a smokescreen to reward the criminal behavior of banksters?
And if this preview just released by the White House is any indication,
President Obama will again go full-bore humane Republican in tonight's
demagogy:
*“It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of
America’s eco... more »
The Iron Lady of Asia
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 17 hours ago
*"She cited the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Queen
Elizabeth I as her role models."*
*Started out soft*:
"Candidate seeks dialogue with North Korea" by Sangwon Yoon | Bloomberg
News, November 06, 2012
SEOUL — Park Geun Hye, the presidential nominee of South Korea’s ruling
party, said Monday that she wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
to *improve relations* if she wins next month’s election.
‘‘I am willing to meet the leader of North Korea for the advancement of
inter-Korean relations,’’ Park said at a televised press briefing in Seoul
to announ... more »
“A Dying Civilization: The Moral Order”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
* “A Dying Civilization: The Moral Order”*
by Morris Berman
“The notion that there was a way of life characteristic of modern (or
industrial) societies that was qualitatively different from the way of life
found in pre-modern (or folk) societies goes back, at least, to the German
sociologist Max Weber. Modern societies, said Weber, are governed by
bureaucracies; the dominant ethos is one of “rationalization,” whereby
everything is mechanized, administered according to the dictates of
scientific reason. Weber famously compared this situation to that of an
“iron cage”: there was n... more »
DID AUSTRALIAN MOSSAD MAN KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT 9/11?
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 18 hours ago
Australia’s ABC TV network aired its weekly *Foreign Correspondent* program
last night about a Jewish Australian who had immigrated to Israel and
joined Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. According to the program, Ben
Alon, also known as Ben Zgier, somehow managed to hang himself while being
held in a top secret ultra-high security prison cell in 2010. His body was
flown back to Australia for burial seven days after his death.
According to the program, Alon had left Australia for Israel in late 2000.
Alon, a lawyer, was aged 24-25 by the time he arrived in Israel. He married
an Is... more »
The Emperor Has No Clothes!
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 18 hours ago
A pine that snapped in Sandy, already well rotted on the inside,
stands brokenly in New Jersey
Every day, I check in several times at Nature Bats Last, because even if
there isn't a new post from Guy McPherson, I know I will find wonderful
comments and fascinating links. It's one of the rare places on the web
where the commenters are in general agreement that our host is correct in
his conclusion that Near Term Extinction has become a foregone conclusion.
There are minor quibbles about whether it is more likely to arrive from,
say, nuclear plants melting down, or perhaps drought in... more »
Hey, Reporters: 60 Votes Required Means Filibuster
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 18 hours ago
Okay, this may appear to be redundant and overkill, but as long as people
are still getting it wrong...
I've been criticizing some reporters on the Hagel nomination because
they've been saying either that Republicans won't filibuster or that it's
not clear whether Republicans will filibuster, when in fact it's been clear
for four years that Republicans have established a 60 vote requirement on
practically everything.
Josh Rogin's reporting made it a bit more clear today what's going on:
"We're going to require a 60-vote threshold," Inhofe told The Cable.
Cornyn told The Cable, "... more »
Crystals Of Naica mine
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 18 hours ago
*Prediction...*
*Some where in the world there are more of these growing crystals as giant
as the ones in Naica mine.*
*They will find a Amethyst cave with Crystals larger than most tree
trunks...*
*Ben Judea*
The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for
its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead, zinc and silver mine in which
large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite (gypsum) as
large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long. The chamber holding these
crystals is known as the Crystal Cave of Giants, and is approximately 1000
feet do... more »
The "Bar" Treaty of 1947
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
*
* *
* *The "Bar" Treaty of 1947*
*
* Effectively Tying the Bar Associations of the Respective Pan-American
States Together and subverting our Constitution to United Nations
International Law
Today an attorney is a sworn officer of the court, and by his own
admission, as that officer, his duty is to impose the will of the state
against the citizen.
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
(Organized at Saratoga Springs New York, August 21, 1878)
It's object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the
administration of justice and uniformity of legislation and of judicial
decis... more »
Attention: Occupy Movement
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
By Grant Williams – OPPT NYC
http://oppt.thegsolution.com/a-call-to-occupy-worldwide/
To all those who participated in the OCCUPY Movement worldwide! I’d like
to offer you a choice. Do you really want to get to the root of all the
issues you were protesting – All thecorrupt bankers, government officials
and systems. Well the One People’s Public Trustgot to the root of it all.
I can only show you the door. Only YOU can open it.
I encourage you to become familiar with OPPT and what they have
accomplished with the UCC filings made late last year. You can see for
yourself after... more »
Ayatollah Khamenei To President Obama: Prove You Have Goodwill Then We Will Negotiate
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago
The Obama administration said it wants to have direct talks with the
Islamic Republic of Iran. But it is offering to sit down and talk with Iran
while simultaneously it is imposing illegal sanctions on Iran, killing its
scientists, waging cyber warfare against it, demonizing it, funding
terrorist groups, and politically supporting the terrorist cult MEK.
It is safe to say that the White House's current approach vis–à–vis Iran is
insane. There is no other word for it.
No one in their right mind can take the Obama administration seriously.
Someone who is hitting you and insulting ... more »
Solar energy is clean energy?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
You like solar energy because it’s “clean energy”?
But are you sure about that?
Despite the daydreams by the likes of Russel Norman, solar energy still
struggles to be economic. It’s not sustainable. This industry that’s never
made a profit wouldn’t survive without being subsidised by industries that
do.
And it’s *filthy*:
Nowhere is the waste issue more evident than in California, where landmark
regulations approved in the 1970s require industrial plants like solar
panel makers to report the amount of hazardous materials they produce, and
where they send it. California leads th... more »
How Not to Write About Catholicism
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 19 hours ago
On marking the imminent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, this from Shiraz
Socialist:
Perhaps covering up for child abuse, promoting anti-gay bigotry, spreading
AIDS throughout the world, and explaining away his organisation’s hatred of
50% of the human race finally wore him out?
Anyway, the former Hitler Youth member (in fairness, he claims he had no
choice) has decided to stand down. Pity his organisation (the Church, not
the Hitler Youth) survives.
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest.”
― Denis Diderot
Okay.
As far as ... more »
IL-02 Special Election And The Gun Question
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
Last October no one thought California state Senator Gloria McLeod had much
of a chance to defeat incumbent Blue Dog Congressman Joe Baca in the new
CA-35. Baca raised over a million dollars and McLeod had only raised
$302,550. But on election day McLeod wound up with 72,562 votes (56%) to
Baca's 57,304 (44%). What happened? The big anti-NRA PAC, Independence USA,
funded, in part by Mayor Bloomberg, dumped independent expenditures into
the district to the tune of $3,296,583 (almost all of it in the last week)
and that was the end of one of the NRA's most enthusiastic Blue Dogs. Bu... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: What’s at stake
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
“Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early 21st
century’s developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally
averaged temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree, and, on the
basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer projections
combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to contemplate a
roll-back of the industrial age.”
- Professor Richard Lindzen
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Let's Talk about Self-Serving Abuses of Power
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 19 hours ago
Here at DAMMIT JANET!, we've had occasion to blog about cause marketingbefore, mainly over
pinkwashing and the Komen Kaper.
This kick at that can is prompted by today's Bell's Let's Talk campaign for
mental health/illness awareness.
First, yes, of course it is a worthy cause. Mental health issues are
stigmatized and silenced. My friend Vicky Sanderson writes movingly (but
not without her trademark snark) on the toll stigmatized, silenced
suffering takes on individuals, families, and communities.
Mental health care and research and outreach are all also woefully
underfunded.
So, i... more »
Japan's Children and the Fukushima Legacy
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 20 hours ago
Evidence of the Fukushima children’s ongoing internal contamination is
perhaps the greatest tragedy of this disaster. Activists had called for
evacuations of children and pregnant women in the first months of the
disaster because of their special susceptibilities.[i] Yet, evacuation
orders were not timely and wide enough to prevent contamination. For this
reason it was particularly concerning when allegations began surfacing in
the fall of 2012 of manipulation of government tests results of thyroid
nodule detections in Fukushima children.
An independent blogger and filmmaker, Ia... more »
What are the business leaders afraid of?
skrashen at Schools Matter - 20 hours ago
Sent to the NY Times, Feb 12, 2013
Why has the business community posted a full-page ad in the NY Times
praising the “tougher” academic standards and more “rigorous” expectations
of the common core? (“Open Letter from 73 Business Leaders,” Feb. 12).
Maybe it is because there is greater awareness that harder standards and
increased testing do not help students, and greater awareness that American
academic performance is high: Test scores of American students not living
in poverty rank near the top of the world.
Maybe business leaders fear that more of the public will learn this, and ... more »
"The Purpose Of Life..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
“I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be
honorable,
to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter; to count, to stand for
something,
to have made some difference that you lived at all.”
– Leo C. Rosten
CIA TO CHOOSE NEXT POPE?
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*Cardinal Bertone (right)*
"The *Secretary of State *and the real power behind the papacy is *Cardinal
Tarcisio Bertone*, an old insider who also engineered the sacking of *Gotti
Tedeschi*, head of the Vatican Bank, last May.
"Tedeschi had taken seriously the call of the European Parliament for
'greater transparency' by the Vatican Bank /IOR, and *was about to disclose
to Brussels how his bosses had been laundering money for the mob for
decades. *
"It was the pivotal Cardinal Bertone who leaked the pope's diary and other
incriminating papers to a catholic-friendly journalist in R... more »
Harry Targ : Celebrate the 'Historical Revisionists' / 1
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 21 hours ago
Historian
William Appleman Wiliams circa 1986. Image from Oregon State University
Libraries Special Collections / Daily Barameter / The Nation.
Celebrate the 'Historical Revisionists' / 1
William Appleman Williams’ classic text, The Tragedy of American
Diplomacy, broke new ground in the early 1960s as opponents of the Cold
War and the escalating Vietnam War policy began to challenge reigning
Phil space
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 21 hours ago
The first Satellite Eye on Earth of the year. Here's a special picture.
They Payun volcanic field in northern Argentina: green is vegetation, black
is cooled lava, orange is exposed iron oxide.
Econ Summer Camp
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 21 hours ago
Those with an interest in the history of economic thought might want to
consider this summer program. I have been told that the program is
designed primarily for faculty members in economics, other social sciences,
and the humanities, though three of the twenty-five slots are reserved for
graduate students.
GOP responds to SOTU with Cirque du So Lame
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 21 hours ago
Apparently President Obama is so powerful it now requires three Republican
responses to the SOTU. Latest legacy media darling Marco Rubio will handle
the official GOP duties because, Hispanic outreach. Which ironically won't
be broadcast in Spanish as planned because the "English only" cons in
Congress protested.
Rand Paul will deliver the privately sponsored official Tea Party response
which he promises won't be any different from the official GOP position
because, solidarity. Or something. In other words, pointless.
Meanwhile, appearing as the true representative of the crackpot... more »
David Evans - The Drones of Empire (A Poem)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
*The Drones of Empire*
By David Evans
As the drones of empire circle the earth
Witness we hell fire queen's grim plan
To give fear and loathing a new birth
From Hoboken River to North Waziristan.
Alas the vanguard of death have found their mark
Unleashing their digital death orders,
From break of dawn to fall of dark
Across angry ancient borders.
The Angel of Death has had a field day
Caressing the burning circuits of doom
Where taunting electrons laugh and play
And the virgins of armageddon quietly loom.
Launching virtual war against faces nameless
Stalking them with surgi... more »
Geopolitics: "A Rising Superpower, The Next Cold War?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"A Rising Superpower, The Next Cold War?"*
by Chris Mayer
"It is in the air and has no name, but something wicked this way comes.
Stirrings of another cold war — this time with the giant in the East. In
what follows, we’ll take a look at a potential flash point in the South
China Sea, run over some geopolitical history and circle back with
investment conclusions.
The impetus to take to the keyboard starts with the worrisome tensions
between China and Japan over a mishmash of contested islands. If that were
all, it would be bad enough. But it is far worse. As The Wall Street
Jo... more »
אסיר ללא שם, תא ללא מספר.רצח מוסד?
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 21 hours ago
היזהר אם אתה הופך למרגל עבור ישראל זה עלול להיות גם הגורל שלך.
בן יהודה
אסיר כל כך אנונימי שככל הנראה אפילו לא סוהריו ידעו את שמו ומדוע הוא היה
נעול היה 34-בן שגויס על ידי מוסד, על פי תאגיד השידור האוסטרלי.
הוא התאבד בכלא הישראלי בשנת 2010, לאחר שנערך במשך חודשים, דוחות ABC. זה אומר
ראיות ממליצות לו הייתה בן Zygier, שהשתמש בשם בן האלון בישראל ועבר ממלבורן 10
שנים קודם לכן.הסיבה למאסרו נשארה בגדר תעלומה.
רשת ABC מדווחת: "המוות הולך חלק מהדרך כדי להסביר את קיומו בישראל של האסיר X
כביכול, העריך נרחב בתקשורת המקומית והבינלאומית כאסיר שנוכחותו כבר הודה על
ידי אף מערכת הכלא ולא לממש... more »
HONORING PAUL & ESLANDA ROBESON
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 21 hours ago
In a Black History Month special, Democracy Now remembers the lives of the
legendary civil rights activist, singer and actor Paul Robeson and his wife
Eslanda, whose story is not as well known. One of the most celebrated
singers and actors of the 20th century, Robeson was attacked, blacklisted
and hounded by the government for his political beliefs.
Eslanda Robeson, known by her friends as "Essie," was an author, an
anthropologist and a globally connected activist who worked to end
colonialism in Africa and racism in the United States.
Democracy Now is joined by historian Barbara ... more »
Benedict Bails Out
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago
*Must be some nasty information about to come out from under those
robes.... *
"Pope Benedict stuns Catholic world with resignation; Citing frailty,
Benedict XVI announces his departure after 8 years marred by controversy;
cardinals are expected to elect a successor next month" by Lisa Wangsness
| Globe Staff, February 12, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI, whose reign was hobbled by the clergy sexual abuse
crisis, as well as internal Vatican scandals and external controversies,
announced Monday that he would relinquish the post he has held for barely
eight years.
The *surprise announceme... more »
Prisoner without a name, Cell without a number Mossad Murder
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 21 hours ago
A prisoner so anonymous that apparently not even his jailers knew his name
or why he was locked up was a 34-year-old who had been recruited by Mossad,
according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
He committed suicide in the Israeli jail in 2010 after being held for
months, the ABC reports. It says evidence strongly suggests he was Ben
Zygier, who used the name Ben Alon in Israel and had moved from Melbourne
10 years earlier. The reason for his imprisonment remains a mystery.
ABC reports: "The death goes part of the way to explain the existence in
Israel of a so-called Pris... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Gaia Energy Influx Limitations Have Been Removed
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*
* *
* *Gaia Energy Influx Limitations Have Been Removed*
by ÉirePort
Gaia energetic influx limitations have been declining gradually over this
past year. Subsequent to the 12-21 to 12-31-12 upgrade period, limitations
were at minimum level. These limitations have now been removed.
Ascension of humanity consciousness levels as well as Hue-manity " release
of limitations" has permitted these removals of energy influx limitations.
Gaia is now subject to the full impact of Cosmic Higher Light.
Hue-manity is aware of this. humanity (small h) should prepare to be
surprised.
ÉirePort ... more »
Bill Nye Talks About Asteroid Near-Hit
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 22 hours ago
As George Carlin taught us, a near-miss would actually be something that
hit you.
"This one will miss us by about 15 minutes --15 minutes difference and
that's it," Nye told CNN.
Government: "One Hundred Years of Intrusions"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*"One Hundred Years of Intrusions"*
by Jeffrey Tucker
"Imagine a time when the government knew nothing about the money in your
bank. It cared nothing about how much you made, where you made it, and what
you did with it. You could take your earnings in gold, silver, paper, or
anything else, and never filed a sheet with the government. How you earned
a living was none of the business of the political class. For that matter,
your bank account could be under a false name and absolutely no one cared.
This was the world of a mere 100 years ago in the United States. That’s why
it was c... more »
Greg Hunter, “One-On-One With Dr. Paul Craig Roberts”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*“One-On-One With Dr. Paul Craig Roberts”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, “I think
we have three of the biggest bubbles in history. The bond market, stock
market and the U.S. dollar , and something is going to go.” Roberts
thinks,“This is possibly one of the riskiest years in Western
civilization.” When it comes to recent revelations about the extensive use
of drones to kill terrorists, both foreign and domestic, Dr. Roberts says,
“It’s not just unconstitutional, murder is illegal.” When it comes to drone
strikes... more »
中国军队的调动信号战争吗？
Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 22 hours ago
*American Scofflaw*
日本和中国之间的任何军事冲突将不可避免地拖累美国与日本结盟，由于条约。
传统的美国对中国的战争，美国政府非常糟糕的，因为它不拥有的兵力，制造，或金钱，以确保取得圆满成功。
这意味着这样的战争很可能去核的速度比光的速度。
但是这里有一些好消息
http://grandmalow.com/
The NHC Sandy Report
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 22 hours ago
The National Hurricane Center has issued its final report on Hurricane
Sandy (here in PDF). Kudos to the scientists at NHC for their fast and
comprehensive work.
As I guessed, Sandy will remain categorized as a "post-tropical cyclone"
upon making landfall in the US. This determination had already been
established in a New Jersey executive order and widely implemented in
insurance payouts. To determine otherwise would have wreaked havoc,
regardless of the scientific justifications for the decision.
Interestingly however, future Sandy-like storms may be classified
differently, at l... more »
Maddow: Obama’s address should be a real hoot!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013*
*Just look who will be in the gallery:* Several fascinating education
reports appeared in the weekend’s newspapers.
We’ll look at them in the next several days. For today, we thought we’d
revisit the life and the death of Chicago’s Hadiya Pendleton.
Pendleton, 15 years of age, was shot and killed just one week after
performing in last month’s inaugural parade. On Saturday, her funeral was
held in Chicago.
In Sunday's Washington Post, Philip Rucker quoted her friends and described
a lost ambition:
RUCKER (2/10/12): [Mrs.] Obama sat quietly as Pendleto... more »
When nothing goes right
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 22 hours ago
I´m having one of those days that Cuso International warns its volunteers
about - one where the frustrations of life in a new country and culture
build up to the point that you´re at risk of snapping rudely to just about
anyone, "Come on, you people, get your freakin´act together!"
Admittedly, some of the frustration is petty. Everything seems to break
here, including the kitchen clock we bought after we arrived that has now
developed the habit of stopping every time the hour hand passes "1." The
electrical current is so irregular that I´ve burned through an expensive
electric toot... more »
Only If You Really, Really Want to Know
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago
If you're looking for evidence or irreversible climate change - you know,
runaway global warming, feedback loops - just look up, look northward
because it's happening right in our back yard, right now.
Two months ago we dealt with the thawing of the circumpolar tundra and the
fires that were breaking out in this rich, carbon-heavy natural fuel
source. Together with the retreat of glaciers and the loss of Arctic sea
ice, the tundra thaw and burn represented three active feedback loops.
But wait, there's more. Researchers found a massive increase in methane
release in ice-free Arct... more »
United Native Americans: Round Dance and Protest at Hearst Castle March 29, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
United
Native Americans Inc. will host an IDLE NO MORE Round Dance and Rally
on Friday, March 29, 2013 at the Hearst Castle to Protest and Demand
Reparations and Accountability for the illegal theft of the Black Hills
and the Homestake Gold Mine.We will meet at the Hearst Castle Entrance,
located at 750 Hearst Castle Rd. in San Simeon, California.The event
will begin at 8:00 AM PST and end at
Ratzinger Resigns: Follow the Vatican Bank Money
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 22 hours ago
*UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM. OF, THE FLASHBACK TYPE...*
Ratzinger's sudden resignation; The first such resignation in hundreds of
years
Why?
* Pope Ratzinger emulating the
Grinch*
*An opinion piece from Kevin Annett *
*The Rat Scurries from the Vat: The Latest Coup in Rome: by Kevin D. Annett*
Theories are abounding this week now that the first pope in seven centuries
is resigning his office.* But as always, the most direct way to the truth
behind the world's oldest corporation is simply by following the money: and
specifically, Vatican Bank m... more »
Satire: “Tea Party Issues Scathing Rebuttal to State of Union Twelve Hours Before Speech”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
* “Tea Party Issues Scathing Rebuttal to State of Union*
* Twelve Hours Before Speech”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In a break with tradition, Tea Party
Republicans issued their official rebuttal to tonight’s State of the Union
address a full twelve hours before President Obama was scheduled to deliver
it. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) appeared on Fox News Channel at 9 A.M.
(E.T.) to read the rebuttal, which some historians called the most brutal
response ever to a Presidential speech that had not yet been made.
Calling Mr. Obama’s speech “full of the same ... more »
Rihanna - Gratuitous nudity alert - NSFW - Rule 5 Tuesday
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
Rihanna - Gratuitous nudity alert - in the video for her new single 'Stay'
which seems to have been shot in one take in the bath.
There is a another version of the video and here's that one with Mikky Ekko
in the bathroom along with Rihana.
Some Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Bill Clinton Are Still In Congress
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
The Senate could have removed Bill Clinton from office. There was, after
all a 55-45 GOP majority, in the Senate when they voted on the House's
impeachment articles. But they wisely backed away from the entirely
partisan ledge their colleagues in the House had dragged them to. No
Democrats voted for removal and 8 Republican senators voted not guilty on
at least one of the two articles. The only Republicans left in the Senate
who voted to remove Bill Clinton from office are:
Miss McConnell (R-KY)
John McCain (R-AZ)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Jeff Sessions (KKK-AL)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Mike En... more »
Wrestling is Out?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
Wrestling is being scrubbed from the Olympics. Apparently it's a victim
of dwindling popularity. Being considered to replace wrestling are sport
climbing, wake boarding, roller sports and - wait for it - wushu. In case
you're wondering, here is Jet Li's championship wushu performance from 1978.
If the ancient Greeks did it, up on mount Olympus, shouldn't wrestling be
kept on the roster if only for old times sake?
Writer Vs Author
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 23 hours ago
In one of two or three writing communities to which I belong on Linked
In, the place where middle-aged and elderly wouldbes go to commiserate,
someone asked the same Creative Writing 101 question, obviously fancying
themselves to be asking something startlingly original that had never been
asked before: "What's a writer and what's an author?"
It's one of those questions that involves such a necessarily
subjective answer that if you ask 100 self-identified writers that
question, you'll get 150 responses. Being an analytically-minded writer and
political blogger myself, in w... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours ago
To Brad DeLong, who takes apart a Julia Ioffe TNR profile of Ezra Klein.
To begin with: for those who don't know, Ezra Klein has always been a
terrific friend and supporter of Plain Blog, of me, and of political
scientists in general. So I'm not exactly unbiased on this. On the other
hand, I'd take his support to be pretty convincing evidence that he is not,
as Ioffe believes, always looking "upward" -- I mean, really, when Ezra
first took notice of me I couldn't have been more of a nobody, and even now
it's hard to see that there's much percentage in it for him in (as he does)
occa... more »
Brindis para el gran día de San Valentín
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Corazón de perlas rojas entre el arcoiris del amor
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Corazones llenos de amor por siempre
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Corazones y rosas para los amigos de verdad
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Enamorados bajo la lluvia en el paraíso del amor
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Gatito listo para regalar rosas rojas el 14 de febrero
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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WE WANT CUTS IN THE WAR MACHINE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Bring Our War $$ Home now.
Hermosa postal de corazones para el día del amor y la amistad
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Perritos festejando el día de San Valentín
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Regalos para los enamorados y amigos
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A few more of those forbidden histories!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013*
*And one or two additional targets of those legends and myths:* Yesterday,
we said that much of what we regard as “fact” and “news” is actually myth
and legend.
Then too, we have our “forbidden histories,” one of which Nick Turse
described to Bill Moyers last weekend. See THE DAILY HOWLER, 2/11/13.
We described a twenty-year era of fact and legend aimed at Democratic
candidates. We said we couldn’t think of a Republican who got the same
treatment during that era.
Later, it seemed to us that we might have mentioned one or two.
In 1996, Lamar Alexander ... more »
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