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Iraq Runs Dry
Just what a country riven by ethnic and religious conflict needs - a water
crisis. The country is Iraq where Shiite and Sunni struggles overlap into
Arab, Persian and Kurdish conflicts under a hopelessly corrupt and brutal,
Shiite-dominated central government.
So which bunch is going to have to get by without water?
The fertile crescent formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers created the
birthplace of civilization back in the days of the Mesopotamians.
Over the past decade, precipitation in the northern Middle East has fallen
while temperatures have increased. A Yale study of ... more »
Meat Kills Our Environment
A United Nations Environment Programme report urges people in wealthy
countries to become "demitarians" by cutting their meat consumption by
half. The reduction is said to be necessary to curb environmental
destruction caused by excessive demand for meat products.
*The quest for ever cheaper meat in the past few decades – most people even
in rich countries ate significantly less meat one and two generations ago –
has resulted in a massive expansion of intensively farmed livestock. This
has diverted vast quantities of grain from human to animal consumption,
requiring intensive use ... more »
'Chillin on a Dirt Road' - locked down and not leaving
*By Tulip,*
*Update:* Lock-downers Allison and Alex are still "chillin on a dirt road"
alongside a growing support crew in Pike County's Delaware State Forest.
They are holding strong through the cold, blocking a pipeline access road
for Tennessee Gas Pipeline's (TGP) Northeast Upgrade project (NEUP). Around
9am two independent contractors for TGP arrived on site and took pictures.
Channel 13 news showed up shortly after, but left, promising to come back
later. The Pocono Record is there now, as more folks roll in to support the
action. A truck from the Michel Pipeline Constructio... more »
But Israel is an apartheid state?
http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/report-iran-confiscates-buddha-statues-to-stop-promotion-of-buddhism/2013/02/17/12610b04-78e4-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html
UN widens effort to fix environmental woes – ‘It is becoming more and more clear in the minds of the public that climate change is a clear and present danger that will require us to act’
[image: Logo for UNEP's conference, Rio+20: From Outcome to Implementation
- The First Universal Session of the Governing Council, Nairobi, 16-22
February 2013. Graphic: UNEP]
18 February 2013 (Reuters) – A new United Nations plan to involve all
nations in marshalling science to fix environmental problems ranging from
toxic chemicals to climate change will be put to the test from Monday at
talks in Nairobi.
The 40-year-old U.N. Environment Programme will open its annual governing
council to all the world's almost 200 nations, up from a current group of
58, under reforms aimed at ... more »
SCHOOLED ABOUT PRESCHOOL: Red states rule!
*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013*
*Part 1—Obama, Oklahoma and Georgia:* In last week’s State of the Union
Address, President Obama proposed “working with states to make high-quality
preschool available to every child in America.”
When the president made this proposal, he named two states which have been
leading the way in this area. Within days, liberal “journalists” were
helping us liberals find ways to deny what Obama had said:
OBAMA (2/12/13): Tonight, I propose working with states to make
high-quality preschool available to every child in America. Every dollar we
invest in high-qual... more »
ALEC Opens the Doors to the "General Public"?
This
past weekend I introduced you to ALEC's new poobah of PR
*>>>>>>>>Bill
Meierling<<<<<<<<<<*
Well
- it looks like he and/or Edleman have been screwing around with
ALEC's webpage recently.
They made a few changes and this one is a major change and intriguing.
And could come back to bite them in the butt. From a public relations
standpoint - a nightmare - they just shot themselves in both feet -
that's
why I give you the screenshot - for posterity and all time - they will
NEVER live this one down.
a nonpartisan public-private partnership of America's state
legisl... more »
Westboro Baptist Church
So, last night we watched "The Most Hated Family in America" and, no
surprise, I was appalled.
Now, I don't think that I was expecting any profound insights from a church
with the slogan "God Hates Fags" as its main message. I was just surprised
at what an uncharismatic, hollow, empty shell of nothingness that the
cult's patriarch, Fred Phelps was.
In the whole show, Louis Theroux gets to speak with Fred Phelps twice. The
first time, it's just after Theroux introduces us to a member of the cult
who had, like Theroux, come as a documentary filmmaker to observe the
Phelps family. Thi... more »
Goldwater Insittue - ALEC:transparent, Unions:not
Oh, my …………………………
The Repugs are really going over the edge here.
I wonder how much ALEC corporations paid for this study?
How much longer do we have to put up with them spreading their extremist,
right-wing misinformation?
This whole report is such a bunch of twisted REPugnant bull crap - cause
anyone that knows ANYTHING about government knows about open meeting law -
executive session privilege and ratification in an open meeting.
Forty-one states require or encourage secret contract negotiations between
public boards and unions
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
PHOENIX – ... more »
John O'Farrell was sorry that the Brighton bomb didn't kill Margaret Thatcher. Was his disappointment eased by the injuries incurred by my wife? – Telegraph Blogs
Norman Tebbit poses a good question, one that Ed Miliband will fail to
address.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/normantebbit/100203287/john-ofarrell-was-sorry-that-the-brighton-bomb-didnt-kill-margaret-thatcher-was-his-disappointment-eased-by-the-injuries-incurred-by-my-wife/
How Greece is surviving the Crisis...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 hour ago
Link: http://youtu.be/YimngJj_TR8
Fantastic! A great video about a great people! Thanks *Heleni Arzumanidis*from Athens for the hint.
We enjoyed this! Keep it going Greece!!
John
Rubio's Environmentally Wrong Fundraiser
Report: Rubio PAC raises $100,000 from sale of water bottles
By Meghashyam Mali - 02/18/13 08:10 AM ET
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has raised more than $100,000 thanks to his water
break moment during last week’s GOP response to the State of the Union,
according to a report.
Rubio’s political action committee began selling water bottles branded with
the Tea Party favorite’s name for contributions of $25 or more. Buzzfeed
reports that after a week the effort has sold more than 3,100 water bottles.
The water bottles were an attempt to capitalize on Rubio's swig of water
while deliveri... more »
Old Gas Leak Sparks Water Ban in Wisconsin
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 2 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
Contaminants from an old gas leak have left residents of a Wisconsin
apartment complex without drinking water for more than three months,
according to this article from the Kenosha News.
Roughly 25 residents of the Lincoln Crest Apartments at Twin Lakes have
been getting by on bottled water since high levels of a gasoline additive
were discovered at the complex’s well by the state's Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) in late October.
The testing revealed methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), a fuel octane
heightening compound that’s considered a potential carcino... more »
Boehner Has No Intention Of Allowing A Vote On The Minimum Wage
That graphic above is a stark reminder of why President Obama asked
Congress to raise the minimum wage as part of his State of the Union
address last week. Massachusetts state Rep. Carl Sciortino is running for
the congressional seat being vacated by Ed Markey. He was one of the
Massachusetts Progressive Caucus and of People For the American Way's Young
Elected Officials Network. The head of the YEO Network, Andrew Gillum
(D-Tallahassee) told me Carl's "devotion to our work has never diminished.
He served as a YEO State Director for multiple years and has invested in
training the ... more »
War, Or Enlightenment: The Only Option
The climaterealists site has a post by John Delingpole, wherein he
seriously asks what can be done about President Obama's lies about "climate
change" (in quotes, because it is just a false idea, not a reality). The
following is my response (with an added phrase or two at the end, to the
comment as I submitted it):
*The leaders and movers in the world act like they are playing an involved
game of chess, but one in which pieces are never removed from play (the
major pieces just move around in their own spot, the pawns are
replaceable), so the King can always believe he is winning. Th... more »
Against P Day
(My regular, rerun post for the holiday)
Presidents Day is a terrible idea for a holiday. Just an awful idea. In
this republic, there's absolutely no good reason to take a day to honor our
presidents.
On the other hand, Washington's Birthday is a perfectly good idea. If
we're going to honor great Americans, and we should, I'm not going to argue
with those who put George Washington first on the list of those to be
honored. In fact, the official federal holiday is Washington's Birthday,
but lots of states have renamed it to Presidents Day or something similar.
The consensus Thre... more »
GA's ALEC Choices for US Senate
Boy, this article from The Roll Call really outlines the lack of and
limited choices for decent representation of/by/for the people. Future
doesn't look too bright when you have this type of lineup for the US Senate.
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., *[ALEC] *said Monday he will not be a
candidate in the Peach State’s Senate race next year.
“After discussing it with family and friends, and after much deliberation
and prayer, I have made the decision to not pursue a statewide office at
this time,” Westmoreland said in a statement. “I am honored to be serving
as the U.S. Congressman f... more »
The Epitome of Folly
The Edmonton Journal reports that Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver
knows about the damage being done by mining the tar sands:
Tailings ponds from oilsands production are leaking and contaminating
Alberta’s groundwater, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver was told in an
internal memo obtained by Postmedia News.
The memo, released through access to information legislation, said that
federal government scientists, including Quebec City-based research
geoscientist Martine Savard, had discovered evidence of the contamination
in new research that rejected longstanding claims th... more »
Untitled
*Levee upkeep bill to shift ~Bob Marshall*
~By the June 1 start of hurricane season, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
will be handing over the keys to the $14 billion hurricane protection
system it built around metro New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Yet as
the deadline approaches, the agency responsible for the East Bank flood
defense — the South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East — knows that
the eye-popping $34 million annual bill it will soon face is beyond its
means, and possible solutions are blocked by state and congressional
politics.
*Gulf shrimpers hail early suc... more »
Local Residents Deploy President's Day Actions and Civil Disobedience to Stop Tennessee Pipeline Construction
MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Early this morning, two local youth engaged in
civil disobedience by locking themselves through the Delaware State Forest
gate that is being used by pipeline workers to clear cut trees for the
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Northeast Upgrade construction. (Photos attached)
Allison Petryk, of Vernon, NJ and Alex Lotorto, of Milford, PA plan to
remain at the gate at the end of Schocopee Road throughout the work day to
prevent access by tree clearing crews. Tree clearing began on Friday within
twenty four hours of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Notice to
... more »
Is Rove's "Victory Project" His Waterloo?
Stop and think about the last election and the antics of all the
CONservative PACs and nastiness of what they produced as TV ads. Just a
reminder – think of all the ads from Americans for Prosperity, Restore our
Future, American Crossroads, America’s Future Fund, Crossroads GPS, or the
Conservative Majority Fund.
Well – what was good for the goose is NOT good for the gander.
Do unto others – but not unto thyself.
I was raised on a farm and we raised pigs – When a sow delivered a brood of
piglets you had to be in the barn to watch over it – cause she could and
would eat them.
Gue... more »
on vacation links....
*Logging operations on the river above Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. *
As I contemplate the differing economic paths of Sarawak and Taiwan... on
vacation links coming at ya....
- *DO NOT MISS*. FT with a scary, sinister story on China, technology,
and national security on a murder in Singapore, blatantly falsified in an
in-your-face warning way. *Death in Singapore*.
- China's war of maps with its neighbors. From WaPo. No mention of
Taiwan. Too hot to touch?
- Taiwan is new center of (Chinese) medical tourism.
- Legislative action in the upcoming session.
- Som... more »
Weekly Find: The Russet
*Weekly Find: The Russet*
Last Sunday we ventured out for brunch and at last gave The Russet a go.
This hidden barn style restaurant is located in the heart of east London.
Filled with the amazing baked goods from E5 bakehouse, it might be slightly
daunting to a limited eater. But actually after speaking to the staff about
the Gluten free bread sign on the window, I quickly discovered they are
very limited eater friendly. E5 is actually creating their own gluten free
sourdough loaf for Russet. Apparently the owners of both places are
friends, so big up to both of them for supporting... more »
Personal Statements From Today's Pike County Civil Disobedience Participants
Photo Credit: The River Reporter
*Please donate to the Anti-Fracking Bail Fund (link at the top right of
this page) that is being used to support arrestees throughout this ongoing
campaign against the Tennessee Pipeline! *
*Allison Petryk*
I was born and raised in Vernon, NJ, where the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Loop
324 has already impacted my community and where Loop 323 will end when it's
finished. After graduating from Ramapo College with a degree in
Environmental Studies I became an Outdoor Environmental Educator at the
Pocono Environmental Education Center in the spring and summe... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good Morning! Let’s start the week in the Asia-Pacific… North Korea It
looks like US officials met secretly with North Korea three times in 2011
and 2012 without telling Japan or South Korea. Why the US loaded heavy
equipment, including a bulldozer, on their plane during a stopover in Tokyo
remains a complete mystery. Not
Continue reading
Biodynamic Farming - Rudolph Steiner - chemical free farming
BIODYNAMIC FARMING seems to be a reversion to ancient esoteric practices:
respecting the seasons and the electromagnetic influence of the earth, the
moon and the stars!
As far back as the 1920s, farmers were becoming concerned that artificial
(chemical) fertlisers were detrimental to both the animals, their produce
and their grazing/watering sources. Along came Austrian philosopher Rudolph
Steiner who suggested a more holistic approach to fertilisers, planting
cow-dung filled cow horns in earth for six months to transform the dung
into natural fertiliser which could then be diluted... more »
AMS-02 dark matter results in 2-3 weeks
*...and they may be pretty exciting...*
The BBC and The Globe And Mail (via Gordon) bring us some details about the looming
dark matter announcements.
In particular, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a $1.5 billion gadget
operating from the International Space Station, should reveal their first
results in two or three weeks or so, i.e. probably in early March. And I
would say that Samuel Ting, a 1976 Physics Nobel Prize winner and the boss
of AMS, is trying to increase our suspicion that the AMS-02 results could
be damn interesting although he remained able to leak no detail whatso... more »
Hamas Destroys 75 Homes of Pro-Fatah Clan | United with Israel
' Hamas has ordered the demolition of 75 homes belonging to the
Fatah-affiliated Abu Amrah clan in a Gaza City neighborhood.Members of the
Abu Amrah clan have protested this decision at the offices of the
Palestinian Legislative Council. According to Abu Salah Abu Amrah, "We are
refugees and we have been living in this area for tens of years." Another
resident, Hazim Abu Hmeid, claimed, "When our children come back from
school, they will not know where to go because by the time they arrive,
their houses will have disappeared. The only place they will have is the
street in this col... more »
Backpacker survives six weeks in Australia
Lovely satire...
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/backpacker-survives-6-weeks-in-australia-2013021860102
Global Banking Cartel? - Too Big to Fail has become Too Big for Trial?
Senator Elizabeth Warren asks OCC and SEC federal bank regulators why no
banks were taken to trial in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
"When was the last time you took a Wall Street bank to trial?" she asks
Honourable Tom Curry (Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency) and Elisse Walter (Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission).
"We have not had to bring bank to trial," OCC Curry responds.
"I'll have to get back to you," SEC Walter appends.
Finally, Sen Warren 'loses it', interjecting a terse note, "There are
District Attorneys and U.S. Attorneys who ... more »
Open Source Ecology Philosophy Explained
27 January 2013
Open Source Ecology founder Dr. Marcin Jakubowski and the OSE team explain
the philosophy behind their work. Special thanks to our remote
collaborators Tom Griffing, Zach Dwiel and William Neal.
Join us in building the future.
*www.opensourceecology.org*
A lecture by Aaron Makaruk on Open Source Ecology at TEDxMadrid:
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-D8FGZi0qc*
http://opensourceecology.org/
THE BBC'S JAMES PURNELL - KOSHER NOSTRA?
*James Purnell.*
"From 2002 to 2004 James Purnell served as chairman of Labour Friends of
Israel....
"In December 2002 he paid a week-long visit to Israel...
"Upon his return to Britain he embarked upon an Israeli propaganda
campaign..."
*The incoming director-general of the BBC, Tony Hall, has put James
Purnell, in charge of strategy at the BBC.*
*Read more: Arch-Zionist Gets Top BBC Strategy Job*
*
*
*Gay Pub and James Purnell.* lgbtlabour.org.uk...
"Is James Purnell gay?"
"The question was posed on a website run by someone living in or near the
Work and Pensions Secretary's... more »
CO2 Flue Gas Capture Mastered
This is actually huge. As I reported before, it is possible to operate
acid rain in a pipe to strip SOx and NOx from the flue gas stream, using
the produced acids to reduce the heavy metals and run it all through a
water quench to leave a pure CO2 feedstock for the stack. Now this
technology easily grabs the CO2 itself. That was the only part missing.
It is now reasonable that all industrial thermal operations can achieve
full stripping of the flue gases to produce acids, metal salts and now
calcium carbonate.
Getting all this into a working plant is quite another matte... more »
Egyptian Transcendence
I find this very interesting. It is clear that the political elite were
way too small to find a way to easily transform itself into an acceptable
alternative. Worse its only tool to retain command and control is the use
of repression and that is both convincingly countered and also eliminated
through the dispersion of the secret police.
The obvious solution as applied elsewhere is to organize the local demos
as a first level of democratic regeneration to produce a fresh cadre of
leaders. This cadre can then produce a parliament to legislate change and
implement economi... more »
Japanese Whale Market has Collapsed
This informs us that the whaling industry is literally dying with a
whimper leaving behind a band of stranded rent seekers in its wake.
At least Canada’s seal hunt has some semblance of good husbandry
associated with it. The whale population happens to be in the early days
of a long term recovery cycle that is going to take a couple of centuries.
It is time to forget we know how to hunt them.
In fact is the whole global wild fishery is now well on the way to been
totally abandoned. The primary solutions are already in place and are been
deployed as fast as possible. ... more »
How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Permanently with Ellen Brown
Once again the wilderness speaks and perhaps someone will someday listen.
I have injected several additional comments in the text.
I personally have become much more radical in my thinking vis a vis the
economic system. Micro finance informed us that the same tools can be
shipped downstream to the individual and the natural community. A big part
of my emerging paradigm secures the definition of the natural community and
its financial integrity *independent *of the greater State, but directly
attached to the land. I suspect that this is very powerful and will
rapidly dom... more »
Bonnie Raitt – "Right Down the Line"
Congratulations to Bonnie Raitt and her band (which includes Mike Finnigan) on their Grammy win for "Best Americana Album."
Labor Econ 10: Voluntary and Involuntary Unemployment
* This is my article today in thelobbyist.biz.
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One of the major sources of skepticism of high economic growth of the
Philippines is the persistent high unemployment and underemployment rates.
As of the latest labor force survey, October 2012 result, some 25.8 percent
of the total labor force of the country were either unemployed or
underemployed. See previous discussion here, Rise in unemployment not
exactly bad.
There are two main reasons why a person is unemployed. One is that he is
rejected due to under-qualification or over-qualification (may demand
higher pay later o... more »
Dr Aseem Malhotra - 20% Sugar Tax - 100% Cancer Tax
*you're hooked, now pay for that shit!*Dr Aseem Malhotra seems to have
spent an awful lot of time hammering the Junk Food Industry's cynical
sponsoring of sports events like last year's Olympic Games (*official
'restaurant' of the 2012 olympics*, was the slogan that me laugh the most)
via his numerous articles of concern on the BBC's website.
And he's right - processed sugar is the bane of Consumerist Humanity, and
has been DIRECTLY CONNECTED to both obesity, diabetes and cancer.
But is taxing sugar really the way to go?
Of course, it's a captive audience. Most processed foods, i.e... more »
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fights the militarization of the Southern Border region, discrimination,
and human rights abuses by federal, state, and local law enforcement
officials affecting U.S. and non-U.S. citizens alike. [image: DH logo]
*Please spread the word!*
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February 17, 2013
So... more »
Canadian's Don't Buy Mulcair's "50 Plus One" Pitch
Three out of four Canadians reject NDP leader Tom Mulcair's contention that
the barest of majorities, 50 per cent plus one, in support of Quebec
sovereignty should oblige the federal government to negotiate.
*The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey suggests almost three-quarters of
Canadians don’t buy Mr. Mulcair’s assertion... Indeed, on average,
respondents pegged the ideal threshold at 64 per cent.*
*The telephone poll was conducted Feb. 7-10 as The Canadian Press was
soliciting the opinions of provincial NDP leaders to the federal party’s
recently proposed “unity bill.”*
*Onl... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday!
Banner by Art Ist
Grab our banner for your site:
Do you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes write
about the environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below
to list your site.
2. If you only occasionally write about green living, please use tags such
as "green", "Eco", "Environment", etc. and then link to... more »
Manny Pacquiao-- Another Shabby Right Wing Icon
Yesterday, far right fanatic Bryan Fischer was whining on twitter how
"ANOTHER rich guy takes his money - and his tax revenue - out of US because
taxes are too high." And that was Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino boxer and the
congressman representing Sarangani province back home. Since being sworn in
on April 16, 2012 he's been representing Sarangani's 500,000 mostly poor
farmers from his two beautiful homes in Los Angeles. He's in L.A. making
millions doing commercials for NIKE, for detergents, medicines, telecomm
companies, cheap beer, clothing and for anyone else who will write him a... more »
Will Chicago Public Schools Be Sued Duing Black History Month for Its White Curriculum?
From DNAinfo.com:
CHATHAM — State Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) is urging a community group
to file a lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools for not complying with a
22-year-old state law that requires all public elementary and high schools
to include black history as part of its regular curriculum.
"I encourage you to file a lawsuit against CPS to make them comply with the
state law," Flowers said at a Saturday meeting with community group We Can
Inc. at Josephine's Cooking restaurant, 436 E. 79th St. . . .
In 1986, Flowers sponsored a state law, which took effect in 1991,
mand... more »
Face book: Under attack by complicated hackers
*Face book has discovered it was the target of a complicated attack by
hackers last month, but found no proof any user data had been compromised. *The
US-based social network supposed that the assault occurred when human
resources visited a mobile developer website that was compromised. In last
month, Face book security discovered that our systems had been targeted in
a sophisticated attack.
Face book suggests, in a blog post that it was not the only company to have
been attacked in this way. The assault happened when a handful of employees
visited a mobile developer website tha... more »
"Self-Hating Whites Are In Charge"
Must watch guys. Also, be sure to sign up for *TruTube.TV* and boycott
JewTube!
How the English saw Canada in 1941
Here's the start of a plot summary for the British film 49th Parallel, a
film set in World War II:
"U-37, the first German submarine to reach Canada, sinks a merchant ship in
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, then runs for cover in Hudson Bay."
Do you think they looked at a map?
Europe by night
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Cardinal Ratzinger, Dr. Fox, and the Holy Office of the Inquisition
*Cardinal Ratzinger, Dr. Fox, and the Holy Office of the Inquisition*
By Paula: Humfrey
Twenty-one years ago I was baptized as a Lutheran in a ceremony at home
alongside my infant son, who was also baptized. This was a transcendent
experience for me. I say that just to put things in context. I've always
had genuine reverence for the ceremonies and rituals of worship. At their
best, these are symbols of the ineffable grace of the Creator. However, for
me, one real difficulty with institutional religion remains: we the people
long ago handed over control of our individual rights to... more »
A Decorous Rally Protests Keystone XL
I left the evermore dun and drab landscape around Wit's End for the
"biggest climate change rally ever" in Washington DC, carpooling to today's
event with my friends Roger and Susan. Of course on the way we passed by
countless sights like this, dismal scenes of trees in varying states of
decay.
But we went for a purpose, so I won't dwell on that now. Here we are,
marching from the Washington Monument to the White House, in a photo
courtesy of our kind host who has let us couchsurf at his Georgetown condo
- thanks for a cozy place to stay, and the pictures, Shaw Thacher!
The irrepre... more »
Political photo of the year
I watched this speech live. Have to agree this captures the magic of that
moment perfectly.
Brooks Kraft has won “Political Photo of the Year” from the The White House
News Photographers Association for this image of President Barack Obama
speaking in the pouring rain during a campaign rally in Glen Allen,
Virginia.
Can't imagine how they choose only one from a whole year. I've seen so many
great images. In fact, this would be a good time to clear out some of my
archives. I'd vote this best POTUS with baby photo of the year.
Best family photo. Barack and the kids watching Mich... more »
As the "Downton Abbey" season draws to a close, do we have to wonder if we're seeing the real thing?
*by Ken*
As we arrive at the end of the third season of *Downton Abbey* (well, not
actually; if I've got this right, we saw that *last* week, and what we're
seeing tonight -- or whenever our local PBS outlets get around to it -- is
the post-Season 3 2012 "Christmas Special"), I have to admit that I'm
coming late to a controversy that has been festering online now for, well,
all three seasons: the reediting of the show for U.S. airwaves. All I can
say in my defense is that I try not to spend a lot of time hanging out
among the online TV crazies.
In this case, though, they've final... more »
Minimum Wage a Winner Both Politically and Economically
President
Obama's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour puts
the Republicans between a rock and a hard place politically. Paul
Krugmanechoes the point that a big majority of the population supports a
minimum
wage increase, including a majority of Republicans (his linking to the
original poll source appears to have crashed that website, but I will
update later). Yet the Republican leadership remains trapped because it
opposes this increase as well as any alternative policy that might make
the
poor better off, such as increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit or
endorsing ... more »
Filipino super-typhoon an ominous warning of climate change impact – ‘The devastation was worse than anything I have ever seen’
[image: One of the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International
Space Station captured this still image of Super Typhoon Bopha on 2
December 2012. The storm was bearing down on the Philippines with winds of
135 miles per hour. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]
By Simon Tisdall
17 February 2013
(guardian.co.uk) – When super-typhoon Bopha struck without warning before
dawn, flattening the walls of their home, Maria Amparo Jenobiagon, her two
daughters and her grandchildren ran for their lives.
The storm on 4 December was the worst ever to hit the southern Philippines: ... more »
Refrescantes paletas de sabores y colores diferentes
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Canadians Are On To Harper's "Action Plan" Propaganda
Eight polls, all of them of course on your tax dollar, were commissioned by
the federal finance department between 2009 and 2012 to learn that Canadians
are fed up with Harper's incessant "Economic Action Plan" ads. The polls,
by the way, alone cost $300,000.
*The most-recently released survey has respondents calling the material
“propaganda” and a “waste of money,” while fewer people than ever are
taking any action after viewing the ads.*
**
*The Finance Department, meanwhile, continues to air the ads, with the
latest TV campaign kicking off Monday and running to April 30.*
*...O... more »
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Tucson Activist Picked up Migra! Call!
Long-time human rights Tucson activist Raul Alcaraz Ochoa has been picked
up the migra and is being held at the Tucson Border Patrol Station. You can
call the migra and demand his release at (520) 514-4700.
UPDATE:"Raúl Al-qaraz Ochoa should be released soon. But if he isn't
released by morning, his lawyers will take action. They are working to
draft a press release for the media now. Please continue to call Border
Patrol at (520) 514-4700, 520-748-3041 or 520-748-3113 and demand that he
is released."
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Haitian Hearts has Two Patients Accepted
Memose--October, 2012
(Photo by John Carroll)
Thirty-four year old Memose was just accepted by a medical center in the
United States for reconstructive surgery of her jaw.
Thirteen years ago Haitian Hearts brought Memose to this same medical
center for cancer of her right lower jaw. The cancer was resected and her
fibula was used as a bone graft to make her a new jaw bone. It is held
together by a titanium plate and screws. After surgery Memose underwent
radiation therapy and did very well and returned to her family in Haiti.
Unfortunately, after the 2010 earthquake Memose was lost ... more »
US-Saudi Funded Terrorists Sowing Chaos in Pakistan
Baluchistan, Pakistan - long target of Western geopolitical interests,
terror wave coincides with Gwadar Port handover to China.
*February 18, 2013* (LD) - Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's southwest
Baluchistan province, bordering both US-occupied Afghanistan as well as
Iran, was the site of a grisly market bombing that has killed over 80
people. According to reports, the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has
claimed responsibility for the attack. Billed as a "Sunni extremist group,"
it instead fits the pattern of global terrorism sponsored by the US,
Israel, and their Arab partne... more »
Standing up for climate change science in D.C.
Big Media tweeters are whinging this afternoon that mean old President
Obama won't let them watch him play golf today. As Ed Henry explains this
is very troubling because, transparency! He's aghast that America is being
cheated out of this golden press opp to check out the presidential golf
swing. Meanwhile, not seeing any of those very important journalists
mentioning this huge climate change demonstration in the heart of their
Village:
On Sunday, an estimated crowd of 35,000 people joined the Forward On
Climate rally in Washington, DC, where protesters delivered a clear messag... more »
'Prometheus²: The Two Shelleys and Romantic Science'
*"The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the
Beauty and Terror of Science"* by Richard Holmes.
Lecture Title: 'Prometheus²: The Two Shelleys and Romantic Science.'
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: SchAdvStudy]:
27-10-11 - The Institute of English Studies: In association with the
Wordsworth Trust. Richard Holmes OBE is an author and academic, well known
for his award-winning biographies of major figures of British and French
Romanticism. His most recent work is The Age of Wonder, an exploration of
scientific discovery in the Romantic period. His talk... more »
"Syrians" hurt in Syria being treated in Israel ??
Yah, this story made me chuckle. The absurdity of it.
Couldn't pass it by. Let's look at this tale with a more critical eye?
* 7 Syrians hurt in civil war treated in Israel*
*You see, 7 Syrians were hurt and Israel is graciously treating them in
Israel*
The seven Syrians wounded in the upheaval gripping that country for almost
two years were evacuated to Israel, and were all in stable condition on
Sunday after surgery at Safed’s Ziv Hospital.
Their admission came as a surprise to Ziv, but the hospital spokesman said:
“When patients come to the emergency room, we take care of them.” ... more »
Sask NDP Leadership Race (#Skndpldr)Profiled On Pundits' Guide
*(A nice article on the #skndpldr race by national website 'Pundits Guide':*
*
**Meanwhile in Saskatoon, far from the radar of the national media, four
leadership candidates completed the fourteenth and final debate in a
six-month race to pick the next provincial leader of the NDP opposition,
and likely the next premier of Saskatchewan.*
[image: Saskatchewan NDP Leadership Candidates Face Off, Saturday February
16, 2013; credit: Greg Pender, Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
*[Photo credit: Greg Pender, Saskatoon Star Phoenix]*
*Like the federal Liberal Party, the Saskatchewan NDP had used its ... more »
Breaking News Pat Bell Calls It Quits
Pat Bell, failed Minister of Jobs and innovation is fleeing the BC
Liberals..
Internal polling in his riding had Pat Bell going bye bye anyway..
And Look to Bob Mackin for some of the reasons why Pat Bell is fleeing..
Pavco has some major issues, which they are hiding, Pat Bell is directly
involved in Bob Mackin`s hunt!
http://2010goldrush.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pavco-seeks-to-blacklist-inconvenient.html
Don`t believe the BC Liberal spinning stories of Pat Bell having heart
issues!
In a statement just released, apparently last Fall, Pat Bell`s doctors
found a rare *aneurysm, *funn... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 17th, 2013
First, I want to inform everyone that has been asking.... Yes, I have been
spending one heck of a lot of time visiting my sick mother, and making sure
that she is receiving proper care.... The effects of her recent stroke have
diminished slightly over time, and we are preparing to have her moved to a
long term facility for her proper care...
Ok, now onto other matters.... I want to inform all of my readers first and
foremost that my friend, Noor, who writes Snippits and Snappits at
www.snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com, has contacted me and let me know
that she will no longer be wr... more »
Easter Island II
I keep having nightmares about one possible future: biofuel hell. Clearly,
they are visions sent by ancestral spirits, and they are meant to be shared.
Perhaps they will inspire writers, movie makers, and other creative people
to produce healing, mind-altering work. Perhaps they will inspire
contemplation and sincere conversations. At this point, I’m just going to
dump a bag of jigsaw puzzle pieces on the table. See what you can do with
them.
During World War II, when gasoline was rationed, or unavailable to
civilians, hundreds of thousands of vehicles in dozens of nations we... more »
Sunday Globe On Broadway
*The neon lights are bright on.... Beacon Hill?*
"Bill aims to woo Broadway-bound shows" by Geoff Edgers | Globe
Staff, February 03, 2013
Eager to revive Boston’s status as a regular *testing ground for big-name
Broadway musicals*, legislators are proposing a tax credit for producers
who bring shows to the state before heading to the Great White Way.
The *credit would grant up to $3 million* to a production that plays in
Massachusetts before opening in New York or to a touring show that starts
here, *reimbursing up to 35 percent of its state labor costs*.
*This as they are **rais... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
And the same question, again more or less for the holiday tomorrow: which
US president has been overrated? Underrated?
To give a sense of how they're rated (critical to questions about under-
and overrating!), use this excellent wikipedia page. Oh, and I'll set the
same rules for the liberals that I set for conservatives: let's leave
Barack Obama out of it.
Passing the hat - or plastic bottle - to raise ransom money
I wrote this almost two weeks ago, but hesitated in posting.
I’m a visitor in Honduras, and reluctant to appear judgmental about my
hosts. I don’t want to draw unwanted attention. And someone was in danger.
But the rumour mill says he was released, so I guess it’s OK now.
----------------
It was the day to take the hogar kids to the pool. So Sunday morning Jody
went to buy mortadella - bologna - and bread and the various supplies
needed for lunch. She bought a cake - $6.50 - because Carina’s 16th
birthday was the next Tuesday, and Jody has a soft spot for teens.
On the street, she met a... more »
Oppression and voluntariness
*R v. Kringuk*, 2011 NUCJ 13 has some very helpful language on oppression
and voluntariness:
[40] The common law has long required the Crown to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt that any statements made by a suspect to investigating
authorities are made freely and voluntarily. No statement made by an
accused is admissible for any purpose unless the Crown meets this
formidable burden of proof. The Supreme Court of Canada, in the case of R v
Oickle, [2000] 2 SCR 3, 2000 SCC 38, confirmed that the primary purpose of
this requirement is to ensure that any statement gathered by the ... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Let's do one for the holiday tomorrow, more or less: which US president has
been overrated? Underrated?
To give a sense of how they're rated (critical to questions about under-
and overrating!), use this excellent wikipedia page. Oh, and let's leave
Barack Obama out of it; I don't take seriously the one survey to date which
includes him.
The price of corporate welfare
More proof that the Republican conservative whine about over-taxed
corporations is a lie:
It hasn’t drawn much attention, but Facebook’s first annual earnings report
contains an accounting gem: a multibillion-dollar tax deduction for the
cost of executive stock options and share awards.
Even though Facebook (FB) reported $1.1 billion in pre-tax profits from
U.S. operations in 2012, it will probably pay zero federal and state
taxes—and even receive a federal tax refund of about $429 million—according
to a Feb. 14 statement from Citizens for Tax Justice.
It doesn't matter what the ... more »
"We were Sold Out" - Reflections as Thousands Prepare to Rally against Keystone XL Pipeline
"We were Sold Out" - Reflections as Thousands Prepare to Rally
against Keystone XL Pipeline
Find Obama's State of the Union A Bit Light Or Worse? (Disaster For Millions) The Next Housing Crisis Scam
Love him or not. Steve Lendman tells us why. Obama’s Failed State By
Stephen Lendman Global Research February 14, 2013 Obama’s State of the
Union address didn’t surprise. It reflected rogue leadership. It was
beginning-to-end demagogic boilerplate. Defending the indefensible took
center stage. Rhetoric substituted for progressive policies. Bombast
assured business as usual. Priorities
In the dead of winter
*A repost.*
The rare sunshine at this time of year always sends Beloved tearing out to
the garden to put in peas. We have two gardens, actually: mine is the big
one in heavy clay down in the cold gloomy bottoms north of the kitchen
window; hers is the small one in sandy loam on the high sunny south side of
the house, next to the duck barn. Peas planted in her garden in February
will not rot, as they will in "my" garden. (Or maybe it's just that she can
grow things I can't.) She climbs into her overalls, ties a bandana over her
hair, grabs a "retired" pillow from the greenhouse, plu... more »
Sunday Globe Special: Science Rap
"Tufts professor turns to rap to reach students" by David Filipov | Globe
Staff, February 03, 2013
MEDFORD — Jonathan Garlick does perhaps the last thing you would expect of
a mild-mannered, 60-year-old scientist and college professor: He cranks up
a karaoke machine, dons a baseball cap (tilted to the side), and becomes
the Stem Cell Rapper....
At first glance, it seems like a *shtick more appropriate for the bar
mitzvahs* and weddings where Garlick performs humorous raps for friends and
family. But his students, who end up singing along with the refrains and
tapping fingers and ... more »
The NRA's Enemies List: Where Do I Sign Up?
*by Noah*
Hmmm, Seems to be a lot of Jewish organizations such as the JDL, the
American Jewish Congress, B’nai B’rith and others on the NRA's Enemies List,
along with groups of neurological surgeons and elementary school
principals, the NAACP, the National Black Nurses Association, NOW, The
Police Foundation... Well, you get the picture. Elementary school
principals? Didn't one just die defending her young students? The list has
over 500 organizations and people on it. The inclusion of those who made
the list reflects the typical bugaboos of conservatives. The Methodist
church is... more »
Sunday Globe Special: Rhetorical Question From Roslindale
*“Why would you do that? What would make you kill a person, over what?”*
"Roslindale mother found dead at home had been shot in head; Motive behind
killing is unclear" by Katheleen Conti | Globe Staff, February 03, 2013
The 32-year-old mother found fatally shot in her Roslindale apartment
Tuesday was discovered slumped over her bed with multiple gunshots wounds
to the back of her head, according to two law enforcement officials with
knowledge of the investigation.
The motive behind the killing of Carly Jones, who lived in an apartment on
Fawndale Road, remains unclear. There were... more »
BC Liberal Shills Disguised as Grassroot Concerned Citizens Exposed
BC Liberal front groups posing as grassroots/joe public organizations,
posing as concerned citizens when nothing could be further from the truth..
Do any of you know the Jim Shepard, the money behind CC4BC, the group
running all those attack ads against Adrian Dix has his fingerprints all
over the BC Rail crimes, it`s true..Jim Shepard is not grassroots, he`s a
corporate shill who backed Gordon Campbell too, Jim Shepard is a
$millionaire, a 1% rich-man, a man who was on BC Rail`s Board of Directors,
everyone knows Gordon Campbell gave it away to his election campaign
manager and... more »
Meet ALEC's New Poobah of PR
There is a very important article in the Madison Cap Times on ALEC tort
reform and how it takes away the rights and due process of citizens. This
part of ALEC's tort reform is really scary stuff - and I tried to wade
through it's implications in an entry two years ago - but, well,
hhmmmmm.... - scared me then - now, when you see what really happens - it
really scares me.
You can read about the disastrous results of the American Legislative
Exchange Council's tort reform in Wisconsin
>>>>HERE<<<<
*But *
the interesting thing I found in that article is the new spokesperson for
A... more »
The Servile Spirit of Obama And Abbas
*Obama, Abbas, and Ban Ki Moon: They are where they are because they
are servile pieces of trash.*
Alan Hart writes in his article, *"What do Obama and Abbas have in common?"*
:
Short answer – both are *grovellers* (definition in a moment). The
president of the United States of America grovels to the Zionist lobby and
its neo-con and Christian fundamentalist allies. The Palestinian
“president” grovels to Obama as well as Israel’s leaders more often than
not. Obama and Abbas are, one could say, grovelling twins, but if there was
the equivalent of a Nobel Prize for grovelling, i... more »
Mortgage free house...Do you dare?
The banks have shown no morals or compassion. your government will not do
anything to curb the excessive fee and abusive behaviour..In faact they now
say banks are too big to fail and must be saved from collapse at the cost
of the public...In America the banks steal from the public and nobody goes
to jail....
Because banks like to cause chaos in order to proffit it's time for you the
public to cause a little trouble back to them....
In order to understand how to cause trouble for the banks read the article
below.
(Here's how)
Abraham Ben Judea
A satisfaction of mortgage is a very ... more »
A Kindergarten Teacher Stands Up to Bill Gates
*An Open Letter to Bill Gates, *
*By Ruth Rodriguez-Fay*
*American education has a long history of infatuation with fads and
ill-considered ideas. The current obsession with making schools work like a
business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public
education. Who will stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them
so? *
* *
* **- Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School
System, How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education**.*
*Dear Mr. Gates,*
*Your Foundation contributions always seem to make for inte... more »
Photos Indigenous rally for climate change DC Feb. 17, 2013
..
Photos by Kandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental Network,today, Feb. 17, 2013, in Washington DC. Thank you!
SUZUKI SAMURAI: Doing what NGOs do
*Guest post by our roving Asian correspondent Suzuki Samurai, who woke up
this morning in Cambodia realising he worked for an NGO.*
NGO is not a term I like. To call an organisation "non-government" suggests
that government is the natural first point of call for those in dire need.
I could look at it positively I suppose and say that NGO Non Governmental
Organisation actually shows that people outside of government know the
government will do a shit job – so we best do it ourselves. NGOs, such as
the one I work for, face a number of difficulties that I’d not cared to
think about b... more »
'Human Gas Chambers' and the Church of Satan
.
God, the creator, loves all creation.
Lucifer was cast out of heaven because he *wanted to be God* (Isaiah
14:12-14)
The Talmud, the 'holy book' of Orthodox Judaism has no God save for "The
Jewish People". That is, the God of the Rabbis is themselves and their
followers. 'Salvation' will come through them. So complete is their
rejection of God and so sure are they of their special status that they
declare all non-Jewish humankind as not human at all but 'goyim', or
'cattle'. No equality before or humility before a universal God for them.
These people, like Lucifer himself, wil... more »
LIVESTREAM Climate Rally DC Feb 17, 2013
Streamed
live on Feb 17, 2013
The Largest Climate Rally in History: February 17, 2013 on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C. RSVP today or find more info at
ForwardOnClimate.org. Presented by 135 different organizations and their
members, including 350.org, the Sierra Club, the Hip Hop Caucus,
Greenpeace, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Green For All and
Forecast the Facts.
UK Tar Sands Network supports today's action in DC
Good
afternoon!
Today in Washington DC, tens of thousands of people are taking part in
the biggest climate rally in US history. They are asking President Obama
to move#ForwardOnClimate and, specifically, to reject the Keystone XL
tar sands pipeline. The President’s imminent decision will
have momentous consequences. KXL is ‘a fuse to the largest carbon bomb
on the planet.’
Obama’s
Operation Streamline: Corporate profiteering from migrant misery
Remembering migrants who died crossingthe Sonoran Desert, at San Xavier on Tohono O'odham land.Photo Brenda Norrell
Operation Streamline Does Not Belong in Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Or in Southern Arizona Communities
Matthew Lowen
(AFSC),mlowen@afsc.org
Sarah Launius
(No More Deaths),media@nomoredeaths.org
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
MNN 'Complex Art of Peacemaking'
MNN:
COMPLEX ART OF PEACEMAKING [reprint]
Posted on February 17, 2013
COMPLEX ART OF PEACEMAKING
MNN: Feb. 17, 2013. The following informative well-done article was
posted by The Cohoes Falls and the Iroquois facebook
page,www.hiawatha.syr.edu https://www.facebook.com/TheCohoesFallsTheIroquois
“According
to Haudenosaunee stories, a male child was born whose destiny was to
address the
Sunday Globe Special: Lost Snowy Owl Living at Logan
"Finding lessons in owl’s long flight; GPS helps Logan learn habits,
prevent bird strikes" by Martine Powers | Globe Staff, January 27, 2013
A snowy owl residing at Logan and outfitted with a GPS transmitter is being
hailed as a loyal airport patron after it flew north for the summer,
pit-stopped at the uppermost reaches of Canada, then beelined back to
Logan....
*
*
*Why did it come back so soon? Too cold?*
Typically, snowy owls will spend the summer in the arctic, then head to new
regions or are waylaid by the Saint Lawrence Seaway, close to Montreal. If
they return to their st... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Swarming'
MNN:
SWARMING
Posted on February 17, 2013
SWARMING
MNN. Feb. 17, 2013. When the European military came to Great Turtle
Island, they met Indigenous warriors who did not meet them head on. They
attacked and disappeared into the woods. Our men used swarming to
attack and defeat the much larger and better armed British and French
formations. Behind our fighting groups we had a democratic
Another Day, Another Warning, This Time from the World Bank
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim had a blunt message for G20 finance
ministers meeting in Moscow, telling them it's time they "*tackle the
serious challenges presented by climate change."*
"These are not just risks. They represent real consequences," said Kim,
calling the lack of attention to the issue by finance ministers and central
bank chiefs "a mistake". He said failing to tackle the challenges of
climate change risked having "serious consequences for the economic
outlook". "Damages and losses from natural disasters have more than tripled
over the past 30 years," said Kim, giv... more »
“Blurring” of visions may be common in all Gaia surface beings
*“Blurring” of visions may be common in all Gaia surface beings*
by ÉirePort
"Blurring" of visions may be common in all Gaia surface beings at this
time. We speak of 3D-eye vision as well as higher visions, via 3rd, 4th,
and 5th eyes.
This results from the shifting in Gaia plates as well as movement of sacred
portal sites. This process is necessary in order to optimize Gaia
energetics to a unified Beingness. This same process occurs in individual
human (small h) units, and particularly in the more conscious Hue-man units.
Gaia illumination increases as alignment progresses, and ... more »
Meteor Explodes Before Landing
.
The meteor that caused so much damage in Chelyabinsk on friday morning
exploded in mid-air.
Has this ever happened before?
Just asking.
.
Sunday Globe Special: Oliver Ames Wrestles With Student's Death
"Easton struggles with sudden loss of Oliver Ames senior, 18" by Zachary T.
Sampson | Globe Correspondent, January 27, 2013
Dozens of teens, parents, and teachers gathered at Oliver Ames High School
in Easton on Saturday as the community grieved for Devin Ness, an
18-year-old senior and captain of the wrestling team, who died from an
aneurysm Friday morning, the school principal said....
--more--"
*
**Also see*: High school wrestlers’ goal: Win for late captain
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The News at a Furtive Glance
Here at Pottersville, when the news breaks like a fart, we light it.
What follows is some of more unusual, infuriating and downright hilarious
news items from the last few days gleaned from Twitter and readers like you.
------------------------------
Next time Mark Zuckerberg tries to charge you a dollar to send off an
email on Facebook, think about this news item. Markie Mark and his merry
band of tax dodgers are about to get a $429,000,000 tax break from We the
People after a year in which Facebook took in over $1,000,000,000 in pure
profit selling your personal informati... more »
Archbishop John Myers
Cardinal Mahony, Archbishop Myers keep the scandal alive shar.es/YD1Fh via @
sharethis
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) February 17, 2013
Political Clown Parade...
*needs prayers.*
When Life Becomes More About Waiting
In Search of GOD
*A message about "The Search for GOD"*
*Blessings all;
A daunting title, no? I've been told there are two types of people. On one
hand, you have your groups of people that don't believe in GOD, but
disagree on the formulas and equations used to explain it all. On the other
hand, you have your groups of people that do believe in GOD, but disagree
over who gets to own Him...or Her...or Them. Then, on another hand you have
groups of people that pretend whatever gets you to believe in them and what
they tell you, they are all the GOD you need. On yet another hand, you have
groups of p... more »
AK INTERVIEW WITH OPPT ON INFOWARS.COM
The OPPT is now news on Infowars.com. Also the interview we did is posted
there as well.
http://planet.infowars.com/activism/one-peoples-public-trust-smashes-the-cabal
Sunday Classics chronicles: Remembering Charles Rosen (1927-2012)
*Charles Rosen -- not only a pianist but perhaps
the most illuminating writer on music in our time*
He was a lot of fun in snark mode, but it made me think about separating
the desire for truth from the need to be right. The most beautiful element
of Charles, for me, was after all this learning and accumulation, the smile
with which he would play some beloved modulation, or demonstrate some trick
of pedalling: suddenly again a child, innocence meeting knowledge at the
end of the road. When I played Schumann's *Davidsbündlertänze* for him, he
showed me how releasing the pedal in the m... more »
Rally on Monday, 10am, 10 Mountain Rd, Montague NJ!
**
George Feighner, wept today (2/16) as 70-year old white pines were clearcut
less than 100 feet from his front door by pipeline contractors who started
cutting yesterday morning after receiving a Notice to Proceed from the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday (2/4).
*Rally on Monday, 10am,*
*10 Mountain Rd, Montague NJ!*
George is an 86-year old man in Montague, NJ living just off the banks of
the Delaware River, and had his 60-acre property condemned for eminent
domain to be the path of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Loop 323. The upgraded
pipeline will transport M... more »
TGP Started Tree Clearing This Morning...
We need to keep the pressure on DRBC and Commissioners to urge them to stop
the Tennessee Gas Northeast Upgrade Project and re-open the docket. Today
chainsaw crews started cutting in Pike County, PA and Sussex County, NJ as
clearing that started last week continued in Passaic County, NJ near Mahwah
(they just got FERC approval for Pike and Sussex yesterday). They are
moving fast because they know the public does not want this project.
Things you can do and share right now to help:
1) Flood DRBC with emails now: Here is a link to write an email to
commissioners with a click with ... more »
NOON ON SUNDAY Direct Action Meeting, Milford PA
MEETING TO PLAN TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE DIRECT ACTION - Alex Lotorto's house
just outside Milford, PA, Sunday at noon. Call or text him to RSVP and get
the address 570-269-9589
URGENT: Tree clearing will proceed in Milford starting next week. Tennessee
just filed their weekly report following FERC's Notice to Proceed that was
granted this morning:
"Loop 323, Pike County, Pennsylvania -- Construction of 6.31 miles of a new
30-inch diameter pipeline:
Subject to receipt of the requested Notice to Proceed, it is anticipated
that tree felling activities will commence during the next repor... more »
DRBC – The Last Hope To Prevent Tennessee Gas Pipeline's Northeast Upgrade
Re-blogged from
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/act-now/urgent-details.aspx?Id=139* **Call
Them, Fax Them, Email Them Today *
DRBC has now admitted they were wrong on other up river pipelines – they
should have done a review of the cut through the forests and parks before
the project ever happened. They didn’t. So now they are going back to
take a second look. Because those are already in, all that can be done is
to try to undo some of the tremendous damage done.
But the DRBC still has a chance to do that review on the Tennessee Gas
Pipeline’s Northeast Upgrade Project (TGP ... more »
DRBC Letter by Alex Lotorto
*The Delaware River Basin Commissioners refuse to accept that major
pipeline projects impact the Delaware River watershed. It's up to us to ask
for a stop to Tennessee Pipeline construction and the proper public
hearings which have never been granted.* *For more information, see the
Delaware Riverkeeper Network's latest blog post: *
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/act-now/urgent-details.aspx?Id=139
Dear Delaware River Basin Commissioners, Voting Governors, and President
Obama,
I write to you as a lifelong resident and sportsman of Pike County, PA
requesting that you *immediatel... more »
The BBC Spins the Truth on Iran's New Centrifuges
The
BBC published an impressive piece of scaremongering disinformation on
February 13. In an article entitled, “Iran upgrades uranium enrichment
despite US warning,” the news outlet reports that new, upgraded uranium
enrichment centrifuges are now being installed at Iran’s primary
enrichment facility in Natanz.
The report states that Iran itself announced the upgrade to the IAEA
back on
Elsewhere: 3rd Parties, Hagel, More
I've been negligent on these posts again, but catching up now. My weekend
column at Salon was about the Hagel filibuster, and what it indicates about
any Supreme Court nomination. It's what I've been saying for some time: of
course there's going to be a 60 vote standard, although that doesn't mean
that all Republicans who oppose a SCOTUS pick will necessarily vote against
cloture. But most will.
At TAP on Friday, I knocked down the idea that technology or whatever will
lead to a crack-up of the Democrats and Republicans.
I'm not going to link specifically to everything else, but ear... more »
Rube, Rube, Rubio
Maybe they should have stuck with Bobby Jindal. Up and coming Republican
Marco Rubio of Florida was picked to give the GOP rebuttal to president
Obama's State of the Union speech this week.
Rubio showed how quickly he was able to shed his lizard skin for the sake
of a shot at the rightwing leadership slot.
Here's what Rubio said in 2007:
"*Global warming, dependence on foreign sources of fuel, and capitalism
have come together to create opportunities for us that were unimaginable
just a few short years ago. Today, Florida has the opportunity to pursue
bold energy policies not ju... more »
Brave New World
Incomes Flat in Recovery, but Not for the 1% by Annie Lowrey Feb 15,
2013* *The
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/business/economy/income-gains-after-recession-went-mostly-to-top-1.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130216[Excerpted]
— Incomes rose more than 11 percent for the top 1 percent of earners
during
the economic recovery, but not at all for everybody else, according to
new
data. The numbers, produced by Emmanuel Saez, an economist at the
University
of California, Berkeley, show overall income growing by just 1.7 percent
over the period. But there was a wid... more »
IT WILL NEVER BE RIGHT
Footprints for Peace organizes an annual "Walk for a Sustainable Future"
through mountaintop removal country in East Kentucky. This is a glimpse of
the 2013 200-mile walk.
Skynet?
Scientists invent a self-repairing computer that will never crash By
Christina
Farr | VentureBeat.com, Published: February 15
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/scientists-invent-a-self-repairing-computer-that-will-never-crash/2013/02/15/be4576a6-76de-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
THE ART OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS + LIVING IN THE UNKNOWN!
http://thedailylove.com/the-art-of-unfortunate-events-living-in-the-unknown/
THE ART OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS + LIVING IN THE UNKNOWN!
February 17, 2013 by Kathryn Budig
I was recently asked what yoga means to me. My sentiments about this
question are deeper and richer than a seven layer buttercream cake. The
answer directly correlates to the current affairs of my life, so I simply
stated,
“Yoga is okay with not knowing the answers.”
There were many ingredients needed to create this delicious answer so I’ll
need to backtrack a bit. It started about two months ago when I learned a
v... more »
Wild Bill: Predicts exactly what I've been saying about gun control...
*the mental health back door approach.*
Think about this if you allow doctors to inflict dangerous drugs on your
kid to "help" with his "ADD." And you'd better think twice before you
tell your doctor you've been feeling depressed. Your medical records are
no longer yours. They belong to the government. It's all going according
to plan.
BPA Lies
The Wall Street Journal Reported yesterday "No Ill Effect Found in Human
BPA Exposure" by R. L. Hotz Feb 6-17 2013 p. A3.
"Human exposure to a controversial ingredient in many plastic bottles and
food containers is too low to be worrisome, according to a closer look at
150 studies of an additive called bisphenol A, widely known as BPA."
Majia here: The article says the review was conducted by a toxicologist at
the Pacific Northwest national Laboratory. BPA can mimic estrogen. The
researcher, Justin Teeguarden, claimed BPA levels were too low to have an
effect.
BPA is an ENDOCRINE ... more »
Untitled
*Released emails show LSU tried to silence Ivor van Heerden*
*Guns and laws: La. legislators roll out proposals *
*Louisiana could benefit from rice exports to China*
The Sun and Anjem Choudary
If you haven't seen *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country*, let me save
you the bother. After the Klingon economy is crippled by the destruction of
their main armaments facility, they enter into tentative negotiations with
the Federation to normalise relations after their long, drawn-out cold war.
However, there are elements on both sides who have an interest in the
continued stand-off, and conspire together to derail the peace talks.
Mutual interest in a mutual antagonism is an oft-noted feature in all kinds
of things, and not least is it a useful foil for making sense of the
t... more »
A Cereal Box Prize of Hatred
I wonder at the necessity of asserting that reading and writing foster
reading and writing.
But beyond that there is the familiar disconnect, in the "What's the Matter
with Kansas" sort of way, where the idea of testing and drill and
vocabulary lists or word recognition lists being used *ad nauseum* in the
lower grades--exactly the time when doing this induces an abject hatred for
and distrust of WORDS as they are offered in the context of judgement--that
this method of "education" is extraordinarily invasively "regulatory."
That is to say, the very people who produce an endless s... more »
A Profile of Stanley Fischer
In the *Washington Post*. Stan was my PhD dissertation adviser.
Does Anyone Listen To Dick Cheney Anymore?
Speaking at a Republican dinner in Wyoming recently, Dick Cheney opined
that President Obama's national security personnel choices were "dismal."
He was particularly offended by Obama's choice of Chuck Hegal to run the
defense department. That's Chuck Hegal, who was being wounded in Vietnam
when Cheney was getting serial deferments -- because, in his own words, he
had "other priorities."
Joe Conason writes:
It is hard to imagine a record as profoundly impressive as that of the
Bush-Cheney administration, back when everyone knew that [Cheney] was
really in charge of everything im... more »
Jewish Fruit Bad, Islamist Nuts Good – University of York | Stand for Peace
http://standforpeace.org.uk/jewish-fruit-bad-islamist-nuts-good/
As I keep on telling you, it's not about Israel it's about Jews.
SUNDAY SONG
What a Wonderful World | Playing For Change from Playing For Change on Vimeo
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Robin Kelly For Congress (IL-02)
This morning state Senator Toi Halvorson, back in Chicago from working to
get the marriage equality bill passed in Springfield, made an inevitable
decision. She's pulling out of the race for Jesse Jackson's old seat
(IL-02) and endorsing the other progressive candidate, Robin Kelly.
From the first, Blue America's position has always been that the key to
preventing self-described "conservative Democrat" Debbie Halvorson from
worming her way back into Congress was to keep the non-Halvorson vote from
splintering. Toi looked best equipped to do that but over the course of the
last tw... more »
Sunday Globe Wake-Up Call
*"**a once-in-a-century occurrence**.... a **glimpse of an apocalyptic
scenario** that many have walked through mentally, and Hollywood has
popularized"*
*
**This was all supposed to happen on Dec. 21st, so WTF?*
"Meteor lifts awareness of cosmic risks; Hit that rattled Russia fuels bid
to protect planet" by William J. Broad | New York Times, February 17, 2013
NEW YORK — For decades, scientists have been on the lookout for *killer
objects from outer space *that could devastate the planet. But warnings
that they lacked the tools to detect the most serious threats were largely
ignor... more »
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