Thursday, February 21, 2013

21 February - Blogs I'm Following

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Growth rates of greenhouse gases figure1m (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Greenhouse Gases (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Absorptions bands in the Earth's atmosphere created by greenhouse gases and the resulting effects on transmitted radiation. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Moda para damas y caballeros

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 minutes ago
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Paisaje natural para una tarde inolvidable

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 7 minutes ago
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Cryptome webpage Encore

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 8 minutes ago
THIS IS NOT the official Cryptome for the Official Site click here Donate for the Cryptome Archive DVDs of 74,000 files (17GB) from June 1996 to December 2012. *Search Cryptome* ------------------------------ *2013-0148.htm PRC Scraping Cryptome February 21, 2013* *2013-0147.htm Jesse and Sandra Jackson, Jr.'s Money Pot February 20, 2013**2013-0146.htm APT BISCUIT February 20, 2013**2013-0145.htm PRC Unit 61398 February 20, 2013**2013-0144... more »

PROF. McMURTRY; 9 11; NAZIS

Anon at aangirfan - 8 minutes ago
Renowned philosopher Prof. John McMurtry has written *"The Decoding of 9-11: Beyond the U.S. Criminal State, The Grand Plan for a New World Order"* * *Professor McMurtry argues: *1.* "A Bay Street broker... was frank: "'You can call it what you want, but America needs a war to pull the people together and expand into new resource rich areas. "'That what it has always done from Mexico on.' * "And all the deaths?* "'It had to be done - far less than it could have been'..." Rockefeller. aangirfan: ROCKEFELLER *2.* *The US leadership, since 1945, has been Nazi.* * *"A supranation... more »

Pareja de jaguares descansando bajo los árboles

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 11 minutes ago
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No shit Sherlock of the year, decade...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 minutes ago
Fatah official: "We have not abandoned armed struggle" http://t.co/zr5V6lQugY -- CiF Watch (@CiFWatch)

1.5C Enough to Unleash the Permafrost Greenhouse Gases

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 minutes ago
A team of researchers, led by Oxford University scientists, has concluded that global warming of just 1.5 degrees Celsius will trigger the melting of the world's permafrost and, with it, the release of the CO2 and methane greenhouse gases it now holds safely trapped. The circumpolar permafrost belt that makes up 24% of the landmass of the northern hemisphere is believed to hold hundreds of gigatonnes of greenhouse gases that, if released, would cause "a massive warming effect." *However, any such melting would be likely to take many decades, so the initial release of greenhouse gas ... more »

Gaviota pescando en el mar su deliciosa cena

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 20 minutes ago
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Hermosa cascada entre las montañas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 24 minutes ago
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BC Navigable Waters Protections Gutted at Pipeline Operators' Request

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 26 minutes ago
The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association used its clout with the sleazy government of Sideshow Steve Harper to modify the Navigable Waters Protection Act. Greenpeace used the Freedom of Information Act to uncover the truth. *The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association met with senior government officials in the fall of 2011, urging them not just to streamline environmental assessments, but also to bring in "new regulations under (the) Navigable Waters Protection Act," a CEPA slide presentation shows.* *A copy of the Oct. 27 presentation made to then-deputy minister of trade Louis Le... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 27 minutes ago

Exóticas orquídeas coloridas y perfumadas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 29 minutes ago
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Ciudad en las montañas junto al arrecife

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 33 minutes ago
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Castillo de arena lleno de luces en la playa

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 39 minutes ago
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Free Download: Andrew M. Lobaczewski, "Political Ponerology"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 56 minutes ago
*"Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes"* by Andrew M. Lobaczewski "Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept wi... more »

Mother of 11 having £400k taxpayer-funded house built 'bought flying lessons for partner as Christmas gift' | Mail Online

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 hour ago
Can you spell contraception? Having multiple children and raising them on the State's money should not be an option. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282142/Mother-11-having-400k-taxpayer-funded-house-built-bought-flying-lessons-partner-Christmas-gift.html

What Blackberry Has to Do to Win Back the Corporate Market

Catelli at Not Quite Unhinged - 1 hour ago
The situation has changed since my review of the Blackberry Z10. I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that Blackberry, the company and its products, is no longer a viable enterprise solution. Given that Blackberry is an Enterprise Solution Provider, that's not good. The Blackbery 10 corporate experience is buggy and incomplete. On release day our company obtained two Z10s (one of which I

"Why Does the World Feel So Wrong?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"Why Does the World Feel So Wrong?"* by Will Groves "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - William Shakespeare, "Hamlet" "Consider these events: 1. A president who started two aggressive wars, who bears responsibility for the loss of thousands of American lives along with hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan lives, leaves office as a free man without a felony record or any negative repercussions. 2. Meanwhile, the same populace that has intimate experience with lying politicians appeared utterly smitten with a smoot... more »

The Wise Old Man Disses four 2013 Movies

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 hour ago
*The Wise Old Man Disses four 2013 Movies:* *Lincoln / Django Unchained / Zero Dark 30 / Argo* Zan Overall, The Wise Old Man, will be on the street again this year, as close as he can get to the Kodak Theatre, protesting those four films. He will pass out flyers (see below) and display a placard reading: *JEWISH HOLLYWOOD 2013* *PROPAGANDA DISGUISED AS ENTERTAINMENT* After doing these one man demonstrations for some ten years, he has still not brought Hollywood to its knees, blubbering for his forgiveness - but there's always next year! Look for him at Hollywood and Orange, just wes... more »

“National Security and Your Digital Data”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“National Security and Your Digital Data”* by Jeffrey Tucker “One of the most dangerous threats to liberty and privacy today is called the “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,” or CISPA. The activists slayed this monster last year. Or so it seemed. But of course, the beast didn’t die. Some powerful members of Congress are pushing it again. CISPA would allow government to force telecommunication providers to cough up your personal data on demand — no warrant, no notification, no chance for you to object. It is being pushed by two members of the House Intelligence Com... more »

Toi Hutchinson-- Knowing Where To Draw The Line

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Keeping the focus on the bad guy, Debbie Halvorson Yesterday, in the midst of the unraveling of Breitbart's Friends of Hamas silliness, a tweet flew by my feed making fun of some right-wing numbskull for accusing Chuck Hagel of being a puppy killer. No one likes a puppy killer. It reminded me of some distinctively *non* right-wing numbskullery from a couple weeks ago by some over enthusiastic Robin Kelly supporters who felt the best way to advance their candidate would be to destroy her primary opponent, not the self-described conservative Debbie Halvorson but the fellow-progressive ... more »

First World Problems

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 1 hour ago

Update from the forest

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 1 hour ago
Horace Greeley hiked in to Gifford Pinchot's tree stand and talked to the logging crew who was cutting within 100 ft, and convinced them to stop. They walked back to the other crew cutting toward Cummins hill Rd about 200 yards east of Crawford Branch. One worker who we will call Jake, said 'I grew up in northern Wisconsin along Lake Superior and if this was coming through my community, I'd have to quit work. I'm tired of being the bad guy.' Horace is now taking cover until the end of the work day to make sure no trees are cut around the sit. With the high winds, the biggest dange... more »

Lying Costs! Send Money!

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 2 hours ago
Regular readers of DJ! know that we are not keen on much to do with the Vatican Taliban here, with one exception, Raymond Gravel. Seems he was a tad ticked at being called 'pro-abortion' by LifeShite, so he sued. Today we learn that the case is going to trial. A libel and defamation lawsuit against LifeSiteNews.com, filed by Canadian priest Father Raymond Gravel who describes himself as “pro-choice,” will go to trial. Fr. Gravel claims that LifeSiteNews' depiction of him in the agency's news articles as “pro-abortion” is libelous, because he says he is “pro-choice” but does not su... more »

Lightning and Vultures

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 2 hours ago
The Vulture Culture that feasts on the suffering of abortions gone wrong will be sooo disappointed. The cause of death of the woman trumpeted as 'killed' by Dr Carhart is natural causes. A 29-year-old woman died of natural causes after visiting an abortion clinic in Montgomery County and suffering a rare complication related to childbirth, according to an initial finding by the Maryland medical examiner’s office. The complication, which occurred when amniotic fluid was pushed into the woman’s bloodstream, can occur during or after abortions, natural deliveries or Caesarean secti... more »

Untitled

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 2 hours ago

LET'S TRY IT AGAIN

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
Last time I posted this fantastic film it was taken down from the Internet. Let's see if we can do it again. A Palestinian saying he is an Oscar nominee? It seems impossible for Los Angeles airport security! Not even when they show him his invitation to the ceremony! Emad Burnat, whose "5 Broken Cameras" is competing for an Oscar, said US immigration officials took him, his wife and young son aside when they arrived in Los Angeles from Turkey. Michael Moore writes: "Although he (Burnat) produced the Oscar invite nominees receive, that wasn't good enough & he was threatened with... more »

Why Would Teacher Satisfaction Be Falling?

John Thompson at Schools Matter - 2 hours ago
It is hard to understand why teachers’ satisfaction has dropped to an all-time low during the Obama Administration. Yes, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has doubled-down on the bubble-in madness of NCLB. Duncan has pushed the agenda of the “Billionaires Boys Club” which threatens to kill the principle of public education. The administration has dumped “innovation” after “innovation” risky gamble after risky gamble on teachers, and set us up as scapegoats when they fail. But, hasn’t the President who we supported also said nice things about us? Even though he forgot about it, ... more »

The gun control ad ClearChannel refused to air...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*to quote Liberty's Torch:* The ClearChannel network refused to air this advertisement, but we here at *Liberty's Torch* aren't that lily-livered:

All Americans Now

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago
"More than half of immigrants in Mass. are citizens" by Maria Sacchetti | Globe Staff, February 21, 2013 More than half of the immigrants in Massachusetts are now US citizens, according to the latest census estimates, crossing a critical threshold that brings with it the right to vote, run for political office, and apply for certain scholarships and federal jobs. Slightly more than 500,000 of the 983,000 foreigners in Massachusetts had taken the oath to become citizens in 2011, the most recent year available. Analysts say the increase in new citizens has been building here and ... more »

What Will 2016 Dems Fight About?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours ago
I have a piece up at TAP trying to predict the issues that might divide Democratic candidates in 2016; yes, it's early, but as I say over there, if it's not too early to rank the candidates, why not also rank the issues? I'm not looking at the issues they'll run on, so much, but on those that might spark real disagreement. After all, in contested primaries, issues are one of the ways that candidates attempt to differentiate themselves from the pack. At the same time, while party-aligned groups may try to achieve consensus (as health care reform advocates basically did in 2008, or as... more »

Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria: Really?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 2 hours ago
Last post for the day! Promise. I am unsure what to make of this ABC article. Admittedly, I don't like how the piece is written. It reads like a gossip piece. So, why even promote or use it? Propaganda to demonize Russia? Fact? A message from one party to another via the media? Perception management? Be sure to share a thought or two.... A Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, according to Russian news reports, a development that a United Nations Security Council source told ABC News was "a bomb" certain to have serious repercussions. Russia, one of President Bashar al-Assad'... more »

A Most Ingenious Paradox

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago
In 2004, during the height of the Bush era crimes against humanity and logic, *The Onion* ran a piece called "Nation's Liberals Suffering from Outrage Fatigue". It provides a list of symptoms necessary for an official diagnosis of outrage fatigue syndrome. The general theory behind this creeping scourge is that the more information people get about government corruption, the more inured to it they become. After awhile, people have become so benumbed that each new jolting revelation of political malfeasance becomes one more shot of Novocaine. Too many doses of outrage end up being a... more »

Our Rhee on Rose: When Kevin got hissed!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013* *This has the faint sound of a novel:* Although it apparently wasn’t his, George Burns was famous for saying it: “Sincerity is everything in show business. Once you learn to fake that, you’ve got it made.” That’s how it works in show business. To understand the American discourse, you have to master three basic concepts: Novels, scripts and “zombie facts.” (Paul Krugman; just click here.) When Michelle Rhee sat down with Charlie Rose, Charlie inquired about her husband. Rhee is married to Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, the former NBA all-star. Johns... more »

#tooclose

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 3 hours ago

Steal From the Poor (They Don't Mind - They're Already POOR), Summers Expects Trouble in 2013 (Far Worse Than 2008), and Wal-Mart Bashes Self

ALEC strikes again (and again, and again). Like a rattlesnake. Working with the folks at ALEC, and with the assistance of the complete roster of the state's profiteers, Walker got passed the Wisconsin Omnibus Tort Reform Act of 2011. One group of profiteers was composed of the people who run the state's nursing homes and, as their participation ribbon in the game of dismantling The Wisconsin

Japan vows to continue whale poaching after failed illegal refueling attempts

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago
[image: After the Japan whale poachers' factory ship, the Nisshin Maru (right), had rammed the Sea Shepherd ship, the Steve Irwin, on 20 February 2013, the Steve had to run to avoid further damage from ramming. The Bob Barker (center) took the Steve's place at the port side of the fuel tanker Sun Laurel (left), to blockade any further illegal attempts to refuel the Nisshin Maru. Photo: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society] TOKYO, 21 February 2013 (AFP) – Japan vowed to continue its whale hunt in the Southern Ocean after clashes with the militant conservationist Sea Shepherd group, wh... more »

Alert! Loggers Cutting Dangerously Close to Tree Sitter #Too Close

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 3 hours ago
We have just received word from Gifford that they are* cutting closer to his tree* and he is concerned for his safety. Please call Tennessee Gas and let them know that the world is watching. *Please call:* *Tennessee Gas Pipeline 877.366.2650 570.296.7520* * Ask that they suspend all logging within 600 feet of his tree for his personal safety. * *Update from Gifford:* cutting approximately 30 feet from his tree. OSHA regulations require a buffet of at least 500 feet.

Iraq Still A Far Deadlier Place Than Afghanistan

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 4 hours ago
Many have tried to compare Iraq and Afghanistan, but the nature of their conflicts are quite different. Afghanistan has a healthy insurgency, and is a mostly rural nation. Iraq on the other hand suffers from high levels of urban terrorism. For five of the last six years casualties in Afghanistan have increased, while Iraq’s have dropped dramatically for three years, and then increased slightly over the last two. Most would think that Afghanistan would suffer from far higher levels of violence, but in fact, Iraq’s militants have been able to take a far deadlier toll. That’s because ... more »

Hunting Around in My Boston Globe

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago
*I bagged these two stories for you. Enjoy.* "Captive hunting in Vermont lures amid criticism" by Brian MacQuarrie | Globe Staff, February 21, 2013 FAIRLEE, Vt. — The fenced-in hunting ground covers 129 rocky acres of hilly forest near the Connecticut River, a rugged place where 200 “exotic” animals, from American buffalo to wild boar, roamed — with a price on their heads. Stalked and shot as trophies — often at close range, according to law enforcement officials — the animals allegedly fetched from $750 for a boar to about $6,000 for an elk in a captive-hunting camp that state w... more »

David Cameron attacks BBC over 'stupid' Eastleigh by-election coverage - Telegraph

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
If David Cameron had balls he'd take action over BBC's institutional bias against Conservative party. But he hasn't, so he won't. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9885680/David-Cameron-attacks-BBC-over-stupid-Eastleigh-by-election-coverage.html

Chinese Cyberattacks - What you aren't hearing

2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours ago
SNIPS from a couple of different article (my emphasis) Chinese hackers have hit every Washington network, intelsays By Cheryl K. Chumley The Washington Times Thursday, February 21, 2013 .Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army, which has been recruiting computer experts from the school for at least a decade, is alleged to be one of several hacking operations run by China's military. *A recent report *from a Virginia firm found that a special unit of China’s military holed in a small, nondescript office is to blame for cybersecurity breaches at 141 different targets around th... more »

SCHOOLED ABOUT PRESCHOOL: Decades of silence!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013* *Part 4—Why Obama faces great odds:* Last Tuesday, President Obama proposed “working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every child in America.” With blinding speed, some unlikely suspects fell into line, stating their heartfelt agreement with this lofty goal. For one example, let’s return to one part of Gail Collins’ column. According to Collins, here’s what happened after Dick Nixon vetoed a day care bill in 1971. In this passage, Collins’ concern about preschool seems boundless. Below, we’ll note a few points: COLLINS (2/14/13)... more »

mississauga m.p. calls for "investigation" of abortions: conservative m.p.s continue their anti-choice agenda

laura k at wmtc - 4 hours ago
Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga Cooksville East (my own riding), is back in the news. The Conservative MP has teamed up with two of his fellow backbenchers in an attack on Canadian women's reproductive rights. The last time Lizon surfaced, he had "alerted" Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney that a Mississauga woman had worn a niqab during a citizenship ceremony. Thanks to Lizon and Kenney, face veils are now banned from those ceremonies. This man is anti-choice in more ways than one. More recently, Lizon, Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon—Wanuskewin)... more »

Morning Day 4

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 5 hours ago
Alert! Loggers cutting dangerously close to tree sitter. Several residents from near Cummins Hill Road sent out an alert this morning. They were concerned to see workers walking from the road with chainsaws and fuel. Workers are now deeper in woods. It seems they are trying to clear cut on either side of Gifford Pinchot's tree sit. It is legal to park on Cummins Hill Road and stay within 25 feet of the road. We ask that folks who want to head to Cummins Hill Road to stage a protest wear bright colors for safety. The scenic view of Cummins Hill is ecologically and economically import... more »

Oregano Healing & Health Benefits: Growing Your Own Medicine by Elizabeth Renter

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
Source: http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.se/2012/07/alkalizing-health-benefits-of-oregano.htmlOregano Benefits: Growing Your Own Medicine by Elizabeth Renter Natural Society 20 February 2013 An herb whose name means “mountain joy”, oregano is a savored spice widely used in Italian, Mediterranean, and Mexican dishes. But few know just how healthy this herb can be. As with many flavorful kitchen herbs, when you cook with oregano, you are getting far more than a flavorful punch—you’re also receiving a range of health and healing benefits. And if you wanted to *experience oregano... more »

TOE THE LINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago

No Platform for Israelis

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 5 hours ago
So says George Galloway: Further clarification by way of Twitter: Oh dear. Galloway's career has seen alternating cycles of popular acclaim and public self-immolation. As Galloway is an intelligent man and a seasoned political bruiser, none of this is entirely accidental. The political capital gained from his celebrated trip to Washington was poured down the drain less than a year later with his excruciating stint on *Celebrity Big Brother*. His work as an anti-war populariser has no doubt influenced hundreds of thousands of people, but an equal number have always found this co... more »

42 Fallacies for Free: Professor Michael Labossiere

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
PDF Link *:42 Fallacies.* Michael Labossiere "Worth every penny" ;) Except in Canada. A country that has stopped making pennies. But. I digress..... If you are unfamiliar with Mr Labossiere, you can check out a presentation with Jan Irvin, linked at the side of the blog* : Logical Fallacies/Propaganda Techniques explained* Then, download the book (about 60 pages) and get an understanding of logical fallacies.

No Longer Bonding With My Boston Globe

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago
*I haven't been, and it shows in the garbage posts that populate this blog.* "Bonds, once a safe haven, may be next big risk" by Beth Healy | Globe Staff, February 15, 2013 Investors are well trained to worry about stock market crashes. But what if the next big risk lurking on the horizon is in bonds? *Wall Street firms and many well-known market strategists* are *sounding alarms* about these seemingly benign — even boring — investments. A *30-year bull market in bonds*, which drove prices sky-high as interest rates plunged, is *ending*, they say. * **The Globe basically stopped s... more »

Pennsylvania's Had Some Pretty Crappy Governors In Recent Years-- Backed By Even Worse Money Men

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Republican ex-Senator Judd Gregg and Rendell are co-chairs of Pete Peterson's slimy anti-Social Security Campaign-- Fix the Debt. Other members: Robert Zoellick, former president of the World Bank; Erskine Bowles; Dave Cote, CEO of Honeywell; Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock; Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Pete Peterson, founder and chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation; Steven Rattner, chairman of Willett Advisors; Alice Rivlin; and Paul Stebbins, CEO of World Fuel Services I wonder if anyone has told the MSNBC hosts and producers t... more »

If only Circe* were around to set things aright...

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 5 hours ago
In July of last year, after the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry presentations had been concluded and before Oppal's final report was released, I wrote a DJ! post about the controversy surrounding Coquitlam RCMP officer Cpl. Jim Brown. In light of ongoing criticism of the RCMP, of charges of sexual harassment against female officers and of reported incidents of systemic and individual violence against indigenous women, I wondered what had happened to him. Brown's right to privacy, an entitlement to satisfy his transgressive sexual appetites and the privilege to separate pers... more »

Water officials accused of hiding contamination in New Jersey

By: Nathan Lamb Two New Jersey water officials are facing criminal charges, accused of hiding drinking supply contaminants from regulators, according to this story from the Times of Trenton newspaper. The officials allegedly shut down contaminated wells before testing to conceal elevated levels of the dry cleaning solvent tetrachlorethyene,a potential carcinogen that causes a variety of short- and long-term health problems. East Orange Water Commission executive director Harry Mansmann was indicted on Feb. 13 on multiple counts of violating the state’s Safe Drinking Water Act and... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours ago
So many good choices, but Happy Birthday to Alan Rickman, 67. Also, good stuff: 1. Friends of Hamas are everywhere -- Tim Murphy reports. As does Adam Serwer. 2. Apparently the way the US does security clearances is a few decades behind the times. No surprise. John Hamre proposes an update. 3. Matt Yglesias on BipartisanThink. 4. Since I linked to the original: CAP's Neera Tanden responds to TNR on think tanks. 5. And Andrew Gelman cites Bill James correctly.

The New Grand-Strategic Divide? A Response to Thomas Wright

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 5 hours ago
The style of this piece deviates from what I usually put up here. By way of explanation: I wrote this after some initial indications of interest by Foreign Policy in running a response. But they’ve got a lot on their plate and they no longer seem intrigued. Frankly, that’s for the best; this is now about as Continue reading

Boost Cinnamon Intake to Ward off Alzheimer’s Disease by Elizabeth Renter

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
Source: http://www.rebellesociety.com/2012/11/30/benefits-of-cinnamon/health-benefits-of-cinnamon-2/Boost Cinnamon Intake to Ward off Alzheimer’s Disease by Elizabeth Renter It’s good on apples and sprinkled on toast; it’s used in a variety of recipes for its sweet and subtly spicy flavor. But, it’s far more than a kitchen spice—it’s a natural healer and may even be able to help prevent and reverse Alzheimer’s disease. What we’re talking about is *cinnamon*. Cinnamon is the inner bark of a tropical evergreen tree native to India. It is grown in southeast Asia and has been treasu... more »

Trucking Around My Boston Globe

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago
*Not making very many deliveries these days.... * "Trucking jobs abound, but applicants are few" by Russ Bynum | Associated Press, October 31, 2012 SAVANNAH, Ga. — Even amid high unemployment, trucking companies have had a tough time hiring young drivers willing to hit the road for long hauls. Now the *United States is speeding toward a critical shortage of truck drivers*as the economy recovers and demand for goods increases, an expert in the inner workings of supply chains said in a report Tuesday.... The Department of Labor says the *median yearly wage* for tractor-trailer driv... more »

Big Ole Bear

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago

Marijuana possession still widely prosecuted in Canada

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago
In 2011 Canadian police recorded 61,406 criminal incidents in which possession of marijuana was the most serious offence. 28,183 possession charges were laid. This does not reflect all charges for possession as it does not include situations where more serious offences took place and marijuana charges were also laid -- say an aggravated assault where marijuana was found on the accused and charges for aggravated assault and possession were laid.

A Personality Cult?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours ago
Andrew Coyne --with some justification -- is frustrated. The Liberal Party,he writes, is preparing itself for Justin Trudeau. And, to that end, it will "transform itself into a personality cult. Anything but define itself." I confess that I have reservations about the younger Trudeau. His support for the oil sands is a little too full throated for me. But, the oil sands aside, Coyne's knock against Trudeau is that he has no platform -- except for some vague defense of the middle class. But let's be realistic. The way politics is played these days is different than the way it use... more »

Help To Pass A GMO Labelling Law in Maine, USA

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
Source Of Poster: http://www.mofga.org/ *MOFGA’s Right to Know – GMO Labeling Campaign* Join MOFGA and our coalition partners to help enact An Act to Protect Maine Food Consumers’ Right to Know. GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) should be labeled so consumers can make informed choices about what to buy and what to eat. Public interest in GMO labeling dramatically increased as a result of a 2012 referendum on the issue in California. MOFGA's Board of Directors designated GMO labeling a strategic priority for 2013. MOFGA has built a strategy with key Maine legislators to pass ... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Lee Zurik Investigation: Sheriff’s budget bloated by mystery legal fees* *Begin with the hurricane and the levee failures* *Michoud facility to see jobs again with new projects coming in * *Iberia Parish lawmaker would give Louisiana Legislature permission to steal BP fine money*

Gutter Testing

Storm at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago
Question: Define the purpose of guttering on a house. Answer: Choose the response that represents your thinking. a. to catch rain water coming off the roof b. to catch and direct rain water deflected by a roof out away from a vulnerable foundation c. to correct an imposition d. to protect a preconception We have a gutter on our house that is a bit askew in one place over the porch and near the front steps. Consequently the rain will come off the room slip by the gutter in that spot and pour straight down. This has clearly been the case over the years prior to our occupation as the f... more »

Teddy Ruxpin & Divorced Dads

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 6 hours ago
I have two sons. One is 20 the other is 5. When my first son was around 5 he ended up with a second-hand book from Teddy Ruxpin adventures. Teddy Ruxpin had been some cheesy toy from the mid-1980s. A battery-operated talking bear. Ronald Reagan's deregulation of advertising had allowed toy companies to create products and essentially market them with accompanying cartoon series (see: "Consuming Kids" for more information.) When I was in college, some of the other lads in my class came up with putting a pornographic cassette tape inside a Teddy Ruxpin doll, giving him a cavalcade... more »

Israelis arrested in Romania: Suspicion of human egg trafficking

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
Israel and organ trafficking. Israel and human trafficking. Israel and drug trafficking. How about Israelis and human egg trafficking?- Ynet God's chosen? Just when you think you have read it all...... The two Israelis involved have had their passports returned, therefore I would expect they will make their way back to Israel Two Israelis who were arrested Tuesday in Romania have been released to their hotel in Bucharest, Romania early Wednesday. The two got their passports back, but the stay of exit order issued against them still stands. The two, Prof. Raphael Ron-El who runs t... more »

SpraySpace

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 7 hours ago
We live in a wondrous world, where such talent can be shared planetwide.

Thunderbolts Project - Huge Quasar Cluster refutes Big Bang Theory

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 7 hours ago
"Distance is proportional to redshift," in contemporary Big Bang theory. I really don't like this because it means that 'relatively distant objects' are moving apart at somewhere close to LIGHT SPEED with/without any accelerational concerns or LOGIC. But what to make of the 'Huge Quasar Cluster' and how can their proximity account for their extreme red-shift value, based on the Big Bang i.e. gravitational, model of the universe? As you know, Hertzan Chimera Unit (also an electrical i.e. state oscillation) theory suggests that red shift is associated with 'age' i.e. we only deal w... more »

Martyn Daniels joins Haven Books as Non-Executive Director

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 8 hours ago
PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release: 6/2/13 *Martyn Daniels joins Haven Books as Non-Executive Director* * *The Haven Books Group, owners of educational resource brands Badger Learning, Pandora Books and School Bargain Bookshop are delighted to announce the appointment of Martyn Daniels as a Non- Executive Director. Martyn steps into the new role immediately and with his extensive digital knowledge and skills, he will help guide the digital development and strategy of Haven Books. Steve Cheetham, Managing Director of Haven Books said, ‘Martyn brings a wealth of commercia... more »

Sony’s Announcement in New York: Play Station 4

Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 10 hours ago
*At an occasion in New York, Sony has announced its next generation gaming console the PlayStation 4.* Its new hardware is planned to offer superior graphics as well as new social features including the sharing of recorded gameplay clips. It will be successful the PlayStation 3, which went on sale in 2006 and has sold about 75 million units. Sony's next generation device is likely to take on more significance not less. A successful launch might urge on sales of Sony's new televisions and other consumer electronics, helping turn around its fortunes.The PS4 will ultimately compete a... more »

George Galloway showing his true colours

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
George Galloway - "I don't debate with Israelis... I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis" My feelings about George Galloway are quite obvious and this incident really makes little difference to them, however hopefully it will show others the true George Galloway. A man who won't debate with Israelis but was happy to take the money and work for Iran's Press TV, supported Syria's President Assad and of course to assist Hamas.

LINDSAY LOHAN, LEON BRITTAN, ANN DEXTER-JONES; KOSHER NOSTRA

Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago
*Ann Dexter-Jones* Ann Dexter-Jones knows a lot of interesting people, including Lindsay Lohan and Leon Brittan. *dailymail.co.uk/femail/* Some of these people are members of 'the Kosher-Nostra'. Some have links to the spooks. Some may be victims of Monarch brainwashing, which is designed, in part, to produce sex-slaves. *Leon Brittan, formerly in charge of MI5* Former UK Home Secretary Leon Brittan is related to Ann Dexter-Jones Former UK Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind is also related to Ann Dexter-Jones. Ann Dexter-Jones is upper- middle-class Jewish. Ann's father, Fre... more »

Poverty Point Earthen Mound Built In One Season

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 11 hours ago
What this means it that the main structure was built in one season by an extended community of at least ten thousand. It also clarifies an important issue. This was an excellent method by which a community could demonstrate its power and size while easy to build and maintain. Other communities would have followed suit as we know from the archeological record. At the same time, poverty Point was the Atlantean factory town that received raw copper from Aztalan by the Mississippi access to Lakes Michigan and Superior. Here the copper was smelted and formed into ingots for ship... more »

Renewables Winning Economic Argument

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 11 hours ago
Without question the thermal coal industry is setting up to simply disappear. The hard driver will be the rapid build out of natural gas burning plants. No one can stand up against that type of competition. Way more important it that sooner or later we will have super conducting power transmission to send power anywhere to anywhere at slight cost and we will have effective batteries to store surplus energy as a huge energy buffer. With that environment, wind is a gift that never stops giving and geothermal also become highly attractive for base load. Fuel based syste... more »

Health Care Privatization in Spain

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 11 hours ago
Once again the rational behind this escapes me except to assign it all to stupid people who have misplaced authority over others. The health care service can become more efficient and it can become better. What it cannot do is become cheaper except by kicking costs back to consumers and that merely negates the whole premise. It it wants to be come a profit making business, then it must cherry pick and overcharge those who can pay. The ethics of this formula are not worth discussing. *If the only service provided by the insurance industry is cash management, then why are th... more »

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Kills 7 in One Family

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 11 hours ago
Let us make it simple. Anyone who collapses needs two things immediately. A 911 call for emergency assistance and CPR now. The breathing will not be too helpful at all, but the sloshing of the blood will save your life and brain until help arrives and has a chance to restart the heart. Most victims are excellent candidates for shocking the heart back into action. Thus having the tools available at schools and similar situations is only wise. Training available personnel is even better. At least this spells out why we do have so many such events out there. It is... more »

dream - intriguing new bramble staircase at 37 Elizabeth Road, Haydock

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 12 hours ago
back at dream location 37 Elizabeth Road in Haydock, Merseyside, where I used to live with my Auntie Nellie. Yes, I've had a lot of dreams in this place, and last night was no exception ... except. Everything was as it used to be; living room, fire place, Rusty (her Jack Russell dog) nothing was amiss. Auntie Nellie was there this time, she lent me 4 x £1 coins out of her own money for going to Bingo. But someone had been hard at work, renovating the place. If you go upstairs, the toilet is facing you. To your right are two doors: right hand side leads to front bedroom, left leads ... more »

Those Dreaded Costly Seniors, How Dare They

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 12 hours ago
Every morning on cknw Michael Campbell spews venom and vitriolic hatred towards Canada`s growing senior population, Michael loudly proclaims that pensions and healthcare must end, we can`t afford to heal, or nurture or even keep our enshrined in law commitments we made, those dastardly evil senior citizens hell-bent on bringing an end to Canada as we know it.. What am I missing, how can a radio station continue to promote such a shallow thinker, a man devoid of thought, a tiresome bore whose blather falls on deaf ears. Is Canada the first nation in history to have a populous age... more »

Paul Craig Roberts: "Forty Senate Republicans made it clear that not only do they refuse to put their service to America ahead of their service to Israel, but also that they will not even put their service to America on a par with their service to Israel."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
------------------------------ *America Shamed Again: A colonized people — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ February 17, 2013 | Go here for original Americans have been shamed many times by their elected representatives who cravenly bow to vested interests and betray the American people. But no previous disgraceful behavior can match the public shame brought to Americans by the behavior of the Senate Republicans in the confirmation hearing of Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Forty Senate Republicans made it clear that not only do they refuse to put the... more »

‘Freddy Lee’ Morton, the journalistic sequel: We’ve already seen this horror movie, thanks!

David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 13 hours ago
Freddy Lee Morton, in happier times, with your blogger. Below: Firewaller Tom Flanagan; the entire separatist 2001 Firewall team (grabbed from the National Post). Freddy Lee “Ted” Morton, the worst premier Alberta never had, was back in the pages of the Calgary Herald the other day, bloviating at length about the need for brutal attack ... more »

The jockeying begins for the late Senator Inouye's to-die-for Capitol "hideaway"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
*In 2011 both Senators Inouye and Levin declined to trade up.* *by Ken* The late Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii was a lot of things, most of them admirable, and many of them enduringly special. He did a lot of good for the people of his state and the people of his country, and I'm sure that mattered to him. But the senator was something else, something that probably mattered more to his fellow members of the world's greatest deliberative body (or whatever it was the Senate used to call itself before it became too silly for words) than to you or me. He was, by the time of his death, ... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our own Milky Way. About 50 million light-years distant in the northern constellation Pegasus, NGC 7331 was recognized early on as a spiral nebula and is actually one of the brighter galaxies not included in Charles Messier's famous 18th century catalog. Since the galaxy's disk is inclined to our line-of-sight, long telescopic exposures often result in an image that evokes a strong sense of depth. The effect is further enhanced in this sharp image by galaxies that lie beyond the gorgeous island universe. *Clic... more »

The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sunset"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Sunset"* "Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors which it passes to a row of ancient trees. You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you, one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth, leaving you, not really belonging to either, not so helplessly dark as that house that is silent, not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing that turns to a star each night and climbs – leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads) your own life, timid and standing high and growing, so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out, one moment your life ... more »

The Connecticut Elementary School Shooting: PROOF - Sandy Hook Was A Staged Media Hoax - Anderson Cooper Knows! (Video)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 14 hours ago
Readers...I have been taking the last few days again to spend time with family and to visit my mother... I have been returning home late at night and have not been doing much on this blog... Please bear with me.. The situation with my family will be finally under control by next week (hopefully), and I should be able to return to this blog on a regular basis after that... I do thank everyone for their patience... As stated in my previous article, I was on the Truth Hertz internet show ( www.oraclebroadcasting.com)on Monday, to primarily discuss the phoney Sandy Hook operation with my... more »

Musical Interlude: Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue“

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue“ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NK-_2G7MMgc

February 20, 1973

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Haldeman's Diary: -- John [Ehrlichman, presumably] and I had a long meeting this evening with John Dean, on the whole Watergate question. Dean is very concerned, especially about the financial-support aspects. But doesn't know how to handle his concern, and feels that we've got to get Mitchell into it and get some help from him. -- In other words: they're still paying hush money, but as they started to realize in the recent California meeting, that doesn't just mean making a decision to do it. After all, especially now that the campaign is over (and pre-reform money is no longer ... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*May God, or perhaps Darwin, bless the "troublemakers" ~Library Chronicles*

"I Wish You Enough"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"I Wish You Enough" by Bob Perks "I never really thought that I'd spend as much time in airports as I do. I don't know why. I always wanted to be famous and that would mean lots of travel. But I'm not famous, yet I do see more than my share of airports. I love them and I hate them. I love them because of the people I get to watch. But they are also the same reason why I hate airports. It all comes down to "hello" and "goodbye." I must have mentioned this a few times while writing my stories for you. I have great difficulties with saying goodbye. Even as I write this I am expe... more »

"Life Is About..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"Life is about discovering things that *do* matter in the end." - Robert Brault

Calling all beer lovers

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
I have need of your assistance. Help! My local tennis club is changing its beer supplier to DB, who are putting money into the bar in return for an exclusive supply agreement. Result being that the *only* beer the bar can stock is a DB beer—which is to say either a DB or a Tui or a Monteith’s. And after a decent run around the tennis court (my standard of tennis meaning I’m the one usually doing the running), a man is desperately in need of a decent drop. I do have the opportunity to recommend something drinkable out their range to come out of the club’s taps or beer fridge, but ... more »

Sacred Sites Advocates urge Kirkpatrick: Protect sacred Oak Flat

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
Sacred Sites Advocates Urge Ann Kirkpatrick to Protect the Sacred Oak Flat By Klee Benally, Dine' Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com FLAGSTAFF, AZ -- A handful of Dine' protestors showed up in Flagstaff to urge Congress woman Ann Kirkpatrick to "Say No to Resolution Copper! Protect the Oak Flat & stop the destruction and desecration of Apache lands!" Although the grand

Alan Wieder : Race to the Bottom

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 15 hours ago
Image from Diary of a Public School Teacher. Race to the bottom: Educating Obama Inspiration and curiosity and breadth and depth in learning are often usurped by crowded and underfunded schools, high stakes testing, zero tolerance and incarceration, and the demonization of teachers. By Alan Wieder / The Rag Blog / February 21, 2013 At about the same time that President Obama was reelected,

RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Musician and Journalist Hector Saldaña of The Krayolas

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 15 hours ago
Hector Saldaña, left, and David  Saldaña of The Krayolas in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 15, 2013. Photos by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Hector Saldaña with David Saldaña of San Antonio's rockin' Krayolas By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / February 21, 2013 Music journalist and rock musician Hector Saldaña, founder of San Antonio's pioneering

Leonardo da Vinci: The Context of Leonardo's Anatomical Studies

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 15 hours ago
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: SchAdvStudy]: 02-02-12 The Warburg Institute Leonardo da Vinci: Painting as Philosophy - The Context of Leonardo's Anatomical Studies Speaker: Martin Clayton A conference was held to coincide with the exhibition at the National Gallery November 2011-February 2012. Focusing particularly on his paintings, papers will be asking how Leonardo set about expressing visually different and sometimes competing ideas about the universe and its causes, in a Christian era. What did Leonardo mean by promoting painting as a science, as knowledge, and how... more »

LOL @ This Poll

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago
An Excerpt from, *"Poll: 99 Percent of Americans Believe Iran is Threat to U.S."*: A new poll finds that nearly 100 percent of Americans believe that Iran is a threat to the vital interests of the United States. The Gallup poll reveals that 99 percent of Americans are threatened by Iran’s development of nuclear weapons as 83 percent believe the Islamic state is a critical threat while 16 percent believe Iran is an important threat. This poll is 100 percent propaganda. It is sad what the American media has become. It's fucking pathetic. These guys don't even try to disguise their p... more »

Colibrí entre las flores del jardín

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 16 hours ago
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Caballos corriendo en el campo de flores

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 16 hours ago
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“Learning from the Big Picture: Cycle of Life”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*“Learning from the Big Picture: Cycle of Life”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “While we are on earth we are all human beings in different phases of our lives and soul development. As we walk through the world, the people we encounter appear so different from one another. We see babies, old men, pregnant women, and teenaged boys. We know couples on the verge of marriage and lonely widows. We interact with toddlers and the terminally ill. As different as each person seems, they are all living the human experience. They are just at different places in the cycle that begins with bi... more »

Cabañas para relajarse en la isla de agua turquesa

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 16 hours ago
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Cascada de agua clara en el bosque

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago
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Impresionante torre eiffel bajo el cielo azul

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago
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Delfines saltando las olas de mar

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago
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Hermoso buho volando entre los árboles del bosque

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago
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GOP 101... Using The Power Of The State To Warp The Minds Of Students With Ideology And Bronze Age Fairy Tales

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
In an ideal Republican University, everyone would be required to take an ethics course taught by Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed. Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand's corpse would be teaching economics. Science would be no problem either and they're already honing their skills in the states that they control-- like poor delusional Kansas. Last week, the Kansas House Education Committee introduced a bill that mandates teachers question the scientific basis of global warming, becoming the latest state to take up one of American Legislative Exchange Council’s “model bills” aiming to mis... more »

Rosas hermosas del jardín

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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Paisaje en otoño con grandes caminos para recorrer

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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Firsthand Accounts of Day 3's Tree Sit Adventures

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 18 hours ago
Gifford Pinchot holds fast in the trees, even with loggers cutting as close to 100' from his post. *Foreward: All of this will be even better if you or anyone know you know is able to donate to the Anti-Fracking Bail Fund, to ensure future actions will be well supported! Posted on behalf of Crabgrass and Alex, who are resting...* "Today marked the first day of a full time tree sit to stop the highly controversial Tennessee Gas Pipeline, a very good friend, Gifford ascended 45 feet high on a platform to show his dedication. With safety being our number one concern with something of t... more »

Legal Prostitution: what can we learn from the empirical record?

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 18 hours ago
No, this isn’t one of those posts where we go all “Monkey Cage” on our readers and pimp (sorry) promote political-science research, but rather a “Dan is befuddled, perhaps readers might help” kind of thing. In other words, I make no effort to answer the question of the title. The post is an extended version Continue reading

Perritos entre la nieve posando para la foto

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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D.I.Y. complaining

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
The Herald this morning has a special supplement on building and renovating, with a cover story wringing its hands about NZers love for Do-It-Yourself—the basic tone being, “how dare they!” Former Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk famously built his own home back in the fifties, “Big Norm” even casting his own bricks. Nowadays, Big Norm would be arrested, fined, and his house probably demolished, being doing it yourself is mostly illegal. DIYers these days are restricted by law (both National’s and Labour’s) to doing bugger all around their own house. Anything more than a bit of p... more »

Oscar

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
*This Oscar Pistorius story is all a bit strange, isn't it? There must definitely be more to it. He seemed so happy just the other day, he had such a spring in his step…* Yes, it was only minutes after Oscar Pistorius’s arrest that the jokes began … all taking the Pistorius. His lawyer's got a hard job ahead of him. Realistically, it looks like Pistorius hasn't got a leg to stand on. Oscar clearly misunderstood when his girlfriend told him that on Valentine's Day he had to take her out. Oscar Pistorius is pleading not guilty due to temporary diminished responsibility. He clai... more »

Integrity walks . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 19 hours ago
THE MARCH ON STEVIE continues, the Journey of the Nishiyuu, as the concerned aboriginals progress through Waskaganish yesterday on their way to consult with Stevie and the GG. Be sure to join 'em. 

Breaking Harper's Siege on Science

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 19 hours ago
Could the courts force Sideshow Steve Harper to take his gags off federal government scientists? *Democracy Watch* and the University of Victoria's *Environmental Law Clinic* may soon test the legality of Harper's abuse of democracy. *The Information Commissioner of Canada is being asked to investigate whether "federal government policy forcing scientists to jump through hoops before speaking with the media" breaches the Access to Information Act.* *"In sharp contrast to past Canadian practice and current U.S. Government practice, the federal government has recently made efforts... more »

BUILD COMMUNITY AND SURVIVE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
- Professor Yang-Yoon Mo is back in jail on Jeju Island for his third time and is hunger striking against the Navy base for his third time. How can people be put in jail for non-violently trying to protect nature? The real criminals who are destroying a South Korean government designated "special preservation area" never stand trial. This photo was taken a couple of nights ago when supporters held a candlelight vigil outside the jail. Yang is now on his 19th day of fasting and has been moved to the prison hospital. Several other protesters are going to ... more »

BRENNAN UNFIT FOR CIA JOB

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 20 hours ago
Now is the time to let the US Senate know that we don't support Brennan for the CIA job - he is the consumate political hack who lies about and distorts the consequences of the US drone program.

Why the price of gas is so high

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
I don't drive that much lately. The last time I filled up my car was about a month ago. Still I noticed this mysterious spike in gas prices: The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline has jumped 45 cents in the past 31 days, according to AAA, the fastest run-up since 2005. [...] Analysts differed widely on the causes of the increase. They blame lower output from OPEC, investor concern about potential oil supply disruption and US refinery shutdowns for routine maintenance but none of it makes sense under the usual "supply-and-demand fundamentals." Indeed, the price rise make... more »

Fukushima: "Radiation Of The Pacific Ocean In The Next 10 Years"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Radiation Of The Pacific Ocean In The Next 10 Years* *– Japan Nuclear Disaster Video"* "Scientists at GEOMAR have put together this time lapse showing just how we are being affected by the radiation levels in the pacific. More info can be found here: http://thegic.org/video/10-fukushima-." - http://beforeitsnews.com/

About that Canada Soccer's Wellness to World Cup Long-Term Player Development Thing

Catelli at Not Quite Unhinged - 20 hours ago
"Ontario youth soccer to stop keeping score, standings. It’s part of a well-established, research-supported and holistic approach to player development, common in soccer-rich countries and endorsed by the sport’s brightest minds." So says this article in the Toronto Star. Ideally, I do agree with the concept that soccer in Canada needs to do more to focus on skills and player development.

Nuclear technology and Industry Defy and Deny Democracy

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 20 hours ago
hat tip for the Source: Enenews Alain-Marc Rieu (2013) Thinking after Fukushima. Epistemic shift in social sciencesAsia Europe Journal March 2013, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp 65-78 Abstract The Fukushima catastrophe is a turning point in the conception, role and management of technology in industrial societies. As did Hiroshima (on another dimension) after 1945, the Fukushima nuclear accident questions and transforms established conceptions and values concerning the relations between technology, politics, industry, society and the environment. It has become impossible to think after ... more »

Back In Action

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 21 hours ago
This was the most difficult move of my life, our lives -- 425 miles, and yet we're still in Texas. I had my first day at work Jan. 28. I had the computer hooked up by then, but held off on posting until I felt reasonably comfortable at work. I will be posting again soon, probably starting this week. Thanks for hanging around. -- mj

Boehner Is Too Weak In His Own Caucus To Negotiate Reasonable Cuts That Work For The American People

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
If you're on Alan Grayson's mailing list, you saw his note this week about the damage the GOP will do if they don't back off the Sequestration mania. (If you're *not* on Grayson's mailing list, just contribute even just one dollar to his reelection campaign and you'll be on it-- or check out his Facebook page and read it there.) Opponents of The Sequester... the 12% budget cut for the military (leaving aside soldier pay and benefits), and the 9% budget cut for other federal programs (leaving aside Medicare and Social Security)... are focusing on the military cuts. Their theory s... more »

About Those Keystone XL Jobs

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours ago
Keystone pipeline boosters have argued the project will create jobs, lots of jobs. US Chamber of Commerce president, Tom Donohue, has estimated the pipeline will create 20,000 jobs immediately and upwards of 250,000 over the lifetime of the project. Later Donohue actually upped the ante: "*In fact, by knocking down the barriers, we can unlock up to $250 billion in private capital for infrastructure. Leverage this with public investments, and we could create 1.9 million jobs over 10 years*." Sounds awfully persuasive, doesn't it? It might if the numbers were real. They're not.... more »

The Possible Sequester Deal

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 21 hours ago
Kevin Drum thinks that "There is No Possible Sequester Deal to be Made" and goes through the various possibilities, showing that every permutation but one -- kicking the can down the road -- is worse than the status quo for one side or the other. So for example, replacing the defense cuts with more domestic cuts is worse for Democrats than just letting the sequester take effect; replacing the defense cuts with new taxes is worse for Republicans than letting the sequester kick in. I think, however, there is a possible deal that could be made that he's missing: one in which Democrats... more »

"State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, 2012

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 21 hours ago
Man-made chemicals cited in health scourges: UN report By Robert Evans Reuters Feb 19, 2013 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-chemicals-idUKBRE91I0NJ20130219(Excerpted) - Man-made chemicals in everyday products are likely to be at least the partial cause of a global surge in birth deformities, hormonal cancers and psychiatric diseases, a U.N.-sponsored research team reported on Tuesday. These substances, dubbed EDCs, could also be linked to a decline in the human male sperm count and female fertility, to an increase in once-rare childhood cancers and to the disappearance... more »

Mubarak Had Doubts About 9/11 Story

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
Mubarak was a 9/11 truther. Why am I not surprised? Anyone with a brain knows the official 9/11 story is BS. Obama is probably a 9/11 truther. Hell, Bush is secretly a 9/11 truther. Title: Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Abu Al-Gheit: Mubarak Did Not Believe in 9/11. Source: MEMRI TV.

Our Rhee on Rose: The potted plant!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 21 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013* *Charlie rolls over and dies:* When Michelle Rhee appeared on Charlie Rose, she and her host swapped inane ideas about the best way to evaluate teachers. Believe it or not, our greatest education reformer said this to our brightest broadcaster: RHEE (2/18/13): The reality is that we have known for a very long time that we could identify great teachers and identify not-so-great teachers. *You walk into any school building anywhere in this country today and you ask parents or kids or other teachers, "Who’s the best teacher in the school?" They’ll tell... more »

Americans (For the Most Part) Hate Them, But The Wrecking Crew Wins Again!

The wrecking crew. Working long past the time when the fake problems disappear to try to steal the last ounce from the livelihoods of the poor. Shock Doctrine runs amuck. Tuesday, February 19, 2013 The Wrecking Crew Is Winning by Robert Borosage Congress is taking this week

Philip Klass Explains It All - Part Two

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 22 hours ago
There are those who thought that I had been unfair to Philip Klass when I mentioned the article from the Bangor, Maine newspaper that reported his take on the Loring AFB unidentified craft (and note here that I didn’t use the more pejorative UFO). Turns out, there wasn’t much in that article that didn’t appear in his book, *UFOs: The Public Deceived*. It was just a little more condensed in the newspaper and some of the wilder assumptions made had been left out. First, he seemed to be very annoyed that one of the newspaper reporters, in this case Ward Sinclair, had been dismissive o... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Pope on the Run'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
MNN: POPE ON THE RUN Posted on February 20, 2013 MNN. FEB. 19, 2013. The Pope suddenly resigned because of the documented allegations of child rape, murder and genocide. He was a Nazi youth and an SS officer, which conditioned him to be racist and a eugenicist. An SS officer becomes the Pope! Pope’s new Vatican uniform! On December 21, 2012 the Pope said that child rape isn’t bad.

What is Basic Research?

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 22 hours ago
Basic research is a political symbol. What is a "political symbol"? I explain the notion of a political symbol in my recent paper on basic research (here in PDF): Elder and Cobb (1983) define a symbol as: ‘‘any object used by human beings to index meanings that are not inherent in, nor discernible from, the object itself.’’ They continue: Literally anything can be a symbol: a word or a phrase, a gesture or an event, a person, a place, or a thing. An object becomes a symbol when people endow it with meaning value or significance. In his classic essay, Sapir (1934) distinguishes tw... more »

Why does Jeff Zucker hate CNN?

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
Hot on the heels of CNN's embarrassing non-stop coverage of the poop ship, the guy who is supposed to save the sinking ratings of CNN seems to believe the secret to success is pushing out its best talent. Zucker clearly reneged on his promise to give her a prime-time slot, so Soledad O'Brien is likely leaving the station. And this is the understatement of the year so far: The source added, “Soledad is talented at producing in-depth, serious pieces of journalism, and is a tough interviewer. That doesn’t seem to fit the direction the network is going.” Rather sad to watch what was o... more »

The Balkans aren't ready for investments

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
*Bulgarian government collapsed due to Czech-controlled electricity* ČEZ, the Czech Power Group, is Central Europe's largest listed company with market capitalization exceeding $17 billion. Its 70% remains state-owned but the rest is large enough so that it's one of the two main movers of the Prague Stock Exchange. Anyone trading stocks in Prague probably has some stocks of ČEZ. The price is now just slightly above CZK 600. *Three power companies share the Bulgarian grid. ČEZ and Energo-Pro have headquarters in Czechia (the latter also does business in Georgia, Armenia, Turkey), E... more »

How Dick Cheney Buried the Truth of His Iraq War

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago
Dick Cheney has buried the truth of America's conquest of Iraq so deep* *that he will himself be long dead and buried before the facts are ever exhumed. It might have something to do with the annoying fact that the invasion of Iraq was a war of aggression waged on the flimsiest of pretences and, hence, the sort of war crime for which people have danced at the end of a rope. People with that sort of problem like to keep the details quiet.* * *Cheney's office, according to [William Leonard, former director of the Information Security Oversight Office] took secrecy to excessive le... more »

TOP PEDOPHILE RINGS - AUSTRALIA

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*AustraliaMatters.com ...* *There are pedophile rings which include government officials, politicians, TV executives, TV presenters and the police.* * * *This is how it works worldwide.* By *Reina Michaelson* federaljack.com/ebooks/ / Dr Reina Michaelson - Declarepeace.org.uk /* http://webcache*. "My child abuse prevention organisation" was infiltrated by members of a police-protected top pedophile ring in Australia. "The members of the network include senior management and executives from a major television network, media celebrities, high-ranking politicians, police officers in... more »

The Hunger Games, Archery, and Racing to the Top

skrashen at Schools Matter - 23 hours ago
A major goal of PE is to introduce students to a variety of sports. In this spirit, it is exciting that archery has become so popular. According to “Archery coming to Frontier Middle School in Wentzville” (Feb 19), one of the motivations for including archery in school is The Hunger Games. But the message of The Hunger Games was not to get good at shooting arrows. The message was the Capitol’s efforts to divert the districts’ attention from the source of their problems, the Capitol’s oppression, and to devote their energies to competing against each other in a cruel game of death. H... more »

Legislative Brain Freeze - 951 Days and Counting

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
Brace yourself. If you're hoping, praying for a progressive advance in America's Congress, *The Atlantic* has a sobering reality check for you. The last time a major policy bill made it through the U.S. Senate was 951-days ago. It was back on July 15, 2010 that the Senate passed the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. *If you're wondering whether President Obama's ambitious second-term agenda has a chance to make it through Congress, this little fact might be worth keeping in mind. Pessimistic analyses of the prospects for the Obama agenda have mostly focused on the recalcitrant... more »

ABC NEWS: Rhode Island Records Show Inner Workings of Legion of Christ

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=18506172 *Rhode Island Records Show Inner Workings of Legion of Christ * By MICHELLE R. SMITH and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Feb 15, 2013, 5:07 PM Documents detailing the dubious fundraising practices of a disgraced Roman Catholic religious order called the* Legion of Christ *were released to the public Friday, showing how the organization took control of an elderly woman's finances and persuaded her to bequeath it $60 million. The records include the first-ever depositions of high-ranking Legion officials. They shed light on the inner worki... more »

Thoughts for the Brain... Geology vs Iain Duncan Smith

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 23 hours ago
Here are a couple of stories to talk about. Firstly Geologists Erupt After Iain Duncan-Smith Shelf-Stacking Jibe. If nothing else the headline is a nice little pun. When Mr Bowel-Syndrome compares geology to shelf-stacking he is of course having a go at Cait Reilly, a geology graduate who quite rightly argued that stacking shelves for free in Poundland was a waste of time when she was already volunteering in a museum and searching for work herself. IBS really is a wretch. He is far too thin skinned to be in politics if he feels the need to denigrate a woman in her twenties looking ... more »

Ha ha!

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago

Search of cellphone incident to arrest proper - password on phone might have changed decision

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago
*R. v. Fearon*, 2013 ONCA 106 holds, on its facts, that a search of a cellphone was proper as an incident of arrest. Note that the decision might have been different if there was a password on the phone: [57] This case is not significantly different from *Manley*. I cannot conclude, in the circumstances of this case, that the original examination of the contents of the cell phone fell outside the ambit of the common law doctrine of search incident to arrest. Apparently, the cell phone was turned “on” and it was not password protected or otherwise “locked” to users other than... more »

Globe Helps You Meet Your Future Self

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago
*What **drugs** are they on.... * "Your 2023 self could really surprise you" by Carolyn Y. Johnson | Globe Staff, January 04, 2013 The “end of history illusion.”* * * **Promoted by globe-kicking empire builders and their mouthpiece media for centuries.* “I have to tell you that never in my wildest dreams when I had a long ponytail and was hitchhiking around the country and playing my guitar did it occur to me that my greatest joy would be sitting next to the love of my life, eating dinner on a TV tray, and watching ‘Jeopardy!’ ” ************************** One implication of the ... more »

His Name is Bond

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago
*Who really gives a s***?* "What’s it like being named Bond, James Bond?" by Joseph P. Kahn | Globe Staff, November 10, 2012 With “Skyfall,” the latest Bond movie, opening in the United States this week and with 007 celebrating his silver anniversary on the silver screen, the suave British spy shows no signs of fading away. He is the franchise player for a multimedia juggernaut that cast even the Queen of ­England in a parachute-packing supporting role at the ­London Olympics to hype the new film. To millions, he is the coolest character on the planet. (Sorry, Harry Potter.) But... more »

When a calorie is not just a calorie

Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 1 day ago
A story from Wired magazine reports that the traditional method for counting the calorie content of food is inaccurate, because it ignores how much energy the human body takes to process different preparations of the same food. The findings were presented by a panel of researchers American Association for the Advancement of Science. ... the panel reviewed a new spate of studies showing that foods are processed differently as they move from our gullet to our guts and beyond. They agreed that net caloric counts for many foods are flawed because they don’t take into account the ene... more »

Obama Sneers at Climate Activists

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 1 day ago
Pollution BabyClimate activists marching in Washington, hopeful for government action to address carbon emissions, are like Ciocio-san in *Madame Butterfly*, waiting for her deceitful and fraudulent husband Pinkerton to return to what was only ever intended to be a temporary sham marriage of convenience (his convenience). Meanwhile, Pinkerton/Obama is away in America/Florida where his heart really lies, wedding a proper Caucasian wife/playing golf with Texas oil barons. Could he have chosen any way to telegraph a more deliberate mockery of the protest?? Even Pinkerton had the dec... more »

The Joy and Love of Po$ting

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
"City in talks over subsidies for Lovejoy Wharf" by Casey Ross | Globe Staff, January 04, 2013 Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s ­administration is moving to give public funds to the developers of a luxury residential, office, and retail complex next to the TD Garden. Boston officials on Thursday ­acknowledged that discussions are underway to provide a *tax break or other subsidy* to the massive Lovejoy Wharf complex. But even though the Boston Redevelopment Authority ­approved the project last month, and granted a designation to make it eligible for public funds, the Menino ­administrati... more »

Private Equity Slices Pizza Crust

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*It's gotta be better than the sack lunch they gave us the other day.* "Judge rejects lawyer’s bid for bankrupt pizzerias" by Jenn Abelson | Globe Staff, January 03, 2013 A lawyer representing *former Upper Crust workers* has *lost a last-ditch effort to buy* four of the company’s pizzerias and block their sale *to a private equity firm* with ties to the bankrupt chain’s ousted founder. On behalf of ex-employees who accuse Upper Crust of seizing their wages, Shannon Liss-Riordan *submitted a purchase plan* late Wednesday to bankruptcy Judge Henry J. Boroff that included an offer t... more »

Pittsfield Spitball

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*Went a long way.* "Armored truck maker in middle of debate on dollars and safety" by Callum Borchers | Globe Staff, January 04, 2013 Newtown, Conn., had been the site of one homicide in the last 13 years until a man wearing a bulletproof vest and fatigues, carrying three guns, shot his way into an elementary school and killed 26 women and children last month. * **Except it never happened, folks. * *Sandy Hook: Could a Mock Shooter Drill be Mistaken for the Real Event?* By grim coincidence, even as the terrible events were unfolding in Newtown on Friday morning, the Putnam County... more »

Biofuel rush wiping out America’s grasslands at fastest pace since the 1930s Dust Bowl – Rates of grassland loss are ‘comparable to deforestation rates in Brazil, Malaysia, and Indonesia’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: Map of the U.S. Plains showing the percentage of grasslands that were converted into corn or soybean fields between 2006 and 2011. Spurred on by the rush for biofuels, farmers are digging up grasslands in the northern Plains to plant crops at the quickest pace since the 1930s Dust Bowl. Graphic: Wright and Wimberly, 2013] By Brad Plumer 20 February 2013 (Washington Post) – America’s prairies are shrinking. Spurred on by the rush for biofuels, farmers are digging up grasslands in the northern Plains to plant crops at the quickest pace since the 1930s. While that’s been a ... more »

How Much Is That Politician In the Window?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
As if America's corporatist politicians weren't already bought and sold the United States Supreme Court may be about to open the doors to total and absolute political corruption in American politics. The top court is being asked to strike down caps on individual donations to U.S. politicians. Team Koch - line up over here. *This latest case threatens to demolish even the modest control that government has over direct contributions. In McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, Shaun McCutcheon, a political activist in Alabama, contributed to 16 different candidates in federal r... more »

White Flight? London? Who Knew?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Demographic change has really swept over the City of London where the white population now makes up just 45% of residents. *It's estimated that 620,000 white Londoners have left since the turn of the century.* * **The movement of the white British is often characterised as white flight - the indigenous population forced out of their neighbourhoods by foreign migrants. That may be part of the story, but ...the evidence suggests it is also about working class aspiration and economic success. * *London's dramatic loss of white British residents is represented by a splash of yellow and... more »

So Long, Saul Steinberg

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*I hope you are roasting in hell.* "Saul P. *Steinberg*, one of the best-known *corporate raider*s of the 1980s, died Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 73. The Brooklyn-born son of a rubber manufacturer, Mr. Steinberg was ambitious from a young age. A *portly man with a cherubic grin*, Mr. Steinberg epitomized to many the excesses of the deal-making era of the 1980s. With his wife, Gayfryd, he *lived a gilded life* for several years. Besides his son, Jonathan, who is married to the CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, Mr. Steinberg leaves his wife; a brother, Robert; two sisters, Ron... more »

Carving Out Another Post

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
"Carver man accused of punching wife; Nine-year-old son called police" by John Ellement and Michele Morgan Bolton | Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent, December 26, 2012 Even as his parents tried to keep him silent, a 9-year-old boy told a Carver police sergeant that his father had punched his mother in her mouth on Christmas Day, the latest in a series of alleged acts of domestic violence the boy has witnessed in the past four years, according to police. In a report filed in Wareham District Court on Wednesday, Carver police Sergeant Sheri A. Sarmento described the interview she... more »

Rush on Obama: A deranged mind...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*and proceeds to sum up sequestration beautifully. * "This is not about compromise." H/T Political Brambles

Hitler's Shadow - In the Service of the Fuehrer

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
Video found at the excellent website *Justice for Germans*. Another phenomenal video by Wayne from Canada. *It is the personal story of Karl Wilhelm Krause, who was the valet. of the Fuehrer from 1934 to 1939, and was also responsible for his personal safety and security. Through his daily contact with Adolf Hitler, and those of his most intimate circle, both in his public life, as well as, inside the Fuehrer’s private quarters, no one had access like Herr Krause. Nor was anyone ever in a better position to observe Hitler; his personal habits, character, and demeanor, and to ass... more »

Still on My Boston Globe Books

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
"Antiquated state laws stir modern-day worry" by Andrew Carden and Kristen Lee | Globe Correspondents, January 03, 2013 The principal target for the repeal-minded legislators are 19th-century laws that *criminalize abortion* if Roe v. Wade were to be ­reversed.... * **In -- gasp -- Massachusetts?* As recently as 2007 the Essex district attorney’s office used the 1845 law to criminally charge a Lawrence woman who took an antiulcer drug to induce a third-trimester abortion.... * **Not as liberal as you thought we were. * No one would expect that using *profanity at a sporting event*... more »

A Better Way to Buy Meat

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Much of Europe is reeling from the discovery that many beef products have been adulterated by the substitution of horse meat. Cases tend to be mainly ground beef and processed or packaged foods containing meat such as frozen pasta dishes. The scandal has drawn attention to alternate means of sourcing safe meatproducts. *Crowd funding schemes allow like-minded people to pool their money and invest in businesses and charitable projects. Some farmers are using crowd funding sites to raise funds to buy livestock, and offer discounted produce in return.* *Farmer Natalie Rose of Rosew... more »

A word from our new Ambassador of Religious Freedom

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
"Religion, artificially divorced from the public sphere, makes for an impoverished politics at best, and a benighted political class at worst." Our new Ambassador of Religious Freedom, Andrew P. W. Bennett, 2 years a dean of Augustine College, is passionate about returning religious discourse to public life. Our "official secular religion", he argues two years ago here, "violates freedom of religious expression." Huh. In April 2011, ImmMin Jason Kenney announced that Canada's religious freedom office "would be modeled after the Office of International Religious Freedom within t... more »
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