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1:12pm MST
Kits Coast Guard?
There
be foul odours over English Bay, blown in from East and West.
I've been having a hard time lately justifying why we still need
politicians, because they really aren't making the case for themselves
these days.
BC Liberals, Government of Gimmicks Gadgets And Gobbily Goop
*Written by Grant G*
Before we get started there are two things that need to be said, right now
the province of British Columbia is in structural deficit, meaning this,
predicted and needed expenditures are greater than predicted and expected
revenues, second, for far too long the public has been at the mercy of a
pathetic media, a media that has failed in its public duty to report
honestly, a media of complicit enablers, a media of spin and factual liars..
Our carbon tax, it`s a failure, this gimmick hasn`t removed one single gram
of carbon from our provincial airshed, in theory ... more »
Roobarb and Custard Say: Rave
A kiddie rave tribute to Bob Godfrey, the creator of much-loved children's
show *Roobarb* (not *and Custard*!); and national treasure, Richard Briers,
who died earlier in the week.
The 100 million protest march
Chances are you didn't see this story on your TV news stations. I only saw
it because I caught an odd RT in my twitter stream. My google-fu tells me
it was barely covered by the high profile US news orgs even in
print/online. But Al Jazeera was there:
If you can't watch the video, the workers of India have had enough of being
exploited by the owners and the politicians.
As many as 100 million Indians angry about high prices, low pay and poor
working conditions walked off their jobs Wednesday as a two-day strike
organized by 11 major trade unions closed banks, disrupted major
tr... more »
Interesting Update on the Sandy "Hurricane Deductible"
Yesterday the NHC released an update to its hurricane reanalysis page which
lists Sandy as a hurricane in the state of NY, but not NJ. The new update
is consistent with the recent Sandy assessment, but far more back and white
-- a storm is is or is not on the list as a hurricane.
In New York following Sandy this happened (emphasis added, and for more
background go here):
The New York State Department of Financial Services and Governor Cuomo
informed the insurance industry that hurricane deductibles should not be
applied. *The decision was based on the fact that the storm did not s... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Quiet news week, no? I'll go ahead and pick the developments in Syria as
something that mattered, or at least could matter.
And a cheat for what didn't matter -- I'll pick the argument over who
originally proposed sequestration. The truth of it doesn't really matter,
but I argued in my Salon column today that the fact that Republicans chose
that as their spin is quite bad for current and future negotiations.
So that's what I have...what do you have? What do you think mattered this
week?
NSFW or Around Children - Transvaginal Ultrasounds
Lots of states are trying to push through transvaginal ultrasounds as a way
to denigrate women who are choosing to use their rights under Roe v Wade.
I do not think that state legislatures should be sticking their noses into
this.
I do not think that it is necessary for state legislators to further
humiliate women at a stressful time.
BUT - - - - - I didn't truly picture what this meant.
Well ...................
Then I ran into an actual picture - of the probing, penetrating
transvaginal ultrasounddevice
I just knew it was much more than just - wrong.
The Republicans putting fort... more »
"DHS Contractor Apologizes For Selling Shooting Targets of Children"
*"DHS Contractor Apologizes For Selling *
*Shooting Targets of Children"*
By Paul Joseph Watson
"A company which received $2 million dollars from the DHS has apologized
and taken offline “no more hesitation” shooting targets which depicted
pregnant women, children, and elderly gun owners in residential settings as
“non-traditional threats,” following an online uproar.
As we first reported on Tuesday, Law Enforcement Targets Inc. (LET), a
Minneapolis based company that has received almost $2 million dollars in
contracts from the Department of Homeland Security over the last three
... more »
Must watch interview.
For the record, DJ! apologizes to Michael Sona.
It appears the guy was in the throes of electoral fervor when he dispatched
by CON war room bullies to play the role of a minor thug during the 2011
federal election. For his troubles, he was thrown under the bus.
Watch his candid interview here.
PMSHithead's government, elected by means that appear to me and many others
who are working to collect the evidence of CPC wide-spread electoral fraud,
cannot fall quickly enough.
I hope the members of the CPC oligarchy who engineered this assault on
democracy and the electoral process suffe... more »
Useful Idiots
It's always mystified me, how right wing nut jobs with more car
derelicts and washing machines in their front yards than blades of grass
stubbornly cling to the delusion that trickle up and trickle down economics
works. Because self-styled conservatives think, for want of a better word,
in frames and when you compartmentalize your thinking in rigid frames, no
force on earth can move you to rethink, reappraise or reform your mode of
thinking.
Since the Southern Strategy of 1972, poor southern voters were
convinced by the criminals of the Nixon administration that what... more »
U.S. States Jonesing for Drugs
Georgia is said to be rushing to put down condemned prisoners before it's
stock of execution drugs expires on March 1. Georgia is just one of
several states that find the supply of drugs needed for lethal injections
drying up. Some states are even said to be hitting the black market.
Georgia confirmed to the Guardian that its entire supply of pentobarbital
expires on 1 March. The expiration date leaves the state in a quandary: it
still has 93 men and one woman on death row, including Hill, but with no
obvious means by which to execute them.
*Anti-death penalty campaigners are s... more »
“The Trigger Has Been Pulled, The Crash Has Begun”
* “The Trigger Has Been Pulled, The Crash Has Begun”*
How are things going to play out? My take…
by kaibosh
"We have obviously crossed the threshold folks, things are falling apart by
the day and the game of Kick the Can has at long last gone as far as it
can. The rest of the World no longer has a choice, the United States is no
longer the big bully on the playground who won WWII and their fingers are
no longer so firmly around the throat of the planet. The long lunatic
nightmare of Bernanke monetary ponzi schemes cannot continue.
It will be interesting to see what their plan is ... more »
"Feds Buy Two Billion Rounds of Ammunition"
* "Feds Buy Two Billion Rounds of Ammunition"*
by William Bigelow
"Something strange is going on. Federal non-military agencies have bought
two billion rounds of ammunition in the last 10 months. The Obama
Administration says that federal law enforcement agents need the ammunition
for “mandatory quarterly firearms qualifications and other training
sessions.”
Radio show host Mark Levin is suspicious. He commented: "To provide some
perspective, experts estimate that at the peak of the Iraq war American
troops were firing around 5.5 million rounds per month. At that rate, the
[Dep... more »
Schwaller de Lubicz On The Sacred Teachings of The Ancient Egyptians
Below is an excerpt from *R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz's* 1949 book, *"The
Temple in Man: The Secrets of Ancient Egypt."* Translated by Robert &
Deborah Lawlor. Published in 1977 by Autumn Press, Inc. Pg. 106-107.
"The Ancients never "popularized" anything; to the uninitiated they
provided only the minimal *useful *teaching. The explanation, the
philosophy, the secret connection between the myth and the sciences were
the prerogative of a handful of specially instructed men. Did not
Pythagoras wait twenty years before being admitted into the Temple? Did he
not, in his own teaching, i... more »
"GEAB N°72: Global Systemic Crisis - Second Half of 2013"
* "GEAB N°72: Global Systemic Crisis - Second Half of 2013*"
The reality or the anticipation of the Dollar collapse obliges
the world to reorganize on new fundamentals.
by LEAP/E2020
"The reality or the anticipation of the Dollar collapse obliges the world
to reorganize on new fundamentals. Just as the Euro crisis pushed Europe to
modernize and adapt its economic and financial governance to the challenges
of the 21st century, the terrible US dollar crisis will oblige the world to
transform the whole of world governance structures, beginning of course
with the international mo... more »
Brahimi’s Bulls***
*Maybe we can find a kernel or two of golden corn nuggets in it. *
"UN Syria envoy calls on government to start truce" by Ben Hubbard |
Associated Press, October 18, 2012
BEIRUT — Lakhdar Brahimi’s push to get Assad and rebels seeking to topple
him to stop fighting for the four-day Eid al-Adha feast set to begin Oct.
26 reflects *how little progress international diplomacy has made* in
halting 19 months of deadly violence in Syria. Activists say more than
33,000 people have been killed....
*
**It was never meant to progress. It's there as a fig leaf so western
war-makers can say w... more »
Capitalism Exchanges Fire with France
Globalization has transferred a great deal of political power into
corporate boardrooms. And, for some businessmen, it's gone to their heads
- guys like Maurice (Morry) "The Grizz" Taylor, CEO of U.S. tire company,
Titan.
Morry was in France to check out a faltering tire plant he thought Titan
might pick up. When he was done, Taylor fired off a letter to French
industry minister, Arnoud Mountebourg, telling him France could keep its
"so called workers."
**
*"The French workforce gets paid high wages but works only three hours.
They get one hour for breaks and lunch, talk for th... more »
Good News: The Building Trades Unions Aren't Endorsing A Republican In Massachusetts
A few days ago Nate Silver warned in his *NY Times* column that Ed Markey
doesn't have Kerry's Senate seat in the bag. He shows the states as
"likely" Democrat. Only likely... when the GOP can't even find a plausible
candidate and after Obama won 61% of the state against Massachusetts'
former governor. He won every county and every congressional district. The
closest Romney came was in John Tierney's 6th CD where he took 43.9% of the
vote.
Most everyone, though, has written off Markey's primary as a bit of
practice for the main event. He's running against ConservaDem and
anti-Cho... more »
Mauna Loa carbon dioxide: a fit
I wanted to find a nice function that gives a satisfactory description of
the carbon dioxide concentration as a function of time.
Mauna Loa, one of the five volcanoes underlying Hawaii, a middle Pacific
state of the U.S., is the most standardized place where the concentration
is measured. See this NOAA page on Mauna Loa weekly and the raw data I have
used.
If you open the page with the raw data, you will get over 2,000 weekly
concentrations of carbon dioxide in ppmv (parts per million of volume – or
equivalently, parts per million of the number of molecules) between May
1974 a... more »
Forgetting Jim Foley
*"Journalists are increasingly getting caught up in the **chaos**"*
**
*
US writer is shown captive in Syria
*
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*
US news crew is freed in Syria
*
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*
I'm sorry, but since Mockingbird I view all US reporters as spies,
especially foreign journalists.
*
A close escape for Richard Engel and NBC team
Fortunate to have a big organization like NBC to safeguard their interests;
hundreds of freelance journalists in global hotspots lack such protections.
*Speak of freelancers....*
"War reporter kidnapped a second time; Boston-based; captured in Syria" by
Peter Schworm | Globe Staff, Janu... more »
The Crown Jewels of the Obama Administration
Those of us not yet moribund with Outrage Fatigue Syndrome (see previous
post) were flabbergasted to learn that while tens of thousands of people
were protesting against the Keystone Pipeline in front of the White House
last weekend, the president was far, far away in Florida, golfing with oil
and gas barons.
Meanwhile, Michelle Obama was off on her annual Aspen ski vacation, hosted
once again by billionaires Jim and Paula Crown, who own and control a
big chunk of defense/security contractor General Dynamics. The Crowns, as
you may know, are prominent Obama campaign bundlers, havi... more »
You make me feel like dancing
I imagine this will be posted everywhere today but I'm posting it too for
the archives. Our First Lady is so cool. Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon in
drag...
[More segment clips here]
No Fly Post
*"Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who also announced an
additional $5.5 million in humanitarian aid for refugees, left open the
possibility of setting up a no-fly **zone**"*
*"Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Washington and Turkey were
discussing a range of steps including a no-fly zone over some parts of **
Syria**"*
*
**France seeks partial no-fly zone above Syria*
*
**"plans for a no-fly zone in Syria were ‘‘not on the front burner as far
as I **know**.’’*"
*
**"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a television interview
that Moscow rejected inter... more »
Why and When the Use of Drones is Unconstitutional
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
Why 'instant justice' via drones is an evil, pernicious, insidious,
undemocratic outrage to the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights,
specifically the Fourth Amendment:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized."
--U.S. Constitution, Fourth Amendment
On ... more »
It's Dangerous Not to Talk
The conversation that can change the course of history is well underway.
It's time for our political leaders to listen. When opting a child out of a
standardized test is considered civil disobedience, something is very wrong
and very sick about that society.
Barbara Madeloni at The Chalkface Radio tells it like it is. The cost of
freedom and truth about corporate ed deform is getting higher along with
the cost of everything else.
But, it's more dangerous not to talk.
Dangerous Talk
FEBRUARY 23, 2013 BY BARBARA MADELONI 2 COMMENTS
Talking is dangerous. Jesse Hagopian, a teacher lea... more »
Biden At Bat
Veep Joe Biden is carrying the White House campaign to rein in assault
rifles. And, predictably, he's shooting straight.
*He challenged the National Rifle Association's arguments opposing Barack
Obama's plans, declaring: ''They say, 'Well, it's about our culture … The
facts are, our culture's not killing 25 people a day. It's weapons and
high-capacity magazines. It's criminals who get guns without going through
a background check.*
* *
*''We have to speak for those 20 beautiful children who died 69 days ago,
12 miles from here,'' Mr Biden added, saying he had met two Sandy Hook
... more »
Japan on the Offensive
Majia: As an American citizen I don't feel I have much right to criticize
the militarism of other nations. That said, I do think that Japan's LDP is
escalating conflict in an alarming spiral that could get out of hand.
Japan says Abe’s quotes about China in Post interview were ‘misleading’ by
C. Harlan and D. Nakamura Feb 22, 2012[excerpted] — Japan sought Thursday
to clarify comments about China that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made to The
Washington Post this week, with a top government spokesman saying that
quotations published by the newspaper were “misleading.”
The Post had quote... more »
Hard Times Ahead For American Blacks?
Could the United States Supreme Court open the door for rolling back
decades of progress for America's black minority?
*When a black man won the White House in 2008, many in the commentariat declared
the United States a "post-racial" society, no longer hamstrung by old
hatreds, freed at last from the embarrassments of segregation – finally and
triumphantly color blind. *
*Conservatives have been telling themselves some version of this pretty lie
ever since Robert E Lee surrendered at Appomattox. On 27 February, we'll
hear it again when the supreme court takes up a challenge to th... more »
Drones and Fascism
New Drone Base in Niger Builds U.S. Presence in Africa by E. Schmitt
and
S. Sayare The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/world/africa/in-niger-us-troops-set-up-drone-base.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130223&_r=0
WASHINGTON
— Opening a new front in the drone wars against Al Qaeda and its
affiliates, President Obama announced on Friday that about 100 American
troops had been sent to Niger in West Africa to help set up a new base
from
which unarmed Predator aircraft would conduct surveillance in the
region. The
new drone base, located for now in the capital, Niam... more »
Sex Could Solve Roman Catholicism's Biggest Problems
The debate is open again as to whether Roman Catholic priests should have
to be celibate.
Britain's top Catholic, Cardinal Keith O'Brien says the next Pope should
re-open the issue of ecclesiastical celibacy.
*Britain's most senior Catholic has suggested Catholic priests should be
able to marry and have children, saying the demand for celibacy was not of
"divine origin".*
*In one of the most significant breaks with Catholic orthodoxy, Cardinal
Keith O'Brien said many priests found it "very difficult to cope" with the
celibate life and suggested lifting that ban could soon happen... more »
Indonesia’s palm oil developers threaten the Congo Basin – ‘The Indonesians came here for the first time in September 2010 and started to destroy properties, farmlands, crops, livestock, and houses’
[image: Cover photo for 'Seeds of Destruction', a report issued by The
Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK), which reveals impacts on forests and local
people of the biggest palm oil plantations in the Congo Basin. The
Rainforest Foundation UK says there is 'a real and growing risk that some
of the serious, negative environmental and social impacts resulting from
the rapid expansion of palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia, such
as widespread deforestation, social conflict and dispossession, could be
repeated in the Congo Basin.' Photo: Rainforest Foundation UK]
By Hayat Indriy... more »
Another two great songs ruined by some kids
One Direction's dire Comic Relief version of Blondie's 'One Way Or Another'
segued with The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks'.
David Cameron you must remember the original versions, have you no
standards?
Here's the original Blondie version of 'One Way Or Another'
And The Undertones original version of 'Teenage Kicks'
There's just no comparison with the anodyne, wimpy One Direction cover is
there?
Cameron's Austerity Wins Britain a Credit Downgrade
It's not like Britain's Conservatives weren't warned their austerity
platform would bludgeon their nation's economy. Still, David Cameron
didn't have to boast that keeping Britain's AAA credit rating intact would
by the real test of his economic and political credibility.
Oopsie.
Britain's credit rating has now been dropped from AAA to Aa1 by the ratings
agency, Moody's. And the Tories, predictably, have vowed to stay the
course since that seems to be working so well.
*Chancellor George Osborne said the government would continue taking "tough
measures" to deal with the deficit... more »
Duffy to Cough Up Cash
Harper senator (just add water and stir) Mike Duffy has said he'll repay
the housing allowance he's been pocketing for living in Ottawa while
"resident" in Prince Edward Island.
"*What we've got here is a case where the rules aren't clear,*" Duffy
offered by way of a blended excuse/apology. He seems to think that
resolves everything yet it might only make things worse - for him.
If Duffy is legitimately resident in Prince Edward Island then the money
he's refunding is properly his, every dime of it. It's only if Duffy isn't
a resident of P.E.I. that he's taken money that he isn... more »
Slow Saturday Special: Saturday Morning Cartoons
*I thought I would start you off with this one since it brings back so many
memories*:
"Buck Biggers, 85; created Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo" by Daniel E. Slotnik
| New York Times, February 23, 2013
NEW YORK — W. Watts “Buck” Biggers — who with his partner, Chet Stover,
created the 1960s cartoon “Underdog” and wrote its infectious theme song —
died Feb. 10 at his home in Manomet, Mass., a village in Plymouth. He was
85.
The cause was a heart attack, said his longtime companion, Nancy Purbeck of
Plymouth and Boston.
Mr. Biggers was an account manager at the advertising firm Dance... more »
Tree Sit Remains, Tree Cutters Faced with Difficult Tasks Ahead
*February 23, 2013*
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*Tree Sit Remains, Tree Cutters Faced with Difficult Tasks Ahead*
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*Contact:*
Alex Lotorto, Pike County, PA Resident 570-269-9589 / alotorto@gmail.com
www.NoTennesseePipeline.blogspot.com
photos attached
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*Milford, PA, February 23 2013* – A 12 p.m. march is still on for today in
Milford across the Milford Bridge, from Milford to Montague, across the
Delaware River! Meet at the corner of Broad and Harford. This will remain
on the sidewalks and shoulder of the road and is child/pet friendly.
Pinchot is still in the tree stand as tree c... more »
Untitled
*Rally to #makeBPpay!*
*New research: Louisiana coast faces highest rate of sea-level rise
worldwide ~Bob Marshall*
Buying Votes
This week, Stephen Harper launched his Office for the Promotion of
Religious Freedom. Tasha Kheiriddin is puzzled:
Of all the Conservatives’ initiatives to date, the most bewildering is its
newly created Office for the Promotion of Religious Freedom. The Tories are
deploying five million dollars of taxpayers’ money — ostensibly to promote
not a particular religion, but the freedom to practice religion in general.
Not in Canada, mind you, but around the world, in places from Turkey to
Tibet.
But the office is more than puzzling. It strikes at the very heart of
Canadian democracy... more »
Did Pope Ratzinger Abdicate Over A Much Worse Boy Rape Scandal In The Vatican Hierarchy Than Has Ever Been Reported Before?
Gays? Where?
There are all sorts of reasons being given for Benedict's unprecedented
abdication and his decision to be shut up, incommunicado, in a cloister for
the rest of his life. On the positive side, he could have done it because
he knew he was no longer physically and mentally (or even spiritually) up
to the job and wanted to do the right thing for the organization and for
the more than a billion Catholics who profess at least a nominal allegiance
to his sect. More discerning critiques said the Pope stepped aside because
of another in a series of scandals involving the Vatican ... more »
Channel 4 - Walking Wounded - Artist Taxi Driver rantorial
this rantorial from Artist Taxi Driver starts off quite quietly, then he
LETS RIP...
...and he's right.
today bradley manning has been imprisoned 1,000 days without trial
One thousand days. Think of where you were one thousand days ago, and all
you have done since then. In all that time, Bradley Manning has been in
prison.
For 62 days, he was held in a cage in Kuwait.
For 265 days, he was held in solitary confinement.
For 1,000 days, he has been imprisoned.
And when Manning does receive a hearing, it will not be a trial. It will be
a court martial: his accusers will be the only judge and jury.
Manning's "crime" is exposing the truth about the murder of civilians by US
forces in Iraq. While the real criminals go unpunished - indeed, while they
le... more »
Breaking: This whole press corps is out of order!
*SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 23, 21013*
*The New York Times attempts to report on the nation’s Hispanic
students:*In some ways, yesterday was the wrong day to be called away
from our
sprawling campus.
Consider a few of the day’s events as recorded by Kevin Drum:
You had a fake column by David Brooks. For Drum’s review, click here.
You had a somewhat fake review of health care costs by Steven Brill.
Click
this.
Following Monday’s fake interview by Charlie Rose, these presentations
made
us think of Al Pacino’s famous rant in that famous movie:
*This whole “press corps” is out of order,* as w... more »
Gender and Human Capital Returns
Here is an interesting fact: Women earn a higher rate of return from a
college degree than men. In particular:
After controlling for various demographic factors, the researchers found
that female graduates earned more than $6,500 more per year than women with
just a high school diploma, and more than $4,500 more than women who
dropped out of college. Male graduates, by contrast, earned only about
$2,700 more than high school graduates, and about the same amount as male
college drop-outs.
The findings are consistent with past research, which has showed that jobs
are much more gend... more »
From Uvajuq - how death came into the world
In the very earliest time
When both people and animals lived on earth
A person could become an animal if he wanted to
and an animal could become a human being.
Sometimes they were people
and sometimes animals
and there was no difference.
All spoke the same language
That was the time when words were like magic.
The human mind had mysterious powers.
A word spoken by chance might have strange consequences.
It would suddenly come alive
and what people wanted to happen could happen--
all you had to do was say it.
Nobody could explain this:
That's the way it was.
Naalungiaq, 1923
Fully funded doctoral positions in practical philosophy open in Gothenburg
A brief pointer to a call for applications, officially launched by my
university yesterday, to fully funded doctoral studies positions at my
department (of philosophy, linguistics and theory of science). Among the
subjects to which one can apply is my own of practical philosophy – i.e.
ethics, applied ethics, metaethics, political philosophy, philosophy of
law, and so on. So if you meet the eligibility criterion (basically a BA
plus a minimum of a 1-year MA in a relevant subject), and think that
spending four-five years in Gothenburg doing a philosophy/ethics doctoral
project within... more »
High Fructose Corn Syrup Leads to Obesity and Liver Damage by Elizabeth Renter
High Fructose Corn Syrup Leads to Obesity and Liver Damage
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 23 February 2013
*Experts agree – **sugar truly is a health destroyer**. And whether it’s
real sugar or sugar in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, negative
health effects will surely pop up with over-consumption. But some research
does indeed pinpoint HFCS specifically for causing a concerning amount of
damage. Two studies coming to these conclusions found evidence showing that
HFCS promotes obesity and causes damage to the liver.*
One study, conducted by Duke University research... more »
BBC News - UK's credit rating cut humiliating, Labour says
The BBC are acting as the Labour party's mouthpiece again today.
The news that Moodys has cut the UK credit rating from AAA to AA1 is
headlined
Ratings cut humiliating, says Labourand is accompanied by a long quote from
Ed Balls that completely ignores Moodys analysis and reasons for cutting
the UK's rating.
Contrary to the much repeated Labour/BBC line that George Osborne is
cutting too fast and too deep, the credit ratings agency criticises George
Osborne for the slower than expected 'pace' of 'deficit and debt-to-GDP
reduction', for 'mounting debt levels' and the failure 'to rev... more »
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
I posted the Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel version on wednesday but have
found some cover versions which I post here for your perusal
Duran Duran's 1982 live version - I'm not a fan of this very Duran Duran
version
Erasure's version which is truer to the original but Andy Bell's voice just
isn't on a par with Steve Harley's.
Suzi Quatro from 1977 - I like this version but then I always did have a
thing for Suzi in my pre-teens.
The Wedding Present with a punkesque version form 1990 - I normally like
punk versions of old tracks and this is no exception!
Which is your favo... more »
Seen in Eastleigh
Seen on the campaign trail in the Eastleigh by-election.
Gladue Factors beyond sentencing
The *Gladue* factors may have other effects, even though they are only
directly applied to sentencing in the *Criminal Code*. Since*Gladue* sets
out principles intended to address the "crisis on the Canadian criminal
justice system" that the horrendous over-incarceration of Aboriginals
represents: (*Gladue, supra*, par. 64), some have suggested that a court
should consider such principles in other situations that have the capacity
to improve this situation.
The Ontario Court of Appeal has held that *Gladue *principles apply in
other situations where the court is engaged with the ... more »
Religious Freedummmmmmdumdumdum!!!!
Crawling out from under several biotic invasions jumping up and down on me
since November, I am finally starting to believe I will survive this
winter, except I've likely jinxed it now by 'saying' that 'aloud'.
Times like this remind one the stress of even temporary disease wears you
down in a way that makes you slither away from added emotional
aggravation. By the time you crawl home the only energy you have is for
necessities of domesticity before passing out.
Still, I am an adult and I'm privileged to have a home, plus employment
that pays the bills and has HR policies against b... more »
China Policy Institute Blog at U of Nottingham
*Kiln in Kaohsiung.*
Jonathon Sullivan at the U of Nottingham alerted me to his China Policy
Institute blog. One of the changes he has made is running regular special
feature issues. The current one is on China-Japan relations, including some
good articles on the Senkakus mess. In March they will run a special issue
on President Ma, a year after the election. There will also be weekly
pieces on Taiwan. Check it out!
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[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its
sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores... more »
A solution to the menace of children on a plane
It could work!
Zuckerberg and Brin Join Forces to Extend Life
This is now happening mainly because it is becoming plausible. Recent work
has blown open the problem sufficiently that pathways are now worth
investigating. I would not be surprised to discover that the solution even
turns out to be easy. Keep that thought.
The ultimate human lifespan will not be earthly immortality but it can be
centuries for individuals who prepare themselves. Recent work has already
shown us that telomeres can be rebuilt and that implies restoration to
one's prime is a viable proposition.
When I started this blog, interest was still modest, but has ... more »
Corn Yields Boosted
This will squeeze a significant gain in yield for corn likely on the
range of perhaps another twenty percent. Corn is been subjected to many
other beneficial improvements that secures it position as the leading field
crop. In time we will have a rich nutrient enhanced product that is welcome
everywhere.
The conversion to corn culture worldwide continues to be rewarding and
well rewarded and is handily providing us much of our food security. It
will clearly continue to expand its range.
It is all good news for the long term as agriculture prepares to shift
into organic m... more »
Picasso Used Common House Paint
It let him get the look he wanted and it was the age of high quality house
paints. Thus it is no particular surprise. This merely improves analytic
precision should we care.
Yet it allowed him to create a vastly more expansive style that shed the
attention to the traditional stroke by stroke methodology of the past and
approaches the styles of today were it is all computer assisted. He
truly led the way and was recognized for it.
It made great art.
*Picasso's Genius Revealed: He Used Common House Paint*
*Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience senior writer*
*Date: 08 ... more »
Primal Evil's Physical Basis
There are two types of evil. The type this addresses is the worst kind
and we will simply label it primal evil and it is strongly associated with
a physical flaw in the brain itself. Evidence exists suggesting that
Hitler suffered a war injury to the head and that effected his subsequent
behavior. Other specific cases also typically are associated with brain
flaw and this work polices the obvious science.
The other type of evil is derivative evil and it is learned and impressed
through the social environment. This is both forgivable and also
modifiable if not outright... more »
Wayne Madsen - 100% certain 9/11 author Philip Marshall was assassinated
yesterday, I chanced upon this video report from Wayne Madsen. Topic: 9/11
author and *former IranContra cocaine pilot* Philip Marshall who allegedly
went bezerk with a gun in his home in a gated community called Forest
Meadows and killed his teenage daughter Macaila, his teenage son Alex (both
pictured) and his shitzu dog Suki before turning the gun on himself.
*Neighbors’ houses are “practically on top of” Marshall’s house, so dozens
of neighbors would have heard any gunshots that weren’t muffled by a
silencer…and Marshall’s “patsy gun” did not have a silencer. *
*The crime scene ... more »
Comet to see in March, NASA reports
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 12 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/OZlenAvqLCI
Go find your binoculars! There's a new light in the skies...
John
dream - muntjack sized regurgitating rat barman
i) it was about the size of the Muntjack Deer I saw on yesterday
afternoon's jog since the (triumphant) ten mile jog that did my knee in.
I'm slowly getting back into my stride, as it were. Couple miles here,
couple miles there. Running less on tarmac, more on grass where possible.
Resting more in between runs. I'd got to the top of the hill, and there was
the Muntjack in the bushes. It being winter, there was less cover than
usual and I stopped and had a good look at it for seconds before it
scampered away.
But this RAT. That's all it was, an actual rat? Or was it another talking ... more »
POPE, RENT BOYS, CIA, NAZIS, MAFIA...
*Pope Paul VI, allegedly a gay Marrano Jew. Allegedly, under Pope Paul VI,
Jewish and Freemason influence increased within the Catholic church.*
How might the CIA, Mossad, the Mafia, and the top oligarchs, control the
Papacy?
*La Repubblica has reported the existence of an underground gay network at
the Vatican...*
In April 1976, in an interview with the Italian magazine Tempo, gay French
author Roger Peyrefitte, wrote that Pope Paul VI was gay.
"He is homosexual... It is known that a boyfriend of Paul VI was a certain
movie star, whose name I will not give."
(Paul VI's Homosexu... more »
Such inspiration!
It has been such an inspiring week so far.
Tens of thousands of people came together for the largest environmental
protest in US history!
There have been multiple successful actions against extractive industries!
*Congratulations everyone I think we just leveled up as a movement!*
This all helps me imagine a world where tens of thousands of people are
standing together against whatever threatens the planet or those who live
on it.
Something Burning....
Something burning at Fukushima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyGtSu8DLlU&feature=youtu.be
Thanks Nuckelchen
February 22, 1973
Howard Baker, the top Republican on the Senate Watergate Committee meets
secretly in the White House with the president in the Oval Office --
there's no record of it in the White House official records of such things.
Baker tells the president (according to a conversation between Nixon and
Erhlichman the next day) that the committee intends to build up slowly to
the major witnesses; in Nixon's words, they would "call of a lot of
pipsqueak witnesses, little, little shitasses over periods of weeks to
build it up, and then build the pressure to call" the headliners. The
fight, from the... more »
Personal Note From Northerntruthseeker
I want to take this time to inform everyone that my family issues are
almost cleared up (finally!)... Yes, I have been spending a lot of time the
last while visiting with my sick mother, and working with other family
members on getting everything ready for her move to a personal care
facility. It has been a long process, but it looks like the major
headaches are now out of the way, and everything should be back to
"normal"by next week....I hope.....
It also has taken a lot of out me mentally and I have found myself
absolutely wiped out... I have also had to take it more easy the l... more »
The Myth Of The Jewish People
I have always been amazed by the audacity of those who call themselves
"Jews" to claim falsely that somehow they are a distinct race of mankind.
Common sense dictates that when you put an Ashkenazi, a Sephardic, and an
Ethiopian Jew side by side, you can obviously see that you are looking at
three distinct races, and yet all three ignore their racial distinction,
and call themselves "Jews" first and foremost!
I have put up many previous articles at this blog exposing the lies and
fraudulence of Judaism itself. And now I want to present a new article
that comes from the website:... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Long live Tsar Boris Feodorovich!
*The Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk, part of Novodevichy Convent, near
Moscow, where Boris Godunov, who had been the power behind the throne of
his brother-in-law the newly departed Tsar Feodor, retreated in 1584,
waiting to be implored to accept the throne. The rise of the curtain is
preceded by this deeply forlorn orchestral introduction:*
*MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov: Prelude (ed. Rimsky-Korsakov)*
*Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, cond. Decca, recorded November
1970*
*by Ken*
No, Sunday Classics isn't back from hiatus exactly. It's more like a hiatus
from hiatus. I'... more »
Red Ice Radio - Egypt Roundtable - Hour 1 - Ancient Technologies & Khemitology
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: RedIceRadio. Posted on February 22,
2013]:
This roundtable discussion features Egypt experts Stephen Mehler
(archaeologist and prehistorian), Chris Dunn (craftsman and engineer),
Patricia (artist) and Yousef Awyan (stone mason), Gary Evans (Infinite
Connections) and Brien Foerster (Peruvian expert and sculptor) all of which
will be guiding a unique 2 week tour of Egypt. In the first hour, we'll
discuss ancient Egypt and the highly advanced civilization that was there
before writing. This advanced civilization had knowledge of science based
... more »
Taxpayers and students have a right to know what’s happening at Athabasca University
Athabasca University from the air, with the town of Athabasca in the
background. Below: Former VP Academic Margaret Haughey, President Frits
Pannekoek and former VP IT Brian Stewart. What the heck is going on at
Athabasca University? It was revealed to the university’s faculty earlier
this week that four senior administrators have left their positions ... more »
Adequacy of reasons
R. v. Burnie, 2013 ONCA 112 is yet another adequacy of reasons case:
[28] It is a well-established legal principle that the reasons a judge
gives in a criminal trial without a jury fulfill an important function in
the trial process and where that function goes unperformed, the judgment
may be vulnerable to reversal on appeal: *R. v. Sheppard*, 2002 SCC 26,
[2002] 1 S.C.R. 869.
[29] Speaking on behalf of the Supreme Court in *Sheppard*, Justice
Binnie noted, at para. 21, that it is a reviewing court's task, "not so
much to extol the virtues of giving full reasons, which no on... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “An Ocean Apart”
2002, “An Ocean Apart”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfPONyDT_WQ
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The Sleeping Beauty galaxy may appear peaceful at first sight but it is
actually tossing and turning. In an unexpected twist, recent observations
have shown that the gas in the outer regions of this photogenic spiral is
rotating in the opposite direction from all of the stars! Collisions
between gas in the inner and outer regions are creating many hot blue stars
and pink emission nebula.
*Click image for larger size. *
The above image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2001 and
released in 2004. The fascinating internal motions of M64, also cataloged
as NGC 4826, are th... more »
Ruined Health and Environmental Injustice
Majia's Blog - 16 hours ago
I've been battling a terrible flu and secondary bronchitis for 9 days now.
I hate being sick so much. I'm happiest when I'm outside hiking or swimming
so being sick is absolutely antithetical to enjoying my life.
I keep thinking about the people in Japan and elsewhere who have had their
health permanently ruined by wanton pollution.
Destroying someone's health is destroying their life.
Yet the nuclear industry is allowed to ROUTINELY contaminate the
environment with radioactive emissions like tritium that destroy health and
cause intergenerational genetic damage.
The Fukushima nuc... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Your Nightly Dose of Reality: Pakistan's Army
Tarek Fatah, an award-winning Canadian writer of Pakistani origin and
founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, compares Pakistan's army to
Al-Qaeda in the video below. He says, "Pakistan is like a carcass being
looted by these vultures."
But Fatah's disdain for the top brass of Pakistan's army is not shared by
the Pakistani people. Back in December 2011, Aakar Patel wrote in his
article called, *"Why Pakistan’s army is more popular than its politicians"*:
A Pew poll reported by Reuters a few months ago said the army was
“overwhelmingly popular” in Pakistan. It said 79 percent of P... more »
"The 12 Rules of Survival"
* "The 12 Rules of Survival"*
by Laurence Gonzales
"As a journalist, I've been writing about accidents for more than thirty
years. In the last 15 or so years, I've concentrated on accidents in
outdoor recreation, in an effort to understand who lives, who dies, and
why. To my surprise, I found an eerie uniformity in the way people survive
seemingly impossible circumstances. Decades and sometimes centuries apart,
separated by culture, geography, race, language, and tradition, the most
successful survivors–those who practice what I call “deep survival”– go
through the same patterns... more »
Thin snowpack in U.S. West signals summer of fire and drought – ‘We’re running out of time’
[image: Thin mountain snow in Colorado and across the West could signal
another summer of drought and wildfire in 2013. Photo: Matthew Staver / The
New York Times]
By JACK HEALY
22 February 2013
DENVER (The New York Times) – After enduring last summer’s destructive
drought, farmers, ranchers and officials across the parched Western states
had hoped that plentiful winter snows would replenish the ground and refill
their rivers, breaking the grip of one of the worst dry spells in American
history. No such luck.
Lakes are half full and mountain snows are thin, omens of anothe... more »
Let's call the whole thing off
There's a reason Republicans love to demagogue about "out of control
spending" but refuse to name specific cuts they want to make. It's because,
when asked about specific cuts, the majority of the electorate loves
spending and in fact wants to spend more. If you don't want to dig through
the numbers, Plum Line summarizes the polling.
As it turns out, the people love the very programs Republicans most want to
cut and care the least about the spending Republicans are fighting to
protect. Although there's some small variation, for instance callous cons
care less about helping the poor... more »
Right-wingers all over agree: We don't need no stinkin' democracy!
*
* *by Ken*
In a "Letter from Jerusalem" in the January 21 issue, which appeared just
before the January 22 Israeii election, *New Yorker* editor David Remnick
wrote an interesting piece ("The Party Faithful") that I didn't get around
to reading until *after* that election, with its surprisingly un-extreme
result. Remnick, in his piece, seemed quite prepared for what most everyone
was expecting: the next step in Israel's seemingly unstoppable free fall
into the clutches of its demonic Far Right.
The extremist crazies, for their part, seemed pretty confident that Total
Victory was... more »
Bathroom Success!
I was beginning to think I'd never see the day but my bathroom is now
complete. (Okay, there's still the light fixture but that's a minor issue
compared to the other things I needed to get taken care of.) I had the new
flooring installed this morning and got the new toilet put on late this
afternoon to finish things off.
It's my first upgrading/reno I've ever done and I'm pretty impressed with
the results if I do say so myself. I was hoping to get it all taken care
of for under $1000 and as an added bonus I managed to come in slightly
under that.
And what a huge difference now... more »
Friday Baseball Post
The Friday Baseball Post is really an elsewhere this week; for those who
didn't see it earlier, I wrote something for Baseball Prospectus about Paul
Richards (who regular readers will know I had developed a bit of an
obsession with). So there's that. Bonus fact. You know Walker Cooper,
right? He managed exactly two years, both in the minors. The first year,
with the 1958 Indianapolis Indians, he managed Joe Altobelli, Sam Mele, and
Bobby Winkles. Perhaps not the greatest set of managers of all time, but
that's a still a lot of games managed for one minor league roster, no? Also
-- t... more »
Untitled
*Former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office purchasing chief, friend of Gusman,
resigns from jail ~Tom Gogola, The Lens*
Academic Freedom and the Challenges of Going Global: LSE Cancels Conference in UAE.
Apparently, the Arab Spring will not come to the UAE this weekend. Planners
of an LSE conference on the implications of the Arab Spring set for this
weekend in UAE have cancelled the event after efforts by senior UAE
officials to control the content. From the BBC: A senior LSE academic told
the BBC he
Continue reading
First Nation Terrance Nelson: Refusing to be the 'house nigger'
Refusing to be the 'house nigger'
Terrance Nelson
By Terrance Nelson
First Nation Roseau River Ojibway
Censored News
Evander Kane has every right to challenge racism in the NHL and in Winnipeg. Despite the attack by Don Cherry upon Evander
Kane for using the "race card", there is no doubt that racism in the
NHL is real. Not long ago Boxing, Baseball, Football, and Basketball
Global Musical Chairs
There's nothing like self-interest to shape one's perspective.
With the ascendancy of the emerging economies: - China, India, Brazil,
Russia, Mexico and South Africa - those of us in the developed world face
the prospect of possibly having to do with less as our rivals muscle us out
of some markets that were once ours for the taking. They've got money,
they want to buy the stuff we want, they'll compete and we're going to have
to pay more for somewhat less.
But imagine what the future holds for the have-nots. They too are going
to have to compete with the new wealth and as the r... more »
Russians Rushing From Syria
*Not
really, but that was the agenda-pushing narrative and impression my
mouthpiece media was trying to give. *
"Rebel fighters give ground to Syrian troops in Aleppo" by Dalal Mawad
and
Damien Cave | New York Times, August 09, 2012
BEIRUT — There were new, disputed accounts regarding an equally
contentious
claim by the insurgents that they had *killed a senior Russian
general*acting as a military adviser to government forces around the
capital,
Damascus.
A *rebel group calling itself the Hawks Special Operations Battalion
said
in a video posted on YouTube* that it had ‘‘eliminate... more »
John Friend on The Real Deal w/ Dr. Jim Fetzer
Last Wednesday, February 13th, I was a guest on Dr. Jim Fetzer's radio
program *The Real Deal*. We discussed the Sandy Hook "shooting" hoax, the
use of fake victims and scripted actors to perpetuate PSYOPS on the public,
and the PSYOP aspects of the alleged Jewish "Holocaust" during WWII. You
can download the entire two hour program *here*.
Ending the day in a healthy way...
*Mark Sisson, of Mark's Daily Apple, has some pretty good suggestions.*
A few things I would add to the list:
- Review your day in your appointment or day book.
- Review what you'll be doing the next day and make a list.
- Put out your clothes and accessories (your kidlets, too.)
- If you need to take things with you the next day (ie: books, reports)
make a pile so you won't forget anything. I routinely forget to put on my
watch if it's not on the pile.
- Say your prayers.
Most of my suggestions focus on the next day, but it's very relaxing to
know that the nex... more »
saucer on the moon
Watch video: UFOs captured on film during the Apollo Program
Frank Herbert, "Litany Against Fear"
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
- Frank Herbert,
"Dune", "Litany Against Fear"
Paulo Coelho, "The Consequences of Fear"
*"The Consequences of Fear"*
by Paulo Coelho
"• *Worry* is a mechanism of our psyche that prompts us to do something.
The prompting energy is fear – usually fear of some consequence. Because it
is fear, the person tends to avoid thinking about it. Thus worry tends to
perpetuate itself in a circular way – the fear causes non-action, and
non-action further causes worry.
• *Anxiety* is a fear whose object is nonspecific or vague, whereas worry
is about something specific and identified. Anxiety is the result of
repeated unprocessed fears that have accumulated in one’s subcons... more »
Some links you'll like
First of all another cultural inventory, Me Blog Write Good, not as
detailed as Pushing Ahead of the Dame or Shabogan Graffiti, but it's the
kind of write-up cum scholarship The Simpsons deserve. It goes well with
the tumblr, Crudely Drawn Filler Material.
Also, check out this American online magazine, Red Wedge, slogan:
Independence of art for the revolution - revolution for the liberation of
art. The current feature is by a very promising young writer you'll be
hearing a lot more of.
"Fear"
*"Fear"*
by The DailyOM
"The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear- fear of the
unknown,
the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is
safety."
- H. L. Mencken.
"Anything worth doing will always have some fear attached to it. For
example, having a baby, getting married, changing careers- all of these
life changes can bring up deep fears. It helps to remember that this type
of fear is good. It is your way of questioning whether you really want the
new life these changes will bring. It is also a potent reminder that
releasing and grievi... more »
Why The GOP's Far Right Base Loves Fringe Lunatics Like Louie Gohmert
New polling from Pew, indicates that the Republican Party-- at it's core
(so values, principles, policies, agenda)-- is woefully out of step with
normal American voters. We're not just talking about the sad antics of
Republican psychopaths and vaudevillians like Virginia Foxx, Louie Gohmert,
Ted Cruz, Michele Bachmann, Rand Paul and Steve Stockman; we're talking
about the heart and soul of the GOP, their financial backers and the crackpot,
Foxified base of the party. In short, the public disagrees with everything
the Republican Party has been talking about for at least five years. ... more »
"The Case of the 5-Year Old Bubble Gun Terrorist"
* "The Case of the 5-Year Old Bubble Gun Terrorist"*
by Simon Black
"A few weeks ago in the Land of the Free, a five-year-old girl in
Pennsylvania was labeled a terrorist threat. Fortunately for the citizens
of Northumberland County, local authorities managed to detain this
nefarious kindergartener before she could exact her villainous deeds on
thousands of innocents. Authorities were tipped off after someone overheard
a conversation between the girl and one of her classmates in which she
mentioned plans to shoot people… with a bubble gun. Administrators at her
local elementary ... more »
Good News: The Building Trades Unions Aren't Endorsing A Republican In Massachusetts
A few days ago Nate Silver warned in his *NY Times* column that Ed Markey
doesn't have Kerry's Senate seat in the bag. He shows the states as
"likely" Democrat. Only likely... when the GOP can't even find a plausible
candidate and after Obama won 61% of the state against Massachusetts'
former governor. He won every county and every congressional district. The
closest Romney came was in John Tierney's 6th CD where he took 43.9% of the
vote.
Most everyone, though, has written off Markey's primary as a bit of
practice for the main event. He's running against ConservaDem and
anti-Cho... more »
WWE Tea Party Character Upsets Tea Party
Usually when wrestling veers into politics liberals tend to be the butt of
the joke. This time around, however, WWE's Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter are
irritating the real Tea Party by pretending to be right wing blow hards.
*The Majority Report* has more:
Incidentally, the angle may have been, let's say appropriated, from Lucha
Libre USA.
Zapatistas Marcos Them and US VII 'The Smallest of Them All'
Them
and Us VII: The Smallest of Them All
THEM AND US.
VII.- The Smallest of them All.
Espanol: Enlace Zapatista
Introduction.
February 2013.
For several years now, while in the politics of above they fought over
the booty of a shattered nation, while the media was either silent or
lied about what was happening, while the original peoples of this land
went out of fashion and returned
MORE ON PALESTINIAN OSCAR FLAP
Palestinian director Emad Burnat arrived at Los Angeles International
Airport on Tuesday and was unexpectedly held for questioning for nearly an
hour and a half by US immigration officials. According to Burnat, the
immigration agents threatened to deport him and his family if he couldn't
provide adequate proof that he was nominated for an Academy Award. The news
broke after documentary filmmaker Michael Moore tweeted the news and now
the director of "5 Broken Cameras" joins us to give a first-hand account of
what happened.
Feds cut funding, but the tests will survive
Sent to the Washington Post, Feb. 22, 2013
“U.S. schools brace for federal funding cuts,” Feb. 21, did not mention
that despite anticipated cuts of $1.3 billion in federal funding of
education, there are no plans to cut back on the common core standards,
accurately described by Susan Ohanian as “a radical untried curriculum
overhaul and … nonstop national testing.”
The common core requires that all students be connected to the internet in
order to take the tests that enforce the standards. This represents an
investment of billions. New York City and the State of Florida have
budget... more »
ALEC-er Would Give Corps the Right to Vote
From Think Progress
This ALEC legislator was part of “once upon a time” ALEC Public Safety and
Elections Task Force (Voter ID bill). This must be a piece of ALEC “model
legislation” they keep hidden in the ALEC vault.
A bill introduced by Montana state Rep. Steve Lavin would give corporations
the right to vote in municipal elections:
Provision for vote by corporate property owner. (1) Subject to
subsection (2), if a firm, partnership, company, or corporation owns real
property within the municipality, the president, vice president, secretary,
or other designee of the entity i... more »
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Honoring the Life of Russell Means, Pine Ridge Feb. 27, 2013
2nd
Honoring - The Life of Russell Means, “Oyate Wacinyapi” (Oglala Lakota)
Censored News
PORCUPINE, S.D. -- The family of Russell Means invites you to join us in
the “2nd Honoring - The Life of Russell Means”. The honoring will
highlight his life, leadership and the eternal fire that he re-ignited
throughout Indian Country. This Honoring is being held in conjunction
with the 40th
BELGIAN MP TELLS TRUTH ABOUT AFRICA POLICY
Laurent Louis, Minister of the Belgian Parliament, delivers the truth about
the French "total re-conquest" of Mali and the reasons that underlie this
latest neo-colonial war in Africa. The 32-year old MP is one of the most
vilified political figures in Europe and after viewing his speech it's easy
to understand why he's being targeted.
You can read the full speech *here*
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Can't live without a living wage
Happy to see Nancy Pelosi throw down a challenge to the GOP on an issue
that really matters to the little people. She told the media Democrats
would be pushing a minimum wage raise and if GOPers didn't get on board
they could explain it to the voters in 2014.
The strategy is straightforward:
“Just keep it simple. We want to raise the minimum wage, and you don’t. Why
not?”
She understands the politics perfectly:
“There’s an even greater awareness now than there was six years ago about
the disparity of income in our country — and that this disparity is not a
healthy thing for a fa... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Dirty Tricks'
MNN:
DIRTY TRICKS
Posted on February 22, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Feb. 22, 2013. The Infinite Elder “Red-X” found the Secret
Instruction Manual on “Stealing Indigenous Resources”. Here are some of
the colonial strategies.
A Red-X disguise.
Colonial Dirty Trick #1: Call it “democracy”, 51%, and you will keep
control. Organize fancy cocktail parties with open bars, colonial
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Mohawk Nation News 'Another Invasion of Canada Coming'
ANOTHER
US INVASION OF CANADA COMING
Posted on February 21, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Feb. 19, 2013. In June 2006, US Border Patrol and ATF [Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms] were caught monitoring the Six Nations standoff at
Caledonia. There was no outcry. Our men were charged with interfering
with these foreign agents. Was this part of the groundwork for the
future US invasion of Canada
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Democracy and culture
I have just been given a copy of The Beatles Esher Demo. It was a very
kind
and thoughtful gift. The Esher Demo was made in spring of 1968 after The
Beatles returned home from India. The songs were recorded in George
Harrison’s home, many of which ended up on the White Album, recorded and
released later that year. The recordings had been passed around as a
bootlegfor a long time and were so almost-official parts of the tape
were
eventually released on the final part of the Anthology.
The interesting thing was as soon as I mentioned I had a copy I was
asked
whether I downloaded it. T... more »
Safe Seats Do Not Mean Gerrymandering
I guess we're not explaining this well enough.
Dave Weigel:
I enjoy the new, #slatepitchy argument that gerrymandering is overrated as
an issue, and that it doesn't influence whether members moderate their
votes or not, but sequestration's putting that to a test.
Kevin Drum:
Hold on a second. Who's saying that? The argument I've heard making the
rounds lately is that gerrymandering is probably responsible for a fairly
modest change in the number of House seats Republicans won last year...But
who's been saying that gerrymandering has no effect on whether members feel
any need to mo... more »
Perros en la nieve junto a los árboles secos
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Gatito felíz tocando piano
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Ciudad de las torres con luces y juegos pirotecnicos
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Caballos corriendo en la arena de la playa
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Principia Scientific Intl - Atmospheric CO2 Not Linked to Humans says Global and Planetary Journal
'The professor affirmed that the results were nonetheless conclusive:
"changes in CO2 always lagging changes in temperature."
...
Changes in atmospheric CO2 are not tracking changes in human emissions.'
More here -
http://principia-scientific.org/supportnews/latest-news/135-atmospheric-co2-not-linked-to-humans-says-global-and-planetary-journal.html
I
await the BBC's coverage of this news...
with silent lifting mind
"High Flight"
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've ... more »
What a real space Alien looks like
Lo que un real extraterrestre se parece.
*ما هو الفضاء الحقيقي الغريبة يبدو*
مخلوقات غريبة تشبه اليرقات تحت الماء مصغرة
• قد نجا يجري المغلي في 150 درجة وبرود في -200
• اسم يأتي من مخالب صغيرة في نهاية أرجلهم
• تخيل أنك تعيش لأكثر من 200 سنة، رحلات إلى الفضاء على قيد الحياة والبقاء
أملس بسبب الظروف الأكثر تطرفا على هذا الكوكب.
• وجود المستحيل بالنسبة لك أو لي، ولكن لا يصدق كل يوم لمجرد صغيرة الحيوانات التي
تعيش في الماء، والمعروفة باسم tardigrades، أكثر جرأة المخلوقات على وجه الأرض كنت
قد سمعت أبدا من.
• يشبه اليسروع تحت الماء مصغرة، tardigrades تتباهى مخالب صغير في نهاية
أرجله... more »
Not Green, For Now
I had to resign my membership in the Green Party to do it, but now I'm a
Liberal Supporter. I didn't join the Liberal Party and I won't unless
something radical happens but I registered as a Liberal Supporter in order
to vote for Joyce Murray as party leader.
Murray is the only candidate who is remotely progressive. She's the only
one who isn't a bitumen booster. She's the only candidate who has garnered
the support of two people I truly respect - Lloyd Axworthy and David
Suzuki. She's a fellow British Columbian.
That said, I expect Trudeau will win and carry on the Liberals' m... more »
Note to Bahrain: Release Prisoners and Provide More Social Services
Thanks to a very awesome grad student of mine, I just realized that last
week marked the second anniversary of the start of the Bahrain uprising.
Fueled by protests in Tunisia and Egypt, citizens of this small and very
beautiful island state took to the streets to demand political changes.
For two years, the protests
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Steve Israel Lets His Slip Show On Which Republican Banditos He'll Be Targeting In 2014
Last cycle, Israel and his incompetent DCCC stumbled and fumbled their way
through the election with disastrous, narrow targeting, wasting Democratic
resources on red districts with unelectable Blue Dogs and leaving at least
a dozen winnable seats on the table because the conservative and
self-serving Israel, a "former" member of the Blue Dog reactionaries
himself, hates progressives. He adamantly refused to go after any senior
Republican policy-makers or committee chairs in charge of the Republican
policy agenda. But not only did he not commit ritual seppuku after his
failure, h... more »
Common Core State Standards Primer
Disclaimer: The publishers of this document, Truth in American Education,
have some very disconcerting right-wing membership and advisors. I mean
really right wing, like Heritage, Koret, the Teabaggers, and other assorted
birthers and Birchers. However, this Common Core State Standards Primer
document appears on the Hoosiers Against Common Core site that Professor
Ravitch mentions in her recent Two Determined Moms in Indiana Take On
Common Core post. Like the old adage: "even a broken clock is right twice a
day," this flyer provides factual information on the Corporate, er... I
mean... more »
Know Your Rights Everyone!
Know Your Rights FAQ – Guide to Peaceful Demonstrations and Protests in
Pennsylvania
All persons have rights under the United States Constitution to freedom of
speech, to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a
redress of grievances. This guide addresses some common questions that
arise with respect to demonstrations and protests. It is not comprehensive
and is provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended as
legal advice and should not be so construed.
Do we need a permit to demonstrate?
You need a permit if you are demonstrating in a public par... more »
Shame, Shame
By Capt. Fogg
Remember when anyone like the Dixie Chicks, for instance, or you and I
expressed any sense of shame for any actions our country may have taken or
not taken: any shame for having elected Caligula Jr. the Warpresident?
Well certainly the great weight of Limbaugh and the fire-farting far right
came down on such unfortunates back in the day when expressing pessimism
about the Stock Market was evidence of being an "America Hater." Even
peripheral actions like perhaps wanting to publish the names of soldiers
killed in the early days of our Shokinaw war in Iraq was disgrace... more »
Maternity Leave, Iran, and American Exceptionalism
Source:
“Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move From Surviving to
Thriving”
by Jody Heymann With Kristen McNeill
On February 17, 2013, The New York Times published a fascinating and,
quite frankly, damning map depicting the United States’ retrograde
attitude toward paid maternity leave in comparison to the rest of the
world.In simple terms, the United States is a global outlier: the only
Hitting it out of the park...
*by Bob Belvedere, at Camp of the Saints - and we thank him!*
*Masterminds, Libertines, And Thugs *
The Square, Egypt's Revolution Doc with Sundance Winner Dir. Jehane Noujaim
Jehane Noujaim directed the 2004 documentary *"Control Room."* Her new
documentary is about the Egyptian revolution called, *"The Square."* It won
the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Bring Your Own Doc : The Square, Egypt's Revolution Doc with Sundance
Winner Dir. Jehane Noujaim. Source: TheLipTV.
"The Square," Filming The Egyptian Revolution
Dangers of Filming in Egypt's Revolution: THE SQUARE
The Social Science of Climate Change
What does social science have to do with climate change? Quite a bit,
actually. Climate change denialism has given social scientists rich
pickings to scrutinize, pick apart and analyze.
One finding they've reached is that the ranks of climate change denialists
are heavily populated with conspiracy theorists. It's a hoax, a
conspiracy, you see, the whole theory of anthropogenic global warming.
And research that shows denialists = conspiracists, well that's a
conspiracy too.
*The strongest finding in the survey was that ideological belief in an
unregulated free market tended... more »
Formation flying: skydivers with airplanes...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/fNSQCWPyGVA
I am still waiting for the wingsuit skydivers to land on their feet without
parachutes. I am sure some new, innovative gadget will enable this!
Enjoy a cool weekend!
John
Always Wanted to Visit "The Big Easy"?
Many of us have at one time or another wanted to visit New Orleans, *The
Big Easy*. If you still want to go, you might want to go sooner rather
than later.
Louisiana, you see, is experiencing a major problem with sea-level rise,
far more than state officials expected.
*Stunning new data not yet publicly released shows Louisiana losing its
battle with rising seas much more quickly than even the most pessimistic
studies have predicted to date.*
*While state officials continue to argue over restoration projects to save
the state’s sinking, crumbling coast, top researchers at the Na... more »
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