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English: Karl Rove Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The Far Right Turns Against Rove-- With A Vengeance
The Republican lunatic fringe is on the warpath... again. This time they're warning about Karl Rove's new billionaire-funded SuperPAC. First thing yesterday GOP nut case Bryan Fischer was tweeting: "Are 3 parties in U.S. today: Democrats, Karl Rove Republicans, and Ronald Reagan Republicans. Rove is at war with Reagan,: a signal that he has a theme for today's Hate Talk Radio broadcast." Fischer and the rest of the fringe right make the point that had Rove not forced Establishment shills on the GOP on Montana (Rehberg), New Mexico (Wilson), Wisconsin (Thompson), North Dakota (Berg)... more »
Paul Craig Roberts: "In 'freedom and democracy' America, innocent until proven guilty is no longer the operative legal principle. If the government says you are guilty, you are. Period. No evidence required for your termination. Even Stalin pretended to have evidence."
------------------------------ *It Has Happened Here–Paul Craig Roberts * ------------------------------ February 7, 2013 | Original Here *the police state is real* The Bush regime’s response to 9/11 and the Obama regime’s validation of this response have destroyed accountable democratic government in the United States. So much unaccountable power has been concentrated in the executive branch that the US Constitution is no longer an operable document. Whether a person believes the official story of 9/11 which rests on unproven government assertions or believes the documented evidenc... more »
Portland Student Unions Support Seattle's Opt Out
Here is the place to sign up and support Portland, Oregon students who support Seattle, WA teachers. Who will be next to stand up to the bullies selling "junk" high stakes standardized tests (HSST's) to school districts? Can they fire all the students?Expel them, suspend them, put them in jail? Why are so many students finally just opting out and do these students have any rights? No one knows the answer because it's not on the test. This is important to the future of public education, to the fight for community control, for putting a stop to standardized testing, curriculum, and gr... more »
CIA DIRECTOR HEARING PROTEST
Watch CodePink's demonstration outside Hart Senate Building before John Brennan's hearing and at the hearing itself. Eight CodePink members were arrested for speaking out and Senator Feinstein ordered all "CodePink" associates be "evicted" from the hearing. The Progressive reported about the hearing: John Brennan tried to elude his questioners at his confirmation hearing as CIA director..... After a welcome disruption by members of CodePink who denounced him and got ejected from the hearing, Brennan said that there is a “misimpression” and a “misunderstanding” about “the care we t... more »
RoboCon : Do you have a cat?
30 seconds of Red Dwarf nicely illustrates the Cons' 'evolving' versions of their no-we-didn't-ok-then-yes-alright-we-did shenanigans this week after they were cornered with evidence they were behind the RackNine push-poll robocalls to Saskatchewans to foment opposition to proposed new riding boundaries. Seems despite what Steve says about 75% public support for his version of "Saskatchewan values", submissions to the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission up to that point "almost unanimously voiced *opposition* to the continued use of hybrid urban-rural districts in Saskatchewa... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Don't Join the Military'
Don't Join the Military Posted on February 7, 2013 Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com DON’T JOIN MILITARY Buffalo Soldiers MNN. Feb. 7, 2013. Do not join the Canadian or US military. Europeans have a strategy of putting Indigenous People in the galley of the ships to seek their fortunes and world domination agenda. You
Mohawk Nation News 'Zap the Councils'
MNN: ZAP THE COUNCILS Posted on February 7, 2013 Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com ZAP THE COUNCILS MNN. Feb. 6, 2013. We can get rid of band and tribal councils. They are artificial colonial systems of oppression that have been illegally forced on us? It’s as easy as one, two, three. 1. Put the question to the community for a decision: Do you
"A Look to the Heavens, With Chet Raymo"
"Here is a recent Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a detail of the Great Orion Nebula, a magnificent star-birthing region in the sword of Orion. You can see a huge mosaic of the nebula by clicking on the image for larger size: These winter evenings, Orion is well placed for viewing, and the nebula is visible to the unaided eye as what appears to be the fuzzy middle star of the Hunter's sword. A good amateur telescope reveals four tiny stars in a cloud of greenish gas (I always imagined four eggs in a nest), the brightest core of the far most extensive nebula. But, ah, wh... more »
"The Only Way..."
"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not." - George Bernard Shaw
The Daily "Near You?"
Prairie Village, Kansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Foundations of René Guénon's Thought
*Wikipedia: * René Guénon (November 15, 1886 – January 7, 1951), also known as Shaykh `Abd al-Wahid Yahya, was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from metaphysics, "sacred science" and traditional studies to symbolism and initiation. Some Books by René Guénon': *The Crisis of the Modern World (1927).* *The Multiple States of the Being (1932).* *Perspectives on Initiation (1946).* The Foundations of René Guénon's Thought
If Fox Noise has turned against "Slimy Dick" Morris, it must mean he's crossed some kind of line, right?
*No, of course I didn't watch the clip of "Slimy Dick." What're you, nuts? But you can watch it if you like. You'll find it in actual clip form here.* *by Ken* Oh please, let me not blow the punchline on this one. It always fascinates me when the Far Right turns on one of its own. Why? Because it means, presumably, that this one of its own has Gone Too Far, which fascinates me on the simplest level as a demonstration that even among the most deluded and deluding, there actually is such a thing as "too far." Howie and I have both been all over "Cockroach Eric" Cantor's bizarre "re... more »
Living Gold
It is the idea of freedom that we are defining. It is not the fact of freedom. We are free. Bashar defines abundance as “*The ability to do what you need to do when you need to do it.*” Sounds like another way to define freedom. Both assume sovereignty. What do you know without question? Who are you? We are being asked now these questions. Your response will structure your reality. This life is a choice. Which outcome are you most invested in? Your answer is given in where you spend the bulk of your time. Energy invested yields equivalent results. Cho... more »
The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you – ‘Climate-change financial implications are the equivalent of the subprime-mortgage meltdown’
[image: Possible global outcomes for sea-level rise, projected to 2100 (top); low-lying land in the U.S., with areas most affected by sea level rise (bottom). Graphic: National Journal] By Coral Davenport 7 February 2013 NORFOLK, Virginia (National Journal) – Jimmy Strickland can tell you exactly how much money rising sea levels have cost his business. In 1989, he opened his accounting firm in a one-story brick building near Norfolk’s historic cobblestoned Hague district, which surrounds one of this low-lying city’s many tidal rivers. Dressed in pinstripes and a large, gold clas... more »
Rico abrazo de koalas cariñosos
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Anne Lewis : UT-Austin Ponders Privatizing Staff
Members of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition gather at the UT-Austin Tower Wednesday, February 6, to protest the University's consideration of job privatization for staff members. Photo by David Maly / The Horn. 'Culture war' at UT-Austin: President Powers considers privatization The most deeply-rooted problem with Powers’ plan for cost cutting through privatization, consolidation, and
Bebidas preparadas de diferentes sabores
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Ranas de color azul saltando entre las piedras
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Ave exótica en las ramas de los árboles
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Fresco y natural paisaje con edificios enormes
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Hermosa cascada de agua cristalina en el bosque
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Bella Hada de las aves sobre la luna
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Severe drought expands in key U.S. farm states – ‘It’s not overly encouraging’
[image: U.S. Drought Monitor, 5 February 2013. Harsh drought conditions expanded in key U.S. farm states in the nation's midsection over the previous week. Graphic: Michael Brewer / L. Love-Brotak / NOAA / NESDIS / NCDC] By Carey Gillam; editing by Andrew Hay and Peter Galloway 7 February 2013 Kansas City (Reuters) – Harsh drought conditions expanded in key U.S. farm states in the nation's midsection over the last week, climate experts said on Thursday. There has been some recent precipitation through the Plains region but the frozen ground did not allow for much moisture to pene... more »
Imagen fantástica con montañas y puentes
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Nancy Miller Saunders : They Tried to Tell Us
Vietnam veterans testify at the Winter Soldier Investigation in 1972. Image is a screen grab from the film, Winter Soldier, produced by the Winterfilm Collective. Winter Soldiers: They tried to tell us We as a nation did not want to know the horrible truth of what we asked our children to do in Vietnam. To acknowledge it was to admit complicity, to take responsibility for it. By Nancy Miller
Delicioso desayuno con mermelada de fresa
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Corazones de amor para el 14 de febrero
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Citizenshipishness
In an effort to promote a more robust Canadian identity, the Conservatives have produced an incentive and merit based three-tiered Canadian citizenship. First Class The top class of Canadian citizen applies to biological male persons who: - Second generation or greater Canadians who are 1) non-Muslim and of Western European ancestry, 2) native English or French speakers - Members of the
Senator Patrick Brazeau: Could the charge be murder/s ?
The way this happening is being reported has left me wondering. About exactly what happened? Image from here *The question is why Stephen Harper made him a Senator in the first place.* *Senator Patrick Brazeau-* His appointment always made me go “What in the hell ?” Hand picked by Stephen Harper, no less. **Highly unusual and suspect in my opinion But, let’s not talk about that. Instead we will discuss the possibility Patrick Brazeau murdered someone. Either intentionally or accidentally? I don’t know. Whatever happened his immediate removal from the Conservative Caucus indicates ... more »
Elsewhere: Hagel, VAWA
Over at PP today, I pushed for people to understand exactly what a filibuster is these days, and to do a better job of talking about it. At Greg's place, I talked VAWA, and said that it'll be a good test for Huse Republicans. And I suppose as long as I'm here I'll push the TAP column about what Republicans should do if they want to achieve the goals that Karl Rove has been talking about, although I already linked to that earlier. Also: the Post finally got around to putting up a page where you can access all my stuff there (clicking my name no longer redirects to Robert Samuelson's...more »
Walker (WI-ALEC) - Headlining NRCC Dinner
Oh my - how does he get all his nastiness done - when he always out of town. Walker to Headline NRCC Dinner March 20 By Joshua Miller Posted at 11:19 a.m. today Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will headline House Republicans’ major fundraising dinner March 20. Walker, who has been hailed as the conservative, collective-bargaining-busting hero, will deliver the keynote address at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual event at the National Building Museum. Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the dinner, will work with Walker and other members on fundraising. In ... more »
Untitled
*Too late to save face, but time for LSU to settle van Heerden lawsuit ~Jed Horn, The Lens*
Metaphysics of War by Julius Evola
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Book Review - Why Hitler Came Into Power
Theodore Abel’s 1938 book, *Why Hitler Came Into Power* is perhaps the most important, and yet unknown, book exploring the rise of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party and Adolf Hitler. In early 1934, Abel travelled to Germany after convincing the National Socialist government that had recently come to power that Americans, and the world generally, knew far too little about the National Socialist movement, its ideology, its history and rise to power, and its followers. Abel, working under the auspices of Columbia University, proposed an autobiographical essay contest, in whi... more »
When Will Justice Go After the Education Frauds?
The U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against Standard and Poors to recover billions of dollars that were lost and destroyed along with jobs, homes, families, and much needed tax dollars. S&P AAA ratings on "junk" otherwise known as Collaterialized Debt Obligations or Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Credit Default SWAPS, whatever, led to the Great Recession, Depression, financial fiasco, whatever. Ok, it's a start. The $5 billion in penalties S&P will have to pay in fines will come in handy to invest in the desperately starving public schools that S&P's parents, McGraw... more »
On a warm February day
The sheet compost has been pulled back from the paths onto the beds. To many eyes it may appear we use paths that are too wide; very likely, but to us it's a way of spreading compost over a wider area and then concentrating it for the crops. Looks like this in summer: Meanwhile the ducks and hens are going gangbusters. If you go out to lunch with me in the next week or two, you are doomed to take home a dozen eggs, as we have no customers at present and the pileup is on. Collards, kale, spinach, peas, broadbeans, beets, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, bok choi, cabbages, oni... more »
Thank you notes
Always encouraging to get a big media mention. So big thanks to Peter Weber at The Week for the fabulous name check and link to our post on boomers getting screwed on retirement benefits. Especially love being included with Atrios, Booman and Matty Yglesias. Also, a very belated thanks to my old pal blogenfreude from Stinque for giving us some props when he was sitting in at Mike's Blog Roundup a while back. Lost track of him for quite some time and happy to find him again at a new blog. Which of course we will be adding to the blogroll.
Many people who know of George Soros regard him as just another modern robber barron. But I know him as someone who got rich by risking his own money betting the direction the English pound would move back in 1992 and who has given away $8 billion to human rights, public health, and educational causes, and single-handedly supported science in the former Soviet Union in the years immediately after the fall. In this news letter received today, he has come down against atrocities being committed by the CIA.
------------------------------ Dear Friends, Ghost flights, black sites, and stories of appalling abuse. Please take a minute to watch Amrit Singh of the Open Society Justice Initiative describe the grim realities of the CIA’s post-9/11 campaign of secret detention and torture. http://youtu.be/PkSCYFyN8hg She has compiled a first-of-its-kind report that tells the story of how the United States used its position to cajole, persuade, and strong-arm 54 other countries to take part in the CIA’s highly classified programs. From Australia to Iran, Canada to Sweden, Hong Kong to In... more »
Satire: “U.S. Cancels Regular Drone Strikes on Saturdays”
*“U.S. Cancels Regular Drone Strikes on Saturdays”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Citing budgetary concerns, the United States announced today that it would discontinue regular Saturday drone strikes on U.S. citizens, beginning in 2014. In announcing the decision, the White House spokesman Jay Carney acknowledged that the cutback in drone service was “bound to be controversial.” “In the United States, we’ve always prided ourselves on our ability to target our citizens with drone strikes, Monday through Saturday, regardless of the weather,” he said. “We know... more »
Jimmy Lee Dykes Is Dead-- But Glenn Beck Isn't
When some kind of clownish right-wing kook-- take Idaho state Senator John Goedde for example (the unlikely chairman of the Education Committee)-- says something outlandish and even insane, I generally just shrug it off and figure the voters are smart enough to eventually deal with it-- even in remote Kootenai County, which voted 39,347 (66%) for Romney in November. Goedde wants the legislature to mandate that Idaho public schools force students to read one of Ayn Rand's adolescent and novels, *Atlas Shrugged*. Goedde said the book, which is a childish paean to greed and selfishnes... more »
No shit Sherlock
http://toryaardvark.com/2013/02/07/greens-admit-electric-cars-are-not-that-green/
More on the New York Times’ struggle with data!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013* *Data are for squares, one scribe says:* Yesterday, we noted two reports from Tuesday’s New York Times in which the mighty newspaper seemed to be struggling with data. For edification, click here. We said there were other problems with data in the New York Times that day. Today, let’s look at Michael Shear’s news report about the declining homicide rate in Minneapolis. Obama had been to the Land of Lakes to talk about guns, not butter. As he started his report, Shear explained why: SHEAR (2/5/13): *Obama Presses for Gun Measures, Offering Up Minneapolis... more »
Interplanetary Cessna
Software engineer Glen Chiacchieri asks the pressing question on everyone’s mind: “What would happen if you tried to fly a normal Earth airplane above different Solar System bodies?” The answer, courtesy of xkcd, is this… [image: THIS ONE HAS NO ATMO-- WHY DO YOU KEEP-- ARGH!] … reasons for each of which—*fascinating* reasons—are given here. [Hat tip Shutists] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
China's Top Guns
*Wired.com* has a sobering assessment of China's recent aerial war games. Let's set aside the jokes about parallel parking and realize that China has developed a world class air force, the largest next only to America's and Russia's, that will soon be deploying not one but two indigenous stealth fighters. *In terms of authenticity, China’s pretend air battles are getting pretty close to the real thing. That improving realism, combined with Beijing’s new fighters and other hardware, has some observers in the U.S. feeling uneasy. For decades the Pentagon has counted on highly realis... more »
Ways to Help Bill Brockbader
Eva Moore needs some financial help to get out of the small town she's in. She's been watched rather closely by some shadowy characters. Bill Brockbader as most you know is in jail on some rather trumped up charges and sham trial after he rather publicly exposed the alternate time line the cabal was trying to create and the killing of Kurd civilians in northern Iraq during his service with the Navy Seals. Bill became famous after appearing with Kerry Cassidy of Project Camelot. Its not uncommon for whistleblowers to be attacked for exposing things, and I know this will come to ... more »
Organizing Your Bathroom with Desk Organizers
When we moved into our house a few months ago, I kind of dumped everything in the general area it would eventually go, intending to come back and clean out each drawer. My husband and I have an unspoken agreement that he leaves me alone when I am in the organizing zone, for some reason I organize better by myself. Organization is a slow process in our house My first projects in my house were the kitchen and my craft room, so the bathrooms were sorely neglected. When I couldn't get the top drawer open in the bathroom, I knew the bathroom needed to come next in organization schedul... more »
Philosopher Nagel in the eye of the storm!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013* *Do you understand the first sentence:* Thomas Nagel has written a new book. This will lead many people to ask who Nagel is. Nagel is a professor of philosophy and law at New York University. According to today’s New York Times, he enjoys a reputation “as one of the most incisive and imaginative of contemporary philosophers.” Just to whet your appetite, his new book is called Mind and Cosmos. In this morning’s Times, Jennifer Schuessler reports on the very large controversy surrounding Nagel’s book. Here’s the question we often ask at such times: Do yo... more »
Is Duffy Toast?
This story has been kicking around for a few days. Former *CTV News*Conservative party apologist turned Harper senator, Mike Duffy, seems to be in a great deal of hot water. I've known Duffy since the early 70's and I always knew him to be a full-time Ottawa guy. He worked in Ottawa. He owned property in the Ottawa area. He was from Prince Edward Island but it's almost commonplace for prominent Ottawans to hail from someplace else. Then Duffy was appointed by Steve Harper to the Canadian senate, ostensibly as a representative of Prince Edward Island. The Constitution (s... more »
"A Much More Urgent Problem..."
"Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government." - Milton Friedman
GAIA PORTAL: Energetic undulations are Currently Experienced…
* * * * *Energetic undulations are Currently Experienced…* by ÉirePort Energetic undulations are currently experienced by many of the Higher Ground Crew (HGC), due to multilevel coordination of dimensional energies as well as continued intertwining and alignment of multiple so-called "positive" timelines. Undulations, gradual rising and falling of sensed energies, are not sensed by majority of humanity, although a general awareness that "some things seem different" is admitted. Hue-manity HGCs ride these undulations with ease due to understanding of the Higher Purpose and Higher M... more »
This week's All the Hegemony You Can Eat...
Michael Gove has had to abandon his plansto scrap the GCSE, which is fine by me, though many of his other hare-brained schemes still remain; bibles, yachts, performance pay, the downgrading of arts education… it’s a long list. The proposed Baccalaureate was, of course, a return in all but name of the old O Level /CSE system of two-tier education. Gove’s aim, like all the Coalition ministers, is to destroy all egalitarian influence in public life. In this case he means to destroy all remnants of comprehensive education. The weird thing is he claims inspiration from Jade Goody and An... more »
“The Fundamental Nature of Credit and Monetary Debasement”
*“The Fundamental Nature of Credit and Monetary Debasement”* by Karl Denninger “The WSJ has an interesting opinion piece this morning that should be required reading - but it won't be by far too many of the political wonks. [Or nearly anyone else...-CP] "In a 1996 speech to the American Enterprise Institute, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan famously warned about the dangers when "irrational exuberance" fueled asset inflation. By that he meant that rising values of stocks and real estate might reflect only a cheapened dollar, not an increase in their real worth. Since he wa... more »
Liberals Are the New Bush Democrats
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) @saxon_terry @paulsgreene I don't like it either, but I like it far less than putting our troops in harms way to achieve the same result. — Billdad54 (@billdad54) February 7, 2013 Retweet if you've noticed: Too many #GunNuts think 2nd Amdt gives them a right to own any amt/ type of gun, do anything they want with it. — Billdad54 (@billdad54) February 7, 2013 One of the most hilarious aspects of the debate that's tearing the Left apart like a spin cycle would candy underwear is the subterranean war (completely ignored b... more »
The Irish Petition
[image: Euro 3.1 Billion Promissory Note As citizens of Ireland, we believe that the payment of Euro 3.1 billion a year, every year until 2023, for Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide is reckless, immoral and unjust. These "promissory notes" have imposed the debts of now-defunct institutions on Irish Citizens as a whole. These debts which we cannot, should not and will not pay. We therefore instruct our Government: (a) to declare by March 17th 2013 that it will not make the payment of Euro 3.1 billion on March 31st and to inform the European Central Bank that it will no longer ... more »
SUZUKI SAMURAI: “I met a young fellow called Nath”
[image: image]*Our roving Asian correspondent Suzuki Samurai (you know who we mean) gets a lesson in obedience over a beer.* I met a young fella the other day called Nath (pronounced Nat), a twenty-year-old who speaks bang-on English. Nath teaches at another school not far from me. He asked me to come and meet his students, which I agreed to do as most of the time outside working hours I spend on nothing more important than counting my navel fluff. I got to Nath’s school at 5pm, as agreed (which surprised him), and entered what appeared to be a rather decent house. In fact it was ... more »
The Errors of Keynes
*A guest post by Philip Bagus on the appearance of a new book demolishing the pseudo-economics of John Maynard Keynes—in whose name a mountain of debt and a pseudo-golden shower of paper money has been pissed out in recent years to “save the world,” to no positive effect whatsoever.* [image: _Keynes]The Austrian School of economics has provided the world with devastating critics of Keynes's magnum opus *The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money* for a long time. Friedrich A. von Hayek, Jacques Rueff, Henry Hazlitt, Murray Rothbard, Ludwig Lachmann, Ludwig von Mises, Geo... more »
"The Truth About Retail Gas Prices: An Update!"
*"The Truth About Retail Gas Prices: An Update!"* by Matt Insley “Tough noogies” is where we left off. A few months ago, back in September, we discussed the likely path for gasoline prices. In short, new dynamics in the refining industry – as well as a few obvious factors like the price of crude – are leading to a new “crude” reality for American motorists. Unfortunately, this new reality isn’t going to lead to lower gasoline prices. Instead, when refiners win, you and I lose. (Hence the “tough noogies.”) What gives? And how can you stay ahead of the pack on this one? Let’s have... more »
Syria: No truth to the Convoy attack saga promoted by Israel & others
Following up on Syria notification at the UN regarding the Israeli attack * The latest* Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said in identical letters to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council dated Jan. 31, and circulated Thursday, that Israeli aircraft flying at low altitude to avoid radar headed to the research centre in Jamraya, Rif Dimashq, and bombed it, killing two employees and injuring five others. They returned by the same route over an area north of Mount Herman, he said. Ja'afari warned that the Security Council's failure to condemn "Israel's grave aggressions ...... more »
Globe Serves Up Chick-Fil-A For Lunch
*I suppose it's better than their cafeteria food.* "Chick-fil-A-carrying gunman guilty" by Jessica Gresko | Associated Press, February 07, 2013 WASHINGTON — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to wounding a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group, a shooting that made headlines in part because the man was carrying 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches. Floyd Corkins II, 28, acknowledged in a plea agreement that he *intended to kill as many people as possible* during the August shooting at the Family Research Council. He also planned to tar... more »
No Meal in Missouri
"Frail teen found cuffed in basement" by MARIA SUDEKUM | Associated Press, February 07, 2013 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities found a frail 17-year-old boy handcuffed to a pole in his parents’ Kansas City basement, where he said he’d been kept since his father withdrew him from school in September.... He told police that his father would wake him each day at 4 a.m. to use the bathroom and give him a packet of dried oatmeal. In the afternoon, he would again be allowed to use the bathroom and would get a packet of noodles. Later, he would get two bologna sandwiches and a glass of wat... more »
Chris Hedges Takes a Swipe at the NDAA
[image: You're Invited] *to join** Michael Moore** for a discussion with NDAA lawsuit plaintiffs **Chris Hedges, Tangerine Bolen, Daniel Ellsberg, Alexa O'Brien, **lawsuit counsel* *Bruce Afran & **Carl Mayer,* *and **Jesslyn Radack & **Thomas Drake* Moderated by *Matt Sledge* of *The Huffington Post* &* **Natasha Lennard* of *Salon.com* 5pm-7pm | Wednesday, February 6, 2013 At The Culture Project | 45 Bleecker St New York, NY 10012 Interviews available from 4pm-5pm | Media RSVP Andy@SparrowMedia.net I was already planning to go yesterday morning to the Federal Appeals Court in suppor... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : 'Austin Noir' with Musician and Author Jesse Sublett
Musician and author Jesse Sublett, on right, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 1, 2013. Photo by Charlie Martin / KOOP. Rag Radio podcast: 'Austin Noir' with musician and writer Jesse Sublett, author of 'Grave Digger Blues' By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2013 Austin-based musician and author Jesse Sublett was Thorne
Argentina: The Museo del Ovni Reopens
[*INEXPLICATA extends its best wishes and congratulations to Vision Ovni as it reopens the Museo del Ovni at a new location and under improved circumstances! – SC*] *Argentina: The Museo del OVNI Reopens* *By Andrea Pérez Simondini 6 February 2013* The Museo del OVNI (UFO museum) of the city of Victoria has reopened at its birthplace. New rooms, new items and a spacious auditorium for the benefit of our visitors form part of the new facilities. All that’s left is for you to visit us, so you can learn about all the different aspects of the UFO phenomenon through the rese... more »
Hell must have frozen over...
Today the National Post published a rational, factual "full comment" regarding Canada's status quo on abortion. Read Jesse Kline's piece. It's fair, correct, reasonable. It even has a quote from Ralph Klein which, one might hope, would appease the Fetus Lobby. Unlikely. Abortion — to borrow a phrase from Ralph Klein — is best left as “a matter between a woman, her doctor and her God.” The shriEEEking: But what about the gawdless sluuuts?!?! has begun. The knuckle-draggers have emerged in full force in the comments. These are the folks who share Jonathan Kay's view on the role of ... more »
Eyewitness identification is notoriously unreliable and calls for considerable caution
R. v. Jack, 2013 ONCA 80 is a strong case released today on the frailties of eyewitness identification evidence: [13] The dangers inherent in eyewitness identification evidence and the risk of a miscarriage of justice through wrongful conviction have been the subject of much comment: see for example *R. v. Goran*, 2008 ONCA 195, 234 O.A.C. 283, at para. 19. Such evidence, being notoriously unreliable, calls for considerable caution by a trier of fact: *R. v. Nikolovski*, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 1197, at pp. 1209-10;*R. v. Bardales*, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 461, pp. at 461-62; *R. v. Burke*,... more »
#Brazman doneth
Wow. Didn't see that coming. Senator Patrick Brazeau has been removed from the Conservative Party's caucus, while sources tell CBC News that he is in a police jail in Gatineau, Que., following an alleged domestic dispute. If he's in jail for a domestic dispute, I hope she or he isn't hurt. I don't know, maybe being such an apt personfication of all that is HarperCon made them a little too
Sex Abuser Was Senate Aide
*And possibly a senator, too!* "Ex-Senate intern was sex offender" by Alicia A. Caldwell | Associated Press, December 13, 2012 WASHINGTON — Senator Robert Menendez employed as an *unpaid intern* in his Senate office an *illegal immigrant* who was a *registered sex offender*, now under arrest by immigration authorities, the Associated Press has learned. The *Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents* *not to arrest* him *until after Election Day*, a US official involved in the case said. A Homeland Security spokesman, Peter Boogaard, said Wednesday that it was ‘‘cate... more »
In court identification supported by prior out of court identification
*R. v. Johnson*, 2013 ONCA 73 holds that when a witness identifies the accused as the offender in court and testifies that he remembers identifying the same person in an out-of-court identification, the prior identification is admissible in support of the in-court identification made by that witness: [29] This court’s judgment in *R. v.* *Tat* *and Long* provides that when a witness identifies the accused as the offender in court and testifies that he remembers identifying the same person in an out-of-court identification, the prior identification is admissible in support of the ... more »
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Jindal aide: Army Corps of Engineers is a 'complete disaster' Dear Editilla, Louisiana's state bird was back in the news last week.* The newest NBA team nickname is the New Orleans Pelicans!* The pelican had faded from the nation's attention, along with the BP oil disaster, after images in 2010 of the majestic bird drenched in oil became the icon of BP's carnage in the Gulf. Along with the birds, their oil-soaked mangrove nesting habitat on Louisiana's eroding barrier islands has been decimated as well. *Pelicans need nesting sites far removed from predators to hatch and fledge ... more »
Catholic Church Crimes in California
"LA diocese to turn over sex abuse files Five years after promising to do so, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will give the confidential personnel files of about *200 priests* accused of *sex abuse and child molestation* to a judge in December. Those documents — with the names of innocent individuals redacted — will ultimately be made public under the Archdiocese’s record $660 million settlement in 2007 to 508 people who said they were victims. During a hearing Friday, Judge Emily Elias asked lawyers for both the archdiocese and victims about the status of the redacted papers and wh... more »
Sequestration-- Whose Fault?
Boehner is trying to claim the whole Sequestration fiasco was Obama's idea. Yesterday he offered some really horrible alternative to the president's proposal to edge out of it. Boehner's counteroffer was a one year moratorium in return for a 10% reduction in the federal workforce. And he wasn't offering to resign himself or offering the names of 10% of Republicans in Congress who would go. The Republican Party-- and conservatives in general-- have a first instinct and a default position: make the common people suffer... bring on the pain-- and more pain. Cutting back on federal s... more »
Adaptability and the second law
It seems we are ready for the next round of wrangling over what is or is not an overly privileged way of addressing the simple fact of overshoot. Paula at Mythodrome lays it out: "Near as I can tell, “resilience” means exactly the same thing as “transition” within a doomy context: an organic gardening club for rich white people with property, investments, and a comfortable lifestyle to protect. It’s an insular clique that requires everyone be on the same page politically in order to participate. It is based on the European idea of “community,” which is very attractive in theory, b... more »
The oh so superior lefty 'mind' in action
Further to this piece I have received a comment from one of those typical types that I mentioned in my original piece. Jonathan Fanning said...Anyone who needs it in this country should get medial treatment, seems very resonable to me. The law says you get billed if you travel here for treatment, but if you are here and fall in then you get treated. It is known as compassion, I would not expect you to understand. I have replied but I doubt that the great humanitarian genius Jonathan Fanning will even deign to read my response. I suppose he's just like Steve Berry in outlook. [... more »
IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Free Will or Free Won't?
Image from InspireD2. Free Will or Free Won’t? Human beings act on their desires and beliefs, and the way we predict what people will do is not by examining their brain waves but by understanding what they want and what they think is true. By Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2013 I’ve heard a number of people say that a well-known experiment performed by neuroscientist Benjamin
When The Rich Eat the Poor
You might think that Ethiopia is a country that would take its food supply very, very seriously. We're regularly greeted by appeals for donations to help relieve starvation in the Horn of Africa - Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Eritrea. It's a bit disconcerting to learn that Indian investors are now snapping up Ethiopia's prime farmlands, forcing the people off their land. *Ethiopia's leasing of 600,000 hectares (1.5m acres) of prime farmland to Indian companies has led to intimidation, repression, detentions, rapes, beatings, environmental destruction, and the imprisonment of jour... more »
ROSA PARKS AT 100: Who in the world was Rosa Parks!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013* *Part 4—What does it mean to be quiet:* Charles Blow gets credit for one thing: In last Saturday’s column about Rosa Parks, he quoted Professor Jeanne Theoharis correctly. Theoharis has written a fascinating book about Mrs. Parks. It’s a book we strongly recommend—with several very strong cautions. Near the end of Saturday’s column, Blow quoted a passage from Theoharis’ opening pages. In the Introduction to her new book, the professor complains about the way Mrs. Parks was portrayed at the time of her death: BLOW (2/2/13): When Parks died in 2005, Th... more »
GOP Recovery vs. Ted Cruz
I have a new column up at the Prospect arguing that Karl Rove's group isn't likely to make much difference, and that for sane conservatives to really do something about the GOP Senate nominations problems, they need to take two steps: actively, aggressively push The Crazy out of the mainstream of the party, and substitute policies that can be sold as having direct effects on voters' lives for the symbolic policies that they've specialized in over the last few years. (The headline says it's for moderates, but it's just as much for sane conservatives as it is for moderates. If not mor... more »
Elephant poaching skyrockets in Africa rain forest zones – 11,000 Gabon elephants slaughtered in under a decade
[image: Elephants drink water at a dam inside the Addo Elephant National Park near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, December 2012. Demand from Asia for quality ivory of rain forest pachyderm has spiked in African rainforest zones. In Gabon, two-thirds of elephants, or 11,000 have been wiped out in one national park since 2004. Photo: Schalk van Zuydam / AP] By Jean Rovys Dabany and Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Pravin Char 6 February 2013 Libreville, Gabon (Reuters) – Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon's Minkebe National Park rain forest since 2004, Gabon's gove... more »
Graph of the Day: Australia rainfall deficiencies, 1 April 2012 – 31 January 2013
[image: Rainfall deficiencies for the 10-month (April 2012 to January 2013) period have expanded over South Australia; an area of lowest on record stretches across much of the pastoral districts and into eastern Western Australia. Areas of severe deficiency have also expanded into western and central New South Wales and Victoria, including the Riverland. Graphic: Bureau of Meteorology] 5 February 2013 (National Climate Centre) – Severe rainfall deficiencies for the 6 month (August 2012 to January 2013) period have expanded in central Australia and in large parts of the inland sout... more »
The New Structuralism in International Relations and its Discontents: Prefatory Remarks
Some years back I participated in a series of workshops that culminated in a book on New Systems Theories of World Politics (value priced at $115). PM and I have been working, somewhat haphazardly, on a review essay dealing with contemporary imperial formations that deals with what I’ve called the “New Hierarchy Studies.” There’s also a Continue reading
Better Be Prepared For This Post
Boy Scouts reconsider ban on openly gay members "Boy Scouts delays decision on admitting gays; Executive board says issue will be voted on in May" by Nomaan Merchant and David Crary | Associated Press, February 07, 2013 IRVING, Texas — Whatever the organization eventually does, it’s decision may anger major constituencies and worsen schisms within Scouting....* * * **Isn't that the whole point of the issue?* The *iconic youth organization* is now *deeply entangled* in the *broader cultural and political conflicts* over such issues as same-sex marriage and religious freedom. Tiltin... more »
A Whole Heep of Obama
President Obama has been getting plenty of heat in the past couple of days for that leaked memo that confirms once and for all that yes Virginia, he really does have the chutzpah to actually kill people at whim. Calls for his impeachment or maybe a trip to The Hague have even started popping up on liberal internet sites. Obama is experiencing a rare, for him, moment of back-against-the-walldom. In the past 24 hours he has resorted to two defense strategies. First, he humbly announced that he is inviting a select group of senators for a privileged peek inside the workings of his own ... more »
Winds set to fan Victoria fires as mercury climbs – Extremely strong winds threaten Alpine area
[image: The aftermath of the bushfire in Seaton, Australia in January 2013. Photo: Craig Sillitoe / Sydney Morning Herald] By Adrian Lowe 7 February 2013 (Sydney Morning Herald) – Fire crews are battling to control large bushfires that have broken containment lines in the state’s east amid high temperatures. The Aberfeldy fire, near Licola, north-east of Mount Baw Baw, became more active because of a north-westerly wind, a spokesman from the State Bushfire Control Centre said. The fire broke the control lines and crews were mopping up to keep it in check, he said. The Country ... more »
WSJ: Duke to Close Troubled Nuclear Plant
Feb 6, 2013 by R. Smith page B2 Wall Street Journal The article explains that Duke energy is going to close its Crystal River nuclear plant in Florida. It wants to replace it with a gas-fueled power plant. The plant was closed because "parts of the concrete-and-steel building around the reactor were splitting apart." Duke is intending to "mothball" the plant but will not actually demolish it for "up to 60 years"! It has dedicated $600 million to decommissioning the plant but apparently it can defer most spending by "mothballing." This strategy allows Duke to push off the true cos... more »
Haitian Pornography
Pierre--February 1, 2013 (Photo by John Carroll) *Amy Wilentz new book is called “Farewell, Fred Voodoo”. In her book Wilentz writes that visitors to Haiti, including herself, tend to be guilty of writing about or photographing Haitians in their despair. She calls this "pornography" when we write about or photograph poor Haitians for its shock value. And the Haitian subject usually never knows what becomes of their story or photo. They hardly ever benefit in any meaningful way. I agree that this is some form of pornography. But if the story or the photograph may spur someone to do so... more »
Increase in deadly rains caused by global warming – ‘If extreme rainfall events continue to intensify, we can expect to see floods occurring more frequently around the world’
[image: Aerial view of flooding in Pakistan, 10 December 2012. Photo: www.news.cn] By Tim Wall 4 February 2013 (Discovery News) – Don’t let the drought in the U.S. fool you, intense rainfall around the world has been causing deadly floods in the past few years. Several have died in the current flooding in Queensland, Australia. In July 2012, the heaviest rain in decades left 37 dead in Beijing, China. More than 400 Pakistanis died in floods in September 2012. The now shriveled Mississippi River was a raging flood in 2011, killing 24 Americans in associated flash floods. Recent ... more »
Doctor Scores $7 Million Settlement in Sex Discrimination Case
"Doctor gets $7m in gender bias suit; Settlement with Beth Israel one of largest" by Liz Kowalczyk | Globe Staff, February 07, 2013 In a striking settlement of a high-profile case, a Harvard doctor who said she endured years of sexist treatment at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will collect $7 million — and will have the hospital’s pain clinic named in her honor. Employment lawyers said the hospital’s settlement with Dr. Carol Warfield, its former chief of anesthesia, appears to be one of the largest for a gender discrimination case in Massachusetts. Ilene Sunshine, a lawyer... more »
How Reality-Based Is the Community?
John Quiggin at Crooked Timber
ELLSBERG CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT
A lawsuit challenging a law that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens was back in federal court this week. On Wednesday, a group of academics, journalists, and activists presented oral arguments in court against a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizing the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. In a landmark ruling last September, Judge Katherine Forrest of the Southern District of New York struck down the indefinite detention provision, saying it like... more »
Hockey Royalty
So, back when they were saying there might not be a hockey season, I was sitting near two elderly ladies. One of them said she'd be glad if there was no hockey season. She hated it and she thought it was stupid. Then she started talking about Prince William's marriage with so-and-so (I forget). Oh well.
DROWNING DEMOCRACY - AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR
- Today the US Senate will likely give their approval to Obama's pick of John Brennan to be head of the CIA. The best way to describe him is as a "loyal operative" for the oligarchy. He worked for George W. Bush and is well known for his strong defense of torture. Now he works for the magician and defends drone attacks - including the killing of American citizens by drones without due process as the constitution requires. Obama calls Brennan "uniquely qualified" for the CIA job. Drones are now being used in the US for surveillance and targeting will be ... more »
Does Truth Exist?
When I started this blog over 5 years ago ( I cannot believe I have been at this for that long?), I was at a quandary on coming up with a name for this blog... It took a while before I settled on "Northerntruthseeker" due to the fact that I live in the frozen north tundra of Canada, and I wanted to seek the real truths about our sick world, our true history, and exactly WHO the true criminals are that are out for our enslavement.... But the question has come forward in all these years... "Does Truth Exist?".... To help answer that all important question, I want to turn to an amazing...more »
Solaris BlueRaven - Synthetic Telepathy - Part One
"How do we get tagged? How do we get noticed?" Miles Johnston tries to control his thought-to-speech pattern as he tries to convince Solaris Blueraven to control hers so that WE CAN ALL LEARN WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO TELL US? *With difficult audio issues due to electronic signal interference the viewer must use correct fidelity audio. Severe video tape drop out and blocker issues were also over come to get anything out of this vital interview. Audio is in STEREO. Miles is LEFT , Solaris is RIGHT, with pulsed audio interference.* [source MJM] Some have commented, "Miles, please stop in... more »
US Military Propaganda Program: Inform and Influence Activities (IIA)
Psychological warfare has been pursued actively by governments and corporations since World War I. Read Edward Bernay’s *Propaganda* and view the film *Psywar*to see how it is accomplished http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZyniTWm1hE Psychological warfare aims to mobilize and direct “group” opinion. Mis-information and dis-information are key components. Apparently the US military thinks it needs to increase the quantity and quality of its propaganda. No doubt the bad press about secretive drone warfare and “accidental” civilian deaths play a role in this new push: Pentagon gearing ... more »
D-Liver D-Letter D-Sooner D-Better
Issa H. Res 30 expresses the sense of the House that the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day delivery service. I was shocked that the principal sponsor of the resolution was Sam Graves, a very conservative congressman from Missouri. Rural Missouri. He was not toeing the Party line; he was paying attention to what his constituents want. H. Res 30 was immediately assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by the #1 enemy of the U.S. Post Office Darrell Issa, who is dedicated on destroying and the... more »
Watchdogs on the media battlefie... JPost - Arts & Culture - Arts
A profile of the man behind cifwatch. Adam is a bit of a hero... http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Arts/Article.aspx?id=302316
ELM GUEST HOUSE; STINGEMORE; McSWEENEY...
*Peter Hatton-Bornshin. *.dailymail. When Peter Hatton-Bornshin was orphaned he was sent to the council-run Grafton Close Children's Home in London. He was sexually abused . He died a mysterious death in 1994, aged 28. Two men have been arrested by detectives investigating allegations that a top people's paedophile ring abused Grafton Close boys at the Elm Guest House in London. The two arrested are* John Stingemore*, 70, a former deputy head of Grafton Close, and *Father Tony McSweeney*, 66, a Catholic priest. *.dailymail.* *McSweeney* McSweeney officiated at the 1990 weddin... more »
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*The Advocate’s N.O. bureau moves to new location, website remains a hideous wasteland* *New Orleans sees gains in making children ready for school* *Lee Zurik Investigation: St. Tammany coroner gives himself 39 percent raise ~WVUE * *“Demand It” Campaign Expands – Emphasizing Louisiana Seafood Certification* *Gulf Oil Spill Claims Disputed By Feckless Limey Bastards at BP * *"Believe You Can" Targets New Orleans Ladies ~Bloodhorse.com* *Maskers carry on Carnival tradition in Tremé * *Knights of Babylon* *~Uptown 5:45 p.m. * *Knights of Chaos* *~Uptown 6:30 p.m.* *Krewe of Muses...more »
Pro Choice
If you're interested in the counterplay between government regulation and free markets Southern Man highly recommends this free pdf of *It's A Jetsons World*, a collection of essays by Jeffrey Tucker of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, in which he also explains how to overcome the regulatory obstacles of low-flow shower heads and toilets that won't clear.
Recognition cases
*Regina v. Spatola* [1970] 3 O.R. 74-84 (C.A.) is an older case with a useful comment regarding recognition evidence: *Bare recognition unsupported by reference to distinguishing marks, and standing alone, is a risky foundation for conviction even when made by a witness who has seen or met the accused before. Of course, the extent of their previous acquaintanceship must have a very important bearing on the cogency of the identification evidence, as will the circumstances in which the alleged recognition occurred. Where some distinguishing marks are noticed and later verified, there... more »
The Reddish Brown Dog Jumped Over to Fox News
"Brown looks toward a possible role on Fox News; Joins board of Mass. paper processing firm" by Stephanie Ebbert | Globe Staff, February 06, 2013 Just days after he stunned the political world by announcing he was bowing out of contention for another Senate seat, Scott Brown made a return to the private sector, joining the board of a Massachusetts-based paper processing company and negotiating a possible deal to appear on Fox News. A Fox spokesman confirmed Brown is in talks to appear on the network, which recently announced it is not renewing contracts with big-name political com... more »
Madison Park Mischief
*Learn your le$$on$ well, kids.... * "Second Boston headmaster is accused of a crime" by James Vaznis and Andrea Estes | Globe Staff, February 07, 2013 The acting headmaster of Madison Park Vocational Technical High School in Boston was placed on administrative leave Wednesday amid a *federal investigation* of his alleged role in a *multiple-state credit fraud ring*. Queon Jackson, 39, of Milton is the second Boston school headmaster to spark controversy about alleged criminal activities in less than a year. Last summer, School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson came under fire for... more »
Front Page Weather Forecast
*Where is global warming when you really need it? * "Snowstorm may bring 30 inches as anticipation builds in Mass.; Big snows, and big buildup, come with the territory" by David Filipov | Globe Staff, February 07, 2013 The *nor’easter forecast to slam the state* Friday is *creating a perfect storm of expectations*, fueled by *increasingly dire weather reports*, a flurry of tweets relying on the reams of raw data available online, and the yearning of at least some in the populace for the first major snowfall in the Boston area in two years. * **Not wanting to minimize it, but can y...more »
Media Deceit: Baby Boomers unhealthy because they are lazy
And they make poor choices. *You have been judged!* *This article and other like it raise my ire!! Grrr....* The offensive article “Boomers, who are between 47 and 64 years old, are fatter, less active, drink more and are more likely to have mobility problems compared to the previous generation. They’re also have a higher incidence of diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol. *Why so little improvement in health among boomers, despite better medication and advances in medical care? *Obesity and inactivity could be the culprit. More than half (52%) of baby boomers rep... more »
Today's Boston Globe Business Bulls***
*I should just link the whole paper because it is full of it every day.* *This is a front-page special. * "Stock market at pre-crisis levels, but many still on sidelines" by Beth Healy | Globe Staff, February 07, 2013 Stock markets have surged to near five-year highs, thanks to a strong 2012 for investors followed by a rousing January. So where’s the party? The Dow Jones industrial average is flirting with 14,000, having bounced back from the darkest days of the financial crisis. US stocks have doubled in value since March 2009, meaning many Americans have at least recovered th...more »
Mad Men
Frances Russell writes that the Mad Men who currently reside in Ottawa's executive suites are destroying the Canada that their wiser forebears built after World War II: In keeping with the world-wide market mania of the last two decades, Canada’s dominant political and economic ideology demonizes government and the state except as a tool of social control, defence and war. Driven by the bully pulpit of corporate think tanks and right-wing politicians, the push is on to shrivel, if not dismantle, all the achievements of Canada’s last half-century and more of nation-building. Th... more »
Brand X
Eric Cantor and John Boehner and the Republican congressional caucus aren't desperate to refurbish their brand just because they want to make a successful endeavor more snappy and perky. No, their brand is seriously tarnished and absolutely toxic to large swathes of the population. Old white people, not so much, southern reactionaries and religionist lunatics... they're fine with the GOP brand. But young people, women, African-Americans, intellectuals, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, people with triple-digit-IQs... those groups aren't buying the reactionary policies of Greed and Selfi... more »
Bob Kincaid on Mining - The Ground, Water & Air: Poisoned
Excess deaths. The ground has been poisoned, the water has been poisoned & the air has been poisoned and there is no relief for that once the genie is out of the bottle. I heard Bob Kincaid on Mike Malloy last night and he was stunning in his knowledge about mining based on his background in the destructive nature of mountain top mining in Appalachia. Last night he said that Appalachia's mining issues have been ignored across the US because of their reputation of being hillbillies. Kincaid is proud of his hillbilly background - and he is doing a real service for the rest of the US... more »
Review Finds No Proven Benefit in Drugs for Mild Hypertension by Elizabeth Renter
Source: http://www.healthmw.com/Review Finds No Proven Benefit in Drugs for Mild Hypertensionby Elizabeth Renter Natural Society, 7 February 2013 *Not only are medications for hypertension not required to reduce blood pressure, they are hardly necessary for most individuals anyway. The vast majority of Americans taking hypertensive (high blood pressure) medication only have mildly elevated blood pressure. In other words, it’s just a little high. But a new review, which looked at four randomized and controlled trials, found that the drugs have little value and a large likeliho... more »
All A.O.K. With This Alabama Article
*I would say once would have been an aberration, but the last few days of rewritten pieces makes one suspicious. Must have the official version all straight now.* "Alabama captor rigged bunker with explosives; Abducted boy is back home, said to be doing well" by Jay Reeves and Kate Brumback | Associated Press, February 07, 2013 MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — As FBI and police negotiators *sought for days to coax*an Alabama man into freeing a kindergartner held hostage in an underground bunker, the captor was *planning for violence*, *authorities say*. * **I don't believe in authorities anymo... more »
Haggling Over Hagel
*Just confirm him already.... * "Senate panel postpones vote on Hagel; Seeks further details about paid speeches" by Donna Cassata | Associated Press, February 07, 2013 WASHINGTON — A Senate panel on Wednesday *abruptly postponed a vote* on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary *amid Republican demands*for more information from President Obama’s nominee about his paid speeches and business dealings.... They focused on his speeches and affiliations with organizations such as the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan public interest group.... In a letter to Hagel, Republicans c... more »
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An economist breaks up with his girlfriend
...when it is the utility-maximizing thing to do.
The tertiary ground is only rarely to be used to refuse bail
R. v. Teemotee, 2011 NUCJ 17 considers the tertiary ground for refusing judicial interim release Section 515(10)(c) of the *Criminal Code* provides that a person may be detained in custody pending trial if it is determined that "detention is necessary to maintain confidence in the administration of justice." The Court must consider (c) If the detention is necessary to maintain confidence in the administration of justice, having regard to all the circumstances, including (i) The apparent strength of the prosecution’s case, (ii) The gravity of the offence, (iii)... more »
Old School: The 1956 Ferraudi Contactee Experience
*Old School: The 1956 Ferraudi Contactee Experience* *By Liliana Flotta and Eduardo Grosso* Many years ago – perhaps 20 – our director, Fabio Zerpa, introduced a likable gentleman in his forties to the members of the ONIFE (Organizacion Nacional de Investigacion de Fenomenos Ovnis) group. He described him as: “the gentleman who’s been inside a flying saucer”. The reader can imagine our surprise at receiving this information, particularly coming from Fabio, who was never known to rush to judgment. The protagonist’s name is Orlando Ferraudi. Despite the years that h... more »
Pathetic sentencing
2 years in prison, less remission of course for this? ' "Kiran had severe double frontage brain damage. He cannot walk, talk, eat or drink, he is just a shell of the man he used to be.' http://m.thisistotalessex.co.uk/story.html?aid=17815977
Job advert is written only in Polish - Telegraph
' "We explained that the job description needs to be written in English but he can state in it that the candidate must speak fluent Polish," the spokesman added. Isn't multi culturalism marvellous? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9854470/Job-advert-is-written-only-in-Polish.html
UV/IR connection: link between God and His inverse
Whether some people like it or not, science has demonstrated that reductionism works. The laws governing the evolution of increasingly complex – and, typically, geometrically larger – objects (laws that are increasingly vague, riddled with uncertainties, errors, and exceptions) may be reduced to the laws describing ever smaller and ever more elementary building blocks (i.e. to laws that are increasingly more fundamental, accurate, and universal). In fact, one may approximately list the disciplines of science in a hierarchical tree in which the arrow ↑ means that the discipline at th... more »
Thursday linkage
Here are some recent interesting posts and articles focused on 52% of the population: Want a fun and informative procrastination tool? Check out the NYT interactive tool exploring the gender gap in science across the globe. Sarah Rainey of the National Times in Australia wrote an impassioned and provocative piece on childless women- she declares Continue reading
BBC 5live phone in
Should there be childfree areas on planes etc.? If only I had the time to call in! There's one really annoying woman who thinks children make a lovely noise...
WHO DID 9 11?
*Twin Towers. "I'm going into another meeting."* "Talking to his wife on the phone while he is seducing the woman, *Jean Dujardin* stands by a window where, in the background, an airline can be seen flying into the World Trade Centre...." *www.telegraph.co.uk * * **Does this look real or staged? Attack on Jewish school in Toulouse in France.* *Jean Dujardin, French actor.* * * Can we trust the US government? *In 1962, all of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed to Operation Northwoods, whereby the US government would secretly carry out acts of terrorism in the USA.* nsarch... more »
In-Out Debate: What Britain Really Gets From EU Membership - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
'According to the European Comission, the EU's executive, the single market increased the economic output of all EU member states by €240 billion in 2006. In the same year Günter Verheugen, an EU Commissioner at the time, estimated that companies had to shoulder bureacracy costs totalling some €600 billion -- more than twice the economic benefit. "The EU brings Britain no economic advantages," said Lea. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/a-881813.html
Paul Joseph Watson - the Nature of Reality - encoded cosmic rays
Alex Jones welcomes Paul Joseph Watson, journalist and editor of PrisonPlanet.com, to discuss the nature of reality as top research has shown it may be a 'giant computer simulation', i.e. the movement and behaviour of cosmic rays would be acting as if they're in some 'structured model' simulation of some other place. Cosmic Rays offer clue our universe could be a computer simulation, WIRED The measurement that reveals the universe is a computer simulation, MIT And NO, I don't agree with this 'will of God' excuse and reference to 'the Bible' that Jones comes up with, it's interesti... more »
Layered Moly Oxide for High Speed Electronics
We are left to guess how the graphene fits into all this. Whatever the case, it is still getting faster and step by step we are mastering the art of producing nano thick layers of useful materials like moly oxide. Physics has become the science of very thin materials and we are seeing ample surprises. We are not quite to the point of manufacturing things one atom at a time but it does not appear so unattainable today. We are certainly close enough to reasonably understand the activity produced. But yes a number of breakthroughs have opened up the potential for vast impro... more »
Union Jack Flies in Hong Kong Protests
Without question the Chinese everywhere are loyal to the idea of China as are most to their own. What they are not shy about is that loyalty does not extend to those in power. Thus waving the union jack is a clear way to get that message across. It is also strong enough that those in power will find it impossible to ignore. The present Chinese reality is that the Chinese people are actively using mass protest to confront corrupt officials all through China in an ongoing struggle to assert the primacy of the people over a number of core issues. As usual this discomforts sai... more »
40,000 Year Old Fossil Link to Today
We already have established linkages that are ten thousand years old in Europe, so now been able to trace human biological continuity back a full 40,000 years is great news. Because it is all local, a lot of distractions disappear. Even better they are clearly family. What this also continues to confirm is that when agricultural man arose ten thousand years ago, their expanding population simply absorbed the local non agricultural peoples. We see exactly this happening today with our first nation peoples. The majority are already hybrids and it is inevitable that this wi... more »
Bacterial Supplement Energizes Pig Immune System
This is really neat and as noted it should carry over to human health. We all want a robust immune system and it could just be that a dose of this pro biotic at the right time will do the trick. We also have a core pathway to recognize a working protocol. In the meantime, do eat high quality yogurt from time to time. It just may be powering up your immune system in ways that the text books never knew. I keep been struck by just how ignorant we are of our interaction with the natural world and how so much seriously wrong ideas are out there that are accepted with little st... more »
Europe considers designating Hezbollah as terrorists
I find this USA Today story intriguing: Under pressure from the United States and Israel, the European Union said Wednesday it will think about designating Hezbollah a terrorist group now that it has been implicated in a bomb attack that killed six people in a sovereign EU nation. U.S. officials urged European leaders to take decisive action against Hezbollah *after a report by the Bulgarian government that said the Iran-backed group orchestrated a bus bombing in Burgas in July that killed six people*. ... Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said Wed... more »
I've found my snow jaguar Dream Guardian...
...in the most unlikeliest of places. and it's a CHIMERA, fittingly. The stage-six mutation of artist/photographer Daniel Lee's twelve stage Human Evolution process, from dino-fish thru monkey. This image generated by morphing from evolutionary stage to stage in the following gif animation if it were covered in SOFT WHITE FUR (curlier like a lamb's on the chest), would be exactly the talking thing I met in the living room of my dreams. Same human hands. Same thick tail. Same skull shape, jaw, eyes. At the weekend, because of my interest in this subject, I found and visited a loc... more »
Redford to docs: There’s no raise, and you’re not getting it!
The Alberta Progressive Conservative position on negotiations with the doctors explained. Yes, we’re just as confused as you are. Below: AMA President Michael Giuffre. Premier Alison Redford. Every day, it just gets weirder and weirder. The day before yesterday, we’re told, Alberta Premier Alison Redford waded into her health minister’s already strangely muddled negotiations with ... more »
Ma's Surprising Envoy to the US makes surprising remarks
I'm off on a bike vacation, but I've got my computer with me so I can combine both my addictions. No sooner do I leave than the new Big Man in Washington, King Pu-tsun, Ma's hatchet man, longtime personal friend, and personal appointment as the ROC/Taiwan emissary to the US, makes some surprising statements in a surprising interview with AFP: We have our own pragmatic approach to survive," said the envoy who cannot call himself ambassador, as the United States broke formal ties with Taiwan in 1979 when it recognised China. "We need strong support from the United States, but we also ... more »
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