Halo, 22-degree halo, Solar Halo, 22 degree solar halo - aka (incorrectly) Rainbow, Full Circle, 360 Degree, Round, Circular, Whole. Directly overhead. Morro Bay, CA. 12 June 2009. (Photo credit: mikebaird)
This image compares ten reconstructed proxy temperature studies covering last 2000 years. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Global mean surface temperature difference from the average for 1880–2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NCAR Temperature Records (Photo credit: A Siegel)Dueling papers on Tropical Cyclone Frequency
One paper/press release says TC’s are occurring more frequently, another says they aren’t.
Slow Drift in Thermoregulated Emergent Systems
In the last century, for example, the temperature has varied only about ± 0.3°C, which is a temperature variation of only about a tenth of one percent. I hold that this astonishing stability, in a system whose temperature is controlled by something as fickle and variable as clouds and wind, is clear evidence that there is a strong thermostatic mechanism, or more accurately a host of interlocking thermostatic mechanisms, controlling the temperature.
the system is actively regulating the amount of incoming solar energy to maintain the temperature within bounds. It doesn’t disturb the control system that the solar forcing is constantly varying from a host of factors, from dust and volcanoes to 11 and 22 year solar cycles. The thermoregulation system is not based on how much energy there is available from the sun or from CO2. The resulting temperature is not based on the available forcing, we know there’s more than enough forcing available to fry us. It is set instead by the unchanging physics of wind and wave and pressure and most of all temperature that regulates when clouds form … so when the sun goes up a bit, the clouds go up a bit, and balance is maintained.
And this, in turn, is my explanation of why it is so difficult to find any strong, clear solar signal in the temperature records. Oh, you can find hints, and bits, a weak correlation to this or that, but overall those sun-climate correlations, which under the current paradigm should show visible effects, are very hard to find. I hold that this shows that in general, global average temperature is not a function of the forcing. The sun waxes and wanes, the volcanoes go off for centuries, meteors hit the earth … and the clouds simply adjust to return us to the same thermal level. And this weak dependence of output on input is exactly what we would expect in any significantly complex system...here’s an off-the-wall possibility for human induced change—oil on the global oceans. It only takes the thinnest, almost monomolecular layer of oil on water to change the surface tension, and we’ve added lots of it. This reduces evaporation in two ways. It reduces evaporation directly by reducing the amount of water in contact with the air.
The second way is by preventing the formation of breaking waves, spray, and spume (sea foam). Spray of any kind greatly increases the water surface available for evaporation, depending on windspeed. Remember that evaporation due to wind speed is the way that the thunderstorm is able to sustain itself. So when the amount of area evaporating is decreased by ten or twenty percent due to lack of spray, that will commensurately decrease the evaporation, and thus affect the timing of the onset and the duration of thunderstorms.
Sailors who traditionally dumped barrels of oil into the sea to calm stormy waters may have been on to something, a new study suggests. The old practice reduces wind speeds in tropical hurricanes by damping ocean spray, according to a new mathematical “sandwich model”.
The climate has been on a slow drift up and down and up and down, warm in Roman times, cold in the Dark Ages, warm in the Middle Ages, cold in the Little Ice Age, warm now … so while humans may indeed play some part the post-1940′s drift (down, then up, now level), it’s likely not a big part or we would have seen it by now … and in any case if we did have an effect, we still don’t know how.
This is why the claim that we have identified the “major forcings” as being say CO2 and methane and such ring hollow. Those are only the major players within the current paradigm. The problem is, that paradigm cannot explain a system so tightly thermoregulated that over the last century, the global average surface temperature only varied by ± one tenth of a percent … engineers, please correct me if I’m wrong, but given volcanoes and aerosols and the like that is a record that any control systems engineer would be proud of, and it is done with things as ephemeral as clouds. To me, that fact alone proves that the earth has a thermostat, and a dang precise one for that matter. A truly wondrous and marvel-filled planet indeed.
10:26 pm MST
Friday Baseball Post
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 minutes ago
Two big sports stories that I'm aware of this week...well, after the Super
Bowl, that is.
One was the new round of accusations against Alex Rodriguez and other
baseball players.
The other was accusations of massive levels of match-fixing in
international soccer.
Now, what I'm wondering is: doesn't everyone consider the latter story a
much, much, much...infinitely more important one?
I mean, not to the world as a whole, but within their own sports.
I don't follow soccer much at all, so I have no idea how new this story is
other than the story that broke this week, or how likely it... more »
Sunday Classics chronicles: Remembering Eugen Jochum (3) -- Overtures Plus, part 1
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 26 minutes ago
*Act III of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz*
What pleasure on earth can compare with the hunter's?
Whose cup of life sparkles so richly?
To lie in the verdure while the horns sound,
To follow the stag through thicket and pond,
Is joy for a prince, is a real man's desire,
Is strengthens your limbs and spices your food.
When woods and rocks resound all about us,
A full goblet sings a freer and happier song!
Yo ho! Tralala!
Diana is present to brighten the night;
Her darkness cools us like any refreshment in the day.
To fell the bloody wolf, and the boar
who greedily roots through the... more »
US trade deficit links to growth
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 hour ago
*A narrowing in the US trade shortage during December raises hopes that
the
economy was stronger in the final quarter of 2012 than first
estimated.*According to the Commerce Department, the US trade gap with
the rest of the
world fell to $38.5bn in December a near three-year low. The data
suggests
that the US economy was stronger in the fourth quarter than initially
expected.
The information could result in a revision of the a 0.1% annualized
contraction in gross domestic product during the quarter, which was
firstly calculated before these figures were available and were based
... more »
Illness In My Family
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
I want to inform my readers that I have had an illness in my family... My
elderly mother recently suffered from a stroke.....Thankfully, the stroke
was mild, and she is out of any immediate danger....
I will continue to try to put up new articles, but they may be few and far
between over the next while until my family situation is cleared up...
In the meantime, I again recommend that everyone take the time to look at
the fabulous work by other real truth seekers that I have listed in the
left hand column of this blog under the heading: "The Finest Bloggers That
I Know"... You will n... more »
Belly of the Beast
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 hour ago
While Eastern Canada is getting pummeled with snowy weather, I can say
we've had our share of snow here this winter. Certainly, this is the most
snow I've seen in my 4 winters out here. The mercury is due to creep up
over the freezing mark in the coming days and while I'm grateful for a
break from the intense cold we've experienced here of late, part of me
can't help but wonder what kind of mess we'll have when all our snow starts
to melt in the Spring.
I have quite the piles of snow piled up in the front yard here.
Fortunately, I'm pretty sure I have the biggest front yard on the ... more »
Sublime . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 2 hours ago
VENEZUELA
DONATES free heating oil to 100,000 needy US households. According to
Brett Wilkins post in the DIGITAL JOURNAL.
For the eighth straight year, Venezuela's state oil company is donating
free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of needy Americans.
Entire internet critiques secret George Bush paintings
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago
Some talented hacker with an hipsterish nym breached the Bush family's
private emails. The big hit of his data dump was George W Bush's paintings.
Not unexpectedly, this earthshaking expose caused the intertoobz to erupt
into a virutal tsunami of snark. For the record, I thought his paintings
were rather good. Looking at the work divorced from my feelings about the
artist, it's not great art. It's not bad art either. Only saw two others
who agreed all day. Atrios and Karen Tumulty.
Also, for the record, I appear to be the only one who finds the hackery
more disturbing than amusing.... more »
Shorts Inside Batter Caused Fire inside Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 2 hours ago
*The Strange thing about this article is 1 of the 2 attributed causes:*
*Pasztor, A. & Ostrower, J. (2013, Feb 8) 787 Probe Indicates Fire Caused
by Short The Wall Street Journal, p. B1.*
[excerpted] Short circuits inside a batter triggered a fire aboard a parked
Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner last month, said US investigators...
The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary findings, issued
Thur... said multiple short-circuits in one of the battery's eight cells
touched off 'an uncontrolled chemical reaction at high temperatures" that
spread to other cells....
Investigators s... more »
Criticising others, giving them an unwelcome feeling, can be done by anyone. Uplifting them and giving them a good feeling - that takes a special gift and spending effort.
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
*לבקר אחרים ולתת להם הרגשה שאינם רצויים - זאת יכול כל אחד לעשות. אך לרומם
את רוחם ולהעניק להם הרגשה טובה - לכך דרושים כישרון מיוחד והשקעת מאמץ*
*Nachman of Breslov
*
While we're on storm watch here in the Northeast, maybe it's an OK time to play "2016"
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Two questions, in no particular order: (1) Will this man be the next
president of the United States? (2) Do you have any idea who this man is?
(Hint: "He doesn’t bring the glitz and glamour of some of the other names
of this list.") Okay, an extra-credit question: (3) Anybody heard from ol'
T-Paw lately?*
*by Ken*
"One of the Fix's favorite phrases," the post begins, "is this: It's never
too soon."
No, it's not that I take WaPo "Fix"-master Chris Cillizza seriously, but
one thing you know when you read Chris is that if he's saying it, other
political insiders are saying it. I wo... more »
Die Flut Kommt
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 3 hours ago
Video found at *HARDON'S BLOG*:
*"It is a characteristic feature of all great reforms that, in the
beginning, there is only one single protagonist to come forward on behalf
of several million people." *
*- Adolf Hitler*
*
**"He who would live must fight. He who does not wish to fight in this
world, where permanent struggle is the law of life, has not the right to
exist." *
*- Adolf Hitler*
Aztec in Perspective by Monte Shriver - Part Two
KRandle at A Different Perspective - 3 hours ago
(*Blogger’s Note:* The following is reprinted by permission. Given the
length of the original article, I have broken it into three parts and will
publish all three over the next week. It was written by one-time resident
of Aztec, Monte Shriver, and provides an interesting insight into the
alleged crash. Again, reprinted by permission of Monte Shriver.)
*THE AZTEC INCIDENT -RECOVERY AT HART CANYON*
BY SCOTT AND SUZANNE RAMSEY, DR. FRANK THAYER AND FRANK WARREN
In his forward to this book, Stanton Friedman states “In this outstanding
new book, Scott and Suzanne Ramsey have done an... more »
New Underwear Bomb Made Me Crap My Pants
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago
*Because I laughed so hard.*
"Al Qaeda altered underwear bomb" July 28, 2012
ASPEN, Colo. — US security officials are on the lookout for a *new type of
explosive* after analysis of an *upgraded underwear bomb* intercepted by a
CIA operation in Yemen.
*
**(Blog editor has already started snickering) *
Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole said at the Aspen
Security Forum that the *device smuggled out* by a *double agent* in an
operation earlier this year was an upgrade from the underwear bomb carried
by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to try to bring down a Detroit-bound airl... more »
"Al-Saleh-Duh" in Yemen
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago
*I suppose that is why the coverage has mostly faded away for the last few
months.*
"Yemeni gunmen seize key building as unrest lingers" Associated Press, July
30, 2012
SANA, Yemen — *Gunmen loyal to Yemen’s ousted ruler seized a security
building* near the Interior Ministry in the capital for a few hours on
Sunday before vacating it, a security official said.
The official said a former security official and a relative of the former
president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, sent the gunmen on the mission. After taking
over the building in Sana, they blocked off the airport highway where it is... more »
Erin Weir Is The BEST Candidate To Deal With Saskatchewan's 'Incoherent' Potash Fiscal Regime
leftdog at Buckdog - 5 hours ago
*
*
*Saskatchewan's New Democrats are in the process of picking a new
provincial leader. To date, Economist Erin Weir has articulated the most
pragmatic, visionary policy for the province's potash industy, its growth
and direction. *
*Today, **The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary added
their voice to those who understand that Premier Brad Wall is allowing the
economic benefits of a key natural resource to slip away because of an
'incoherent' fiscal regime.*
*"CALGARY, Feb. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - A report published today by The School of
Public Policy concludes that... more »
OPPT WEB SITES (so far)
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
*
* *
* *Thanks to Aaron for compiling this list. If your group is not listed
please leave a comment on the blog and I will add it to the list. *
*
* *The following sites are One People's Trust related:*
*OPPT Trustee web site:* http://www.peoplestrust1776.org/
*
* *OPPT Web sites other people have created: *
OPPT-IN Organizing blog: http://oppt-in.com/
American Kabuki: http://www.americankabuki.blogspot.com
Removing the Shackles: http://breakingtheshackles.blogspot.ca
Kauilapele's Blog: http://kauilapele.wordpress.com
One Peoples Public Trust Milwaukee http
://peoplestrustmilwauke... more »
Droning on About Yemen
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago
*I'm sorry, readers, but if I were being true to my blog I'd be posting
more often about murder from on high.*
*What the Globe has given me these last months*:
"*US drones* *killed 10* Al Qaeda militants — one believed to be a top bomb
maker — in *two strikes* targeting moving vehicles in Yemen, officials and
the country’s state-run agency said Tuesday."
*All bad guys, always bad guys. *
"No.2 Al Qaeda leader in Yemen reported killed; Saudi national, 6 others
believed targeted by drone" by Ahmed al-Haj | Associated Press, September
11, 2012
SANA, Yemen — An *apparent US drone st... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Upsurges Are Noted...
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
*
* *
* *Upsurges Are Noted...*
by ÉirePort
We have observed an upsurge in 4D-5D activity over the past 3 hours,
beginning at 1900 UTC. At this moment, the upsurge appears to continue.
Energetics of Gaia are re-forming around this upsurge, and will plateau at
a much Higher and more refined energy level.
Those who have adapted to multi-dimensional understandings will align
rapidly with this Higher level. While retaining integrity (unity) with all
so-called "lower" levels.
Upsurge appears visually to the ÉirePort team as a spiral projecting
upward, counterclockwise rotation when vi... more »
How to Find a UCC Filing
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
You might want to expand this video to full screen...
C'mon, Folks, Polling Averages. Remember?
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
Ron Fournier on one reason Barack Obama may refocus his State of the Union
message:
Though Obama's team would dismiss its significance, Democratic allies took
notice of Quinnipiac University's new poll that showed Obama's approval
rating dropping since his election, from a 53 percent approval rating in
December to 46 percent.
C'mon. Did we all learn nothing from the last election cycle? Polling
averages, folks, not single polls. Heading over to Pollster, guess what?
Obama's approval rating, including that Q poll, is rising, not falling. In
fact, there were a total of polls with sur... more »
Englishness and Surburbia
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 6 hours ago
There is a spectre haunting the Union, the spectre of Englishness! I was
down in London Monday evening for the launch-cum-discussion of Rupa Huq'snew book,
*On the Edge: Contested Cultures of English Suburbia*. Having skimmed the
first 50 pages by way of preparation, Rupa argues the suburbs have long
been the repository and incubator of the tensions and characteristics that
one can find condensed in English national identity. For example, chatting
with an ex-trot comrade yesterday, we mused how we didn't define ourselves
as 'big E' English, but there are certain eccentricities and q... more »
"Executioner in Chief: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* "Executioner in Chief: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner*
* Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program"*
By John W. Whitehead
“Much of our foreign policy now depends on the hope of benevolent dictators
and philosopher kings. The law can’t help. The law is what the kings say it
is.”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, writing for "The Atlantic"
“If George Bush had done this, it would have been stopped.”— Joe
Scarborough, former Republican congressman and current MSNBC pundit
“When Barack Obama ascended to the presidency in 2008, there was a sense,
at least among those who voted for him,... more »
Chris Christie's weight is no joke
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 6 hours ago
[photo via]
I've never found mean jokes that mock appearance or ethnicity funny. I
cringe every time I see someone make a fat joke about Chris Christie. But
when former White House physician Dr. Connie Mariano expressed concern
about Christie's weight, she was making a valid observation about his
health, not mocking him.
Christie responded by telling the doctor to shut up and called her a
typical hack who just wants five minutes on TV. But that apparently wasn't
satisfying enough blowback for NJ's biggest bully. He subsequently called
Dr. Mariano and hollered at her personally. S... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'International Treaties'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
INTERNATIONAL
TREATIES
Posted on February 8, 2013
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
MNN. Feb. 8, 2013. We Onkwehonwe are the keepers of the law of peace
here on Great Turtle Island. Any valid treaty must have have the
principles of the Two Row for all North and South America. The law of
the land is Kaianereh’ko:wa.
1701 Great Peace of Montreal, only valid treaty, rooted in law of the
land.
Stopping MA DESE from Turning Over Student and Teacher Records to Corporations
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 7 hours ago
Letter from ACLU to MA BESE:
February 5, 2013****
****Massachusetts**** Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
****Malden**, **MA** **02148********
Dear Board Members,****
It has come to our attention that the Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education intends to share confidential student
and teacher data with the Gates Foundation, as part of its Shared Learning
Collaborative, consisting of personally identifiable information including
student names, test scores, grades, disciplinary and attendance records,
and most likely, special educa... more »
Shattered Crystal Balls... And Criminal Gerrymandering In Florida
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Will Florida voters hold legislators accountable for cheating?
The day before the election in November, I glanced at Larry Sabato's
predictions, just so I could amuse myself about how slanted they would once
again be towards the GOP. I don't know the man or even his politics but I
do know that he always looks in his crystal ball and sees an optimum
outcome for Republicans and nothing but failure for Democrats. For example,
the election yielded 332 electoral votes for President Obama and 206 for
Romney. Sabato's crystal ball, the night before, showed Obama with 290 and
Romney with 248... more »
“Pay Attention America: Police Shooting People”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
* “Pay Attention America: Police Shooting People”*
by Karl Denninger
"We have a little problem here. Out in LA there's this ex-cop. He was
allegedly fired for blowing the whistle on another cop who used excessive
force. And now, he's decided to take action himself, and has declared war
(literally) on the LAPD. "I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical
warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty," Dorner allegedly
wrote in a lengthy letter promising retribution against the department,
where he worked from 2005 until 2008. An LAPD source provided the document
to CN... more »
Honeywell's CEO's Hateful Behavior to Senior Citizens
2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago
*Honeywell CEO David Cote — *who is part of an organization called Fix the
Debt that is pushing for steep cuts in social spending as part of a “grand
bargain” on the budget — acknowledged in an interview that the sequester’s
spending cuts will harm the economy. But he thinks they need to happen
anyway:
*Cote is one of the highest-paid CEOs in the country*, making $37 million
in 2011. *Honeywell, meanwhile, paid just a 2 percent tax rate between 2008
and 2011*, according to Citizens for Tax Justice, while *receiving $1.7
billion in tax subsidies*. Cote himself has said that the corpo... more »
Droning On About John Brennan
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 8 hours ago
*I already said my **prayers** for the guy.*
"John Brennan is grilled on drones" by Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane |
New York Times, February 08, 2013
WASHINGTON — Engaging a high-ranking Obama administration official *for the
first time in an extensive public discussion of the use of drones* for *targeted
killing* on Thursday, senators pressed John O. Brennan, President Obama’s
nominee for director of the CIA, about the secrecy of the strikes, their
legal basis, and the reported backlash they have produced in Pakistan and
Yemen.
Adding a new element to the roiling debate, the Sen... more »
Dr Elliot Reid aka Sarah Chalke - A Rule 5 Friday post
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Ah Scrubs...
SANDY HOOK; DRILL; McDONNELLS; LANZA KIDS?
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
The kid is asked about the Sandy Hook event.
"The kid says *'When we were having a drill, we were hiding under, like...'
*
"His mother (the woman sitting next to him in the black sweater) nudges him
with her arm, his body moves slightly in response, and his eyes quickly
dart towards her, then back again.
"Then, Dr Oz immediately taps him on the shoulder and quickly changes the
subject, so the kid doesn't say anything more about it being a drill."
The McDonnells at the Fire Station after the Sandy Hook event. Photo
credited to Don Emmert.
*sandyhooktruth.wordpress.com/2013/02... more »
Implications of Guénon's Teachings
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: ImperiumUltimum]:
Jean-Louis Michon explains the practical consequences in one's life of
understanding the teachings of René Guénon. Taken from worldwisdom.com.
Seeking a friend for the end of the world - Steve Carell - Kiera Knightley
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours ago
two of my least favourite actors, Steve Carell (40 year old virgin) and
Kiera Knightley (underbite), and a concept that sounds so utterly schmaltzy
and vomit inducing...
...EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SEE THIS WONDERFUL FILM.
Seriously, I'm not even taking the piss or trying to be clever.
Every now and then a film comes along with such an amazing script, such
wonderful characters; Carell, Knightley and that dog, and such an
engrossing and caring narrative that you just can't take your eyes off it.
I knew as soon as I started watching this, it would be an Instant Classic
example of the art... more »
ACTION: Sign the Brady Petition - We Are Better than That!!
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
*Hey - *
*Keyboard militia*
*Brady Campaign needs your fingers for a Senate push.*
*
**Please go to this page*
*>>>>HERE<<<<*
*Type in your name, email, and zip *
*Then pat yourself on the back - *
* for your good deed for the day.*
Contact the Senate Judiciary Committee
Act now! Urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to Pass Gun Reforms.
- Please complete this form to send a message to members of the U.S.
Senate Judiciary Committee asking them to support President Obama's
legislative plan to decrease gun deaths and injuries in America.
Scientists Prove You Can Think Your Way to Wellness
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours ago
Many have said as much but we now know that a large sample tracked after a
thirty year gap confirm the core idea. That a positive outlook on life will
extend your time on Earth. The real take home for all is to guard against
the negative and practice the art of avoiding such feelings however well
learned. It does mean self examination and application. Meditation does
help.
It also integrates with the placebo phenomenon which has confounded plenty
of biological conjecture.
The case for thoughtful eating and thoughtful exercise combined with a
determination to remain pos... more »
Again with the Zero Dark Thirty campaign!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013*
*Full-page ads go for the gold:* Sad, ain’t it?
We refer to the Oscar report on the front page of today’s New York Times.
It concerns the lobbying efforts surrounding the Oscar broadcast.
This isn’t the lobbying about who will win Best Picture, Best Actress, Best
Actor. *This* lobbying concerns a different question: Which Hollywood
people who died last year will get mentioned during the broadcast for maybe
two or three seconds?
As it turns out, people will kill for that Oscar gold, even after they’re
already dead:
CIEPLY (2/8/13): *[A] spot on the yearl... more »
Here Come the Auditors
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
A Senate budget committee has called in outside auditors to scrutinize the
expenses claimed by three senators and the status of their actual residency.
Tories Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Liberal Mac Harb will be undergoing
scrutiny of their claims for extra housing allowances based on their actual
residence lying outside the national capital region. Senators are
required to file a declaration of their residency.
Duffy claims he's a resident of Prince Edward Island. Unfortunately he
has a gaggle of evidentiary issues to overcome. In his case it won't be
just a matter of livi... more »
INSIDE THE OIL PIPELINE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
Greg Palast: Koch brothers could save two billion dollars a year if they
can replace Venezuelan heavy crude crude with Canadian tar sands - one of
the dirtiest sources of carbon emissions on the planet
Educational Entertainment for a Snow Day
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/02/educational-entertainment-for-snow-day.html
FRIDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2013
*Educational Entertainment for a Snow Day*
*
* On the topic of helping explain the reality of our current defunct and
corrupt system of society, here are a few excellent videos.If you're on the
east coast of Turtle Island like I am.... you're under several feet of snow
this morning, so you might as well grab a hot beverage, a blankie and sit
back and watch a few videos!
This first one was created by an RTS reader from Ireland
In a more comedic vein, this vid... more »
No one pays attention to Krugman!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013*
*The way our culture works:* Paul Krugman writes the same column today for
perhaps the three hundredth time.
It happens to be a very *good* column. It’s also a mark of the times.
Krugman starts by noting that a recent statement by John Boehner was pretty
much absolute nonsense (see below). From there, he turns to his standard
column. He’s written it three hundred times.
First, he states his basic point. Then he makes a phantasmagoric statement.
He’s written this column three hundred times. No one is paying attention:
KRUGMAN (2/8/13): But that’s a second... more »
Canadian Trained Troops Fight American Trained Troops In Mali Again
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
Canadian-trained Malian paratroopers loyal to democratically-elected but deposed
president Amadou Tourre are fighting again with the American-trained forces
of our new ally and coup leader, butcher and probable mass murderer and war
criminal, Captain Amadou Sanog.
Now, of course, the paratroopers fighting to restore the legitimate
government are referred to, in our media, as "mutineers". Then again we
are essentially backing the thug in this one.
*The clashes illustrate how fragile the situation remains in Bamako, where
an interim government has been unable to stamp its author... more »
What caused the lights to go out in New Orleans?
Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 9 hours ago
It turns out the answer to the mysterious 34-minute power outage at the
Super Dome in New Orleans during the Super Bowl had a terribly mundane
cause: The local electric utility, Entergy New Orleans, set the trip
setting too low on a circuit breaker.
The manufacturer of a protective device blamed in the power outage that
interrupted the Super Bowl said *a low "trip setting" on the equipment
caused the partial blackout* in the Superdome. Friday's statement from S&C
Electric Co. of Chicago said the outage would have been avoided if the
operator of the relay device had set the trip t... more »
Criminalizing Mental Illness
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
Harper has probably got a tent in his puritanical pants over this one.
Our prime monster is on the crime and punishment bandwagon and this time
he's got the mentally ill squarely in his sights. They may be crazy but
that doesn't mean you can't get'em a long term stay in the Greybar Hotel
anyway.
Now courts that find an accused not criminally responsible because of
mental impairment can go ahead and label them "high risk" and throw them in
jail anyway. You know, jail, as in where the United States houses its
mentally ill because it does such a wonderful job at helping them get ... more »
Snowstorm: comparison with the 2005 blizzard
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago
American readers hear about the looming record-shaking snowstorm in the
Northeast. But will the event live up to the hype?
I would like to hear from the readers in the region whether the snowstorm
is indeed more formidable than an ordinary blizzard we experienced in
January 2005:
2005 Blizzard in Boston, Cambridge (a photo gallery)
Some of the pictures are pretty cool. All the pictures will be uploaded
approximately by 2:40 pm Boston Winter Time.
Will someone offer pictures of similar places from 2013?
Note that this blog is already pretty old so the 2005 blizzard was already
... more »
Journey of Nishiyuu: Photo where the trekkers sleep
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
The
Journey of Nishiyuu. Weeskychahnjowahp. What the walkers sleep in on
trek when they are not in cabins. (Photo: Stanley Jason George)
The youth trekkers continue on their journey to Ottawa in solidarity
with Idle No More.
Pentagon Testilies to Senate
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 10 hours ago
*Can you blame me for not wanting to do this anymore?*
"Pentagon supported plan to arm Syrian rebels" by Michael R. Gordon | New
York Times, February 08, 2013
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress on Thursday
that the Pentagon had supported a plan to arm Syrian rebels that was
developed last year by David H. Petraeus, the CIA director at the time, and
backed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was then serving as secretary of
state.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Panetta and General
Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ... more »
They are scared! Is Europe becoming ruled by.... ??
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 10 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/dOZz_VAb3eI
Yet again! I fully agree with Nigel Farage. Have you seen El Paìs lately to
shape your opinion. In the link it is - take your pick...??
John
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
To Rick Hasen, election law expert, on his reaction to reports of (a small
number of) cases of actual election fraud (via Goddard). Hasen:
[I]t is worth remembering that vast majority of the relatively small number
of cases involve either election officials committing fraud, or voters,
candidates, and others committing absentee ballot fraud.
The problem is that the supposed cure—voter id—does not stop these main
types of fraud.
Right.
It's worth noting too that John Fund here gets all excited about 19
(alleged) improper votes -- 19! in the state of Ohio, which Barack Obama
won by o... more »
Australia to Ban Blowing Out Birthday Candles
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
If true then file under oh ffs
'Australia to Ban Blowing Out Birthday Candles'
'Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council has put forth
guidelines barring groups of kids from blowing out birthday candles
together. The reason? They "could be puffing germs onto one another."
The guidelines suggest that any kid who feels he absolutely has to blow out
candles should bring his own cupcake with a candle in it, that he can step
away from the group and blow it out.
In fact, the guidelines stipulate that the birthday child should always
have his or her own cupcake for this pu... more »
The Pain Party (Part II)
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Yesterday at this time we promised a Part II, although this part isn't
going to be about the GOP plan for Sequestration. This is just about the
Party of Pain. How did the GOP, and conservatives in general, get to the
point where their core belief is, basically, sadomasochism? Max Blumenthal
covered it better than anyone in his classic study on what makes the GOP
tick, Republican Gomorrah. For anyone confused as to why the Party is
offering up a platform of pain-- cutting jobs, a healthcare plan that
insists you go die, reduced wages, reduced benefits, an end to Social
Security and... more »
ROSA PARKS AT 100: Fabulists to the right of us, novelists to the left!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013*
*Part 5—Where our “facts” come from:* In last Saturday’s column, Charles
Blow discussed the remarkable life of Rosa Parks, who was born 100 years
ago this week.
He could have selected any number of themes from Jeanne Theoharis’
fascinating new book about Mrs. Parks. For good or for ill, he devoted a
fairly large chunk of his column to what he rather oddly described as a
“scene in the book.”
This "scene" involves an attempted assault against Mrs. Parks when she was
a young woman. Here's the way Blow presents it:
BLOW (2/2/13): *One of the most troubling a... more »
Bosque encantado con luces y mucha magía
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 11 hours ago
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Bella cascada en el bosque con mariposas y pajaritos
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 11 hours ago
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Top 10 Emails Hacked From the Bush Family's Email Accounts
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours ago
Recently, notorious black hat hacker Guccifier hacked six email
accounts, some of them belonging to the Bush family, most notably that of
former President George HW Bush. The emails, spanning from 2009 until late
last year, reveal fascinating, behind-the-scenes glimpses of the Bush clan
and their family friends, including several self-portraits by former
President George W. Bush. But out of all the emails that were hacked, ten
stood out. What were they?
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10) To Brit Hume, 2010: "I swear to Christ, if Barb doesn't get a moustache
wax, next time I ju... more »
Colibrí recolectando el polen de las flores
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 11 hours ago
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FAO: World cereal production falls in 2012 but prospects are favourable for 2013 – ‘Given the tight supply situation, weather remains an important determinant of prices’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago
[image: FAO Food Price Index, 7 February 2013. Graphic: FAO]ROME, 7
February 2013 – The FAO Food Price Index held steady at 210 points in
January 2013 after three straight months of decline. Increases in oil and
fats prices offset lower cereals and sugar quotations while dairy and meat
values remained substantially unchanged.
The pause in the Index's decline tallies with a significant upward
revision in FAO's latest forecast for 2012 world cereal production. This is
now estimated at 2 302 million tonnes - 20 million tonnes up on December's
forecast.
FAO's monthly *Cereals Supply... more »
Delfines nadando en el hermoso fondo del mar
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 11 hours ago
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Exótico pavorreal caminando por los jardines
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"Push polls better suited for thugs" - Murray Mandryk - Political Columnist Regina Leader-Post
leftdog at Buckdog - 11 hours ago
*There is at least one noticeable difference between the justifications for
push polling that you're now hearing from law-and-order federal
Conservatives and what you would hear from the criminals the Tories rightly
aim to lock up. Most criminals at least go through the pretense of remorse
- if for no other reason than to get more lenient sentences.*
*Prime Minister Stephen Harper et. al. apparently feel no such compulsion -
or so we have learned in the wake of last week's push poll, which seemed
designed to mislead the Saskatchewan public on the proposed new federal
electoral bou... more »
Gatitos peleando por un amor
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago
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Hermosa cascada refrescante y espumosa
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Truth Coming Home To Roost, Nuke the People (That'll Teach'em), MMMaxxx Headroom!
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 12 hours ago
Previously it's been extremely difficult to get any solid information on
exactly what is happening regarding the banks and investment avenues
involved in the housing scandal. But no more. It's been a long pull to get
the real information about the misbehavior of the mega banks and their
officers. But Schneiderman, Attorney general of the State of New York, is
drilling down to where this
A Titan Versus A Cetacean!
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 12 hours ago
Back in November, the Miami Dolphins were pulverized by the Tennessee
Titans 37-3. Now Pixar animator Austin Madison has brought the horror of
that experience back to life as a mythic illustration depicting the Kracken
unleashed upon Dolphin Cove. Flipper here doesn't seem to be faring any
better than Ryan Tannehill.
This illustration is part of a series that can be found here. They're
pretty great (h/t *Kissing Suzy Kolber*).
Impresionante isla con árboles y lanchas
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago
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James Cameron Convicted of Child Pornography
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
*No, not that **James Cameron**.*
"Fugitive ex-prosecutor recaptured in New Mexico
A former Maine prosecutor who disappeared hours after an appeals court
upheld his child pornography convictions has been arrested after nearly
three weeks on the run. US Marshal Noel March said James Cameron, 50,
offered no resistance when arrested by US marshals Sunday morning at a
convenience store in Albuquerque. Cameron disappeared in mid-November after
cutting off his court-ordered electronic monitoring bracelet. Cameron was
convicted of child pornography charges in 2010 and sentenced to 16 years... more »
Cumberland Cuties
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
*Girls will be girls.... *
"Girls team is disciplined over Nazi salute
Members of a Maine high school girls’ basketball team have been disciplined
after a picture surfaced online of team members giving a Nazi salute. The
principal and athletic director at Greely High School in Cumberland said in
a letter to parents that two girls appear to be giving the Heil Hitler
salute while a third girls sits between them. They said one team member has
been nicknamed Hitler. All three girls are wearing their basketball
uniforms. The letter said that ‘‘whether done in ignorance or with hate,’’
s... more »
Moda elegante para damas
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago
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The Cummington Creamery
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
"Customers join to buy country store" Associated Press, November 25, 2012
A popular country store and gathering place in Western Massachusetts has
been bought by its loyal customers and turned into a cooperative. The Old
Creamery Grocery in Cummington was bought by 550 member-owners for $1.3
million. The new owners include locals as well as people from as far away
as California who own homes in the area. The president of the board of
directors, Kimberly Longey, told The Berkshire Eagle that the price
includes the property, the inventory, and a renovation and expansion
project. The c... more »
Portland Purse Snatcher
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
"Portland police seek bicycle-riding purse snatcher
The Portland Police Department is warning the public about a bicycle-riding
purse snatcher. Police said that at least five times in the past month, a
bicyclist who appears to be out of control comes into contact with the
victim, grabs her purse, then pedals away. The two latest thefts occurred
Monday night. Several attempts were unsuccessful with the rider yelling
sorry in what investigators think is an attempt to make the contact appear
accidental. In every incident, the suspect was described as a white man
with an average build a... more »
Hearsay rule applies only to statements
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
*R. v. Li,* 2013 ONCA 81 is a useful reminder that hearsay applies to
statements and not observations. So a description of something seen in a
photograph cannot be hearsay (although it may be excluded on other grounds):
[31] The hearsay rule has four essential elements:
i. a declarant;
ii. a recipient;
iii. a statement; and
iv. a purpose.
The defining characteristics of hearsay are the purpose for which the
evidence is introduced – to prove the truth of the contents of the
statement – and the absence of a contemporaneous opportunity to
cross-examine the declarant to test the reliabi... more »
Prescription Drugs Smuggled Into Maine Prison
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
"Two inmates, mother charged in drug plot
The Maine Department of Corrections said two inmates and the mother of one
of them are facing charges in a plot to smuggle prescription drugs into
three prisons. Officials said Karen Lane of Orono was charged with drug
trafficking in allegedly selling suboxone, used to treat opiate addiction,
to inmates and mailing the drugs to inmates’ family members and friends so
they could smuggle them into the prisons. Two inmates, Christopher Hyson at
the Maine Correctional Center and Adam Shawley at the Maine State Prison,
were also charged. Hyson is ... more »
Rico postre con helado y chocolate
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago
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Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago
*Vitter reviews Corps projects*
*Cantrell asks New Orleans police to better enforce laws against
parade-route squatters*
*Entergy: Device designed to prevent failure causes Super Bowl outage* *Farmers
Insurance pulling out of La. * *Justice League of... Louisiana? *
Globe Remembers Ayla Reynolds
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
Maine mother still waits for answers to disappearance
Mother of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds says she’s becoming frustrated with
police
Scores join candlelight walk for missing Maine toddler
*Also see: **Sunday Globe Special: Maine in Metro*
Zumba Zs
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
Most charges dropped against man in Zumba case
Woman charged with hiring prostitute
Zumba instructor’s lawyer joins state Supreme Court case
*Sorry I fell **asleep, readers.*
Could the U.S. and China Stumble Into War?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
We like to think that the United States and China have become so
inter-dependent, their economies so entwined, as to rule out any major
armed conflict between them.
But that's a dangerous assumption to rely upon because it omits other
factors and forces at play that drive U.S.-Chinese tensions. We seem to be
in that stage where both sides are at the gravest risk of misreading the
other.
*..there is a deepening hypersensitivity about borders in general and a
sense that a "rightfully ours" patch of Chinese influence extends along an
ill defined length of the western Pacific.*
*.... more »
More Than a Moment to Put This Maine Post Together
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago
*Maybe you can find something that interests you?*
Minor earthquake recorded in Maine
Minor earthquake felt again in Maine
Father and 3 children killed in rural Maine house blaze
Family escapes mobile home fire
Student charged with setting dorm fires
Fire destroys 147-year-old church
Newspaper carrier helps family escape fire
*Yup, newspapers saved the day. *
Lawyer takes responsibility for bomb threats
Panel to probe child welfare abuses against tribes
Lewiston mayor takes shot at welfare families
Maine tot recovering after dog attack
Dog rescued from ice floe on Maine river
Augusta... more »
The EU friends of democracy - Nigel Farage given the time to tell the story of how the EU plan to 'correct' any misapprehensions that exist about the EU, or to counter 'Euroscepticism'
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
I am waiting for the BBC to give Nigel Farage a similarly
non-confrontational interview as this one on Russia Today.
Here's the transcript of the interview:
'*RT:** Some EU officials will be turned into secret agents with a trolling
mission on the internet. As a member of the European Parliament, tell us
how realistic is this?*
*Nigel Farage:* It’s serious. The organization of the European Parliament,
which decides how resources are spent, they decided that they’re going to
train in-house staff in the run-up to the European elections of 2014…train
them to go online, look at Faceb... more »
NSPCC - MI6
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
*Do What Son: Updated.*
Chris Spivey has written about the UK's *National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.*
*Do What Son: Updated.*
In 2012, Chris Spivey sent an E-mail to the NSPCC in connection with its
employment of "a former terrorist" called *Hein /Heinrich Grosskopf.*
*
*
In the late 1980′s Grosskopf "was responsible for at least 7 murders".
Grosskopf reportedly blew up innocent people in South Africa.
*Savile with Princess Anne, president of Save the Children.* aangirfan:
SAVE THE CHILDREN - FRONT FOR CIA?
"Despite not being qualified, Grosskopf was inex... more »
Enbridge Pulls Out All the Stops
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
In yesterday's paper there was a story that, contrary to eco-terrorists'
claims, dilbit floats and so is quite amenable to conventional oil spill
recovery efforts. The claim, naturally, came from an Enbridge spokesman.
Guess what? He's right. Dilbit, the mixture of bitumen and the dilutents
necessary to lower its viscosity enough for it to be able to be pumped
through pipelines, does indeed float.
Dilbit floats for a while. Then the dilutents separate out of the
bitumen. The dilutents vaporize on the surface into a toxic cloud. The
bitumen sinks to the bottom. As in the ... more »
NLRB Decision Means Delays, Not Employer Free-For-All
Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 12 hours ago
There has been much crowing and breaking-out-of-champagne on the management
side over the recent case saying President Obama's recess appointments to
the NLRB were unconstitutional.
The case applies to that one NLRB matter and that one only. Other NLRB
cases that have pending appeals may get similar decisions, or they may not.
Right now, NLRB is proceeding as normal, until a court rules otherwise.The Supreme
Court has declined to take the issue up, so the decision won't have a
wide-ranging impact yet. Business lobbyists want employers to appeal all
NLRB decisions they don't like so... more »
Dr. Benjamin Carson lays down some facts for Obama at prayer breakfast...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*Obama appears to be texting during the Obamacare take down.*
Dr Carson starts talking about health savings accounts at about the 20:00
mark. It appears that Obama, looking down at his lap, is texting. Maybe
he's adding the doctor to his "kill list?"
The Blaze has compiled quit a good bio of the good doctor - and we thank
them. One can't help but compare Dr. Carlson's life with that of the
sleepy-eyed SCoaMF.
The epic speech that Dr. Benjamin Carson gave at Thursday’s Nation Prayer
Breakfast has gone viral. His address, which was delivered just feet away
from President Bar... more »
Hunting For a Hit Man in Maine
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago
"Mother pleads not guilty to hit-man charge
A mother of 13 from Brownville has pleaded not guilty to trying to hire a
hit man to kill her husband. WLBZ-TV reported that Wendy Farley, 46,
entered her plea Tuesday in Piscataquis County District Court in
Dover-Foxcroft. Farley was initially charged in September with criminal
solicitation for murder in allegedly offering a friend between $3,000 and
$10,000 to have her husband of 30 years killed. A grand jury indicted her
Monday. Police said Farley wanted her husband’s death to look like a
hunting accident. An affidavit said she told the... more »
Skiing in Maine
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago
"Man dies after falling from Jet Ski
Maine authorities said an Orland man died after afalling off his Jet Ski on
a local pond. The Maine Warden Service said Ross Staples, 52, fell off his
Kawasaki Jet Ski on Toddy Pond at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Witnesses said
he got back on the watercraft, but fell off again about 50 feet from shore
and appeared to struggle while trying to get back on. Witnesses jumped in
the water and pulled Staples to shore, where they performed CPR. Staples
was transported by boat to rescue personnel who attempted to revive him,
but he was pronounced dead at ... more »
Exiting the Race to Nowhere to Enter the Road Made by Walking
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
Thank you, Elle:
Lobbing You This Post About Maine
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago
"Maine officials keep eye on protesting Canadian lobstermen
Maine officials are hoping for a resolution to a simmering dispute in New
Brunswick after Canadian lobstermen blocked shipments of low-priced Maine
lobsters to processing plants in their country. New Brunswick fishermen
blockaded several processing plants last week, forcing them to close and
lobster shipments to be sent back to Maine. Canadian lobstermen say
inexpensive Maine lobsters are driving down prices. Maine’s marine
resources commissioner, Patrick Keliher, said he has been talking with
Fisheries Minister Michael Ols... more »
Zapatistas Marcos VI 'Ellos y Nosotros. Las Miradas 2'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Them
and Us Part VI: Gazes, Second Part: Gazing and Listening From/Towards
Below by Subcomandante Marcos
VI.-The Gazes 2.
2.-Gaze and listen from/towards below.
Can we still choose towards where and from where to look?
Can we, for example, choose between looking at those who work at the
supermarket chain store, ream out the workers for being complicit in the
electoral fraud[1], and
I Hope This Post About Maine Makes You Happy
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago
"Gay marriage supporters seek win in Maine; Legalization was shot down by
voters three years ago, but shifting attitudes have backers feeling hopeful
this time" by Sarah Schweitzer | Globe Staff, October 21, 2012
CORNISH, Maine — A narrow 2009 loss....
*
**Related: Gay marriage proponents, foes gear up for another battle in Maine
*
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*“What is it about democracy that these groups don’t understand?’’
*
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*Also see: **Maine Makes MSM Monitor Happy*
*Now I just don't care anymore. *
Nationwide, gay marriage proponents have never prevailed at the ballot box
on a question that would lega... more »
THE DRONE DEBATE IS EXPANDING
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
*The Baton Rouge, Louisiana newspaper ran drone protest photo from Brennan
hearing yesterday in Washington *
- Lots of emails flying around this morning congratulating CodePink for
yesterday's truth telling protest in DC. One wrote: *The anti-Drones
protests in Washington yesterday also made the front page of El Pais in
Spain. They really got the message home. The CIA is the biggest Security
Risk going ... *
- One interesting development is that libertarian elements within the
Republican Party are increasingly speaking out against US drone policy.
Just t... more »
[Laughter]
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 13 hours ago
A commenter yesterday was wondering: why John Tower? Why did the Senate
turn on him in 1989, when George H.W. Bush nominated him for Secretary of
Defense?
It certainly was a big deal, in many, many ways. First, as I've noted
several times, as a precedent: before that, the Senate had a long tradition
of pretty much rubber stamping every cabinet-level nominee (the exceptions
were few, and usually in the final year of a presidency)...after that,
cabinet confirmations have been far more contentious. But the Tower
rejection in particular had two enormous consequences. Tower's replacement... more »
DEMMINK - HELSINKI COMMITTEE
Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
*The Helsinki Committee in Washington.*
In October 2012, in Washington, *"Listening to Victims of Child Sex
Trafficking"* was the subject of a hearing of the Helsinki Committee for
Human Rights, chaired by New Jersey politician Chris Smith.
During the hearing, former Dutch Secretary-General of Justice, *Joris
Demmink*, was exposed as a pedophile and child abuser.
*Washington hearing farce: High-ranking pedophile ... World Mathaba*
*Interestingly, Joris Demmink is one of the members of executive committee
of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee.*
As Dutch whistleblower Micha Kat poin... more »
Reuters analyst: Obama will not match climate rhetoric – ‘Carbon industry dead-enders and populist anti-government forces are the ones who hold sway in the GOP’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago
[image: In his inaugural address on 23 January 2013, President Obama
announced his intentions for action on climate change. Photo: AP]
By Gerard Wynn – The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views
expressed are his own.
7 February 2013
(Reuters) – Climate change will not be a top issue in the United States
under President Barack Obama, despite the soaring rhetoric in his Inaugural
Address last month.
Past failure to pass sweeping U.S. climate legislation will probably
instead see his administration target modest, discrete, broadly popular
measures on efficiency, fuel economy... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Winter Storm Nemo is bearing down on us and everything is shut down up here
in the Northeast. No classes and no office hours! Here’s the quick snow
edition: Why are we now naming winter storms? Canadians dissing on Toronto.
Moscow has received its heaviest snow in a century. With pictures. I used
to do this on
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Robothugs
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
Yesterday, Lawrence Martin asked a question, the answer to which has been
obvious since Stephen Harper became prime minister: Does the fish rot from
the head down? The story behind those recent robocalls in Saskatchewan
gives the lie to the Conservative claims that robocalls in the last
election were the work of rogue campaign workers with names like Pierre
Poutine:
To date, the Conservatives have tried to pass off any dirty tricks onto
‘rogue’ actors or junior party people like Michael Sona from the riding of
Guelph, which is at the centre of the robocalls controversy. Sona in t... more »
Is North Africa the West's First Climate War?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
We've witnessed unrest and uprisings in one form or another from Egypt to
Morocco over the past two years. We, the West, intervened directly in two
- Libya and Mali. We've been quick to label each of these conflicts as
uprisings to break the shackles of tyranny or Islamist terrorism. Yet
that is much too simplistic no matter how convenient to our purposes. In
Tunisia and Egypt, for example, an instrumental element was a disaffected
youth movement, educated, tech savvy and yet denied opportunity in a
society plagued with nepotism. They allied with those fighting tyrannical ... more »
LA Cops Need Gun Control
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago
*I say take the guns away from the police. It's the only solution for such
evil! *
"Mountain manhunt for ex-cop accused of killing 3" by Tami Abdollah |
Associated Press, February 08, 2013
LOS ANGELES — A fired *police officer* who threatened to bring ‘‘warfare’’
to the Los Angeles Police Department *went on a shooting rampage* that left
a policeman and two others dead and *set off an extraordinary manhunt*Thursday that put Southern California on edge,
*led hair-trigger officers to mistakenly shoot at innocent citizens*, and *forced
police to guard their own*.
The search for Chri... more »
The Super Bowl ad you missed...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
*So God made a liberal.*
Beautifully done by Soopermexican* *via Acts of the Apostasy (thanks,
LarryD)*
*
*CLICK HERE IF YOUR BROWSER DOESN’T LOAD THE VIDEO*
Globe Sets Moose Loose in Maine and Minnesota
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
"Minnesota cancels moose hunting season" by Steve Karnowski | Associated
Press, February 07, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota canceled its moose hunting season Wednesday, citing
a precipitous decline in the moose population, as researchers try to get a
handle on why the iconic symbol of the north woods appears to be faring
worse here than elsewhere across its range....
Researchers are conducting studies to better understand why moose are dying
out in Minnesota. Scientists suspect some combination of higher
temperatures, parasites, diseases, contact with deer, and changes in
forests i... more »
Mayhem in Minnesota
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
"Police: 2 dead, 4 wounded in Minnesota office shooting" by Amy Forliti |
Associated Press, September 28, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS — The *shooter who opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company
* was *found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound* Thursday and was
among several people killed in the attack, the city’s deputy police chief
said....
Minneapolis Police Deputy Chief Kris Arneson, during an evening news
conference, would not release details about the victims, but said the
shooter’s body was found inside the building....
Dozens of *squad cars and police vehicles were still sur... more »
D-Liver D-Letter D-Sooner D-Better
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
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 »
The Jewell Inside the Obama Administration
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
*You are going to get fracked, America!*
"Obama taps REI chief as new head of Interior Dept.
WASHINGTON — The choice of Recreational Equipment Inc. chief executive
Sally Jewell, who began her career as an *engineer for Mobil Oil and worked
as a commercial banker* before heading a nearly $2 billion outdoors
equipment company, represents an *unconventional choice* for a post usually
reserved for career politicians from the West....
*
**An oil company executive and a banker? *
--more---"
*
**Related*: Sally Jewell picked to head Interior Dept.
*Also see*: *Saying So Long to Salazar*
*
... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Seth Green, 39. Mostly, as you might guess, because of Oz
-- but I'm definitely a big Radio Days fan, too. And he was in Can't Buy Me
Love, one of the greatest movies ever set in Arizona (okay, it's a short
list. Even shorter if you limit it to modern, real-life Arizona. Psycho, if
you count that. There are others. And, yes, there are lawns in Tucson for
Lawn Boy to mow).
Some good stuff:
1. Jonathan Chait on the same topic I was on yesterday, sane Republicans.
He does call them moderates, though.
2. Stan Collender on all the budget deadlines coming up, and how th... more »
If You Believe In Vaccines, You Don't Believe In The Perfection of The Human Body by Dave Mihalovic
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
**
*If You Believe In Vaccines, You Don't Believe In The Perfection of The
Human Body*
**
by Dave Mihalovic
Prevent Disease, 7 February 2013
*Plain and simple, you can't believe in both. The marketing of vaccines
relies on fear and intimidation with a constant amplification of a myth
that the human body is somehow flawed and incapable of protecting itself
against foreign invaders. Humans have lived on the Earth for hundreds of
millennia, yet in the span of only one century, mass populations have been
duped into believing they can no longer survive on this planet without
fo... more »
Traveling Around Georgia
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
*See: *Poor visibility cited as 27 vehicles collide on Ga. highway, killing
4 people
*
**Old shipwreck found on Ga. beach*
2 officers die in Atlanta copter crash
*
**Sites I stopped to see (on the suggestion of my Boston Globe): *
*
**"*Twelve indicted in sex trafficking ring" by RUSS BYNUM | Associated
Press, January 18, 2013
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Federal authorities said Thursday they have uncovered a *sex
trafficking network* that *forced women into prostitution* and *traded them
like slaves* among cities in Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas.
Eight men and four women were indicted i... more »
How the West Lost Georgia
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
*By the vote. *
"Georgia leader suffers setback in parliamentary election" by Ellen
Barry | New York Times, October 02, 2012
KARALETI, Georgia — Exit polls in Georgia’s hotly contested parliamentary
election Monday suggested that a new party headed by billionaire Bidzina
Ivanishvili had managed to edge the party of Georgia’s larger-than-life
president, Mikheil Saakashvili.
Poll results released by the Georgian government indicated that
Ivanishvili’s party, Georgian Dream, had probably received more than half
of the total popular vote in the election. It was a *sobering result* fo... more »
Wild Bill: The American Way...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 16 hours ago
*does not include handouts...*
Kids and Malicious computer code
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 16 hours ago
*Experts says, children as young as 11 years old are writing malicious
computer code to hack accounts on gaming sites and social networks. *A
report from antivirus group AVG detailed evidence of programs written to
steal virtual money. The company supposed that children must be educated on
coding rights and wrongs. The researchers found that many instances of
malware targeting games popular with kids shared the same characteristics.
Many schools around the world are changing education programmers in schools
to teach children to code, rather than merely to use, computers. In the ... more »
Republicans Forced Post Office to Close Saturdays
2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
Been watching and waiting and no one has put that headline out there.
That is the correct headline
The 2006 CONGRESS PUT THE US POST OFFICE IN THIS MESS.
At the heart of the matter is a 2006 Congressional mandate put on the US
Postal Service contained in the “Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
of 2006” to pre-fund healthcare benefits of future retirees, a 75 year
liability over a 10 year period. No other agency or corporation is required
to do this.
This provision costs the Postal Service $5.5 billion a year.
Dec 8, 2006: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by ... more »
Nanoparticles in Food (like titanium dioxide) Found in Blood Stream: Effects in Question
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 17 hours ago
Study Looks at Particles Used in Food. Stephanie Strom Published:
February
5, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/business/nanoparticles-in-food-raise-concern-by-advocacy-group.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130206&_r=0
[Excerpted]
Nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into
molecule-size particles, are starting to enter the food chain through
well-known food products and their packaging, but there is little
acknowledgment by the companies using them, according to a new report
from
a nonprofit group that works to enhance corporate accountability.
Some compani... more »
Monju Safety Checks Never Carried Out
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 17 hours ago
Monju operator said it checked key equipment, but it hadn't By HIDEKI
MUROYA/ Staff writer
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201302080094[Excerpted]
In a startling admission, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency said a series of
vital safety checks supposedly carried out at the Monju prototype
fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture never got done. The agency had
submitted a report to the Nuclear Regulation Authority saying otherwise.
Work needed to be done on an emergency diesel generator and an
electromagnetic flow meter for sodium, among other things....
Late la... more »
Weekly Find: Que Viet
Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 17 hours ago
*Weekly Find: Que Viet*
For the last few months I have been visiting this restaurant with pretty
much everyone I know. It is located in Dalston on Kingsland ave amongst a
sea of some average and some tasty vietnamese restaurants. It has become a
favorite hotspot as it is reasonable, and so far I have never been
disappointed.
I try to sample something new when I go, but I have developed a few of my
favorites. Amongst those are the fresh and juicy summer rolls. The prawns
are cooked to perfection keeping them from being rubbery, but instead
perfectly moist with a soft flavor of the ... more »
tick tock, tick tock, tick tock - what are you waiting for?
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 17 hours ago
*time goes round and round and round and...*it's a feeling you're having,
right?
You feel like you're WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN?
Like your whole life is just disconnected from what you thought you might
expect life to be?
For a number of years, since September 11th 2001 maybe, you've been waiting
for something to happen in your life.
Like the door could knock at any time and SOMETHING BRAND NEW could be
awaiting you, if you just open the door.
Wait for the knock, it will come.
Open it.
OPEN THE DOOR.
Thank heavens for intelligent commenters
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
ReefKnot
'There are a lot of these types about Sheepy - especially on Cif. And they
all seem to have the same arrogance about their own views and contempt for
anybody with different views, frequently expressed as 'vile scum' or
similar. on The oh so superior lefty 'mind' in action'
It's NotaSheep rather than Sheepy, but apart from that, well said ReefKnow.
He seems to have those
superior lefties Gail Brand aka @gail_brand and Steve Berry aka
@unloveablesteve pretty well pegged.
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.8.13”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.8.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“The John Brennan CIA confirmation hearing is raising questions about
waterboarding and drone strikes that include targeting U.S. citizens
abroad. Many Democrats have been up in arms about the use of torture, but
not much has been said about killing terror targets with drones. The White
house says, “The strikes are legal, ethical and wise.” Opponents of drone
strikes say killing people this way is unconstitutional, especially when it
comes to targeting Americans. If Democrats hated waterboarding, what should
they th... more »
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian Model
Hani Fakhouri at Middle East Today - 18 hours ago
The Iranian model of 1979 is emerging in Egypt.
Recently several high-ranking Iranian officials have visited Cairo under
the pretext of improving relations between Iran and Egypt.
President Morsi’s political-religious acts and that of his party, al
Hureyya wel Adala, as well as the Muslism Brotherhood’s organization,
reflect similar trends to that of the 1979’s Iranian revolution. This
similarity is reflected in the followings:
1. Liberal-secular and Islamic political groups protesting the corruption
of the Shah regime, Mohamed Reda Pahlavi, initiated the Iranian revolution.
They ... more »
Nature, Reuters: Amazon forest will thrive due to CO2
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago
Alister Doyle of Reuters, Green Optimistic, Mongabay.com, and others dared
to blasphemously discuss a heretical paper in Nature,
Sensitivity of tropical carbon to climate change constrained by carbon
dioxide variability
by Peter Cox and 6 co-authors.
Their new modeling concluded that the Amazon forest will keep on growing
throughout the 21st century, mostly due to the fertilization by carbon
dioxide that is going to beat all hypothetical negative terms that some
people may want to associate with CO2 or anything else (fires, release of
carbon induced by warming, and so on).
It... more »
Aren't NHS supporters lovely!
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
I don't normally quote from the Daily Mirror but in this case I'll make an
exception. The Mirror reports:
'Hospital whistle-blower Julie Bailey has become the target of hate mail
and death threats.
Julie, 49, highlighted appalling care, abuse and blunders after her
86-year-old mother died at Mid-Staffordshire Hospital after a routine
hernia op.
A public inquiry said between 400 and 1,200 patients died needlessly at the
hospital.
But since setting up pressure group Cure The NHS she has been threatened,
harassed and a Facebook group said the the windows of her Stafford cafe
would... more »
DON'T WRITE OFF THE ARAB SPRING
Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
The Arab Spring is going exactly to plan.
Tunisia's "finances have virtually collapsed.
"Tourism remains in the doldrums.
"Unemployment, particularly among young men, has soared.
"There have been riots in several of the main cities."
Don't write off Tunisia's revolution
Israel is very pleased that the Arab World has been weakened.
*Bouazizi, whose story turns out to be fake.*
The 'Syrian Gay Girl blogger' turned out to be an American fake.(Syrian Gay
Girl Blog Revealed As Fake Had News Agencies Fooled)
On 17 June 2011 the BBC reported on further doubts about the story of
Mohame... more »
Lambeth council let the cat out of the bag
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
'If you claim benefits, it is likely you will receive less and may have to
find work or move to a different property.'
I think Lambeth council have just worked it out, 'find work'.
The superior lefties Gail Brand aka @gail_brand and Steve Berry aka @unloveablesteve are still parading their 'virtues' and showing their intolerance
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Further to this and this, I see that Gail Brand aka @gail_brand and Steve
Berry aka @unloveablesteve are still displaying that combination of moral
smugness and intolerance that the faux intellectual lefty is so known for.
Oh the nerve of me following someone on Twitter, what an awful individual.
Oh how awful for someone to point out that 'copassion' has costs.
I bet these people smugly say that they support freedom of speech, freedom
of expression and all human rights - but not when it's for someone who they
disagree with.
Brian and D. on KPFK Radio Los Angeles
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
Brian from American Kabuki and D. from Removing the Shackles were on *REAL*radio Wednesday night. Congrats to both!
Eben from KPFK out of Los Angeles talked to Brian and D. about OPPT and the
current events that are happening behind the scenes. The archive of the
show is available here:
http://archive.kpfk.org/m3u.php?mp3fil=13345
Over 12 Health Benefits of Sesame Seeds and Sesame Oil by Mike Barrett
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
Letters from Thomas Jefferson document his trials with sesame between 1808
and 1824. Jefferson stated that sesame "…is among the most valuable
acquisitions our country has ever made…. I do not believe before that there
exists so perfect a substitute for olive oil."Over 12 Health Benefits of
Sesame Seeds and Sesame Oil
by Mike Barrett
Natural Society, 8 February 2013
*An amazingly healthful food utilized for over 5,000 years, sesame may be
one of the most potent, nutrient-dense medicinal foods still used today.
Sesame seeds are not only praised for their nutritional content in seed... more »
Superconducting Update
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is an update on progress in the superconducting world. The
industrialization of this technology is now entering end game with major
deliverables well on the way. The most important is the transition line
which appears to be cost effective by 2020. The industry knows this is
coming and they understand its impact on capacity.
That leap in transmission liberated capacity will coincide with the advent
of the mass market electric car to provide a market for all the power. As I
have been posting, a real revolution is upon us and we are now getting
clear dates. Real implement... more »
EEStor Advancing Technology
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Results continue to show promise. This confirms that they are now able to
produce operational layers and to drive a creditable response.
This project has been plagued by research optimism driven by investor
enthusiasm. I personally find the development time completely reasonable. I
would have been suspicions if they had been clipping along at the speed
demanded by observers.
EEStor remains the best possible protocol available for energy storage.
They have proven after years of effort that they can produce the necessary
powder. It is now all about engineering a working p... more »
Wastewater Advance Beckons
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
It appears that this technology is about to be mastered. It is a clear
winner over present technology and produces some power as a bonus. If the
present protocol consumes 3% of power out put and this approach produces 1%
of power output, it converts into a 4% swing to the good in power
availability.
All plant must be replaced sometime so this development is obvious welcome.
It is not the power that matters here, it is the superior methodology that
eliminates nasty gases and produces a salable byproduct. The present
solution is actually good enough, but this is su... more »
Using Silicon to Produce Hydrogen on Demand
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is a nice bit of work and will surely stimulate plenty of work on a
wide range of substances that can be converted into nano particles.
Otherwise this is a one way process that may be difficult to reform
restricting applications to one off use.
Yet if formation could be achieved cheaply enough, we have a simple way to
store potential hydrogen energy that rips the hydrogen from water as it is
needed. It should cost way less energy to produce a perfect powder than
just about any other method for hydrogen.
The water may not even need to be mixed, but simply allowed to ... more »
Fermiophobic, four-generation Higgs ruled out
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
Just a short link.
The \(126\GeV\) Higgs boson whose status has been "officially discovered"
since July 4th, 2012 continues to be excessively too well-behaved. Its
interactions and decays are so far almost perfectly consistent with the
minimal model, the so-called Standard Model. This is also highlighted by
the following new paper:
Searches for Higgs bosons in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 7\) and
\(8\TeV\) in the context of four-generation and fermiophobic models (CMS,
arXiv)
One may extend the Standard Model by adding the fourth generation of quarks
and leptons. The behavior of ... more »
'Muslim Patrol' police London streets | The Stream - Al Jazeera English
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Also Jazeera report in more detail than BBC managed
http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201302062143-0022530
Now that's a proper winter snowfall
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
In the UK life comes to a standstill when we get an inch of snow. Schools
close, offices shut early & people panic.
The east coast of USA is about to be hit by a massive snow storm, a foot of
snow is forecast for New York. I predict less disruption than if London was
hit by similar.
Mind you I hear that the major U.S. airlines have canceled 2,933 flights
ahead of what could be a historic blizzard today.
Forecasters predict a foot of snow in New York and up to 3 feet in Boston.
They also warn of potential white-out conditions across the region.
February 7, 1973
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
The Senate votes unanimously to establish the Senate Select Committee on
Presidential Campaign Activities, with Sam Ervin as chair, a 4-3 Democratic
majority and a staff to match, and a mandate to look into Nixon's 1972
campaign and related activities but nothing else.
In the New York Times, Seymour Hersh identified Gordan Strachan, Haldeman's
aide, as the White House contact for Liddy and Hunt when they were at the
committee to re-elect (and, also, the contact for dirty trickster Donald
Segretti).
Both are blows to the White House, which had hoped for a bipartisan
committee whic... more »
Havasupai message, spiritual encouragement from two elk brothers
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
For
all freedom fighters at the front lines, spiritual encouragement from
the two elk brothers
By Damon Watahomigie, Havasupai
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Two white elk brothers visited just
before I came to Flagstaff for walking, Flagstaff Idle No More, drumming
on the seventeenth. At the same place I saw their leader, these
brothers had a different color
The real reason upgrading bitumen in Alberta ‘doesn’t make sense’
David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 22 hours ago
A bitumen processing plant near Fort McMurray, back in the day. Below: An
actual bitumen bubble. The government of Alberta is “desperate” to get the
province’s bitumen resources to market, as its media echo chamber
relentlessly informs us. And it says it’s equally desperate to pop the
“Bitumen Bubble,” the alliterative but misleading term Premier ... more »
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