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Musical Interlude: 2002, "Suddenly Yours"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 minutes ago
2002, "Suddenly Yours"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQn4U-IxDL8
Scalia Signals the Eminent Demise of Wing-Nut Conservatism
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 11 minutes ago
Oh, don't worry. After the self-imposed death by bile injection of the Tea
Party and after the putrid lingering death rattle from the five necrophilous
toadies that make up the majority of SCOTUS, the media will resurrect once
more the death worshippers to carry on the eternal political struggle to
benefit the makers of of low-T treatments, hemorrhoid interventions, and
the University of Phoenix. Until such time, we can only marvel and gasp at
the pace that intellectual integrity now degenerates into openly-fascist
froth.
From SeattlePI.com
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics... more »
Hitler on the German economy
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 12 minutes ago
Video found at the excellent YouTube channel *Samisdat14*:
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 minutes ago
“What kind of clouds are these? Although their cause is presently unknown,
such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing as they might seem, do not
appear to be harbingers of meteorological doom. Known informally as
Undulatus asperatus clouds, they can be stunning in appearance, unusual in
occurrence, are relatively unstudied, and have even been suggested as a new
type of cloud.
*Click image for larger size. *
Whereas most low cloud decks are flat bottomed, asperatus clouds appear to
have significant vertical structure underneath. Speculation therefore holds
that asperatus cl... more »
"The Invitation"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 minutes ago
*"The Invitation" *
"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you
ache for,
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk
looking
like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know
if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened
by
life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further
pain!
I want to know if you can sit with pai... more »
Paulo Coelho, “We Are The Revolution”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 36 minutes ago
*“We Are The Revolution”*
by Paulo Coelho
“My literature is totally committed with a new political attitude – human
beings in search of their own identity.
We are the revolution taking place. We are responsible for the world in
every sense – political, social, moral. We are responsible for the planet.
We are responsible for the unemployed. Of course, we can blame the banks,
the disaster that irresponsible people created in the financial system, the
political repression, the inability of the Govts. to hear what people has
to say. But this will not help the world to become a bette... more »
The Public Trust 1776 Resurrection of Forgotten Principles
Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 38 minutes ago
*The Public Trust 1776 Resurrection of Forgotten Principles *
by HopeGirl
Here is the direct link to the article on Hope's blog:
http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/the-public-trust-1776-resurrection-of-forgotten-principles/
If you have not yet had a chance to take a look at Hope's blog, I HIGHLY
recommend it. Hope has taken DO'ing to a level beyond mental comprehension.
Ever wonder how on Earth some of the biggest challenges that face the world
today could ever possibly be remedied? If so, I highly suggest reading
Hope's Fix The World Business Plan (link bel... more »
Oops, Wrong Address
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 46 minutes ago
Next month will mark 3 years since I've owned my house here and in that
time I have to say the house has had a strange relationship with Canada
Post. Occasionally, I still have mail show up in my box addressed to the
previous owner. Of course, this has more to do with the actions of said
previous owner than Canada Post but I still find it amusing. I've had mail
show up for the young couple that moved in next door to me last year and
mail for a house one street over that shares the same house number but
different street name. Both street names do start with the same letter but
on... more »
Voluntariness exclusion based on a potential bail release inducement
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago
Professor Nick Bostrom On Existential Risk
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
Read: *"Omens:When we peer into the fog of the deep future what do we see –
human extinction or a future among the stars?"* by Ross Andersen.
Visit: *The Cambridge Project for Existential Risk*.
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: kirkt94]:
Professor Nick Bostrom of the University of Oxford talks to Global Policy's
Dr. Jill Stuart about the possibility of existential threat and how
academics and practitioners can begin to think about how to tackle these
risks.
'Existential risk is something that has never happened in all of human
history. It is defined as something that eith... more »
Miss McConnell In A Tizzy
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Neither of these China suck-ups is Chinese
Miss McConnell, who was booted out of the Army after just one week for
fondling a private enlisted man's private parts, has some kind of a
Republican "marriage" to former Bush Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. This kind
of stuff isn't allowed to be written about in the Village. Outré, outré,
outré... so outré. It's like when people used to talk about Florida
Republican Congressman Mark Foley having a hankering for teenaged boys or
Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig enjoying himself regularly in public
toilets. "How dare you!" the Villagers woul... more »
Who comes first? Shark or man?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
Poor Adam Strange was killed yesterday at Auckland’s Muriwai Beach by a
White Pointer shark.
Despite police firing shots at the shark *after* it had killed Mr Strange,
the man-eating White Pointer is a protected species in New Zealand, and has
been since 2006.
As I said when Chris Carter so cavalierly added the Great White to the
Department of Conservation’s list of protected species, this policy
conserves everything except human life. But in that, it is part of a much
wider context that
directly pits the anti-concept of 'intrinsic values'-- which
environmentalists employ to sa... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Argyle, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Poet: Galway Kinnell, "Another Night in the Ruins"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"Another Night in the Ruins"*
"How many nights must it take
one such as me to learn
that we aren't, after all, made
from that bird that flies out of its ashes,
that for us
as we go up in flames,
our one work is
to open ourselves,
to *be* the flames?"
~ Galway Kinnell
White House threatens Bob Woodward:
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*"you will regret doing this."*
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago
Top state official rebuts dire warning, insists coast can be saved ~Bob
Marshall, *The Lens*
When Progress Means Regress
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago
I treated myself to a teensy bit of misguided hope a few weeks ago when I
read that more than 100 Congressional Democrats had written a letter to
President Obama urging him to remove Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid
from the chopping block in the latest installment of manufactured
brinkmanship.
Of course, if you'd paid attention to the actual semantics of the letter,
you might have noticed that these congress critters didn't actually say
they would vote* against* any such Grand Bargain Obama hopes to
negotiate with the Republicans. And now that a few real Progressives have
wr... more »
"Perspective..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface
of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles
away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed
our perspective tends to be."
- Douglas Adams
Collective Security, Collective Blame
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago
[image: Coming and Going]
The always admirable James Holmes has a piece in The Diplomat this week
that exemplifies one of the major problems with commentators on Taiwan:
blaming Taiwan for its defense problems:
And second, the organizer exercised his prerogative as big kahuna of the
event and posed the final question: aren't those of us who take Taipei to
task for doing too little for the island's defense really objecting to the
outcomes of the past two presidential elections, which installed a
leadership committed to cross-strait rapprochement? Not really, quoth the
Naval Diplomat... more »
"Time, Life, and the Roller Coaster"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Time, Life, and the Roller Coaster"*
by CoyotePrime
Remember when you were 10 years old, and summer felt like it lasted
forever? Got a little older, not so bad, still plenty of time to do
everything you wanted. Someone told me back then that time speeds up the
older you get. Being young, and knowing everything as the young do, I of
course ridiculed this idea. But guess what- it’s true. Now I view life, and
time, as a roller coaster with just one enormous riser. As you climb the
beginning towards the top time is slower to pass. At 30 or so you’re at the
very top, then you start ... more »
Insurers: Fracking-related damages not covered by standard policies - Timesonline.com: Progress Edition
BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 3 hours ago
Insurers: Fracking-related damages not covered by standard policies -
Timesonline.com: Progress Edition
BOOKS / Gregg Barrios : Zadie Smith's 'NW' Speaks in the Polygot of the Streets
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
Zadie
Smith's latest novel, NW,
speaks in the polygot of the streets
Smith never identifies the color of her characters -- well, not unless
they are white.
By Gregg Barrios / Critical Mass / February 27, 2013
"Tread carefully over the pavements of London for you are treading on
skin, a skein of stone that covers rivers and labyrinths, springs and
cavern, pipes and cables, springs and
Good One From "Sadly No!"
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 3 hours ago
"He's a renegade Jew and he's here to say ..."
Henry Corbin On "The Trilogy of the Soul"
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
Henry Corbin "was a philosopher, theologian and professor of Islamic
Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, France."(*Source: Wikipedia*). To learn
about him and his work visit the blog, *"The Legacy of Henry Corbin."*
Tom Cheetham, author of, *"Green Man, Earth Angel: The Prophetic Tradition
and the Battle for the Soul of the World,"* *writes*:
"Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was a visionary Protestant theologian and a
ground-breaking scholar and translator of Islamic mysticism. His
understanding of the Imagination as the fundamental creative principle in
the world is urgently needed in o... more »
Satire: “Oakland Rapper Pope Emeritus Threatens Lawsuit”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“Oakland Rapper Pope Emeritus Threatens Lawsuit”*
by Andy Borowitz
OAKLAND (The Borowitz Report)— “The Vatican’s plan to call the retiring
pontiff Benedict XVI “Pope Emeritus” hit a snag today, in the form of a
threatened lawsuit by an Oakland-based rapper who has been recording under
that name since 2006. “I don’t care who he is, I ain’t let nobody mess with
my brand,” said Mr. Emeritus, who prior to 2006 recorded under the name
Notorious P.O.P.E.
While the Vatican said it was unaware that Mr. Emeritus had already
claimed the name seven years ago, the Oakland rapper scoff... more »
Progressive agenda is popular with Republicans
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
Really try not to avoid encouraging poll mania, but this was such an
interesting stat, it's worth sharing. Business Insider commissioned poll
testing on alternatives to the sequester showed the Progressive Caucus’
plan was the most popular of the three choices by a rather unimpressive
margin. However, this was surprising:
– Shockingly, 47 percent of Republicans preferred the House Progressive
plan to the sequester. This means that Republicans supported the House
Progressive plan just as much as they supported their own party’s plan.
[...]
The CPC’s plan involves replacing the sequ... more »
Sanctions Making Iranians Scream
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago
*Yes, the Iranian people must pay the price for our enslavement to Israel.*
*
**"Economic pressures and diplomacy have pushed Iran to the point of
considering an ultimatum-style endgame in efforts to seek relief from the
US and European sanctions, which have targeted Iran’s vital oil exports and
its ability to use international banking **networks**."*
*
**I think we all know what that is, readers.*
*
**"Iranians sign petition protesting hardships; Workers feeling sanctions’
effect on economy" by Brian Murphy | Associated Press, October 02, 2012*
TEHRAN — For weeks, a manifesto compla... more »
Bubble Trouble: Is There an End to Endless Quantitative Easing?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
[image: image]*Guest post by Detlev Schlicter*
The publication earlier this week of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open
Market Committee minutes of Jan. 29-30 seemed to have a similar effect on
equity markets as a call from room service to a Las Vegas hotel suite,
informing the partying high rollers that the hotel might be running out of
Cristal Champagne. Around the world, stocks sold off, and so did gold.
Here are two sentences that caused such consternation:
[image: _bernanke-helicopter]However, many participants also expressed some
concerns about potential costs and risks arisi... more »
The Economy: “Lords of Disorder: Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Lords of Disorder:*
* Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else” *
by Richard (RJ) Eskow
“The president's "sequester" offer slashes non-defense spending by $830
billion over the next ten years. That happens to be the precise amount
we're implicitly giving Wall Street's biggest banks over the same time
period. We're collecting nothing from the big banks in return for our
generosity. Instead we're demanding sacrifice from the elderly, the
disabled, the poor, the young, the middle class- pretty much everybody, in
fact, who isn't "too big to fail." That's injustice on... more »
Polluting Ourselves To Death, DC's Stupid Game, Eyes Wide Shut On Iraq (This Is the Way In Which Unregulated Capitalism Works)
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 5 hours ago
Is anyone else past their limit on hearing about the ongoing (and ignored
or collusionally grossly misrepresented by the media) massive pollution of
the USA USA USA? And since the price of gas has recently skyrocketed after
falling precipitously - from $3.25/gallon to $3.91/gallon in central NC -
(for no reason other than some type of price manipulation), does anyone
doubt that "we" are going
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Ivor van Heerden on Settlement with LSU
~Levees.org
On the scene at Rosa Parks dedication
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
The photos from the Rosa Parks statute dedication are rolling in now. This
is a great capture from the pre-ceremony mingling on the floor. Would love
to know what was said in this conversation.
[Pete Souza/White House photo]
It appears our hapless Speaker John Boehner can throw some shade of his
own, but he has nothing on Obama in that department. Meanwhile, no photo-op
is complete without the requisite "kissing babies" shot.
[photo via HuffPo]
The little guy is a 3-year-old relative of Rosa Parks. Lot of subtext to
that moment.
They occupied the church, and why that's a good thing
paul at Paying attention - 5 hours ago
I went down to check out the church occupation in the main square today, as
it entered its fifth day.
The Catholic church is the dominant building in Copan Ruinas, as in most
Honduran towns. It’s nice - two bell towers, without bells, a centre clock
tower that usually shows the right time.
Right now, the facade is spotted with hand-lettered signs protesting -
politely - the transfer of the local priest.
It’s only the second local protest I’ve been aware of since we’ve been
here. The first was a road blockade on the highway to Guatemala when people
got fed up with a couple of months o... more »
Both Sides Now
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
-
The last time I ever saw my mom I had come to New York after visiting Joni
Mitchell in the studio where she was recording a new version of her 1967
masterpiece "Both Sides Now." She and Herbie Hancock played me the nearly
finished track and I was blown away by it. Joni had been one of my mother's
favorite artists since the 1960s and I knew she loved this song. I knew she
would love this version and I felt it was a very appropriate song to listen
to when transitioning from this life to the next. Joni made me a CD and I
brought it to my mother's hospital room. It brought some joy ... more »
Maybe This Post Will Shake You Up
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago
*It did me.... *
"Strong quakes hit Iran, killing at least 180" by Ali Akbar Dareini | The
Associated Press, August 11, 2012
TEHRAN, Iran — *Two strong earthquakes* leveled villages and damaged homes
in northwestern Iran on Saturday, *killing at least 180* people and
injuring more than 1,350 others, state TV reported.
Thousands of people *spent the night outdoors* as *aftershocks rattled the
area*....
The quakes hit the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan
province, the TV report said. At least six *villages were totally leveled*,
and 60 others sustained damage r... more »
Jim Turpin : Is the Imperial Presidency the 'New Normal'?
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
The
Imperial Obama? Image from The Express Tribune.
The 'new normal'?
The Imperial Presidency
"Same as it ever was..." -- Talking Heads ("Once in a Lifetime")
By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2013
First of a two-part series.
Many presidents throughout our history, from revered to despised, have
ignored the Constitution and taken on the mantle of imperial power. From
Lincoln to
Hate speech
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
Today’s decision in *Saskatchewan** (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott,*
2013 SCC 11 upholds stringent hate speech legislation. The Court goes so
far as to hold ‘truthful statements can be presented in a manner that would
meet the definition of hate speech, and not all truthful statements must be
free from restriction.’
Accordingly, even truthful statements can fall within the ambit of hate
crime. Some might ask whether the power to censor truthful speech is
properly held by an administrative tribunal?
In any event, the Court makes a statement regarding the importance of
f... more »
"Uncertainty, Certainty..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Earth is home. Evolution connects us all. Death comes to all. On this
blue planet we the human species are united by our common habitation, our
common origin and our common mortality. The actual is greater than the
superficial and the certainty of death can be a driving force for
solidarity and not a suppressed anxiety that drives us towards division and
despair. The uncertainty of life and the certainty of death unite all of us
who come to this existence on this blue planet."
- Carl Sagan
LEARNING TO TALK THROUGH THE CENSORS
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
Eric Mann, the leader the Labor/Community Strategy Center in Los Angeles,
describes his work for what he calls the "think tank/act tank" for
democratic, international social movements. Mann was presented to students
at UC San Diego who are studying revolutionary activists in labor, poverty
and environmental causes.
School Secrets No Surprise
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago
*Not anymore.... *
**"’90 sex abuse suit at Beverly school kept secret; Case at Landmark
settled and sealed" by Walter V. Robinson and Katherine Landergan | Globe
Correspondents, February 27, 2013
For two decades, Curtis H. Bryant has been a *respected figure* in the town
of Rowley: director of the Youth Baseball and Softball League, parent
leader in a high school student enrichment program, treasurer of the
Democratic Town Committee, and a Planning Board member.
Yet according to court documents unsealed last week, Bryant is *also an
accused child molester*. He was charged in a ... more »
Why I Didn't Support the March on Stoke
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 5 hours ago
Depending on who you believe, between 600 and 60,000 marched from just
outside Hanley to Stoke Town last weekend. The occasion? To protest the
move of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's HQ in the opposite direction three
years hence. As a veteran of many, many demonstrations in our fair city
this was the very first time I've felt unable to support such a
community-based march. And as this is my blog, I'm going to explain why.
Needless to say, the City Council move has proven extremely controversial.
It was the main reason why Labour lost a by-election to the City
Independent group last ... more »
Obama's Impersonal War
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 6 hours ago
Obama's Impersonal War by Robert Crawford
"Nuclear Expert: 'The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel … There Really Is No Containment' At Fukushima Reactors"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* "Nuclear Expert: 'The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel…*
* There Really Is No Containment' At Fukushima Reactors"*
Nuclear Cores and Spent Fuel Pools Have Both Lost Containment
by WashingtonsBlog
"Steven Starr– Director of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the
University of Missouri/Senior Scientist at Physicians for Social
Responsibility– said: "The Japanese basically lied about what happened with
the reactors for months. They said they were trying to prevent a meltdown,
when in fact they knew within the first couple of days Reactors 1, 2, and 3
at Fukushim... more »
Moda elegante para todo tipo de mujer
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 6 hours ago
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The Metropolitan Opera gets with the zeitgeist!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013*
*Low earners and students pay more:* Good news! Going to the opera in
Gotham just got that much cheaper!
Plainly, the Metropolitan Opera was a bargain before—but from now on, the
bargain is bigger. Daniel Wakin reports the good news in today’s New York
Times:
WAKIN (2/27/13): Attendance is down this season at the Metropolitan Opera,
and officials there acknowledge that the fault is their own. They made
going to the opera too expensive.
So in a rarity in the rarefied world of the performing arts, the Met said
it would reduce ticket prices next season.... more »
Photos 40th Anniversary of Wounded Knee
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
Photo Kristi Eaton via Twitter
Photo KILI Radio
Photo Chase Iron Eyes/Last Real Indians
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
Goes to Theodoric Meyer for an excellent reported piece on executive branch
vacancies. Guess what? There are more at this point of the Obama
Administration than at similar points during the Bill Clinton and George W.
Bush presidencies (via Goddard). Not an overwhelming difference, but still
a real one.
Meyer does a good job of not only detailing the difference, but pointing
out the consequences of these missed opportunities:
The lack of appointed leaders can create problems. Too many vacancies can
put agencies “in stand-down, waiting for policymakers to show up,” said
Terry Sulliva... more »
Fung Wah is F***ed
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago
"Fung Wah removes 21 buses from fleet; Cracks found in vehicles’ frames" by
Katie Johnston | Globe Staff, February 26, 2013
The Fung Wah bus company, which has a history of crashes and other safety
problems, has taken almost its entire fleet off the road following
inspections by the state Department of Public Utilities that found cracks
in the frames of many of the company’s aging buses.
The department is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to
shut down the low-cost carrier until it fixes safety problems found in the
state inspections. The DPU does not have that... more »
Obama throws a side-eye at Boehner on Capitol Hill
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 6 hours ago
One of the few benefits of being an obscure little blogger is I get to
shamelessly steal Charles Dharapak's photos and the AP probably won't sue
me. This one is surely photo of the day. Taken at Rosa Parks statue
dedication at the Capitol today. I believe the kids are calling this
"throwing shade" these days.
[Charles Dharapak for AP photo]
Obama's side-eye is priceless but what I loved best is that Boehner is
holding Nancy Pelosi's hand. Charles tells me it's because after Pelosi
spoke, Boehner took her hand when she sat down. Which is not as funny as
the vision I had of Nancy ... more »
Greek Former Mayor Gets Life for Embezzlement
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
*Greek Former Mayor Gets Life for Embezzlement*
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press
THESSALONIKI, Greece February 27, 2013 (AP)
The former mayor of Greece's second-largest city and two former top
municipal officials were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, after a
court convicted them of embezzling more than €17 million ($22 million) in
city funds.
The court ruled that Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, a former champion sprinter
who was Thessaloniki's mayor from 1999-2010 and previously a conservative
politician, was a key part of the scam. Papageorgopoulos, 65, denied any
wrongdoi... more »
DRONES IN AMERICA?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
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Marriage, under government
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
What’s the role of government in marriage—what is its *legitimate *role?
Note that I’m not asking what’s the role or position of marriage itself;
I’m not asking what marriage is, nor with whom one should be allowed to get
married. What I’m asking is: "what is is government’s proper place in the
process?
Understand that marriages (however you might personally might choose to
define them) pre-dates government recognition of the phenomenon. In fact,
the institution of marriage pre-dates government altogether, so
historically it’s not a matter of government *defining* marriage, but *
... more »
Putting the F Into Art
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 7 hours ago
George W Bush: a self-portrait. Whether the odd constructionof this
painting (enormous shoulders... veil of water between the man and the man
mirror... perfectly framed but indistinct face etc) is deliberate or the
result of enthusiastic amateurism, the fact he chose to share this with the
public is fascinating. What a compelling picture.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett's 1 Hour Interview On Scott Horton's Radio Show
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago
Link - *scotthorton.org*:
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, authors of *Going to Tehran: Why the
United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran*,
discuss the obstacles to successful P5+1 talks; why the US still refuses to
accept the Iranian government’s legitimacy – even after 33+ years; why the
Obama administration’s Iran “containment” policy isn’t sustainable; how
Iran’s “participatory Islamist” style of government and defiant foreign
policy are inspiring people across the Middle East – and scaring the US and
Israel; the US’s support for radical Sunni Salafis... more »
False equivalence is killing us
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
Not sure what started this mass bashing of the courtier press this week,
but there's been a heartening amount of calling out the perps. Today Brian
Beutler takes on Obama Derangement Syndrone in the establishment media.
Brian riffs off David Ignatius who published an inane op-ed that included
this gem:
“Obama tries everything to gain control — except a clear, firm presidential
statement that speaks to everyone onboard, those who voted for him and
those who didn’t — that could get the country where it needs to go,”
Ignatius sighs.
This of course ignores the last two years of pre-el... more »
To Be Innocent on Death Row in Texas
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
It's pretty hard to be a condemned inmate in Texas when all you've got is
science on your side.
Larry Swearingen is sitting on Death Row for a 1998 murder that
pathologists say he couldn't possibly have committed. The victim, a
19-year old college student, went missing on December 8. Her body was
found three weeks later on January 2. She had been strangled.
Police fingered Swearingen for the crime shortly after the girl
disappeared. That translated into charges of kidnapping, rape and murder
after the body was found.
The problem with Swearingen's conviction is that several ... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Anne Lewis' Documentary About Anne Braden Is 'Gem of a Film'
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours ago
Filmmaker
Anne Lewis on Rag Radio in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas,
Friday, February 22, 2012. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag
Blog.
Rag Radio Podcast:
Documentary filmmaker Anne Lewis,
co-director of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2013
Documentary filmmaker and University of Texas senior lecturer Anne
Lewis, whose most recent work
did ex-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone really 'blow the gaff' on Institutionalised Sex Abuse as a means of political control?
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 8 hours ago
with all the furore into the Jimmy Savile child-sex case(s) I'd missed this
interview where ex-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone claims he'd known about
the Child Sex Industry as a means of blackmail of people in power for
DECADES. The following excerpt is from a longer interview he did in
November 2012 with The Whole Show hosted by ex-Conservative MP David Mellor.
*"I was raising in parliament against Mrs Thatcher the Kincora Boys Home
where boys were being abused and MI5 was filming it because they were
hoping to be able to blackmail senior politicians in Northern Ireland.*
*
* *They... more »
A Letter from Greece
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
Hello OPPT Dream Team and Brian !
I emailed the following introductory letter about the OPPT and all
relative sites to all Greek Lawyers ' Associations ,41.794 members the
three Greek Universities' Law Schools and consumers'association.
With 500.000 at least families in distress due to their delay in paying
back their debts "loans" and "taxes" installments and 26.8 percent
unemployment , i.e.1.500.000 jobless people in an aging population total of
11 million, the OPPT '' high spiritual technology'' shall hopefully be most
appreciated and also act as an awakening factor.
I... more »
InterContinental Drug Cartel Warfare?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago
Africa's drug cartels are no longer content to simply be mules for moving
Latin America's drug cartels' product into Europe. Now they're even
moving into the Latin American gangs' home turf.
"*...the West African traffickers have grown up, in a way, instead of
working as couriers underneath the Latin American cartels. The West African
cartels are now shipping cocaine by sea, a safer alternative for
traffickers than high-risk smuggling on commercial planes, which can more
easily be interdicted by police. Nigerian criminal groups have also moved
to take control of cocaine exports in... more »
WSJ Readers Duped by ALEC Released Statistics
2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago
The first thing you need to realize is that the Wall Street Journal is
owned by NewsCorp
The second thing you need to realize is that the NewsCorp is a member of
the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Knowing that
would you be surprised that the Wall Street Journal would be used as a
propaganda tool for ALEC disinformation?
Unfortunately it appears to be so
– it should be so embarrassing for the WSJ and disheartening for their
readers.
On January 29, the WSJ published an article that made the following
definitive statement:
A new analysis by economist Art Laffer for the Amer... more »
Beyond Reading the Tea Leaves: Using Data to Understand Partisanship and Foreign Policy
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
My frequent collaborator Jon Monten and I have a guest post on the new
Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Running Numbers. As our readers
likely know, the Chicago Council runs periodic surveys about public
attitudes towards foreign affairs and has historically run a number of
important surveys of elite opinion. I’m cross-posting our piece here.
Continue reading
Yeah, Sure, the Jim Crow South is No More
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago
Any court that can pretend corporations are people has demonstrated a
talent for overcoming reality. That pretty much describes today's United
States Supreme Court or at least the hard-right conservative majority that
calls the shots. Those five cloaked hooligans are now fixing to pretend
that minority voting rights in the Slave States are no longer in need of a
federal watchdog. One of them, Scalia, even refers to safeguarding
minority votes as "*racial entitlement*". The only thing he left out was
the "N" word.
In the last American federal elections there were ample disp... more »
Lakota and Wet'suwet'en Unite to Fight All Mining, Fracking and Pipelines!
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago
(Click
on photo to enlarge)
Debra White Plume, Lakota: "Whenever I see photos of our beautiful
strong elder Lakota women standing up in their day, I feel my spirit
grow stronger, my backbone gets stronger, my heart fills with more love.
We of today had these wonderful role models to show us how to be real
Lakota women and face the enemy however we have to, just as they did.
They stood with
Resistance Is Not Futile
Southern Man at Southern Man - 9 hours ago
Every driver in this video is a hero.
MYSTERIOUS BEPPE GRILLO
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
Italy election: Beppe Grillo (above).
Beppe Grillo's wife is Iranian.
Beppe Grillo speaks sympathetically about Ahmadinejad, Osama bin Laden and
Ken Livingstone, all of whom may be assets of western security services.
Grillo e la politica estera, dal Mossad all'Iran - Corriere.it - Translate
this page
Beppe Grillo is either a naive fascist or a clever Mossad spook?
In 1981, while driving with friends in the Alps, Beppe Grillo lost control
of his car and plunged into a ravine killing three of his passengers.
He was later convicted of “negligent homicide”.
Profile of Beppe Gril... more »
Robert Tindall - Ayahuasca, Vegetalismo, and Cultural Survival
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
*Source of painting: Anthony Max*.
YouTube Video Description - [Channel - robert tindall. Posted on May 13,
2009]:
Generations of shamans, mad poets and intrepid researchers labored to give
birth to this event with Robert Tindall, Lou Dematteis, Ralph Metzner and
Dale Pendell on the endangered practices of entheogenic plant shamanism and
the Amazonian ecosystem at City Lights, the literary mecca of San Francisco.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Part 6:
Part 7:
Q and A Part 1:
Q and A Part 2:
"A Perpetuation of Racial Entitlement"
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
It's not hard to figure out where U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia
stands on the *Voting Rights Act of 1965*. When he labeled a provision
that requires the Slave States to get federal approval before changing
voting procedures a "*perpetuation of racial entitlement*" he didn't leave
much doubt on how America's non-white population can expect to fare at the
polls, especially in the American south.
*Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked a skeptical question about whether
people in the South are more racist than those in the North. Justice
Anthony M. Kennedy asked how mu... more »
I bet You Know Who Mike Bloomberg Is And You Don't Know Who Rex Sinquefield Is-- Both Want To Destroy Public Education
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
On the front page of the right-wing Now or Never PAC they try to get every
visitor's e-mail address by asking you to sign a petition for Harry Reid,
Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Schultz to release their tax returns.
"Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have a combined personal wealth of nearly 50
million dollars," it begins. The PAC works to elect conservatives who are
committed to wealthy people not paying any taxes (except, apparently, Harry
Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Schultz). In 2012 they spent
$7,760,174 for independent expenditures against Tammy Duckworth (D-IL),
S... more »
Syria Plan B: Destabilization via humanitarian relief- Part 3
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
So, I am a day late with part 3, apologies.
What can I say? Better late then not all?
*Quick rehash *
The initial *Plan B post *rehashed the no fly zone/lethal support theme to
bring down the legitimate Syrian government.
In the follow up pos*t Plan B for Syria: Part 2* we touched on the increase
of lethal support aka heavy weapons delivery to the NATO destabilizers in
Syria through Jordan and Israel
In this post which is Part 3, were going to look at the ruse of
“humanitarian” provisions coming through Turkey as a cover for NATO
expansion into northern Syria enabling and providing ... more »
It's More Than a Little Missing Ice
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
Killer heat waves, droughts and floods whipsawing the planet are the result
of the warming Arctic region. It's pretty simple - lose the ice, lose the
planet.
Hey, how about a blast from the past? Remember when, way back in 2007 the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that “*in some
projections, Arctic late-summer sea ice disappears almost entirely by the
latter part of the 21st century*? Oh weren't those the good old days.
Those whacky alarmists. Why they were out by, oh, most of a century. We
now know that Arctic late-summer sea ice will be disappearing entire... more »
Meanwhile, back in the United Police States
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago
Some Americans are still not sheeple. And I love principled civil
disobedience.
But I wish it were not necessary. From Reason.Com:
Enjoy This Montage of People Refusing to Cooperate with DHS Checkpoints:
Here’s a crew of folks refusing to submit to questioning at Department of
Homeland Security immigration checkpoints that aren’t actually at the
border (and one case of a driver refusing to cooperate with one of
California’s produce checkpoints as an employee hilariously thinks he can
make him leave the state).
[Hat tip Daily Pundit]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Ple... more »
Dept. of Phony Reagan/Real Reagan Examples
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
Oy, Bob Woodward:
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward attacked President Barack Obama on
Wednesday, saying the commander-in-chief’s decision not to deploy an
aircraft carrier because of budget cuts is “a kind of madness.”
“Can you imagine Ronald Reagan sitting there and saying ‘Oh, by the way, I
can’t do this because of some budget document?’” Woodward said Wednesday on
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
I've seen multiple reactions blaming Woodward for suggesting that Barack
Obama should, basically, ignore the law -- but so far, none that have
actually called him out on the "Reagan" part of th... more »
Well Played
Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
We’ve realized the final moments of our journey. Whether or not you are
aware of it, our Quest is one the entire world is on. We are moving out of
slavery systems and slavery thought processes. We are stepping into truth.
This is the next dimension and the Shift we’ve waited for.
For your power has prevailed and led you ever forward. You have succeeded
without holding any weapons. In fact, you’ve often been at the receiving
end of their fire. Yet, you are here now, BEing.
The power in your DOing has created this Shift. Have you felt it? It
happens mostly subtly; so... more »
Radioactive Debris Disposal in Japan
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
One more reason nuclear makes NO SENSE: Nuclear Waste. Ministry forced to
start radioactive waste disposal site plan over Feb 26, 2013 The Asahi
Shimbun http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201302260086The
central government has decided that “designated waste” containing more than
8,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram will be disposed of
within Tochigi, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Chiba and Gunma prefectures.
The Environment Ministry plans to build a final disposal site in each of
the prefectures.
But the plan has stalled due to vehement opposition from leaders i... more »
Today in Harpocrit Land
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 10 hours ago
It's Pink Shirt Day today.
I booted up the Twitter machine, checked the hashtag for Warawa's Wank and
nearly blew camomile tea out my nose.
Today is Anti-bullying day. Bullying in all forms is wrong. Standing up for
victims helps! #M408
— Mark Warawa (@MPmarkwarawa) February 27, 2013
I wasn't the only one struck by this hypocritical drivel.
@mpmarkwarawa Right. Remind me again which party voted against the NDP
anti-bullying motion? #hypocrisy #CPC #M408 #cdnpoIi
— Claudine Jacques (@ClaudineJacques) February 27, 2013
Well, we all know the answer to Claudine's question, don't w... more »
Te’o is the Talk
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 10 hours ago
*Apparently he doesn't run very fast....*
"Stories of love, deception have long been entwined; Te’o’s false romance a
story nearly as old as love" by Christopher Muther | Globe Staff, January
23, 2013
The *idea of making up a story*, or *believing a lie*, in the name of love
has *deep roots in popular culture*....
*
**They made a whole industry out of it. It's called the AmeriKan media.*
Romantic con games are as old as cupid’s bow and arrows....
an online dating hoax....
Te’o, whose *story of loving a terminally ill young woman* who, he says,
existed only in cyberspace has becom... more »
Study suggests link between lead and violent crime
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 10 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
Once a staple of gasoline and paint, lead has long been recognized as a
toxic contaminant, and a new study is suggesting it could have a direct
relation to violent crime trends over the past 60 years.
Compiled by lead expert Dr. Howard Mielke of Tulane University, the study
was featured in a recent news report by WWLTV of New Orleans.
Lead emissions from automobiles were central to the study, which evaluated
more than 10,000 soil samples from around the city of New Orleans.
The study showed that areas with higher levels of lead exposure were
typically the higher cr... more »
Free speech for thee, but not for me...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*coming to a street corner near you - soon!*
Don't you dare say anything nasty about homosexuals. Uh uh!
* Let Me Be The 1st To Violate The SC's Whatcott Ruling: I Personally
Harbour Hate Detestation For The Vile Sodmites Pushin Filthy Radical Gay
Propaganda At The TDSB*
* *
Say hey
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
One of these days I'm going to clean up the old blogroll. Last time I
checked months ago there was a whole lot of dead or dormant blogs on the
list. But new bloggers still launch all the time. I still regularly get
request for reciprocal links but mostly they're sham blogs, set up solely
to make ad revenue. Often with stolen content.
But not all of them are frauds. There are still a few newcomers who care
about changing the system and have something real to say. So say hello to The
Moderate Nation, a new blog from a long time activist, located for now in
the Centrists and Swingers ... more »
The One People's Public Trust (OPPT): Your Frequently Asked Questions...ANSWERED
Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
*The One People's Public Trust (OPPT): Your Frequently Asked
Questions...ANSWERED*
The original article can be found here on Wakeup World:
http://wakeup-world.com/2013/02/26/the-one-peoples-public-trust-oppt-your-frequently-asked-questions-answered/
26th February 2013
By Andy Whiteley
Co-Founder of Wake Up World and Being of the Creator
The momentum of the One People’s Public Trust is undoubtedly escalating.
And fast! As our new social framework begins to manifest, the positive
energy it is creating around the world is palpable.
And it is no surprise. The old ... more »
On rereading The Feminine Mystique!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013*
*A stunning piece of work:* A few years ago—we don’t recall why—we spent
some time reading Betty Friedan’s famous book, The Feminine Mystique.
Last weekend, we took the book with us on the train, inspired in part by a
backward glance at the famous tome in the New York Times.
In the hard-copy Times, Jennifer Schuessler’s piece bore a familiar but
tiresome headline: “Looking Back at a Domestic Cri de Coeur: Criticisms Of
a Classic Abound.”
Typical! Use of the term “cri de coeur” inserted some snark right into the
headline (which Schuessler presumably di... more »
Ahmadinejad Gets Around
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago
*Even gets into **outer space** from what I saw.*
"In UN speech, Mohammed Morsi assumes major role in Middle East" by Steven
R. Hurst | Associated Press, September 27, 2012
UNITED NATIONS — Earlier Wednesday, Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
known for past fiery denunciations of the United States and Israel, spoke
at length about his vision for a* new world order *without the ‘‘hegemony
of arrogance.’’
*I love it when my agenda-pushing media projects their goals and designs on
the "enemy."*
Of Israel, he cited what he termed the ‘‘continued threat by the
uncivilized *Zionists... more »
Excellent Article on Ongoing Environmental Collapse Caused by Human Engineering
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
This is excellent article addressing ongoing massive environmental
contamination.
The article by Paul Craig Roberts examines a letter written by Dr. Don
Huber, formerly of Purdue Univer., and a subsequent interview with him
addressing spontaneous abortions and infertility in livestock he believes
may be directly caused by 'round up' (glyphosate).
A pathogen visible only in electron microscope was found in soy fed to the
animals. It is not a prion or virus. It does replicate. It is found in the
mycelium in fungi. It is very, very toxic.
The pathogen is found in much higher populat... more »
While fracking is running rampant in the U.S., poisoning deep lying aquifers, in Mexico City a deep aquifer has been discovered and will soon be tapped for drinking water as the shallower aquifers rapidly become exausted.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 11 hours ago
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*Injection Wells*
The Hidden Risks of Pumping Waste Underground
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Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink
*Mexico City's mayor and general director of the country's National Water
Commission watch as a geologist takes a drink of water from an exploratory
well into an aquifer underneath Mexico City, on Jan. 23, 2013. (Dario
Lopez-Mills/AP Photo)*
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*by Abrahm Lustgarten ... more »
Wednesday Morning Link Dump
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 11 hours ago
It’s that time of year in the Georgetown Government Department… when we
juggle financial aid offers and admissions in an attempt to lock down a
strong incoming class of PhD students. This takes up lots of my mental
energy, leaving little for the Duck of Minerva. The current DAG-3QD Peace
and Justice Symposium concerns one
Continue reading
Wednesday Morning Unoriginal Pop Culture Post
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 11 hours ago
These two tunes were going through my head while I was out walking the dog
this morning ...
and ...
The 2013 Hypocrisy Oscars
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours ago
by Paul Buchheit Published on Monday, February 25, 2013 by Common DreamsThe
best actors in America are the business and government leaders who
impersonate job creators and makers of prosperity. For their stellar
performances over the past year, they deserve to be considered for the
special awards listed below.
Here are the nominees:
*BEST SCORE
*Facebook's Eduardo Saverin scored big-time, landing Mark Zuckerberg as a
roommate at Harvard, using American resources to score billions in income,
and then revoking his citizenship to avoid paying any taxes.
Thanks to a capital gains sy... more »
Why Iraq Won’t Solve Its Electricity Problems Any Time Soon
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Iraq has had grand plans for its electricity sector for quite some time.
After years of wars and sanctions the power grid is in poor shape and needs
billions in investment to provide the public with 24-hours of power. That’s
always been hard, because demand has skyrocketed since the 2003 invasion.
That hasn’t stopped the Electricity Ministry and leading officials to
promise that a solution to the country’s power shortages is just a few
years away. An analysis of the industry however, reveals that Iraq is
nowhere close to resolving this dilemma, because the task is too large for
th... more »
An Ambition Gap for Global Energy Access?
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 12 hours ago
I have a new column up at The Breakthrough Institute which asks, "How Much
Energy Does the World Need?" In it I apply a methodology of "backcasting"
to calculate how much energy consumption is implied by postulating that in
2035 global per capita energy consumption equals that of Bulgaria, Germany
and the US in 2010. The results imply a big gap in energy access as you or
I might understand it and (a) projections of where the world is headed and
(b) official definitions of what constitutes "energy access" (see figure
above).
Lots of numbers crunched and three bottom-line conclusio... more »
MAN AND MANDARIN: The pitiful ballad of Cokie and Sam!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013*
*Part 2—How will our strivers turn out:* Within the mainstream press corps,
the previous class of mandarins failed us liberals quite badly.
At one point, the Sams and the Cokies really seemed to be doing the job.
Sam was willing to shout questions at Reagan. And Cokie was just *very*Cokie.
These mandarins never stopped being pro-choice, and so they were always
listed as liberals. But as the years went by, as their very fat bank
accounts grew, they became rather obvious tools of the scam. In the case of
this famous pair, their full descent was memoria... more »
Repeated Failures of the ALEC Educ Policy
2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago
ALEC legislators and ALEC are always pushing the privatization of public
education.
ALEC legislators and ALEC are always pushing the fallacy that for-profit
educational opportunities are superior to public education.
Well – time and time again this ALEC delusion is proving to be wrong.
Another example
of how ALEC’s policies are hurting American’s children.
ALEC legislators and ALEC profit sector members are EXPERIMENTING on our
children.
And the ALEC free-market experiments are failing.
Here is a public – private partnership, privatization of public service
failure – policy tha... more »
Shelby County Schools Slashing, But Charter Plans Remain Untouched and Invisible
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
The Gates Plan for Memphis schools is proving to be more expensive than
Bill fans ever dreamed, and apparently the superintendents of city and
county plan to push forward without public knowledge or discussion among
themselves, preferring instead to present a phony-baloney budget to the
County Commission that they know will not survive. Apparently, the Board
is not eager to take responsibility for increasing class sizes or for
slashing employees, benefits, libraries, etc.:
Despite a proposed 170 central office employee layoffs, five school
closings, changes in the teacher-pupil ra... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
*LSU settles van Heerden case for $435,000*
*Still Life: Louisiana Distillers*
*USDA Local-Food Initiative Announced At Hollygrove Farm ~WWNO * *Charlie's
Steak House: Is It Worth It? ~Blackened Out*
*Loyola Jazz Festival boasts two performances by famed percussionist Brian
Blade* *Funk Deity Maceo Parker Lands in New Orleans ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Radical Right Filibuster Against Hagel Broken
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Tantrum subsides-- 3 Stooges changed its mind
Like I've said many times, I'm neither pro-Hagel nor anti-Hagel. Or, more
aptly, I'm both anti-Hagel and pro-Hagel. But I didn't win the presidency--
nor did the candidate I voted for-- so President Obama is entitled, within
reason, to pick his own Secretary of Defense. There's no reason to believe
that Chuck Hagel won't be a far better Secretary of Defense than recent
disasters like Robert McNamara, Cap Weinberger, Frank Carlucci, Dick Cheney
or Don Rumsfeld or ancient ones (then called Secretary of War) like John C.
Calhoun or Jefferson... more »
John O'Farrell tries to wriggle
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
Re. BrightonBomb: I wrote an honest memoir and volunteered this fleeting
bad thought from 1984 to illustrate how hatred can poison politics -- John
O'Farrell (@mrjohnofarrell)
WotW: Stay On Top of Your To Dos with Any.Do
Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 13 hours ago
The human brain is a wonderful thing. It's capable of holding and
processing an insane amount of information. But even the most incredible
mind has its limits. And unfortunately, most of us cram our brains full of
unnecessary stuff. I'm not talking about favorite recipes, book lists and
who won the Oscars back to 1964. I'm talking about the constant buzz of
to-dos that float around in our minds and drive us nearly crazy.
Some of us use so much of our brain capacity thinking about all the stuff
we have to do that we don't have any room left over to do the items on our
mental to do l... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 13 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Adam Baldwin, 51. I really need to watch Full Metal
Jacket again; I've seen bits and pieces here and there over the years, but
haven't seen it all the way through since it was brand new. Perhaps not as
great as Strangelove and Paths of Glory, but I'm not as certain of that as
most are. Of course, for me he's always Jayne -- wonderful character,
amazing performance. I'm terribly jealous of the political writers he's
been in twitter arguments with.
How about a little good stuff:
1. I'm not a huge fan of "false equivalence" stuff, but I am a fan of James
Fallows, so ... more »
One Bird Has Flown, Another Still Roosts
Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 14 hours ago
The bird has flown! Alex snuck down the eastern hemlock last night while
two police cars with lights flashing and two workers searched the icy
slopes of Cummins Hill Rd with flashlights. Gifford Pinchot remains
roosting in the tree sit about a half mile up the mountain from yesterday's
action. Both tree sitters are safe and without injury, except Alex is
really bummed about the sleet and having to come down to eliminate the high
risks during the storm without the right gear.
However, we rightly assumed that TGP wouldn't return to the mountain this
morning with chainsaws, especial... more »
Final Verdict is Rendered in First Common Law Court Case against the Vatican and Canada for Genocide
Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 14 hours ago
Final Verdict is Rendered in First Common Law Court Case against the
Vatican and Canada for Genocide
Pope, Queen and Canadian Prime Minister found Guilty of Crimes against
Humanity and Sentenced to Twenty Five Year Prison Terms
Court Orders them to Surrender by March 4 or face Citizens' Arrests
http://itccs.org/2013/02/25/guilty/
Brussels:
Pope Benedict will go to jail for twenty five years for his role in Crimes
against Humanity, and Vatican wealth and property is to be seized,
according to today's historic verdict of the International Common Law Court
of Justice.
The Brussels-ba... more »
Premier Brad Wall Attempts To Deflect Responsibility For IPAC Conflict Of Interest Allegations
leftdog at Buckdog - 14 hours ago
* This is a government that is more engaged in butt coverage and damage
control then they are in providing real answers and accountability. In fact
I see them deflecting some of the responsibility that they need to be
taking.*
*Trent Wotherspoon, MLA*
*Sask NDP Leadership Candidate*
*A Saskatchewan science project that developed what was hailed as the first
guidelines in the world for safe carbon capture and storage is on the verge
of shutting down.*
*Funding is running out for the University of Regina-based International
Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of CO2, ... more »
Dr Bea testify on BP trial
Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 14 hours ago
Witness in Gulf oil spill trial charges BP had flawed safety record
[image: BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill-Pass a Loutre.jpg]
Oil collects in a boom at Pass a Loutre on June 11, 2010. *(Photo by
NOLA.com | Times-Picayune archives)*
[image: Richard Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune]By Richard
Thompson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on February 26, 2013 at 4:00 PM, updated February 26, 2013 at 5:54 PM
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[image: BP Oil Spill Trial News]
- BP executive says Transocean, not BP, was in charge of safety on
Deepwater Horizon
- Witness in Gulf oil spill trial charge... more »
Sleeping Through Disaster
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Jeffrey Simpson has an interesting column in this morning's *Globe and Mail*.
The Conservatives equate majority government with majority support. But,
Simpson writes, despite their attempts to change the Canadian character,
the Harperites are still a distinct minority:
Reading the latest Focus Canada survey from the Environics Institute,
however, illustrates how little progress the Conservatives have made. If
this survey (that goes back more than three decades) shows anything, it is
how on many issues the Conservative government is offside majority public
opinion.
The survey te... more »
The BBC obsfucating to protect a Labour candidate
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
The BBC's page on today's PMQs contains this:
'1202:
Mr Cameron is on his feet and attacking Labour's candidate in Eastleigh,
John O'Farrell, over comments he made about the IRA bomb attack at the
Conservative Party conference in 1984 in Brighton.'
What did John O'Farrell actually say?
John O'Farrell wrote that he felt a 'surge of excitement' when he heard of
the attempted assassination in 1984 and was 'disappointed' the terrorists
failed.
He asked himself repeatedly: 'Why did she have to leave the bathroom two
minutes earlier?' The bathroom of Lady Thatcher's suite was wrecked in... more »
Sir Ranulph Fiennes' frostbite highlights global warming
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 16 hours ago
There have been numerous stories of the same kind (even on this blog) but
they apparently never stop coming. Sir Ranulph Fiennes (63) decided to
become the first human to cross Antarctica in winter:
Sir Ranulph Fiennes to Attempt First Wintertime Trans-Antarctic Trek
The page above and many others revealed that a key purpose of the event was
to promote the global warming panic:
But this trek is not merely another notch in Fiennes’ belt (which,
presumably, is comprised entirely of notches). Ironically, the expedition
team hopes ‘The Coldest Journey’ will draw attention to global warm... more »
eLearning: Back to Basics
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 17 hours ago
Two reports have recently questioned the technology investments made by
schools in England. They raise the question of, not whether technology is
ready for learning, but whether learning is ready for technology?
BESA (British Educational Suppliers Association) claim that pupils in
England are at risk of missing out, not because they don’t have the digital
content, but because the schools don’t have good enough digital connection.
Education research company C3 surveyed a representative panel of some 600
state schools for Besa. Of the 250 secondary schools surveyed, 22% had
wi-fi in m... more »
Have Faith - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
*Have Faith*
*An Angel Fell.*
*An Angel fell into a dark abyss.*
*A Human stood at the edge of Darkness and Light with clear seeing eyes and
said,*
*"Have faith"*
*The Angel fell deeper and deeper into the darkness.*
*Again, the Human said,*
*"Have faith"*
*The Angel continued to fall.*
*Deeper and deeper, closer to the imaginary point of no return.*
*Once again, said the Human,*
*"Have faith"*
*The Angel paused and looked up toward the Human and said,*
*"So, it will be"*
*The Angel began his flight upward and outward of this temporary darkness.*
*Back to His rightful Ho... more »
THE CIA RUNS ITALY...
Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
The CIA decides who governs Europe.
"Berlusconi’s fall had been prepared through a series of lurid revelations
about his personal life, including an attack by the CIA document dump known
as Wikileaks."
Berlusconi targeted, overthrown by CIA?
In the 1970's *"Foreign secretary Aldo Moro together with president
Giovanni Leone flew to the US but were told by Kissinger that on no account
should the Left be included in government."*
*
*Operation Gladio - WikiSpooks
During the 1950s and 1960s, Italy had the World's third fastest economic
growth rate.
*According to Bill Emmott:*
"Ne... more »
Mediterranean Diet Skunks Low Fat
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
It turns out to be a total rout. It appears that the right oils are even
beneficial. The point is that a thirty percent differential is huge and the
study was large and well designed. It was halted at the five year mark
because it became unethical to continue.
I think we all know how to cook this way. It is simply a matter of no
longer buying red meat products and ramping up the fish component.
We really do not have good completely trusted explanations for why this is
all true, but that is surely irrelevant as even good explanations often
lead to incorrect conclusions.... more »
So God Made a Farmer
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
The present regime was made possible by two things. The cost of capital
and the cost of market access.
This led directly to the present distortion of industrial agriculture as
presently constituted. Worse though is that the excess capital allows this
industry to buy regulation to preserve bad practice as long as possible and
to subsidize it.
The internet has reshaped the market access problem into the individuals
favor. The most successful farm model today is a small vertically
integrated producer that delivers a quality product to the customer.
Production technolog... more »
Chinese Regime Labor Camp Reforms Bring Panic, Puzzlement, Hope
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
We actually do have a lesson from history on this one. It is simple. The
police state apparatus will crumble in time. It can only exist because the
citizens allow it for good or bad reasons. When they ultimately object, the
institution will blow away.
We just saw it happen in Egypt.
In China's case, it became astonishingly corrupted to divert labor and
bodies into private hands. The leadership is now trying to distance itself
from the activities of what is called internal security while a facade of
due process roots out the evil.
In the meantime, those in leadership o... more »
Health Care Spending: A 21st Century Gold Rush
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
Yes, it has been a gold rush and it has been nasty because there is no
easy market driven correction built into the system except outright
bankruptcy and that continues to be underwritten by the Federal government
even when the private sector simply takes the cream.
The need is universal and it is not voluntary. The solution needs to
match. Canada's system can be better but it has a base from which it can be
better. The US system delivers excellence to what is on the way to becoming
a minority and spotty service to most everyone else. It is time to start
over before the... more »
BREAKING: Judge Brady overturns Albert Woodfox's conviction for a third time!
angola3news at Angola 3 News - 19 hours ago
*(View/Download a PDF of Judge Brady's ruling here.) *
Today, February 26, District Court Judge Brady released a 34-page ruling
that granted habeas to Albert on the issue of racial discrimination in the
selection of the grand jury foreperson for his 1998 retrial. This decision
now overturns Albert’s conviction for a third time.
In the 34-page ruling, Judge Brady reviews the arguments of both sides and
concludes that Albert's team used the correct baseline for comparison, and
that using that baseline, the discrimination is statistically significant
no matter which tests are used. ... more »
Education minister’s bluff called by apoplectic schoolteachers! Now what?
David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 20 hours ago
The trading pit: Is this what Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson sees
when he thinks of the Alberta Teachers Association? Actual Alberta
schoolteachers may not be exactly as illustrated. Then again, these days …
Below: Mr. Johnson and ATA President Carol Henderson. OK, Alberta Education
Minister Jeff Johnson’s bizarre attempt to bluff the province’s 35,000 ... more »
Christy Clark and the BC Liberals Should Shut Their Big Fat Mouths
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 20 hours ago
I was thinking a little bit about Christy Clark`s LNG prosperity dream and
it dawned on me that these BC Liberals are a real stupid bunch..
Suppose you were a business, a fledging business planning on going into
partnership with another company or entity, deals haven`t been signed yet,
plans are in the preliminary stages, contracts haven`t been drawn yet and
out of the blue your potential new business partner tells the world, tells
its own family, tells 4 million British Columbians that we are going to
make $trillions of dollars off of our new partner, not $millions, not
$billion... more »
Wide Asleep on Radio Dispatch...and Other News
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 20 hours ago
I
had the distinct honor of joining the ever-excellent progressive power
duo /sibling superhero team John and Molly Knefel of the podcast Radio
Dispatch today for a 20-minute chat about "Argo," the Oscar ceremony,
and the dangers of imperial mythology and Hollywood propaganda.
You can (and should) listen to the whole show here.
John and Molly also discuss the awfulness of Seth McFarlane's
A Cautionary Tale - The Right to Die
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours ago
Here's something to think about.
A few days ago I experienced, first-hand, the death of a dear friend. He
had been in decline for several months. This necessitated a few stays in
hospital.
While in hospital my friend had signed a "DNR" or Do Not Resuscitate
authorization. It was his wish that, should he succumb, he not be brought
back to life. The hospital duly kept his directive in his file.
What my friend did not foresee, what no one else foresaw, was what would
happen if he succumbed anywhere other than in that particular hospital.
His wife knew of his wishes. I was ful... more »
Eyes of Blue and Almost 2!
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 21 hours ago
Hard to believe that someone is almost 2!
Red Ice Radio - Robert Tindall - Hour 1 - Shamanic Roots of Western Culture: The Odyssey & Tolkien
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
Robert Tindall is the author of *"The Jaguar that Roams the Mind: An
Amazonian Plant Spirit Odyssey."*
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: RedIceRadio]:
Robert Tindall is a writer, classical guitarist and inveterate traveler,
whose work explores the crossing of frontiers into other cultures and
states of consciousness. He is the author of two books on shamanism, The
Jaguar that Roams the Mind and The Shamanic Odyssey: Homer, Tolkien, and
the Visionary Experience, along with numerous articles on themes such as
pilgrimage along the Camino to Santiago, the medieval quest, the Nati... more »
Sheldan Nidle - February 26, 2013
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
Sheldan Nidle - February 26, 2013
3 Manik, 15 Zac, 9 Eb
Selamat Balik! We come today with some very interesting news! The dark
continues in tunnel-vision mode to try desperately to come up with some way
to delay what they know is inevitable. Heaven is waiting for the last
celestial sign to appear, and once this phenomenon has occurred, we will be
expected to act swiftly and sweep the dark's minions into a place where
they can do no more harm. This leaves us with a narrow timeframe before
this happens, and so we are double-checking with our diverse allies to make
sure that what i... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 22 hours ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit,
please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges
we've taken on so far.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
Last week we continued our food theme and restocked our shelves ... not
just with anything but with foods con... more »
Why Does The Right Wing Hate Science So Much?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
Pre-World War II Germany had more than its share of Nobel laureates. The
Nazis weren't impressed though because so many of them were German Jews and
the Nazis were pushing the idea of an historic showdown between "Aryans"
and Jews. So to replace Einstein's Theory of Relativity, for example, they
had the ravings of some right-wing crackpot from Austria, Hans Hoerbiger,
who had come up with what turned out to be an official, non-Jewish Nazi
Party cosmology-- the Cosmic Theory of Ice. If you wanted to be a good
little Nazi, you had to abandon actual physics and Science and embrace *
... more »
"Universe: Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
"Universe: Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIxAPFYDsnQ
Bella flor de loto sobre el lago azul
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 23 hours ago
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Hermosa casa entre el lago y los árboles
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 23 hours ago
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Perrito triste jugando en los jardines
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Tortuga comiendo ricas fresas
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Camino bajo los árboles cubiertos de flores
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Increible submarino listo para navegar en el fondo del oceano
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Río peligroso lleno de rocas y agua sucia
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Real History Revealed: The "6 Million" Infamous Number Was Pushed On The Public A Multitude Of Times Between 1915-1938!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours ago
Being a Canadian, I am absolutely limited in any research into the so
called Jewish "Holocaust" of World War II, and the "6 Million" number that
has been perpetually harped as being the number of victims of that
un-researchable event. However, I can definitely look at other periods of
history and allegations of "6 Million" being persecuted and/or dying during
said periods of history, because it does not call into question my stance
on the history of the "Holocaust" of World War II at all....
I came across a must see video recently, that brings forward some very
interesting facts th... more »
Tiburones y focas nadando en el mar
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 23 hours ago
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Montañas grandes y verdes donde se oculta el sol
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 23 hours ago
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Gatito acostado sobre el pasto
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The Upcoming War On Iran: President Soetoro To Inform Israeli Prime Minister Milikowsky Of Plans For Summer Iran War!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours ago
The war against the innocent nation of Iran is definitely still on. The
Israelis realized that they could not go to war against Iran alone, so for
the last while they have been working feverishly in trying to find any
excuses to have their slave puppets in the United States attack and destroy
Iran for them.
Well, lo and behold, it does appear that Israel may get their wish after
all. According to this new article, from Jason Ditz who writes the
website, Antiwar, at www.antiwar.com, it appears that when President
Soetoro (Obama) visits Prime Minister Milikowsky (Netanyahu) shortly... more »
Keith Ellison represents everything I dislike about Minnesota...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 23 hours ago
*to be fair, I'm sure there are many nice conservatives living in
Minnesota. *
Problem is - I've never met one.
DRONE PUBLIC HEARING IN MAINE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*Click on the photo for better view*
*Some of the folks gather outside the hearing room after a successful day
at the capital*
Peter Woodruff and I drove to the state capital in Augusta today to attend
the drone hearing before the combined Senate and House Judiciary
Committee. The drone bill was last on their agenda so we met
artist-activists Natasha Mayers and Suzanna Lasker in the Hall of Flags
where we held signs opposing the drone surveillance state. Natasha was
dressed in her black garb with a drone state license plate around her
neck. She got lots of looks.
With some time t... more »
Mary Theroux: The Presidency as Theater
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Argobama, go you know what.*
I was creeped out when President Obama's wife handed out the Best Picture
prize at the Oscars. The separation between art and politics was officially
erased on that night.
There should be no question anymore. America is without a doubt a
totalitarian collectivist state wherein the President and his wife act like
the father and mother of the people. Hollywood is even popularizing this
view of them.
The Obamas are inserting themselves into American cultural life too much. Seeing
the First Lady in your living room on Oscar night represents a totalitar... more »
Press Conference & Action at Army Corps of Engineers in Philadelphia
Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 1 day ago
Philadelphia -- From upriver and downriver, from Philadelphia to Milford,
PA and across the river in New Jersey, citizens groups and environmental
groups joined together today at a lively demonstration in Philadelphia,
pressuring the Army Corps of Engineers to intervene in clearcutting now
taking place for the Tennessee Gas PIpeline.
The groups highlighted the harm done to waterways and wetlands, to impacted
human communities and to vegetation and wildlife, by the clearcutting which
has already taken place, which Faith Zerbe of the Delaware Riverkeeper
Network called "botched." T... more »
Reverse Mortgages - Pushed by ALEC Since 1993
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Worth 4 minutes of your time
Reverse Mortgages: When they work and when they don't Sorry I can't embed
it - you have to go to the site. The American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC) has been pushing reverse mortgages for the elderly *since 1993*. In
1993 - ALEC believed that this was how seniors should finance both their
healthcare and long-term care living costs - with a reverse mortgage on
their only remaining asset - their house (aka - an ALEC option for
getting rid of Medicare and MedicAid). The first notation I have of it was
in a report named: "Keeping The Promise: Makin... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Unopened Flower”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, “Unopened Flower”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhNx862u1Ds
Alan Waldman : The Last Three Seasons of ‘Blackadder’ are Astonishingly Funny
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
England’s two best TV writers, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, crafted a
small-screen classic.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / February 26, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland, and
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Across the heart of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies lies a striking string
of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain. The chain, pictured above, is
highlighted on the upper right with two large but featureless lenticular
galaxies, M84 and M86. Prominent to their lower left is a pair of
interacting galaxies known as The Eyes.
*Click image for larger size.*
The home Virgo Cluster is the nearest cluster of galaxies, contains over
2000 galaxies, and has a noticeable gravitational pull on the galaxies of
the Local Group of Galaxies surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy. The center of
the Vir... more »
Chet Raymo, “We Are Such Stuff...”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“We Are Such Stuff...”*
by Chet Raymo
“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices,
That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.”
"Caliban is talking to Stephano and Trinculo in Shakespeare's “Tempest”,
telling them not to be "afeard" of the mysterious place they find
themselves, an island seemingly beset with magic, strangeness, ineffable
presences. And you and I, and, yes, all of us, find ourselves ine... more »
Ryan Sequesters the Janesville Airport
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Back in June 1999, Rep. Paul Ryan(R-Wis.), now House Budget Committee
chairman, took to the House floor to ask for federal funding for an airport
in his district.
"The Rock County Airport is in desperate need of improving," he said at the
time. "Rock County began work on these improvements but federal assistance
is needed to address this immediate need. These improvements are critical
not only to the local businesses in the district I represent but also to
the local economy and the livelihood of the employees who work at these
businesses."
The video surfaced briefly during the... more »
Calling all beer historians
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: KauriPaleAle]
Calling all beer historians: What do you know about Kauri Pale Ale, which
appears to be a brew produced by a Woodville brewery in the 1930s.
All information gratefully received—good people want to know.
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Flash Mob! -- Courtesy Notice in Support of Patrick Cody Morgan
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Judge Lynn Nettleton Hughes
(Guilty of Treason)
*Flash Mob! -- Courtesy Notice in Support of Patrick Cody Morgan*
Some background on this story can be found here:
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/02/letter-to-judge-hughes-cat-is-out-of-bag.html
This is the story we broke earlier today, outlining Cody's 27 year sentence
served this morning:
http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2013/02/judge-guilty-of-corruption-treason-let.html
**
Flash Mob Opportunities:
1. Email, fax, or mail a Courtesy Notice (instructions below)
2. Call or email the "alleged" judge direct
3. Call... more »
Is "Crazy Ted" Cruz "the new McCarthy"? Um, would that be Joe McCarthy, or Charlie?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*More and more people seem to be asking, as The New Yorker did recently,
"Is Senator Ted Cruz Our New McCarthy?" It's not clear to me, though,
whether they're thinking of Joe McCarthy or Charlie. (That's Charlie
McCarthy in the photo above, at left. At right is his frequent companion,
Edgar Bergen -- you know, Candice's dad.)*
*"Cruz's spokesman called it 'curious' that The New Yorker would cover
Cruz's speech 'three years' after he gave it."*
*-- from Jane Mayer's newyorker.com post* "Ted Cruz
Responds -- and Still Sees Red at Harvard Law"
*by Ken*
As a matter of fact, there's no... more »
“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"While we are in a dark night of the soul experience, hold steady knowing
the light will appear once again. Whenever a word is overused, it is most
likely being misused, and over time, it begins to lose its meaningfulness.
For example, we often refer to a fleeting feeling of depression or a period
of confusion, as a dark night of the soul, but neither of these things
qualifies as such. A dark night of the soul is a very specific experience
that some people encounter on their spiritual journeys. The... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
San Bernardino, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Susan Van Haitsma : Texans Rally to Save Our Schools
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
An
estimated 10,000 education advocates gathered at the Texas State
Capitol, Saturday, February 23, 2013. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The
Rag Blog.
Texans rally to save our schools
Behind the Capitol edifice, I hope lawmakers are listening. These are
the voices of experienced teachers and smart, young learners. In fact,
we’ll all learn, if we listen.
By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog /
“Are Humans Getting Dumber?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Are Humans Getting Dumber?”*
by Tom Purcell
“The report said people are getting dumber— at least I think that’s what
it said, but the big words kept throwing me off.”
“Ah, yes, you speak of a recent study by Stanford University researcher
and geneticist Dr. Gerald Crabtree. He believes human beings are undergoing
intellectual decline.”
“We are?”
“Writing about the study in the Natural Society Newsletter, Mike Barrett
says that, according to Crabtree, our cognitive abilities are the result of
‘the combined effort of thousands of genes.’ If a mutation were to happen
t... more »
“I want to be a crony”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Vote over at the Economic Freedom blog for the finalists in the Best
Liberty Video for 2012.
Here’s my favourite, one I’ve shown here before:
Why be a taxpayer, when you can be a tax spender?
[Hat tip the very discriminating Dr. Marc Street, at his On Liberty Streetblog.]
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Satire: "Boehner Defends Decision to Remain on Ass"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Boehner Defends Decision to Remain on Ass"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "Minutes after telling the United States
Senate to “get off their ass” to avoid the deep spending cuts that will
take effect this Friday, House Speaker John Boehner called an impromptu
press conference to announce his intention of remaining on his ass “for the
foreseeable future.”
“The United States Senate is showing contempt for the American people by
refusing to get off their ass,” a defiant Mr. Boehner told reporters. “And
the only fitting way for me to protest their reckless... more »
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