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Daylight savings time...
*did you change your clocks?* I hate daylight savings time. It doesn't "save" time. It just rearranges it and gives it a new name. It also forces me to get up in the morning and ask myself, "What time is it really?"
SPOOKS CONTROL THE PARTIES AND THE MEDIA
*Jo Shaw announced her resignation* Some political parties are run by the spooks, and that means that they are 'fascist' and involved in child abuse. The leaders of the UK's Liberal party (renamed Liberal Democrats) have long been linked to fascism and child abuse. The UK's Liberals got Britain into World War I. Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the Liberals, worked for MI6. Sir Cyril Smith was one of many child abusing Liberals. *The leaders of the Liberal Democrats support secret courts.* *Human rights barrister Dinah Rose and ex-parliamentary candidate Jo Shaw have resigned from... more »
Space News from the Electric Universe - lightning above storms - jets, sprites and elves
The Thunderbolts Project is running a *Space News from the Electric Universe * series, here's the latest one about 'red sprites, blue jets and green elves' i.e. multicoloured spurts of electro-magnetic activity ABOVE thunder clouds lifting off into the upper ionosphere to an altitude of 100km. *Science still doesn't how lightning is formed?* "There is an electrical circuit connecting the Sun and the Earth," so confirms Wal Thornhill of HoloScience before going on to poo-poo Arthur C Clarke's romantic 'space elevator' as a *"massive (space) lightning rod"*i.e. VERY DANGEROUS.
Is There Recourse When A Political Party Decides To Sabotage The Economy To Undermine The Country?
When I retired from my job at Warner Bros, one of the happiest thoughts I had is that I would never have to go to a Grammy Awards show again-- nor anything like it-- and never have to be a prop in the audience in someone's lame TV extravaganza. All those shows made me sick and I had to go to all of them. However... there was only one I actually did like and that was the U.K. version of the Grammies, the BRIT Awards. I was at the 1998 version, the night before my birthday at the London Arena, primarily to support Fleetwood Mac, who were performing and getting an Outstanding Contrib... more »
Is Opposition to Organised Jewry insane?
A reader wrote a comment stating that speaking of the government in London as under Talmudic Occupation, or of there being a deliberate plan by our enemies to bring in totally unassimiable people to our lands to destroy us, leads to an assumption that I am some sort of anti-Jewish racist nutter, 'which alienates most people, and causes them to think of you as being a bad person, or mentally deranged, or whatever'. This is a very important comment and needs to be addressed. Am I anti-Jewish? No, I am not. I have every respect for genuine National Zionists who wish to live in an ... more »
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Future is now for the Saints ~Mike Detillier
Are the Jews a race?
*"No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves. . . Language and religion do not make a race--there is only one thing which makes a race, and that is blood." * *- Benjamin Disraeli, former Jewish Prime Minister and political figure in Britain* Issues relating to race and genetics are always controversial, especially when dealing with the Jews. Are the Jews a race, or merely a religious or cultural commun... more »
The BBC respond, hmmm
Further to my on-going complaint to the BBC re Jeremy Bowen's choice of Rosh Hashonah to hold a Twitter debate, here's three emails that might be of interest... 11 April is the day... I wonder whn I will get a response? 1. Nota Sheep 5 Mar (5 days ago) to Leanne Dear Leanne Thank you for your response and I am pleased that my complaint will be put before the Trustees. I have two questions at this time: 1. Do you / the BBC accept that the BBC's last response relied largely upon a factually incorrect statement - regarding the date of Rosh Hashonah? 2. What date is the April meet... more »
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*Iraq war veteran with Purple Heart dies after being shot by St. Tammany deputy * *TOPS would benefit from tobacco money* *Erin Brockovich takes on sinkhole case* *Alligator demand and prices heading up*
'CRAZY' JUSTIN BIEBER
Justin Bieber's handlers are making him 'crazy' and 'nuts'. "From Mariah Carey and Britney Spears' infamous programming breakdowns in the past decade to Amy Winehouse... the music industry has its fair share of artists plagued with psychological problems. "Thanks to Fritz Springmeier and other researchers of MK ULTRA and mind control programming, we're now able to understand the possibility that these tortured artists are suffering from dissociative disorders kept quiet in mainstream media." *Sick, Sad World: Justin Bieber Jumps on the 'Crazy' Train* They're watching us Justin... more »
Anti-Nuke Demonstration Rocks Taiwan
[image: macro_10] *Locked forever.* What a success! 200,000 show up for the anti-nuclear demonstration across the island yesterday, rocking the Powers That Be. From FocusTaiwan, one of the government news sites, from the government's Central News Agency (CNA): In what organizers called the largest anti-nuclear protest in Taiwan, an estimated 200,000 people took to the streets in several parts of the island on Saturday to call for the scrapping of nuclear power plants. The protest was held simultaneously in northern, central, southern and eastern Taiwan just two days before the secon... more »
Zbigniew Brzezinski on the shift of power in this world
Link: http://youtu.be/2dR6PrcsOpc Zbigniew Brzezinski is a prominent Polish-American geostrategist. Since 1997 I follow him and his opinions after he published his for Europe so determining book: The Grand Chessboard. Has his vision of a "greater America" with the pre-eminence of the USA changed? Listen to this interview. John
Blast from the Past: Conversation of Nixon +US Amb to ROC
*A hornet grabs a drink.* * **FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1969–1976* *VOLUME XVII, CHINA, 1969–1972, DOCUMENT 136* * **136. Conversation Between President Nixon and the Ambassador to the Republic of China (McConaughy)1* * **Washington, June 30, 1971, 12:18–12:35 p.m.* [Omitted here is an exchange of pleasantries and a brief discussion of American relations with Africa, Chile, Turkey, and Iran.] McConaughy: Am I authorized, Mr. President, to continue telling them that we do not intend our efforts to lower tensions with the Chinese Communists— Nixon: Our intentions— McCo... more »
Thoughts for the Brain
What is Marxism? It is historical materialism as a means to progressively change the world. Why does Marxism as a political movement centre on the working class? Because of its position firstly as in independent class with its own aims, second because of its essential role in creating wealth, third because it owns no property in the means of production when it assumes power it has no other group to oppress or exploit, therefore workers power can be used as a means to escape to a classless society. When we define working class we must insist on wage labour being the key determinant a... more »
13 new periodic solutions to the 3-body problem
The Science Magazine's news arm has noticed an interesting preprint by two physicists, Three Classes of Newtonian Three-Body Planar Periodic Orbits (by Milovan Šuvakov [student], Veljko Dmitrašinović [senior nuclear physicist] of Belgrade) They use topological and numerical methods to find three classes with 13 new types of periodic orbits in the 3-body problem. The two-body problem in Newton's gravity happens to be fully solvable. You may prove that the elliptical orbits with the right parameters and the center-of-mass in one of the foci exactly solves Newton's equations of mo... more »
Is Pennsylvania Ready For A Kenyan-Born Governor? Meet John Hanger
According to the latest PPP polling Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has a problem. Only 27% of the state's voters think he's doing a good job. Over half think he isn't. But when it comes to one-on-one match-ups, the Democrats will have to pick a strong candidate and work really had to beat Corbett in 2014. These are the Democrats PPP asked about with the percentages who would pick Corbett first and each of them second. *•* Former Gov. Ed Rendell- 40-42% *•* Attorney General Kathleen Kane- 42-42% *•* Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter- 41-38% *•* Former Environmental Protection Se...more »
Media Revelations/Confirmations About Fukushima
Some data founded embedded in the news reports include: Foundation of reactor buildings cracked allowing ground water into buildings [Excerpted] As if the damage above ground isn’t enough to worry about, the 9 -magnitude earthquake apparently cracked the walls of the plant, allowing about 400 tons of groundwater to seep into the buildings and mix with the tainted coolant water. [end] Nagata, K. (2013, March 9) 'Water is Both the Savior and the Bane at Fukushima No. 1' Japan Times, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/09/national/water-is-both-the-savior-and-the-bane-at-fukushi... more »
Golden State: "Bombs" (Music)
'Like' Golden State on Facebook:http://facebook.com/goldenstateband Listen Free on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/YkMGlX Music video by Golden State performing Bombs. (C) 2012 Wrong Treats LLC. As heard on the season 5 finale of Gossip Girl ("The Return of the Ring" Episode 24) Lyrics: END THIS WAR I can't be sure of this memories are fading fast a fragile heart of glass thats shattered once before the walls start to break and crack nothing is built to... Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below... more »
Bill Whittle: Virtual President on Gun Control...
*excellent!* No, really - watch this. *I have been mugged. * I was in danger of rape and murder. If I had been armed with a gun, I would have used it. Any questions?
Divining Rod, Part 7B: "Maya"
Divining Rod, Part 7B: "Maya." YouTube Video Description - [Source: ProfessorCosmic]: Part 7 of the "Divining Rod: Illumination and the Twilight Zone Experience," a 55 minute analysis/appreciation of Rod Serling's brilliant creation. In Part 7B, "Maya" and the Conclusion, we look more closely at the figure created in Hall's dream. Who is she? She is death and the illusion of death. She is dualism, the illusion of separation between you and the world, subject and object, male and female. She is sexuality and death. But she is a guide, too, to what lies beyond, the great mystery of ... more »
Not Unicorns and Ponies, Kelp Forests and Water
Vaughn Palmer wrote an article titled... *B.C. NDP Supporters Dreams of Good Times Ahead Likely to be Dashed* http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/supporters+dreams+good+times+ahead+dashed/8071668/story.html _____________ As an NDP supporter I find Vaughn`s premise to be offensive, to suggest that the NDP base is concerned with dole and gifts, let the good times roll, let`s spend spend spend, deficits be damned, budgets are for fools... Vaughn Palmer must have a taste for sand considering he has his head firmly planted beneath the beach. What voters want is honestly, ... more »
NO justice, NO peace
We have an obligation to every last victim of this illegal aggression because all of this carnage has been done in our name. Since World War II, 90% of the casualties of war are unarmed civilians. 1/3 of them children. Our victims have done nothing to us. From Palestine to Afghanistan to Iraq to Somalia to wherever our next target may be, their murders are not collateral damage, they are the nature of modern warfare. They don't hate us because of our freedoms. They hate us because every day we are funding and committing crimes against humanity. The so-called "war on terror" is a ... more »
TV Watch: Sure, it would be nice if ABC's "Body of Proof" was better, but sometimes you have to just take what they give you
*Season 3 of Body of Proof has brought a new pair of detectives, veteran Tommy Sullivan (Mark Valley, right) and young hotshot Adam Lucas (Elyes Gabel), working with medical examiner Megan Hunt (Dana Delany). Luscious Tommy, with whom Megan shares a past, replaces defunct liaison Peter Dunlap (Nicholas Bishop) as her "will they or won't they?" partner.* *by Ken* On the whole, I have to say I'm happy to have *Body of Proof* back for a third season. I still wish the show were more involving, not to mention more believable. But then, when your central plot premise is a crime-solving ... more »
Move clocks forward one hour tonight
Nunavut While the rest of Nunavut observes DST, Southampton Island including Coral Harbour remain on Eastern Standard Time throughout the year. Ontario Most of Ontario uses DST. Pickle Lake, New Osnaburgh, and Atikokan, three communities located within the Central Time Zone in Northwestern Ontario, all observe Daylight saving time all year long. (This has the effect of having them on Central Time during the summer tourist season, and Eastern Time during the winter—without ever changing their clocks.)
ALL MIGHTLY DOLLAR PRINCIPLE
Regis Tremblay writes: One evening at dinner, I sat next to Sr. Stella, a Korean missionary sister with a great sense of humor and a good command of the English language. After dinner and a delightful conversation, Sr. Stella asked, “so why not interview me. I want to tell Obama and the American people something.” How could I refuse? Sitting next to the 20 ft barbed wire topped fence of the base, with the light fading fast and a fire burning to keep warm on that cool evening, Sr. Stella with all the confidence in the world and the passion of her convictions, let it rip. She is on... more »
Preston Pouts Over Tory Perceived Weakness on Environment
Preston Manning, former Reform Party leader who now heads a Conservative Junior Achievement Academy/Komsomol to indoctrinate train and churn out "right thinking" Conservative leaders criticized the Harper Cons today for their "perceived weakness" on the environment. Preston seemed remarkably blase to the party's actual failure on the environment or its anti-science foundation which might have something to do with its perceived weakness. Manning went on to back Canada's sub-prime energy nightmare, the Tar Sands, which is about all you need to know about his own environmental *bo... more »
Look at the graph to see the evidence of global warming - Telegraph
'In recent months, even such fanatical proponents of the warmist orthodoxy as Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, James Hansen of Nasa, and the Met Office have all had to concede that since 1997, the warming trend has stalled virtually to a standstill. Of course, there was a modest temperature rise in the 20th century, as a continuation of the warming that began 200 years ago as the world naturally emerged from those centuries of cooling known as the Little Ice Age. But the 0.5C rise between 1976 and 1998 was no greater than the 0.5C ... more »
MLA Cam Broten Wins Sask NDP Leadership Race By 44 Votes!
[image: Progressive Bloggers] *Cam Broten is the winner of Saskatchewan's New Democratic Party leadership race after beating fellow candidate Ryan Meili by a thin margin of just 44 votes Saturday afternoon.* * * *A total of 8, 284 people voted in the second ballot at the NDP convention held at TCU Place in Saskatoon, with 4,164 of those votes going to Broten.* ***A gasp went up from the crowd as the results were announced. Saskatoon physician Meili counted in at 4,120 votes. Supporters on both sides were stunned by how close the results were.* ***Broten, a Saskatoon MLA, took the st... more »
With Liberals in rear-view mirror, conservative deep thinkers ponder greener look
Your blogger offers Preston Manning a couple of big ideas for conservatives to think about. Below: Liberal Justin Trudeau, pollster Andre Turcotte. OTTAWA While the Forum Research polling company was proclaiming that if an election were held today, Justin Trudeau would be prime minister, conservatives of an assortment of exotic and garden varieties huddled under ... more »
Mayor Stupid plays grabass with @ThomsonTO. Fuckwits rush to excuse it | #TOpoli
Well, maybe he was so fucked up he thought he was coaching football or something. Football players do that, don't they? Ed Keenan and Ivor Tossell have already weighed in on this, so not much to add to their analysis, but I have one question for the "Ford Nation" deadheads rushing to the mayor's support: You think you'd be able to get away with this shit? Yeah, I know the guy's apparently Teflon-coated, and no matter what the left-wing conspiracy throws at him, he manages to skate, but why don't you try pulling some of his shit? You know -- scream drunken obscenities at women at ... more »
Democrats Are Mentally Healthier Than Republicans But Are They Physically Healthier As Well?
Shoulda stuck to the tea at the Tea Party, maybe? Vitamin Shoppe is a relatively inexpensive way to buy nutritional supplements and vitamins online. And they send a magazine with lots of ads and some interesting content from time to time. Last week I was looking at a list of the 10 best foods for weight loss, which includes beans, sweet potatoes, grapefruit, sardines, spinach, cayenne pepper, eggs, yoghurt, artichokes and fresh ginger. (They also suggest burning extra calories by kickboxing, racquetball, roller skating, cross-country skiing, riding a stationary bike and doing an hour... more »
Another gun show host murdered
Yet another high profile media gun guy gets murdered. The host of The Sportsman Channel’s “A Rifleman’s Journal” was shot and killed in Montana on Friday. The gunman, seemingly a jealous husband, then turned the weapon on himself. This seems pretty clearly a case where it would have happened no matter what because, it's Montana. I suspect they solve a lot of domestic disputes with guns there. But this is the third one in just a few weeks and the other two weren't over spurned lovers. Steve M. tells me the wingers suspect a super secret diabolical government plot to kill all the f... more »
Support Colorado Student Walkout March 14
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GOOD AND BAD NEWS ON THE ECONOMY
www.mirror.co.uk *1.* "'There’s a lot of little kids going hungry round here,' explained one friend, who works in a local community centre. "Indeed, just the other day she had spoken to a family where *the child had been chewing wallpaper at night.* "'He didn’t want to tell his mum because he knew she didn’t have the money for supper,' she explained. 'We hear more and more stories like this.'" *Life in the UK - Where austerity really hits home* * * *Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of westminster* The UK's Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family are worth $11.4 Billion. Gerald Cave... more »
Dude, uh, Tomorrow's Already the Tenth
Last week was the 15th anniversary of one of my favorite movies, *The Big Lebowski*, so here's a mini Lighning Round dedicated to the memory of Theodore Donald Karabotsos. - While you're waiting on new shit to come to light about when Lebowski Fest is coming to your neck of the woods, check out Will Russell's listof the "Top Five Most Exciting Lebowski Fest Moments" over at *LAWeekly*. - If they get your 8-track, there's always Chipocrite's 8-bit version of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." - Apparently Sandy Koufax is a real reactionary. - One of the men who inspired W... more »
A Note on Populism
In my opinion the emergence of a popular, left populist party in Britain is as likely as a just and equitable outcome to tomorrow's SWP special conference. But what of "a left idealistic populism refusing to accept the pragmatism of office ... a possible wider ‘no cuts, no austerity’ movement", as suggested by Anthony Painter? There are a couple of significant hurdles the anti-cuts movement today that would be tough to overcome. Firstly, and I am sorry to say it, for most people 'the cuts' plural are not as big an issue as you, I, and everyone on the left would like them to be. Pe... more »
The Weekly Dog Whistle to the Plutocrats
** (A/k/a The Weekly Presidential Address) ** *Hi, everybody. My top priority as President is making sure we do everything we can to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class*. There will be a continuous topping off of your corporate tanks by the U.S. Treasury. While the oligarchic engine thrums, its premium gas is producing the toxic by-product of deficit hysteria. Like all things shitty, it flows downhill, eventually igniting into a final conflagration destroying what little is left of the middle class. This, my fellow plutocrats A... more »
KIPP, Inc. (Texas) Downgraded by Fitch: Will Test Score Derivatives Be Next?
Now KIPP CEOs aka "school leaders" aka "principals" have more to pore over on Monday mornings than reports of children talking at school or going to the bathroom illegally, or even reports that test scores were flat last week. Now they must worry about being too highly leveraged, narrow balance sheets, and escalating debt service. With reports of being downgraded to BB+ by Fitch, how will Wall Street hedge fund investors respond? Will Gates shell out another $10 million? Or will the plutocrats who favor segregated chain gang schools for poor children put heat on Texas legislato... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Northern Gatekeepers' Cree youth trekkers
NORTHERN GATEKEEPERS Posted on March 9, 2013 MNN. Mar. 8, 2013. The Northern Cree of Hudson’s-James Bay [Quebec] are walking for unity. The six Great Whale Indigenous youth and their master hunter are going to Ottawa, by foot, for 1,500 kilometers in -40 C. weather. They are trekking along a traditional trade route and reminding us of historical alliance between Cree, Algonquin, Mohawk
Herring Here, Herring There, Herring Everywhere
A harbinger of Spring where I live is the annual herring run through the Salish Sea. The herring in their countless millions migrate south as they spawn, the females attaching their fertilized roe onto kelp. As they spawn their milt paints the dark ocean a pale emerald green. And as they come through it's a free for all for creatures from hundreds of miles around. The eagles come in their masses, their unique screech announcing their arrival. Seagulls and all manner of waterbirds likewise flock to the beaches. Beneath the surface schools of salmon and other predators claim ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Breaking format, with an "I don't know." The two things are the two filibusters, the live one by Rand Paul and the cloture defeat for a DC Circuit Court nominee. Will Rand Paul's filibuster turn out to have mattered? Yes, if it sparks a cross-party coalition on civil liberties, or if it's the beginning of a more assertive Congress on national security. Or if it starts serious internal change in the GOP on some of these issues. Will it do so? I'm skeptical -- and a remarkably empty WaPo op-ed by Paul certainly doesn't make me think it's more likely -- but it's certainly not impossibl... more »
Australia’s summer is hottest on record – Average temperature breaks previous summer temperature record, set in summer 1997/1998
[image: Bushfire in Tasmania, Australia, 7 January 2013. Photo: Jennifer / enriqueiglesias.com] By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer 1 March 2013 (LiveScience) – Australia's summer of 2013 is the hottest on record so far, the country's Bureau of Meteorology announced today (March 1). The country's average temperature this summer has been 83.5 degrees Fahrenheit (28.6 degrees Celsius), 2 degrees F (1 degree C) above normal. That breaks the previous summer temperature record, set in the summer of 1997 to 1998, by 0.18 degree F (0.1 degree C). Summertime in the Southern h... more »
It's A Small Oligarchal World After All (How Do You Want Your Poison?): Why Bull Market for Stocks and Bear Market for Workers
Dressing Up Pretty To Cut Benefits for the Poor and Lame Enlarge (Credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster) Yes, Obama is engaging in a charm offensive, lunching with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. Next Thursday, he’ll join the entire GOP Senate caucus at their weekly luncheon But will this gastronomical diplomacy actually lead to a deal to turn off sequestration, or maybe even the elusive “
Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water Begins
Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water By Debra White Plume March 8, 2013 www.tarsandsblockade.org Reposted at Censored News Update: Friday, March 8 - Moccasins on the Ground: Frontline Activist Training begins Moccasins on the Ground training at Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota kicked off today with celebration and
It's Time Science Deniers Were Driven Out of Office
The Harper government is full of them and, judging by their policies, the other parties have their share too. They're science deniers, those who find it politically expedient to either deny scientific opinion or simply ignore it in the quest for political advancement. The simple fact is this type of political complacency is putting us in peril - you, me, everyone. It's inexcusable and it represents political corruption or political cowardice and nothing else. *McClatchey Newspapers* offers an eye-opener, "*Who Needs Science", *that looks at how narrow interests from the tobacco ... more »
For New York Times environmental reporting, intentions may be good but the signs are not – ‘They’ve made a horrible decision that ensures the deterioration of The Times’s environmental coverage’
[image: For residents of Lower Manhattan, the light-filled northern part of the island seemed a world apart after Hurricane caused widespread electrical blackouts, 2 November 2012. Photo: David Shankbone] By MARGARET SULLIVAN 5 March 2013 (The New York Times) – Judging by appearances, things are not looking good for environmental reporting at *The Times*. In January, *The Times* dismantled its environmental reporting “pod” – a group of reporters and editors solely devoted to that subject who worked with one another to develop stories and projects. Then, on Friday, *The Times’s* ... more »
I Miss Chicago...
H/T Rural Revolution *A parked car in another state had a bumper sticker that read "I MISS CHICAGO."** So I smashed the window, ripped out the radio, shot both the tires, added a Obama bumper sticker, and left a note that read, "I hope this helps."*
Arctic ice loss amplified Superstorm Sandy violence
[image: Satellite view of Hurricane Sandy at 9:02 am EST on 28 October 2013. Photo: NASA GOES Project] By Blaine Friedlander 4 March 2013 (Cornell Chronicle) – If you believe that last October's Superstorm Sandy was a freak of nature -- the confluence of unusual meteorological, atmospheric and celestial events -- think again. Cornell and Rutgers researchers report in the March issue of Oceanography that the severe loss of summertime Arctic sea ice -- attributed to greenhouse warming -- appears to enhance Northern Hemisphere jet stream meandering, intensify Arctic air mass invasio... more »
Los Angeles County Voters Are Getting a More Progressive Option for Sheriff
The most populated county in America has seen a lot of problems with its Sheriff’s office over the past few years. L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca has morphed from a law enforcement professional to a thoroughly greasy politician, and his lack of leadership in the department led to a prisoner abuse scandal in the county jails, according to the county’s Citizen’s Commission on Jail Violence. Now a Los Angeles Police Department supervisor is stepping up to challenge Baca in 2014. Lou Vince, a progressive by nature and temperment, is an 18-year veteran of the force and a leader in the de... more »
Arms Race Update - China's Anti-Satellite Weapons Tests to Continue
China may soon become the only nation with the hardware to take down high geo-stationary orbiting satellite systems such as GPS. The U.S. is warning that China is preparing for a third anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test. There is now speculation that orbiting debris from a 2007 Chinese ASAT test may have struck and disabled a Russian satellite. The concern is that space garbage may strike and cause other satellites to explode adding enormous amounts of space garbage to threaten other satellites creating a " cascade" that quickly renders space unusable. China has responded to the ... more »
How a drought in China may have helped spark the Arab Spring – ‘We will have more droughts, more floods, and they will be more severe’
[image: Anti-government protesters rage in Cairo, Egypt, in 2011. A new study from the Center for American Progress makes a persuasive case that interplay between climate change, food prices, and politics is a hidden stressor that helped fuel the Arab Spring revolutions in 2011. Photo: Getty Images] By Raveena Aulakh Environment Reporter 5 March 2013 (Toronto Star) – Drought in eastern China. A shortage of wheat. An uprising in Egypt. On the face of it, the three don’t seem related. But two years after revolutions swept through the Arab world, a new study argues that climate c... more »
It's incoherence, all the way down!
*SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013* *The New York Times skis the Higgs field:* Can we humanoids tell when an explanation doesn't make any sense? Or are we doomed to accept *imitations* of explanation—jumbles of words which may appeal to us on some basis, but which don’t really make sense? (At least not to people like us.) If we can’t tell the difference, we can’t really reason. Our world becomes that of the Music Man—and it’s trombones all the way down! Can we human beings tell when an explanation doesn't make sense? For us, the question arose this Tuesday morning, when the New York Times d...more »
Israel and Stuff » UN Proves That Hamas Rocket Killed Gaza Child – Not Israel
Something that I doubt the BBC will be reporting as it conflicts with their anti Israel bias. 'UNHRC Report: "Palestinian armed groups continuously violated int'l humanitarian law, by launching indiscriminate attacks on Israel and by attacking civilians, thereby disregarding the principle of distinction. The armed groups failed to take all feasible precautions in attacks, in particular by launching rockets from populated areas, which put the population at grave risk. Furthermore, several Palestinians were killed by rockets launched by the armed groups that fell short & landed in ...more »
THE POPE AND THE MAFIA
*Top favourite Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, a city 'ruled by the Ndrangheta', the mafia-style mob linked to Siderno, the city of origin of Leon Panetta.* * * La Stampa's Vatican Insider has published an article, from respected reporter Andrea Tornielli, that reports that Italian *Cardinal Angelo Scola, * the Archbishop of *Milan*, has become "Papabile", the man who could be Pope. The Archbishop Of Milan Is Emerging As A Clear Favourite Archbishop Angelo Scola (Italy) 2/1 Cardinal Peter Turkson (Ghana) 4/1 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (Italy) 5/1 "*Le mani sulla città *(Hands ... more »
But They're Not Alone. U.S. Politicians Overestimate Their Constituents Conservatism
Republicans and even Democrats have been found to think their constituents much more conservative than they are in fact. It's no surprise, therefore, that they govern according to false perception and at odds with the public they purport to serve. *Conducted by the University of California’s David Broockman and University of Michigan’s Christopher Skovron, the survey of nearly 2,000 legislators from across America documents politicians’ perceptions of their constituents’ views on hot-button issues like universal health care and same-sex marriage. It then compares those perceptions ... more »
Wheat Belly...
*do you have it?* The "gluten free" choices in the grocery store are ramping up. The problem, as stated by William Davis, MD, author of Wheat Belly, is the replacements for the gluten are just about as bad as the original ingredients. We saw the same thing happen with "fat free" when the replacements were way worse than the fat - usually sugar and various and sundry chemicals. Do yourself a favor and shop the outside aisles of your store. It's there you will find the meat, veggies, fruit, and nuts. From Dr. Davis: *Baking industry acknowledges the impact of Wheat Belly* [...]H... more »
BANKS CLAIM LIBOR MANIPULATION NOT REGULATED
Majia Here: Oh those sneaky banks: Albergotti, R. (2013, March 6) Banks Seek Dismissals of Lawsuits Over Libor. The Wall Street Journal, p. C3. [excerpted] Lawyers for some of the world’s biggest banks made their latest bid Tuesday to persuade a judge to toss out a collection of lawsuits accusing them of manipulating a key interest rate and cheating investors out of billions of dollars” [end] Majia here: The article explains that there are over 30 civil lawsuits filed in CA and NY by plaintiffs accusing the banks of colluding together to manipulate Libor. There is plenty of evid... more »
An ALEC Sham - The International Task Force
For a couple of entries coming up – I am going to be taking snips – with permission, from an excellent piece of investigative journalism written by Bob Sloan – Voter Legislative Transparency Project. I’m going to do this in multiple entries – using snips – cause I am a “blogger” with ADD, with the attention span for research and writing of about that of a flea (let's jump around and do this - or this, no this, maybe this, or this ... ). *ALEC-New Partnerships and Exposing Hidden Foreign Influences* Before we consider what the impact of a joint RSC/ALEC partnership against federa... more »
Walkom Almost Gets it Right
Tom Walkom writes that Alberta made a sucker's bet on bitumen and so, thanks to Ottawa, did the rest of Canada. The *Toronto Star *columnist adds that, thanks to both governments' single-minded policies, Alberta's economy is going down and will drag the country's with it. *Since the world economy went off the cliff in 2008, resources have kept Canada going. Americans may not be buying Ontario’s manufactured goods, but they have been buying oil — at prices that, thanks to Chinese demand and the production quotas of the OPEC cartel, have been sky-high.* ** *For Prime Minister Stephe... more »
The Choice: More 3D Fear Games or Not
Cartoon courtsey: http://benralston.blogspot.com http://nesaranews.blogspot.de/2013/03/a-call-to-all-patriots.html *Interesting comment to the above web post at 9:04pm March 8th, 2013* "Ok GUYS, I know LOTS of people are scared/freaked out/at the end of their proverbial ropes/Etc. I have followed this OPPT thing since last summer (end of July) I have spoken directly with Heather. What ZEN Gardener had to say today holds NO water. I used to work as a consultant to the largest (and most infamous, by FAR) investment bank. I worked there during Bill Clinton's presidency when Glas... more »
OPPT-Isn't
I do not want to change your mind. I want to touch your heart. With your heart engaged, your mind can’t help but make the right choice for you. Notice the landscape. Do not dismiss these new features. They demand closer inspection. Decide what resonates. Listen, discern and act when you are moved to. The OPPT asks nothing of you. It is like a soundtrack, playing in the background as you construct your world. Consider your life; some things you want more of, others less. There are tools and there are obstacles. Decide which is which and use what serves you. There... more »
children's books # 6: the return of interspecies love
It's been a while since I've written about children's books, and an even longer while since I've done an interspecies love post, so why not combine the two? There's a spate of children's books depicting cross-species animal friendships, some excellent, some better avoided. Children love these stories for the same reasons we do. There is something so touching - and off-the-charts cute! - about these friendships between animals who should, by nature, be afraid of each other, or even in a very different kind of relationship - at mealtime. For kids, some of these books have a moral ov... more »
Meet Your New Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew! (video)
* The video was made by Mark Ferri, who made "Democide." * Voice-over by Peter Schiff.
LONG TRIP
My plane to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was cancelled yesterday because the Newark, NJ airport, where I was to get a connecting flight, was closed due to snowstorm. I waited on line in Portland at the airport for three hours to find out that all flights to Newark were cancelled. The meeting I was heading to began at 4:00 pm on Friday. So I jumped in a cab and went to Portland bus station where I caught a bus to Boston. Then I took a bus to New York city and another bus to Wilkes-Barre. I arrived just after midnight. About a 19-hour trip. The meeting is ready to resume this mor... more »
The Great Randstand Of 2013-- Rand Paul Makes His National Debut
Zaid Jilani's report on Rand Paul's stand against drones provides the best coverage of Wednesday night's 13 hour filibuster-- which preceded a strong bipartisan vote (63-34) confirming John Brennan as CIA Director. In the end Rand Paul voted to confirm and the only NO votes were from heroic progressives Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Pat Leahy (D-VT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and a gaggle of drooling obstructionists like Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) who ritually oppose everything and everyone that Obama proposes. Their opposition is meaningles... more »
You Can Always Count on the Government to Let You Know Where You Stand
It is with a great deal of disappointment and frustration that I hear about the Alberta government's decision to cut the $300 million slated for upgrades to Highway 881 from its 2013 budget. It really is ridiculous that our region, in many ways the economic engine for not only this province, but the entire country, should have to be short-changed with such pathetic highway routes. Our two local MLA's, both members of the governing PC's, really should give their heads a shake. While Highway 63 is slated to be twinned by 2016 (I'm still holding my breath on that), Highway 881 also ... more »
Untitled
*A couple of thoughts on yesterday’s River Birch bombshell ~Slabbed*
An Original
From "At last it's the 1948 show", progenitor to Monty Python.
Buying Indianapolis Public Schools
*Guest Post: *John Harris Loflin of the Education-Community Action Team of Indianapolis * **Who runs our IPS?* * * *“The crisis is not about education at all. It’s about power.”* **~ James Baldwin * **Overview:*Traditionally, local school board races are nonpartisan. Such elections are supposed to be about grassroots politics and connections made at doorways between candidates and voters. Campaign chests are small: some yard signs, political buttons, and lots of volunteers. As well, school board elections are local--concerned with local issues and influenced by local stakeholders. Tho... more »
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*Planned Rampart-St. Claude streetcar draws support, criticism* *US prosecutors drop charges in River Birch fraud case* *Shrimp Trawling Comes With Big Risks* *Ponchy Gumbo Cook-off* *Food vendors to compete at French Market* *Connect the Nine Community Festival & Bike Ride* *Sunday: Keep-N-It Real second line parade * *This year, Super Sunday falls on Sunday! *
The SWP leadership have sown the wind.
Now the SWP must reap the whirlwind. Sad to say a number of us saw this coming. If the In Defence of Our Party faction does not prevail at this Sunday's special conference it means several things. 1) The SWP is a rigged game - IDOOP has more supporters than the CC Faction yet fewer delegates to conference. 2) Either that or the SWP membership are sectarian themselves - or, of course, a combination of the two. 3) Either way the SWP is over. 4) Anybody who cares about the future of socialism in Britain must leave it.
Qatada arrested over 'bail breach' - PA News Feeds - London Evening Standard
'Radical preacher Abu Qatada has been arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions, days ahead of the Government's latest deportation bid in court. UK Border Agency officials arrested Qatada on Friday, following raids by the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism unit.' http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/qatada-arrested-over-bail-breach-8527477.html
Mahdi Mohammed: Iraqi immigrant paedophile allowed to stay in Britain after approaching young girls is jailed for trying to groom 13-year-olds | Mail Online
'They refused to say why Mohammed had been allowed to stay in the country.' Read more: in The Mail FFS seriously
CARA DELEVINGNE
*Cara Delevingne. fashiongonerogue.com* * * Cara Delevingne's 'wifey' is popstar Rita Ora. * * Speaking to The Sun, Rita Ora said: "I have no time for the opposite sex at the moment. Strictly none. I've only got a wifey!" Cara has been known to party with Rihanna. *Rita Ora (left) with Cara* Cara's mother Pandora is a personal shopper. "There is talk that she helps the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton), among others, to pick clothes." dailymail. Pandora is one of the Duchess of York’s best friends. *Cara (front) with mother Pandora, father Charles, and sisters Poppy and Chl... more »
the slaughtered paintings FINALLY laid to rest
the great clear-out has FINALLY happened, and it's like an enormous burden has been lifted from my soul. Yesterday, I got rid of the remaining SLAUGHTERED PAINTINGS. Yes, there were a couple left, as mentioned in this blogpost from last year, including the 5ft by 4ft painting that was the cover of the Red Hedz novel. I had been unable to part with these paintings, they were a part of my past. And though selling one's art is what an artist 'should' do, these works were far too personal to 'pimp out like a rancid whore'. They served their purpose, they helped me 'survive' and now t... more »
Expanding Biological Control of Crop Pests
Essentially this strengthens the effectiveness of using altered males to hugely reduce pest populations. Because these males are no longer sterile, they are have normal vigor. The end result is the same ,but should be way more efficient. The battle to suppress insect attacks continues until we can figure out a magic bell jar for our crops. Of course the natural solution is crop cycling and substantial separation while thus accepting modest predation but that seems unlikely for the big crops. Thus suppressing fertility is the best long term solution. *Advance promises to expand ... more »
Ice Sheet Flow Research
What I find most interesting was how a really modest increase in climate was able to feed back into ice shelf mobility. The additional warmth produced larger surface melting on the ice sheets and this melt water increases penetration to the bottom of the ice sheet affecting its effective viscosity. It is clearly quick and effective. It is also a warning that a sudden sharp temperature rise of say two degrees or more will dump huge amounts of ice into the ocean very quickly. This is likely to happen as we pass through the Sirius cluster in the next fifty thousand years or so. An... more »
SMOS(Soil, Moisture and Ocean Salinity) Success
This is the beginning of excellent ocean data. I suspect that the primary driver of the forty year long Arctic warming spell is an incremental switch up some forty years ago of heat delivered into the Arctic. This effectively constant heat increment has driven this whole warming cycle. If it is driven by direct changes in ocean conditions, then this technology should pick up the signals. In the meantime we will get real data on the condition of the summer melt in the Arctic. This is very welcome to myself who has been tracking conditions from the beginning of this blog. Recall ... more »
Indian Farmers Smash Crop Yield Records Without GMOs
It is really simple. A weight of root below ground produces a similar weight above ground. Thus the most important aspect of production is to maximize the bio weight that is underground. This should have been perfected centuries ago but has obviously not. Now it is been applied by improved spacing and the crop responds. Of course the use of organic fertilizers provides an additional influx of full spectrum nutrition that ensures optimal production also. Now imagine adding a steady dressing of biochar to the organic fertilizer a and meet goals that seem impossible. The only thing... more »
plastics kill birds
on an island 2,000 miles from civilisation, only birds live, and yet ... there's nothing more needs saying, "Plastics kill birds."
Nuke Referendum Round Up =UPDATE=
*The kids playing air hockey in Keelung.* *UPDATE*: Anti-nuke March today got tens of thousands. Enormous turnout. Very happy. *Tsunamis and the Fourth Nuke Plant* Adam Chimienti had a great piece in the Taipei Times today, pointing out that the defeat of the Shoreham Nuclear Reactor complex on Long Island back in the 1980s meant that the disaster of Hurricane Sandy did not result in flooding in reactors right off the nation's most important financial center. One of the points he made in the piece was that the Manila Trench, just off southern Taiwan, is a likely source of a massiv... more »
Walter Kohn: 90th birthday
On March 9th, we commemorate the death anniversary of Hans Christian Ørsted. But there is a happier anniversary today, too. Walter Kohn, a physicist who received the 1998 Nobel prize in chemistryalong with John Pople, is turning 90. He gave the density functional theory to the chemists, highlighting the fact that chemistry is applied physics. Young physicists may know him because of the Kohn Hall at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, however. He was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1923. His father was a committed pacifist, perhaps because his brother died while... more »
March 8, 1973
For a fifth day, Patrick Gray was questioned by the Judiciary Committee. Ted Kennedy was the leading questioner, and while there were no new major revelations, Gray once again did poorly. Kennedy pressed him mainly again on cooperation with John Dean; he also questions why the FBI didn't follow up to the Washington Post's story that CRP staff LaRue and Mardian had been involved in destroying files after the arrests. Gray's defense is, basically, that since the FBI hadn't discovered anything about that in their original questioning, there was no need to go back and investigate furthe... more »
Arend Lammertink Shares His Views on the OPPT
Arend Lammertink *A reader writes:* * * Folks, attached below are two comments, submitted in answer to this article, I thought you might find interesting. Arend Lammertink appears to have done some intriguing research, which supports OPPT, given his article, the one he links us to in his comments. I find it interesting to find these intriguing nuggets, filed in answer to negative articles on OPPT. If interested, read on... *The following is a somewhat negative article about the OPPT [he'll come around eventually]:* *OPPT or Co-opted? Look Before You Leap by Zen Gardner March 7th,... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Every day is a good day for an auto-da-fé
*In the course of his travels, Candide finds himself in Lisbon just in time for both an earthquake and an auto-da-fé, the "act of faith" that was the Inquisitorial Church's patented mode of festivity built around the burning of heretics. Composer Leonard Bernstein conducts the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in this famous July 1982 concert performance of Candide, with Clive Bayley (Bear-Keeper), Neil Jenkins (Cosmetic Merchant), Lindsay Benson (Doctor), Richard Suart (Junkman), John Treleaven (Alchemist), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss), and Jerry Hadley (Candide). We're going to ... more »
Caballos tomando agua para calmar la sed
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Hermoso paisaje en otoño con árboles grandes
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Rico desayuno para empezar el día
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DRONE WARS: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OTHER SIDE DECIDES THAT IF IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE U.S. THEN IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM?
The short answer is that the West will come over all holier-than-thou and claim that ‘right is on their side’ and that the other side ‘doesn’t have the right to use such weapons’. As usual, it boils down to who has the biggest stick and the most convincing propaganda machine. Might, of course, will prevail and, no matter who ultimately wins, that side will claim righteousness. A deity of some sort is also likely to be invoked to support such claims. The reality is that there are many consequences to face when a government decides that it has the right to extra-judicially kill anyon... more »
Shep Smith And Judge Napolitano Eviscerate Obama's 'Reprehensible' Drone Strike Policy
XRepuplic TV Less than 24 hours after Senator Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's appointment to the CIA over to White House's policy on droning American citizens, Judge Napolitano and Fox News anchor Shepard Smith railed against the controversial policy saying that even the discussion of its legality was "the craziest thing in the world." Shortly after speaking with a Fox News reporter on Capitol Hill, Smith brought Napolitano, a Fox News libertarian contributor, onto his show to get his take on the president's drone policy. Napolitano explained to Smith that this fight bega... more »
Ave de color roja lista para dormir
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Update From Northerntruthseeker
Hi everyone... As many of you have been aware, I have been taking a lot of time lately taking care of family business, especially with my mother that suffered a stroke about a month ago.... As a heads up, we have now moved my mother to a personal care home where she can be properly taken care of, and I and other members of my family have spent a lot of time recently with the move, and making sure she is settled in to her new environs.... I want to thank everyone again for their patience and understanding... I will be still spending some time over the next while visiting my mother... more »
Carros de juguete en las grandes pistas
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Perrito descansando bajo el sofá
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Canada Is Israeli Occupied Territory: Canadian Zio-Stooge John Baird Says Palestine Will Suffer Consequences From Canada If It Rightfully Brings Israel To International Courts For Its Genocides!
Canada is more and more these days showing that it is nothing more than Israeli occupied territory... We have seen recently where the criminal Canadian shill Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has bent over and kissed Jewish ass and claimed openly that "Israel has a friend in Canada"... It is pathetic to realize that this nation that I truly love, has now become totally subservient to Jewish interests.. And in some ways even more than the United States! But now, I came across an absolutely revolting article from the National Post, at www.nationalpost.com, where the Canadian shill forei... more »
Rocas enormes en las orillas de la playa
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Bello pájaro volando en el bosque
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Gran isla en la oscuridad con una hermosa luna
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Can You Imagine?
Can you imagine?livefromhaiti.blogspot.com/2013/03/can-yo… — John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) March 9, 2013
Re. the jobs numbers: Uh-oh, watch that EPOP, says Dean Baker -- participation in the labor force is dropping
*"The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, but this drop was largely attributable to a decline in labor force participation. The employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) was unchanged at 58.6 percent, exactly the same as the rate in February of 2012 and just 0.4 percentage points above the low hit in the summer of 2011. This compares with an EPOP of 63.0 percent in 2007. The 54.8 percent employment-to-population ratio for women is just 0.2 percentage points above the low hit last month."* *-- Dean Baker, in "Job Growth Picks Up Steam in February," on CEPR.net* *by Ken* What I heard... more »
Is the Weakness of the Liberal Order Overblown?
Last week, Naazneen Barma, Ely Ratner, and Steven Weber offered “The Mythical Liberal Order,” a provocative update to their earlier article on the world without the West. They sought to puncture certain mythologies about the strength of the liberal order, that it never was a strong as defenders thought: its decline is much exaggerated since Continue reading
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it like this: all dusty. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. With a long exposure from a dark location, though, the dust cloud surrounding the Pleiades star cluster becomes very evident. The above exposure took about 30 hours and covers a sky area several times the size of the full moon. *Click image for larger size.* Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the P... more »
It's only money . . .
GAZILLIONS OF BUCKS of world debt, graphically created out of US Benjies for your edification by the folks at DEMONOCRACY. Click on the link for the whole compendium. Ya gotta wonder about the sustainability. Reminds me of Kipling: Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true That
When austerity addicts overdose the world will change
Riffing off Sam Stein, Greg Sargent flags the disconnect inside the Beltway bubble between the Villagers view of the sequester and the reality of the cuts on the streets. The insiders are all about who's winning the optics game and hurling themselves en masse onto the fainting couches about the cancelled White House tours. The outsiders, meaning the vast majority of the population, have greater concerns that are finally showing up on their local news stations. Most people haven't paid attention because they're bored with the endless Congressional theatrics that so obsesses the na... more »
Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-08/skypes-been-hijacked-in-china-and-microsoft-is-o-dot-k-dot-with-it *Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It* By Vernon Silver on March 08, 2013 Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Google Plus 8 Comments Jeffrey Knockel is an unlikely candidate to expose the inner workings of Skype’s role in China’s online surveillance apparatus. The 27-year-old computer-science graduate student at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque doesn’t speak Chinese, let alone follow Chinese politics. “I don’t really keep up with news in China t... more »
Great Evil Happens
"Very few men are wise - most are sinners and great evil happens on earth in God's name. But not of God. This world is a vale of tears and only a preparation for Everlasting Peace." ~ James Clavell, *Shogun* * * A recent study using chemical and x-ray bone analysis has found that during Japan's feudal Edo Period, the habit of women in the samurai warrior caste to wear white makeup laced with lead meant that their breast milk was almost unimaginably toxic. The brain-damaged children that survived, whose median blood value at three years and younger was over fifty times higher than... more »
The Daily Paul censors true American patriots
Shortly after I published *a blog post* explaining that I was recently fired from my job due to the machinations of a deranged Jewish supremacist claiming to be with the Jewish Defense League, a poster over at the website the *Daily Paul*, a forum for Ron and Rand Paul supporters* presumably*, linked my post with a brief description of what happened to me under the title "Fired for raising the Jewish question". Unfortunately, I did not copy the post at the Daily Paul linking to my website, or take a screen shot. I wish I had, because I noticed I was receiving traffic from the *Dail... more »
Announcing the Launch of the Fix the World Organization Website
*Announcing the Launch of the Fix the World Organization Website* * * Go and check it out here NOW: http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/announcing-the-launch-of-the-fix-the-world-organization-website/ The Fix the World (FTW) Organization is a services business that will act as a central hub providing the tools and support for individuals, groups, and organizations to express, develop, fund, implement, and execute their planet-changing ideas through projects, learning, and a network of resources. FTW will act as a clearinghouse for ideas, organizations, and ... more »
From Iraq to Iran: Memories Ignored & Lessons Unlearned
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images) “We are tempted to comment, in these last days before the war, on the U.N., and the French, and the Democrats. But the war itself will clarify who was right and who was wrong about weapons of mass destruction.” - Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard, March 17, 2003 “Based on my experience with the administration in the months leading up to the war, I have little
Friday Nerd Blogging: International Woman’s Day Edition
Who is the most admired woman in the nerd universe? Hmmm. Could it be: If loving Princess Leia is wrong, I don’t want to be right. I also don’t want to be her brother.
Actual Condition
Law professor Adam Winkler has a TNR piece today arguing...well, he doesn't quite argue that the filibuster is unconstitutional, but goes through the case against it and sort of suggests that it is unconstitutional but that there's nothing that can be done about it outside of the Senate. I agree with that last point: the courts aren't going to step in. But, once again: like it or not, there's really just no way to get around "Each house may determine the rule of its proceedings." If the Senate wants to run things so that bills and nominations need 60 votes, they can do it. I'll also... more »
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