Sunday, March 10, 2013

10 March - Blogs I'm Following

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I'm Surprised There Are No Bible Law "Schools" Named For Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 minutes ago
When Roger B. Taney died in 1864, age 87, he had been the serving for 28 years as the 5th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, having replaced John Marshall when he died in a stage coach accident. His legacy, deservedly, is loathsome and wretched, although there is a statue of him in his native Maryland and a bust of him in the Supreme Court building in Washington. He has been lionized by the worst and most unapologetic racist on the current Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia. Taney County, Missouri-- yes, Branson-- is named for him. Fittingly enough, Taney Co. (97% white) is a bl... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 minutes ago
Vallejo, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Surgery--Kurt

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 hour ago
Exactly one week after my surgery, Kurt had his LASIK done. His went about the same as mine. He went in at 1100 AM and surgery scheduled for 1130 AM. I took him and dropped him off, and picked him up afterwards. He was really out it from the surgery tiring him out as well as the Valium they give you. Took him home, helped him put the drops in his eyes for the first dose, and headed back to work for the day since I knew he would pass out until later that night. I had to work until 600 PM, and when I got home, he was up in the kitchen getting a snack. Only real difference betw... more »

OPPT NYC in Motion! Notes from a Successful Meet Up

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
*OPPT NYC in Motion! Notes from a Successful Meet Up:* * * *http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/03/oppt-nyc-in-motion.html* http://oppt.thegsolution.com/oppt-nyc-in-motion-notes-from-a-successful-meet-up/ OPPT NYC in Motion! Notes from a Successful Meet Up. Posted on March 10, 2013 by thegsolution Many thanks to all who showed up for the first OPPT NYC meet up this past Friday. It was a night filled with incredible connections and synchronicity. We were all strangers yet we all knew each other. For those who were not able to make the meet up I’d like to shar... more »

“Persistence: Why It's Sometimes Better To Walk Away”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Persistence: * *Why It's Sometimes Better To Walk Away”* By Art Markman “A few weeks ago, Pope Benedict XVI announced he was resigning. His decision shocked the world, because popes don't usually step down. And that got me thinking about the decision to walk away from things you have committed to in the past. We live in a culture that promotes persistence. Phrases like “Winners never quit, and quitters never win” dominate our public discussion. So, is that true? Should you really continue to pour effort into situations, even when they seem hopeless? Should you stay in a ... more »

Graph of the Day: Global shark landing trends, 1950-2010

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 hour ago
[image: Global landings trends. (A) Reported landings of wild-caught bony fish and Chondrichthyes, as derived from FAO landings data. (B) Reported FAO landings of sharks versus other Chondrichthyes (rays, skates and chimaeras). (C) Reported landings of Chondrichthyes by region. (D) Trade in shark fin imports and (E) exports as reported by FAO. (F) Trade data for shark fin imports to Hong Kong as reported by the Government of Hong Kong Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries. Graphic: Worm, et al., 2013] ABSTRACT: Adequate conservation and management of shark populations is becomin... more »

Stay Strong -- Stand Firm -- Hold Your Ground

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
*Stay Strong -- Stand Firm -- Hold Your Ground* * * Greetings Friends -- I share with you here a story of courage, strong will and determination. I share it simply to paint a picture of what we are capable of when we decide, by our own free will, to stand up against corruption and injustice. Right now, we "the people" are the enforcement. Our individual acts scream the message "We Will NOT Take It Any Longer!" I am here to share with you....our screams have been heard. The day quickly approaches where we will need to scream no more.... ~ Brian This post sheds some conte... more »

‘Climate of Freedom’ Tour

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
In just under three weeks from now, Christopher Monckton will begin traveling the country to knock over the many manufactured myths of the warmist “consensus.” His method: identifying errors by the climate mainstream that, he says, always and invariably fall in the direction of “undue alarmism and flagrant exaggeration.” Monckton is much bashed by his enemies, probably because instead of offering blancmange he takes the battle to his enemies—like he did earlier this year, for example, when he suggested the newly-inaugurated President Obama has been taken in, hook, line and sinker... more »

@ThomsonTO fires back at @TOMayorFord. Cue flying-monkey / Sun "reader" attack | #TOpoli

Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 2 hours ago
As my good friend @Cityslikr pointed out earlier today, there's no contortion too painful, no logical leap too implausible, for the boil on Toronto's ass formerly known as Ford Nation. Our guy under attack? Never mind the lies, never mind the ignorance, never mind the sexism, never mind the racism, never mind the homophobia -- just another leftist conspiracy by a bunch of sore loser special interest teat-suckers. So it seems Mayor Stupid suggested on his radio show today that Sarah Thomson might not be playing with a full deck. Well, wasn't *that* an invitation for a good old-fash... more »

Nuclear power poisons the planet

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago
Cleanest energy source in the world -- until it isn't. Almost two years since the big tsunami in Japan. Few now think about the major nuclear plant meltdown but the toxic waste in Fukushima is still growing. The hazmat suits alone add to the "too dangerous to handle" pile daily and that's the tiniest part of the continuing contamination. Contaminated clothing represents just a fraction of the waste facing Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) in a cleanup that may take four decades. The utility estimates it may be eight years before radiation levels fall enough to let workers start the ... more »

Al Kamen clues us in to "Who sits where in the White House"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*First Floor* *From the *Washington Post* webpage "Inside the West Wing"* *by Ken* Just recently we followed our WaPo pal Al Kamen's tips on realignment in Senate office space following the death of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye. Now Al is updating us on an even more important D.C. real-estate issue: "Who sits where in the White House." This isn't just a matter of comfort or convenience. We know how frantically White House personnel jockey for position, meaning the position that puts them closest to the actual seat of power in the building. That's why I wanted to make sure no one miss... more »

"The World And Society In 1913"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago
By French painter and poet *Francis Picabia*. Below is an excerpt from Tom Cheetham's book, *"All The World An Icon: Henry Corbin And The Angelic Function of Beings."* 2012. North Atlantic Books: Berkeley, California. Pg. 162-163. "It is important to put Jung's experiment in depth psychology and Imagination into historical context. Shamdasani reminds us of the extraordinary state of European culture in the early years of the twentieth century. It was a time of tremendous experimentation in the arts and revolution in the sciences. Shamdasani writes, "Clear demarcations among lite... more »

Spring or Winter Revolution

Hani Fakhouri at Middle East Today - 3 hours ago
During the past two years, several Arab states—including Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen— experienced massive uprisings that led to the removal of their authoritarian regimes. The revolution is still going on in Syria, where more than 70,000 have been killed and over a million have become refugees in neighboring countries. The west and the east are using the Syrian tragedy to settle their own differences. In the mean time, some Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar are fueling the revolution in Syria. Ironically both regimes are authoritarian. A few days ago, the Arab newspa... more »

Free Trade 28: Exports and Prosperity

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 3 hours ago
* This is my article yesterday in thelobbyist.biz ----------- An economy that exports more is creating more local jobs, directly and indirectly. Even a highly import-dependent sector like electronics is still using lots of local contents like labor, electricity, water, land and office renalt, food, housing and entertainment for both the expat managers and local staff, and so on. The less import-dependent service exports like business process outsourcing (BPOs) tend to create more local jobs and more local support businesses. Thus, an economy must aspire to ramp up its exports capabi... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, March 10th, 2013

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 4 hours ago
It, is Sunday... And yes, time for my weekly rant... So many things have been going on in my personal life the last while, and with all the stress there was a point where I actually considered taking a very long time off from blogging... But this has been my outlet for years and a way of getting my thoughts "put to ink" so to speak, and therefore I am not quitting... Sorry to have your hopes up, hasbara, sayanim, and other JIDF agents, of the criminal state of Isra-Hell... One thing that has been really pissing me off the last while, is the internal war in the alternative media and ... more »

The SWP: A Short Obituary

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 4 hours ago
So, in the end, all it took was a vote of 400 to 140 at today's gerrymandered special conference to kill the SWP. I'm sure the central committee are toasting a job well done at swappie towers tonight. After all, it takes some mean manoeuvring to pack a meeting with your supporters when your own team is outnumbered by 540+ to 512. And, characteristically for all gatherings on which the fates of organisations turn, according to this report it was something of a tepid, drippy affair. It's all redolent of the official closing of the original CPGB, the shutting down of the Socialist All... more »

DMCA...Digital Milenium Copyright Act Killed a man

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 4 hours ago
------------------------------ *Alleged Downloads by Aaron Swartz Series* 23 January 2013. Excerpt from USA court filing: [image: [Image]] 22 January 2013. In a telephone chat today with Andy Greenberg, Forbes technology reporter, we explained that we had no evidence Aaron Swartz downloaded these files which Cryptome obtained on December 16, 2010 from Torrent via unidentified sources. Aaron's name is credited to indicate support for his Open Access Manifesto, to join innumerable others who are answering the call to liberate information, above and below ground. We advised Andy... more »

‘Summer Lemons,’ by Jesper Sundwall

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
One of my favourite local artists, Jesper Sundwall, has a new piece in the window at the Artsight gallery. Check out the lemons up close, he told me a lovely story about how he had painted them first with store bought lemons but wasn’t satisfied until he repainted them using some old fashioned lemons from a friend’s tree. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

GAIA PORTAL: Awakenings to New Paths are Occurring…

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
* * * * *Awakenings to New Paths are Occurring…* by ÉirePort Awakenings to new paths are occurring at this point in the so-called time element. Accompanied by concomitant release of prior settings. Light enters in bursts, followed by effortless action. On all levels. Flashes of Light are also seen even from previously dark corners. Even the corners are smoothed by incoming Light packets. Harmonizations are occurring at all levels, although may not be visible in the outer (3D, 4D). Alignment with golden Light frequency is the norm. ÉirePort | March 8, 2013 at 08:44 URL: http://wp.m... more »

Saving Social Security

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
Scissors wielding austerity addicts have been circling around the social safety net like vultures at a garbage dump for years now. They're salivating at the opportunity to use the deficit to shred the social contract made decades ago with the working people. They want that pot of money and they're more than willing to lie about earned benefits to get their grubby claws on it. But the truth is, Social Security is not a driver of debt. Indeed, "Social Security can be financially tweaked by changing its tax or benefit structure, or both," and deliver full benefits for many years to com... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago

"Getting Wise to Government Lies"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Getting Wise to Government Lies"* by Michael Reagan "Take President Obama and his Cabinet of Liars, please. We all know what dirty tricks they played to try and stop the sequester’s automatic budget cuts from happening. They spent weeks trying to frighten the America people into believing the country would collapse into chaos and suffering if the federal government’s sequester-forced spending cuts went into effect. The campaigner in chief and his chorus of toadies did everything they could to make sure the puny spending cuts — which would have merely taken the federal budge... more »

“Who Will Narrate Reality In The Future?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“Who Will Narrate Reality In The Future?”* by Jon Rappoport “Humans love to study animals and catalog their unique habits. If we could back up far enough to see ourselves, surely we would rank our modern method of gaining something we call “the news” one of our strangest customs. A face and a voice on one of three preferred channels tells us what the world is like every day. Millions of us consider such transmissions not only informative but authoritative. Somehow, the capsulized squibs and fragments form for us a picture of truth. The first principle applied to the traini... more »

Eric Dollard - The Ultimate Tesla Secrets Revealed!

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 6 hours ago
Free Energy for a Free Planet? T.H.E.Y. definitely don't want you knowing about that. T.H.E.Y. definitely don't want you coming off their profitable meters. T.H.E.Y. definitely don't want this Tesla upstart coming along and 'broadcasting (wire less) energy' across the globe WITHOUT ANY POWER LOSS at no cost. Eric Dollard, as Tesla discovered before him, finds all his research into Free Energy got shat on, his labs were smashed (losing 45 years of work) and still he (bravely) continues to share his findings, publish his equations. It's all in the math. *“After Eric confirmed and dou... more »

QUOTE OF THE DAY: On patriotism

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
“Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must … for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide it against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country…” - Mark Twain Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Another tax

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
The more expensive governments make it for employers to hire people, the fewer people will be hired. Enter, stage left, the grey ones, bearing with them an opinion that Fringe Benefit Tax should ne now be levied on every employers providing car parks for their staff—car parks that for most senior staff is absolutely necessary in any city with the parking problems of, say, the country’s biggest city. So we have another tax. Another *fringe benefit tax. *Another tax on employment—at a time when offering employment is increasingly hard to afford. Thank goodness for the revenue coll... more »

Steve Israel Has John Boehner's Back When It Comes To Those Mean Revelations From Bob Ney

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
When the Abramoff scandal started breaking, the Republican Party needed to shut it down as fast as possible before it took down the whole congressional leadership and the party itself. The implications were existential for the GOP-- and there were a few powerful Democrats implicated as well. But, investigated fully, it would certainly have led beyond corruption, perhaps as far as to GOP connections to the Mob and probably even to murder charges that involved House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. It was deemed to be not in the national interest to have Congress exposed so blatantly-- a... more »

John Dyble`s Investigation Is Over, That According to Christy Clark, John Les and Bill Bennett

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 7 hours ago
(Updated, 5:40 p.m. Sunday, March 10th)...Christy Clarks speaks with CTV`s Kevin Newman on question period.....Christy Clark after the first question on Ethnicgate tries to slide the conversation away from the scandal..It didn`t work, Kevin Newman persisted, Christy Clark stated she has now been interviewed by John Dyble and his team of deputy ministers, and again, she admitted that she agrees with the planning document on most levels...after a couple more minutes of bafflegab the subject turned to tar oil, Enbridge and David Black...More gobbily goop from the Cluckster...Hey, and g... more »

Sunday Question for Liberals

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
Still have a few to go, but so far: Barack Obama's best second-term appointment? His worst?

Greg Hunter, "What Happens if U.S. Doesn’t Cut Spending?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"What Happens if U.S. Doesn’t Cut Spending?"* by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Everybody is talking about the cuts in government spending with the $85 billion in forced spending cuts in military and social programs. $85 billion amounts to little more than a 2% cut in $3.8 trillion (or $3,800 billion) in federal spending per year. Didn’t most working Americans just suffer a 2% pay cut with the expiration of the Social Security tax holiday? How many times have we heard that thousands of government jobs will be lost to sequestration? The so-called Great Recession destroyed a... more »

Sunday Question for Conservatives

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
From election day to now, which Republican 2016 presidential candidate has impressed you? Which one has hurt his or her chances?

How Twisted was Tony Blair?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago
That Tony Blair lied Britain into war with Iraq is obvious and more than a bit creepy. What's truly creepy, however, is what Blair aides now describe as the evangelical mindset to the world that informed Blair's decision-making. *Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain’s ambassador to Washington during the run-up to the war, writes ...that Mr Blair’s mistakes on Iraq flowed from a “black and white” world view that was “more evangelical than the American Christian Right”. * ** *He says that Mr Blair’s “unquestioning support” for the president “eliminated what should have been salutary Brit... more »

Dear Alberta

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago
Fossil fuel is crazy stuff. It's addictive and, like most things addictive, it can be very harmful and that goes for users and traffickers alike. As easy as it is to get addicted to the product, it can be just as easy and as dangerous to get addicted to the money from selling it. The last competent premier of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, understood the downsides of becoming addicted to fossil fuel revenues and he offered his wisdom free of charge to anyone who would listen. Nobody did - not Ralph Klein, not "Special Ed" Stelmach, and not Alison Redford either. Even the self-procl... more »

All the President's jokes

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
The Gridiron Club has been practicing its particular brand of snobbery for 128 years. Membership in this most exclusive of all insider DC journalist organizations, is by invitation only. Their parties are so private, not even journalists are allowed inside its doors without prior approval, which rarely comes. As I tweeted to Mark Knoller last night, there's no better illustration of the incestuous Beltway bubble insider culture than this club and its annual dinner. (A tweet that was weirdly retweeted by Instapundit himself this morning. Who knows how he even saw it.) A few importan... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
Dan Larison brings us a key quote about modern and pre-modern warfare, from a new book about the law of war.

"Death-by-Drone.gov"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"Death-by-Drone.gov"* by Joel Bowman "Poor Rand Paul. He seems like a decent enough fellow, the kind who might stand when a lady joins the table…or sit when a CIA director enters the room. What’s he doing getting mixed up with that seedy D.C. mafia they call Congress? His father might have at least warned him. Nevertheless, the Kentucky senator has been all over the news this week. Social media feeds lit up Wednesday with messages of support for the man many see as the Libertarian Party’s next champion. The hashtag #StandWithRand flashed throughout the Twittersphere. Catchy ... more »

Spring has sprung...(and an inspiring video)

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 8 hours ago
*seen last week:* *My tomatoes have popped up:* Starting seeds is easy. In the spring, I put a shelf unit in front of my back slider. First to be planted are the tomatoes and the eggplant. The only flowers I start this early are the moss roses. The plastic covers are Costco spring mix lettuce boxes turned upside down. Simple... When the plants are large enough, they will be moved to my upright cold frame hubby built for me using an old slider door and some free glass panels from our local window guy. I also overwinter 4 or 5 different color geranium plants. Geran... more »

We Voted for a President Who'll Cut Social Security and Medicare (and Liberals Love Him for It)

I'm pretty sure that what passes for "liberals" today would have fit in pretty well with the leaders of the Young Americans for Freedom (not a liberal group, folks) who supported Barry Goldwater back in 1964. Or at least they sound exactly* like them to me (who was there). I've also included a Comments section that almost perfectly shows the difficulty of explaining what's happening in our

George Shultz presses Congress to act on climate change – ‘Good work on conservation and the environment is in the Republican gene’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 9 hours ago
[image: Former Secretary of State George Shultz, Climate Warrior. Shultz is concerned that climate change is a 'threat multiplier' to national security that will foment global resource shortages and political instability. A raft of reports from the Pentagon and other agencies have reached similar conclusions. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle]By Ashley Southall 8 March 2013 (The New York Times) – George P. Shultz, a former Republican cabinet secretary, seems an unlikely figure to fight for climate change, which is largely the political turf of Democrats. But climate change was exact... more »

Investors embrace climate change, chase hotter profits – ‘The climate is changing. Sea level is rising. That’s quite obvious. Cities close to the waterline continue to grow and need more protection. It’s almost a natural growth market.’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 10 hours ago
[image: Shortage of arable land, longer droughts, and frequent floods: the costs of adapting to climate change may reach $130 billion per year by 2030, creating opportunities for a host of investors. Photo: Getty Images] By Matthew Campbell and Chris V. Nicholson 7 March 2013 (Bloomberg) – Investing in climate change used to mean financing the fight against global warming. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and other firms took stakes in wind farms and tidal-energy projects, and set up carbon-trading desks. Then, as efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions faltered, the ... more »

Future perspectives . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 10 hours ago
THE CRASH AND BURN of the GOP in the US election can be seen as the consequence of the neo-con Dubya regime, which leads me to wonder if future historians will see Dubya as the Mr. Bean of the GOP: the Man Who Made It All Fall Apart. Seriously, post-WW2 American conservatives had the whole world, in spite of Uncle Joe's best efforts. Uncle Joe had incredible advantages, the unbelievably

WELBY 'THE SPOOK'.

Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago
*Archbishop Justin Welby, as a young man, "was an Elf finance 'shark'". * dailymail Some people believe that 'JEWISH SPY' ARCHBISHOP WELBY secretly works for the rich elite. The* Mail on Sunday* tells the story of the 'slick' young Justin Welby, the shady 'Monsieur Africa' and the £6 billion mission to steal Nigeria's oil riches. *dailymail* Archbishop Justin Welby worked in Nigeria for five years alongside Andre Tarallo. Tarallo was later jailed Justin Welby, the UK's Archbishop of Canterbury, was formerly an oil company executive. *Elf, famous for corruption and scandal, rep... more »

Anthony Gregory on Rand Paul's Senate Filibuster

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
*Source - Independent Institute*: Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour filibuster in the U.S. Senate was one of the most exciting events to take place in Washington in the eyes of Independent Institute Research Fellow Anthony Gregory. "At least now we see that the real issues involved are not left and right, the issue is power versus liberty, and now we can see where people will take their stance." - Anthony Gregory.

Creative Showcase: Creative Features and Link-up

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours ago
I can't believe another week has come and gone. For our family the week has been filled with skiing, Disney on Ice and of course, some crafts. These are some of my favorite projects and recipes from the past link-ups. As soon as my husband saw this picture, he has begged me to make these No-Bake Mint Oreo Meltaways from Lemon Tree Dwelling. I want to add Princess Sleeves to every single one of my daughter's dresses with this tutorial from Rae Gun Ramblings. Can you believe this $6 Faux Wrought Iron Triple Frame by Just Lu, is made out of toilet paper rolls? We are trying to make... more »

World rejects new protections for polar bears – ‘It’s a sad day for one of the world’s most iconic creatures’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago
By Brad Lendon 8 March 2013 (CNN) – A U.S. plan to give new protection to polar bears was voted down Thursday at an international conference on endangered species. The American delegation at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, had sought a ban on the international trade of polar bear parts. The ban was opposed by Canada, home to the world's largest population of polar bears, as well as Norway and Greenland. It failed with 38 votes for, 42 against and 46 abstentions. "Unfortunately, politics see... more »

Sunday Classics: "The pride of the King withers before the pride of the priest!" (King Philip, in "Don Carlos")

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
*Eric Halfvorson as the Grand Inquisitor and Ferruccio Furlanetto as King Philip in Don Carlos at Covent Garden* *by Ken* As I noted in Friday's preview ("Every day is a good day for an auto-da-fé"), this week we pick up at the point where we left off in the January 27 post "Verdi's King Philip -- a man in crisis," with King Philip II of Spain alone in his study at dawn, having (presumably once again) spent a sleepless night over what he presumes to be the infidelity of his wife. And then at this ungodly hour, enter the Grand Inquisitor, 90 and blind, having been summoned by the k... more »

Kabul Kold-Shoulder

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
Hamid Karzai is acting like he discovered Taliban lipstick on Chuck Hagel's shirt collar. Oh, for shame. America's freshly-minted defense secretary called off a joint press conference with Karzai after the Green-Breasted Loon of Kabul angrily accused the Americans of collaborating with the Taliban to keep foreign troops in Afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal. Hagel's people cited security concerns but the Afghans were having none of it. *"It doesn't make any sense," said one Afghan official, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorised to discuss the sensitive is... more »

ALEC Legislators - Pretending to Be US Foreign Diplomats

2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago
While reading an excellent piece of investigative journalism written by Bob Sloan – Voters Legislative Transparency Project entitled: *ALEC-New Partnerships and Exposing Hidden Foreign Influences* I was horrified with the implications of “ALEC state legislators” interfering in international affairs. I guess in a way – this whole ALEC “International Task Force” sham should be a warning to citizens around the globe of the inflated image that the American Legislative Exchange Council has of itself. In 1985 the Wall Street Journal made this statement in an article about ALEC: Yet ALEC ... more »

Daylight savings time...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*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

Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago
*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

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 14 hours ago
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?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
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?

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 15 hours ago
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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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
Future is now for the Saints ~Mike Detillier

Are the Jews a race?

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 15 hours ago
*"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

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
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 »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*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* *Sunday: Keep-N-It Real second line parade ~Big Red Cotton,Gambit *

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago

I so totally agree...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 17 hours ago
*really.*

'CRAZY' JUSTIN BIEBER

Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
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

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago
[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

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 19 hours ago
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

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 19 hours ago
*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

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 19 hours ago
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

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
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 »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
Isle of Wight.

Is Pennsylvania Ready For A Kenyan-Born Governor? Meet John Hanger

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
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

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours ago
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)

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 23 hours ago
'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...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*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"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
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 »

I feel some major rants coming on...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*woooo hoooo!*

Not Unicorns and Ponies, Kelp Forests and Water

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
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

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
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

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*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

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
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 MIGHTY DOLLAR PRINCIPLE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
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

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
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

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
'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!

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
[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

David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 1 day ago
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

Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day ago
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?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
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

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Support Colorado students standing up for their education:

GOOD AND BAD NEWS ON THE ECONOMY

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
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 »

A Note on Populism

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
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

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
** (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?

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
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

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
NORTHERN GATEKEEPERS 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 and other Indigenous

Herring Here, Herring There, Herring Everywhere

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
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?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
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

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[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

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
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 Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
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’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[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...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
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

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[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

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
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 »
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