North Kaibab Trail - North Rim shrouded in clouds (Photo credit: Al_HikesAZ)
English: NOAA's Science On a Sphere ® in the Planet Theater at the Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg at the 26C3 in Berlin, December 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Slogan for the support of the persecuted American ex-soldier who is claimed to have leaked secret documents to WikiLeaks Deutsch: Slogan für die Unterstützung und Freilassung von Bradley Manning, der beschuldigt wird, geheime Dokumente an WikiLeaks weitergegeben zu haben (Photo credit: Wikipedia)hear bradley manning's complete statement, and help spread his words across the internet
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has posted the leaked audio recording
of Bradley Manning's statement to the military court in Ft. Meade. In it,
Manning explains why he leaked more than 700,000 government documents to
WikiLeaks. FPF also has posted transcript highlights, in case you can't
make it through the full 35-page statement.
The US military "court" - that is, Manning's accusers - are trying to
prevent public access to the proceedings, especially Manning's own
statements. We can all help thwart their plans.
Listen to the statement here.
You can download Manning's statemen... more »
يشاهدون لكم من خلال كاميرا الكمبيوتر
من على بعد مئات الأميال، والرجل يجلس في رصد وهو يشاهد امرأة المطمئنين
استخدام الكمبيوتر لها، خلع ملابسه ويذهب الى النوم. لديها أي فكرة يجري
شاهدت. وتثبيت البرامج مهاجم بعيد للسيطرة على كاميرا ويب لها. ما هو أسوأ من
ذلك، انه من تسجيل جميع تصرفاتها ونشر تلك أشرطة الفيديو على يوتيوب أو تداول
الفيديو مع مختلسوا النظر الأخرى عبر الإنترنت.
R.A.T. أدوات الوصول البعيد
هذا السيناريو يحدث أكثر وأكثر، وهناك عدد لا يحصى الصور ومقاطع الفيديو على
شبكة الإنترنت تشير إلى ممارسة هو الحصول على أسهل وأكثر شعبية مع مجتمع دولي
على الانترنت دعا Ratters. أنها تستخدم أدوات الوصول عن بعد (RATs) لتنشيط
كامير... more »
Robert Anton Wilson - You're All Popes
Robert Anton Wilson - You're All Popes.
Catch of the Day
You may have heard that the draft Affordable Care Act application for
coverage under the exchanges is a whopping 21 pages long. Complicated,
right?
Well, not really. Kevin Drum looks at it and realizes:
[T]here's a single 2-page section you have to fill out, and then there are
five more 2-page sections for other members of your family. So sure, it
might be long if you have a big family, but a lot of it is repetition. And
if you're just a single earner? Then aside from instructions, there's
really only about four pages (five if you're an American Indian or Alaska
Native): one page o... more »
It's Pope Francis...
*not Pope Francis the First*
Okay, I guess this means I'll have to quit referring to my St. Francis
statue as "Frank."
RadioCesium from Fukushima Everywhere
View the video of cesium dispersion from Fukushima produced by the US
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Fukushima Radioactive Aerosol Dispersion Science on a Sphere
http://sos.noaa.gov/Datasets/dataset.php?id=332
Majia here: If you think that the dispersion is too diluted to affect you
and your environment, I strongly recommend watching this video about how
Chernobyl fallout in California, half way across the world, decimated bird
populations who consumed new growth that had been watered by cesium-laden
rain*:*
DeSante, Dave of the Institute for Bird Population in... more »
NEXT GLOBAL NETWORK SPACE CONFERENCE
*The High North and International Security Conference*
*June 27- 29, 2013*
*Kiruna, Sweden*
Welcome to the land of the Midnight Sun in Northern Sweden! Welcome to
take part in a two-day conference and listen to a gathering of experts who
will educate you about how space is used in global warfare. 2013 marks the
21st year of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
International authors and activists will give lecturers about how the North
has developed to be one of the most important places for space warfare, how
satellites and drones are used, and inform ... more »
Wednesday George Jones Blogging
God knows I'd rather be writing about (eyeroll) National Pi Day or the
new old white homophobe in Rome who got awarded the little white beanie but
events this morning compel me to write about (if you'll pardon the pun)
something hitting a lot closer to home.
About 11 o'clock this morning, a motorist had a heart attack just as
he was driving down our cross street, veered off the street and drove
straight into our house. We live on the second floor and all I felt was a
slight vibration and at first I thought it was Popeye jumping down from
somewhere, although the tremor see... more »
Ted Cruz hits Dianne Feinstein with some logic...
*and she responds with emotionalism and never answers the question.*
It's worth watching just to observe Ted Cruz's blank stare throughout her
diatribe.
What is the Deal with the EPA? Is it Completely Powerless or is it Completely Corrupt?
*EPA Fails to Tighten Lead-Poisoning Hazard Standards (2013, March 11) USA
Today by Alison Young, p. 3B.*
*
*
[Excerpted] The Environmental Protection Agency has no current plans to
protect children from lead poisoning, despite calls for action from the
agency's own scientific advisers. [end quote]
*ProPublica (2013, March 13) After a Powerful Lobbyist Intervenes, EPA
Reverses Stance on Polluting Texas County’s Water’ by Abraham Lustgarten*
[Excerpted] When Uranium Energy Corp. sought permission to launch a
large-scale mining project in Goliad County, Texas, it seemed as if the
E... more »
BC Liberals 20% Percentage Points Behind BC NDP
There`s a new Global Ipsos Reid poll being released today...
I have watched polls for a long time, over the years certain patterns
arise, such as..
Ipsos Reid has always over estimated BC Liberal support by on average..7%
percentage points.
Mustel polls even worse, on average Mustel over estimates BC Liberals by
10% percentage points..
And to be fair, those two polling outfits get closer to the actual real
polling numbers in the last weeks before election day..
Angus Reid time and time again are the most accurate, more accurate on the
lead-up to the election, and actual polling n... more »
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*Plaintiffs’ lawyer resigns amid BP oil spill trial*
*Watts going down? ~American Zombie *
God particle's humility on display
*...as it turns on two light bulbs less often than expected...*
OK, I was inspired by this title of an article about Pope Francis. But you
should have no doubts about it: the Higgs boson is even more humble and
obedient than the Indian-born Argentinian chemist and the son of a railway
worker who was just chosen as the new Bishop of Rome by puppets of Hugo
Chavez who controlled the job contest from Hell.
What I want to say is that the anomalously high chance that the \(126\GeV\)
Higgs boson splits into two photons, \(h\to\gamma\gamma\), is no longer
anomalously high. ATLAS and CMS ... more »
208 Republicans Joined The Democrats In Supporting Community-Based Flood Insurance Options-- But What About The 17 Republicans Who Favor Floods?
*Flooding along the Reedy River through the west end section of downtown
Greenville, SC, 29 July 2004 (Trey Gowdy's district but he probably figures
it'll never flood again)*
Remember the other day when we talked about the Pro-Pandemic Caucus? There
are 28 Republicans in that one. Would you believe that there's also a
Pro-Flood Caucus? It's considerably smaller-- only 17 tight-wing crackpotsMembers of Congress in that one.
Tuesday 208 Republicans and every single Democrat passed H.R. 1035, (397-17)
which requires a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options
and how s... more »
Why Don't We Start With the Easy Things First, the Things That Matter.
Sure, we all want rid of the Prince of Darkness, Beelzebub himself,
Sideshow Steve Harper. Fair enough, we're all agreed on that.
But why don't we start with the easy things first? Why don't we change
ourselves, our political parties? That's easy because our politics are
ours, meaning they're ours to shape and build and change.
Why not begin by restoring progressivism to its rightful place in the ranks
of both the Liberals and the New Dems? Now that everyone has pulled up
stakes and gone into the deserts of the centre and centre-right chasing
after Harper, the Canadian publi... more »
Ongoing peculiar accounts of Paul Ryan’s marginal tax rate!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013*
*We live in fictitious times:* Yesterday, with incomparable skill, we
diagnosed a small minor problem:
Here it was: Everywhere we looked, journalists seemed to be offering
different accounts of Paul Ryan’s position on taxes.
Some accounts were extremely vague. Some of the *coherent* accounts seemed
to contradict the others. That brings us to today’s key question:
In his new budget plan, what has Ryan proposed for the marginal tax rate?
If you read one account, you might think you know. If you read two
accounts, you aren't sure!
Years ago, Michael Moore ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Boogie Men'
BOOGIE MEN
Posted on March 14, 2013
MNN. Mar. 14, 2013. Bankers and their accomplices
have “Windigo Psychosis”. It’s an insatiable craving for everything in
their sight. The Indigenous say Windigo becomes a wild-eyed, violent,
flesh-eating maniac with super-human strength. They haunt Northern
Alberta where they go on cannibalistic rampages.
The Windigo is sick
Spice Jar Button Storage
I love buttons. They are one of my favorite crafting supplies and I can
never seem to walk past them at the fabric store without adding a few to my
collection. When I was a kid, my mom kept all of her buttons in a large jar
that we had to dump out and search through when you needed something
specific. I decided to make things a little bit easier on myself and sort
my buttons by color, so they aren't quite so hard to find.
I decided on small jars meant for spices to help everything organized. I
had these colorful spice jars on hand already, but you can find similar
colorful ones h... more »
Native activists withdraw support from KXL Truthforce Concert Oklahoma
COALITION OF NATIVE ACTIVISTS WITHDRAW SUPPORT FROM KXL TRUTHFORCE CONCERT IN NORMAN
Casey Camp, Ponca
"Before
long, we began to see a pattern that has played out repeatedly:
Non-Indians armed with a savior complex, condescending tones and a
penchant to show us a better way to do things, begin to plan strategy
and events for us."
By Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, Marland, Okla.
The Single Best Economic Reform for the Next Time
Glad to see that Matt Yglesias is talking about this one again:
3. We should beef up automatic stabilizers in the budget by creating some
kind of national rainy day fund that automatically releases unrestricted
funds to state governments in times of recession. Some elected officials
will use the money to avoid pro-cyclical service cuts and furloughs, while
others will use it to finance tax cuts and we'll just live with
disagreement about the best way to proceed.
He also wants to make monetary policy work better, but I think he
undervalues the ideological resistance to those suggesti... more »
Counsel ought not to speak to matters where personally involved even if no objection taken
*Ricciuto v. Somers*, 2013 ONCA 153 is a good reminder that counsel cannot
be personally involved in a case:
[12] This is not a case for costs. Although we appreciate that the
respondent did not object to Mr. C appearing as counsel either here or
below, the reality is that he was a named respondent and that his conduct
was central to the factual circumstances giving rise to both the
application and this appeal. He should not have appeared as counsel in
either forum.
Iraqis Feel Country Largely Unchanged After U.S. Military Withdrawal
In March 2013, the Gallup organization released its latest poll from Iraq.
It covered security, foreign influence, political stability, corruption,
and jobs, and found that in four of those five categories things had either
improved or stayed the same since the United States withdrew its military
forces in December 2011. Although Gallup tied the survey to the exit of the
Americans, it actually showed that many issues were outside of their
influence, and the results were roughly in line with previous polls.
Iraqis feel much is the same after the U.S. withdrew at the end of 2011 (*
W... more »
Assisi Dove vs Austerian Hawk
I'll admit it. I indulged myself in a spate of silly cynicism as I
watched CNN's coverage of the Pope-a-Palooza yesterday afternoon. I even
started humming "The March of the Flying Monkeys" from *The Wizard of Oz* as
the Swiss Guard strutted around St. Peter's Square. I mused over the
possible genetic origins of Chris Cuomo's speech patterns (he sounds just
like his dad, Mario and a more refined version of his guv bro, Andy) while
I paid no attention to what he was actually blathering on about.
Then my ears perked up when they announced the name that the new
Argentinian pope, Jo... more »
California has driest January and February on record, Sierra snowpack below normal – ‘It’s going to have some dire effects for those folks in the Central Valley that were thinking they will be able to plant’
[image: The Los Angeles Aqueduct carries water from the snowcapped Sierra
Nevada Mountains, which carry less snow than normal, to major urban areas
of southern California on 9 May 2008 near Lone Pine, California. Photo:
David McNew / Getty Images]
By Amy Quinton
28 February 2013
(California Capital Network) – California has officially shattered an
all-time record for the driest January and February in the northern Sierra
since record-keeping began in 1921. This year, the area has received only
2.3 inches of precipitation.
The northern Sierra is crucial in providing statewide wat... more »
I wondered why the BBC were so ecstatic at the choice of Pope
I thought the BBC were over the top in their elation at an Argentinian
becoming Pope, but why?
In April last year, at a memorial mass in Buenos Aires 30 years on from the
Falklands conflict, he said: 'We come to pray for all who have fallen, sons
of the homeland who went out to defend their mother, the homeland, and to
reclaim what is theirs, that is of the homeland, and it was usurped.'
Well that clears up that mystery. The BBC really are objectionable aren't
they? And so transparent!
THE ORIGINAL SIN: Little had changed!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013*
*Part 4—When crosses burned just outside Philly:* We’ll state an
impression. For obvious reasons, our impression could be wrong.
It seems to us that Ta-Nehisi Coates reacted emotionally, in a personal
way, when Forest Whitaker was falsely accused in that New York deli.
There’s certainly no earthly reason why Coates *shouldn’t* have reacted
that way. The false accusation occurred in a deli which Coates and his
family had frequented. At the end of his column, in a rather odd moment, he
is asked to imagine the possibility of his own son being falsely accuse... more »
Liberal Party Leadership Alchemy - Seven Leaders in Ten Years
*Over a ten year period (2003 - 2013), the once great Liberal Party of
Canada has been overseen by 6 different Leaders:*
* -Jean Chrétien
-Paul Martin
-Bill Graham*
-Stephane Dion
-Michael Ignatieff
-Bob Rae*
*.... with a 7th Leader to be chosen in the coming weeks. *
*Seven different Leaders within 10 years! *
*
**I am reminded of a time, long ago, known as the Dark Ages when
quasi-scientists called 'alchemists' worked tirelessly to find a way to
turn base metals into gold. Century after century they experimented and
searched for the magic formula that would give them unimaginable we... more »
An Iowan's Screed About the ALEC Info Session
Everyday I let the internet take me to where I am supposed to be.
You folks know that I love it when bloggers or others give me fodder on the
topic of ALEC and this morning was one of those gold mines – given to me
like manna from the Universe.
I hope you enjoy.
About the Author
Jeff Patch
Jeff Patch is chief muckraker at TheIowaRepublican.com. He's a
communications, political and policy consultant for causes, companies and
candidates. Patch started his media career as a production assistant at the
now-defunct FOX News affiliate in Dubuque, his hometown. He has written for
the T... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Gaia Currently Experiences Energetic Separation from all Previous Time Agendas
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* *Gaia Currently Experiences Energetic Separation from all Previous Time
Agendas*
by ÉirePort
Gaia and all of her inhabitants currently experiences energetic separation
from all previous time agendas. Light influx from Higher Source brings
eventual illumination to underlying reasons for such. Yet not always
visible until post-separation.
Gaia herself reminds all that these separations are accompanied by grand
(and clean, energetically speaking) new beginnings. Gaia herself undergoes
such separation and is poised to receive maximum resonant Illumination.
Such resonant Illum... more »
PAKISTAN Lahore, more than 100 Christian homes burned over blasphemy charge - Asia News
More religious intolerance in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Lahore,-more-than-100-Christian-homes-burned-over-blasphemy-charge-27347.html
I doubt that the pro Pakistan BBC will be reporting this.
Immigration consequences a proper consideration on sentencing
A number of cases have dealt with whether a reduction in sentence is
appropriate to avoid immigration consequences: *R. v. Duhra*, 2011 ABCA 165
and *R. v. B.R.C.,* 2010 ONCA 561 are two examples. Reduced sentences are
often given avoid deportation. In so doing the Courts have emphasized the
"human face" of sentencing. Some might ask about the failure to take out
citizenship and the human face of the victim but that is another issue.
Today’s Supreme Court decision in *R. v. Pham*, 2013 SCC 15 follows these
decisions. The Court holds that a sentencing judge may exercise his ... more »
Official: Sudan will continue amputations - UPI.com
Unbelievably savage story from Sudan of Sharia court amputations
http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-83841363096550/
I await the BBC's coverage...
Thou Shall Not Critique the Australian Climate Commission
Today brings another case study in the self-destructive intolerance of the
climate movement, and the challenges of expertise in highly politicized
debates. Writing at The Conversation, a widely-read commentary site in
Australia, Ryan Crompton and John McAneney of Macquarie University provide
an update on their database of normalized insured disaster losses for
Australia. (Note: I am affiliated with the group headed by McAneney and
have collaborated with both.)
The occasion for their update is a recent report by the Australian Climate
Commission, a government body put established t... more »
Nina Conti and her people puppets
I've posted some Nina Conti before, she's a very good ventriloquist, but
this is something new and so funny.
Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Penny Johnson, 52. I really should think about going back
someday and watching "24" -- I've watched maybe five minutes of one
episode, and never had the sense I would enjoy it at all. It sure did have
a lot of actors I like, though, although (and don't tell me) I have the
sense that most of them were killed off pretty quickly. She was very solid
on Larry Sanders, and even better on DS9. Okay, it helped that "Kasidy
Yates" is one of my favorite names. And I enjoyed seeing her show up on
Castle, too. Hmmm...hey, I'm pretty sure I watched at least some of the
Paper Ch... more »
Obama Pissing Off Democrats Again?
Obama should invite his pal Andy Hounshell to the White House for a
consultation
Obama, famous for his meetings, *tête-à-têtes*, dinners and consultations
with Republicans, deigned to meet with Democratic senators for almost an
hour and a half Tuesday. The next day he went running back to the
Republicans as fast as he could, promising he wants to cut entitlements. At
the meeting with Democratic senators, progressives had plenty of pointed
questions for him about the promises he and Biden have made to the
ravenous, anti-family right-wingers predicated on devastating what's left
of th... more »
Massachusetts Town Revisiting Lake Village Contamination
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 6 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
Lost Lake is the centerpiece of a tight-knit community in Groton,
Massachusetts, but that arrangement is thought to have created long-term
water quality issues for that nature resource.
At issue are high levels of phosphorus and fecal coliform bacteria in the
lake that have raised concerns about protecting water quality in the
neighborhood, which relies on private wells.
The problem was outlined in a 2012 environmental notification form filed
with the state by a Selectmen-appointed advisory committee. Compiled by
environmental consultants, the report noted that was... more »
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*Jindal: Buyouts in line for sinkhole evacuees*
* Shit my Jackie says or Let This Be the Final "Hipster" Post ~Library
Chronicles*
*Gulf Seafood Trace: Your Seafood Has a Story*
*2012 tourism in New Orleans: A record $6 billion ~Bloomberg*
*Odd Words*
Jeebus, He's the New Pope! You Can't Comp His Room?
Pope Frankie the Humble caught the media's attention when, after winning
the biggest contest in Christendom, he went back to his hotel, collected
his bags, and then checked out, stopping to pay the bill himself.
*What?*
This guy's the Pope. He's Pope Frankie the First. He just became the
biggest dog in town and you're not going to comp his room?
Okay, okay, sure, there are now two Popes so maybe the novelty factor has a
bit of a scuff here and there. But Frankie is the Primo Pope and would it
really break your back to pick up his tab?
Just sayin'.
And, Frankie, from now on ... more »
Taiwan's Income Inequality Disappearing in the Media
[image: random_10]
*Gravel trucks ceaselessly feeding the maw of the construction-industrial
state.*
A couple of related pieces out tonight. First Jennifer Chen in WSJ offers a
paean to the greatness of Taipei, which actually has a connection to a
truly silly article from Bloomberg that sent waves of amused contempt
rolling through the intertubes. The WSJ piece on Taipei says:
Since the late 1990s, the municipal government has focused on improving the
quality of life in this city of 2.6 million. “Taipei is a city known for
its friendliness and rapid development of technology,” Mayo... more »
As Good a Survey of Iraq's Historical Sufferings as You're Going to Get
"Unmitigated Disaster" by Sami Ramadani.
You know, years ago on this blog, I wrote an observation about Mark Steyn's
book I forget the stupid title. I hadn't read the book then and I never
will. Because Steyn is a cretin. But a really smart "conservative" (or
"right-winger" or whatever) took me to task for my supposedly weak
understanding of fascism and for my not having read the book I was
condemning.
This guy was smarter than me. W-a-a-a-ay smarter. But at one point he
blurted out how he would like to see genuine democracy flourish in Iraq and
be an example for all those other re... more »
ALEC Legislation - Could Replace US Dollar
Previously I had published two different entries on the states push for
establishing gold and silver as legal tender.
It first came up at the ALEC Annual Meeting last year which I covered in
this entry.
*July 27, 2012*
*
http://becauseican-2old2care.blogspot.com/2012/07/alec-state-currencies-distrust-of.html
*
*ALEC – State Currencies, Distrust of Printed Money
From the ALEC Annual Meeting
Fifty states
Fifty different currencies
People minting their own currency
It’s not just Utah’s public land issues that find a warm reception at ALEC.
The organization’s federalism task force also ... more »
Conservative Snake Oil
For thirty years, neo-conservatives have been selling a myth. From Ronald
Reagan, through George W. Bush to Stephen Harper, they have pitched the
idea that they know how to manage government finances. Berating the "tax
and spend" heresy of a previous generation, they have claimed that they
will lead their fellow citizens to the Promised Land.
The problem is that facts invariably prove them wrong. The latest example
of conservative bunk is the recently released Alberta budget. Alberta --
the Land of Milk and Honey -- will be running a deficit this year.
It's not all Alison Redfor... more »
OH NOEZ!
Is Blob Blogging Wingnut, aka SUZYALLCAPS, the new pontiff's Twitter coach?
Reactions were mixed.
As one said: "No need to shout, your holiness."
This does not augur well.
More information about the Catholic Corporation's new CEO, Francis 1st.
And That's Code for - More Chinese Guest Workers
In the fiscally dodgy Athabasca Tar Sands it was really only a matter of
time before the call would come to bring in cheap Chinese labour. Still,
it's a little surprising that the opening salvo, complaining about Canadian
contractors, should come from a guy associated with Beijing's newly
acquired Nexen before the ink is even dry on the takeover deal.
*As oilsands firms struggle to contain costs while producing some of the
world's most expensive crude, "fat, lazy and inefficient" suppliers and
contractors will have to be replaced, oilsands leaders said Tuesday.*
*Four officials a... more »
Hmmn, Toronto government offices will never close ...
Legislature Nunavut“consideration will be given to closing government
offices in any community if a combination of any three of the following
occur in a normal workday:”
• visibility is less than 200 meters;
• the constant wind speed exceeds 60 miles per hour;
• there is a wind chill index of –50 C or greater
Story here
Lord Ahmed update
Now that the Labour party have suspended Lord Ahmed, the BBC have started
to report the Lord Ahmed story albeit so far just as a breaking news banner
-'BREAKING NEWS: Labour Party suspends Lord Ahmed from membership following
allegations of anti-Jewish remarks'
Here's my original story.
Meanwhile The Guardian's associate editor and former political editor.
Michael White has been tweeting re this matter and one of those tweets was
very strange.
Settlements? What relevance to this story about a Muslim Labour peer being
accused of hate speech do the so-called Israeli Settlements have?
... more »
Pentagon transitions: tools to solve planar \(\NNN=4\) at finite coupling
Benjamin Basso, Amit Sever, and Pedro Vieira have released an interesting
preprint:
Space-time S-matrix and Flux-tube S-matrix at Finite Coupling (PDF)
Note that if you download it in other formats by clicking at "Download
Source" which you may open in WinRAR etc., you will acquire an additional
TXT file with some bonus formulae.
*A typical schematic expression for a Wilson loop vev, in terms of ratios
of expressions denoted by squares and pentagons.*
They propose a way to calculate the scattering amplitudes in the maximally
supersymmetric, \(\NNN=4\) gauge theory in \(d=4\), wit... more »
Just for your information
The latest Register of Members Interests has been published. Here are the
entries for the very part time member of Parliamnet for Kirkcaldy and
Cowdenbeath, the 'Rt. Hon.' Gordon Brown.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments as Distinguished Global Leader in Residence at New York
University: Campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi and Florence. Hours: ongoing
commitment.
Address: 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012:
Flights paid for me and my staff to New York campuses; value £8,845. *(Registered
14 May 2012)*
Transport paid for me and my staff to New York camp... more »
Eric calls Mark Levin and describes what Obamacare will do for us...(audio)
*it's not pretty.*
I work 12 hours per week in a grocery store. Grocery stores operate on a
razor thin margin. I look around the store and wonder what's in store for
these employees. It's not good...* *
In Defense of Homo Economicus
In this post, I seek not to defend the actions or priorities of a
non-existent misanthropic being, but to defend the practice of analyzing
models that assume human behavior mirrors that of Homo Economicus. (I hope
you’ll forgive me for choosing a slightly misleading title in order to
preserve space.) It’s easy to criticize those who assume
Continue reading
Today is...
Today is International Day to Defend Apostates and Blasphemers for more
information take a look here...
http://ex-muslim.org.uk/2013/03/14-march-2013-international-day-to-defend-apostates-and-blasphemers/
Today is also one month after Valentine's Day which means it's Steak and a
blowjob day.
The idea is simple: no cards, flowers, chocolates or other fancy gifts. You
SIMPLY give your male partner a lovely juicy steak and a blowjob, and not
necessarily in that order.
Some say steak and a blowjob day was invented by the Romans in 269AD, and
institutionalized through St Valentine's... more »
Samsung -crucial Galaxy S4 smart phone launch
*Samsung is set to launch a device in its flagship best smartphone range,
expected to be named the Galaxy S4.** * It follows the S3, a handset
that has sold more than 40 million. The Galaxy handsets are seen as the
contiguous competitor to Apple's iPhone. Analysts forecast software that
tracks where users are looking and routinely scrolls down the page as it is
read, without it being touched.
There is also likely to be a souped-up camera and processor. But crucial to
Samsung's prospect success, analyst’s state is how the South Korean company
plans to turn its strong position... more »
It's always the fault of the Jews
I see in The Times (£) that once again the Jews are to blame for a Muslim
being caught out.
'A Labour peer who was jailed for sending text messages shortly before his
car was in a fatal motorway crash has blamed his imprisonment on a Jewish
conspiracy.
Lord Ahmed claimed that his prison sentence for dangerous driving resulted
from pressure placed on the courts by Jews “who own newspapers and TV
channels”. Britain’s first male Muslim peer also alleged that the judge who
jailed him for 12 weeks was appointed to the High Court after helping a
“Jewish colleague” of Tony Blair during “... more »
Probing Earth's Deep Interior
Nice try, but the experimental result is to demonstrate that the fifth
force acts far below any threshold we can establish. It either does not
exist or does not matter. I am reminded of the infinity inverse problem of
empirical mathematics. Except there it really matters and likely has a lot
to say about forces also.
So far this looks to be a long shot, but it does open up the question of
actually understanding the internal structure of a planet such as ours. We
also have an evolving question regarding rock compression and deep
gravitational effects inside the core. I am uncomf... more »
Spear Points Used 500,000 BP
As I have posted in the past, when an archeological discovery is made, the
artifacts inevitably are a reflecting a tradition that is already mature
and often fully globalized. We only avoid that somewhat when we come to
South Africa were they really had first dibs in the human experience.
Here we round up the first good evidence that stone working is at least
500,000 years old. These are spear points and that is a very valuable
weapon. Not so much for hunting as to fend of unfriendly carnivores. A
spear can take down a lion as has been shown even in historical times.
Taking dow... more »
Phobos Rising
Let me tell you a story.
Big Picture: Beginning five centuries ago, Europeans migrated into the
Americas displacing collapsed populations brought about by the onset of
Asian infectious disease vectors.
Lesser Picture: Marlborough defeated the nascent French European
imperialism and thus stabilized the borders.
Now imagine trying to extract the first picture from any selected
historical text of the eighteenth century.
Unfortunately that is what we confront when scriptural texts are
investigated. Usually a boffo story but leaving the big picture opaque.
Phobos was an asteroid ... more »
Afterlife with Robert Schoch
I have serious regard for the work of Robert Schoch and thus welcome his
thoughts on the afterlife. He certainly forced us to rethink the age of the
Sphinx which may well be many thousands of years older than the pyramids.
The work in Bosnia is also reopening the whole question. If these
structures do have a technological genesis, then the Bronze Age effort
could well have been a reworking.
Here he tackles the reality of he soul and builds a compelling presentation
that something survives and that was part of the ancient worldview.
My own take in the here and now is that if it i... more »
A New Pope for a New World.
this is how he's being hailed by the mainstream media services the ensure
our continued commercial slavery, "A New Pope for a New World."
Which is fair, if you don't realise the financial history of Argentina with
respect to the tactical events that focussed on Manhattan and Washington
D.C. on September 11th 2001 when three skyscrapers in the seven-building
World Trade Center collapsed from cool office fires when a 767 was reported
as smashing high into TWO of them. And 'something' hit the Pentagon's east
wing at the *waterline*.
"And this has what to do with 9/11, Mike?"
Jorge Ma... more »
'ITALIAN FASCIST' POPE FRANCIS
*Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now called Pope Francis, has Italian origins.*
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now called Pope Francis, was reportedly involved
in the 1976 kidnapping of two priests by fascist elements of the
Argentinian Navy.[20]
This was during Argentina's Dirty War.
The priests, Orlando Yorio and Franz Jalics, were found drugged and
semi-naked, five months after being kidnapped.
Yorio accused Bergoglio (Pope Francis) of handing them over to the death
squads.
Reportedly, the Argentine Navy with the help of Cardinal Bergoglio housed
political prisoners in Bergoglio's hol... more »
Business 360 5: Reducing Construction and Electricity Bureaucracies
* This is the article I sent to B360 for their March 2013 issue, published
in Kathmandu, Nepal.
--------------
Reducing various business bureaucracies is one important policy by any
government, local or national, to encourage more entrepreneurship and job
creation and hence, effectively fight poverty and high unemployment.
One good source to measure the extent of business bureaucracies worldwide
is the annual Doing Business reports (www.doingbusiness.org) jointly
published by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. The
latest is the *Doing Business 2013: Smarter Re... more »
Alberta still needs a “city party” – a role the New Democratic Party could fill
Typical Alberta Progressive Conservative Party members. Or, wait, are those
Wildrose members? Alberta’s rural elite may not appear exactly as
illustrated. Below: Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths,
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel. Where’s the NDP
when we need them? Here it is 2013, the Earth is about to become an urban
... more »
'The Poor Rich': More Tiresome Mainstream Media Obfuscation
By Manifesto Joe
Several days ago, newspapers all over the U.S. had wire editors stupid
enough to drink another round of strong Kool-Aid. A "story" by Stephen
Ohlemacher of The Associated Press went viral in the MSM. The crux of it:
The share of federal income taxes that the rich pay is close to a peak
since 1979.
What this "story" amounted to was cherry-picking of the worst possible
kind. It was misleading and generally beside the point. But, let's start by
examining the thesis:
*For 2013, families with incomes in the top 20 percent of the nation will
pay an average of 27.2 perce... more »
Thursday Morning Linkage
Here is your Thursday morning linkage: - Breakthrough in the ongoing CITES
meeting on the trade in endangered species, five shark species are listed,
providing greater protection as shark finning for wedding soups in Asia
threatens many species of shark with extinction - Vietnam and
Mozambique are warned at CITES meeting to curb their consumption and
poaching
Continue reading
March 13, 1973
John Dean, with the President of the United States. Haldeman is there at
the beginning, but leaves sometime after the first segment below. (Comments
between segments in brackets are from me).
HALDEMAN: Why has there never been [unintelligible] come up and did it
before?
PRESIDENT: Just wasn't enough stuff. They couldn't get anybody to pay any
attention. For example,
the investigations were supposed to have been taken for the thirty-four
million-oddcontributed to McGovern in small Oh Christ, there's a lot of
hanky-panky in there, andthe records used on it are just too bad to find
ou... more »
NEW ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DESIGNED FOR WEST BANK SETTLERS
Just a quick observation today.
*Ha’aretz* commentator Barak Ravid today described the likely make up of
the next Netanyahu government and it looks almost as though it has been
exclusively designed to satisfy just about every desire of current and
future Jewish settlers that want to live and expand in the West Bank.
The Palestinian people can kiss any prospect of a state of their own
goodbye if the new Israeli government get their way.
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