Friday, March 22, 2013

22 March - Blogs I'm Following II

10:19pm MDST

Sunday Classics preview: Risë Stevens (1913-2013)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 minutes ago
*Risë Stevens as Prince Orlofsky, who may be blasé about most worldly matters but not about his beloved champagne.* *J. STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus: Act II, Champagne Trio* *Risë Stevens (ms), Prince Orlofsky; James Melton (t), Eisenstein; Patrice Munsel (s), Adele; Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, cond. RCA, recorded c1950* *by Ken* No, Risë Stevens didn't make it to the 100 mark, but most of us would settle happily to make it into our 99th year. She was a Met mainstay for more than 20 years, from 1938 through 1961, and sang a number of signature mezzo role... more »

NETANYAHU’S IDEA OF ‘TWO STATES FOR TWO PEOPLES’ IS DIFFERENT FROM OBAMA’S

When US President Obama in his speech to the people of Israel said: “Negotiations will be necessary, but there's little secret about where they must lead -- two states for two peoples”, he was referring to the West Bank becoming a Palestinian state. However, when Benjamin Netanyahu thinks about ‘two states for two peoples’, he’s thinking more in terms of West Jordan becoming the Palestinian homeland and the West Bank – which Zionists refer to as Samaria and Judea – becoming a part of Israel along with the Gaza Strip. While Netanyahu has said that he is willing to ‘negotiate’ with th... more »

Hermosa cascada de color azul en el bosque

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 hour ago
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Niña jugando con palomas blancas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 hour ago
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Paisaje flotante con rocas y árboles

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 hour ago
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The story behind Ezra Levant's 11th hour 'apology' for Roma rant

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 hour ago
By Karl Nerenberg | March 21, 2013* * *Apologies are coming fast and furious from Ezra Levant and Sun News Network. Just this week, there have been apologies for comments made about the publication Vancouver Observer and for a rant directed against the Roma people. Our parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg, who has been closely following the story of Roma refugees in Canada, has uncovered information about just how close Levant actually came to facing prosecution for hate crimes over his comments about the Roma. The office of the Attorney General of Ontario was contacted for commen... more »

BP Gulf Oilspill Disaster was never an accident but a murderous plot

Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 2 hours ago
Okay guys. We promised you more documented evidence that BPGOD was a premeditated murder plot disguised as an accident. Here's another one; more incriminating since the doc first came from a BP infiltrator as a planted disinfo. They had intended this to be the "proof of another rig accident / sunken in or around 23 March". Either they did not read the doc carefully or they thought we couldn't read. Took us some time to check the authenticity of the doc as all searches on the BOEMRE database did not list this particular one. How did a lay person with no previous industry working k... more »

CONNECTING THE FOSSIL FUEL DOTS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
Why we are here - Veterans For Peace members Tarak Kauff, Mike Tork, and Ellen Davidson. About 20 folks were at TransCanada today in Westborough Massachusetts, protesting the war on Mother Earth being waged by the Keystone XL pipeline. Two were arrested, in totally bogus arrests, when they were not given time to leave. Video by Nat Goldshlag (VFP)

Practica computadora entre las hojas verdes

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago
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Rosas fragiles y perfumadas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago
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Piano con teclas de colores

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago
[image: Piano con teclas de colores] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de pianos* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

D.C. Circuit appeals-court nominee Caitlin Halligan drops the other shoe gently

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Sure, there are plenty of dumb and/or corrupt Democrats. But today's Republicans really seem to represent a biological breach -- some sort of mysterious reversal in the course of evolution.* *"I am confident that with Caitlin's impressive qualifications and reputation, she would have served with distinction."* *-- President Obama, about Ms. Halligan's withdrawal from consideration for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals* *by Ken* Both Howie and I wrote about the infuriating roadblock thrown up by the worthless scum of the Senate Republican conference against the nomination to the D.... more »

Tigre ambriento esperando su cena

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago
[image: Tigre ambriento esperando su cena] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de tigres* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

Promoting fake Jewish "Holocaust" narrative is intellectual and psychological terrorism

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 3 hours ago
President Obama, currently wrapping up a trip to Israel, where American politicians and media executives receive their marching orders, visited the Yad Vashem "Holocaust" memorial center earlier today, which provoked this headline and article from the *Jewish Telegraph Agency*: JERUSALEM (JTA) – *Israel does not owe its existence to the Holocaust, but its existence prevents another one from happening*, President Obama said on the third and final day of his visit to Israel. "Here we hope," Obama said Friday at Yad Vashem's Hall of the Children after touring the Holocaust memorial mus... more »

Swagel on Scheiber

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 3 hours ago
Phill Swagel reviews *Escape Artists* by Noam Scheiber on President Obama's first term.

Kierkegaard On "Man"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
Related: *Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*. Below is an excerpt from, *"The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His Journals."* Edited by Alexander Dru. Dover Publications, Inc: Mineola, New York. 2003. Pg. 249-50. All those who have been exceptional, who have lived sparsely scattered through time, have each of them delivered their judgment on "man." According to the report of one: man is an animal; according to another: he is a hypocrite; according to another: he is a liar etc. Perhaps I shall not hit it off least happily when I say: man is a twaddler---and that with t... more »

Svensmark: “global warming stopped and a cooling is beginning” – “enjoy global warming while it lasts” | Watts Up With That?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/10/svensmark-global-warming-stopped-and-a-cooling-is-beginning-enjoy-global-warming-while-it-lasts/

Death Talks - A short story

ancient clown at GlobaLove Think Tank - 4 hours ago
*A man was on a journey when he saw a shortcut down a dark alley. Dark alleys were nothing new to this man, as he has travelled through many of them over the course of his journey. Neither were shadows, as he has even faced his own, but there was something odd about this one because it seemed to move as he looked at it and it wasn't his. He paused, sensing something. "Who's there?", he asked the darkness. The darkness chose not to respond. "You might as well show yourself, i can feel you here.", he said to the silence. "You have become much more aware my friend..." came a whisper from ... more »

US Regulator Delays Nuclear-Plant Rules

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 4 hours ago
Tracy, R. (2013, March 20). Regulator Delays Nuclear-Plant Rules. The Wall Street Journal, p. A6. [Excerpted] The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission delayed action on a proposed regulation that might have imposed hundreds of millions of dollars of costs on some of the country’s older nuclear reactors. In a victory for the nuclear industry, a majority of the commission’s five-member governing board voted for more analysis of the costs and benefits of installing filters on reactor venting systems… ...In a written statement Tuesday, NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane appeared to disa... more »

On a positive note . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours ago
INHABITAT reports that clever young people exist, with an article you should read, by Morgana Matus, "17-Year-Old Builds Algae Biofuel Lab in Her Bedroom to Win $100K Intel Science Talent Search Prize". Sara Volz

Watch Karen Lewis Call It What It Is

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
On PBS, nonetheless. If you want to see the fire that will burn down the corporate whore house that is now in charge of our children's education in urban America, watch Karen Lewis on PBS tonight. I am assuming it will be posted later on the PBS site unless Bill Gates intercedes on behalf of the oligarchs that he leads. Protect Karen Lewis: she is only one I have seen who has the courage, the intelligence, caring, and the fire to galvanize an education for democracy movement. Watch Chicago Board of Education Plans to Shut Down 54 Schools on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

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Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago

Obama Dares To Step Foot In Palestine, Gets The Boot

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago
I'm shocked that any American president even dares to step foot in Palestine after all these years, after all the killing that has gone on there by the Israeli government under U.S. cover. Have they no shame? The amount of suffering, destruction, pain, and misery that the U.S. government has been responsible for in the Middle East is unreal. From Afghanistan to Iraq, from Palestine to Syria, the list of countries is endless. This piece of shit Obama should stay in his bunker in Washington. He should be shunned by all civilized nations. Throwing shoes at the image of his face is a g... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Intensities of individual upgrade pathway energies are increased

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
* * *Intensities of individual upgrade pathway energies are increased* by ÉirePort Intensities of individual upgrade pathway energies are increased. This is to enable full planetary alignment with Cosmic Higher D influx frequencies. Subsequent Cosmic waves ensure sealing of Higher Energies (frequencies) into Gaia. Final planetary movements are in process. ÉirePort | March 22, 2013 at 17:35 URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-eq

Catch of the Day

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Ezra Klein asks one of my favorite questions today: what ever happened to the public option? Regular readers will know that I've been dead wrong on this one, at least so far. I thought it would be an extremely popular position for Democratic politicians, especially those running in competitive primaries. In fact, I thought it would be virtually required for such candidates. But it wasn't, really, in 2010, and it was only rarely mentioned in 2012. That was even true in Senate primaries, for example, in New Mexico and Hawaii, in which one would have expected the candidates to try to s... more »

Globalization Hits American Workers' Pocketbooks

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
In 2011, globalization depressed wages for non-college educated American workers 5.5%, or roughly $1,800 per annum. That's bad but it pales in comparison with this claim: *As a point of comparison, growing trade with poorer countries has cost the typical worker more than would result from recent proposals to make the Bush-era tax cuts permanent and to finance them with across-the-board cuts to transfer such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance and food stamps.* Did you get that? Tax cuts for the rich? They're to be financed by "across the board cuts" ... more »

Is The DCCC Gearing Up To Take On Buck McKeon, Corrupt Drone Advocate And Chairman Of The House Armed Services Committee?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
It must have been such a relief when every single Democrat voted against the Ryan budget Thursday morning. Normally, you'd get at least 3 or 4 corrupt, reactionary Blue Dogs or New Dems like Jim Matheson (Blue Dog-UT), Bill Owens (New Dem-NY), John Barrow (Blue Dog/New Dem-GA) and Mike McIntyre (Blue Dog/New Dem-NC) voting with Boehner and Cantor and against the Democrats, These four are particularly problematic not just because they do it all the time but because all four are on the DCCC Frontline List. This is what the DCCC and their allied House Majority PAC wasted in the reele... more »

“Divergent Directions: Coping with People You Dislike”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Divergent Directions: Coping with People You Dislike”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “When we are forced to deal with people we dislike, a great learning opportunity is being put forth to us. As much as most of us wish we could exist in harmony with the people we encounter throughout our lives, there will always be individuals we dislike. Some simply rub us the wrong way while others strike us as deliberately unaware. We may judge others as too mean or abrasive for us to interact with them comfortably. Yet no person should be deemed a villain because their beliefs, opinions,... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago

Friday Nerd Blogging: Game of Thrones and Popular Understandings of IR

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Check out my new post at e-IR for a consideration of how Game of Thrones tends to reflect how non-IR scholars might be thinking about IR.That’s all, folks.

The great global warming swindle - Full version - YouTube

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=YtevF4B4RtQ&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYtevF4B4RtQ%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&client=mv-vf-uk&safesearch=always

10 Hollywood Celebrities Who Should Be Blacklisted By Conservatives | Right Wing News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
http://www.rightwingnews.com/john-hawkins/10-hollywood-celebrities-who-should-be-blacklisted-by-conservatives/#.UUyeJZFdYcE.twitter

"Now It's Getting Real In Cyprus"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Now It's Getting Real In Cyprus"* by Karl Denninger "The latest tidbit is that capital controls are tightening and withdrawl limits on ATMs are being cranked down materially. One of their banks is reported to have just "hours" of liquidity left (how many hours, may I ask?) There were demonstrations that looked a lot like a riot to me, with attempts to come after members of the Parliament (you're getting warmer folks.) There are also rumors that they're going to try to "haircut" Russian (mobster) deposits by 40%. How thick is the kevlar vest you're wearing, and do you have ... more »

The Rich (1%) Aren't Like You and Me (99%): They Are Terrified That Rescuing the US Economy Will Cost Them Money (So, Please No Taxes Please for the Wealthy Please. Thank you!)

The wealthy opposed - while most Americans favor - instituting a system of national health insurance, raising the minimum wage to above poverty levels, increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit and providing a "decent standard of living" for the unemployed. They were also against the federal government helping with or providing jobs for those who cannot find private employment. Unlike most

Philip Qamanirq from Ikpiarjuk

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago
Gyrfalcon, 1968

World Health Organization ranking of health systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Analysis to follow... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems#section_1

Podcasts Have Mutated

Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 8 hours ago
Not sure if this is just a trend, but more and more podcasts are showing up in video form for those who enjoy that kind of thing. One of the reasons why I love podcasts so much is the ability to do other things while absorbing them. On the other hand, actually seeing Paul F. Tompkins dressed up as The Cake Boss (Cake Boss) is enough to make me take a look. *Comedy Bang Bang* (the podcast, not the eggsellent TV show) is part of the Earwolf Network and their YouTube channel can be found here.

"Mass Panic In Cyprus: The Banks Are Collapsing And ATMs Are Running Out Of Money"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"Mass Panic In Cyprus: The Banks Are Collapsing* * And ATMs Are Running Out Of Money"* By Michael "European officials are openly admitting that the two largest banks in Cyprus are "insolvent", and it is now being reported that Cyprus Popular Bank only has "enough liquidity to cover the next few hours". Of course all banks in Cyprus are officially closed until Tuesday at the earliest, but there have been long lines at ATMs all over Cyprus as people scramble to get whatever money they can out of the banks. Unfortunately, some ATMs appear to be "malfunctioning" and others appe... more »

Ignatius, Jonathan Chait and Gene Lyons!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013* *One of these three got it right:* All week, we’ve watched as major press corps figures tried to explain (or obscure) their past stance regarding Iraq. To our ear, Lawrence O’Donnell seemed to be trying to give the impression that he spoke out *against* the invasion. Ditto for his guest, David Corn. Ditto for John Judis. As best we can tell, these three superstars never did speak out, except perhaps in quiet rooms, when nobody else was around. With high pomposity, Ezra Klein penned a ludicrous column about the “analytical failure” he committed regarding I... more »

Hypocrisy, Daily Mail-Style

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 8 hours ago
Following the tragic death of Lucy Meadows, a transgendered teacher who was monstered by the *Daily Mail's* Richard Littlejohn in a characteristically vile piece, the paper has released the following statement: "It is regrettable that this tragic death should now be the subject of an orchestrated twitterstorm, fanned by individuals – including former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell – with agendas to pursue. "They might do well to consider today's words of media commentator Roy Greenslade: 'Let me begin this posting by urging that people do not rush to judgment... It is importan... more »

A Republican Split? Don't Hold Your Breath

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 8 hours ago
By Manifesto Joe There's been much ado in the MSM lately about change in the Republican Party. Last month, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, became the first major Republican politician to come out in favor of gay marriage, and said his son is gay. On immigration overhauls, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has endorsed a path to citizenship for legal immigrants, and his son, the very Latino-looking George P. Bush, is launching a statewide political career in Texas and appears to be making some inroads with Hispanic voters in this state. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, touted as another GOP ri... more »

RIP Chinua Achebe

Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 8 hours ago
The great novelist Chinua Achebe died yesterday in Boston at the age of 82. As an English major, I owe Achebe a debt of gratitude for not only being a great novelist, but also an entertaining one. The man's life is fascinating. This BBC documentary from 2009, when Achebe returned to Nigeria, scratches the surface. It's impossible for me to think of Achebe without thinking of "You Got Me," from the Roots great 1999 album *Things Fall Apart*. The album's title is a reference to Achebe's signature novel of the same name. "You Got Me" was a huge hit in college towns at the end of the 90... more »

The Economy: “Deja Vu…All Over Again!”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Deja Vu…All Over Again!”* by Joel Bowman “News hit the wires over the weekend that the Republic of Cyprus would begin stealing money from depositors in order to resurrect confidence in its flailing banking system. They want to avoid a crisis, in other words, by creating exactly the kind of uncertainty in which crises thrive. “More likely,” observes Laissez Faire Books’ Jeffrey Tucker, “the plan to tax all Cyprian bank deposits 6.75-10% will trigger one. Or maybe just the talk of it already has. We can’t know for sure, because the government of Cyprus has declared a banking ‘... more »

Democracy at Risk!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 8 hours ago
The decision to deem Warawa's Wank non-voteable is becoming even more fun. The parliamentary expert had no problem with either the jurisdiction or possible repetitiveness of M408, aka the Gotcha Motion That Proves Pro-Choicers to Be Enthusiastic Murderers of Pre-Born Women. Those were the flimsy excuses the committee cited: that abortion/health is a provincial matter and the subject had been voted on recently (Woodworth's Wank). Natch, Warawa shrieked about democracy, independence of MPs, yadayada. (When any fool with more than one functioning neuron could see the Iron Fist of PMSHi... more »

Me and my hero

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 9 hours ago
My Dad was kind of gruff man on the outside but he had a heart of gold. I've never met a kinder man than him in my life. He was my hero from day one. Of the few photos I have of him, this is the one I treasure the most. [Photos are better if you click on them to embiggen.]

Another green world...

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 9 hours ago
Using the non-pejorative sense, a utopian idea is an end without a means. One of the benefits of utopian, or perhaps thinking beyond immediate goals, is it can inform and refresh political activity. One of the sites I occasionally browse is the Long Now Foundation. As you can see it is quite corporate, and it’s very obvious the location within current social structure makes it utopian. Yet it's projects, from wildlife recording to language preservation to the general emphasis on planning and legacy are exactly the kind of things a communal society would be doing in earnest. Here i... more »

Call me old fashioned but I thought judges ruled on disclosure - not reporters,,,

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago
GATINEAU, Que. — Criminal charges against Sen. Patrick Brazeau will next be dealt with on June 10, with the prosecution suggesting his legal team is using delay tactics in the case. Brazeau, 38, was not present at a Friday morning hearing where lawyers Michel Swanston and Gerard Larocque asked for additional disclosure in the case. He is pleading not guilty to assault and sexual assault charges stemming from a Feb. 7 incident at his Gatineau, Que., home. His legal team's request for additional disclosure in the case is not out of the ordinary, but Crown prosecutor Sylvain Petitcle... more »

Letter From Humanity to D.C. Snakes

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
Washington is playing deaf, dumb, and blind in regards to the news that their beloved "FSA rebels" (read: Jihadist terrorists) have used chemical weapons against innocent Syrians, including women and children. This is not surprising. Washington supplied Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons, who then used them against Iraq's Kurdish population in the late 1980's to suppress rebellion. Washington has no problem with dictators and/or terrorists using chemicals weapons, as long as it is their dictators and terrorists. *II. Letter From Humanity to D.C. Snakes: * Washington: Go to hell,... more »

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours ago

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours ago

The Last Straw:Britain’s Former Foreign Secretary Regrets One War, Tries to Avoid Another

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 10 hours ago
Jack Straw, MP for Blackburn and former British Foreign Secretary, 2001-2006 (Reuters) Nearly a decade ago, on April 2, 2003, British parliamentarian Jack Straw was steadfast in his support for the recent invasion of Iraq. “Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction,” insisted Straw, who was then serving as Tony Blair’s Foreign Secretary.Years

Sort of sleepy

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago

Corneliu Zelea Codreanu - An example for us all

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 10 hours ago
*Corneliu Codreanu - by Sven.* ** *Corneliu Codreanu* was a resistance leader from Romania.He foresaw the takeover of his country by corrupting foreign interests and insisted upon lawful means to resist them. His writings are collected in the book *For My Legionaries* that describe how a foreign power gradually took over all Romanian industry as well as the press, agitated for equal citizenship with the Romanians and bought off the Police and the politicians. He decided that the only way to defeat this materialist power with unlimited financial resources,was to keep to the moral h... more »

Ex-Chief Rabbi: Jewish People Their Own God

NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 10 hours ago
*.* * ** **I often listen to the BBC Radio 4 breakfast show 'Today' on the way to work. It was always amazing to hear the UK's ex-Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on Friday morning contributing his two-minute 'Thought for the Day'.* * **What a wonderful speaker. One struggled to imagine Christ Himself doing any better. Human compassion and idealism wonderfully expressed.* * **It was, however, an impossible struggle to square this with the hate-filled racist drivel that fills the Talmud, the 'Holy Book' used by Orthodox Jews. * * **You know, the one that has Christ in hell, drowning in boilin... more »

petition google to save google reader: please sign and share widely

laura k at wmtc - 10 hours ago
A while back, I expressed my frustration with the current massive emphasis on mobile apps, and with organizations that use Facebook pages instead of web pages: the walled-off internet, or why facebook and mobile apps are good for them and bad for us. For a more complete view of this sad fact, you might want to read this 2010 article from *Wired*: The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet by Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff. It's old in internet terms, but more relevant than ever: If we’re moving away from the open Web, it’s at least in part because of the rising dominance of business... more »

world water day

laura k at wmtc - 10 hours ago
photo by andreyohanes3One in eight people on this planet do not have access to safe drinking water. Each day, 3,000 children under the age of five die from diseases caused by drinking unsafe water. Half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by people suffering from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water. In a world of such great plenty, how can this be? It's not inevitable, and it's not beyond our power to change. Go to WaterDay.org to see an impressive photo gallery highlighting the global water crisis. In Canada, the Harper Government has removed pro... more »

DESIGNED TO FAIL

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
A remarkable film about the history and consequences of planned obsolescence. It's a great follow-up to my recent report about the anti-technology seminar I attended in San Francisco. I highly recommend you watch this film - it's a blind blower for sure.

life

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours ago
"Life is not fair... and then you die !

Israel/Turkey "kiss and makeup" Ominous for Syrian Situation

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 11 hours ago
This "apology" leaves me with a very bad feeling. Of the impending doom type. I want to be wrong... An apology from Israel to Turkey, whenever it took place, was always something I had considered to be a warning sign regarding the imminence of an attack on Syria. I have mentioned it on at least two previous occasions here at the blog. Possibly even more then twice. I can't recall for certain. The breaking news of an Israeli apology to Turkey obviously compelled me to unearth my earliest mentions of this scenario. *The first mention* *July 5/2012* of a possible apology and it's ramifi... more »

Drones And Privacy-- Do Libertarians Still Back Buck McKeon? What About Ed Markey?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Buck McKeon is riding the weapons manufacturers' drone expansion agenda to immense personal wealth We started sounding the alarm about drone privacy issues as soon as we realized that the founder and chairman of the House Drone Caucus, Buck McKeon, was taking massive legalistic bribes-- hundreds of thousands of dollars-- from the drone manufacturers, more than any other Member of Congress. They don't give him that kind of money because they like the cut of his jib. He's expected to always be there for their special interests and to push their agenda relentlessly. He hasn't disappoin... more »

"The Liberal Party Of Canada is about to go the way of the Eaton’s stores."

leftdog at Buckdog - 11 hours ago
*Thursday night at the Canadian War Museum, in a debate presented by the Macdonald Laurier Institute (macdonaldlaurier.ca), sponsored by the Ottawa Citizen and moderated by historian Jack Granatstein, Michael Bliss and John Duffy debated the resolution: The Liberal Party has no future in Canadian politics. To read John Duffy’s opening argument, click here.* *The Liberal party in Canada, like liberalism itself, has a great past, and very little future.* *The great past almost goes without saying. The party of Wilfrid Laurier, Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, Lester Pearson, Pierr... more »

Rebranding Canada as Harper Canada

Alison at Creekside - 11 hours ago
Harper Canada ... On a gc.ca website, no less. This is presumably what the HarperCons call our country amongst themselves - Stephen Joseph Canada being just a tad too informal I guess. h/t David Akin Update* *: Glen McGregor counts 449 press releases using "Harper Government" from crown or government departments from Sept 21 to Dec 11 2012. That's 8 per day, as Glen says - twice that number if you include the French version. Upperdate : Toronto Star, March 3, *2012 : **Tories rebrand ‘Government of Canada’ as ‘Harper Government’* *"*A directive that went out to public servants s... more »

When America Became Amerika

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
The media is swamped with articles about the 10th anniversary of the Anglo-American conquest of Iraq. To those of us in the "I Told You So" camp, most of these missives are utter crap. That's probably because they're being written or published by those who showed their true colours in the run-up to the war, the Bush-Cheney-Blair cheerleaders who would rather everyone forgot about their own behaviour in 2003. Fortunately *The Atlantic* has an article that rips the scab off the *"Hatred, Resentment and Mockery"* that mainstream Amerika lavished on those who dared stand against ... more »

The New York Times prints that hoary old tale!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013* *The Times simply can’t cover schools:* On Monday, we noted that the Washington Post had published a very familiar letter repeating a bogus old claim. False belief comes from repetition, we incomparably said. And sure enough! This morning, the New York Times has printed a different letter. It repeats that same hoary old tale: LETTER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES (3/22/13): Kudos to Richard V. Reeves for his eloquent defense of shame “as a form of moral regulation or social ‘nudge,’ encouraging good behavior while guarding individual freedom.” It’s long past time t... more »

It's school deworming time in San Pedro Sula

paul at Paying attention - 11 hours ago
After more than a year in Honduras, I remain in a state of near-constant amazement. San Pedro Sula is the country’s largest city, with glitzy malls - way nicer than any in Victoria, our old hometown - and all the North American fast food chains. Take this, you'll feel better But El Tiempo reported this week that students at César López Pérez kicked off the first day of deworming, 2013. Some 700 kids lined up for the chewable tablets, thanks to the municipality’s Healthy Schools Program. By the end of the campaign, 96,000 students in 344 schools will have been dewormed. It’s the fourth... more »

It’s school deworming time in San Pedro Sula

paul at Paying attention - 12 hours ago
After more than a year in Honduras, I remain in a state of frequent amazement. San Pedro Sula is the country’s largest city, with glitzy malls - way nicer than any in Victoria, our old hometown - and all the North American fast food chains. But El Tiempo reported this week that students at César López Pérez kicked off the first day of deworming, 2013. Some 700 kids lined up for the chewable tablets, thanks to the municipality’s Health Schools Program. By the end of the campaign, 96,000 students in 344 schools will have been dewormed. It’s the fourth year for the effort, supported by ... more »

Map of 460 million global IP addresses revealed

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 12 hours ago
Are you on this map as well? Look here for far more. More images here. I didn't know so many devices appear to be unprotected and 'open' to the world from the 3.6 billion known IP addresses! By the way, authorities are hunting the source if this, so don't be confused when the links no longer show the details. If you know where I live (more or less on this map), you can see the *black* spot. Have a quiet weekend! And if you find time, take this interesting test ! John

NYT: States Vie to Conduct Commercial Drone Tests

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Majia here: Earlier today I posted about militarized US drones in Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia here*. *Now we can read about expanded commercial drone surveillance in the US: * * *By TIMOTHY PRATT Published: March 21, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/us/states-vie-to-conduct-drone-tests.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130322&_r=0 * [Excerpted]The state of Nevada recently joined the crowded bidding to be named a federal test site for the commercial use of pilotless aircraft under a program that will allow as many as six states to test the controversial but... more »

"Resisitng the State: Urban Colonization and Resistance"

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 12 hours ago
Chapter Three of Scott Neigh's *Talking Radical: Resisting the State* is based on interviews with Roger Obonsawin and Kathy Mallet, two First Nations people who worked to build friendly spaces and services for their fellow FN people in Canada's urban centres. Roger Obonsawin Kathy Mallet Neigh begins by discussing the urban environment and how First Nations responded to it. He points out the dual dilemma wherein First Nations peoples were confined to isolated, impoverished reserves (which remained impoverished as a result of deliberate federal government policy) but if they moved... more »

Totalitarianism Through Drones

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Friday March 22 Drone base in Niger gives U.S. a strategic foothold in West Africa by Craig Whitlock March 21, 2013 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/drone-base-in-niger-gives-us-a-strategic-foothold-in-west-africa/2013/03/21/700ee8d0-9170-11e2-9c4d-798c073d7ec8_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines [Excerpted] The U.S. Air Force began flying a handful of unarmed Predator drones from here last month [in Niger].... The harsh terrain of North and West Africa is rapidly emerging as yet another front in the United States’ long-running war against terrorist networks, a c... more »

Today in Comic Relief

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
Sure, there's war, and unemployment, and all sorts of other terrible things...but at least we get the unreported story of the 2012 nomination battle: that Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich almost formed a unity ticket to take on Mitt Romney. Okay, granted, there's apparently less to this than meets the eye, or at least the headline ("nearly toppled Romney"). The story (nicely reported by Joshua Green) is apparently that in the run-up to the Michigan primary, the Santorum campaign pushed the disgraced former Speaker to drop out and endorse the struggling defeated Pennsylvania Senator. ... more »

Victim Surcharge

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
R. v. K.E., 2013 ONCA 175 is a useful source for the quantum of victim surcharge: [34] The obligation to impose a victim surcharge on a convicted offender, except where the offender establishes undue hardship to him or her or his or her dependants, is created by s. 737(1) of the Criminal Code. The general rule about quantum, in circumstances such as these, is that the amount of the victim surcharge is to be $100. This amount may be increased where an increase is appropriate in the circumstances and the offender is able to pay a higher amount. ... [36] On appeal, Crown counsel takes t... more »

PREPARING FOR WAR IN AFRICA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
- The graphic above was produced by the Pentagon's Africa Command (AfriCom). It gives a clear indication how the military views the continent. The Washington Post carries an article today called Drone base in Niger gives US a strategic foothold in West Africa. The article reports that Obama has sent Predator drones and more than 100 troops to Niger. The article only talks about the US being in West Africa at the request of host governments and the French to help fight terrorism. (The Pentagon has already signed an agreement with Niger in January that ... more »

Tepco Continues to Look Terrible

Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
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Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours ago
[Celebrating Life] Today would have been my Dad's 85th birthday. Second one since he died. Still really missing him. He would have liked these flowers. Guessing they're some variety of forget-me-nots since it looks like such a damp spot. Seems like the perfect flower to mark the occasion. [Photos are better if you click on them to embiggen.]

Six Degrees of Securitization (F*@k you, Senator Coburn!)

Brian Rathbun at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Yesterday the Senate passed the Coburn amendment cutting off funds for political science research through the National Science Foundation. It was by a voice vote, which is another way of saying that it was so unanimous that no one bothered to even count hands. So that doesn’t bode well. I heard on NPR that the Continue reading

Spring Break

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 13 hours ago
Spring break! I'll be back in April . . .

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
*Seawall project begins on New Orleans’ Lakeshore Drive* *Vitter/Boxer bill to reign in Corps of Engineers drawing differing views ~Andy Sullivan* *~Editilla Cotellas~ *I gotta admit to some deal of Trepidation and Foreboding at the idea of giving the Exquisite Corps even more money to misappropriate to "studies". *Jindal plan $650 million short of 'revenue neutral,' watchdog group says* *Nation’s Restaurant News: Origin Labeling Key to Restaurant Seafood Sales* *Heart of Louisiana: Battle of Port Hudson* *BOOK REVIEW: Unfinished Blues and Ernie K-Doe ~Oxford American* *Hog Wild W... more »

Science: The Tipping Point?

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 13 hours ago
Warawa's Wank, aka M408, or the Motion to Pretend Conservatives Give a Shit about Women, is a classic political gotcha. Frame an anodyne sentiment in such a way as to make it difficult to oppose. When critics try to expose it for the sham it is, the trap is sprung! 'Gotcha! You support discrimination against females! You are in favour of sex-selective abortion! SHRIEEEK!' Cue up the video editing machine and commence production of attack ads. So as this pig-ignorant government muzzles scientists, shuts down world-renowned research facilities, and just generally behaves like illiter... more »

KLEIN ON THE LAW: Monster-in-print!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013* *Epilogue—It’s time for this big fake to go:* It is a truth universally acknowledged. In the modern media environment, every news org must be in want of younger viewers and readers. In part, advertisers want to sell their useless products to those less savvy souls. This may explain the lengths to which our failing orgs go to pander to younger consumers. How ridiculous can this get? Consider some truly pitiful conduct by the “liberal” web site, Salon. Salon’s sad conduct involves Jonathan Krohn, an 18-year-old slave for attention who ought to be kept miles... more »

Author and activist David Swanson speaks in Washington on the subject of war in general and in particular the U.S. government lies used to justify the Iraq war. Saddam Hussein was claimed by the Bush White House to have weapons of mass destruction (UN inspectors repeatedly found none, even when told by the State Department where to look) and he was depicted as repressing the Iraqi people (yes, he was a despot, but the country's infrastructure was modern, the citizens had civil rights, and sectarian violence was held in check). The result of the war was about 1.5 million Iraqis killed, similar numbers of Iraqis injured or displaced, thousands of deformed babies due to extensive use of spent-uranium munitions, and deliberate triggering of now-irreversible Sunni-Shite internecine violence. Swanson's research caused him to conclude that not only was the supposed justification for attacking Iraq based on lies, but so too have been all other wars.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 13 hours ago
------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* http://youtu.be/cEjVHW5OUk4 *Iraq 10 Years Later: Still Shocked, Not Awed* StoryofAmerica *Published on Mar 19, 2013* David Swanson's remarks were filmed March 18, 2013 at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC. From Wikipedia: In May 2005, Swanson was instrumental in making the Downing Street memo known in the United States and discussed in Congress. He co-founded After Downing Street (now War Is A Crime .org) and led an ongoing campaign to impea... more »

ALEC - Shadow Society, Shadow Government

2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
You really need some historical points – to understand how I got to where I went. Here they are. *1983* The following people were honored at ALECs 10th Anniversary Annual Meeting for their role in the genesis and development of ALEC: FOUNDERS (partial listing) Hon. Robert Bales Ell Lilly and Company Indianapolis, IN Hon. Ray Barnhardt Director Federal Highway Administration Gov. Terry Branstad (IA) Hon. Robert Carleson Assistant to the President for Policy Development Rep. David Copeland (TN ) Hon. Donald Devine Director Office of Personnel Managemen t Attorney Genera... more »

America’s dirtiest coal company: Patriot Coal dumps 10,000 retirees and their health-care benefits – ‘We’re reducing our legacy liabilities by roughly $1 billion’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: A billboard in Morgantown, West Virginia, reads, 'Patriot Coal: Be Proud of Where You Work'. Patriot Coal intends to dump 10,000 retirees and their health-care benefits during its bankruptcy reorganization. Photo: WDTV] By Bill McKibben 17 March 2013 (Bloomberg) – If you go to the website of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Missouri, you can read more than 1,000 letters from retired coal miners and their widows. Their words are like the lyrics to an endless Johnny Cash ballad, and even more heartbreaking. They tell the eternal tale of the greedy few... more »

Urban Schools: Failure by Design

Douglas Storm at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
GUEST POST: John Harris Loflin, Education-Community Action Team * **Urban schools are not broken: Moving to a 21st century vision of urban education* *The crisis is not about education at all. It’s about power.* ~ James Baldwin The idea that the Indianapolis Public School System (IPS) is broken and needs fixing is the basis for the current local school reform debate. (See Indy *Star* 03.16.12, “A broken system” by Kelly Bentley.) This assertion leaves unchallenged facts showing wealthier communities have bette... more »

WHY RUSSIA WOULD NOT SAVE CYPRUS

Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago
*Putin and Erdogan, firm friends.* Russia wants to remain friends with Turkey, so, Russia would not save Turkey's 'enemy', Greek Cyprus. Russia rebuffs Cyprus, EU awaits bailout Plan B | Reuters In December 2012, Putin signed 11 different agreements with Turkey. *Russia and Turkey: Cool pragmatism | The Economist* "The level of economic and political relations is such that neither Turkey can forgo Russia, nor Russia Turkey," wrote Mehmet Ali Birand, a veteran commentator. Russia is Turkey's top trading partner, and this is mainly in Russia's favour. *1.* Russia sells natural-gas... more »

Margaret Thatcher as the first climate alarmist

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
*... well, the first influential one ...* I have always found her personal attitude to the global warming orthodoxy puzzling if not fascinating. In December 2009, in Berlin, her ex-aide Lord Monckton told me a mixed and confusing story about her real beliefs and about the role of the striking miners – an influence that Martin Durkin's documentary claimed to be important for her decision to create the octopus institutions that would become the IPCC etc. In June 2010, in Nice, Christopher Booker painted a detailed picture of Margaret Thatcher as the first climate skeptic. She recanted... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to William Shatner, 82. And some good stuff: 1. David S. Bernstein on Elizabeth Warren, Senator (bonus: David on Mo Cowan, Senator). 2. More on defunding political science, from Seth Masket. 3. Useful Suzy Khimm update on where sequestration stands. 4. Good David Roberts item on why climate change is not just another environmental problem. 5. Is it possible that Democrats now have a real, albeit small, electoral plurality favoring them? Molly Ball reports, with quotes from the great Laura Stoker. 6. And thank the writing gods we still have the great Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Iraq: It takes a President

Patrick Porter at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Some further thoughts on why the United States invaded Iraq in 2003. We’ve had a few posts already now that the tenth anniversary has come. But given the magnitude of the decision and since even its most vocal defenders were caught off guard by how costly, lethal and protracted it was, it is worth lingering Continue reading

Why Did 35 Democrats Join The GOP To Defeat The Senate Budget?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Schrader also claims he voted against the Senate budget because it didn't cut "entitlements" enough Wednesday evening, we took a quick look at the House vote on the Progressive Caucus Back To Work Budget. Wednesday the House also voted on the Senate budget. Oddly, it was introduced by South Carolina teabagger Mick Mulvaney (who voted against it). Every Republican voted against it... and it failed 154-261. The Democratic caucus operation is a near-shambles and no one was leading. Nancy is preparing herself to sail away into retirement. Hoyer is conflicted with everything and Clyburn ... more »

It's About Selfishness

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
"The modern conservative," John Kenneth Galbraith wrote, "is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." He might have added that modern conservatives take extreme measures to hide that exercise. That is why, in yesterday's budget speech, Jim Flaherty didn't mention that CIDA was being folded into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nor did he mention the change in the agency's mission. CIDA will now tie foreign aid to Canadian business development abroad. Aid will not be given on the basis ... more »

Lies Your Employer Tells You

Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours ago
Employees, for the most part, believe everything their employer tells them. Most of the time, your employer's interests and yours coincide. You have a job to do, and they want you to do it. But sometimes, those interests collide. Sometimes, you have to take what your employer says with a grain of salt. Other times, they're flat-out lying. Here are some lies your employer may tell you, and why you shouldn't believe them: *You have to resign*: Flat-out lie. Nobody can make you quit your job. They may want you to sign a letter of resignation. That means they probably get out of paying... more »

RNC / ALEC Connection Could Destroy RNC

2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
Been thinking about this all week. RNC going to ALEC for help. That is definitely going to reunite and build the party - hah! Earlier this week, we had this report on the RNC (my emphasis): Today, the Republican National Committee (RNC) released its wide-ranging “autopsy” report in response to the party’s disastrous 2012 elections. The report, entitled “Growth and Opportunity Project,” outlines a variety of policy recommendations including, among other base ideas, abolishing campaign spending regulations and contribution limits. *In the report, the RNC specifically calls on ALEC to ... more »

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Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
Milk Thistle Protects Against Chemotherapy Toxicity, Prevents Cancer by Mike Barrett Natural Society, 22 March 2013 *Used for nearly 2,000 years as a natural herbal remedy for various ailments, including those related to the liver and kidneys, milk thistle is a highly underrated natural remedy that everyone should know about. The plant is well-known for it’s abilities to promote liver health by strengthening liver cell membranes and helping the organ to flush out toxins, but it seems that it seems that one of it’s amazing beneficial properties is going a bit unrecognized – mil... more »

Bad Day for ALEC in the Editorials

2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
What a wonderful day in the neighborhood. Lots of people opining about ALEC this morning – blessings to these people who took the time to voice their opinion in their local papers. All across the country – what a good day!!! Snips - the editorials were longer than the sentence examples below: … in his defense of ALEC, paints a misleading picture of the group’s activities, asserting that it simply “invites members of state legislatures to go to conferences, eat hotel food, sit through PowerPoints, and share legislative ideas.” Sounds benign, right? What he conveniently skips ... more »

DIANA DORS

Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago
*Diana Fluck, 1931 -1984, a friend of the Kray Twins, with John Moulder-Brown.* Diana Dors, born Diana Fluck, was a British film star. Diana's mother Winifred Maud Mary (Payne) was married to Albert Edward Sidney Fluck,[4] but had a sexual relationship with their lodger, Gerald Lack. When Mary announced she was pregnant with Diana, she admitted she had no clear idea which of them was the father.[1] *Peter and Mary Fluck. * In 1944, when Diana was aged 12, the Flucks rented their spare bedroom to an American soldier. *The Diana Dors Story - The Early Years* The twelve-year-ol... more »

Interview- Walter Bowart: Operation Mind Control

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
This is an old interview. Though I have not listened entirely, this surely has to be worth taking the time to take in. *Walter Bowart: Operation Mind Control, interviewed by Ned Potter.* This audio is from the SWR archives available on the store page here at Gnostic Media. *Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:29:50 — 25.7MB) * *Many of the topics covered through this interview are the same issues we read of and discuss* * today* **People as zombies- managed perceptions* **Mass shooting and the push for gun control* **Cults and the military* **Abuse of children* * ... more »

Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.22.13”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.22.13”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “I am covering just three stories in the Weekly News Wrap-Up, but they are big ones. They are the Cyprus bailout, Obama and his Middle East trip, and the Fed’s decision to keep on printing. The EU is getting very tough with Cyprus and its banking crisis. It is demanding it pay in some way for part of the bailout of its troubled banks. There are several plans afoot, and they all include someone losing deposit money. One plan says it will now protect all “insured” accounts, but that means billions in uninsured mone... more »

Stan Romanek - EXTRAORDINARY trailer - alien abduction/induction

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 18 hours ago
Stan Romanek's story is as vivid and controversial as that of Dr Jonathan Reed, and it's been a while since we all saw the fat little flat faced alien in the window but there've been some developments. The claim that Stan is being *EDUCATED* or *INDOCTRINATED* in the way the universe really works, who (the real) T.H.E.Y. are and why we're *NOT ALONE* is explored in his forthcoming Hollywood documentary EXTRAORDINARY (the Stan Romanek story) due April 2013: *With this project, our goal is simple: Show audiences how one man has been transformed physically, emotionally, intellectually,... more »

Welcome to Pallywood

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
Can you believe CNN, the BBC etc. when they show you footage of fighting involving Israel and Palestinians? Of course not. Watch and learn, watch and learn. The section for 4:10 to 5:43 is especially interesting.

The Universe

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
“It's no accident that when you look closely into the eyes of another, the very first thing you see, is yourself. That when you hold their hand, you can feel your own warmth. And that when you give of yourself, you give to yourself. Because, quite simply, both you and they are me. Freaky? Maybe. An accident? No.” “Let's get it started, uh-huh -” The Universe “Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!” www.tut.com

Cyprus bailout savings tax is better than alternatives

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
First, let me start with some background. Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, South of Turkey. De iure, there is the ethnic Greek "Republic of Cyprus" covering the whole island. De facto, the Northern 40% is controlled by an independent Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The problematic co-existence of Greek and Turkish Cypriots is a major cause of the continuing military tensions between Greece and Turkey. The total population of the island – a member of the EU and the eurozone – is 1 million people. At most, the Greek problem is 10% larger than we thought: I don't th... more »

IRELAND: IMMEDIATE OUTRIGHT BAN ON REPOSSESSIONS OF THE DWELLING

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago
Ireland: Order To Cease And Desist Bank Repossessions of Proprerty

Science and Spirituality

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Before you read this, understand that it is apparent that all great masters, including Jesus achieved self realization by way of meditation techniques. What lacks clarity, is just what was achieved. Expressed practically, the difficult question to address is to discover what it is good for. This item pretty well spells out the nature of the tangible conclusions that may be drawn from the texts. For the record, the process of self realization occurs when you quiet the mind and hold it still. This generally takes at least twenty minutes. It is difficult. What is reported... more »

Arboreal Behavior of Giant Sloth Observed

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is an excellent BFRO report just brought to my attention. Let it be said, that my Giant Sloth conjecture is bouncing around the internet and eyeballs are now awakening. There are not many reports that can be specifically identified but that is now changing. We actually know a lot about the Giant Sloth and its lifeway already. They are quite territorial which helps us a lot. Bigfoot on the other hand seems to have a huge working range and will also cooperate with other members at times. Thus once encountered, they are hesitant to vacate. The item below is likely our... more »

25 Disturbing Facts About Psych Drugs, Soldiers and Suicides

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
What we now have is a mass of empirical evidence over a number of years regarding the side effects of psychiatric drug prescriptions. The outcomes are clearly worse than no action at all even in extreme cases. We also have clear evidence here that the drugs are been wrongly applied. The military appear to be tolerating licensed drug abuse. This is nonsense and must end. It also tells us that these drugs need to now be fully reevaluated. It should be obvious that the long term side effects can be nasty and we need to understand that. We already have a clear link to teen... more »

Black Eyed Children Tales

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
I have generally ignored these reports because they all smack of writing exercises and way too easy to imagine and never producing new information. In short it is not a productive hypothesis. Here we get a reasonable starting point in which it is associated with drug abuse. That is at least a testable idea. Better victims can be photographed and compared to so called reports. Then it is up to others to show any difference with other reports. At least we can now understand what generates legitimate reports and can also appreciate that a victim will not be running around ... more »

March 21, 1973

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 21 hours ago
As Patrick Gray heads up to the Hill for yet another day of testimony, today is a big day at the White House...now, and as it would turn out, a day that would be terribly important in the months to come. Haldeman's diary: -- The P had his usual Wednesday clear except for a few ceremonial items at midday. And spend most of the day on Watergate, which he's becoming more and more involved in, and I guess concerned about, as time goes on. -- And so, after a morning meeting with Ehrlichman about Watergate, John Dean walks into the Oval Office at 10:12 AM (note that I'm here using the H... more »

Minitrue at work

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 22 hours ago
For evidence of the Orwellian nature of a cover-up: Web page, December 21, 2012 : ( http://web.archive.org/web/20121221195332/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2251347/Nathan-Uptons-wrong-body--hes-wrong-job.html ) Headine: He's not only in the wrong body... he's in the wrong jobBy Richard Littlejohn *PUBLISHED:* 17:29 EST, 20 December 2012 | *UPDATED:* 03:08 EST, 21 December 2012 Same web page, March 22, 2013 : ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2251347/Nathan-Uptons-wrong-body--hes-wrong-job.html ) Headline : So who did let Savile loose in the wards?By Rich... more »

Christy Clark, She`s Come Undone(updated)

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 22 hours ago
The entire BC Liberal Government and party are in disarray, words and phrases are being tossed around like *final death throes*, *end of a dynasty *, *thunderstruck*, *dying days*, *point of no return *and they are all fitting though I prefer to use phrases and words like *crime family gunned down*, *corruption rooted out*, *zombies exposed to sunlight melt *and my favorite, *ding dong the wicked witch is dead..* Scandal and organized crime, it`s as simple as that, I still remember the headlines after our BC Legislature was raided by police *"Organized crime has infiltrated the high... more »

Grandparents may transmit autism risk to grandchildren

Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 23 hours ago
*According to researchers the risk of rising autism may be passed on through and not just too future generations.* The global study suggests older fathers are more likely to have grandchildren with autism than their younger counterparts. The mechanism is undecided but it is thought they may transmit silent mutations to their grandchildren. But experts have urged carefulness; stressing autism is the result of many different factors. The study, looking at almost 6,000 people with the condition, is published in the journal Jama psychoanalysis. Using national databases from Sweden t... more »

Solitary Watch on today's statement by AG Caldwell that the Angola 3 "have never been in solitary confinement"

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 23 hours ago
*A sketch by Herman Wallace of his solitary confinement cell* *(March 21, 2013 article by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella, reprinted from Solitary Watch)* * * James “Buddy” Caldwell, attorney general of the state of Louisiana, has released a statement saying unequivocally that Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, the two still-imprisoned members of the Angola 3, “have never been held in solitary confinement while in the Louisiana penal system.” In fact, Wallace, now 71, and Woodfox, 66, have been in solitary for nearly 41 years, quite possibly longer than any other human beings on the ... more »

Guest Post - 6 Tips for Community Gardening

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Over the past few years, there has been an enormous increase in green living and organic, self-sustainable gardening in the United States, and the idea of feeding yourself and your family while at the same time helping the environment is one that even people who live in cities want to be a part of. The problem there though, is obvious: Where are they going to find the space to garden when their front yard is a busy intersection and their backyard is a parking lot? Many communities have taken to solving this problem with community gardens: Public land where individuals and families ... more »

Paul Ryan's Anti-Jesus Christ Budget

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Yesterday, Jerry Nadler (D-NY) was one of several Democrats on the House floor raging against Ryan's extremely ideological Law of the Jungle budget-- what he referred to as "merely a repackaging of the same extreme agenda that the American people rejected last fall." “The House Republicans’ budget would again try to end Medicare as we know it by replacing the guarantee of health coverage with a private voucher program that would reduce benefits. This throws seniors back onto the mercy of the private insurance market, while every year giving them less and less of the health benef... more »

Henry Corbin On "The Heavenly Twin"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Related: *Henry Corbin On "The Trilogy of the Soul."* Below is an excerpt from Henry Corbin's book, *"The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism."* Translated by Nancy Pearson. Shambhala Publications, Inc: Boulder, Colorado. 1978. Pg. 33-37. "In Mandean gnosis, every being in the physical universe has its counterpart in the heavenly Earth of Mshunia Kushta, inhabited by the descendants of a mystical Adam and Eve (*Adam kasia, Eva kasia*). Every being has his archetypal Figure (*mabda' = dmutha*) there, and the latter sometimes communicates with its earthly counterpart (as for example in... more »

Viva Las Vegas!

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 day ago
So, I had a blast in Vegas. It was a much needed relaxing getaway. We went with our friends, Ron and Erika. We left on Friday morning via direct flight through Delta. Flight left on time and we arrived in Vegas on time. Got luggage right away, and headed to the hotel, Monte Carlo. We tried to check in, but our rooms were not ready yet, so we all headed to lunch at Serendipity 3. I had been craving a crab Caesar salad from there since Thanksgiving. Ate there then headed back to the hotel. Our room was ready, but Erika and Ron's was not yet. So, we all headed to our room, a... more »

While We Wait -- Geocaching

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*While We Wait -- Geocaching* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching Some of you may already be aware of this global phenomenon called Geocaching. I've known about it for a while but only recently decided to give it a shot. This inspiration was seeded by the need to get outside and away from my computer screen! There's a description of what Geocaching is at the wikipedia link above, but I warn you, it is incredibly addictive! In a nut shell, it's like modern day treasure hunting. Here is a quick description: Geocaching involves two separate parties, which are composed ei... more »

Let the End Times Begin

Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Rushing out of the house today, a message shows up, gifted by two angels – Gabrielle and Michael. It is here for you also, you will find it below. It is at once demanding, mesmerizing and clear; We are in the End Times. I can not fully describe how grateful I am for their work. On the road a red tailed hawk circled back and forth over the road three times. At the appointment I was helped by a beautiful angel with wings tattooed on her shoulders. She works parts of days and spends the rest of her days giving freely. While waiting, I listen to a voice mail from a lawyer... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Moving left to right near the center of this beautifully detailed color composite, the thin, bright, braided filaments are actually long ripples in a sheet of glowing gas seen almost edge on. The interstellar shock wave plows through space at over 500,000 kilometers per hour. Cataloged as NGC 2736, its elongated appearance suggests its popular name, the Pencil Nebula. *Click image for larger size.* The Pencil Nebula is about 5 light-years long and 800 light-years away, but represents only a small part of the Vela supernova remnant. The Vela remnant itself is around 100 light-yea... more »

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