9:16 am MDST
Spring Break
Spring break! I'll be back in April . . .
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*Seawall project begins on New Orleans’ Lakeshore Drive*
*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*
Science: The Tipping Point?
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 illitera... more »
KLEIN ON THE LAW: Monster-in-print!
*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.
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*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
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’
[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
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
*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
*... 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
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
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?
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
"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
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
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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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
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
*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
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”
*“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
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
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
“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
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 »
Another scene from the apartheid state of Israel
http://twitter.com/docnatecohen/status/314998625870680064/photo/1
IRELAND: IMMEDIATE OUTRIGHT BAN ON REPOSSESSIONS OF THE DWELLING
Ireland: Order To Cease And Desist Bank Repossessions of Proprerty
Science and Spirituality
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
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 »
Black Eyed Children Tales
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
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
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
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
*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"
*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
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
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"
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!
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
*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
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"
“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 »
Chet Raymo, “The Burden Of Thinking”
*“The Burden Of Thinking”*
by Chet Raymo
“Let me speak for gray. Not black or white. Good or evil. Truth or
falsity. Yes or no. Let me speak for maybe. Sort of. More or less. I think
so.
I am reluctant to speak for gray for fear of being considered wishy-washy.
Indecisive. Unprincipled. But lately it seems as if we are surrounded on
every side by zealots, and it's not a pretty sight. We are surrounded by
people who are so certain of their Truth that they are willing to strap
bombs to their chests and walk into crowded pizza parlors. Or fly airplanes
into towers. Or bomb ab... more »
Satire: “N.R.A. Can’t Believe How Well National Conversation About Guns Is Going”
*“N.R.A. Can’t Believe How Well National *
*Conversation About Guns Is Going”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "As the national conversation about guns
enters its fifth month, the National Rifle Association C.E.O. Wayne
LaPierre gave it his seal of approval today, saying that he hopes the
conversation continues “forever.” “I must admit, when the national
conversation about guns started in those dark days of December, I thought
it was a bad idea,” said Mr. LaPierre. “People kept saying that things
would be different this time, and that scared the bejesus out... more »
Climate Attribution Alchemy
In a paper just out in the journal *Climate Dynamics* Holland and
Bruyère(HB13) claim to have found a signal of greenhouse gas emissions
on global
tropical cyclone behavior. They use data from Weinkle et al. 2012 -- our
recent paper on global landfalls -- as part of this argument. They
write:
Weinkle et al. (2012) examined the global number of hurricanes that
actually make landfall in each of the Saffir–Simpson categories. The
proportion of Cat 4–5 at landfall to all landfall hurricanes in their
data
set has increased with ACCI [Anthropogenic Climate Change Index -- a
measure of gl... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Makati, Manila, Philippines. Thanks for stopping by.
"We Are All..."
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
- Oscar Wilde
Dimmit . . .
THE
WORLD'S A MUCH brighter place when you're not too bright for it,
according to the folks who make MinusIQ | The pill to lower your IQ
permanently.
The Environment: "Side With the Living"
*"Side With the Living:*
*A Note to Those Who Would Demonize Nature"*
by Derrick Jensen
"The other night I saw a commercial for a PBS program that breathlessly
described how orcas “dominate” the oceans. And the nature program I had the
misfortune to see before that talked of different species of bears
“conquering” each other’s territories. The program repeatedly emphasized
the powerful bite of one particular type of bear—making sure we got the
point by always playing scary music when these bears were depicted—and only
late in the program did viewers learn that these bears were... more »
The Inkhorn Controversy
The "Inkhorn controversy" is the name generally given to the extended
dispute, largely in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, over
whether English should continue to add words from Latin and Greek --
regarded by their fans as ornaments, by their detractors as moldy old
things that came from an "inkhorn" (a reservoir of ink make of bone and
worn about the neck of lawyers and clerks) rather from what they regarded
as the good, wholesome, Saxon-rooted world of "native" English words.
The difference can be seen at once in the texts on both sides of this
question, as well ... more »
Reefs devoured by tiny plants as oceans warm and acidify – ‘If we think of the reef as a scaffold, it’s now being taken apart faster than it can re-build’
[image: This boring microalgae, Ostreobium, grows inside coral skeleton
material. It reduces the structural strength of the skeleton material and
interferes with the animal depositing new skeleton material. The world’s
coral reefs will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify,
stimulating growth of microscopic borers. Photo: Bob Goemans]
20 March 2013 (Practical Fishkeeping) – A study has found that, weakened by
microscopic borers, the world’s coral reefs will erode more rapidly as the
oceans warm and acidify.
This phenomenon, combined with a slower growth of coral reefs ... more »
Iraq + 10 Years: The celebration continues!
By the time the American troops appeared in the center of Baghdad, on April
9th, everyone I knew had lost a relative in one or another of the bombings
or the lethal street crossfires of the previous twenty-fours hours. For all
their "smartness," enough bombs had gone awry or missed their targets to
kill many hundreds of civilians. Still, among the Iraqis I knew, their
mourning families attributed their losses to the fate of God while
expressing their satisfaction that the Americans, after so long, had come
to rescue them. They waited to be told what to do. No instructions ever
cam... more »
"Two Reasons Climate Change Is Not Like Other Environmental Problems"
*"Two Reasons Climate Change Is Not *
*Like Other Environmental Problems"*
by David Roberts
"If you’ll forgive me for stating the obvious: Most people don’t
understand climate change very well. This includes a large proportion of
the nation’s politicians, journalists, and pundits — even the pundits who
write about it. (I’m looking at you, Joe Nocera.) One reason for the
widespread misunderstanding is that climate change has been culturally
coded as an “environmental problem.” This has been, in all sorts of ways, a
disaster. Lots of pundits, especially brain-dead “centrist” pun... more »
Fluoride Fight: The forced drugging of society
Fluoride Fight: The forced drugging of society. Source: Corbett Report and
Global Research TV. YouTube Video Description:
TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=7144
Scientific studies have linked fluoridation of the water supply to lowered
IQs, increased risk of cancer, and bone disease, amongst other conditions.
So why do we still fluoridate? As researchers like Anthony Gucciardi warn,
fluoridation may in fact only be the thin edge of the wedge when it comes
to forced medication of the population. This is the GRTV Backgrounder on
Global Research TV.
Syrian Chemical Attack Was Definitely Done By The Criminal Mercenary "Rebels": Syrian Terrorists Blamed For Chemical Attacks
When the news first came out a few days ago about a chemical attack
launched against a small village outside the Syrian city of Aleppo, I
instantly smelled a rat.... We all know by now that the Syrian criminal
murderous mercenaries, aka "Rebels" have been losing the war against the
Syrian government and its army, and is now desperate to get their American,
NATO, and Israeli benefactors, directly involved in the war. We also know
that the criminal US President, Barry Soetoro, has already said that the so
called "red line" to direct US involvement, aka, an invasion by US/NATO
forces... more »
Big Dry pressures New Zealand farmers – ‘I have farmed on the West Coast for the best part of 25 years and been in the industry all my life, and this is the biggest event in terms of a summer dry I’ve seen’
[image: A dried lake bed bakes in the sun during New Zealand's record
drought, 22 March 2013. Photo: Christine Cornege]
By Ben Aulakh
22 March 2013
(The Westport News) – A West Coast farming expert says he is seeing
first-hand the pressures being put on farmers battling to combat the
effects of the big dry.
CRT technical feed specialist for the West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough,
Andrew Mitchell said he'd seen a significant increase in demand for feed
from farmers.
"The market changes from season to season, but we are definitely seeing a
fairly significant rise in what we are do... more »
Learning from Iraq? It's we who need to. The media hasn't, and won't.
On Tuesday there was a chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed 25
people and wounded 110. The attack occurred in a government-held area, was
immediately publicized including video footage of the victims in hospital
by the Syrian government, and the Syrian government quickly called for a
U.N. investigation into the attack. Despite the obvious conclusion from
these three facts - that the attack was done by rebels - various pundits
managed to look at TV footage of people lying in hospital beds and
pronounce that they showed "no signs of chemical weapons attack", while
U.S. Preside... more »
Ancient Symbol Carved Into Dry Oregon Lake Bed
This is a fascinating story for those of you who didn't hear about it back
in 1990. No surprise how something this big doesn't make it on mainstream
news ;)
~ Brian
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*Ancient Symbol Carved Into Dry Oregon Lake Bed *
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Original article can be found here:
http://cropcircleconnector.com/ilyes/ilyes9.html
As you may know, Eastern Oregon was Gifted with the Sri Yantra Mandala
Formation in August 1990. It arrived in a dry wilderness lake bed east of
Steens Mountain, and consisted of 13.3 MILES of lines, each 10" wide and
scored to a depth of 3 inches in the hardpan. The... more »
Great Video: The Truth Is 'Anti-Semitic"
We all know by now that the criminals responsible for the mess that the
world is presently in are Jewish fraud bankers with their criminal Usury
debt based monetary systems. We have seen the result of the entire
planet's folly of allowing these sick criminals to impose their fraud
monetary system on us all that has done nothing more than crush entire
countries and leave entire populations destitute. It does seem to me that
these monsters have never cared about the rest of humanity, and it is time
that we removed them from our lives, or we will see the end of our
civilization as w... more »
Freedom ain't free and neither is Iraq
I've been suffering a bad case of PTSD this week and I wasn't ever deployed
to that hell hole. Just following the news and trying to rally an outcry to
make it stop was as much trauma as I could stand. But with the 10th
anniversary retrospects, it's coming back to me in waves of recollection.
Don't think I'm the only one.
Thinking we need to make the warmongers live the motto they used to
perpetrate that atrocity. Never forget. Starting with the true cost of the
Iraq war.
That's just the measurable costs and I doubt it includes all of them. It
doesn't count the human toll. Neith... more »
What Diplomatic Truce?
*Students sell popsicles to raise money for clubs.*
China continues to try to squeeze Taiwan's international space:
*A Taiwanese delegation was forced to withdraw from the third Jakarta
International Defense Dialogue (JIDD)* without being given an explanation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs deputy spokesman Calvin Ho (何震寰) said yesterday.
Ho said that the ministry has already instructed the Taipei Economic and
Trade Office in Jakarta to demand an explanation from the Indonesian
government, which was hosting the conference, soon after the four-member
delegation was informed that it cou... more »
Stephen Harper Bursts Christy Clark`s LNG Prosperity Bubble
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Finance+Minister+Flaherty+nixes+request+break+help+liquefied+natural/8133958/story.html
The Federal Government told the BC Government and LNG Industry to get
stuffed, no more tax breaks, no more subsidies(details in the above
Vancouver Sun link)..
As you know Geoff Morrison(spokesman for CAPP) told Christy Clark and the
media in British Columbia that without a change to manufacturer status,
which would bring a massive capital building write-off, without this help
from the Federal Government they couldn`t go forward with their proposed
British Columb... more »
Walk As a Universal Being on Earth
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* *Walk As a Universal Being on Earth*
by Eileen Meyer
I've been reflecting this morning on "perception based on identity"... and
how momentous it is in our evolution to remember the truth of who we are in
feeling-knowing (frequency) consciousness - as opposed to our mental
conditioning here that has limited the view to only the "known" ideas and
concepts that are endlessly repeated and pontificated over. I was reminded
of this transmission that came 9 years ago, and felt the inspiration to
share again in this time and place. Actually, I believe that what came
through, followi... more »
Planning to be Shocked
One of the most repeated, and most dubious, axioms about strategy is the
notion that being proactive is wiser than being reactive, and that
reactivity is something we should be allergic to. In the words of Briain's
foreign secretary William Hague, 'the nation that is purely reactive in
foreign policy is in decline.'
Likewise, written into the folklore of the US foreign policy establishment
is the notion that the 'strategic shocks' that struck America - such as
Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor or 9/11 - happened because
Washington was passively sleeping. A quick read of Presi... more »
Quick Note
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Obama Bows Down To Israhell In Ramallah
Obama and Abbas are slaves of Israhell.
AlJazeera: Analysing Obama's visit to Ramallah.
"Obama has NO place amongst us!" Palestinians show their respect to Obama's
visit to Bethlehem.
FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: Test Day Edition
*Test Day? It’s the first day a cricket test has been played at Eden Park
for … years! It won’t last long, so don’t hold back. Here’s some things to
read in between watching wickets fall.*
To say that the tensions within the European "Union" are getting unbearable
would be an understatement.
*Cyprus President To Rehn: "I Told You Tax Wouldn't Pass. Regards To Mrs
Merkel"* – Tyler Durden, ZERO HEDGE
Ever wondered what a one-million dollar bus shelter would look like? Me
too.
*How Much Is A Bus Shelter Worth?* – THE AUCKLAND BANNER
Since everyone has become an instant expert…
*Fi... more »
House Republicans cave on government shutdown
It seems the House GOPers didn't see a large enough ransom potential in a
government shutdown at this time and decided not to take the economy
hostage. Instead the House easily passed a bill to keep the government
running, at least in the short term.
The House gave final approval Thursday, in a bipartisan 318 to 109 vote, to
a continuing funding resolution that outlines spending through the end of
the fiscal year, Sept. 30. It assures that the government will stay open
when the current funding measure expires March 27. The House vote came a
day after the Senate approved the bill. I... more »
The interventionist leadership finally grinds into action...
And it's a calamity. Julie Sherry's article in the Guardian is appalling.
It dodges every substantial criticism made of the SWP during this crisis.
The only defence offered (that the matter was investigated and voted on) is
actually what people find MOST offensive about the leadership's handling of
the Delta case - that the leadership thought itself capable of
investigating then ruling on an allegation of sexual assault. Even if it
was a good article it has come out THREE months after the crisis broke; so
much for interventionist leadership.
Here is a link to an IS Blog piece resp... more »
Untitled
*Corps of Engineers is still blaming Environmentalists for Katrina
Flooding, new video from Levees.org! *
Untitled
*"Reading the Leaves in the White Teapot" ~Christine Horn, Nolafugees*
Why the EU goes crazy!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 17 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/35Ut2xBasZE
*The lies of politicians* fly into your face these days. Something must be
wrong in the world and in particular in Europe. Its 'outpost' to the East,
Cyprus gets its treat from it now, after Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Spain,
Slovenia and Italy. France may be next, Belgium and the Dutch. Now Cyprus
is cornered. Its people would have to pay for debts others created. However
the moment of truth has come for this Europe. Extortion, theft, violence
and lies are the means "governments", represented in Brussels' European
parliament and commissions, apply ... more »
Massive Pile Up Of Over 100 Cars In Leduc Alberta ...
*A multi-vehicle crash of approximately 100 cars on the Queen Elizabeth II
highway south of Leduc, Alta. — 33 km south of Edmonton — has sent around
100 people to hospital.*
*Latest is 100 minor to moderate injuries in Leduc incident. One serious to
UAH. Six moderate to nearby hospitals.*
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UFO Over Kootemy Lake, British Columbia
A reader shared this image with D. from Removing the Shackles blog. Photo
was taken over Kooteney Lake in British Columbia Canada a few days ago.
Ron Van Dyke Answers Paul Short's Zen Gardener Article on the OPPT
By American Kabuki
I have an article in progress on Paul Short's article on the Zen Gardner
Blog (and since mirrored on Drake's web site), but as I was working through
it, I found a bit of sarcasm coming out in my own response to what to me
was sheer ignorant fear on the part of Paul Short. Sarcasm never
translates well in electronic medium because it lacks the tone of voice
that makes it funny. Humans have invented emoticons to put a bit of that
emotional tone back into electronic conversations, but its just not the
same as saying something in person. I decided to put my attempt... more »
Your moment of Zen
A happy pepper.
[Photos are better if you click on them to embiggen.]
Catch of the Day
How about one for Conor Friedersdorf, who today looks back at the demonization
of opponents of the Iraq War during the run-up and early stages of that
conflict.
It's a good item. I do want to think about this stray point:
You know the conservative account of how the media covered Tea Party
rallies, heaping disproportionate attention on offensive signs and crackpot
attendees, as if the least defensible elements of the protest movement
represented and defined the whole? That's basically how the pro-war faction
covered the protest movement that opposed the war.
I think that's basicall... more »
Biden: "If you need more than 3 rounds to hunt you're an embarrassment"...
* and shouldn't be hunting in the first place.*
*Really, Joe? You're a world-wide joke and you have the cojones to talk
about "embarrassment." *
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Will The GOP Wander Back Onto A Mainstream Path? Not Likely
RNC... yesterday, today and tomorrow
Now that the Autopsy report ordered by Reince Priebus for the Republican
Party has been studied by the media, Priebus is probably wishing he had
never broken the first rule of rebranding-- never tell the public you're
"re-branding." Even the Beltway's ultimate symbol of contentless,
mealy-mouthed pabulum, Charlie Cook, is telling the GOP they now have 2
choices: change or extinction.
It may not be too melodramatic to say that over the next couple of years,
the Republican Party faces a fork in the road. Following one path, the GOP
can seek to add... more »
Baltimoreans say the darnedest things!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013*
*Ben Carson hits the front pages:* Ben Carson is on the front page of this
morning’s New York Times. In our view, some basic principles can be learned
from his recent political rise.
Why is Carson on the front page? As he starts, Trip Gabriel includes parts
of the Standard Story:
GABRIEL (3/21/13): *Dr. Benjamin Carson was a political unknown just weeks
ago.*
*Then with a single speech delivered as President Obama looked stonily on,
he was lofted into the conservative firmament as its newest star:* a
renowned neurosurgeon who is black and has the credibi... more »
Mircea Eliade On The Modern Man's Passion For Historiography
Below is an excerpt from Mircea Eliade's book, *"Myths, Dreams and
Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities."
* Harper & Row, Publishers: New York. 1960. Pg. 233-36.
"It is sometimes surprising to see how certain cultural habits, which have
grown so familiar to us that we regard them as the natural behaviour of
every civilised man, disclose unexpected meanings as soon as they are
viewed in the perspective of another culture.We need only instance one of
the most specific features of our own civilisation---namely, the modern
man's passionate, almost... more »
AERA's Bill Tierney: Clueless Per Usual
Ever since Bill Tierney began his not-so-subtle business-friendly nods to
the austerity zealots and the plutocrats who think they know more about
education than educators, his emails to the AERA membership have
consistently shown him to be a neoliberal do-gooder who has no notion of
what it means to do social science research that matters to the
educational, political, and cultural health of democratic societies.
Here's an example from near the end of his latest email that offers a
failed opportunity to take up the subject of poverty in a way that would
lay down a challenge to rese... more »
Is This the End of the Democratic Party Progressives? (We Are ALL So Screwed)
Many of us think that's a rhetorical question. Especially Bobby Reich.
(Don't miss the comments!) Selling the StoreBy Robert Reich, Reich's Blog
21 March 13 Prominent Democrats - including the President and House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi - are openly suggesting that Medicare be
means-tested and Social Security payments be reduced by applying a lower
adjustment for inflation. This is
"Are Americans Too Stupid For Democracy?"
*"Are Americans Too Stupid For Democracy?"*
How can we rationally pursue our self-interests when we don't know what's
going on?
By Joshua Holland
"In 2011, Newsweek asked 1,000 Americans to take the standard U.S.
Citizenship test, and 38 percent of them failed. One in three couldn't name
the vice-president. A 2009 study in the European Journal of Communications
looked at how informed citizens of the U.S., UK, Denmark and Finland were
of the international news of the day, and the results weren't pretty (PDF).
“Overall,” the scholars wrote, “the Scandinavians emerged as the... more »
Farce of new £545m NHS Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham which is too SMALL | Mail Online
No mention of immigration?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2296951/Farce-new-545m-NHS-Queen-Elizabeth-Hospital-Birmingham-SMALL.html
THE CYPRUS PLOT
*"The Turks are interested in buying Israeli gas... *
*"Any pipeline from Israel to Turkey would run through Cyprus*," Israel's
Haaretz reported.
Turkey-Israel gas pipeline deal would cut through Cyprus
www.naturalgaseurope.com
*Reportedly, the USA, Israel and the EU want Greek Cyprus to do the
following:*
*1.* *Unite with Turkish Cyprus*, thus ending its hostility to Turkey.
*2.* *Allow Greek Cyprus's natural gas, and 'Israel's' natural gas, to be
taken by pipeline, through Cyprus, to Turkey, and then onwards to Western
Europe.*
This would compete with pipelines from Russia.
... more »
March 21: JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon Should Be Tried For Perjury and Market Manipulation
JP Morgan was recently 'downgraded' by regulators when its leadership
should be tried for perjury.
Here is the article describing the downgrade:
Fitzpatrick, D & Lublin, J. S. (2013, March 20). J.P. Morgan bosses Hit by
Bank Regulator. The Wall Street Journal, p. A1,
Majia here: The article explains that a “confidential government scorecard”
downgraded JP Morgan from a 2 to a 3, on a 5 point scale with 1 being the
best.
The rationale was not restricted to the London Whale trade, but the exact
rationale was not disclosed.
How could it be when JP Morgan’s transgressions are so ... more »
"Economist Laurence Kotlikoff: U.S. $222 Trillion in Debt"
*"Economist Laurence Kotlikoff: U.S. $222 Trillion in Debt"*
By Joseph Lawler
"In December, the Republicans Chris Cox and Bill Archer argued in the Wall
Street Journal that a more accurate accounting of the government's
liabilities would show that the national debt was closer to $87 trillion
than to the stated $16 trillion. Some commentators, including the
Atlantic's Derek Thompson, took issue with Cox and Archer's analysis,
arguing that the only way to assess debt is the way it's currently done- by
summing up the number of government bonds outstanding.
I asked Boston Univer... more »
"Deposit 'Taxes': Should We Prepare?"
*"Deposit 'Taxes': Should We Prepare?"*
By Douglas French
"There’s no way it could happen in the United States. That’s the
conventional wisdom on this side of the pond about the ECB’s bailout of the
banks in Cyprus. That caper looks as if it may take a chunk out of the
hides of at least some bank depositors on the tiny Mediterranean island. So
far, the Cyprus parliament can’t pull the trigger on a plan to tax insured
and uninsured bank deposits to pay a share of the bailout. However, a bank
holiday has been declared and Cypriot depositors are nervous, taking all
they can from... more »
10 Years On in Iraq: the Chance We Missed
The debate is indeed on, and the Duck is paddling rapidly on this one with
excellent posts from Robert, Jon, and Dan. I take/took a slightly
different tack. I opposed the war at the time and like everyone else
watched how President Bush–whose job ratings were so low on 9-10 that he
was rapidly on
Continue reading
TOXIC CONSEQUENCES FROM IRAQ ATTACK SHOWING UP IN NEW BORN BABIES
Al Jazeera reporter Dahr Jamail discusses with Democracy Now how the U.S.
invasion of Iraq has left behind a legacy of cancer and birth defects
suspected of being caused by the U.S. military’s extensive use of depleted
uranium and white phosphorus.
Noting the birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Jamail says:
"They’re extremely hard to bear witness to. But it’s something that we all
need to pay attention to... What this has generated is, from 2004 up to
this day, we are seeing a rate of congenital malformations in the city of
Fallujah that has surpassed even that in the wak... more »
Dark Deeds! Pulled Strings! Conspiracy!
Aaaand the temper tantrums and dark allegations on the demise of Warawa's
Wank begin.
The question was brought up unexpectedly at the Sub-Committee on Private
Members’ Business on the day the government is set to release its budget
for 2013, meaning newsrooms across the country are locked up.
The sub-committee vote, believed to be at the instigation of the Prime
Minister’s Office, was unanimous.
Oo. 'Unexpectedly'! And during the budget lock-up!
Fun, isn't it, when fetus fetishists -- themselves masters of sneaky,
back-door tactics -- get a little payback.
Also. They're lying. I ... more »
Listen: Media Mornings 'Journey of Nishiyuu'
Media Mornings: Thu, Mar 21 — Journey of Nishiyuu 1,500km walk, Charlie Smith (Straight)
W2MEDIA.CA | On today’s 7-8am broadcast of Media Mornings over Vancouver Co-op Radio 100.5 fm:
Listen online: http://w2radio.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/media-mornings-thu-mar-21/
The Journey of the Nishiyuu has swelled to 200 walkers as it enters Algonquin territory. Photo: Ottawa Citizen
Another "Reformer" Cherry-Picks Data
Not
all reformers read a quantitative study that seems to confirm their
opinions and then get rhapsodic in speculating about Mr. Keating, the
teacher at the “tony prep school” portrayed in the classic film, Dead
Poet’s Society. But, Sarah Rosenberg’s “Oh Captain! My
Captain!”illustrates the common pattern of wonks who cherry-pick studies
in order to
support their preferred policies.
Rosenberg misstates the findings of the Calder Center’s “Portability of
Teachers Effectiveness Across Schools,” by Zeyu Xu, Umut Ozek, and
Matthew
Corritore. It uses value-added data from tens of thousa... more »
Monsanto - developers of Round-Up ready crops...
*jumps on the Agenda 21 bandwagon.*
Why am I not surprised?
Have you heard of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(WBCSD)? It would be wise if you learned about them because their long-term
plan is to run the world, and the UN’s Agenda 21 is how they expect to get
control. You can start by reading about them at Wikipedia or at the WBCSD
home page.
The Wikipedia link tells us who some of the players are: General Motors,
Dupont, 3M, Nestle's, Coca-Cola, Sony, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever,
Bank of America, and now we learn that Monsanto has decided to become a
m... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Legendary Music Producer Chris Strachwitz and Filmmakers Maureen Gosling & Chris Simon
From
left: Chris Simon, Chris Strachwitz, and Maureen Gosling at the studios
of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, March 15, 2013. Photo by Bob
Simmons / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz,
filmmakers Maureen Gosling & Chris Simon
This Ain't no Mouse Music! paints a "vivid portrait of
an obsessive sonic sleuth" as the film takes "a
hip-shaking stroll
How to make Homemade Easter Grass
I liked holiday traditions as a kid. I LOVE them as an adult. There is
something about recreating the magic my mom created when I was a kid that
makes me practically giddy. We used to jump out of bed the Saturday before
Easter and start searching for the Easter baskets we knew our dad had
hidden. I usually found mine in a few minutes, but it always took my oldest
brother a good part of an hour. He and my dad had a sort of hiding
competition going on. My dad would hide his in some CRAZY places. I think
the attic may have been involved one year.
Every year after we had found our... more »
International Day of Solidarity with Lakota Grandmothers
On
April 9th, we are asking the world to join us in an International Day
of Solidarity Action in support of Indigenous Lakota Elders as they
visit the United Nations in New York City to demand an end to genocide.
Mass gatherings, protests, blockades, street dances, non-violent direct
action, and other forms of culturally appropriate support are welcome!
If 80 and 90 year old Grandmothers
Christy Clark`s Goose, Cooked, Stick A Fork In The BC Liberal Party, They Done
*UPDATED, detailed tables are in, details below*
Yes indeed, as Susan Lambert said last weekend...
*"I might be a lame duck, but Christy Clark`s goose is cooked"*
Kyle Braid`s polling outfit Ipsos Reid released a polled last week giving
the NDP a 19 percentage point lead..And today Angus Reid has released a
poll,
Mario Canseco`s polling outfit Angus Reid has released a poll today that
has the BC Liberals below 30% for the first time in ages...BC
Liberals...28%.
NDP..48%..
As for individual regions of the province..
______
Metro Vancouver...NDP 50%..Libs 30%
Vancouver Island.... more »
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Can The Democratic Party Survive An Obama-Boehner Grand Bargain?
The challengers Blue America has endorsed so far this year-- Andrew
Hounshell (D-OH), Nick Ruiz (D-FL) and Carl Sciortino (D-MA) for House
seats and Ed Markey (D-MA) for an open Senate seat-- have all publicly
endorsed the Grayson-Takano No Cuts letter. It states very clearly that "we
will vote against any and every cut to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social
Security benefits-- including raising the retirement age or cutting the
cost of living adjustments that our constituents earned and need."
The most recent signer, this week, was Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), who joined
over two dozen othe... more »
UN to investigate merc/rebel attack in Syria- Hitto "Syrian PM" from Texas
* Updated below*
Making sense of nonsense, is a trying task.
We had the chemical attack in northern Syria the other day. Clearly the
attack was undertaken by the NATO backed merc/rebels.
Mercenary/Rebels, they who collectively come into Syria from all parts of
the globe, inflicting themselves on the Syrian nation and it's people.
Germany, France, UK, Libya, Pakistan, Chechnya, Tunisia, Saudia Arabia and
other nations have all provided mercenary fighters to destroy one country.
One people. It is awful. Truly awful.
NATO's Islamist army. These are the individuals who launched the chemi... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Counterfeit Canada'
Counterfeit Canada
Posted on March 21, 2013 by admin
MNN. Mar. 20, 2013. To reduce opposition to theft of our resources,
Prime Minister Harper appointed a new strategist. Doug Eyford is
supposed to steer Indigenous land and resource owners out of their way.
He replaces Tom Flanagan, the man-boy love advocate, and reports
"Resisting the State" ... More
So, yeah, more about Scott Neigh's *Talking Radical: Resisting the State*.
In Chapter 2, Neigh talks about the transplanted Trinidadian, Toronto
lawyer Charles Roach.
Neigh begins with an in-depth explanation of how the cultures of other
lands filter into a locale via the process of immigration and migration. He
does this to show how Roach brought to Toronto a different understanding of
the British Empire than that understood by Anglo-Canadians (and others of
the white-ish persuasion).
Roach's first activism in Canada was in the anti-nuclear weapons movement
that tried to support P... more »
Blog Archeology: The Discursive Bundle that Justified the Iraq War
Yesterday morning I forgot to link the National Security Archive’s “Iraq
War Ten Years After” page. It highlights some of the greatest hits of the
period. I founded the Duck after the start of the Iraq War, but, as was the
case for many US political and international-affairs blogs, the
team blogged a fair amount on
Continue reading
Warawa Wankless!
It was unanimous.
As predicted in countless private members' business-related posts passim
and, most recently, in today's OotD, Conservative MP Mark Warawa's
non-binding motion to condemn sex-selective abortion has been deemed
non-votable by unanimous vote of the subcommittee charged with overseeing
private members`business.
Why?
Ostensibly, because it's provincial jurisdiction and the House already
voted on abortion. @just_a_josh @kady what was the rationale given?
— kady o'malley (@kady) March 21, 2013
Warawa can appeal.
Oh look.
Members of PMB Sub-Committee broke rules to... more »
Political Science as an Interest Group
Dan Drezner has a very pessimistic item on the lobbying power of political
scientists. It's good, and I agree with most of it. I do think, however,
that political science does have one advantage that virtually no other
interest group shares: political scientists just happen to have tons of
personal connections with Members of Congress and Hill staff.
The less important factor: many political scientists get to know
politicians and their staffs in the course of doing their jobs -- we study
them, we invite them to speak to our classes, some of them use our
expertise, and more. Most of ... more »
Barack And Bibi Are Buffoons
Source: *Time Magazine - AVI OHAYON / GPO HANDOUT / EPA*
These buffoons have the world's attention? Really? These are the two best
and most intelligent men that the talented people of America and Israel can
produce? Really? Humanity has fallen.
Seeing these buffoons strut around like they're conquerors and kings is
hilarious. They are not leaders. They are not even good speech makers or
storytellers.
TBS Cam is Alarming This Morning
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Haiti's Cholera Crisis
Haiti's cholera crisis bit.ly/10n3NrI
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) March 21, 2013
Masters of War - Love and Liberty - Tatiana Moroz
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Graph of the Day: Global average surface temperature, 20,000 BC-present, with projection to 2100
[image: Global average temperature since the last ice age (20,000 BC) up to
the not-too distant future (2100) under a middle-of-the-road emission
scenario comprising the temperature reconstruction of Shakun, et al. (green
– shifted manually by 0.25 degrees), of Marcott, et al. (blue), combined
with the instrumental period data from HadCRUT4 (red) and the model average
of IPCC projections for the A1B scenario up to 2100 (orange). Graphic: Jos
Hagelaars]
By Jos Hagelaars
19 March 2013
The big picture (or as some call it: the Wheelchair): Global average
temperature since the last ic... more »
Links / Open Thread
Oh dear. The doomed assault weapons ban vote in the Senate is leaving the poor Dems
vulnerable. To say nothing of all the incipient victims in classrooms,
malls, theaters and other community gathering spots. But never mind. The
recent lack of filibuster reform by Harry Reid is having the desired
effect. Popular bills backed by the majority of the citizenry will die by
preordained plan, but the Dems will still be seen as having "tried." So sit
back, wait for the next massacre, and then watch amazed as the politicians
cry on cue before the TV cameras, and your inbox fills up with fund-... more »
Those savage cuts in perspective
The BBC and the Labour Party, connected as they are by a common agenda,
have spent the last three years railing agianst the 'savage Tory cuts',
'too deep, too fast' they cry.
Do remember that Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, asisted by such
as Ed Balls and Ed MiMiliband increased state spending by 50% in a decade
and the BBC never thought that extrvagent or unwise. Now the Conservative
lead coalition have dared to reduce spening by a measly 2.7% we are meant
to believe that that is evil?
Claim Benefits? Then Bank Charges are Unlawful
Many thanks to Catriona Grant for letting me know about this very useful
piece of *Tory* legislation. This needs spreading far and wide.
Did you know that
Section 187 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992
There is an Act of Parliament which over-rides banks taking charges from
your account if you are in receipt of any of the following benefits.
• Income Support
• Tax Credits
• Child Benefit
• Job seekers allowance
• Incapacity benefit
• Disability living allowance
• Attendance Allowance
• CSA payments
• Other DWP payments
These social security benefits are granted t... more »
The New York Times forgets itself!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013*
*Blames everyone else for Iraq:* Last night, Lawrence O’Donnell kept
pouring it on concerning the run-up to war with Iraq.
“It was hard being against the invasion of Iraq,” O’Donnell sadly intoned,
perhaps conveying the impression that *he* had spoken out.
Lawrence ran through a long list of Hollywood actors who bravely resisted.
For more than ten minutes, he kept playing tape of the various things they
had said.
We kept wondering when Lawrence would play the tape of the various fiery
things *he* said. But how weird! No such tape ever appeared!
That’... more »
ALEC Legislators Want Their Privacy
Damn!
The crap coming out of ALEC just keeps on getting more ridiculous.
On my Google search today I found this:
*in response to requests by public sector members *
*of the American Legislative Exchange Council.*
ALEC legislators requested this report.
ALEC legislators specifically asked for this report.
The general public did not ask for this report.
The general public did not ask their ALEC legislators, to ask for this
report.
ALEC legislators - requested this report.
*The name of the new ALEC Report??????*
*The name of the new ALEC Report requested by ALEC legislators??????*
*Abus... more »
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