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U.S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)Life Skills: "The Road to New Beginnings: Completion"
*"The Road to New Beginnings: Completion"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Just as new beginnings are important, so is honoring the experience of
closure. Life is a collage of beginnings and endings that run together like
still-wet paint. Yet before we can begin any new phase in life, we must
sometimes first achieve closure to the current stage we are in. That’s
because many of life’s experiences call for closure. Often, we cannot see
the significance of an event or importance of a lesson until we have
reached closure. Or, we may have completed a certain phase in life or path
... more »
Satire: “Gay Marriage Shocker At Supreme Court"
*“Gay Marriage Shocker At Supreme Court:*
*Scalia Says Marriage Views Not Affected by Lifelong Fear of Gays”*
by Andy Borowitz
(The Borowitz Report)— "As the Supreme Court prepared to hear two cases
involving same-sex marriage this week, Justice Antonin Scalia said that he
would not allow his votes to be influenced “in any way” by his lifelong
fear of gays. “As Justices of the Supreme Court, we have a sacred duty to
check our personal feelings at the door,” he told the Fox News Channel. “In
my case, that means putting aside my longstanding and profound fear of
homosexuals.” Ju... more »
Boots
One of my tenants gave me a good chuckle when she pointed out that I have
more boots than women have shoes. I never really pair much attention to
just how many pairs of boots I own until I stood back from the doorway and
realized just how many were taking up residence in my front foyer. In my
defense, they all serve a utilitarian function rather than a vanity
function. Two pairs of summer work boots, my winter work boots, my Sorels,
a pair of winter boots for my days off and another pair of winter boots I
own just because. If memory serves me correctly, I also have another pair
... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Spokane, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Economy: "Cyprus Update"
*"Cyprus Update"*
By Stephen Lendman
"It's all over but the post mortems. Eurocrats demanded their pound of
flesh. Cypriot officials surrendered. They sold out their people. They
deserve better. Expect greater than ever hard times. Expect growing
poverty, unemployment and despair. Expect public anger. At issue is whether
it'll bubble up and explode.
Zero Hedge headlined "Next Up For Cyprus: Depression." It forecasts real
GDP declining over 20% by 2017. "Risks are clearly on the downside." Ahead
expect more bailout help needed. With tongue in cheek perhaps, European
Commissi... more »
It's a pretty standard coming-out story, with a couple of wrinkles (like it's a U.S. senator's son)
*Rob and Jane Portman's son does his parents proud.
(No, the photo isn't from the *YDN*. It's from Twitter.)*
*"It gave me pause to think that the one thing that nobody had known about
me for so many years would suddenly become the one thing that everybody
knew about me. . . .
"I hope that my dad's announcement and our family's story will have a
positive impact on anyone who is closeted and afraid, and questioning
whether there's something wrong with them. I've been there. If you're there
now, please know that things really do get better, and they will for you
too."*
*-- Yale junio... more »
Sheila Orr, Christy Clark Apologist(practice what you preach Sheila)
Katie Hyslop had an article posted at the Tyee online news magazine, the
gist of her column was that Christy Clark was being treated unfairly by
media and in a sexual way, and today ex federal Liberal Sheila Orr on with
Bill Good echoed those sentiments in a very partisan selective way...
http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/22/Christy-Clark-Coverage-Sexist/
Where to start, let`s start with Katie Kyslop`s article in the Tyee, as a
longtime reader and commenter most of the names who commented on the story
are familiar to me, and yes maybe those people dwell more on the left of
center uni... more »
Proof - ALEC Economic Policies Won't Work
*"Those who ignore history are bound (or doomed) to repeat it"*
* From and article at Think Progress:*
Still, Republicans in Kansas, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, North Carolina,
Louisiana, and Nebraska are pushing massive tax cuts that largely benefit
corporations and the wealthy under the banner of boosting economic growth.
Those tax cuts will leave lower and middle class families with higher tax
rates and fewer services on which they depend. What they won’t deliver,
however, is a stronger state-level economy.* *
Your moment of Zen
Tabula rasa. This morning at the Library of Congress, Packard Campus in
Culpeper, Va. Guessing it's just about melted by now.
Exclusive interview with White House food taster...
*on White House Dossier is not to be missed.*
Really!
*Exclusive! WHD Interviews Former Obama Food Taster *
“Military Suicides: What Isn't Being Said”
*“Military Suicides: What Isn't Being Said”*
by Alyssa Rohricht
"On March 21, 2013 at around 11 p.m., a tragedy occurred as a U.S. Marine
shot and killed two co-workers at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico,
Virginia and then committed suicide. While this instance is a tragedy in
itself, it marks an alarming trend among U.S. active-duty soldiers and
veterans.
Suicides in the U.S. military have been climbing, reaching a record high
in 2012 when 349 soldiers took their own lives, about one every 25 hours.
By comparison, 301 U.S. soldiers died in active combat in 2012, marking ... more »
Effects of Cesium on Embryonic Development
Majia here: Cesium is shown in this study to adversely affect embryonic
cell fusion in chickens. I imagine similar effects must impact all mammals.
The researchers also speculate that cesium causes adverse affects for
mitochondrial functioning.
Effects of Cesium on in vitro Myoblast Differentiation: An Electron
Microscopic Study Walter Malorni, Pietro L. Indovina, Giuseppe Arancia,
Stefania Meschini and Maria T. Santini In Vitro Cellular & Developmental
Biology Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr., 1990) (pp. 399-410)
[Excerpted from ABSTRACT] This paper describes the microscopic evidence
su... more »
Manifestos! Lots of Manifestos!
The decision to deem Warawa's Wank non-voteable is producing some
foot-stomping, manifesto-issuing fun.
Fetus fetishists are turning against PMSHithead BIG TIME.
First, it was the Fetal Gore Tour Gang with its 'Against Stephen Harper: A
Pro-Life Manifesto'. About what you'd expect but with a handy list of
Harper's evil anti-life deeds.
Then SUZYALLCAPSLOCK got into it with her own screed. Same title, note.
http://www.bigbluewave.ca/2013/03/against-stephen-harper-pro-life.html
Against Stephen Harper: A Pro-Life Manifesto
The problem is that there are a lot of pro-lifers in the Con... more »
Socialism and the Family
Eli Zaretsky's short book *Capitalism, The Family, and Personal Life*, is
well worth a read. In plain english it explains the development of the
family as an outcome of the class struggles that marked the passage of
feudalism to the early, middle, and late stages of capitalism. In so doing
it bursts with insights that have either been taken up in highly abstract
ways by professorial Marxists, or have been dismissed/ignored by the far
left. That's a shame, because Zaretsky simply and concisely explains how
gender, the family and the struggle for personal autonomy are definitely
not ... more »
The Great Coal Train Tour: Concert for Columbia Riverkeeper
Dana Lyons: The Great Coal Train
Tour
Concert and Fundraiser for
Columbia
Riverkeeper
Friday,
April 5th, 2013
Blue
Scorcher Bakery and Cafe
1493 Duane
Street,
Astoria ,
OR
7-9
PM Free
and family friendly!
Join singer Dana Lyons
and Columbia Riverkeeper for an
evening of great music and conversation. Dana has perfected his musical talent
to both entertain and inform
Phil Griffin is going to kill news journalism
Interesting profile of MSNBC Chief Phil Griffin in TNR. Also disturbing.
The shorter would be: Fuck delivering the news, I just want to beat Roger
Ailes -- hard -- in the ratings. To be fair, he comes off as a pretty cool
guy, but here's the scary part:
But even if MSNBC doesn’t surpass its main rival in the next year or the
next five, Phil Griffin has managed an unprecedented feat. He has created a
thriving and lucrative liberal TV business, the long-sought answer to Fox
News and conservative talk radio. Above all a businessman, though, Griffin
understands that people’s tastes cha... more »
Photo Journey of Nishiyuu arrives in Ottawa
Today, March 25, 2013:
The Journey of Nishiyuu. Ottawa. As the youth spoke, a lone eagle circled high in the sky.
Photo by Paul Seesequasis, thank you for sharing!
Modern Day Steam Engine video
*A Modern Day Steam Engine*
*It produced steam almost instantly without an open flame, and took 30
seconds to reach maximum power from a cold start. Their third prototype,
EZEE03, was a three-cylinder unit meant to fit in a Škoda Fabia
automobile.The EZEE03 was described as having a "two-stroke" (i.e.
single-acting)
engine of 1,000 cc (61 cu in) displacement, producing up to 220 hp (164
kW)
(500 N·m or 369 ft·lbf). Exhaust emissions were said to be far below the
SULEV standard. It had an "oilless" engine with ceramic cylinder linings
using steam instead of oil as a lubricant.*... more »
John Locke vs. Ayn Rand on IP and more!
[image: image]*Guest post by patent attorney **Dale Halling**. Feedback is
welcomed.*
[image: image]This paper is exploratory not definitive. Comments and input
is greatly appreciated. My interest in the comparison between Rand and
Locke started when I wrote my book *The Decline and Fall of the American
Entrepreneur*, spurred on by reading the excellent book *The Power and the
Glory: The Key Ideas and Crusading Lives of Eight Debaters of Reason vs.
Faith*, by Burgess Laughlin.
In my opinion, John Locke is often misrepresented by both his supporters
and his detractors. (I freely ... more »
A Different Kind Of Bipartisanship
Right kind of bipartisanship-- auditing the Fed with Ron Paul and Alan
Grayson
David Broder is no longer among the quick but the kind of Beltway
Establishment bipartisanship he always championed and extolled-- the kind
that launched the Iraq War, the TARP bankster bailout, the sequester and,
last week, the latest Austerity-orineted Continuing Resolution is alive and
well... and working overtime to dismantle the New Deal. Boehner and Obama
very much want to shake Social Security to its foundations by taking away
earned benefits from seniors-- they call it the Chained CPI, severe pain ... 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 »
Greg Hunter, "European Bank Runs Could Spread Like Wildfire Due to Cyprus Banks"
*"European Bank Runs Could Spread Like Wildfire Due to Cyprus Banks"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"In January, Economist Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff said he was “worried” that
the economy was reaching “a real threatening point.” The Cyprus banking
crisis hit the Globe last week. Now, when asked if he was still “worried,”
he replied, “This morning, I moved my money out of the stock market because
I’m worried about Cyprus.” Dr. Kotlikoff explained his dire concern by
saying, “The rich people are already running on these banks. That’s been
going on for a year. The everyday wo... more »
Kierkegaard On Socrates And The Immortality of The Soul
Related: * *
*Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*.
*Kierkegaard On "Man."*
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. 184.
Socrates did not first of all get together some proofs of the immortality
of the soul in order then to live in that belief, on the strength of the
proofs. The very reverse is the case; he said: the possibility of there
being an immortality occupies me to such a degree that I unquestionably
stake my whole life upon it as though it were the mo... more »
Hilarion – March 24 – 31, 2013
Hilarion – March 24 – 31, 2013
March 24, 2013 in Hilarion
Beloved Ones,
There has been a great influx of higher Cosmic energies that have been
inundating the atmosphere of Earth and this energy is working through all
of Humanity in a way of cleansing which is not a pleasant process for those
who have not been awakened to the knowledge of the evolutionary process
that is now occurring. Knowledge or not, each person on the planet must go
through the process, for it is planet wide. As the mental and emotional
upheavals take place within each Soul, a greater awareness of their own... more »
The Economy: "Goodnight Europe"
*"Goodnight Europe"*
by Karl Denninger
"It's over folks. The Euro clowns have now said out loud that the Cyprus
model is how banks will be resolved in the future as a "template." Good.
Now what is Deutsche Bank's leverage ratio? The real one, not what they
claim? Oh, and the rest of the banks in Europe too. How many are still
running at 50:1 or even 100:1 leverage- 1-2% reserve ratios in fact despite
their claims, when one looks at actual values of assets and not
mark-to-fantasy and uncollateralized derivatives? That would be virtually
all of them. Do you have your money in ... more »
Congress launches futile search for Michele Bachmann's ethics
They just loaded a bunch of new charges on to the barge of fail that was
Michele Bachmann's loser campaign for President.
The Daily Beast has learned that federal investigators are now interviewing
former Bachmann campaign staffers nationwide about alleged intentional
campaign-finance violations. The investigators are working on behalf of the
Office of Congressional Ethics, which probes reported improprieties by
House members and their staffs and then can refer cases to the House Ethics
Committee.
Of course, despite the boatload of law suits currently on file against the
Queen of ... more »
Chag Sameach (and Elsewhere)
So I'll wish a Gut Yontif to everyone celebrating the Passover tonight.
Absolutely the best holiday.
Which also explains why there's nothing much here today. Well that, and
(hope you don't mind a little kvetching, otherwise just skip ahead to the
"elsewhere" section below)...look, it's one thing to be up half the night
with a sick kid; as parents, we all sign up for that. What's not fair is
when, after doing that, you have to take the (feeling much better,
fortunately) kid young woman to the airport because her first college
spring break is over...which among other things means she'... more »
Anishinabe Terrance Nelson: War Oil and US White Privilege
War Oil and US White Privilege
By Terrance Nelson
Roseau River Anishinabe
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Brenda,
It is critically important for our people to
understand what we are up against. Your posting of the Native leaders
from US and Canada joining forces in opposing the Transcanada pipeline
is good but Native Americans and First Nations people must
Ventana adornada con flores hermosas
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Puente de color rojo en los jardines
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Wild Bill: Homosexuals in the Military...
*anyone ever think to ask the military what they think about this?*
Good question.
Sally Kohn, addled like them!
*MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013*
*At Salon, support simply isn’t enough:* On Saturday morning, March 16, the
New York Times reshaped space and time.
That morning, the paper reported, on page A11, that Ohio senator Rob
Portman had come out in favor of gay marriage. And good lord!
That very same morning, on page A20, the Times already had a letter saying
that Portman was a hypocrite for having done so!
The letter appeared in the hard-copy Times on the same day as the news
report! How in the world does the liberal world do it?
Here’s how:
The letter-writer was reacting to an on-line post ... more »
La gran casa del árbol en el campo
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El libro de las montañas y rocas
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Caja de sorpresas con muchas mariposas de colores
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Sacred Lands Rally during NIGA in Phoenix 2013
Drummers, Singers and Dancers to Gather at Phoenix Convention Center
By Wayland Gray
waylandgray@yahoo.com
918-729-2955
www.savehickoryground.org
PHOENIX -- Native American tribal and religious leaders will be holding a
Sacred Lands Solidarity Rally and Press Conference at the North Side of
the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday March 26, 2013, from
11:30am-1:
Glenn Greenwald at Yale Law School - "With Liberty and Justice for Some"
Glenn Greenwald at Yale Law School - "With Liberty and Justice for Some."
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Nathan Robinson]:
The Green Haven Prison Project at Yale presents Guardian journalist Glenn
Greenwald speaking about the rule of law.
JIMMY SAVILE; JACONELLI; DR WHO; ELM GUEST HOUSE; GRANGE HILL
*The Sir Jimmy Savile Associate Peter Jaconelli, former Mayor of
Scarborough (right)*
*Reportedly, "the former Mayor of Scarborough, Councillor Peter Jaconelli
... abused children in his ice-cream parlours and his Ippon Judo Club as
part of a ring involving Jimmy Savile and others....*
*
*"North Yorkshire Police were aware of this at the time and turned a blind
eye to his depraved activities..."
*In February 2013, one of Jaconelli’s victims formally confirmed to Scarborough
Borough Council Chief Executive Officer Jim Dillon that the accusations
against Jaconelli are, in his opinion... more »
Get down to the Park!
[image: Peter Fulton scored his second century of the match,]
After heroic performances from Peter Fulton (above, with a century in each
innings), Trent Boult (6 wickets for 68 runs in the first innings), Kane
Williamson (partnership with Fulton in the first, and two wickets for five
runs in this one), Brendon McCullum (attacking captaincy all through, and a
timely and bludgeoning half-century yesterday) … from all around the New
Zealand dressing room, New Zealand is on the verge this morning of a famous
victory: the first series win against England at home since 1984!*
That’s a h... more »
Speed of light is variable: only in junk media
If you open Google Science News at this very moment, the #1 story is saying
things like
new research shows that the speed of light is variable in real space.
The only problem is that the "research" is pure crackpottery. Those stories
build upon the following two papers in a journal called European Physical
Journal D I have never heard of in the context of fundamental physics:
A sum rule for charged elementary particles by Gerd Leuchs, Luis L.
Sánchez-Soto (free: arXiv)
------------------------------
The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light by Marcel Urban,
François Cou... more »
Microsoft, Too, Says FBI Secretly Surveilling Its Customers
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/03/microsoft-nsl-revelation/
*Microsoft, Too, Says FBI Secretly Surveilling Its Customers*
BY DAVID KRAVETS03.21.132:31 PM
A breakdown of the number of National Security Letters the FBI has issued
to Microsoft targeted accounts (“identifiers”) for user data. Source:
Microsoft
Microsoft said the Federal Bureau of Investigation is secretly spying on
its customers with so-called National Security Letters that don’t require a
judge’s approval, a revelation Thursday that mirrors one Google announced
two weeks ago.
Redmond, Washington-based Micr... more »
God Save Me From A Normal Life — Part Three
The vision that guides our society is peculiar. Step 1 is to absorb as
much education as you can endure and afford. Step 2 is to plug into the
economy, aggressively pursue every opportunity for advancement, and make as
much money as you can, by any means necessary. Step 3 is to spend that
money in a manner that continuously increases your display of personal
status, as defined by the current trends of consumer society.
Obviously, this culture is disconnected from our ancestral roots, and from
the family of life. Countless millions devote their entire lives to
acquiring and di... more »
Boris out...
I
started blogging here in April 2006 after Dave kindly offered me a
space for my voice. Thank you Dave! That's pretty much SEVEN years ago.
I'm not sure how that's happened, but there it is.
I've had much less energy for blogging over the past while, my posts
have gotten shorter and from my view, aren't the same class as some of
my earlier stuff. I've shifted quite a bit in my thinking over
A Pandenic from China....
*China's new export a pandemic...*
*News you missed...No not really...About 20 thousand pigs died of Porcine
virus and dumped into the river...no big deal however the fact that ducks
are starting to die off should be sounding alarm bell at the WHO pandemic
dept...this maybe the start of a new pandemic very much like the Spanish
influenza started the same way 1915. The influenza virus killed more people
in a month than the Black plague did in a year. Are we ready for the next
pandemic?*
*Abraham Ben Judea..*
Authorities say; "Samples of the dead pigs have tested positive f... more »
Corporate Profiteering, Armchair Journalists and the Fight for Dignity
Corporate Profiteering, Armchair Journalists and the Fight for Dignity
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
When Indian Country Today decided to get rid of its real reporters, it
hired armchair journalists, plagiarizes who would steal the hard work of
others.
The traditional Oneida clan women struggled for years to
prevent what is happening today with the Oneida Nation in New
WORLD’S FIRST BITCOIN ATM LAUNCHED…IN CYPRUS!
*
* http://www.silverdoctors.com/worlds-first-bitcoin-atm-launched-in-cyprus/
*WORLD’S FIRST BITCOIN ATM LAUNCHED…IN CYPRUS!*
MARCH 25, 2013 BY THE DOC
Bitcoin (which incidentally has approximately doubled in value over the
past week as Europe pulls their money from the banks and looks for
alternate savings vehicles) has launched its first ATM…in Cyprus!
Still waiting for the world’s first silver ATM.
A Warming Ocean and Albion Freezes
The British Isles have been plunged into a sudden deep freeze and
researchers are blaming a rapidly warming Arctic Ocean. The Arctic, which
has seen a loss of 80% of its sea ice volume in the past 30-years, is
having powerful impacts over an increasingly large area of the northern
hemisphere.
*According to Jennifer Francis [research professor with the Rutgers
Institute of Coastal and Marine Science] and a growing body of other
researchers, the Arctic ice loss adds heat to the ocean and atmosphere
which shifts the position of the jet stream – the high-altitude river of
air that s... more »
Apache Sandra Rambler 'Traditionally Speaking'
Traditionally Speaking
Article and photo by Sandra Rambler
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
A
big round of applause goes out to the Superior Council for recently
voting NO to the Oak Flat land exchange in H.R. 687. I am so glad that
Superior is not being used as a pawn to get this bill passed in
Washington, D.C. These leaders should always remember that they
Fetus Fetishists Enabled Gosnell
Kermit Gosnell's trial for murder has begun and the fetus fetishists are
fapping themselves into a frenzy. As we pointed out here, he will be The
Poster Boy for Evul Abortionists forever, or until another one comes along.
Also in that post, we pointed squarely at the fetus fetishists themselves
for creating the stigma, harassment, and onerous and pointless regulations
that allow such monsters to operate and, indeed, flourish in poor
neighbourhoods.
But this little morsel is delicious. It seems the clinic harassers did NOT target
Gosnell.
One former patient at the clinic told a stat... more »
Are passengers in cars that have been stopped by the police detained? Maybe
*R. v. Johnson*, 2013 ONCA 177 holds:
[34] The interesting issue of whether passengers in cars that have
been stopped by the police are detained has been considered in a number of
cases. In *Harris*, at paras. 18-19, Doherty J.A. left open the
possibility that upon an *HTA* stop, the driver and the passengers are
immediately and automatically detained. Some courts have been of the same
view (see *e.g.* *R. v. Pinto*, [2003] O.T.C. 1095 (S.C.), at para. 45; *R.
v. J.R.M.*, [2005] O.J. No. 4708 (S.C.), at para. 17), while others have
held that something more was necessary befo... more »
OSF, Please Follow Your Philosophy
Please, OSF, follow your Mission Philosophy....
blogs.pjstar.com/haiti/2013/03/…
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) March 25, 2013
Debating the Benefits of Nuclear Superiority for Crisis Bargaining, Part II
Editor’s Note: Back in February I riffed on a post by Erik Voeten in which
Erik discussed two articles in International Organization (IO). One, by our
colleague Matt Kroenig, argued that nuclear superiority gives states
advantages in crisis bargaining (PDF). Another, by Todd Sechser and Matthew
Fuhrman, rejects this claim (PDF). After the two posts sparked some
interesting discussion–both on- and offline–I approached
Continue reading
ALEC FreeMarket Philosophy is Fallacious
Manipulation of the market using legislation issued by the American
Legislative Exchange Council – is proof that the free-market philosophy
expounded by ALEC is fallacious.
When ALEC legislators create artificial and spurious entry into the market
for ALEC corporate sector members, using ALEC “model legislation” they are
deconstructing the concept of "free-market".
When ALEC legislators intentionally manipulate public sector services and
goods, to create new markets for the sole benefit of ALEC corporate sector
members, ALEC legislators are proving that the free-market philosophy ... more »
Roll Over, Roll On
Whether it's giving a pass to war criminal sadists, or kicking tens
of thousands of kids off Head Start in the name of political sadism,
President Obama always stays true to his political mantra: You gotta look
forward, not backward.
So it is with great fetishist fanfare that the White House has
just announced that the endangered Easter Egg Roll will now go on as
planned. The Head Start evictees may not have been lucky enough to score a
ticket in the lottery, but the Obama Administration thinks they can
still take comfort watching a video of Bo the Dog pimping out the
festivities. ... more »
Blue America Welcomes Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
We've been doing the Blue America live chats for almost seven years. Today
at 3pm (ET, noon on the West Coast) we're proud to welcome our very first
Republican ever, Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina. As usual, the live
session will be at Crooks and Liars. Please stop by. This isn't a
fundraiser or an endorsement session, although I couldn't help noticing
that last year the mainstream conservative, libertarian-leaning Jones voted
more frequently with progressives on crucial roll call votes than 3 of
North Carolina's "Democratic" congressmen-- Shuler, McIntyre and Kissell.
If yo... more »
CONFIRMED: US Shipping Weapons to Syria - Al Nusra's "Mystery" Sponsors Revealed
*March 25, 2013* (LD) - While US President Barack Obama and the Western
media lied in concert to the world regarding America's role in supporting
terrorists operating in Syria, it is now revealed that the US Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been shipping weapons to Syria via
NATO-member Turkey and Jordan since at least early 2012. The New York Times
in their article titled, "Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With C.I.A.
Aid," admits that:
With help from the C.I.A., Arab governments and Turkey have sharply
increased their military aid to Syria’s opposition fighters in rece... more »
Syria: Massive CIA arms shipments, Israel & Turkey "sittin' in a tree" .
and more, much more.!!!
CIA aids in massive arms airlifts to so called Syrian rebels....
As you know the US has only been involved in providing non lethal
assistance.................Or so the lie goes!
*Free Syrian Army fighters inside a house in Aleppo last week. The United
States has been helping Arab governments and Turkey send arms to the rebels.
*
*Of course the NYT's doesn't ask how the fighters came to be inside this
house? Whose house is this?*
*Where are the people who were resident in this house? Did the fighters
kill everyone in the house and then commandeer it?*
*Back... more »
Erase the Border! Add Your Voice!
Erase
the Border
Ofelia Rivas, O'odham Solidarity Project
ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE PETITION!
http://www.erasetheborder.com/
Call the Erase the Border hotline at (888) 821-7563 ext. 2843
Once you put in that extension it should prompt you to record a message.
I'm hoping everyone will say "Erase the Border" but then include their
own personal reason or story (short - like under 10 seconds)
Iraq’s Economy At A Crossroads, Interview With USAID’s Vladimir Halama and Thomas Doherty
The Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program is run by the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID). Its goal is to help Iraq
develop a market economy. At the end of 2012, it released a report, “Assessment
of Current and Anticipated Economic Priority In Iraq.” The paper went over
Iraq’s National Development Plan, and the difficulties it is facing in
diversifying its economy. The report claimed that Iraq was at a crossroads
over whether it would be able to escape the oil curse and its state-led
economy. Below is an interview with Thomas Doherty and Vladimir Halama... more »
BREAKDOWN IN CAPITALISM
As Washington lawmakers pushes new austerity measures, economist Richard
Wolff calls for a radical restructuring of the U.S. economic and financial
systems. He speaks with Democracy Now about the $85 billion budget cuts as
part of the sequester, banks too big to fail, Congress’ failure to learn
the lessons of the 2008 economic collapse and his new book, "Democracy at
Work: A Cure for Capitalism.” Wolff also gives FOX news host Bill O’Reilly
a lesson in economics 101.
Debating the Benefits Nuclear Superiority for Crisis Bargaining, Part I
Editor’s Note: Back in February I riffed on a post by Erik Voeten in which
Erik discussed two articles in International Organization. One, by our
colleague Matt Kroenig, argued that nuclear superiority gives states
advantages in crisis bargaining (PDF). Another, by Todd Sechser and Matthew
Fuhrmann, rejects this claim (PDF). After the two posts sparked some
Continue reading
How poorly did the press corps do with Iraq!
*MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013*
*Paul Farhi, right and wrong:* Yesterday, in the Post Outlook section, Paul
Farhi considered the press corps’ performance in the run-up to war in Iraq.
In Farhi’s view, the press corps didn’t do as poorly as is widely said,
though they also didn’t do well. We wouldn’t necessarily say he’s wrong in
some of his overall judgments.
Let’s note two points on which Farhi is probably right, two points on which
he seems to be wrong.
Would better coverage have affected the outcome? We’ll guess that Farhi is
right in this judgment:
FARHI (3/24/13): *Many critics of t... more »
Letter to Senator Cornyn (R-Texas) from Captain Terry M. Hestilow United States Army, Retired...
*how many of you think he's wearing a tinfoil hat?*
I don't.
Dear friends, the following is a copy of my correspondence with Senator
Cornyn concerning the arming of the DHS for war against the citizens of our
nation. You are each encouraged to copy and properly amend this letter to
send to your own senators and members of the U.S. House. Further, I am
somewhat overwhelmed at the response to my posts leading up to this letter
on this issue. At this point almost 3,000 of you have shared my original
post, I have 994 new friends requests, 61 messages, and 70 new comments to
process.... more »
Schedule: Journey of Nishiyuu arrives in Ottawa
Schedule
7:00 AM Walkers leave the overnight stay at Chelsea 8:30 AM Walkers
reach Hwy 105 and St Joseph Blvd 11:30 AM Ottawa Police close the
Portage Bridge for Walker’s entry to Victoria Island 12:00 NOON Sacred
fire at Victoria Island lit by Algonquin Firekeeper Peter Decontie 12:00
PM Arrive at Victoria Island for Traditional Menu Please bring own
bowls, spoons. 12:30 PM Algonquin
Mohawk Nation New 'COINTELPRO'
COINTELPRO [1]
Posted on March 24, 2013
1
MNN. Mar. 26, 2013. COINTELPRO is the US developed
“Counter Intelligence Program” against the American Indian Movement,
Black Panthers and any group they deem “enemies” of their national
security. The security of the banksters to continue their war program,
it was implemented in the 1950s.
Intense fear is
Mohawk Nation News 'Hostile Takeover Bid'
HOSTILE TAKEOVER BID
Posted on March 23, 2013
MNN. Mar. 23, 2013. Indigenous relationship with the
land is the biggest threat to the economic royalist bankers. Destroying
our communal land holding is to deny us our culture, life and identity.
International law dictates that changes can only be made with our full
knowledge and consent. Their think
Mohawk Nation News 'The Budget'
THE BUDGET
Posted on March 22, 2013
MNN. Mar. 21, 2013. Canada’s Minister of Finance,
Jim “Who-Just-Came-Back-from-Some-Kind-of-Rehab” Flaherty announced his
government’s plans for spending our money. His convalescence didn’t do
him much good. He still looks worried, fat faced, beet red nose and a
big beer belly. He presented the budget on how Canada is going to spend
MIXED BAG
- The Pentagon's Southern Command has requested $49 million to build a
new prison building at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for "special" detainees
prisoners on top of other renovations it says are necessary since Congress
has decided to keep it open indefinitely. That brings the potential
taxpayer bill for upgrading the facilities to an estimated $195.7 million.
- While in Iraq Obama's new Secretary of State John Kerry warned that
many in the US are wondering how, after Americans “have tried so hard to be
helpful” in rebuilding post-Saddam Iraq, the country coul... more »
THE ROAD TO IRAQ: Shameless, Christopher Matthews said!
*MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013*
*Part 1—Shamelessness may look like this:* Last Friday night, MSNBC
re-aired its hour-long documentary about the way we went to war in Iraq.
Hubris, the program is called.
As best we can tell, the network has never posted a transcript of the
hour-long program. Nor has the network made the tape of the program
available on-line.
Last Friday night, the network re-aired the Hubris program at 9. After
that, the network aired an hour-long discussion of the program.
The network hasn’t produced a transcript of that discussion program, which
was hosted by Chris Hay... more »
FCC - Public Servants of the Telecoms
This headline has been bothering me for four days.
*17 Free-Market Tributes to Robert McDowell on His FCC Tenure *
*SEVENTEEN *
*Free-Market Tributes*
Not only did the present FCC screw the consumer while in office.
But now as they "retire" or "resign"
the free-market advocates (like ALEC)
are going to shove our faces in it.
Get it America!
Corporate profits are more important
than the people.
Our tributes just proved to you
we control the free-market
dialogue and the public servants who report to us.
Public servants who faithfully served the private sec... more »
NEW SCIENTIST: Banks gone bad: Our evolved morality has failed us
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729090.200-banks-gone-bad-our-evolved-morality-has-failed-us.html
*Banks gone bad: Our evolved morality has failed us*
25 March 2013 by Christopher Boehm
We seem to be unable to punish bankers for their scandalous behaviour.
That's because our moral instincts can’t cope, says a professor of
biological sciences and anthropology
Why is it so hard to punish bankers for their scandalous behaviour? Have
our evolved moral instincts failed us?
ROB a bank and you risk a long stretch in jail. Run a bank whose dubious
behaviour leads to global ec... more »
Changes
Just for the record, Southern Man does *not* like change. He's quite
content to go on just as before. It's safe and secure and predictable. The
grass is plenty green right here, thank you very much. The water in the pot
is *not* boiling. And so on.
Life, however, has other plans. In the last few weeks Southern Man has
learned that (a) he will not be returning to his university in the fall and
(b) Teen Daughter is adamant that she is going to move in with him this
summer.
The first of these is frankly terrifying. Southern Man has been on four
(yes, count 'em, *four*) professional ... more »
Guns: Moral schizophrenia...
says it all.
H/T *Western Rifle Shooters Association*
Dangers from heatwaves in Victoria set to rise – ‘Heatwaves cause more deaths in Victoria each year than other natural disasters such as bushfires and floods, yet heatwaves are not included in the state’s emergency management plans’
[image: Number of days over 35 celsius in Melbourne, current and projected
to the years 2030 and 2070. Graphic: Victorian Council of Social Service]
25 March 2013 (AAP) – Victorians will face greater danger from heatwaves
because of climate change and inadequate planning, a new report says.
On the back of Australia's hottest summer on record, and with heatwaves
predicted to become more frequent, the state must upgrade its preparation
and emergency responses, says the Victorian Council of Social Service
(VCOSS) report.
The council's Feeling the Heat report says the 2009 Victorian ... more »
Foreign Entanglements: Iraq Anniversary Edition
Catch my prescient NCAA prediction at the beginning.
Clearing Hurricane Sandy debris from New Jersey waters is grinding task
[image: At a fenced compound in Brick, New Jersey, hulks of ruined vehicles
removed from Barnegat Bay await their next stop while in storage. The
cleanup cost from Hurricane Sandy will depend on how much debris is
collected, officials said, but it will likely be in the tens of millions.
Photo: Philadelphia Inquirer]
By Jacqueline L. Urgo
24 March 2013
MANTOLOKING, New Jersey (Philadelphia Inquirer) – Buddy Young and his crew
wait pensively on a dock, two-way radios in hand, for a "picker" boat a
half-mile out on Barnegat Bay to report on precisely what the long-arm boom
mounted t... more »
‘Don’t make the mistake we did’: Fukushima survivor to Queensland
[image: A radiation detector displays 131 microsieverts on 28 February
2012, near the Fukushima Daiichi plant. At this location, a person receives
the maximum annual dose recommended in France for artificial radioactivity
in ten hours. Photo: Kimimasa Mayama / Reuters]
By Marty Silk
12 March 2013
(AAP) – A survivor of the Fukushima nuclear accident is urging the
Queensland government to reinstate a ban on uranium mining.
Japanese dairy farmer Hasegawa Kenichi is in Brisbane with a delegation
from the Japanese disaster relief organisation Peace Boat.
"Uranium is something the hum... more »
Daily Links, Monday, March 25, 2013
*Jump! Jump!*
Enjoy!
*BLOGS*:
- From Hong Kong Econ Journal Editor: some signs of what may be in store
for Taiwan some day. As I've noted before, surely the problem of
suppressing Taiwan's democracy after it annexes the island must be a vexing
issue for Beijing.
- Ben discovers a hilarious boardgame on Taiwan politics
- Is Agentina/Falklands a possible model for Beijing/Taiwan?
- Oz, that intrepid explorer of the dark side, goes after roadside betel
nut
- Bombing Handan
- Drew on training to recover his former glory.
*MEDIA*:
- President Ma press... more »
ALEC Educational Policy/Process - "Deceitful"
To begin with:
It's kind of interesting to note - that recent articles out there have been
noting that ALEC policy is too extreme for moderate Republicans.
Now ALEC policy/process is too extreme for a red state like Alabama.
I would say - it's time to sit up and take real notice.
The ALEC agenda of stealing taxpayer dollars to use for funding of
for-profit education has taken a unique turn in Alabama.
Maybe it’s just that people are waking up to ALEC nastiness or maybe ALEC
has finally pushed it too far this time.
When all of the nastiness from Alabama comes out in the "wash", ma... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Nick Lowe, 64.
And some good stuff:
1. Dan Hopkins on how to influence policy if you're a lobbyist.
2. Bob Dole and the current Senate, by Michael Kranish.
3. And Mark Kleiman tries a little education.
Movie Ticket Shadow Box
I don't think I have ever thrown away a movie ticket. I have stubs from all
of the Harry Potter movies, Lord of The Rings and even some silly chick
flicks. These stubs are all in a envelope in my dresser and every time we
move my husband begs me to do something with me. Even though what he means
is to throw them away, I decided a little shadow box holding all of those
movie memories was just the ticket. Pun intended. ;) For this craft, I was
lucky enough to get to test out the new Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic line from
American Crafts.
*Supplies:*
Shadow box or Toy Box from wooden... more »
Will Determined GOP Nihilists In The House Overcome Anemic Democratic Defenses In The Senate And White House To Impose Their Failed Austerity Agenda On America? Is Cyprus Coming Here?
Wall Street lobbyists fanned out over Capitol Hill in the last few weeks
with a plan to roll back regulations Congress passed on derivative trading,
trading that helped send the economy into a tailspin, caused the collapse
of AIG (and subsequent bailout), and nearly pushed us into a Depression
when regulations were nonexistent in the recent past. “Derivatives," said
Warren Buffett, "are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying
dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal.” These shady
lobbyists haven't just reached their natural allies in the Republican
Party-- al... more »
CYPRUS BANKS; OTHER BANKS
*Cyprus invasion*
*
*
"The locals should understand: as soon as the money leaves, the people who
go to restaurants, buy cars and buy property leave too.
"The Cypriots' means of living will disappear."
*Russians prepare to quit Cyprus - FT.com*
Watch out Spanish banks?
*Cyprus to be model for future bailouts*
nationalinterest.org...
*
*• Cyprus's second-largest bank, *Laiki Bank* is to be closed.
*Its deposits over €100,000 will be placed in a "bad bank".*
*
*
*These deposits could be wiped out entirely. *
Those with smaller deposits at Laiki will have their accounts transferred
t... more »
Beeb Bias Craig is back!
One of my favourite blogs was Beeb Bias Craig, the blog of Craig a man of
Morecambe descent who analysed BBC bias with a degree of forensic detail
that I could only marvel at.
He closed his blog on 26 May 2010 and started contributing more at Biased
BBC (now here) .
He did promise me that he'd resurrect his blog but instead I learn todaythat Craig and Sue have been posting on a new blog Is
the BBC biased?. I will take a detailed look around the site later but at
first glance the detailed investiagtive work you'd expect from Craig is
much in evidence.
A Break
I'll resume my look at Scott Neigh's *Talking Radical: Resisting the State *tomorrow
(maybe). For now, yeez kin watch a video. A terrible video I watched with
my 5-year old last night. The guy who wrote that script probably got $150
(in today's money) for it. Threw it at his bosses and said "If you want
quality, you have to pay for it." I can see it all now. Bet the guy looked
a little like me!
P.S. The five-year old thought it was stupid.
Untitled
***Barge Gate issues loom, engineering system failures worry La. flood
official ~Bob Marshall*
~*“It’s an incredibly complicated design that will take nine hours to close
effectively — and that the corps still can’t operate successfully after
repeated tries. **I keep seeing us trying to close that hole in the wall
with a storm coming — and having nothing but problems.’’* -Bob Turner,
Civil Engineer, regional director of the South Louisiana Flood Protection
Authority - East.
The story of the barge gate goes back to the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina. *Admitting that its own catastrop... more »
You Can See It Coming
Michael Harris writes this morning that his support for native issues is
meeting some strong resistance:
Consider this response to my last column on aboriginal issues, which
predicted that unless the federal government abandons the status quo, there
will be big trouble in the land of peace, order and good government — and
sooner rather than later:
“What you fail to grasp Michael is the widespread support Harper has
amongst the white majority in Canada regarding the natives. The vast
majority of Canadian whites are fed up with the natives. The natives may be
fed up with us as well... more »
Indian Country Today continues plagiarism and copyright violations
Photo
Rebecca Sommer
Corporate Profiteering and Deception:
Armchair journalists steal the hard work of others
International writer, photographer, filmmaker and activist Rebecca
Sommer exposes the fact that Indian Country Today continues to
plagiarize and violate copyrights.
Indian Country Today currently relies primarily on armchair journalists
who plagiarize the hard work of others,
Rule of Law 19: How to Strengthen RoL?
* This is my 4th guest post in antipinoy.com
---------
This is a puzzle that all administrations in the Philippines have answered
or attempted to answer. And it seems that almost all of them have provided
the wrong answer, or partially correct answer.
I had a long discourse last week with a friend who teaches Political
Science at UP Diliman, Prof. Amado “Bong” Mendoza, and some friends in his
facebook wall.
Bong wrote,
*I agree with you Nonoy Oplas that we do not have a rule of law culture and
situation in our country. The question to be asked and answered: why is it
the case? Som... more »
Economic Action Panda Rental
Pandas are the new Con mascot.
Apparently pandas are short-sighted, ill- tempered, and not well-adapted to
the world, but have nonetheless achieved a 40% increase in population over
the last 20 years.
Perfect.
.
Those little town blues
By Capt. Fogg
Small town newspapers. When I first moved here over 11 years ago, Little
Boots was in the white house and although the fear machine was running on
afterburner and everyone was in the process of never forgetting and sending
money to Taiwan manufacturers of plastic automobile flag holders, you still
had headlines declaring that some local fisherman had caught a record Snook
or irate letters about litter in the park. Now it's outrage. Every day.
Even the fish are angry.
Printed opprobrium grew over the Bush years, at least those quasi-literate,
misspelled, cliche-ridd... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning, Duckaroos! Here’s your Monday linkage from… “Dixie”: The
South will rise again – according to the UN. No, not that South, the
Global South. For the first time in two centuries, Brazil, India, and
China’s combined GDP is nearly equivalent to the combined GDP of the
leading powers of North America and Europe.
Continue reading
An Economist Speaks about the OPPT
*Subject: Why all of your efforts will pay off.*
Date: 2013-3-18 10:34:8
Lisa, Heather, Randall, Bob, Caleb, D, BK, AK, K and all others.
I will be working during the airing of you March/18/2013 show so I'll send
this message to you ahead of time in stead.
Everyone forgets to remember that Tesla was manually digging trenches when
he first immigrated to make basic ends meet until he had access to
“capital” and the time to develop his experiments. The problem being when
someone else (ie JP Morgan) controls that access they can also pull the
plug.
I’m an Economics major who gradua... more »
THE CLASSIC RUSSIAN JEWISH OLIGARCH - BORIS BEREZOVSKY
*Boris with his former girlfriend Elena Gorbunova*
The Daily Mail has learnt that the Russian Jewish oligarch Boris Berezovsky
"regularly paid for teenage girls to fly from Eastern Europe or Russia to
the UK for sex."
Young teen girls had sex with Boris in his armoured Maybach limousine, at
the Lanesborough Hotel in London and at his mansion.
*Boris's mansion*
"Close sources said it was an 'open secret that he paid for sex with
teenage girls.'"
*Mark Pendlebury*
Boris's driver was Mark Pendlebury, an ex-Paratrooper, who presumably has
no links to the security services or to th... more »
Media Reaction to Icelandic Revolution
The reason that you indict bankers is because it informs the next
generation who must be given the same power to make loans, that the price
of fraud is real and substantial. Today. Iceland has a reformed banking
system and a thriving economy largely making up its past losses and growing
nicely.
Those in the USA and Europe who also face prison for their behavior, also
control or deeply influence media. They certainly do not welcome this story
as it informs the population that there is an alternative to present
behavior.
Iceland is a growing success story, as for that m... more »
Amazing Cassava
This item introduces us to the benefits of cassava generally. The modern
world is seeing these plants in our supermarkets without much help in
deciding what to do with them. My own experience tells me that any new
product has to be tried and tested at least three times before we get it
right. This may help.
I suspect that we will be seeing much more of this plant and its
derivatives as we master the art of its use. I also think that food science
can do wonders here to make attractive products.
It certainly has more uses than as a pudding.
*The amazing cassava root:... more »
Constructural Law with Adrian Bejan
This is an extraordinary insight. What we are saying is that ordered
systems act as sinks for imposed currents by improving their access. We
leave out the actual physical nature of those currents and accept our
ignorance does not predispose our understanding. Suddenly Chinese medicine
has a creditable framework.
It also clarifies the evolutionary process as decision driven. A mouse
tests a new environment, prospers and leave offspring. It has nothing to do
with survival of the fittest. It has to do with right choices.
That also tells us that the collective acts to media... more »
Li Chiang-Yuen Lived to 256?
Our first instinct is simply to ignore this story as a deliberate tall
tale. Yet it appears to have been triggered by the investigations of
serious local authorities who got interested in the case. Certainly the
conditions were right for a local community to vouch for the authenticity
of these claims. That meant undisturbed records and little local mobility
allowing folk memories to be preserved to provide at least 150 years of
direct confirmation. Recall that it would be the last 150 years that are
surprising.
If the claimed imperial letters truly existed and attested to,... more »
Syrian Insurgent Provocations: Going For Endgame?
*Syrian Insurgent Provocations: Going For Endgame?*
By Daniel McAdams
Lew Rockwell Blog
Published on March 24, 2013
The armed insurgents in Syria are desperate to provoke an attack on the
Syrian regime from an outside force. Several recent events suggest they are
raising the stakes significantly in their attempts to foment a wider
conflict. The US government and its allies may well be willing accomplices
in this dangerous escalation game. Although it may well be an attempt by
some factions to shift back some balance of power between the rebel groups,
as word comes out that the CIA h... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be
found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This sharp view of the
gorgeous island universe shows off a striking yellow nucleus and galactic
disk. Dust lanes, small, pink star-forming regions, and young blue star
clusters are embedded in the patchy, tightly wound spiral arms. In
contrast, many other spirals exhibit grand, sweeping arms with large
star-forming regions.
*Click image for larger size.*
NGC 2841 has a diameter of over 150,000 light-years, even larger than our
own Milky Way, but this close-up ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Daybreak”
*“Daybreak”*
by Chet Raymo
“I may have been in the last generation of youngsters who grew up with an
awareness of the works of Maxfield Parrish. The children's' books he
illustrated were still in circulation. Reproductions of his works appeared
with some regularity in books and magazines meant for kids, and they were
commonly framed for children's rooms. To me, they represented a fantasy
world, a never-never land of make-believe. Those skies! The blues! The
golds! The luminous mists! The billowing clouds like castles in the air!
The unearthly light that sugarcoats trees and cr... more »
March 24, 1973
In Washington, Senate Committee counsel Sam Dash continues meeting with
James McCord. In Florida, Nixon and Haldeman are calling around for advice.
And at Camp David, John Dean is writing, or not writing, the Dean Report.
Which, if completed, was to be used to exonerate and protect the president
-- but, as Dean realizes, only by landing the responsibility for the
cover-up squarely on John Dean.
Dean's suggestion, which he's made before but pushes again on the phone
this weekend to Haldeman, is for Dean to go to the soon-to-be-revived grand
jury, get immunity, and then tell the trut... more »
12 Imágenes bonitas y diferentes para fondo de tu laptop
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Microsoft facts global police data requests
*More than 75,000 requests were prepared by police services around the
world for data on Microsoft users in 2012.T*he facts were revealed in
Microsoft's first transparency report which comprehensive how often police
forces required data to aid investigations.US police forces topped the
record of agencies keen to know who produced specific images or other
content. In most cases, Microsoft only handed over basic information such
as login names and IP addresses.
Most of the additional requests were for non-content figures such as login
names, IP addresses or other low-level identif... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday!
Banner by Art Ist
Grab our banner for your site:
Do you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes write
about the environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below
to list your site.
2. If you only occasionally write about green living, please use tags such
as "green", "Eco", "Environment", etc. and then link to... more »
The Washington Post has every right to charge for its Web content; I just don't expect to be paying
*The washingtonpost.com home page tonight*: *Come summer, you'll still be
able to "make us your homepage," as it suggests, but you won't be able to
read more than 20 articles per month for free. (Click to enlarge.)*
*by Ken*
I've been meaning to say something about this week's announcement that the *Washington
Post* is going to begin charging "frequent users" of its website, defined
as "those who look at more than 20 articles or multimedia features." As of Monday's
announcement, "the company has not decided how much it will charge."
Notably, the report indicated that the paper --
... more »
ISA Survival Guide for Grad Students: the essential clothing, food, shelter, and networking dos and don’ts
It is time again for the International Studies Association Annual
Conference. With thousands of attendees, a phone book full of panels, and a
slough of receptions, dinners, meetings, and opportunities, the whole thing
can be a bit overwhelming as a grad student (and for everyone else too!).
You’ve likely received advice on how to present
Continue reading
People Start Revolt Against Disaster Capitalism Coups? No More Safe US Airports: We Are Soooo Screwed (FAA To Close 149 Air Traffic Towers Under Cuts)
Sunday, March 24, 2013 Pro-Democracy Movement Rises Against 'Disaster
Capitalism' in Detroit As new 'emergency manager' Kevin Orr takes over in
'bloodless coup,' community plans revolt - Jon Queally James Rhodes,
center, 57, of Detroit, and others cheer as a speaker condemns the city's
'emergency manager' Kevyn Orr scheduled to begin his tenure on Monday.
(Todd McInturf / The Detroit
The Daily "Near You?"
Incline Village, Nevada, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
i am a master of information
The degree will not be official until May, but I've just completed my very
last school assignment. This means... *I. AM. DONE.* Done!!!!! My apologies
to everyone who already saw this at Facebook, but such momentous news *must*be posted on wmtc!
I am honestly unable to express my joy and relief at finishing school. I
sometimes wonder if I'm making a big fuss over something quite common,
something people do every day. Then again, if people do return to school
after nearly 30 years and pilot through a complete career change in their
early 50s, every day, then good on them, because it i... more »
Paulo Coelho, “May We All Be Forgotten”
*“May We All Be Forgotten”*
by Paulo Coelho
“In the monastery of Sceta, Abbot Lucas gathered the brothers together for
a sermon. ‘May you all be forgotten,’ he said. ‘But why?’ one of the
brothers asked. ‘Does that mean that our example can never serve to help
someone in need?’
‘In the days when everyone was just, no one paid any attention to people
who behaved in an exemplary manner,’ replied the abbot. ‘Everyone did their
best, never thinking that by behaving thus they were doing their duty by
their brother. They loved their neighbor because they understood that this
was ... more »
New Democrat Harry Borlase Will Challenge Peter Penashue In Labrador By-election
*The New Democrats have chosen a northern analyst to carry the party banner
in the coming Labrador byelection, rejecting a suggestion the party sit
this one out.*
*Harry Borlase was picked in an online vote Sunday for the byelection,
which has yet to be called.*
*Borlase was raised in Nain and Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and has worked on
northern issues all his life, most recently at C-CORE.*
*The Labrador seat became vacant when former Conservative cabinet minister
Peter Penashue quit this month after Elections Canada found his election
campaign had accepted 28 different ineligibl... more »
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Has Scalia Already Thrown In The Towel On Same Sex Marriage ?(forbes.com)
Is Antonin Scalia the Vilest Person in Washington?(alternet.org)
Scalia Prefers Any Century to This One(themoderatevoice.com)
Rachel Maddow: Antonin Scalia 'a troll'(politico.com)
Those Cartoons from Facebook, March 25, 2013(thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com)
3.20.13 ... Obama's 102-Year-Old Voter, 'Shocked' By Scalia's 'Racial Entitlement' Remar ... I'm shocked, too ... k(teaguenc.wordpress.com)
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