The San Francisco Peaks as viewed from Elden Mountain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
San Francisco Peaks - Fall 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Phoenix Hall (Photo credit: █ Slices of Light █▀ ▀ ▀)Thursday Morning Linkage
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 2 minutes ago
Here is your Thursday Morning Linkage with some categories for helpful
reading… Global Economy Cyprus and EU avert financial catastrophe but EU
looks like “gang that can’t shoot straight” Krugman recommends Cyprus exit
from the Euro Energy and the Environment Wildlife returns to Guyana CFR
hosts joint event with Conservation International on the mainstreaming of
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Chet Raymo, “The Nagel Ado”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 minutes ago
*“The Nagel Ado”*
by Chet Raymo
“I've now read Thomas Nagel's “Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist
Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False,” and,
frankly, I don't see what all the fuss is about. Nagel's argument goes
something like this: Consciousness cannot be explained within the current
evolutionary physio-chemical paradigm- that is, consciousness is
irreducible within the context of contemporary science. Therefore, a new
paradigm is required, one admitting an irreducible cosmic consciousness, a
natural teleological principle that guides and informs na... more »
Vettin' The Candidates
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 minutes ago
What a rotten hand to be dealt!
*DWT* readers always ask me to check out whichever Democrat washes up on
the beach of their district and see if they're any good. I mean, chances
are they'll always be better than whatever godforsaken Republican already
holds the seat, but my job is to see if they're better enough to warrant
really getting behind them. The vetting process usually takes a couple
months. But I just got off the phone with a woman running for Congress, her
first bid at any kind of electoral office. and, without prejudicing the
process, I couldn't help myself from sharing s... more »
Google Street View sends cameras into Namie, an abandoned town in Fukushima where once 21,000 people lived
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 31 minutes ago
[image: Google Streetview image showing the abandoned city of Namie in
Fukushima Prefecture, March 2013. Photo: Google]
By David McNeill
27 March 2013
TOKYO (Independent) – Google’s Streetview cars have been in to the area
around the Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time. Their maps reveal
the destruction wrought by Japan’s huge earthquake – and give the 21,000
residents forced to flee the chance to see what they left behind.
It is a nuclear-era *Mary Celeste*, a town left virtually untouched since
its 21,000 residents fled two years ago.
Rubble and roof tiles still litter ... more »
Video Havasupai Elder Rex Tilousi Speaks at Hickory Ground Rally Phoenix
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 40 minutes ago
Havasupai
Elder Rex Tilousi speaks in defense of sacred lands, outside the
National Indian Gaming Association annual gathering in Phoenix, as
Native Americans rally to defend Hickory Ground ceremonial grounds from
casino development.
VIDEO Klee Benally at Hickory Ground Rally Phoenix
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 40 minutes ago
Klee
Benally, Dine', speaks at Sacred Lands Rally, outside National Indian
Gaming Conference in Phoenix, defending San Francisco Peaks, and
supporting the movement to protect Hickory Ground ceremonial grounds
from casino development.
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 44 minutes ago
Kailua, Hawaii, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Ecuador auctions off three million hectares of Amazon rainforest to China oil firms
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 hour ago
[image: Oil exploration blocks to be auctioned off by Ecuador. Ecuador
plans to auction off more than three million hectares of pristine Amazonian
rainforest to Chinese oil companies, angering indigenous groups and
underlining the global environmental toll of China's insatiable thirst for
energy. Graphic: Amazon Watch]
By Jonathan Kaiman
26 March 2013
BEIJING (guardian.co.uk) – Ecuador plans to auction off more than three
million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies,
angering indigenous groups and underlining the global environmental toll of
China's ... more »
An appeal in the Kachkar case would likely fail
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago
The Crown can appeal a finding of Not Criminally Responsible but only in
very limited circumstances. The Crown has to show the trial judge made a
material legal error in charging the jury, the jury's verdict was perverse
or somehow the decision was a miscarriage of justice. It is not enough that
the decision was wrong - the jury are entitled to be wrong just so long as
they are not perverse.
And that means an appeal in the Kachkar case would likely fail. The trial
judge appears to have given a perfectly acceptable charge. Kachkar's
behaviour, screaming about Chinese technology and... more »
Morning Brew Round Table Discussion on Manifestation Thur Mar 28th at noon EST
Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
Join Gwen Caldwell, who will be hosting a roundtable discussion on Morning
Brew tomorrow with Bob Wright, Seraph G: El (and perhaps other guests)
about energy, frequencies and how to manifest all things in your life which
you desire. Please join us at noon ET morningbrew.webs.com
Mohawk Nation News 'Cyprus'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
CYPRUS
Posted on March 27, 2013
MNN. Mar. 27, 2013. The theft of the savings
accounts of the people has begun, starting in Cyprus. The bankers “royal
economists” created the current fractional reserve system based on
debt. They are squeezing the people “so tight against their chest that
the people can hardly breathe”. [Dekanawida].
So who are these bankers that presume
Jim Carrey's "Cold Dead Hand"
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 2 hours ago
Cold Dead Hand with Jim Carrey from Jim Carrey
Quote of the Day, 3: Post-Cyprus
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago
“You cannot dick around with money on this scale unless you know what
you’re doing. To suggest that the bail-in legislation is a problem [only]
for the periphery and uninsured depositors is to say that the fire is
downstairs… [We have rank amateurs playing a high-stakes game without
understanding either the rules or what’s at stake. Maybe our masters have
plans for a controlled detonation of a massively complex and unstable
system. But I see damn all evidence of that. Instead we appear to have a
group of under-qualified provincial politicians who, having been badly
mauled by a hou... more »
If Supreme Court justices are really concerned about standing, make Paul Clement give back the BLAG-pilfered millions or make "Sunny John" Boehner pay it all back
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*The New York Times's Marcus Mabry talks to reporter John Schwartz about
the Supreme Court's consecutive days of hearings on marriage-equality
issues -- California's Prop 8 yesterday, DOMA today.*
*by Ken*
Court-watchers stress that we mustn't make assumptions about Supreme Court
justices' ultimate decisions from the questions they ask during oral
arguments. But nobody seems to question that:
(1) Yesterday the justices showed reluctance to take bold action in the
appeal to save California's homo-hating Prop 8. What some of of those
court-watchers conveniently forget is that the Ro... more »
Dr. Jon Saphier and the Lie That Keeps on Paying Off for His Company
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
Massachusetts is just one state that has approved Jon Saphier as a licensed
vendor to peddle his "Research for Better Teaching" (RBT) to teachers and
school leaders across the state. Saphier's consultants, in fact, are in
action tomorrow in at the RBT Conference Center in Acton, MA. Big bucks.
At the tap root of Saphier's expensive advice is a very old and withered
lie that Saphier keeps alive, told so often by Saphier, himself, that it is
impossible to know if he has come to actually believe it. From the preface
of The Skillful Teacher . . . (2008):
Of all the things that matter... more »
Quote of the Day, 2: “…the puritans are after the drinkers and eaters…”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
“Everybody needs somebody to hate, after all. The smokers are sufficiently
marginalised, so now the puritans are after the drinkers and eaters. Can
you spot the epicurean persecution yet?”
- Will de Cleene, “Fat Fucks Burn Better on a Righteous Pyre”
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Quote of the Day, 1: "Opposition to same-sex marriage is..."
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
"Opposition to same-sex marriage is a continuation of a long-term cognitive
dissonance that has infected my political party, the Republican Party. In
my view, we can't be the party of self-determination—and then tell people
who they can, and can't, legally spend their lives with."
- Reed Galen, “Gay Marriage: Freedom Should Be Central Issue”
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American Nationalist Association on Christianity, Religion, and Spirituality
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 4 hours ago
*As an Association concerned primarily with developing and advancing the
interests of White European-derived Americans, honoring and defending the
dignity and integrity of our ancestors, and otherwise championing our
people, culture, heritage, and history, the American Nationalist
Association views an individual's religious and spiritual perspectives, or
lack thereof, as a private matter that need not be interjected into the
official business of the Association.*
*
**The ANA has a healthy respect for the Christian faith, and recognizes its
central role in the development and advancem... more »
Haslam and Insurance Execs Hold 150,000 Poor Tennesseans Hostage
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
At stake for the greedy bastards who made and control Bill Haslam? A
billion dollars in Medicaid that these corporate socialists want to turn
into private insurance premiums, rather than offering the poorest
Tennesseeans healthcare under the state TennCare program. From the *
News-Sentinel*:
NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam told the General Assembly today that he is
rejecting an expansion of Medicaid for now because the federal government
has not agreed to some aspects of a “Tennessee plan” that involves using
federal money to buy private insurance.
“A pure expansion of medicaid, expan... more »
Muslim staff escape NHS hygiene rule - Telegraph
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
'Muslim doctors and nurses are to be allowed to opt out of strict hygiene
rules introduced by the NHS to restrict the spread of hospital superbugs.
Female staff who follow the Islamic faith will be allowed to cover their
arms to preserve their modesty despite earlier guidance that all staff
should be "bare below the elbow".:
More here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7576357/Muslim-staff-escape-NHS-hygiene-rule.html
Are we sufficiently dhimmified yet?
Evidencia de FBI, Gov tiene Ovnis,
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 5 hours ago
The subject:
FLYING SAUCERS
INFORMATION CONCERNING
"An investigator for the Air Force stated that three so-called flying
saucers had been recovered in New Mexico," Hottel writes. "They were
described as being circular in shape with raised centers, approximately 50
feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but
only 3 feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each
body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed
fliers and test pilots.”
Lo que sigue es una trducion de la carta arriva....
Ofic... more »
Is the right to life right?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
*Guest post by Terry Verhoeven*
THE LIFE CON ACT
Just a fortnight after making an historic fourteen hour
filibuster-for-liberty speech, Jekyll-and-Hyde Senator and 2016
Presidential Contender Randal Paul last week showed his other side when he
introduced to the US Senate his Life At Conception Act (hereafter the 'Life
Con Act''), an abominable rights-infringing piece of legislation that aims
to "define life at conception in law, as a scientific statement" (according
to Paul's website).
If passed, the Life Con Act would have the effect of transforming, by
decree, hundreds of tho... more »
Sirena en medio del oceano
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Two state solution still the pretend aim?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
http://twitter.com/kamelhawwash/status/314126706837422080/photo/1
Note the map on the poster...
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Film Night!
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
Here’s the note from our friends at the Auckland University Economics Group
about their meeting tonight:
Hi everyone,
This week, due to Easter, we will be watching and discussing a documentary
about some of the most prominent economic ideas in the past decade, and
their significance.
Date: Thursday, 28th March
Time: 6pm
* Location: Room 215, Level Two, Business School*
As always, all are welcome to attend.
Look forward to seeing you there.
--
Check us out on the web at our Facebook Group.
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Clearer Evidence of Smoke?
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvj8qwdw-sQ
How to build a big gun with a 3D printer
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 6 hours ago
Should probably have titled this one, "Smart kid kills the world" because
this kid seems a little crazy to me. But that aside I've been trying to
visualize how this 3D printer thing works. I've seen dozens of stories
about how they're using this technology to build everything from spare body
parts to automatic weaponry. Now thanks to Roger Ebert at least I
understand, "How to print out a firearm in the comfort of your own home."
Calling it printing is somewhat deceiving. It's more like you design it in
3D and then build the model from the specs with a fairly simple machine.
They... more »
Chellis Glendinning : Confessions of an Obituary 'Aficionada'
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 6 hours ago
Fred
Astaire: Bidding adieu.
Witness to notable crossings:
Confessions of an obituary aficionada
Brimming with Mississippi gentility and rousing political arguments, he
drew me into the swirl of mad farmers, musicians, historians, sheep
herders, and political philosophers who were demanding that the state of
Vermont secede from the United States of America.
By Chellis Glendinning / Wild
Satire: “Scalia Furious He Has To Hear About Gay Couples All Week”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Scalia Furious He Has To Hear About Gay Couples All Week”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In an outburst that shocked many
onlookers at the Supreme Court today, Justice Antonin Scalia said that it
made him “angry beyond belief” that he had to listen to people talking
about gay couples all week. As Justice Anthony Kennedy questioned whether
it was appropriate for the Court to hear a case about same-sex marriage at
this time, Mr. Scalia stunned observers with an emotional outburst. “O.K.,
could we just stop talking about this stuff right now?” Justice Scali... more »
Such short memories...
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
http://twitter.com/Rabbi_david/status/317012691615100930/photo/1
The Steersman, or Ars 0 1
Douglas Storm at Schools Matter - 7 hours ago
(Audio Link, 2:45)
*Ars* 0 1
by Doug Storm
In fact it's possible to interpret
information carried by a message
as essentially the negation of
its entropy and the negation log
of its probability; more probable
less illuminating.
Governing by
recent amps out of context I embraced
ordering whole fields while straining after
complexities; constrained inventiveness,
steering others toward incidental
accidents: definition's qualities
positively derivative.
Orders
are given: you are sent for by command
proc... more »
What Happened To The Class Of Rahm? Will The Class of Israel Follow Them Down The Toilet?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
The Democrat voting most consistently with Boehner & Cantor-- Ann, again!
Rahm Emanuel took over the DCCC in 2006 and ran it that year and in 2008,
the two cycles when voters were repulsed by right-wing extremism and
overreach compliments of George W. Bush, Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff and their
cronies. Emanuel and his sidekick Steny Hoyer went out and recruited a pack
of conservative corporate whores and drove as many progressives out of
races as they could. But they picked up 31 seats in 2006 and a net of 21
more in 2008. So where are they now? We'll start with the 2006 batch:
*•* Ha... more »
Or Could You Do That On Television?
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 7 hours ago
On today's episode of *The Pretty Good Podcast* the gang looks back at the
TV shows and toys that were staples of their childhood. One of the shows
mentioned was a significant staple of my childhood, the Canadian made
Nickelodeon show *You Can't Do That on Television*.
This crudely edited montage shows the abuse that Christine "Moose" McGlade,
who hosted for seven years and wasn't fat even though they pretended that
she was, took on the show.
It occurs to me that this show was pretty much the same handful of jokes over
and over, which I can kind of get behind. This 2008 mini-docum... more »
Dying Veteran Writes On Behalf Of Thousands As He Tears Into Bush And Cheney In An Open Letter
*C* at The Web (Untangled) - 7 hours ago
This is honest. This is important. This is going viral.
Via truthdig.
"A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran
To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
From: Tomas Young
I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my
fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488
soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on behalf of the
hundreds of thousands of veterans who have been wounded and on behalf of
those whose wounds, physical and psychological, have destroyed their lives.
I am one of those gravely... more »
The Times reports a remarkable life!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013*
*Rabbi Schacter at Buchenwald:* We’ve been thinking all day about the
front-page obituary in today’s New York Times.
Margalit Fox recalls the life of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, who died last
week at 95. Rabbi Schacter led a long, distinguished, productive life.
Fox begins her report in 1945, when Schacter entered Buchenwald, the first
Jewish chaplain to enter the camp on the day of its liberation:
FOX (3/27/13): *In Buchenwald that April day, Rabbi Schacter said
afterward, it seemed as though there was no one left alive.* In the camp,
he encountered a you... more »
Tim Johnson
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Earlier this week, Tim Johnson announced he won't be running for re-election.
That makes seven announced retirements (five Democrats), along with the two
resignations from John Kerry and Jim DeMint.
Johnson will be 68 by January 2015, so his retirement is another stop
towards a somewhat less aged Senate.
In fact, we already have the three most likely replacements already in
place. Former Governor Mike Rounds (b. 1954) is already running and is the
probable Republican nominee, although we've learned not to count on such
things always working out for the GOP. On the Democratic side,... more »
US At War With Syria? Truth About Cyprus and Why No One Speaks Out About America’s Oligarchs
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 7 hours ago
Our Syrian War William Boardman, Reader Supported News "There were no
official war bulletins about Syria from the White House last week, but the
news is just as official as if there were: the United States is now in war
in Syria." READ MORE Why Does No One Speak of America’s Oligarchs? One of
the striking elements of the demonization of Cyprus was how it was depicted
as a willing
UNDERSTANDING CYPRUS
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
Depositors in the Bank of Cyprus, the biggest bank on the island, will
reportedly lose from 30 to 40 per cent on their holdings above 100,000 euro
as result of a bailout agreement which Cyprus and the troika of
international backers signed on Monday.
RubinReports: What Obama Didn't Say: Peace Requires More than Israeli Willpower
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
http://rubinreports.blogspot.nl/2013/03/what-obama-didnt-say-peace-requires.html
Desperate Christy Clark Liberals Play The Moe Sihota Card
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 8 hours ago
**
* Wow, breaking news, controversy, shocking explosive news revealed,
travesty of justice, Democracy crushed, the scandal of the year..*
*
**Breaking news on cknw, number 3 story on their 12:00 noon newscast..*
*
**Deathblow to the NDP, game-over for Adrian Dix...*
*
**Alright, *have I got your attention yet, yesterday the Straight Goods
exposed cknw for engaging in blatant yellow journalism, today cknw is at it
again, here`s the startling statement from cknw`s newsroom......"*CKNW has
learned that ex NDP president Moe Sihota is embroiled in controversy down
in Palm Springs....*
T... more »
MILIBAND TO HEAD 'CIA FRONT ORGANISATION'
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
*David Miliband, whose brother Ed is expected to be the next prime minister
of the UK.*
David Miliband was the UK government minister responsible for the UK spy
service MI6.
Now he is to head the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a charity based
in the USA, with operations in over 40 countries.
The IRC provides "emergency relief, post-conflict development and
resettlement services."
*The IRC is reported to be a CIA front organisation.*
The IRC is "one link in the CIA’s covert network.”
http://www.questia.com/library/84052038/covert-network-progressives-the-international-re... more »
All the dope on DOMA
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
Day two of marriage equality at SCOTUS. Today my Senator Kay Hagan came out
in support for equality. I appreciate her courage. Even given my
longstanding belief that red state Dems should act like real Democrats and
forget the Blue Dog GOP lite positions, it was just less than a year ago an
anti-equality measure passed in this state. Don't blame her for
hestitating.
Other than that, I don't have much to say about today's arguments. For one
thing I'm superstitious about predictions and as I said before, think it's
pointless to even try. SCOTUS has surprised me more often than not. B... more »
Are your children in government schools?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 8 hours ago
*it may be a good idea to listen to this man.*
I shamelessly filched this from The republican Mother who has compiled some
of the best information on home schooling you can find. On her sidebar she
has links to "Books that Make Life Make Sense." Many of these are links
to full books in pdf form like The Underground History of American
Education.
In this video, Voddie Baucham, Jr. does about the best job of explaining
why your children should be home schooled. Don't like what the public
schools are teaching - or *not* teaching your children? Then take them
out. Imagine if tom... more »
WHAT IS BRICS?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
A new powerful institution, the BRICS joint development bank, is set to
emerge on the international financial arena - that's as the 5th annual
summit of the world's fastest emerging economies has kicked off in South
Africa.
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, India and the host nation this year
are joined by Egypt's president Morsi - who's hoping to book a place in the
club. RT's Alexey Yaroshevsky has more.
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
The highly educated and literate American public, being fully and
truthfully informed
by their beloved and totally honest and trustworthy main stream media and
government,
consider solutions to the many problems facing the country...
- CP
"It'll Do..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
Deputy Wendell: “It's a mess, ain't it, Sheriff?”
Sheriff Bell: “If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here.”
- “No Country For Old Men”
●
And you'd better believe, the mess is coming...
- CP
Exposing The Race Mixing Agenda
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 8 hours ago
Another great video put together by Kyle Hunt and *Renegade Broadcasting*.
Must watch guys.
“Cyprus Ripe For Revolution, Youth Have No Hope: "They Just Got Rid Of All Our Dreams"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Cyprus Ripe For Revolution, Youth Have No Hope:*
*"They Just Got Rid Of All Our Dreams"*
by Tyler Durden
"There is a reason we think of youth unemployment as the 'scariest' thing
in Europe as we have discussed here and here. After a few months of
relative calm, it appears the youth are once again finding their hopes
dashed and are protesting. As Reuters reports, thousands of students and
bank workers protested in the Cypriot capital Nicosia today. "They've just
gotten rid of all our dreams, everything we've worked for, everything we've
achieved up until now, what our parents h... more »
Greg Hunter, Peter Schiff, “Why Leave Extra Money in a Bank?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“Why Leave Extra Money in a Bank?”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Money manager Peter Schiff says, “Cyprus is a wake-up call for everybody
who has a bank deposit. When you are depositor, you are in fact lending
your money to the bank.” Schiff predicts, “There’s no question banks will
fail. The question is will government do the right thing and allow
depositors to lose money. Or, do the wrong thing and bailout depositors by
printing a bunch of money which, in the long run, means deposits will lose
even more value.” The FDIC has just $33 billion to insure more than $10.8
tr... more »
Karl Denninger, "Cyprus: Once Again, For Those Who Are Sleeping"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Cyprus: Once Again, For Those Who Are Sleeping"*
by Karl Denninger
"I know it's considered impolite to repeat yourself but you need to at
times like this because the commentary on the Cyprus situation continues to
miss the mark to the point that it appears to be intentional.
The controls may include a ban on cashing checks and carrying more than
3,000 euros ($3,830) in cash across borders, Phileleftheros reported today,
citing a draft Finance Ministry decree. The measures will last for seven
days from when the decree is published and apply to all accounts and
payments rega... more »
Pay to Play, Peasants!
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 9 hours ago
Stung by recent criticism from public interest groups and editorial
boards that it was operating a bribery-intensive astroturf slush
fund, Organizing for Action has now switched gears in an effort to stay
viable. No more acceptance of anonymous, unlimited corporate money --
officially, that is. In a transparent ploy to deflect attacks of corruption
and elitism, OFA is mounting a brand-new PR offensive to spread the
delusion that regular people are just as important to President Obama as
his millionaire donors. And to prove it, he'll make you a very special
Founding Member of his leg... more »
In case you were wondering why BBC and The Guardian were so keen to attack Boris Johnson
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
' YouGov said: "New research shows that influential Britons view Boris
Johnson far more positively than the leaders of the three main political
parties. These findings come from YouGov's monthly survey of UK opinion
formers, who are drawn from politics, business, media, academia, NGOs and
the public sector.
The Mayor of London is the only leading politician to gain a strong net
score (+53) when influential Britons were asked how well they believe UK
political leaders are doing in their current roles. Two-thirds (67%) say
Boris Johnson is doing a good job, and only 14% think he is ... more »
Smoke?
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77637499/mar26%2001%2058jst.PNG
Capture from WideAwake
The Real News: Obama Makes Nice Speeches but One Sided Support for Israel Continues
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
*Photo Source: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa*.
Obama Makes Nice Speeches but One Sided Support for Israel Continues.
Source: The Real News [March 25, 2013]:
Phyllis Bennis: President Obama recognizes injustice and need for two
states but does nothing to pressure Netanyahu to make concessions to
Palestinians.
“Privilege generates the communication that the privilege protects. Eliminate the privilege, and the communication disappears”
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
*1654776 Ontario Limited v.Stewart*, 2013 ONCA 184
The Blue Army Chorus Revolts
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 10 hours ago
The kerfuffle over Warawa's Wank is becoming even more FUN!
Another CON backbencher has been designated attack dog on this and calls
the malcontents 'rogues'.
The Conservatives admit they have “rogues” within their party as one MP
said his colleagues “must suffer the consequences” for their anti-abortion
stance amid the most open show of rebellion under Prime Minister Stephen
Harper to date.
He does have a point. All CON candidates campaigned knowing Harper's
frequently repeated vow 'not to reopen the abortion debate'.
Yet they happily campaigned under the CON banner.
The NatPo... more »
EU Proposes Tighter Rules on Investment Incentives
Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 10 hours ago
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition is the EU
equivalent of the U.S. Department of Justice Anti-trust Division plus units
for controlling domestic subsidies to industry. According to a new policy
briefing from the European Policies Research Centre at the University of
Strathclyde, DG-Competition has released a draft of new regulations on
"regional aid" (subsidies to firms in poorer regions of the EU) that, among
other things, includes tighter rules on investment incentives.
EU rules on subsidies to business have long fascinated me because they
present a sta... more »
Another green world - some ideas
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 10 hours ago
There will of course be lots more refined ideas out there, but these are
some suggestions that can act as both demands and an means to get people
active:
Housing:
There should be an urgent house building programme, linked firstly to
available brownfield sites and secondly to a plan for redistributing work
around the country. All building materials to be locally sourced where
possible. Priority should be given to key workers, then to workers in
nearby industries, thus reducing the need and length of communing, reducing
emissions and costs. New houses to be owned by an elected local g... more »
Manufacturing New ACA Myths
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
Here's how myths get started.
Over the weekend, Alyene Senger at Heritage ran an item called "Obamacare
at Three Years: Increasing Cost Estimates." Her claim:
Over the last three years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has
revised its cost estimates for Obamacare’s new entitlements—the Medicaid
expansion and exchange subsidies—many times, and they have more than
doubled since 2010.
And she has a chart showing estimated new costs rising from $898 billion in
March 2010 to $1.6 trillion in February 2013. The chart is titled
"Obamacare's New Spending Estimates Keep Rising," and in... more »
Is Tim Johnson's Retirement A Disaster For The Democrats' Chance To Hold The Majority In The Senate?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Last cycle at this time, no one really thought the retirement of Kent
Conrad from the Democratic Senate seat in North Dakota-- a state McCain won
with 53% and Romney won with 58%-- would lead to a new Democratic freshman,
Heidi Heitkamp. But while Obama's 124,966 votes yielded him 38%, Heitkamp
squeaked past Rick Berg 160,752 to 157,758. It was one of the cycle's most
stunning results.
In 2008 South Dakota had the same results as North Dakota-- McCain 53%,
Obama 45%. In 2012, Obama did marginally better in South Dakota than North
Dakota-- 40% as opposed to 38%. But Tim Johnson's a... more »
No Fear
Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
(Re-post from February 29th, 2012)
In order for your dreams to occur – your dreams must become a singular
focus. This life has existed within polarity for so very long, the
navigation of thought out of that focus will require some decided effort. Consistency
is the call. Belief and intent are the process. As a people we are moving
out of polarity and into unity.
This process seemingly divides our thinking, yet what is occurring is a
“culling”. Unity does not mean we will all look, dress and act the same. Unity
is a realization of our Godhood; an acceptance and utilizati... more »
This is why Israel needs secure borders and to search Palestinians
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
'It's a tiny story; insignificant really, except for those of us with some
imagination... andpersonal experience.
It very likely was not reported at all in the news channels which reach
most of our readers. But it happened, and it has implications.
A Palestinian Arab male (at this stage, no further details) was stopped at
the IDF security checkpoint at Bekaot, south-east of Sh'chem (Nablus) in
the northern Jordan Valley yesterday (Tuesday), the first day of Passover.
The personnel manning the checkpoint found four improvised explosive
devices (IEDs) on him [Times of Israel].
Ar... more »
Joan Walsh goes around the bend!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013*
*The state of the big tribal dumb:* Maureen Dowd saved the best for last.
Dowd’s new column concerns same-sex marriage. Obama came out in favor of
same-sex marriage last year.
Hillary Clinton came out in favor last week.
That said, the modern pseudo-liberal knows only one way to reason. With
that in mind, Dowd saved the best for last.
In an otherwise pedestrian column (at best), she unloaded her bomb at the
end:
DOWD (3/27/13): The fusty legal discussion inside [the Court] was a vivid
contrast with the lusty rally outside. There were some offensive ... more »
Iraq’s Human Rights Committee, An Example of Parliament’s Inability To Oversee The Government
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
Iraq’s constitution gives wide-ranging powers to the parliament to oversee
the government. It can investigate public offices, question ministers, and
remove them through no confidence votes. The problem is the executive
branch has largely refused to cooperate. A perfect example of that is the
relationship between the human rights committee and the Justice Ministry.
The committee wants to question the Justice Minister, but he refuses. The
committee wants to inspect prisons, but has recently been barred by the
ministry. This shows the difference between what Iraqi law says and how it... more »
No shit Sherlock
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Late in Europe #forex trading: For what it's worth, every trader I have
spoken to says #ECB fighting inevitable #euro collapse @ForexLive -- Robin
Shepherd (@RobinShepherd1)
Palestinians don’t 'deserve' a State
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
' Palestinians don't deserve a State because they are not interested in
peace. The use of death and the exaltation of martyrdom remain an axiom
underlying their society. The extent to which terrorists, killers and
criminals are glorified in Gaza, Judea and Samaria is not only the
indicator of a perverted vision of life but it is also a key element in
understanding the pathological way with which Palestinians consider their
relations with Israel. From Hamas' genocidal and destructive claims to the
weekly stone throwing protests, little is done to show that the
Palestinians are will... more »
United Nations and Palestinians / Israel
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
That the United Nations has a Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable
Rights of the Palestinian People does suggest that they may not be entirely
unbiased with regard to the Israel / Palestinian conflict.
Source - http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2013/gapal1260.doc.htm
Resistance to High Stakes Testing Blossoming
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago
Compilation by Bob Schaeffer at FairTest:
Parents Agree: Standardized Tests Should Not Have This Much Power
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/03/22/parents-agree-standardized-tests-should-not-have-power
High-Stakes Testing is the new "March Madness"
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-opinion/ci_22859295/their-view-educational-testing-new-march-madness
Arizona House Votes to End Grad Test; Governor Likely to Sign Bill
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/b55341e0-51aa-5576-a1b2-5475fde4862c.html
Texas House Votes to Reduce High-Stakes Testing
http://www.statesman.... more »
Midweek Linkage
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago
Dan Trombly worries about the effectiveness of proxy warfare in Syria.
Drone reconnaissance aids archeology. Chinese missile porn. US policy
toward Bahrain. Did the US once save Hugo Chávez’s life? Colin Dueck thinks
that the US is strategically overextended. Andrew Yeo looks at the NRA and
right-wing social movements. David Kaib riffs on the Portman gay-marriage
Continue reading
Robert H. King responds to Louisiana Attorney General James Caldwell's recent email statement about Albert Woodfox
angola3news at Angola 3 News - 12 hours ago
Many thanks to all of you who have aided our cause and added your voices to
our quest to free Albert from an obviously unjust imprisonment of more than
40 years. Please continue to make your voices heard and your dissent known,
especially in light of the recent email response by Louisiana’s Attorney
General, James “Buddy” Caldwell. One wonders: Why in the face of so many
mitigating facts and circumstances would the Attorney General persist in
his unethical efforts to pursue the persecution of Albert Woodfox and
Herman Wallace? Is it really justice he seeks, or is there something el... more »
Video Examines Citizens' Trust of Government Radiation Data in Japan
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
The video is embedded in this New York Times article:
‘In Japan, a Portrait of Mistrust’ By ITAI KESHETPublished: March 26,
2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/opinion/in-japan-a-portrait-of-mistrust.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130327&_r=0[Excerpt]
Two years after a huge earthquake, giant tsunami and nuclear meltdown
ravaged parts of Japan, life has only seemingly returned to normal.
Authorities say that outside the evacuation zone in Fukushima, there is
at
most a very low amount of radioactive contamination — that everything is
safe. But after the tragedy, many citizen... more »
Gulf War Syndrome, Long Denied, Shown to Have Neurological Basis
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Gulf
War veterans show abnormalities in scans of their brains by Sara
Reardon, New York Times, Tuesday, March 26
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/gulf-war-veterans-show-abnormalities-in-scans-of-their-brains/2013/03/25/2da39138-926c-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines[Excerpted]
Now an imaging study has found that these veterans have what appear to
be
unique structural changes in the wiring of their brains. This fits with
the scientific
consensus that Gulf War Syndrome, or GWS, is a physical condition rather
than a psychosomatic one and should b... more »
Philippe Cousteau: ‘The ocean can and should be a source of hope and solutions for a brighter future’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: Philippe Cousteau and a team of marine conservationists dive off
the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, featured in CNN’s portfolio of
environmental programming, 'Going Green: Oceans'. Photo: CNN]
By Philippe Cousteau, Special to CNN
27 March 2013
(CNN) – My grandfather Jacques Cousteau and my father Philippe dedicated
their lives to revealing the ocean's wonders and helping us understand our
connection to this vast expanse of water. Their work inspired generations
and filled people with awe.
Times have changed and so have circumstances and perceptions about the
ocean. In rec... more »
China Grabs Ecuadorean Amazon for Oil
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
A team of Ecuadorean politicians is in Beijing. They bring gifts - more
than three million hectares of pristine Amazon rainforest that is to be
auctioned off to Chinese oil companies.
*On Monday morning a group of Ecuadorean politicians pitched bidding
contracts to representatives of Chinese oil companies at a Hilton hotel in
central Beijing, on the fourth leg of a roadshow to publicise the bidding
process. Previous meetings in Ecuador's capital, Quito, and in Houston and
Paris were each confronted with protests by indigenous groups.*
*Attending the roadshow were black-suited repr... more »
GATHER YOURSELVES
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
I am so happy to see the Idle No More indigenous movement spreading
throughout Canada and the US (and around the world). The native people
understand how to live on Mother Earth - they know the rhythms of the
planet, they don't have to be told how important it is to protect the water
and the air. They deeply acknowledge our (human) connection in the web of
nature.
The arrogance of the white civilization has tried to drown the wisdom of
the native people. The white culture, so self-assured and violent, long
ago lost its spiritual connection to the Earth. So-called modern societ... more »
Will Climate Change Drive Britain Back Into Recession?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
Britain's Tory government is hoping desperately to avoid a "triple dip"
recession on its watch. The Cameron government eked out a 0.1% growth for
the three months ending March 1st, about as slender a margin as they come.
Recently, however, the British Isles have been plunged into a deep freeze
that researchers are now attributing to atmospheric changes triggered by the
loss of Arctic sea ice. Now it seems the cold snap could plunge Britain
into yet another recession, the "triple dip."
*...amid reports of empty shopping malls, closed schools and factory
shutdowns, analysts said... more »
EPA: More than half of U.S. rivers unsuitable for aquatic life
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago
[image: EPA Index of Watershed Indicators (IWI), percent of imparied waters
in the U.S., 1999. Graphic: EPA]By Ian Simpson
26 March 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifty-five percent of U.S. river and stream lengths
were in poor condition for aquatic life, largely under threat from runoff
contaminated by fertilizers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said
on Tuesday.
High levels of phosphorus and nitrogen, runoff from urban areas, shrinking
ground cover, and pollution from mercury and bacteria were putting the 1.2
million miles of streams and rivers surveyed under stress, the ... more »
U.S. Congress environment committee chair denies climate science
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago
[image: Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, among the skeptics of climate change
science and President Barack Obama’s attempts to use federal regulations to
curb carbon emissions, is the new chairman of the House environmental
subcommittee charged with overseeing the politically charged debate. Photo:
Scott Sommerdorf / Salt Lake Tribune]
By Matt Canham
19 March 2013
WASHINGTON (The Salt Lake Tribune) – Count Utah Rep. Chris Stewart among
the skeptics of climate change science and President Barack Obama’s
attempts to use federal regulations to curb carbon emissions.
That position puts fres... more »
Texas drought: Don’t tread on our green grass – ‘They grow the grass with free Colorado River water and sell it to us, and then tell us not to water it’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago
[image: A dry riverbed in Texas with stranded docks, 17 August 2011. Photo:
ButteryBooks.com]
By ROSS RAMSEY
23 March 2013
(The New York Times) – In big Texas cities, the state’s water shortage can
seem like someone else’s problem.
Drought has been in the news a long time, but rates haven’t gone up. Water
still comes out when you turn on the tap. The golf courses are still green,
and so are the lawns.
Some places do have restrictions; the state keeps a long list of them. El
Paso residents pay fines if the sprinklers in their front yards
accidentally water the streets. Austin ... more »
Aaron Cheng - Leap Motion holographic desktop design
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 13 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/XbVNUImVq-g
"Give me a platform, I will amaze the world" says top-designer Aaron Cheng.
Is Windows Blue, Linux Ubuntu or Apple's OSX too familiar and much of the
same, this is different. Yet, there are a lot of technical issues to
resolve. It's a design concept, but with quite interesting aspects.
However, nothing for mobiles I suppose...
John
No shit Sherlock
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
The Human Rights Act has become an umbrella protecting foreign terrorists
and criminal suspects from facing justice in their own countries -- Nigel
Farage (@Nigel_Farage)
Archbishop Wenski and Pope Francis
John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 13 hours ago
Archbishop Wenski has always been a strong supporter of Haiti. Here are his
words on our new pope.
THE ROAD TO IRAQ: Christopher Matthews, begging for war!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013*
*Part 3—A hot yellow river ran down it*: Was Chris Matthews “a lonely
voice” opposing the onrushing war in Iraq?
That’s the story you’re now being sold on The One True Liberal Channel.
That said, many false or bogus tales have been peddled concerning the war
in Iraq.
Is *this* story accurate?
Let’s start with an interview Joan Walsh published on February 14, 2003—on
Valentine’s Day, no less.
Walsh had interviewed Matthews that week for the long piece in Salon. She
wasn’t yet a Hardball star. Years of ass-kissing lay ahead, producing that
happy outcome... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours ago
Tweets from space. From Cmdr Hadfield on the ISS - farms in Brazil.
[Photos are better if you click on them to embiggen.]
Pamela Geller, Wednesday WND column: Vicious, anti-Israel ads in New York subway - Atlas Shrugs
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
' Apartheid? Anne Bayefsky notes
that "there were once an estimated 900,000 Jews" in the Muslim world, "but
today there are less than a few thousand. They were given a choice: Die,
convert or flee." That'sapartheid. The slaughter of gays across the Muslim
world: that'sapartheid. The persecution of Christians across the Muslim
world: that's apartheid. The prohibition of non-Muslims from even entering
Mecca: that'sapartheid. Muslims are freer in Israel than in any Muslim
country'
More here
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/03/pamela-geller-wednesday-wnd-column-vic... more »
The Misanthrope's Manual
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 13 hours ago
I know that of late I've been remiss in my responsibilities to the one
or two people who actually care what I have to say about politics and
social issues. I'm in the middle of collaborating with a British novelist
on a thriller and this was the other reason.
At the beginning of the week, I'd published on Create Space and Kindle
a satirical dictionary I'd intermittently written during the 90's. *The
Misanthrope's Manual* weighs in at a tidy 121 pages for the Create Space
edition and when it clears in the next day or so, you can order it at cost
for $2.31. The Kindle versio... more »
Police need a wiretap authorization to seize text messages
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
R v Telus 2013 SCC 16 was just released. It holds text messages cannot be
seized by police without a wiretap authorization.
The Court holds that text messaging is, in essence, an electronic
conversation. Technical differences inherent in new technology should not
determine the scope of protection afforded to private communications. The
only practical difference between text messaging and traditional voice
communications is the transmission process. This distinction should not
take text messages outside the protection to which private communications
are entitled under Part VI.... more »
We Day and Save the Children
Joseph Aprile at GlobaLove Think Tank - 14 hours ago
On Wednesday March 27, 2013, some 15,000 middle and high school students
from around the state of Washington are expected to converge upon Key Arena
in Seattle to celebrate *We Day*. The students who are attending share one
thing in common – they have committed to work on at least one
globally-based service project and one project focused on a local problem.
This event is sponsored by Craig Kielburger, co-founder of Free the
Children, and represents the twenty-fourth gathering and the first to be
held outside Canada, the home of the organization. Kielburger now thirty
years old ha... more »
Hacked Off 'steamrolled Labour into deal on press regulation'
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
http://m.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/27/hacked-off-labour-press-regulation
WotW: Demystifying the overused and poorly understood hashtag
Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 14 hours ago
When we were in school, we endured hours of grammar and punctuation
lessons, which most of us promptly forgot and never used, opting instead to
remember the lyrics to Michael Jackson songs. Still, most of us can
function and write a semi-coherent sentence.
Then social media came along and changed the rules to everything. Each
social media platform has its own rules - some spoken and some unspoken.
Yet, there's no schooling on this. We are expected to learn the rules as we
go along. That's part of the fun and organic nature of social media.
However there are some social media conv... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Buster Posey, 26. Oh, and with ~300 games, he's easily
the all-time San Francisco Giants catcher, no?
The good stuff:
1. I know those of you who are not political scientists may not be
interested, but I'm going to keep linking to items about the funding fight.
The latest: Peter Hanson on the next steps. Also, Seth Masket has four
examples of actual political science research.
2. Josh Putnam on Iowa/New Hampshire -- and what the parties are actually
concerned about.
3. James Pethokoukis on Amity Shlaes.
4. Alyssa Rosenberg on gender roles and what's wrong with ro... more »
LET'S MAKE A PLAN AND STOP THIS SHIT
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Crystal Zevon, now on the road documenting the resistance movement across
the US, made this video and writes:
On March 18th near Ponca City, Oklahoma, the first Great Plains Tar Sands
Resistance Camp began with a ceremony and talks by local Indigenous
speakers from the Ponca Nation. Casey Camp-Horinek is a longtime
environmental activist and her brother, Carter Camp was one of the leaders
of A.I.M. (the American Indian Movement) and he figured prominently in the
standoff at Wounded Knee in 1973.
Their message went straight to the heart of the evil that is upon us with
the Keysto... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*Decorative lights to shine on Crescent City Connection again ~The N.O.
Advocate *
*Corps of Engineers prepares for Uptown canal construction*
*St. Charles residents would see huge rate hikes in new FEMA flood maps *
*New Orleans Officials Helping Locals Get Work At Two New Big Box Stores ~
WWNO*
*Better coastal flooding warnings in works, officials say ~Amy Wold*
*Cargo question clouded by logistics, rules ~Daily Comet*
*Vicksburg officials watching river walls during rainy weather ~Mississippi
Business Journal*
*Lessons From New Orleans: Creating A Sustainable Business Culture ~F... more »
Which 2 House Dems Were Eager To Go On Record As Anti-Gay-- And Which Republicans Wanted To Be On Record As Less Bigoted Towards The LGBT Community?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Congress' ugliest Member, Dan Lipinski (D-IL) will never be able to use gay
panic as a defense for his vicious homophobia
Everyone was cheering this week when 4 conservative Democratic senators,
Claire McCaskill (MO), Mark Warner (VA), John Tester (MT) and Mark Begich
(AK), [*UPDATE:* and Kay Hagan (NC)] finally came up, tepidly, with the
courage to come out in favor of marriage equality. That's nice. I wish they
weren't so late to the party. Even Rob Portman (R-OH) came first. Needless
to say, none of the GOP congressional closet cases-- Lindsey Graham (SC),
Tim Scott (SC) and Miss ... more »
Fear Of The Public
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Edward Greenspon -- who edited the *Globe and Mail* before it became a
cheerleader for the Harper government -- occasionally writes a column for
his new employer, *The Toronto Star*. On Monday he wrote:
I've been giving some thought in recent days to the term public servant. It
contains within it an elegant and necessary tension. For the “public” half
or the “servant” half to be accorded undue weight skews the proper
functioning of the kind of permanent, non-partisan public service that
characterizes Westminster-style systems like Canada's.
The problem is that the Harperites have... more »
Here We Go Again: Misleading Charter Praise
P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago
*The Post and Courier* (Charleston, SC) offers yet another in a series of
misleading claims in order to promote charter schools: "It’s still
difficult for some educators to say “charter schools” without sneering. But
in Charleston County, charter schools are delivering on promises," adding:
Monday, the once wary Charleston County School Board renewed the Charleston
Charter School for Math and Science’s contract for 10 years and approved
its expansion by 80 students to 560. The school has achieved an impressive
track record of academic achievement and is the most racially diverse
pub... more »
BEREZOVSKY HIDING IN ISRAEL?
Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago
*Israel*
Michael Cherney, now living in Israel, is a friend of Boris Berezovsky.
Cherney says he spoke to Berezovsky on the morning of Friday 22 March 2013.
*Berezovsky told Cherney that he was flying to Israel on Monday 25 March
2013.*
Berezovsky asked Cherney to book a hotel for him on the coast just outside
Tel Aviv.
"It turns out that he didn't mean to die," said Mr Cherney.
*Fresh questions over Berezovsky death - FT.com*
Boris Berezovsky allegedly died in the UK on 23 March 2013.
*Boris, former girlfriend Elena and their children*
*
*
Boris Berezovsky is still alive?
Rus... more »
Americans see the Higgs boson, too
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
*...sort of...*
Two years ago, I was a staunch defender of the retirement of the Tevatron,
the collider near Chicago, Illinois. The reason was that it just wasn't
competitive anymore. The lower energy and amount of collisions relatively
to the LHC translated to a much smaller probability of a legitimate
discovery per unit time – which also means a much lower expected number of
discoveries per dollar.
*The actual shape of the Wilson Hall differs from the fictitious
Hilson/Higgson Hall above.*
I think that people gradually understood that people like me were right and
it was point... more »
ALEC's Yearlong PR Failure
2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
#IStandWithALEC
Remember that hashtag?
It died very quickly last year – less than three months in cyberspace.
#IStandWithALEC
That was a year ago – when Grover Norquist’s American for Tax Reform (an
ALEC member) started a webpage to give ALEC some love.
They advertised this amazing, loving webpage and then for next three months
– the webpage was “Under construction”
Then finally - - - they came up with this amazing webpage of ALEC love:
Pretty pathetic outpouring of love for ALEC.
A three year old could have built a better webpage.
Sign a letter to an ALEC Profit Sector member - tell... more »
Mining 9: Supreme Court Hearing on RA 7942
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 16 hours ago
This morning, I saw this poster in the facebook wall of one or two friends,
about the Mining Act of 1995 (RA 7942). I think this was made by the Legal
Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc. (LRNRCI).
Three things caught my attention. One, oral debates at the Supreme Court.
Some groups could be contesting the constitutionality of that law until
now. But it’s an 18 years old law now, why would its Constitutionality be
questioned and not earlier?
This law is a product of Congress, not the SC. So people can initiate and
support new legislation that will scrap or significantly amend ... more »
A Goodbye to David Miliband
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 16 hours ago
After the speculation, kremlinology, rumours of plots, and *Closer*-style
commentary, the brothers-at-war psychodrama the media loved to obsess about
is over. In the biggest piece of expected news since, well, last week's
budget David Miliband is to announce (and has in fact, pre-announced) his
resignation to head up International Rescue in New York.
There is very little that can be added to the coverage already oozing from
the commentariat's every pore. And because it's not the done thing to speak
ill of the dead, even if it's only a political career that's snuffed it,
I'll leave ... more »
Kurt Vonnegut: "my dream of America with great public schools"
P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
Kurt Vonnegut:
It's my dream of America with great public schools. I thought we should be
the envy of the world with our public schools. And I went to such a public
school. So I knew that such a school was possible. Shortridge High School
in Indianapolis. Produced not only me, but the head writer on the I LOVE
LUCY show.
And, my God, we had a daily paper. We had a debating team. Had a fencing
team. We had a chorus, a jazz band, a serious orchestra. And all this with
a Great Depression going on. And I wanted everybody to have such a school.
And, yeah, we could afford it if we didn... more »
Windows Blue not too blue after all
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 17 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/2wUVvdBgM8Q
link: http://youtu.be/weDiVLkeXe4
The "leaked" version of a new Microsoft 'Windows' release has hit the
headlines. Windows Blue could be the precursor of a "desk-topless" display
system. So without file or task manager, but only with so-called "live
tiles". Is this the road to Windows-9, then we might expect to see a new OS
in the future without "Desktop" at all and without compatibility with all
that went before it on the Windows ecosystem.
Is this Microsoft's answer to the overwhelming success of Linux, Android
and the iOS? Or is it a necessary a... more »
PETER LANZA PHOTO ALBUM; SANDY HOOK MANUFACTURED EVENT
Anon at aangirfan - 18 hours ago
*From a Peter Lanza Photo Album containing photosets from 2006 to 2009. *
*
*
The Peter Lanza photo album contains photos of *Peter with 'Ryan'*, but not
Peter with 'Adam', nor Peter with 'Ryan and Adam'.
This could suggest that Ryan and Adam are the same person?
*Peter Lanza Photo Album: Lanza Family Photos by Kennedy Ray of Insanemedia
*
Ryan. Or is it Adam?
Adam not photographed.
Looks like Adam?
Could this be Adam?
*Supposedly this is Ryan. "Same ATF Agent at Ryan Lanza arrest then at
Sandy Hook Firehouse."*
"Could it be that…Ryan Lanza is Adam Lanza?
"He is also liste... more »
Bruce Bedlam - the Stonehenge building - alternative posthole concept
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 19 hours ago
this has to be the campest theory Free Planet's ever featured, and it
involves the pyramidic BUILDING (Yes, the PYRAMIDIC building, with built-in
light-splitting disco crystal) at Stonehenge monument near Salisbury in
Wiltshire, England. The brainchild of Stonehenge theorist Bruce Bedlam,
it's just the craziest winter-cabin type architectural solution you'll have
ever come across that puts into context all the anomalous post-holage and
circularity found at the site.
And I love it.
I say pyramidic, but technically it's conical. And I found this concept
looking for computer anim... more »
This Crazy World Needs A Breather
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 hours ago
James Wyckoff wrote in his 1975 book, *"Franz Anton Mesmer: Between God and
Devil," *that life in the West in modern times moves very fast and that
people have lost the skill to reflect quietly and be still:
"It has been said that in the Middle Ages people knew how to sit still, and
consequently understood something of how to conserve their energies. A
glance at the movement of Western civilization toward the present day shows
the ever-increasing loss of this ability. Few people today are able to sit
still; although in areas other than those of Western civilization this
tendency is ... more »
Rectennas
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
This is clearly getting closer to fruition. The theory has been with us
for a long time. Now we may start seeing physical reality. Consuming 70% of
the incoming infrared energy would be welcome indeed and dominate certain
energy sectors.
I particularly like its chances as technology of choice to drive my Eden
machine conceptualization. Vertical panels would dump wasted sunlight
directly into the affected trees. It should be possible to optimize sun and
shade management in such a system.
In the event sooner or later, this will turn up in the solar industry
space and all... more »
Marine Life in the Deep
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
This reports on the recent deep sea exploration engaged in by James
Cameron. We get an excellent look see of the deep water column and see
ample life functioning well. There is ample food here for something like a
sea serpent and plenty of oxygen also in case you thought otherwise.
Perhaps now the exploration of the deep can begin in earnest. It is no
longer challenging to make up hardware for the various depths and the need
to focus on specific depths for mapping purposes is pretty clear here. It
is easy to imagine a fleet of submersibles out scouting and sampling.
Wh... more »
Sheepquatch Revisit
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is a smattering of additional reports out of the Appalachians. There
are few enough such reports, but we are slowly building up a very
interesting picture. Our working hypothesis is that we are dealing with
the Giant Sloth.
There are noteworthy observations and variations across the universe of
sightings that lead to a couple of conjectures.
1 The male and female are quite different. The male is robust,
wears two pointed horns. Depending on season its fur is thick and wool
like. A snout and non bear like configuration of the skull. The female
is surpr... more »
Lake Vostok Yields New Bacterial Life
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Discovering unique biology here is hardly unsurprising and of course very
interesting. It took a long time to get this sample and I am sure we also
got additional core to help confirm earlier work on which I commented on
extensively back in 2007.
Now the next trick would be to determine just how extensive this biome is.
I would naturally expect any larger forms to slide into extinction but
smaller forms to diversify. How that may be well done at the end of a drill
core presently escapes me, although pumping fluid will capture a lot. It
will be hard to capture plant life tho... more »
dream - plane crash in New York - dying swan or banshee
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 21 hours ago
six a.m., I know this because I looked at the clock upon waking, and I do
realise the dream symbolism of "one's hopes and dreams come crashing to the
floor" but this was very strange, and it followed from a 37 Elizabeth Road
dream minutes earlier where I'm about to cage-fight an unbeatable foe in
the living room. I remember practising my ineffectual kicks on the
faux-green-leather tall arms of the couch that used to be there when I
lived there.
I couldn't win.
And then this 767(?) dream. It was on the news and there was loads of
footage from all angles. But the one I saw it was co... more »
Chief George Tiger speaks at Hickory Ground rally at NIGA
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Phoenix March 26, 2013
Save Hickory Ground from casino development
.
March 26, 1973
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
Haldeman's diary:
--
The P had me over again at 10:00 this morning for another six-hour session.
I talked to Dean on the phone first to get a reading on how the reaction to
the story is going. He decided last night to hire a lawyer and to have him
give notice to the papers that he would move for libel action if they went
ahead with the story.
--
OK, there's a lot there.
The story Haldeman is checking about is an LA Times scoop about what James
McCord is telling Sam Dash, the Ervin Committee counsel: that Dean was
involved in Watergate and that Magruder perjured himself. In fact, ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
“NGC 253 is not only one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, it is
also one of the dustiest. Discovered in 1783 by Caroline Herschel in the
constellation of Sculptor, NGC 253 lies only about ten million light-years
distant.
*Click image for larger size.*
NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the
nearest group to our own Local Group of Galaxies. The dense dark dust
accompanies a high star formation rate, giving NGC 253 the designation of
starburst galaxy. Visible in the above photograph is the active central
nucleus, also known to be a bright sour... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Broken Web”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*“The Broken Web”*
by Chet Raymo
“Every fall, when a mysterious seasonal alarm clock tells them to go, the
monarch butterflies of our New England meadows set off on one of the most
remarkable migrations in the animal kingdom. They wing their way to a tiny
patch of forest in the mountains of central Mexico that they have never
visited before, where they are joined by millions of their cousins from all
over eastern North America. They rest and feed and wait out the winter.
Then, in the spring, they set out for northern meadows, breeding and dying
along the way. There will be no ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Post Falls, Idaho, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
50,000 Deaths
Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 23 hours ago
Technology on the Social and Ethical Aspects
of Transsexual Surgery
By Janice G. Raymond
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics
and Women's Studies
Hampshire College/University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
June, 1980
The subject of transsexualism, whether raised in the public forum or in the
academic or medical communities, has been viewed generally as a medical
issue that requires hormonal and surgicalintervention. Several ... more »
Great Analysis of Human Health Effects of Strontium
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
This post demonstrates how dangerous strontium is for human health:
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2013/03/strontium-bogeyman-exists-wicked-one.html
I stopped drinking milk for 2 years and recently began again.
Perhaps I should stop. The strontium I ingest in diary products may very
well outlive me.
Read about its dangers and what you can do to reduce your personal exposure.
Who Remembers The Supreme Court Case Loving v Virginia? Nanci Griffith Says It Changed The Heart of America
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Nanci Griffith put out an album in 2009 presaging the Supreme Court taking
up the DOMA and Prop 8 cases today. Ostensibly the title track for The
Loving Kind was about a couple in Virginia, Richard and Mildred Loving.
Despite Virginia's anti-miscengenation law which prevented mixed-race
marriages-- something that more the half the states in the country had when
I was growing up-- the young couple got married in June, 1958 in
Washington, DC. She was 19 and he was 25. The police broke into their home
and arrested them in bed. They were found guilty and sentenced to prison
sentences... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit,
please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges
we've taken on so far.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
Last week we walked with a purpose ... we put on our shoes and headed
outside but, rather than just stroll ab... more »
Scientists link frozen spring to dramatic Arctic sea ice loss – ‘This is what is affecting the jet stream and leading to the extreme weather we are seeing in mid-latitudes’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: A woman walks by the Cloud Gate Sculpture, known as 'The Bean', as
a snow plow clears the area during a snowstorm in Chicago 5 March 2013. A
deadly late winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Midwestern United States
on Tuesday, contributing to numerous highway crashes and flight
cancellations as it moved east toward the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic
states. Jim Young / REUTERS]
By John Vidal, environment editor
25 March 2013
(guardian.co.uk) – Climate scientists have linked the massive snowstorms
and bitter spring weather now being experienced across Britain and large... more »
Marilyn Katz : Hathaway's Nipples and a Congressional Primary
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Anne
Hathaway at the Academy Awards. Image from HaveUHeard.
Signs of the times?
Hathaway’s nipples and a Congressional primary
Has the liberal media switched sides in the war against women?
By Marilyn Katz / The Rag Blog / March 27, 2013
CHICAGO -- I generally have ignored the growing number of articles
raising alarm about a widespread war against women, comfortable in my
confidence that
Bald Eagles Born in Hamilton
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
After several years of trying, the bald eagles of Cootes Paradise have
hatched the first eaglets to grace Lake Ontario in decades.
Theme of “Next Level” Missions… “Joy Within"
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*
* *
* *Theme of “Next Level” Missions… “Joy Within"*
by ÉirePort
Exceeding expectations embodied by the mass of humanity (small h),
individual Hue-mans complete initial missions with Gaia and prepare for
"next level" missions.
The theme of such "next level" missions is "Joy Within". All movements are
best viewed from the basis of this theme. Gaia is fulfilled by the
movements in Joy at this time... In this moment.
Facile movement, Intra-Gaia, Inter-Planetary, Inter-Galactic,
Intra-Dimensional, Inter-Dimensional, is now fully supported by the "Joy
Within" paradigm.
Gaia Brillia... more »
Graph of the Day: Estimated vehicle miles driven on all U.S. roads, adjusted for population growth, 1971-2013
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: Estimated vehicle miles driven on all U.S. roads, adjusted for
population growth, 1971-2013. Graphic: Doug Short]
By Doug Short
22 March 2013
(Advisor Perspectives) – The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway
Commission has released the latest report on Traffic Volume Trends, data
through January. Travel on all roads and streets changed by 0.5% (1.2
billion vehicle miles) for January 2013 as compared with January 2012. The
12-month moving average of miles driven increased only 0.24% from January a
year ago (PDF report). And the civilian population-adjusted data (a... more »
Obama schedule for Wednesday, March 26...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*just exactly when does the lazy little sh*t work?*
I've done 4 or 5 hours of work before he even has his daily briefing.
*10:30 am ||* Recieves the Presidential Daily Briefing
*2:25 pm ||* Interviewed by Univison; Blue Room
*2:40 pm ||* Interviewed by Telemundo; Blue Room
All times Eastern
via White House Dossier
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Protest demonstration at New York City headquarters of L-3, a manufacturer
of electronic components for drones, on the 10th anniversary of the start
of the Iraq War.
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Justin Hart and William Blum on Exporting Democracy
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Spreading
the word:
'Democracy, we deliver'
In his inimitable style, Blum rips into the lie of U.S. propaganda and
takes Hart’s academic discussion into the streets
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / March 26, 2013
Empire of Ideas: The Origins of Public Diplomacy and the Transformation
of U.S. Foreign Policy by Justin Hart (2013: Oxford University Press);
Hardcover; 296 pp.; $34.95.
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