English: Plockton on Easter Sunday 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Russian Orthodox Easter ceremony in Lvov (Western Ukraine) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Easter Sunday (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Easter Fire, Sanok (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
BBC News helicopter watching over the cuts protest (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Easter Surprise 2007 (Photo credit: otzberg)
Inside the Easter Basket... (Photo credit: Creative Nickie)Is Anyone Asking You For Money This Weekend?
Nick Ruiz, a professor, not a politician-- he won't sell you out; not ever
Today's the last day of the FEC quarter, and politicians are using a
ridiculous fake deadline to wind everyone up for (often undeserved)
donations. I get a lot of e-mails from politicians. But I think I got more
this last week than the total since the November election. The DCCC and New
Dems were especially aggressive in urging candidates to badger and barrage
their lists with ominous and dire warnings. Elizabeth Warren sent out a
plea for some of her colleagues with a message that started this way: "If
your e... more »
Happy Easter
This is Mrs. JP's and my fourth Easter dinner together. We had a baked
ham semi-glazed in pineapple juice, mashed potatoes, Charlene's Cheesy
Potatoes, stuffing, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, pork gravy and a
good white wine that was a steal at $12.99. So, how did you distend *your*waistline?
ALEC - Twenty Years fo Pro-Gun Propoganda
Think about it – just think about it - - - - -
Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986,
culminated with the one-two punch of the Brady Bill—mandating background
checks on gun buyers— in 1993,
and the “Assault Weapons Ban” of 1994.
Since then there has been a complete reversal of fortunes for gun control.
Congress allowed the “Assault Weapons Ban” to expire in 2004,
and passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in 2005,
which protects firearms makers from lawsuits.
Think about it – just think about it - - - - -
*During that time, *
*ALEC has been "educating" you... more »
Cut to the (not so) quick
The BBC News website has been leading all day with:
Welfare cuts unjust, say churches
Four churches join forces to accuse the government of making cuts in
welfare payments they say are unjust and target society's most vulnerable
people.
Their main report goes on to say:
The Easter criticism has come from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the
Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and the Church of Scotland.
"Easter criticism" by the churches? Well, not according to the *Spectator*:
COFFEE HOUSE UPDATE It appears that the timing of this – Easter – may have
been chosen by the BB... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the legislative progress on guns
and immigration?
Native Americans Rally to Save Hickory Ground at NIGA Conference
Native Americans Rally to Save Hickory Ground at NIGA Conference
Press statement
Posted at Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
PHOENIX -- On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, Native American sacred lands activists from throughout the country,
including O’odham, Navajo, Havasupai and Muscogee Creeks, demonstrated at the National
Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) conference to support
Moses, don't get lost
Working on clearing out the archives on quiet Sunday afternoon. This seems
like the perfect time to post this video. John Davis And The Georgia Sea
Island Singers:
Sunday Question for Conservatives
The conservative push in GOP Senate primaries over the last several cycles:
a net plus or net minus for conservative policy outcomes?
Easter and fecundity, Easter and chocolate
My favourite Easter joke — which I told countless times as an adolescent
because there was bound to be someone among family members and Francophone
community who would take offense — was this one.
Jesus has been nailed to the cross, he's weakened by his ordeal and his
disciples gather below him. Peter notices him staring, struggling to say
some words. Resources are marshaled by the small group to get Peter up
near Jesus so his last words can be heard.
(Elaborate details on the maneuvers and acrobatics required to do so.)
Finally Peter is propped up to a level where he can hear w... more »
Whitewashing?
Many of you will remember last year's high-profile child sexual abuse
scandal trial in Rochdale. As the abuse was perpetrated by eight men of
Pakistani origin and one Afghan asylum seeker and all the victims were
white under-aged girls, the case provoked a nationwide debate on whether
the crimes had a racial/religious/cultural motivation. Concerns were raised
that the police, CPS, local council and social services had failed to
investigate the abuse properly out of fear of being accused of being
racist/anti-Muslim.
The debate raged across blogs, newspapers, radio and television. ... more »
The prosecution of George W. Bush for murder
On the tenth anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq (March, 2003),
numerous articles appears in the American mass media reflecting on the
biggest blunders committed in the history of the U.S. by the Bush
administration. The few people who were concerned about American national
interest predicted this tragedy.
However, the major newspapers of the media began to dance to the tune of
music set by the Bush administration and the lobbyists representing those
who would benefit from the invasion of Iraq.
The American congress, which Harry Reid described as the most corrupt in
the ... more »
Michael Moore reads his poem for freedom for Leonard Peltier
Peter
Coyote introduces Michael Moore. Moore speaks on how the innocent are
imprisoned in the US, and the role that the media and public play in
convicting people, including Leonard Peltier. Moore speaks on the lies
of governments and corporations.
"We were a country founded on genocide," Moore said, "and built on the
backs of slaves."
"Americans kill people, that's what we do," said Moore
Why is Ralph Klein Greater Dead Than He Was Alive?
They're all lining up to heap praise upon old Ralph now that he's dead.
They sure didn't seem to be so reverential to him while he lived.
Yes, Ralph Klein did balance the provincial government's books. Yes,
Ralph Klein did pay off the provincial government's debts. Yes those were
both wonderful achievements.
So what happened? Why is Alberta in such a mess today? Are Ralph's
fingerprints also on what went wrong?
Was it not under Ralph Klein that the Alberta government allowed itself to
become dependent on fickle oil royalties to pad its operation budget? Was
it not Ralph ... more »
The Real News: Shutting Down Critique of Israel on Campus
Video Title: Shutting Down Critique of Israel on Campus. YouTube Video
Description - [Channel: TheRealNews. Uploaded on March 30, 2013]:
Michael Ratner: Regulations against hate speech used to close down
criticism of Israeli occupation.
"And the question I've asked myself over time is how do we change a policy
in the United States if the people who want to push for change in the
United States can't engage in free speech on that policy." - Michael
Ratner, "an attorney, President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional
Rights (CCR), a non-profit human rights litigation organizat... more »
Oil Pipeline Ruptures, Again and Again(Breaking News)
Breaking news, Exxon Mobile`s Alberta Bitumen Pipeline ruptures in
Arkansas, homes evacuated...
I am getting sick of these environmental crimes, and a little testy..
See the shocking video here.....
http://www.treehugger.com/energy-disasters/oil-spill-arkansas-exxon-pipeline-breaks-spilling-84000-gallons-dangerously-close-lake-conway.html
Easter
long weekend in Arkansas means pipeline oil spill special..
This spill in a populated city setting has made a huge mess, and guess
this...
Homeowners reported the spill, homeowners reported the gushing oil, not
sensors, not technology,... more »
Why Doesn't Warawa Go Out and Start, Oh I Don't Know, a Reform Party?
That's the ticket. Disgruntled Conservative backbenchers should take a
page out of the past and split. They should form their own party, one
that speaks to their concerns and aspirations. They should create a new
party, a populist party, an alliance of sorts, a party for genuine
reform. They could call it - the Reform Party. Or maybe the Alliance
Party. Or the Canadian Reform Alliance Party or some sort of *CRAP *like
that.
Chantal Hebert says the social conservatives in the Harper government are
fed up.
*Some Conservative MPs are apparently getting tired of barking on... more »
Syria and the Chemical Weapons Hoax
Video Title: Syria and the Chemical Weapons Hoax. YouTube Video Description
- [Channel: corbettreport. Uploaded on March 31, 2013]:
James Corbett of corbettreport.com joins Gary Franchi of WHDT9 on the Next
News Network to discuss recent reports of chemical weapons attacks in
Syria. They also talk about the new so-called Syrian Prime
Minister-in-exile, the possibility of war in the region, and the
implications of the government-media nexus.
Obama's Too Modest Dream
Barack Obama has unveiled plans for a multi-billion dollar programme to
repair and upgrade America's decaying highways, bridges and other critical
infrastructure.
*Among his proposals were renewed calls for a $10bn "infrastructure bank."
He also mentioned new plans for $4bn in loans and grants for infrastructure
projects and tax breaks for foreign pension funds to encourage investment.*
*The president addressed America's "ageing infrastructure badly in need of
repair" during his state of the union speech in February. The "fix it
first" policy called for investing $50bn in transpor... more »
Why "Happy Easter"?
Why Happy Easter? Because, before the crucifixion and resurrection of
Christ got tacked onto it, Easter - or Ishtar or Eostre - was a
celebration, a lovely pagan festival.
*...What is interesting to note here is that in the ancient world, wherever
you had popular resurrected god myths, Christianity found lots of converts.
So, eventually Christianity came to an accommodation with the pagan Spring
festival. Although we see no celebration of Easter in the New Testament,
early church fathers celebrated it, and today many churches are offering
"sunrise services" at Easter – an obviou... more »
South Africa copter crash kills 5 soldiers while patrolling for rhino poachers
[image: A rhino in Kruger national park, South Africa, where poaching is
escalating. Photo: Mario Moreno / Barcroft Media]
By Faith Karimi, CNN
31 March 2013
(CNN) – Five South African soldiers died in a helicopter crash while
patrolling for rhino poachers in the sprawling Kruger National Park.
All aboard the flight were killed in the crash Saturday night, according to
a government spokesman.
The soldiers were conducting Operation Rhino, which aims to combat rampant
poaching at the park.
"On behalf of government and the entire nation, we wish to express our
sincere condolences... more »
Sunday Classics: Our "J" and "K" conductors shine in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and "Così fan tutte"
*Eugen Jochum (a few years older in the picture!) conducts the Berlin
Philharmonic in the Overture to Mozart's Così fan tutte, from his December
1962 DG recording of the complete opera.*
*by Ken*
We're showing off our "J" and "K" conductors in Mozart operas this week. In Friday
night's preview we heard both Eugen Jochum and Josef Krips conducting the
opening of *The Abduction from the Seraglio*. Today we're going to hear
each in excerpts from one of the great operas Mozart wrote with his supreme
librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte: Krips conducting *Don Giovanni* and Jochum
conducting *... more »
Image of the Day: Satellite view of extensive ice fractures in the Beaufort Sea
[So much for the “recovery” of Arctic sea ice that the antiscience blogs
keep predicting. –Des]
By Adam Voiland
29 March 2013
(NASA) – The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi
NPP satellite captured this view of extensive sea-ice fracturing off the
northern coast of Alaska. The event began in late-January and spread west
toward Banks Island throughout February and March 2013.
Visualizations of the Arctic often give the impression that the ice cap is
a continuous sheet of stationary, floating ice. In fact, it is a collection
of smaller pieces that const... more »
The Dark Face of European Anti-Semitism
I am a regular critic of Israel, particularly its policies and acts toward
the Palestinians and its destabilizing nuclear arsenal. One cannot speak
of these things without inviting accusations of anti-semitism plainly
intended to stifle critics.
Anti-semitism does, however, remain a real and ongoing challenge to us all
and to our hopes for a better society. Katrina Lantros Swett, writing in *The
Guardian*, has a disturbing account of the rise of anti-semitism in Europe.
*In Hungary, my parents' native country, the leader of its third largest
party recently urged the government to... more »
The Tiny Dot or The most dangerous Superstition
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 4 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/H6b70TUbdfs
If you are still in doubt about what you heard in a funny and
over-simplified way, see Larken Rose' website. More pragmatic issues
relating this subject you find at James Corbett's website "Corbett Report"
and YouTube about the 'government illusion'. Times, they are changing,
aren't they?
John
Canada defends pulling out of UN convention on droughts – ‘A departure from global citizenship’
[image: Aerial view of the boundary of the Athabasca oil sands with the
boreal forest in Alberta, Canada. Photo: Matthew Arnold / The Eighth Fire]
OTTAWA, Ontario, 29 March 2013 (AP) – Canada defended its decision to pull
out of a United Nations convention that fights the spread of droughts just
a month before a major gathering would have forced the country to confront
scientific analysis on the effects of climate change.
Canada is the only country in the world outside the agreement. Prime
Minister Stephen Harper's government has been vilified an as outlier on
climate change poli... more »
"We Will Not Let Them Fail" - At Least Not Yet
British general Bob Bruce, commander of Task Force Helmand, says now's the
perfect time to let Afghan army troops take over the job of battling the
Taliban. General Bob added, "*We will not let them fail. When they really
need us, we will intervene*."
What went unsaid was the caveat, "*this year anyway, next year we'll be out
of this hellhole and they're on their own."*
Brigadier Bob also said something that you weren't likely to hear from guys
like Sideshow Steve Harper or Rick "Big Cod" Hillier.
*"This is their problem. This is their insurgency. We know for a fact there
is no ... more »
'Don’t burn this house. It belongs to a Muslim’
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/03/dont-burn-this-house-it-belongs-to-a-muslim.html
Monopoly Game: Civil Disobedience at Wells Fargo, Occupy Sacramento
.
Photo 1: Protest at Wells Fargo on March 28, 2013. Photo 2: Quanah
Parker Brightman with his father Lehman Brightman, founder of United
Native Americans, and victim of Wells Fargo fraud and home seizure.
From Quanah Parker Brightman:
Thank U Again for Helping Spread Awareness on Our
Plight to Save My Father's Home from Being Stolen. It's Really Shameful
that Contra Costa County,
Marcott, et al., respond to criticisms of their groundbreaking paper that shows 11,000 of climate change
[image: Reconstruction of global average surface temperature by Marcott, et
al., 2013, with RegEM reconstruction and HadCRUT4 data appended. Graphic:
Tamino]
31 March 2013 (RealClimate) – Readers will be aware of the paper by Shaun
Marcott and colleagues, that they published a couple weeks ago in the
journal *Science*. That paper sought to extend the global temperature
record back over the entire Holocene period, *i.e.* just over 11 kyr back
time, something that had not really been attempted before. The paper got a
fair amount of media coverage (see, *e.g.,* this article by Justin... more »
Four day weekend - part 2
The Coral - Grey Harpoon
Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure
Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
Untitled
*Sinkhole shines light on failings in state regulations ~The Advocate*
*'Simpsons' actor Harry Shearer will speak at Loyola*
*Cocodrie once again seeking ‘Ultimate Fishing Town' title ~Daily Comet* *Tennessee
Williams New Orleans Literary Festival Rocks ~Karen Dalton-Beninato*
Up From the Ground Came a Bubblin' Crude, Bitumen That Is
The latest grand winner in the Athabasca bitumen sweepstakes is the State
of Arkansas and what a state it's in thanks to an Exxon Mobil pipeline
failure that has released what the company is calling "over 10,000 barrels"
of heavy crude.
The pipeline has been shut down and Exxon crews are working to "contain"
the spill as in trying to keep it from reaching a nearby lake.
EPA to study flame retardant chemicals
[image: Polybrominated diphenyl ether. Wikipedia Commons]By Kate Sheppard
29 March 2013
(Mother Jones) – The EPA announced this week that it will study the health
and environmental risks of 23 chemicals, with an emphasis on chemical flame
retardants that are found in many common products. [*cf*. Blood levels of
flame-retardant chemicals doubling every few years in North Americans]
Even though they were phased out of baby clothes back in the 1970s due to
health concerns, flame retardants are still used in baby cribs and car seats,
couches, and electronics. Many have been linked to ... more »
The War on the Poor
April 1st is usually the time for a bit of a knockabout. Indeed, you can
expect bouts of the usual silliness tomorrow. David Cameron and Nick Clegg
to record *Especially For You* for charidee? Brilliant. Harry Cole taken on
as Number 10 press officer? What a hoot. Boris Johnson to go for Prime
Minister? Chortle. But while Tory ministers are chuckling over their cold
meats and croissants, few of them will be sparing a thought for the hammer
they're smashing down on our poorest and most vulnerable households. For
April Fools' Day this year will live in infamy as hundreds of thousands ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Crawling Creature'
CRAWLING CREATURE
Posted on March 31, 2013
MNN. Mar. 25, 2013. The Great Law provides that, “As
a weapon against a crawling creature, I lay a stick with you so that
you may thrust it away from the Council Fire”. A crawling creature may
be a disrespectful person seeking to disrupt the people and must be
removed. [Wampum 4].
Serpent of Discord.
We Indigenous are
NESARA & the "RV": The Grandest Contrast of All!
SUNDAY, 31 MARCH 2013
Posted by D.
*NESARA & the "RV": The Grandest Contrast of All!*
I'm posting this article below about the "Batman Call" because this guy
gives probably one of the most succinct run downs of "How the New Financial
System and major political changes" are suppose to roll out. We're going
to use this as a basis to look at the Grand Contrast that is about to play
out in front of our eyes.
And oh what a grand contrast it is going to be!!!!
Take a moment and jump down and read the Batman article I've posted
below.....
.... Done? Good. Now let's talk about the... more »
SEND MESSAGE TO JEJU ISLAND JAIL HOUSE
*Professor Yang-Yoon Mo now in Jeju jail for the 4th time with an 18 month
sentence*
*Grassroots media activist Park Sung-Soo in Jeju jail for 28 days after
refusing to pay large fines*
Yang Yoon-Mo and Park Sung-Soo (Dungree) hit their 60th and 7th day
respectively at the Jeju prison in South Korea as of March 31.
You can send a solidarity message to these two non-violent peace workers by
emailing them via gangjeongintl@gmail.com
Professor Yang ended his long hunger strike last week and we hope his
recovery is going well.
Park (Dungree) has for the past couple of years been one... more »
3 Questions
On 3/31/13, at 5:55 AM, Jarrafusa wrote:
To all:
In Absolute Love, Gratitude and Peace:
*What IS value?*
*Where IS that value located?*
*Who has control of THAT value?*
If you spend the energy to answer those three questions you will have the
Absolute Truth of where you consciously BE at this moment of NOW. If you
know where you consciously BE at this moment of NOW, you can consciously
choose what you DO.
Eternal essence filing
Notice of I/UV Exchange
With Absolute Love, Gratitude and Peace
Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf
eternal essence embodied and DO'ing
♥ ... more »
Christianity destroyed from within by Judaic infiltrators
Across the globe, the Easter celebrations are in full flow. Easter is a
commemoration of the martyrdom of Jesus, at the hands of the Pharisees, or
as we would now call them, the Elders of Jewry. Easter is a solemn and
sombre occasion for reflection; it is a religious time, which is completely
divorced from any expressions of materialism. At least that is how it is
supposed to be in the Christian world.
Until the capture of the Church by Judaic infiltrators, the murder of Jesus
by the Jewish Elders was openly spoken of. The advent of Vatican II saw
the revision of theology to abs... more »
No Waiting
As the days stretch into months, one can’t help but consider the notion of
waiting. In order to wait, you have to embrace linear time, for without
it, waiting is impossible. Everything is now.
Let’s back up. About a year ago, many of our clocks broke. It was
mentioned here and reported by dozens of readers. Time was just not
operating “like clockwork” any longer. It seemed to be moving faster. We
are still catching up.
In my home, we now rely exclusively on our cell phones for the correct
“time”. Even they sometimes are all over the map. Unless we hav... more »
Hegemonic Warfare Watch: Does Sanity Suddenly Prevail in Taipei
The Asahi Shinbun reports that Taipei will not insist on sovereignty over
the Senkakus in fishery talks.......
In a marked policy shift, Taiwan plans to skip its claims to the Senkaku
Islands in negotiating a fisheries agreement with Japan, sources close to
the negotiations said.
* The change removes a major barrier for fisheries talks, but it remains
unclear whether an agreement can be reached*. This is because Japan and
Taiwan claim fishing rights in overlapping waters between Okinawa
Prefecture and Taiwan.
Fishermen are keen for the matter to be resolved quickly because past ta... more »
Pope Francis and Nuclear Power
Before his election, Pope Francis had an interesting vocation for a Jesuit.
In many respects his life style is closer to a Franciscan monk than a
Jesuit. Franciscans are noted for their simple lifestyles and for their
commitment to the poor while Jesuits are more committed to education and
often hobnobbed with members of the elite. The nature of the Franciscan
vocation is such that a Franciscan could loose sight of an important issue
with respect to the poor. That is, the ultimate service to the poor is to
provide the poor with the means by which they can exit poverty. In this
rega... more »
Something misunderstood
Happy Easter!
Radio 4's *Sunday *celebrated the Christian world's holiest day by talking
to a Christian pastor in the Bekaa Valley about the Syrian refugee crisis,
following this with a report on Rowan Williams's involvement with a
Cambridge Food Bank in these times of austerity and benefit cuts, an
interview with a Cypriot journalist about the Orthodox Church's role in the
present crisis (he wasn't enthusiastic), a piece on a female saint (Egeria)
and an interview with a Labour peer, Lord Touhig, who has added his name to
a letter to Pope Francis calling for reform to the Catholi... more »
Easter Tidings
Something like a billion people are commemorating and celebrating the
resurrection of Jesus Christ today, one of the central tenets of
Christianity. The new Argentine Pope kicked off the festivities on
Thursday, at the Last Supper Mass, by washing the feet of 12 inmates of a
juvenile detention center in Rome. There's a little bit of a scandal
because one of the detainees who got her feet washed by the Pope was not
just a female but a Muslim to boot.
No pope in history has washed the feet of a woman, much less a Muslim.
In his homily, the Pope made no reference to the religious b... more »
It's going to be a long day!
The clocks went forward an hour so I have to manually adjust:
Two alarm clocks
One bedside clock
Central Heating
Two underfloor heating controllers
Two ovens
Burglar alarm
One wall clock
One mantelpiece clock
Four timers for lights
Phone system
Numerous cameras
Old spare mobile phones
Clocks in two cars
Thank heavens for the devices that adjust themselves!
Mining 10: Urban Tailings vs. Mining Tailings
This is a continuation of my earlier article, Rio Tuba Mining in South
Palawan last March 17, 2013. Among the most commonly-cited reasons why many
people dislike mining in general and large-scale mining in particular, are
the mine tailings -- or mining dumps, slimes, tails, residues that look
ugly and discolor rivers and seas. Four photos below I got from the
facebook wall of JB Baylon, posted March 16, 2013.
Urban tailings, or upland farm tailings or mud, coming from Pasig River and
its upland tributaries like portions of Laguna Lake and Marikina River.
Manila Bay, mouth of Pasig R... more »
Top Ten Ways Pope Francis is Deviating From Convention
These past couple of weeks, Pope Francis, the successor to Benedict
XVI, had tried the patience of Catholic traditionalists by eschewing the
tradition and pomp resurrected by his immediate predecessor. Among them was
carrying his own luggage, making peace with Islam and washing the feet of
women, symbolic of Christ washing the feet of his 12 Apostles. But there
were other ways in which the Pontiff had deviated from Vatican tradition.
What were they?
------------------------------
10) Read his first Mass in Ebonics.
9) Will spend Easter washing and waxing the Popemobile in the m... more »
Tom Banks: holographic axioms against firewalls
Bill Zajc sent me a link to the following fresh CERN talk by my (former)
PhD adviser Tom Banks:
The Unruh Effect, the S-matrix and the Absence of Firewalls
It's the same kind, unimitable style I have known for years. Tom also uses
(or approves of) many assumptions I consider right or even dear and he
reaches various conclusions I agree with. In particular, there are no black
hole firewalls. See his and Willy Fischler's paper about firewalls.
But otherwise the results are presented as corollaries of some much deeper
wisdom that I've been exposed to since 1999. Although I added anothe... more »
dream: FREE PLANET t-shirt on backwards - weird news day
I have no idea what such a DREAM SYMBOL could mean but, this morning, I had
a 'turn coat' dream whereby my I realised I was wearing my Free Planet
t-shirt INSIDE OUT.
I looked down, and there it was, inside out. Did I get dressed in the dark?
LOL: but this latest video from David Icke about the way we're all being
SOFTENED UP by T.H.E.Y. isn't funny.
Remember, after all this commercial bullshit and corporate nastiness is
over with, "This is a FREE PLANET for which we are the Custodians."
This is our vibrant homeworld and it can be A WHOLE LOT BETTER, ffs.
*AND IN OTHER NEWS:* *E... more »
Grammar/spelling instruction fever in the UK
How to improve grammar and spelling
Sent to the Telegraph (UK)
According to the Telegraph, Kent County “Teachers (are) 'to be given
lessons in spelling and grammar'” (March 31) so they can better prepare
11-year-olds to take tests in grammar and spelling.
Neither the Kent County Council nor the UK Department of Education appears
to be aware that there has been extensive research on this topic, and the
results are very consistent: (1) Direct instruction in grammar and spelling
produces very limited results. (2) Nearly all of our knowledge of grammar
and spelling is acquired, absorbed,... more »
JIMMY SAVILE; PETERBOROUGH; MYSTERIOUS DEATHS
*Sir Jimmy Savile in Peterborough, 1995.*
Sir Jimmy Savile once lived in Peterborough.
"Jimmy used to work as a consultant for travel agent Thomas Cook...."
"Nigel Hards, now the chairman of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust, worked with Jimmy in the early 1990s at Thomas Cook."
How Sir Jimmy Savile fixed Peterborough
*EAST ANGLIA. Child abuse ring in Peterborough. Murder of Holly and Jessica
from Soham. Body found on Queen's estate near Kings Lynn...*
On 31 March 2013 it was reported that in *Peterborough, in the UK, Police
have smashed the 'biggest child-... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Stars of Radiance
*
* *Stars of Radiance*
by ÉirePort
Awakening Stars within individual Hue-Beings connect to new Gaia portals
within 5-7 D levels. Bodies of Radiance become visible to these Beings, and
become visible to others with Higher Sensitivities.
Such Stars of Radiance become commonplace among Gaia planetary teams as
Higher Level missions are acknowledged and accepted.
This occurs in the Now moment.
ÉirePort | March 31, 2013 at 05:37
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-i9
Outrageous Jewish hypocrisy and double standards on immigration
Consider the following two headlines and brief excerpts objectively. How
furious are you?
From the *Jewish Telegraph Agency*:
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- An array of Jewish groups urged President Obama and
Congress to ease the path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
*Nineteen national groups and dozens of local groups and clergy* signed on
to a letter sent last Friday that was timed for Passover.
"American Jews know too well the impact of restrictive immigration
policies, and we have seen how the immigration issue can become a
flashpoint for xenophobia," said the letter, which wa... more »
Happy Easter
In case you were wondering what to do with all those hard boiled eggs...
[Photos are better if you click on them to embiggen.]
*Addendum*: Also too, WaPo's annual peeps diorama contest.
TV Watch: Is there anything "Shameless"'s Frank Gallagher won't do if he's paid? (Not that we know of)
*"Apparently, I've caused a ruckus because I said that gay folks deserve
certain . . . civil rights. Rights that the breeders don't want to bestow
upon me. [Chortles]" Watch this great clip from last week's episode of
Shameless -- Frank Gallagher as impassioned gay-rights crusader -- here. (I
had it successfully embedded but discovered that then I couldn't have any
line breaks in the post. Sigh. I thnk someone should be shot, but then,
nobody asked my opinion.)*
*by Ken*
What? Is Frank Gallagher gay? This drunken galoot with six children (that
we know about), who'll nail any wom... more »
Frithjof Schuon On Dogmatic Exoterism
Below is an excerpt from Frithjof Schuon's 1989 book, *"In the Face of the
Absolute."* World Wisdom Books: Bloomington, Indiana. Pg. 21-22.
Dogmatic exoterism, as we have mentioned more than once, exhibits
providential limitations determined by its mission and thus by its reason
for being. To begin with, it excludes the idea of universal relativity ---
of *Maya* --- and therefore is unaware of the diverse and at times
antinomic aspects of things, as well as of the points of view which take
them into account; this amounts to saying that it identifies itself with a
particular point... more »
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ALEC-er Inhofe - PROUD to Be Climate Denier
From HuffPo
Sen. James Inhofe is taking criticism of his climate change denial as a
compliment.
The Oklahoma Republican is one of the central targets in the newly released
climate change documentary "Greedy Lying Bastards," which examines attempts
by the fossil fuel industry to thwart emissions standards and mispresent
the facts in the face of changing global climate conditions. The film airs
Friday at a special screening in Tulsa, Okla.
"I was not surprised to see myself front and center on the promotional
material for this climate change movie," he told the Tulsa World, "and
... more »
ALEC-er - "Good to oppose the black guy in the White House"
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/46590-s-c-doctors-urge-lawmakers-to-expand-medicaid-eligibility
*The politics are going to overwhelm the policy.*
*It is good politics *
*to oppose the black guy in the White House right now, *
*especially for the Republican Party*.
South Carolina
Representative Kris Crawford
From the South Carolina Campaign Finance Webpage
Individual Reports
Candidate Campaign Disclosure
2012, October 10th, Pre-Election Report
Candidate: *Crawford, Kristopher R*
Position Sought: State House Representative
District/Locale: 63
Election Type: General
Election Date... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Spofford, New Hampshire, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Now You Know Why Cyprus Has No 2nd Amendment"
*"Now You Know Why Cyprus Has No 2nd Amendment"*
by Karl Denninger
"Because if they did... With banks confiscating up to *80* *percent* of
uninsured deposits over 100,000 euros ($130,000) and the country facing a
deep economic crisis, Cyprus has forgiven loans to politicians and
companies while others are generally being required to pay in full, media
reports said, setting off fury on the island country. The Greek newspaper
Ethnos and the website 24h.com.cy said that loans to Members of Parliament
from the three major political parties and other officials in the public
adminis... more »
The Terrorists In Our Government, Banks, & Mainstream Media Are At It Again, On Several Fronts
*By the very definition of "TERRORISM", our government, banksters, &
mainstream media are "TERRORISTS" based on their consistent non-stop
terrorist actions against the American people and undermining of the
Constitution.*
It's human nature: satanic psychopaths always rise to the tops of all
organizations such as government, religion, banks, corporations, and the
military. The phrase "MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL" applies to what's
going on. The psychopaths make sure good people do NOT get to the tops of
organizations. If they DO, they do FALSE FLAGS and kill them and to boot
blam... more »
March 30, 1973
It's a travel day: Nixon, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman are off to the Pacific
White House. Which means, alas, no more tapes during the following week.
Before they leave, however, we do get Nixon and Haldeman talking. And
elsewhere, it's a very busy day.
Jeb Magruder spends the day chasing after his former assistant, Robert
Reisner, who he now learns from the Washington Post has been subpoenaed by
the Ervin Committee. Alas for him and them all, to no effect. Reisner, by
the way, checks in during the day with Fred Fielding, who works under Dean
at the White House -- and Fielding, accordin... more »
google, what have you got against choice?
Google is losing a lot of friends lately. Their recent decisions to discontinue
iGoogle and Reader are making many people unhappy. Today, to the great
dismay of many Gmail users, Gmail's new compose interface - a small box in
the corner of your screen - became the default. Google says the previous
compose style - the more typical large box in the centre of your screen -
will be discontinued.
Why?
Why not give us options? If some people like to compose an email in a small
box in the corner of their screen, that's grand. They can. And if other
people prefer to compose an email in as ... more »
Everything I know, I learned from Mayberry
Don't often pass on facebook memes and I'm reasonably sure that is not Opie
in the photoshop but this is, as the cool kidz say, well played.
Sulfur Is For Republicans Rotting In Hell, Not For Normal People Breathing Here On Earth
Friday morning we were wondering who would be picking up the tab for damage
from earthquakes caused by fracking if Big Oil & Gas won't. Well, the same
people who pick up the tab for all pollution caused in the pursuit of
private profits-- the tax payers. So that same morning when I heard some
GOP shill on the radio whining how forcing Big Oil to reduce sulfur
emissions from their gasoline would increase the companies' costs, I
couldn't help but think about the billions of dollars in healthcare costs
from gasoline pollution and who pays those costs. The reason he was on the
radio m... more »
The UK's future in Europe
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As a fairly regular listener (for over a quarter of a century) to Radio 4's
*The World Tonight* I often find myself viewing its homepage. For several
weeks now, prominently positioned just beneath its 'Latest episode' link,
the homepage has been showcasing one particular edition of the programme,
from last December:
The UK's future in Europe
Can the UK prosper outside Europe and can Europe prosper without the UK?
I presume the reason for featuring this special edition so prominently and
for so long must be because they are especially proud of it and think it
re... more »
Delmarva Peninsula residents must come to terms with sea level rise
[image: This house, which is now completely underwater, was once inhabited
and on dry land. Rising sea level is a reality that many who live in
coastal areas will have to come to terms with in the near future. Photo:
Delmarva Now]
29 March 2013 (DelmarvaNow) – Last October’s Hurricane Sandy was a costly
affair for Somerset County, hitting Crisfield residents especially hard,
with flood waters up to 5 feet deep that destroyed property and in the
aftermath, shook the town’s economic and physical foundations.
There was little time to escape rapidly rising waters as the storm swept
a... more »
Holy Saturday Night in Haiti
Sleeping with Mitral Stenosis in Port-au-Prince
(Photo by John Carroll, March 30, 2013)This is how Marie has been trying to
sleep for months. She cannot lie down because she cannot breathe.
Her exam today revealed a very tight mitral valve. The tissue is scarred
down and does not let blood normally drain into her left ventricle which is
her main pumping chamber. And fluid ends up in her lungs which has caused
her right ventricle to become overloaded. And this causes fluid to engorge
her liver and causes her abdomen to be painful.
And untreated strep throat caused all of this when Mar... more »
Warburg, Benjamin and the Archives of Outsider Art
*Wikipedia: *
Abraham Moritz Warburg, known as Aby Warburg (June 13, 1866 – October 26,
1929), was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded a
private Library for Cultural Studies, the Kulturwissenschaftliche
Bibliothek Warburg, later Warburg Institute. At the heart of his research
was the legacy of the Classical World, and the transmission of classical
representation, in the most varied areas of western culture through to the
Renaissance.
He suffered from depression and symptoms of schizophrenia, and was
hospitalized in Ludwig Binswanger's neurological clinic in ... more »
5 Creative Ways to Decorate an Easter Egg and Creative Linkup
This year I promised my 4-year-old some awesome dyed eggs, but in the wake
of my 4-year-old's recent illness, I almost completely forgot about Easter.
To make up for me not being on top of my game, I told her we could try out
lots of different ways to decorate eggs. These are the ones we want to try.
Chalkboard Eggs from Mom.Me. Seriously what kid wouldn't love these?
Glittered Eggs from Martha Stewart. Hello glitter!
Rubber Cement Dyed Eggs from Crap I've Made. These are the eggs my
4-year-old is most excited about. They look awesome.
DIY Marbleized Eggs from Camille Styles... more »
"Eternal Enemies..."
"Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has
ever given any sober reflection to the matter. A democratic state may
profess to venerate the name, and even pass laws making it officially
sacred, but it simply cannot tolerate the thing. In order to keep any
coherence in the governmental process, to prevent the wildest anarchy in
thought and act, the government must put limits upon the free play of
opinion. In part, it can reach that end by mere propaganda, by the bald
force of its authority — that is, by making certain doctrines officially
infamous. But i... more »
World Must Unite Against US-Saudi-Israeli Proxy War in Syria
- US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel have conspired to destroy Syria by way of
arming sectarian extremists since 2007.
- The West now admits it, along with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have
provided thousands of tons of weapons to militants in Syria - while also
conceding that Al Qaeda's Syrian franchise, Jabhat al-Nusra is the best
armed, most well equipped militant front in the conflict.
- US, Saudi, Israeli-backed terrorists are now committing a myriad of
horrific atrocities against all of Syria's population, including Sunni
Muslims - meaning neither "democrac... more »
“Agency of Fear: The FBI's Bomb Factory”
*“Agency of Fear: The FBI's Bomb Factory”*
by Jeffrey St. Clair
“It’s nearing dusk on November 26, 2010. More than 25,000 people have
gathered in a light rain at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland, Oregon to
watch the annual lighting of the holiday tree, a 100-foot-tall Douglas-fir
logged from the Willamette National Forest. Three men in a nearby hotel
room have just finished eating a take-out pizza. The TV turned to a local
news channel, which is covering holiday celebration. The men spread towels
on the floor and say an Islamic prayer, asking that Allah bless their
operatio... more »
The Long-run Budget Path
Click here to ready my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.
Clean up begins for Mayflower, Arkansas Oil Spill
Amy Hancock
KTHV
It was a rough start to the Easter holiday weekend after an oil spill
struck in Mayflower. Authorities said as many as 40 homes had to be
evacuated Friday afternoon.
Mayflower Police Chief Robert Satkowski said that the evacuations will
remain in effect over-night. The chief also stated that it's too early to
say how much oil spilled, but crews have prevented it from getting into
Lake Conway. That was a big concern all day; the work ahead will focus on
clean-up around the affected areas in town.
"So that is a pipeline that has busted and has flooded the neighbor... more »
The Leveretts Use Logic And Reason To Combat Irrational Foes of An American-Iranian Peace Deal
Read, *"Up For Debate: Do Insiders or Outsiders Have the Clearer View of
Iran?"* by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett.
The article is a response to a review of their highly praised book, *"Going
to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic
Republic of Iran,"* by historian and author Abbas Milani called, *"The
American Voices of the Islamist Regime in Iran: Two Former U.S. Officials
Make the Case for Accommodation."* Milani is a research fellow and
co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at Stanford University's Hoover
Institution.
The Leveretts are ... more »
“You Have the Right to Remain Silent, But…”
*“You Have the Right to Remain Silent, But…”*
by Dave Lindorff
“Willie James Sauls is unlikely to see the outside of a prison. Last fall
a court in the state of Texas sentenced this 37-year-old man to 45 years in
jail. His crime: he snatched the purse from an old woman.
In Norway, meanwhile, a court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik, a
right-wing racist who slaughtered 77 people, mostly teenagers, and injured
several hundred, to 21 years in prison, with an option for that detention
to be extended by five-year increments if he is determined to be still
dangerous. Otherwise, th... more »
Busted! Proof of HAARP! Satellite Imaging Shows Coil Wave over Prince Edward Islands [Indian Ocean not Canada]..
Reblogged from: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=272951
*Busted! Proof of HAARP! Satellite Imaging Shows Coil Wave over Prince
Edward Islands..*
Posted By: Jordon
Date: Saturday, 30-Mar-2013 15:00:17
The images from march 26th 2013 show a Huge Coil , Spiral Wave like Feature
coming from the Prince Edward Islands ! Amazing Proof of Weather
Modification ! NASA Pictures showing the effects of TTA'S and HAARP !
http://youtu.be/frwBLtv3EN8
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Weird Cloud ‘Coils’ Captured by Earth-Observing Satellite
These are some of the strang... more »
Bowie Keeps Swinging
Early in the 70s I washed up in Amsterdam, after a couple years of
wandering down the Hippie Trail across Asia and back. I didn't have a dime
to my name and no reason to go back to America, which was still
systematically destroying Vietnam under Richard Nixon. Necessity created an
ascetic and I got a job at the Kosmos, Amsterdam's meditation center. I ate
brown rice and vegetables for 4 years and lived... modestly. It was also
the time I was slowly coming to realize I was gay. I had another set of
friends besides the meditation center crowd. They were some American and
British ex... more »
Freedom of speech in Palestinian Territories
'A Palestinian man who clicked "Like" on a Facebook status criticizing a
Palestinian Authority official has been sentenced to six months in prison.
Anas Ismail, 29, of Salfit, near Nablus, was found guilty of "libel and
slander."'
More here http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Palestinian-imprisoned-for-Facebook-Like-308190
but not on the institutionally biased against Israel BBC.
Sweet charity
I didn't find this at all surprising. Anybody who has ever worked in the
restaurant/hospitality industry knows the rich are tightwads. Indeed the
richer the are, the stingier they are with tips. So it goes with charitable
giving.
One of the most surprising, and perhaps confounding, facts of charity in
America is that the people who can least afford to give are the ones who
donate the greatest percentage of their income. In 2011, the wealthiest
Americans—those with earnings in the top 20 percent—contributed on average
1.3 percent of their income to charity. By comparison, Americans ... more »
Washington Post: Texas wants its gold back! Wait, what?
Gold at the New York Fed. (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
*Thanks Deva for posting this. First thought that popped in my head was is
this a move by the "Texas Camp" to keep themselves going? Gold increases
in value as the dollar decreases, other wise its just a commodity... -AK*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/26/texas-wants-its-gold-back-wait-what/
*
* *Texas wants its gold back! Wait, what?*
Posted by Neil Irwin on March 26, 2013 at 10:58 am
Texas has generally been at the front of the pack of a certain variety of
uber-hawkish, vaguely paranoid monetary... more »
New Site Announcement -- Understanding the OPPT
*Understanding The One People's Public Trust -- A Beginner's Guide to the
OPPT*
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Link to the site:
http://understandingtheoppt.info/
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There are still many out there who have not yet been exposed to the OPPT.
While I do believe we are approaching a time where ALL the actions that
have taken place will be brought into the light for all BE'ings to see and
know, I still think it's important to have dedicated sites such as this
one, available as a resource for those who are looking for answers to
questions which have and will continue to surface. A BIG thank you to Tom ... more »
There are 70 conflicts worldwide, so why do we focus on just one? | Irish Examiner
'The same could be said about Chechnya. The Russians have just announced
the end of their "counter-terrorism" operation. There are no solid figures
for the number of civilians killed since the second war began there in late
1999, but estimates range anywhere between 25,000 and 200,000.
Put that in context. Israel might be geographically small – smaller than
Munster – but in population terms Chechnya is absolutely tiny. A region
with a little more than one million inhabitants has seen anything up to
one-fifth of its civilian population killed in two decades of war. And one
school si... more »
Tom Flanagan's Too Brief Exile
Consider Tom Flanagan rehabilitated. All it took was a dead premier to
get him back in the public eye. That and the Globe & Mail.
On the occasion of the passing of Ralph Klein, the G&M is running a testimonial
from Tom Flanagan:
*All politicians say they went into public life “to make a difference.”
Ralph Klein actually did make a difference. He showed Alberta – and Canada
– how to deal with runaway deficits and public debt.*
*The Klein model was a steroidal version of short-term pain for long-term
gain. Rather than just level off the growth in spending, he made deep
actual red... more »
The World Should Consider North Korea As Dangerous And Deranged, Now Threatening Others In The Global Community ...
*I don't think it's wise to ignore the political lunacy spewing from North
Korea this week. They are isolated and paranoid. Their rigid
ideology leaves them reacting to everything with confrontation and threats
of violence. *
*Like an armed crazy person making threats in a public place, North Korea
should be considered as potentially dangerous to the world community.
Personally, I think that North Korea could go over the edge with this
nonsense. They would probably consider it courageous and glorious! *
*It's time for the People's Republic of China to instruct North Korea to
to... more »
NC GOP attacks voting rights
Suppressing the (Democratic) vote has been an ongoing effort since the
idiot GOPers took over our statehouse and they're not letting up for a
minute. Not content to trust their extreme gerrymandering of the districts,
which went as far as to split a college campus down the middle, the GOP's
latest assault on voting rights is going for the ALEC approved attack on
voting access. They're double teaming this one:
Senate Bill 428, filed by Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, would cut the
early voting period from two weeks to one and would eliminate same-day
voter registration.
House Bill... more »
CYPRUS: DEPOSITORS MIGHT BE ISSUED BANK STOCK WORTH 37.5% OF AMOUNTS OVER 100,000 EUROS, “WHILE THE REST OF THEIR DEPOSITS MAY NEVER BE PAID BACK”
Reblogged from: http://www.cryptogon.com/?p=34315
*CYPRUS: DEPOSITORS MIGHT BE ISSUED BANK STOCK WORTH 37.5% OF AMOUNTS OVER
100,000 EUROS, “WHILE THE REST OF THEIR DEPOSITS MAY NEVER BE PAID BACK”*
March 30th, 2013
Killing Joke - European Super State from Digital Beast on Vimeo.
Via: Reuters:
Big depositors in Cyprus’s largest bank stand to lose far more than
initially feared under a European Union rescue package to save the island
from bankruptcy, a source with direct knowledge of the terms said on Friday.
Under conditions expected to be announced on Saturday, depositors in... more »
Yale Journal of Economics
Students at Yale have started a new journal, called the Yale Journal of
Economics, which aims to publish the best undergraduate papers, not just
from Yale, but from any school. Click on the link to read the first issue
or to find out how to submit. The editors hope professors will encourage
their students who write noteworthy papers to send them in.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being the featured speaker at the event
where the inaugural issue was released. Below is a picture of me with the
new journal's editorial board after a dinner at Mory's, the classic Yale
eating establis... more »
Sea Lion Deaths
*Enenews ‘Federal gov’t declares rare Unusual Mortality Event in So.
California — 70% of all newborn sea lions may be dying — Testing for
toxins, infectious agents (VIDEO)’ (2013, March 28), *
http://enenews.com/noaa-declares-rare-unusual-mortality-event-in-so-california-70-of-all-newborn-sea-lions-may-be-dying-testing-for-toxins-video
Majia
here: I'm so saddened by the sea-lion deaths. I love sea-lions. I
grew up mostly on the north California coast and then went to college at
San Diego State. I love the pelicans, sea-gulls, and sea-lions. I also
love
the hermit crabs.
Last summer ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
It was sort of this week, sort of not, but I'll make a mention here of all
of the implementation fights on the Affordable Care Act: they certainly
matter.
I'll go with North Korea again in the "doesn't matter" category.
I'm not sure what to do with the SCOTUS hearings on marriage, so I'll leave
it to you.
And beyond that, I've probably missed stuff...what do you think? What do
you think mattered this week?
SEEKING PEACE & JUSTICE
*Solidarity action with Guantanamo hunger strikers at Times Sq. in NYC last
Thursday*
- On Sunday, March 24 human rights activists throughout the US
(including NYC, Chicago, Ohio) began a seven day fast and series of actions
in solidarity with the men currently on hunger strike at the US prison in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Navy now reports that three hunger strikers
have been hospitalized and that ten are being force fed — a practice
condemned by human rights organizations and used in efforts to “break”
prior hunger strikes at Guantanamo. Some hunger striker... more »
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