Thor’s Helmet Nebula imaged on the occasion of ESO’s 50th Anniversary (Photo credit: European Southern Observatory)
Awake (Josh Groban album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alberta mtn.'s1 (Photo credit: bbob)Afraid I've been busy at http://joannenova.com.au/2013/03/tim-flannery-extreme-climate-predictions/ because of http://my.opera.com/oldephartte/blog/1-dec-following-the-trail-organized-destruction and today's http://my.opera.com/oldephartte/blog/2013/03/08/climate-of-obfuscation after being sparked by a note about http://my.opera.com/nepmak2000/blog/2013/03/04/geo-engineering-do-we-see-weather-warfare-or-dont-we
10:30 pm MST
Close enough for government work: Alberta Tories manage to hold their centre-right turf
Finance Minister Doug Horner preps Albertans for yesterday’s budget. Actual
Alberta finance ministers may not appear exactly as illustrated – but
that’s the trick, isn’t it? Below: The real Doug Horner. All in all, I
guess, you could make a good case this was a pretty lousy budget. It’s
deeply confusing, as without any doubt ... more »
The Power of Perception
In our last SURVEY we asked: *"In 10 years do you believe that the country,
which you live in, will be implementing more environmental policies?"* The
majority of participants, 47%, said yes ... 35% said they didn't know ...
and 17% answered no. As I thought about the answers and read the comments,
it occurred to me that it's all about perception ... and our perceptions
are based on fact, right? Or are they?
What if it's the other way around ... what if fact is actually driven by
perception?
Consider this ... when we perceive that the economy is getting stronger, we
may go out to ... more »
Is The GOP Ready To Bet The House-- And The Senate-- On Jebediah Bush?
author
Even Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham were banging their heads on the table
yesterday after Jeb Bush's clumsy self-insertion into the immigration
debate. Apparently his ghost writer never bothered to tell him his book, *Immigration
Wars*, had just come out with a closed door against a path to citizenship
and, just as apparently, he seems to have forgotten his *Wall Street Journal
* OpEd from way back over a month ago.
The only alternatives to increased immigration are mounting debts or
reduced social services. A practicable system of work-based immigration for
both high-skille... more »
Epicurus Quote Regarding Death.
Reading by Bernard Hill. Source: YouTube user 'ThatsSoInane.'
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, “Remember When it Rained”
Josh Groban, “Remember When it Rained”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-SKYk0iy5U
Climate change forcing thousands in Bangladesh into slums of Dhaka
[image: Taslima Masud with daughter Karima and husband Mohammed live in
Korail, Dhaka's biggest slum, along with as many as 40,000 other climate
change refugees. Photo: Raveena Aulakh / Toronto Star]
By Raveena Aulakh
16 February 2013
(Toronto Star) – Masud, 19, lives in Korail, Dhaka’s largest slum. Its
roughly 70,000 residents dwell in the shadow of the affluent Gulshan
neighbourhood, with its mansions, restaurants, and western-style shopping
centres.
Masud, her husband Mohammed, and their year-old daughter Karima share a
one-room shanty that can be crossed in two strides. It... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages is popularly
called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet
is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet is actually more like
an interstellar bubble, blown as a fast wind from the bright, massive star
near the bubble's center sweeps through a surrounding molecular cloud.
*Click image for larger size.*
Known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the central star is an extremely hot giant
thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova stage of evolution. Cataloged as
NGC 2359, the nebula is located about 15,0... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Perils of Anthropomorphism”
*“The Perils of Anthropomorphism”*
by Chet Raymo
"When I was a kid one of the most popular shows on the radio (and later
television) was Twenty Questions. Twenty questions to guess the secret
thing: animal, vegetable, or mineral. As I recall, the first question was
often "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" I can't remember the last time I saw
a breadbox. I just looked at an episode of the show on YouTube and it seems
as long ago and far away as breadboxes. Nevertheless, I was thinking "Is it
bigger than a breadbox?" when I was watching the ant in yesterday's post.
It would take a... more »
Christy Clark, Back-in(g) Black, Unicorns and Ponies, $Trillion Dollar Fantasy Exposed
Christy Clark read a ministerial statement today in our legislature, this
is her second ministerial statement in the last week, the first statement
on Monday was her public apology over the ethnicgate scandal, today Christy
Clark dove back into a future-world filled with unicorns and shiny ponies,
Christy Clark`s ministerial statement today praised David Black`s refinery
proposal, she called him a great Canadian, a visionary, Clark spoke in
terms of this proposal being a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity, right up
there with her $trillion dollar LNG scheme..
Christy Clark is right a... more »
PRESENTE!
Three million Venezuelans marched in support of Hugo Chavez today in
Caracas!
A chill descends on locust-licking Israeli gourmands -- are the little buggers kosher?
Haaretz caption: *"A Thai laborer showing off fried locusts. Clouds of
pests crossed the border with Egypt, worrying farmers."*
*"We've allowed the desert locust common in Israel, which arrived in 2005,
for consumption, because it's traditionally called locust. As for the
current ones I don't know. Bring me two or three, I'll tell you right away
whether you can eat it or not."*
*-- Rabbi Schneur Zalman Revach, of Israel's Institute
for the Study of Agricultural Torah Commandments*
*by Ken*
The wail of apprehension that can be heard rising over Israel's southern
desert may be the so... more »
Life Skills: “8 Lessons I Learned This Birthday”
*“8 Lessons I Learned This Birthday”*
by Amy Chan
"Recently, I celebrated another birthday. As I look back at how quickly
time passes, I am amazed at how much can change in a matter of a year. I
think we go through cycles of change - when the complete unexpected throws
you off your equilibrium -giving you the opportunity to reassess and
recalibrate. This past year was one of those cycles for me - and slowly but
surely the pieces that were thrown up in the air are falling into place. At
a time of reflection, I'd like to share with you some of the things I have
learned.
*1. ... more »
British bred Blue-throated Macaws to be released in Bolivia
Rare macaws bred in Cornwall to be flown to Bolivia
[image: Blue-throated Macaw - Pic: Michelle Turton] The trust said about
130 blue-throated macaws survived in the wild
Related Stories
- Race starts to save rare macaws
- Smuggled birds hatch first chick
- Rare chicks reared at attraction
Six rare parrots which have been bred in Cornwall are being flown to a new
life in the wild in Bolivia.
The Blue Throated Macaws are heading to South America, 6,000 miles away
(9,660 km) from their home at Paradise Park in Hayle.
It is part of a project to re-populate parrots in ... more »
He Ate as Many as He Could Get
“I know what you’re thinking about,” said Tweedledum; “but it isn’t so,
nohow.”
“Contrariwise,” continued Tweedledee, “if it was so, it might be; and if it
were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.”
source
Yesterday, the Koch Brothers stopped by Wit's End for an unexpected visit.
Seriously...I'm sure it was a random blunder from trolling through the
blogosphere, with their hired minions little realizing, I suppose, that
they had gone down the Rabbit's Hole. Henceforth the misconceived duo will
be known, here at least, as their misanthropic alter-egos, Tweedledee... more »
DRONES & FREE SPEECH
- About a dozen of us from around the state went to Augusta today for
the second joint Judiciary Committee hearing on the drone bill for Maine.
The committee tabled the bill for three weeks which in a way is good
because it gives us more time to organize. On the other hand the tabling of
the bill indicates that forces are moving to try to block any ban or
regulation of surveillance drones in Maine. In fact Maine's Attorney
General does not like the bill, wants to divert it to a study (that would
likely require funding and in this fiscal climate could mean... more »
“US Debt- Visualized In Physical $100 Bills”
*“US Debt- Visualized In Physical $100 Bills”*
by Moonbattery
“While Obama stages theater of the absurd by squeezing misery out of a
slight temporary reduction in government growth, here’s what his government
is doing to our future:
No matter how irresponsibly people vote, they cannot avoid the upcoming
fork in the road. Our options are default and Zimbabwe-style
hyperinflation. Neither will be pretty.”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iTBODoBaCns
- http://moonbattery.com/?p=26699
Wandervogel
Title: Wandervogel. YouTube Video Description - [Source - sandraelflein]:
Sandra Elflein: Gesang, Gitarre,Flöte,Geige
Musik Sandra elflein,Text Emanuel Geibel
Ich sah den Wald sich färben,
Die Luft war grau und stumm;
Mir war betrübt zum Sterben,
Und wusst' es kaum, warum.
Durchs Feld vom Herbstgestäude
Hertrieb das dürre Laub;
Da dacht' ich: deine Freude
Ward so des Windes Raub.
Dein Lenz, der blütenvolle,
Dein reicher Sommer schwand;
An die gefrorne Scholle
Bist du nun festgebannt.
Da plötzlich floss ein klares
Getön in Lüften hoch:
Ein Wandervogel war es,
Der nach dem Süden ... more »
Untitled
Despite mayor’s flipflop on decree, city winnows list of would-be police
monitors ~Tom Gogola, *The Lens*
Greg Ip's Little Book
A terrific, very quick, and nontechnical introduction in economics (more
macro than micro) is Greg Ip's *Little Book of Economics*. In case you
don't know him, Greg writes for *The Economist* magazine and was previously
at the *Wall Street Journal*. He now has a new edition of his book,
together with an online guide to suggested readings.
Carl Levin
The Senator from Michigan retires, giving Sherrod Brown the undisputed
title of Most Rumpled Senator but leaving Most Jewish Looking Senator up
for debate. Levin has been an excellent Senator for years, a workhorse and
not a showhorse.
You know what I'm looking at. Levin will be 80 when the 114th Senate
convenes without him. Of the eight who have announced retirement since the
election (including DeMint and Kerry), the youngest is DeMint, who will be
63 then, and six will be 70 or older. Ed Markey, likely new Senator from
Massachusetts, doesn't help, but Tim Scott does -- and overal... more »
Tenneseeans Gear Up to Fight Vouchers and Charters
From Standing Together 4 Strong Community Schools. Join here and here:
A Netfix For Children's Books?
Netflix for Children’s books sounds interesting but hasn’t Amazon already
put a stake in the ground with their ‘FreeTime’ start-up service?
US start-up *Sproutkin*, is a new US subscription service for books for
children aged between 0 and 3 and 3 and 6. Like a book club it is based
regular shipments of up to ten new books to its older members and some two
to four books for its younger members. All members pay a monthly
subscription of $24.99. It also works with a small educational advisory
board to select its books to ensure their selections are relevant and
quality. It aims to c... more »
Fighting for Cummins Hill
Allies in the struggle against the Tennessee Gas Pipeline from the Energy
Action Coalition came to stay with us for a day, and film part of the
struggle to prevent clear cutting on Cummins Hill, in Milford, PA. For a
number of days after Gifford Pinchot's tree sit ended, local residents
simply stood in the road as a tactic to prevent clear cutting. This last
stand of trees in the pipeline right of way along Cummins Hill was
eventually cut after police arrived early in the morning on March 4th, and
prevent residents from occupying the side of the road. The action to stop
these tre... more »
Canada glaciers face ‘big losses’ – ‘The processes that are currently ongoing will continue and be re-enforced, so the mass loss will increase in time’
[image: Ice lake, or supraglacial lake on Belcher Glacier, Devon Island,
Nunavut, Canada. Surface melt water can pond on the surface of the glacier
forming large lakes that can drain within hours. Photo: Angus Duncan /
University of Alberta]
By Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent
7 March 2013
(BBC News) – The glaciers of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago will undergo a
dramatic retreat this century if warming projections hold true.
A new study suggests the region's ice fields could lose perhaps as much as
a fifth of their volume.
Such a melt would add 3.5cm to the height of the w... more »
Chicken and Egg: Technology and Content?
We often assume that those driving the market and the leading marketplace
are the same and would expect to find the US number one in intellectual
property, its ownership, creation and consumption. With the exception of
the far eastern players, such as Samsung, Sony, LG, etc. the technology
drivers and leaders all have strong US origins and bases, but the content ,
or IP drivers are outside of that marketplace.
In an interesting blog post ‘Foreign Ownership of Firms in IP-Intensive
Industries’ by Jonathan Bland , he highlights how the actual ownership is
often outside of the US c... more »
Private Nuisance
*Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. v. Ontario (Transportation),* 2013 SCC 13,
released today, has a useful discussion of private nuisance:
[19] The elements of a claim in private nuisance
have often been expressed in terms of a two-part test of this nature: to
support a claim in private nuisance the interference with the owner’s use
or enjoyment of land must be both *substantial* and *unreasonable*. A
substantial interference with property is one that is non-trivial. Where
this threshold is met, the inquiry proceeds to the reasonableness analysis,
which is concerned ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France. Thanks for stopping by.
Are we becoming Germany?...
*some people think so.*
*From: Washington's Blog*
*Americans – Like Nazi Germans – Don’t Notice that All of Our Rights Are
Slipping Away*
Americans Are Acting Like Slowly Boiling FrogsIn the classic history of
Nazi Germany, *They Thought They Were Free,* Milton Mayer writes:
“What happened here was the *gradual habituation of the people, little by
little*, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated
in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the
government had to act on information which the people could not understand,
or so dangerous... more »
Why Are The Republicans Blocking Caitlin Halligan?
Senator Sessions (KKK-AL) knows what's best
Yesterday Dick Durbin puffed himself up and shook his fist at
obstructionist Republicans giggling at him, while he made believe he would
re-bring up filibuster reform if they don't stop gratuitous filibusters
against President Obama's nominees. They won't stop and he won't get
serious about filibuster reform. It's all typical senatorial bullshit. “I
hate to suggest this, but if this is an indication of where we’re headed,
we need to revisit the rules again. We need to go back to it again. I’m
sorry to say it because I-- was hopeful that a b... more »
Massimo Calabresi's 'Path To War'
(Credit: iPouya)
On February 28, TIME reporter Massimo Calabresi published a lengthy piece
on the Iranian nuclear program and the Obama Administration's attitude
toward it, notably reflecting the same, tired mainstream myopia and
uncritically accepted false choice over the Iranian nuclear program.
Calabresi quotes Netanyahu cipher Dennis Ross,
who served as Obama's senior Middle East
FRB: Press Release--Federal Reserve releases summary results of bank stress tests--March 7, 2013
'The nation's largest bank holding companies have continued to improve
their ability to withstand an extremely adverse hypothetical economic
scenario and are collectively in a much stronger capital position than
before the financial crisis, according to the summary results of bank
stress tests announced by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.'
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20130307a.htm
Why am I not feeling terribly reassured?
Is Rachel smarter than a third-grader!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013*
*She can't seem to figure it out:* Last night, for the second straight
night, Rachel Maddow was trying hard to figure something out!
More than one hundred Republicans have signed a brief in support of
same-sex marriage. Many are former elected officials.
But only two of these Republicans are *current* office-holders. Question:
Why aren’t *current* office-holders willing to support same-sex marriage?
For the second night in a row, Rachel was trying, very hard, to work this
puzzle out:
MADDOW (3/6/13): *Nicolle [Wallace] is a former communications director ... more »
"Libertarian Porn”
*Guest post by Jeffrey Tucker*
Twitter began by calling it "libertarian porn" -- the longest and most
sustained attack on the State leviathan from the U.S. Senate floor in
modern history. But then it became more. And more. It went on for 13 hours.
It was about halfway through when the junior senator leaned over to an aide
and whispered: "Can I get a candy bar?"
He deserved it. Before the end of the night, the significance of what
he was doing was being described as "epic." What began as a surprise
political move became a bipartisan cry against all the evils of our times,
... more »
Dennis Tito's Mission to Mars
Writing of the passing of Hugo Chavez, Pamela Sampson of Associated Press
the criticises his government for lifting millions of Latin America's
poorest out of poverty. Instead, Chavez should have shelled out on vanity
projects. Leaving aside the amorality of their position, Sampson and the AP
have got it wrong. Fancy buildings are like so noughties, man. The
fashionable super rich with hundreds of millions in disposable income need
to get with the (space) programme.
There was a ripple of excitement in medialand a week or so ago when the
world's first space tourist, Dennis Tito, unv... more »
Iraq Casualty Figures For February 2013
There were conflicting numbers for casualties in February 2013. That has
been an on going trend between Iraq Body Count and the Iraqi government for
the last few years. Still, the two have followed roughly the same pattern
since 2011.
Iraq Body Count (IBC) and Baghdad’s numbers for deaths last month went in
different directions. IBC’s preliminary count was 349 in February 2013, almost
the same as January’s 341. Since 2011, Iraq Body Count has recorded a jump
in deaths in January as Shiite pilgrims were targeted. January 2013 was
slightly different, because not only were Shiites h... more »
Show Us Far
This clip from the American Museum of Natural History does an excellent job
of showing the scale of the universe from the Himalayas to the edge of the
known universe.
ROBBIE PARKER; ANNE GREENBERG; ALLISON WYATT; KEVIN ANZELLOTTI; MAURICE GREENBERG
*'Robbie Parker with Anne Levitman Greenberg' (female to the right)*
*
*
*Anne Levitman Greenberg.*
*
**Robbie Parker is alleged to be linked to Anne Greenberg who is reported
to be linked to Maurice Greenberg.*
"Maurice Greenberg is Honorary Vice Chairman and Director of the Council on
Foreign Relations and a member of David Rockefeller's Trilateral Commission
."
In the 1980s, President Reagan offer him the job of Deputy Director of the
CIA, "which he declined."
Maurice R. Greenberg - Wikipedia
In 1995, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, was "floated as a possible" boss of the
CIA Directo... more »
"Stocks At New All Time Highs… But We’re All Poorer For It"!
*"Stocks At New All Time Highs… But We’re All Poorer For It"!*
By Graham Summers
"Stocks hit a new high in the Dow yesterday. CNBC cheered and Fed
economists everywhere patted each other on the back. The unfortunate
reality for this “success” is that it only works in nominal terms. A DOW at
14,296 vs. a DOW at 13,000 only means something if the rise in price occurs
against low inflation. If inflation was 10% during the time period that
this rise occurred, then you’ve not generated any actual wealth. At best
you’ve maintained your purchasing power. On that note, unfortunately f... more »
Rand Paul's filibuster
By now you've heard of the so-called epic talking filibuster on the Senate
floor yesterday. They're calling it "Rand Paul's filibuster" but it's not
really fair to give him sole ownership. Before it was over nearly every
crackpot con with an eye on an upcoming election, including Mitch
McConnell, had taken to the airwaves to do a little grandstanding for the
rubes back home.
I didn't watch it live myself. Listening to those self-serving hypocrites
makes me want to break crockery and I'm down to my last two dinner plates.
But I did follow the narrative on the twitters. By the end of... more »
Fading Constructs, Fear of the Unknown, Disinfo and Junk Yard Dogs
*A Fascinating Skype Chat w/the OPPT Trustees, Chris Hales & KP*
I found this dialogue to be well worth sharing, as it provides an inside
look into the OPPT and the purpose it has *ALREADY *served.
OPPT was/is a tool "that people could and would connect with what they
felt it represented...truth."
Note: The words inside parentheses (.....) represent emoticons...which we
use A LOT on Skype! Makes communicating more FUN!
I hope you all enjoy this exchange as much as I did.
Cheers,
~ Brian
*Italic red comments are from AK.*
Chris Hales
10:24 PM
Caleb - ... more »
The Real News: Rand Paul Filibusters Brennan CIA Appointment Over Drone Strikes
Americans were killed on U.S. soil by the U.S. government on 9/11.
Filibuster that!
"Viral Video Shows U.S. Wealth Inequality"
*"Viral Video Shows U.S. Wealth Inequality"*
By Deborah Dupre
"In only four days, a video on Mashable that began going viral Friday
showing the extent of United States inequality, has over 486 thousand
"Likes" and continues to climb on YouTube. The video also reflects why the
United States has one of the highest worst human rights violation levels in
the world. Charlie Rose writes for Mashable, "The issue of wealth
inequality across the United States is well known, but this video shows you
the extent of that imbalance in dramatic and graphic fashion." The video
also is demons... more »
Who Is Pete Peterson and How Did He Come So Easily To the Proud Role of Ruiner of the US Middle Class? The Deficit Is A Virtue, Not A Vice In Times of High Unemployment (The Sequester Is Obama's Fault Because He Has Played It Too Cute By Half)
"Too cute by half?" I like the ring of it. Especially as the nightmare
springing from the sequester picks up speed. Peter Peterson, founder and
chairman of Peter G. Peterson Foundation. (Photo: Lingjing Bao / Talk Radio
News) Is the role Pete Peterson's playing still confusing you? Pay
attention. For Christ's your own sake! Much like the many tentacles of the
Kochtopus, “Fix the Debt”
No time to cut entitlements
And for the love of all that is holy, please stop calling them
entitlements. They're earned benefits dammit. Still, Thomas B. Edsall
exposes the stupid in our inane national conversation about starving granny
to save the wealthy a few bucks in taxes. There is a simple fix to "save"
the programs:
Currently, earned income in excess of $113,700 is entirely exempt from the
6.2 percent payroll tax that funds Social Security benefits (employers pay
a matching 6.2 percent). 5.2 percent of working Americans make more than
$113,700 a year. Simply by eliminating the payroll tax earnings cap ... more »
Jimmy Kimmel: New Yorkers give their opinion about the new Pope...
*(who hasn't been elected yet.)*
H/T Philothea on Phire
Sorry for your loss and for our PM, Venezuela
If you, like the people of Venezuela, are appalled by PMSHithead's
sanctimonious anti-condolence message, you can send your own.
First, what he said. Note no mention of Chávez's family.
Harper said in his short statement on Tuesday that he hopes the death of
Chavez brings a more promising future for the Venezuelan people.
"At this key juncture, I hope the people of Venezuela can now build for
themselves a better, brighter future based on the principles of freedom,
democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights," Harper said in a
statement Tuesday evening.
Harper also said ... more »
Color Guard
Southern Daughter on duty at Fort Meade, MD.
Pics stolen from her friend's FB.
Why, yes, Southern Man *is* a Proud Navy Dad. Why do you ask?
Rand Paul and the Merkely Plan
No, Rand Paul's filibuster wasn't, as Josh Marshall thinks, "the best
argument of the need for reform" -- and particularly, for Jeff Merkley's
idea that current successful filibusters (that is, those where cloture
should not be invoked) should become talking filibusters.
Suppose, for example, that the Merkley plan went into effect this week. And
suppose Democrats nonetheless brought up the Halligan nomination. The
cloture vote happens, and fails, since every Republican but one opposes
cloture. Under the new rules, that triggers a talking filibuster.
What happens next? Republicans mu... more »
Vaginas Retaliate!
The University of Cincinnati recently played host to the campus-roving
display of huge nasty photos linking abortion to genocide and slavery and
bad breath. You know, the FetusMobile people.
Well, some smarty-pants students came up with an absolutely brilliant idea
and are pulling it off in spectacular fashion.
Nearly a dozen billboard-sized photos of vaginas in various states –
including shaved ones, others that are blemished, and still some with
tampons inserted – are slated for display today and tomorrow at the
University of Cincinnati as part of a student-sponsored “Re-Envision... more »
Police brutality: cops walk, again.
More evidence that cops are not subjected to the same *justice* system
standards that ordinary citizens are.
Two police officers charged after an incident with an elderly man that
court heard involved a Taser, won’t have to face trial since the case was
delayed too long.
RCMP Const. Mitchell Spears and Transit Police Const. Ken Jansen were both
charged with assault after an incident at Surrey Memorial Hospital with
patient Keith Booker that was witnessed by a nurse, court heard previously.
Spears, the officer who arrested Booker on April 22, 2010 and took him to
hospital, was also ... more »
Canada's Massive Glacier Melt
70-billion tonnes a year and accelerating. That is the amount of ice
Canada's Arctic glaciers are reported to be losing annually.
A peer-reviewed report, *Irreversible Mass Loss of Canadian Arctic
Archipelago Glaciers*, published in *GRL, Geophysical Research Letters*,
found that the world's third largest ice field, after Antarctica and
Greenland, will keep thinning ever faster until, by 2100, what remains will
be melting at 145-billion tonnes a year.
LOCAL DRONE ACTION
A citizen speaks before a Coeur d' Alene City Council meeting in which he
calls for banning drones in that Idaho community.
Eighteen state legislatures and many local communities are now considering
(or have already passed) laws to ban, or at least, regulate drones.
Old Philosophy vs New Philosophy
Dry Bones right on the money as usual.
RIP John Smith
"John Smith was more than half-way across the bridge to glory when he fell.
To die at such a moment of promise is tragic, and yet the mourners in
Edinburgh did not feel that the world was utterly unfair and impossible.
The 'lost leader' bitterness was somehow missing. It was as if the dead man
had unlocked a rusty gate, so that a way ahead was open. An Edinburgh
councillor, standing with her children, said 'when I go round doorsteps,
they say: 'You're all the same'. So where does this feeling come from?'
It comes from a sort of relief. The British, perhaps for a moment only, are
t... more »
Which Incumbents Does Steve Israel Give DCCC Money To-- And Why?
Israel, recovering from a pounding in Illinois last week
This week, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel announced the 26 Frontline candidates
upon whom most of the money the DCCC collects this year will be lavished.
With just a few exceptions, most of these vulnerable Democrats are
conservatives. Several of these conservative Dems-- like Suzan DelBene
(WA), Patrick Murphy (FL), Elizabeth Esty (CT) and Scott Peters (CA), for
example, are multimillionaires who can bankroll their own campaigns without
sucking money from hardworking grassroots Democrats.
Even worse, some of them have been the mos... more »
Ever wonder just how big the wealth disparity in the U.S. really is?
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http://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM
*Wealth Inequality in America*
politizane
*Published on Nov 20, 2012*
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both
the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and
the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.
References:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2...
http://danariely.com/2010/09/30/wealt...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011...
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/19/news/...
Cherchez la Verite
Reasons to be grateful to Václav Klaus
After 10 years in office, Václav Klaus is leaving the Prague Castle, the
traditional workplace of Czech kings and presidents, tonight. Tomorrow, the
new president Miloš Zeman will be inaugurated.
Throughout his presidential years, Klaus often enjoyed as high as 70%
approval rate. However, things like the New Year 2013 Amnesty restored the
natural tendency of a large part of the Czech nation to stupidly criticize
Klaus so his departure is accompanied by lots of bitterness at many places.
I can't watch TV programs about Klaus for more than 10 minutes because soon
or later, some idioti... more »
New Method of Creating Energy Through Water Osmosis Discovered
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* *New Method of Creating Energy Through Water Osmosis Discovered*
By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
March 6, 2013
Every few weeks now there is a new discovery that gives us a glimpse into
what the future of energy could look like if governments and oil cartels
would just get out of the way and let human beings create. In the past few
months we have seen battery chargers that harvest electricity from thin
air, converting waste heat to energy, and a group of children in Africa
win an international invention fair by creating an electricity generator
that was powered by urine.
The ... more »
About that Blind Spot. Don't Worry, Be Happy.
Lockheed's troubled F-35 is attracting criticism due to pilot complaints
that they can't see what's behind them. They can't "check their six" man,
bummer.
Who cares? If you're piloting an F-35 and there is something behind you
that's a mortal threat, being able to see it isn't going to be much help.
Chances are very good that by the time you see the threat your fate is
already sealed. It's over.
The F-35 is not much of a dogfighter. It can't go as fast, it can't turn
as fast, it can't climb as fast as its contemporaries be they Russian,
British/German or French.
And ther... more »
TALKING TO BLOCK
*The Daily Show with Jon Stewart*
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily
Show on Facebook
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) ended his filibuster after 12 hours and 52 minutes.
Paul and others, concerned over the administration's use of lethal drone
strikes, were interrupting the confirmation process of Obama's nomination
of new CIA director John Brennan.
Brennan will now be confirmed by a wide margin in the Senate.
Brian Kelly & Seraph Interviewed on Freedomizer Radio/Gadsen Rising
*Brian Kelly & Seraph Interviewed on Freedomizer Radio/Gadsen Rising*
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* Important Note: When the archive for this video was sent, it was combined
with the show "Eccentric" which aired right before ours. *We come in at
about the 1 hour 33 min mark (1:33). *
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* In-Joy!
~ Brian
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Former Pakistan Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Resigned as a Member of Senate
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* http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=91198
*Abdul Hafeez Shaikh resigns from senate seat*
March 07, 2013 - Updated 1735 PKT
ISLAMABAD: Former Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh resigned as a member
of senate which was immediately accepted, Geo News reported.
Election Commission of Pakistan (EC) scheduled election on his seat on
March 14.
Chairman Senate Nayyar Bukhari's office received the resignation which was
immediately accepted.
Abdul Hafeez mentioned personal issues as a reason of his resignation.
Election commission has called by-polls on Abdul Hafeez seat on Marc... more »
Flu Hospitalization Rates for 2012-2013
[excerpted] Flu hospitalization rates
This index measures the number of flu-related hospitalizations per 100,000
people nationwide. *The 2012-2013 season has passed 2009-2010 levels,* when
the H1N1 virus caused the first pandemic in 40 years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/us-weekly-flu-report/?tid=rr_mod
MILITARIZING LOCAL POLICE
The MRAP featured in this video was in Albuquerque, New Mexico for Law
Enforcement Day which was held at a local area Target Store. This MRAP is
stationed in El Paso, Texas at The Homeland Security Investigations Office.
Imagine that - showing this at a department store parking lot. A clear
warning to the public - don't you dare stand up against corporate
domination and austerity.
Gas mileage predictions anyone? 3-4 miles per gallon?
Palestinian Finance Minister Resigns Amid Cash Crisis
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Palestinian Minister of Finance Nabil Qassis is shown resigning while
Prime Minister Salam
Fayyad’s hands are folded next to an empty safe in this editorial cartoon
published March 3, 2013.
(photo by Khalil Abu Arafeh/Al Quds/@khalilabuarafe)
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/finance-minister-qassis-resigns-financial-crisis.html
*Palestinian Finance Minister Resigns Amid Cash Crisis*
*Minister of Finance Nabil Qassis found himself cornered and unable to
deliver proposed reforms to address the Palestinian Authority’s financial
crisis, writes Daoud Kuttab.*
By: Daoud... more »
Keystone XL pipeline: US government report drew on analysis by oil consultants
[image: The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North
Dakota. The U.S. State Department issued a long-awaited draft environmental
assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline project that would link Canada's oil
sands to refineries in Texas, 1 March 2013. Photo: Reuters]
By Lisa Song for InsideClimate News, part of the Guardian Environment
Network
6 March 2013
(guardian.co.uk) – The State Department's recent conclusion that the
Keystone XL pipeline "is unlikely to have a substantial impact" on the rate
of Canada's oil sands development was based on analysis provided... more »
The Way, the Truth, the Life
Last night, while you were perhaps trying to decide between paying
your electric bill or splurging on that long-delayed expensive medical
checkup, Blessed Barack and the new Twelve Disciples of the Republican
Party were stuffing themselves on terrine de foie gras and Lobster
Thermidor as they mulled putting old people on a cat food diet and other
creative ways to make your lives even more miserable.
The president had invited a dozen Senators to the exclusive Plume
Restaurant at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington in hopes of forging a new
testament to safety net cuts in order to appea... more »
Belgian Finance Minister Quits Over Banking Dispute
Steven Vanackere
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/05/belgium-financeminister-idUSL6N0BX5V920130305
*Belgian finance minister quits over banking dispute*
By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Ben Deighton
BRUSSELS, March 5 (Reuters) - Belgium's finance minister resigned on
Tuesday and his party hurriedly appointed a lawyer and university professor
to succeed him ahead of imminent talks on further austerity savings.
Belgium only emerged at the end of 2011 from 18 months of political
paralysis which saw its bond yields shoot to euro-era highs as investors
worried about its ability... more »
Inherent jurisdiction to set aside order to prevent miscarriage of justice exercised rarely
Horner v. Benisasia, 2013 ONCA 136 deals with the common law power of a
superior court to set aside orders to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
While holding such power exists the Court is clear such power is to be
exercised rarely:
[16] As to the third basis argued – the court's inherent jurisdiction
at common law to set aside or change an order to prevent a miscarriage of
justice where new facts have arisen or been discovered – *West v. West,*2001
CarswellOnt 1936, 18 R.L.F. (5th) 440 relied on by the appellant, notes
that a "fairly stringent" test must be met before the cou... more »
Lawrence has fun with Mr. O!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013*
*Big pot calls large kettle black:* Bill O’Reilly melted down Tuesday night
on his semi-eponymous program.
On The One True Liberal Channel, Lawrence O’Donnell has had big fun with
this major meltdown on each of the last two evenings. Last evening, he
teased the vastly pleasing meltdown all the way through his program. It was
the way he kept us rubes tuned in:
O’DONNELL (3/6/13): Having just watched his show, I can tell you that Bill
O’Reilly is just as ignorant tonight as last night about President Obama
and spending cuts.
[...]
O’DONNELL: *Coming up, i... more »
Australia's "Angry Summer"
It might have a lot to do with pre-emptive politics but Australian
government climate scientists have issued a report directly linking their
nation's summer of extreme weather events to climate change.
The report, aptly titled "The Angry Summer", ties both extreme heat and
extreme floods Australians have endured to the fact of climate change. It
comes with easy to understand graphics showing how Australia has moved to a
new, hotter climate.
And it explains how a new, hotter Australia will be vulnerable to extreme
flooding events.
Best of all, one chapter directly addresses the p... more »
Qatari emir buys six Greek islands for a song
€8.5m (£7.35m) for six idyllic isles in the Ionian sea sounds bloody cheap
to me. You can barely buy a house in Holland Park for that, let alone The
Bishops Avenue!
The Guardian have the details.
Mohawk Nation News 'Hugo Chavez, El Libertador'
HUGO CHAVEZ, EL LIBERTADOR
Posted on March 7, 2013
MNN. Mar. 6, 2013. In 2007 President Hugo Chavez
held a large conference of Indigenous people in Caracas Venezuela. The
MNN Editor attended. So did Vernon Bellcourt of AIM and others. We
stayed in a 5 star hotel. Top officials mingled with us daily. The
Venezuelan dynamic socialist movement was proudly displayed. They
ABOUT THAT RECORD STOCK MARKET VALUE
Browning, E. S. (2013, March 6) ‘On Wall Street, Investors Plot Next Move’
The Wall Street Journal, C1, C4.
“In nominal terms the Dow today appears to have risen 22% from the record
it hit in January 2000. But taking inflation into account, it still is more
than 10% below that record.
...The last nominal Dow record, in October 2007, wasn’t a record at all
once inflation is removed. The last real, or inflation adjusted, record was
on Jan 14, 2000. (C1)
…But since the end of 1994, when the stock boom began, consumer prices have
risen 55% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics…... more »
La Ferrari - totally pointless or delicious dream?
Costing a cool ONE MILLION EUROS, you'll need (to own, or at least be
friends with someone who owns) a Private Circuit to properly appreciate La
Ferrari's hybrid-accelerated 0-60mph of 'under three seconds' and top speed
of 220 mph.
If you can afford all that (or have the connections), this delicious dreamof a car'll be 'the one you want'.
otherwise, totally pointless.
“The Illusion Of Reality”
RT, “The Illusion Of Reality”
- http://www.youtube.com/
“In Amerika Law No Longer Exists: The Extermination of Truth”
*“In Amerika Law No Longer Exists: *
*The Extermination of Truth”*
- Paul Craig Roberts
"In the 21st century Americans have experienced an extraordinary collapse
in the rule of law and in their constitutional protections. Today American
citizens, once a free people protected by law, can be assassinated and
detained in prison indefinitely without any evidence being presented to a
court of their guilt, and they can be sentenced to prison on the basis of
secret testimony by anonymous witnesses not subject to cross examination.
The US “justice system” has been transformed by the... more »
NYT: 6,000 Page Senate Study is a "Sweeping Indictment" of CIA "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"
[Excerpted from NYT] "a sweeping indictment of its now-defunct
interrogation program — a blistering, 6,000-page Senate study that includes
incendiary accusations that agency officials for years systematically
misled the White House, the Justice Department and Congress about the
so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding that were
used on Qaeda prisoners.
By the account of people briefed on the report, it concludes that the
program was ill-conceived, sloppily managed and far less useful in
obtaining intelligence than its supporters have claimed. [end]
Majia here... more »
It took almost thirteen hours before Rand Paul had to take a potty break...
*now that's impressive!*
Picture filched from Nine Pound Sledgehammer
Five Billion Dollars and No One to Hate
We are faced with freedom, looking at our liberation and walking though
the door to Oneness. As with any new endeavor, this one will have to be
practiced in order to be perfected.
What is it like to live without debt? There has been financial debt. There
has been emotional debt. Freedom means we are unencumbered; no debt of any
kind. You do not owe anyone. No one owes you. We are all in a Monopoly
game, drawing nothing but “Get out of Jail Free” cards.
Wrap your head around that before deciding if it’s real or not. Our world
exists only within the... more »
TSA Backs Off
By Capt. Fogg
So you think the TSA has finally come to its senses and smartened up its
ban on deadly weapons like nail clippers and pool cues? Most people, if
they bother to think about it, aren't all that terrified that some 12 year
old carrying his Little League bat or hockey stick is going to commandeer a
747, nor is the woman with that tiny Swiss Army knife on her keychain. The
TSA has at least recognized that the hijackings of 9/11/01 were
facilitated by cabin doors without locks, thanks to the refusal of our
regulatory agencies to force that level of security on private bu... more »
US Attorney General Holder: Financial Institutions "So Large" as to Make it "Difficult For Us To Prosecute Them"
Attorney general says big banks’ size may inhibit prosecution by D.
Douglas 3/6/2013 Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/holder-concerned-megabanks-too-big-to-jail/2013/03/06/6fa2b07a-869e-11e2-999e-5f8e0410cb9d_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
[Excerpted]
Holder’s admission bolsters criticisms that federal prosecutors
are deeming some banks “too big to jail,” a charge that lawmakers and
consumer advocates have routinely made in the wake of recent bank
settlements. Although the government has issued record
multimillion-dollar
fines in these cases, critics say... more »
Shame on Michelle Malkin: "I Hope Hugo Chavez is Choking on Sulfur & Rotting in Hell" ...(video)
*while I agree with everything else she says, to "hope" for the damnation
of another person is treading on dangerous ground. *
Hope is one of the three theological virtues (Faith and Charity being the
other two):
by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness,
placing our trust in Christ's promises and relying not on our own strength,
but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit. "Let us hold fast the
confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful."
source
Yet another life-long Republican comes to the conclusion that the present wealth inequality in the U.S. is not due to high productivity of those at the top or the laziness of those at the bottom. Rather the cause has been government actions including taxpayer bailouts of too-big-to-fail banks, central-bank-engineered financial asset bubbles, and unjustified tax breaks that favor the rich.
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Grand Old Parity
By SHEILA C. BAIR
Published: February 26, 2013
WASHINGTON
LAST month Emmanuel Saez, a celebrated economist at the University of
California, Berkeley, issued another depressing report on income
inequality.
Among other things, Mr. Saez examined how real family incomes changed in
the United States from 2009 to 2011, the first two years of the
recovery.
The richest 1 percent of... more »
"Our Disintegrating Government"
*"Our Disintegrating Government"*
by Karl Denninger
"There's only one way to look at this folks.
"WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder's stunning admission that it
was difficult to prosecute large banks because of the potential economic
impact may be a turning point of the drive to break them up."
It's not stunning at all. It is, however, an admission of what we have
known for years.
Now the pants of "Nobody committed any crimes" have in fact been artfully
dropped to the floor and what's in our face is the ugly anatomical truth
that crimes were committed and inte... more »
Millions left without money as RBS systems crash
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/rbs/9914242/Millions-left-without-money-as-RBS-systems-crash.html
*Millions left without money as RBS systems crash*
*Up to 17.5 million RBS banking group customers were left without their
money last night as the bank’s systems crashed.*
By Hayley Dixon12:03AM GMT 07
The group, which owns Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and the Bank of
Ulster, apologised to its customers amid reports that they were unable to
access their accounts or withdraw money.
The crash comes just months after a computer meltdown that left millions of
c... more »
IMITATIONS OF LIFE: The sounds of shrillness!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013*
*Part 3—Joe Nocera’s selective concern:* Did Charlie Rose interview Justice
O’Connor on his eponymous news program? Or was that session just another
imitation of life?
The interview, or the imitation of same, occurred Tuesday night on PBS, a
news organ conventionally thought of as being very bright. At one point,
Charlie turned to the question of Bush v. Gore, a very famous case.
Here’s how the exchange began. To watch the whole session, click here:
ROSE (3/5/13): *How did you like Bush versus Gore?*
O’CONNOR: Well, that was tough. It was *not* nine-zip.
... more »
Canada, key allies storm out of UN nuclear meeting in protest of Iran’s ‘Israeli genocide’ remarks
Iran accuses Israel of genocide, some countries' representatives walk out
but not William 'all mouth no trousers' Hague.
National Post have the details of which country's representatives have a
moral backbone and which don't.
KIPPster Jay Mathews, Practiced in the Art of Deception
Leader FeinbergThat's a line from the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What
You Want," of course. If Jay could get what he wants, it would be a KIPP
in every black or brown community of America, where Alpha male CEO "school
leaders," with shaved heads, white shirts, and bad attitudes ride herd on
a clueless group of white female TFA "corp members," who were successfully
brainwashed during the 6 weeks of basic teacher training to run themselves
and their students into the ground if the Fisher-trained school leader
commands it. Whatever is good for the Family.
If Jay is not already pa... more »
Chomsky: On ALEC's Anti-Climate Education Policies
Gotta love Chomsky!!!
Been reading him for decades
Yesterday he published an article that showed up on Truthout this morning.
Well worth your reading time
>>>>HERE<<<<
*Will Capitalism Destroy Civilization?*
*Thursday, 07 March 2013 09:12 By Noam Chomsky, Truthout | Op-Ed*
Let’s keep to the most critical immediate problem that civilization faces:
environmental catastrophe. Policies and public attitudes diverge sharply,
as is often the case under RECD (really existing capitalist democracy).
The fact that the public is influenced by science is deeply troubling to
those who dominate th... more »
The System Is Broken: Incompetent Science and Insane Politics
The Steven Goddard site has a post on "It must be the CO2" (he rightly
ridicules the idea), and the following is my response:
*My Venus/Earth temperatures comparison (the key of which is to do the
comparison at points of equal pressure in the two atmospheres, and over the
range of Earth tropospheric pressures) established that the Standard
Atmosphere model for Earth--as developed over many years of temperature
measurements around the globe, and well-known for over a century--agrees
precisely with the actual vertical temperature distribution on Venus as
measured on ONE DAY (October 5... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to J.R. Richard, 63.
Oh, the good stuff:
1. Conor Friedersdorf asks: who were the radicals in 2002?
2. Partisanship, ideology, and Rand Paul. From Hans Noel.
3. Ezra Klein on what the Obama charm offensive tells us about Obama.
4. And a terrific Sarah Binder post about the Rand Paul filibuster.
Could House Republican Extremists Kick Boehner Out Of His Job?
This week Boehner had quite the jolt when former high ranking Ohio
Republican Bob Ney's tell all book, Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of
the Hit Men of Capitol Hill, was published. It paints Boehner as a drunken,
womanizing, bribe-taking, golfing fanatic with little interest in policy
and lots of interests in how to extract cash from lobbyists-- exactly how *
DWT* has been painting him for the last six years. Ney retells the story of
Boehner handing out Tobacco Industry bribery checks on the floor of the
House and suggests that if the FBI were to examine who paid for Boehner's... more »
Old Chemicals Spark New Groundwater Concerns
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 15 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
A discontinued solvent has contaminated groundwater at an airplane factory
in Washington state—and that has nearby residents concerned about possible
health impacts, according to this story from the Auburn Reporter.
The problem stems from the Boeing-Auburn plant, which is near the Algona
city line. Recently released tests show a plume of contaminated groundwater
that begins at the factory and migrates off-site.
A spokesperson for the state departments of Ecology and Health said the
size of the plume is still being determined and that cleanup won't begin
until after... more »
Damage Control: Syrian Rebels "rescued" the UN peackeepers
*Another day, another batch of lies. *
Following up on yesterday's news: *Breaking! Syria "rebels" seize UN
peacekeepes in Golan*
*FYI: the above post was updated with a link back to the post covering
news or lack thereof on the missing Canadian Peacekeeper*
*Syrian rebels 'rescued' the UN peacekeepers..... *
*This claim cannot be taken seriously*. Obviously the NATO media is
spinning to 'save face' here.
These rebels/NATO mercs are being supplied/armed and trained by the West.
By NATO. By Israel.
And they kidnap UN peacekeepers under the watchful eye of Israel.
Damage control is clea... more »
New Front Against Enforcement of Securitized Student Loans
In plain English if a chartered bank did not take in the loan as a loan
receivable and instead converted it into a bond receivable to investors,
then the bank took no risk at all, and there was no reason to provide a
guarantee of a risk of loss that did not exist. The misrepresentation of
the financial community has dumped hundreds of billions of "losses" onto
the federal government when those
more canadian pet-supply chains sign the no-puppy-mill pledge
HSI Canada has announced a major step forward in the fight against puppy
mills. PJ's Pets and Pets Unlimited, two sizable retail chains of
pet-supply stores, will no longer sell puppies. This is a direct result of
public education and small-scale, person-to-person activism. It should give
us all hope that shutting down puppy mills by shutting down the retail
demand for their "product" is possible.
For readers who may not be informed about puppy mills, here's something I
wrote a few years back, during a Puppy Mill Action Week.
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Puppy mills are places of horrible cruelty and... more »
EI Backlash
Stephen Harper does not play well with others. Chantal Hebert writes:
Under Harper, the First Ministers no longer gather and the unsolicited
input of the premiers usually falls on deaf ears.
The adoption without compensation to the provinces of a potentially costly
law-and-order agenda; the imposition of a new funding formula for medicare
and the implementation of an EI reform that stands to transform the
seasonal economies of parts of Quebec and Atlantic Canada are all cases in
point.
Now Harper proposes to claw back funds that are used by the provinces for
job training. Ther... more »
Not surprising news, so what's the BBC's excuse?
Frontpage reports that 'Al Jazeera Dedicated to the Service of the Muslim
Brotherhood, says Arab Newspaper'. Here's some more detail:
'Qatar’s relations with the Muslim Brotherhood are multi-pronged. On the
media front, Qatar has dedicated Al Jazeera, the country’s most prized
non-financial asset, to the service of the Muslim Brotherhood and turned it
into what prominent Middle East scholar Alain Gresh calls a “mouthpiece for
the Brotherhood.” The channel has in turn been repeatedly praised by the
Brotherhood for its “neutrality.”'
Well that's not surprising, but what's the BBC's ex... more »
What causes "systemic collapse"? CorbetReport explains
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 17 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/5i7Q4Mm7t5w
Of course this contribution from James Corbett calls for more explanations.
To answer the most intriguing of all, please read this article in the
Spanish "El País".
John
The dangers of shisha
Shisha cafés are multiplying, sometimes it seems hard to find a café in
parts of London that doesn't offer shisha pipes.
So I was intrigued to learn that
'Smoking shisha poses the same health risks and diseases associated with
cigarette smoking but can be more damaging as smokers typically use shisha
over a longer time period.
A one-hour shisha session is reported to provide the same amount of toxins
as between 100 and 200 cigarettes.'
Per
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10273402.Warning_to_parents_over_teenagers_visiting_Blackburn_shisha_cafe/
Should shisha cafés be ... more »
UK Eurovision Entry 2013
And drawing the short straw this time is ... Bonnie Tyler:
Well that was insipid. Will the UK ever enter a decent song again?
Eurovision is taking place this year on Saturday May 26th. Expect the
traditional run down/commentary before then.
Untitled
*Louisiana Voucher School Students Taught Hippies Were Dirty, Rude,
Rock-Loving Satan-Worshippers *
*The $60 Million Question: Is Jimmy Graham Worth It?*
*A year later, Scott Fujita moving past Bountygate, toward Machu Picchu*
*Crescent City Moonlight Bike Ride*
*Jindal sidesteps questions about sinkhole visit *
*Louisiana Crawfish Part One: To Everything There Is a Season – Especially
for Farming Crawfish*
*Odd Words*
*Beasts of the Southern Wild at CAC*
*Abita Beer Presents New Orleans International Beer Festival*
HITLER AND CASTRO - GAY JEWS?
In recent times, only Hitler and Castro have put homosexuals into
concentration camps.
Both Hitler and Castro surrounded themselves with gay people.
Hitler had sex with boys.
Both Hitler and Castro have Jewish origins.
*Gay? Of Course! - By Servando Gonzalez *
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"In recent times, only two countries in the world have ... interned
homosexuals in concentration camps: Nazi Germany and Castro's Cuba...
"Ernst Roehm, Rudolf Hess, Reinhard Heydrich, and even Hitler’s driver,
Emil Maurice, were well-known homosexuals...
"Castro’s close friend Alfredo Guevara (no relation to Che) and ... more »
Backwards: Natural Compounds in Grapefruit Removed to Prevent Medication Reactions by Mike Barrett
Source:
http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.se/2012/07/amazing-health-benefits-of-grapefruit.htmlBackwards:
Natural Compounds in Grapefruit Removed to Prevent Medication Reactions
by Mike Barrett
Natural Society, 7 March 2013
*How attached have we become to the pharmaceutical industry? If a negative
reaction is triggered while combining certain medications and real foods,
do scientists move to alter and fix the medication? Rather than altering
the medication in question, scientists are actually removing naturally
occurring compounds found in various fruit instead. This is the c... more »
Who Barack Obama's US State Department choose to honour
“An explosion on a bus carrying Israelis in Burgas airport in Bulgaria on
the Black Sea. Today is a very sweet day with a lot of very sweet news.”
the ruling (of Saudi Arabia) Al Saud family as “dirtier than the Jews.”
“I have discovered with the passage of days, that no act contrary to
morality, no crime against society, takes place, except with the Jews
having a hand in it. Hitler.”
“Today is the anniversary of 9/11. May every year come with America burning”
Per Atlas Shrugs (and I have not second sourced this story):
' "Michelle Obama and John Kerry to Honor Anti-Semite and ... more »
Green Borer Decoys
This is a neat trick that hopefully applies to many other insects.
Importantly it establishes immediate warning of a pending infestation
allowing timely response. Something like this has great promise for field
work generally.
It may even allow trees to be inoculated just as they come under attack.
This avoids a meaningless late discovery when the tree is beyond saving.
Again we see the pressing need for boots on the ground in all wood lots.
Most everything that afflicts a tree usually manifests itself on a single
branch whose timely pruning ends the danger. Black rot on ... more »
Tianyuan Man Linked to Modern Chinese
This is very encouraging. I am certain that many separated populations
arose during the Ice Age and developed most of the distinct features
associated with those regions. It just makes good sense. On the other hand,
a new influx of genes, particularly if they are highly adaptive, would soon
integrate into the indigenous populations.
We have always tried to explain this process as one of violence in which
the losers die when it is nothing of the kind. The losers may well die, but
the breeding women are inevitably conserved. Thus a successful adaptation
inevitably finds its w... more »
Arctic Development
The Arctic is that part of the globe in which land based plant husbandry
is simply impractical. A modest harvest of caribou and other ruminants is
possible but certainly not expandable. Again because we are outside a
proper growing environment. This can be partially offset with artificial
refugia, but even that calls for energy inputs.
What is plausible however is an active Arctic fishery although it is
necessary to work with the ice. That can also include fresh water fisheries
such as Arctic char. The recent reduction of summer sea ice makes this even
more plausible.
... more »
The Tom Robinson Band - Power In The Darkness
Obama, Holder, & the rest of the clowns in DC are the enemies of the
American people and of all mankind. President Obama does not have the legal
authority to kill a Pakistani, let alone an American. Barack Obama has as
much authority to kill Americans as Osama fucking Bin Laden. One is a
supporter of terrorism and the other is a puppet who died more than a
decade ago.
Malaysia Invaded - 100's of Terrorists Land on Beaches, Western Media Mute
*March 7, 2013* (LD) - Hundreds of heavily armed terrorists have crossed
from the Philippines and landed in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah.
Dozens are already dead, and the Malaysian military has brought in aircraft
and armor to confront the audacious, bizarre invasion, scattering militants
into the jungles of Borneo island. A seemingly headline news event, the
invasion has been downplayed and spun by the Western media, many calling
militant Al Qaeda-linked terrorists, an "armed Filipino clan."
*Image: Malaysia has called in air support and armor to confront a bizarre
terror... more »
dead Jimmy Savile sex abuse fervour - but not 9/11 or 7/7 or Gareth Williams fervour - is it a case of National Security?
The BBC, and other so-called News Networks, ran a story yesterday (for most
of the day) about new policies for dealing with children reporting sexual
abuse in foster care or by politicians/celebrities/priests.
*Child sex abuse victims treated 'overcautiously'
Draft guidelines are expected to be published in May ahead of a three-month
public consultation.
Child sex abuse investigations put too much focus on the victims'
credibility and not enough on the suspects, says the director of public
prosecutions as he announces a shake-up of guidelines.
Director of Public Prosecutions Keir ... more »
March 6, 1973
Patrick Gray is back before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a third day,
and once again he makes front page headlines -- and once again the squeeze
tightens on a key figure:
--
Senator Kennedy. According to the FBI summary, which is provided for the
record, Mr. Dean was present during the FBI interviews at the Wliite House?
Mr. Gray. That is correct, sir.
Senator Kennedy. Is this normal procedure for the FBI?
Mr. Gray. I would say that the honest answer to that question has got to be
"No", this is not normal procedure in the normal average
Senator Kennedy. Well, is it ever perm... more »
Alberta budget primer: when they say ‘tough decisions,’ they really mean … ‘decisions that will be tough on you’
Typical Albertans await tomorrow’s budget aboard the Good Ship Richest
Place on Earth. Alberta may not actually be as damp as illustrated. Below:
Premier Alison Redford. Why is this woman smirking? Oh, we’ll squeeze you
till the pips squeak, Premier Alison Redford seemed to be promising
Albertans yesterday, as we nervously awaited the provincial budget ... more »
INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : American Jewish Poet Hilton Obenzinger on Israel, Zionism, and the Radical Sixties
Hilton
Obenzinger with family photo. Photo courtesy of Stanford University.
Interview with Hilton Obenzinger:
Stanford professor, Sixties radical,
and anti-Zionist American Jewish poet
“American Jews have been suckered into supporting Israel in unthinking
ways. This has been changing, but not enough American Jews are yelling
and screaming to stop Israel’s colonial expansion.” -- Hilton
Thursday Morning Linkage
Here is some Thursday morning linkage action: In time for the CITES meeting
on the trade in endangered species, scientists released a study that showed
a 60% decline in the small forest elephant species in Africa in the last
TEN years Meanwhile, news accounts reported on the shadowy networks of
criminals involved in the trade
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When Unlocking is a Victory
Today was a powerful day on the campaign to stop the Tennessee Gas
Pipeline. After positioning themselves and locking down at 8:00 AM,
activists in New Jersey waited for workers and police to show up and
readied themselves to non-violently refuse to be moved. As the number of
police on site increased, Matt Smith of Wanaque, NJ and Jerome Wagner of
Wayne, NJ expected to be extracted. Instead, Ramapough Lunaape Nation
fellow Chief Vincent Mann approached the blockaders and explained to them
his desire that they stand down. The news article explains the facts of
what happened tod... more »
RIP Stompin' Tom Connors ....
*Not sure who Stompin’ Tom Connors is? The country-folk crooner well known
for pounding the floor with his left foot during performances became a
Canadian icon and developed a devoted following throughout his lifetime.*
***Although wide commercial appeal escaped Connors for much of his
four-decade career, his heritage-soaked songs like “Canada Day, Up Canada
Way,” “The Hockey Song,” “Bud the Spud,” and “Sudbury Saturday Night,” have
come to be regarded as veritable national anthems thanks to their unabashed
embrace of all things Canadiana.*
***A few days earlier the musician penn... more »
Rand Paul Did Not Accept Any Bribes From The Drone Makers-- But Some Of The Other Filibusterers Are Totally On The Take
Aqua Buddha refused bribes from drone makers but his comrades in arms were
all soliciting bribes
Buck McKeon isn't and never will be a U.S. senator. He's in the House and
he's chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the founder and
chairman of the Unmanned Vehicles Caucus, better known as the Drone Caucus.
He's responsible for all the legislation allowing drones to fly in
Americans airspace, responsible, at least, in terms of introducing it.
Obviously, the drone manufacturers' lobbyists wrote it for him. McKeon, who
is likely to be a lobbyist for an arms manufacturer himse... more »
Jim Turpin : Is the Imperial Presidency the 'New Normal'? / 2
Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images./ Foreign Policy.
The 'new normal'?
The Imperial Presidency / 2
“You may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?”
-- Talking Heads ("Once in a Lifetime")
By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2013
Second in a two-part series.
In my previous installment of this article, I discussed how the codification of the Executive’s imperial power and
Innovative cyclist alert-and-brake car system Introduced by Volvo
*Volvo** has announced it is releasing a cyclist detection facility which
should prevent deadly accidents.* The Chinese-owned group introduced the
aspect at the Geneva Motor Show. The auto firm supposed that vehicles
fitted with the system will be able to detect threats including a cyclist
unexpectedly swerving out into a car's path. It held that if a crash risk
was detected an alarm would sound and the car's brakes would be fully
deployed.
The technology is an improved version of Volvo's ambler detection system
which it launched in 2010. The knowledge is an enhanced version of... more »
North Jersey on the Rise!
From www.northjersey.com :Pipeline opponents hold protest in Ringwood
[video]
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Last updated: Wednesday March 6, 2013, 7:25 PM
BY MATTTHEW MCGRATH AND JIM NORMAN
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
RINGWOOD -- Two protesters lashed themselves to a pair of maple trees in
Ringwood Wednesday to try to slow construction of a gas pipeline, leading
to a standoff with police that eventually ended with the intervention of a
Native American tribe leader.
[image: Contractors for Tennessee Gas cut trees and clear a pathway near
Morris Road in Ringwood Wednesdsay, part of Ringwood... more »
EVEN BEFORE CHÁVEZ’S DEMISE, NEOCON JACKALS BEGAN TO SNIFF OUT OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE
The late President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez isn’t even in his grave but
already the neocon jackals are trying to ensure that the US will influence
Venezuela’s political future by suggesting the US make demands of the
interim and successive government before the US provides any support.
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) produced a paper even before Chávez
had actually died. Among their key demands are:
*The respect for a constitutional succession;*
*The adoption of meaningful electoral reforms to ensure a fair campaign
environment and a transparent vote count in expected presid... more »
Counter-What?
This article discusses the importance of doing counter-intuitive work in
the social sciences: We love our counterintuitive findings. And for fields
such as psychology, they’re almost a necessity.If new conclusions already
gel with our beliefs, goes the common refrain, why was precious taxpayer
money ever wasted on the study in the first place? (I find
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Via @AntoniaZ: Corporate ratfuckers kiss off quality journalism
*Res ipsa loquitur.*
*
*Covering your ass and letting the shit fall on people below you in the
food chain. Real character there.
*Related posts:*
- Wente, the Gelber, and the Globe: more quality control from Carol
Wainio
- Politics and its Discontents: Another Victory For The Star
- Lying cops, Mark Pugash, and the Star: Where we juxtapose, once again
Is there any way to thank Valerie Harper for Rhoda Morgenstern?
*Mary and Rhoda*
*by Ken*
Especially for someone with an AOL e-mail address, the tabloid gossip is
hard to escape, and often -- well, usually -- I find myself wondering why
anyone on earth would care whether so-and-so is sleeping with
such-and-such, or whether the marriage of Yokum and Hokum is more than just
on the rocks this time.
And then comes this awful news about Valerie Harper's brain cancer.
Somewhere I saw Valerie's signature character, Rhoda Morgenstern, Mary
Richards's best friend on *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* who was then spun off
into her own show, *Rhoda*, as "icon... more »
The Economy: "Why Central Planning Fails"
*"Why Central Planning Fails"*
by Bill Bonner
"The Dow is still rising. It rose another 125 points yesterday… hitting a
new record high. Gold is dawdling.
We’re still thinking about how so many smart people came to believe things
that aren’t true. Krugman, Stiglitz, Friedman, Bernanke — all seem to have
a simpleton’s view of how the world works. They believe they can manipulate
the future and make it better. Not just for themselves, but for everyone.
Where did such a silly idea come from?
Aristotelian logic came to dominate Western thought after the Renaissance.
It was e... more »
Napoleon On His Legacy
*Related:*
*Napoleon On Men of Destiny*.
*Napoleon On Speculators And Profiteers*.
*Napoleon On An Age of Transition & The Dangers of A Militarist Government
*.
*Napoleon On Alexander The Great*.
*Napoleon On Public Debts*.
*Napoleon On Public Opinion*.
*Napoleon On Homer*.
*Napoleon On The "Courage of 2 A.M."*
*Napoleon On Statesmen.*
*Napoleon On Tragedy.*
From, *"The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken
Words,"* edited and translated by J. Christopher Herold. Columbia
University Press: New York. 1955. Pg. 239-242.
[Conversation, 1816] I sh... more »
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: First meetup for 2013!
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Our friends at the Auckland Uni Economics Group kick off for the year
tonight at Auckland Uni Business School with free pizza and book giveaways.
You’d be a fool not to join them. Here’s their invitation:
*Hi all,
*Hopefully you had a good break and are ready for another great year. We
sure are.
With global economies and financial markets still in turmoil, what better
time to discuss the importance of economic ideas.
So, come along tonight to the first Economics Group event of the year and
hear economic ideas and economic thinkers kicke... more »
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