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Sunday Classics preview: Every day is a good day for an auto-da-fé
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 minutes ago
*In the course of his travels, Candide finds himself in Lisbon just in time
for both an earthquake and an auto-da-fé, the "act of faith" that was the
Inquisitorial Church's patented mode of festivity built around the burning
of heretics. Composer Leonard Bernstein conducts the London Symphony Chorus
and Orchestra in this famous July 1982 concert performance of Candide, with
Clive Bayley (Bear-Keeper), Neil Jenkins (Cosmetic Merchant), Lindsay
Benson (Doctor), Richard Suart (Junkman), John Treleaven (Alchemist),
Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss), and Jerry Hadley (Candide). We're going to... more »
Caballos tomando agua para calmar la sed
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 55 minutes ago
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Hermoso paisaje en otoño con árboles grandes
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 hour ago
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Rico desayuno para empezar el día
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DRONE WARS: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OTHER SIDE DECIDES THAT IF IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE U.S. THEN IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM?
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 1 hour ago
The short answer is that the West will come over all holier-than-thou and
claim that ‘right is on their side’ and that the other side ‘doesn’t have
the right to use such weapons’.
As usual, it boils down to who has the biggest stick and the most
convincing propaganda machine. Might, of course, will prevail and, no
matter who ultimately wins, that side will claim righteousness. A deity of
some sort is also likely to be invoked to support such claims.
The reality is that there are many consequences to face when a government
decides that it has the right to extra-judicially kill anyon... more »
Shep Smith And Judge Napolitano Eviscerate Obama's 'Reprehensible' Drone Strike Policy
Liss at The Intercept - 1 hour ago
XRepuplic TV
Less than 24 hours after Senator Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's
appointment to the CIA over to White House's policy on droning American
citizens, Judge Napolitano and Fox News anchor Shepard Smith railed against
the controversial policy saying that even the discussion of its legality
was "the craziest thing in the world."
Shortly after speaking with a Fox News reporter on Capitol Hill, Smith
brought Napolitano, a Fox News libertarian contributor, onto his show to
get his take on the president's drone policy. Napolitano explained to Smith
that this fight bega... more »
Ave de color roja lista para dormir
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Update From Northerntruthseeker
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
Hi everyone...
As many of you have been aware, I have been taking a lot of time lately
taking care of family business, especially with my mother that suffered a
stroke about a month ago....
As a heads up, we have now moved my mother to a personal care home where
she can be properly taken care of, and I and other members of my family
have spent a lot of time recently with the move, and making sure she is
settled in to her new environs....
I want to thank everyone again for their patience and understanding... I
will be still spending some time over the next while visiting my mother... more »
Carros de juguete en las grandes pistas
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Perrito descansando bajo el sofá
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Canada Is Israeli Occupied Territory: Canadian Zio-Stooge John Baird Says Palestine Will Suffer Consequences From Canada If It Rightfully Brings Israel To International Courts For Its Genocides!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
Canada is more and more these days showing that it is nothing more than
Israeli occupied territory... We have seen recently where the criminal
Canadian shill Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has bent over and kissed
Jewish ass and claimed openly that "Israel has a friend in Canada"... It is
pathetic to realize that this nation that I truly love, has now become
totally subservient to Jewish interests.. And in some ways even more than
the United States!
But now, I came across an absolutely revolting article from the National
Post, at www.nationalpost.com, where the Canadian shill forei... more »
Rocas enormes en las orillas de la playa
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Bello pajaro volando en el bosque
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Gran isla en la oscuridad con una hermosa luna
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Ricas aguas con hierbas aromaticas
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Can You Imagine?
John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 2 hours ago
Can you imagine?livefromhaiti.blogspot.com/2013/03/can-yo…
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) March 9, 2013
Re. the jobs numbers: Uh-oh, watch that EPOP, says Dean Baker -- participation in the labor force is dropping
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*"The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, but this drop was largely
attributable to a decline in labor force participation. The
employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) was unchanged at 58.6 percent,
exactly the same as the rate in February of 2012 and just 0.4 percentage
points above the low hit in the summer of 2011. This compares with an EPOP
of 63.0 percent in 2007. The 54.8 percent employment-to-population ratio
for women is just 0.2 percentage points above the low hit last month."*
*-- Dean Baker, in "Job Growth Picks Up
Steam in February," on CEPR.net*
*by Ken*
What I heard... more »
Is the Weakness of the Liberal Order Overblown?
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
Last week, Naazneen Barma, Ely Ratner, and Steven Weber offered “The
Mythical Liberal Order,” a provocative update to their earlier article on
the world without the West. They sought to puncture certain mythologies
about the strength of the liberal order, that it never was a strong as
defenders thought: its decline is much exaggerated since
Continue reading
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
“Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you
probably have never seen it like this: all dusty. Perhaps the most famous
star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen
without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. With a
long exposure from a dark location, though, the dust cloud surrounding the
Pleiades star cluster becomes very evident. The above exposure took about
30 hours and covers a sky area several times the size of the full moon.
*Click image for larger size.*
Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the P... more »
It's only money . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours ago
GAZILLIONS
OF BUCKS of world debt, graphically created out of US Benjies for your
edification by the folks at DEMONOCRACY. Click on the link for the whole
compendium. Ya gotta wonder about the sustainability. Reminds me of
Kipling:
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards
withdrew And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe
it was true That
When austerity addicts overdose the world will change
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
Riffing off Sam Stein, Greg Sargent flags the disconnect inside the Beltway
bubble between the Villagers view of the sequester and the reality of the
cuts on the streets. The insiders are all about who's winning the optics
game and hurling themselves en masse onto the fainting couches about the
cancelled White House tours. The outsiders, meaning the vast majority of
the population, have greater concerns that are finally showing up on their
local news stations.
Most people haven't paid attention because they're bored with the endless
Congressional theatrics that so obsesses the na... more »
Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-08/skypes-been-hijacked-in-china-and-microsoft-is-o-dot-k-dot-with-it
*Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It*
By Vernon Silver on March 08, 2013 Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Google Plus 8
Comments
Jeffrey Knockel is an unlikely candidate to expose the inner workings of
Skype’s role in China’s online surveillance apparatus. The 27-year-old
computer-science graduate student at the University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque doesn’t speak Chinese, let alone follow Chinese politics. “I
don’t really keep up with news in China t... more »
Great Evil Happens
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 5 hours ago
"Very few men are wise - most are sinners and great evil happens on earth
in God's name. But not of God. This world is a vale of tears and only a
preparation for Everlasting Peace."
~ James Clavell, *Shogun*
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*
A recent study using chemical and x-ray bone analysis has found that during
Japan's feudal Edo Period, the habit of women in the samurai warrior caste
to wear white makeup laced with lead meant that their breast milk was
almost unimaginably toxic. The brain-damaged children that survived, whose
median blood value at three years and younger was over fifty times higher
than... more »
The Daily Paul censors true American patriots
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 5 hours ago
Shortly after I published *a blog post* explaining that I was recently
fired from my job due to the machinations of a deranged Jewish supremacist
claiming to be with the Jewish Defense League, a poster over at the website
the *Daily Paul*, a forum for Ron and Rand Paul supporters* presumably*,
linked my post with a brief description of what happened to me under the
title "Fired for raising the Jewish question". Unfortunately, I did not
copy the post at the Daily Paul linking to my website, or take a screen
shot. I wish I had, because I noticed I was receiving traffic from the *Dail... more »
Announcing the Launch of the Fix the World Organization Website
Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
*Announcing the Launch of the Fix the World Organization Website*
*
*
Go and check it out here NOW:
http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/announcing-the-launch-of-the-fix-the-world-organization-website/
The Fix the World (FTW) Organization is a services business that will act
as a central hub providing the tools and support for individuals, groups,
and organizations to express, develop, fund, implement, and execute their
planet-changing ideas through projects, learning, and a network of
resources.
FTW will act as a clearinghouse for ideas, organizations, and ... more »
From Iraq to Iran: Memories Ignored & Lessons Unlearned
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 6 hours ago
(Mark
Wilson/Getty Images)
“We are tempted to comment, in these last days before the war, on the
U.N., and the French, and the Democrats. But the war itself will clarify
who was right and who was wrong about weapons of mass destruction.”
- Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard, March 17, 2003
“Based on my experience with the administration in the months leading up
to the war, I have little
Friday Nerd Blogging: International Woman’s Day Edition
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
Who is the most admired woman in the nerd universe? Hmmm. Could it be: If
loving Princess Leia is wrong, I don’t want to be right. I also don’t want
to be her brother.
Actual Condition
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
Law professor Adam Winkler has a TNR piece today arguing...well, he doesn't
quite argue that the filibuster is unconstitutional, but goes through the
case against it and sort of suggests that it is unconstitutional but that
there's nothing that can be done about it outside of the Senate.
I agree with that last point: the courts aren't going to step in. But, once
again: like it or not, there's really just no way to get around "Each house
may determine the rule of its proceedings." If the Senate wants to run
things so that bills and nominations need 60 votes, they can do it.
I'll also... more »
Japan Times Asserts Fukushima Unit 4 Contained Plutonium Fuel
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago
*Nagata, Kazuaki. Water is both the savior and the bane at Fukushima No. 1
Japan Times *http
://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/09/national/water-is-both-the-savior-and-the-bane-at-fukushima-no-1/#.UTof11eQPnd
[Excerpted]…The only progress Tepco seems to be making is on reactor 4,
which was defueled prior to the crisis but had become a storage site for
both fresh and spent-fuel rods — including some containing plutonium.
Experts believe the fuel rods in the spent-fuel pool of unit 4 present a
critical risk and Tepco is working to remove them as quickly as possible
before anot... more »
US-British Al Qaeda Airlift: 3,000 Tons of Weapons Fuel Syria's Destruction
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 6 hours ago
*March 9, 2013* (LD) - The primary reason, we are told, that the West must
immediately begin wider operations to support the so-called Syrian rebels,
is to head off extremists, namely Al Qaeda, from overrunning Syria. This
narrative has been sold for nearly a year now, as it has become evidently
clear that all major offensives in Syria against the Syrian people and
their government have been led by Al Qaeda terrorist fronts, including most
notoriously, Jabhat al-Nusra.
It turns out, however, according the London Telegraph, that the US and
Britain have already been arming terrorists... more »
What we learned from Sherrilyn Ifill on Tuesday!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013*
*Concerning the Voting Rights Act:* In this morning’s New York Times, Nate
Silver writes about the Voting Rights Act. More specifically, he discusses
turn-out rates among black voters in northern and southern states.
(For a longer version of his hard-copy piece, click here.)
In this post, Kevin Drum comments on Silver’s post. We thought we’d mention
the things we learned from Sherrilyn Ifill concerning this under-reported
topic.
Ifill is a professor at the University of Maryland law school. In January,
she became President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP ... more »
Christy Clark Poses for BC Lions Photo-Op, Then Runs Away From Questions
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 7 hours ago
Hello corporate pigs, thanks for fighting the public on the HST, fighting
the public on raising the minimum wage, thanks for pricing Canuck tickets
to the point joe average can`t afford to go..Thanks for a lot of things..
However, I would like to thank you owners for keeping the hell out of our
next provincial election, unfortunately you are interfering, you are
promoting a Government hated by the public, why can`t you corporate pigs
get it!..
We have had enough of Gordon Campbell, way too much Christy Clark and
Today`s BC Liberals have gone well past the best before date..
We in ... more »
Banks Too Big To Jail?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Elizabeth Warren questioned Treasury officials Thursday at a Senate Banking
Committee about their failure to do more than give HSBC criminals a
meaningless love tap after they were caught again and again financing
international illicit drug cartels. She was blunt: "How many billions of
dollars do you have to launder fro drug lords before somebody says, 'we're
shutting you down'?" Even a senile old reactionary like Chuck Grassley
(R-IA) is edging down the same path and he questioned Eric Holder about why
the HSBC criminals haven't been arrested and tried for their crimes. Holder
s... more »
Craft Vinyl Storage
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 7 hours ago
If somebody is looking for me in the house, the first place they check is
the craft room. It is my happy place. It stores all of my craft supplies
and photo props, with a desk for my computer and one for my sewing machine.
I have a kids corner so my daughter can draw and play Play-doh while I work
and fabric galore. It is truly my space. I love it because I have a space
to spread out and my husband loves it because he isn't picking pieces of
thread up off the kitchen table. One day I hope we have another extra room
and he can have a room. Knowing my husband it will be a completel... more »
“Defense Mechanisms: Beyond Behavior”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Defense Mechanisms: Beyond Behavior”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“We can let go of our defense mechanisms when we are ready to be truly
honest with ourselves. We all have defense mechanisms that we’ve developed
over time, often without being aware of it. In times of trouble, the
behaviors that have worked to get us past challenges with the least amount
of pain are the ones that we repeat; even when part of us knows they no
longer work. Such behavior is a natural response from our mental and
physical aspects. But because we are spiritual beings as well, we have the
abili... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
Waynesville, North Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Napoleon On The Virtues of The Soldier
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
*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.*
* Napoleon On His Legacy.*
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. 210-212.... more »
“From Hustlers to Thugs: Two Ends of the Historical Spectrum”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“From Hustlers to Thugs:*
* Two Ends of the Historical Spectrum”*
by Morris Berman
“Purely by coincidence, I recently happened to read the "New York Times
Book Review" review of Harvard historian Bernard Bailyn’s latest work, and
Jill Lepore’s "New Yorker" essay on the American military, within the same
hour. Whether there is, historically speaking, a causal connection between
the events described by Bailyn, and the situation depicted by Lepore, would
be hard to prove in any strict sense. All I can say is, it seems right to
me.
Let’s begin with Professor Bailyn. The book... more »
Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxotsli3gX0
Robert Free 'Remembering Hugo Chavez' Part II Amazon
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago
Delegation Alex Loiu, Robert Free, Casey Camp, Sarah James and Clan mother of Piaroas Tribe.
Second journey to build Indigenous Friendship and Solidarity Jan 2006
By Robert Free Galvan
Censored News Exclusive!
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Also see: Part I: Robert Free: How Hugo Chavez brought heating oil to Native Americans
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/03/
Hey TGP - We are Not Going Away - You Cut Our Forests But Strengthened Our Resolve
Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 8 hours ago
As protests build upriver and down river and along the dirty fracked
pipeline route to protect our water, air, and land from Tennessee Gas
Pipeline, three ways to get involved for you to be a part of this weekend.
* *
*Saturday, March 9th - Noon to 1pm *
*Rally outside Tennessee Gas Pipeline Offices @Rte 6 and Rte 209, Milford
PA. *Public parking is available at the Milford Township Municipal
Building. The office is located almost across from the former Altec Lansing
HQ and warehouse.
Kinder Morgan believes cutting our forests will take our spirit away - they
are dead wrong - ou... more »
Rand Paul's fake out filibuster
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
Still basking in the afterglow of his orgasmic 13 hours as the biggest
thing on the twitters, Rand Paul is now making the media rounds for
interviews. With his ego so thoroughly satisfied, Rand has an announcementto make:
Paul himself seemed to appreciate that this was an important moment for
himself, confidently acknowledging to POLITICO in an interview that he was
“seriously” considering running for president in 2016.
I'm sure you're as shocked as I am to hear this bold proclamation. In other
words, not at all.
If you were perhaps wondering if Rand's fantastic filibuster sprung ... more »
More supernature
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 9 hours ago
I was mulling over my post on the Wikipedia list of cryptids when I turned
to the list of extra terrestrial species. It is much shorter and simpler.
Either people are much more imaginative when it comes to inventing earth
creatures than they are spacemen or there are a few interesting cultural
abstractions to be made.
It shows an instinctively shrewd understanding of natural selection. Humans
are as they are as much because of their posture and their thumbs as their
brains. We had pre-adapted large brains, nimble digits and forward facing
eyes. Our ancestors moving permanently to t... more »
Musical Interlude: David Gates, “Suite: Clouds & Rain”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
David Gates, “Suite: Clouds & Rain”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AACVcejg1cI
North Korea's John Yoo Lambasts Libertarian Senator
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
John Yoo, the former adviser to the discredited administration of George W.
Bush, *criticized Senator Rand Paul* for demanding answers from the Obama
White House about their threat to kill American citizens with drones on
U.S. soil.
The man who wrote torture memos and could very well be tried by the Hague
in the near future for war crimes is, *surprise surprise*, fine with the
idea of a totalitarian regime killing its citizens without presenting
evidence of wrongdoing.
Yoo's absurd theories and beliefs belong in North Korea, not the United
States of America.
“’Education’: You've Had 100+ Years. You Failed. Time To Eat You”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“’Education’: *
*You've Had 100+ Years. You Failed. Time To Eat You”*
by Karl Denninger
"This ought to provoke exactly the title of this article in reaction:
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — "It’s an education bombshell. Nearly 80 percent of
New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before
they can enter the City University’s community college system."
It's not a bombshell. In the 1990s I observed the same thing in Chicago. I
required a High School diploma or GED to apply for a job at my company in
the city. Of the applicants approximately 80% could not mak... more »
NAZIS IN THE FBI; J EDGAR HOOVER; MIND CONTROL
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
Recently declassified documents reveal that the FBI protected Nazi war
criminals in America.
J. Edgar Hoover recruited many hundreds of Nazis.
*The FBI's recruitment of Nazi war criminals*
Reuters Blogs (blog). By Richard Rashke. Adapted from Useful Enemies:
America’s Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals, published by Delphinium
Books.
Hoover did not report alleged Nazis to the authorities.
Among the Nazi collaborators that the FBI used and protected were John
Avdzej, Laszlo Agh, and Vladimir Sokolov.
*Nazis at work.*
During the war, Belorussian *John Avdzej *had been ins... more »
"It's alright, it's just rhetoric", "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad didn't mean that Iran wants to wipe Israel off of the map"
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
"It's alright, it's just rhetoric" and "Ahmadinejad didn't mean that Iran
wants to wipe Israel off of the map" are just two of the lines I hear from
haters of Israel. Odd that as here's something that* *Ali Reza Forghani, a
supporter of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and former governor of
Kish province, published in an article titled "Countdown to an Attack on
Israel". Here's an extract:
'Naturally, after that we must equip and upgrade the Syrian forces for the
final blow against Israel, [a blow that will continue] until it is totally
destroyed. We must in no way repeat the mi... more »
Death of a 'dictator': Chavez and the media
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
The U.S. press is retarded. Seriously.
In the wake of Chavez's assassination via cancer, they're saying that the
Gulf oil kingdoms have spend their oil money more wisely than Chavez did,
because they used it to build large monuments rather than improve the
economy and social welfare of the people. That is an actual argument that
one AP reporter made. Let that insanity and stupidity sink in. The U.S.
media has gone insane. The mainstream press is a certified mental
institution.
I'm against turning Chavez into an idol, but at least he wasn't a
war-making maniac like the thugs in Sau... more »
Dare to Dream: Disney on Ice
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours ago
On Wednesday, we took the girls to see Dare to Dream by Disney on Ice. It
was magical. The closest thing I can get to taking them to Disneyland
without actually having to fly out of state. This particular show features
Princess and the Frog, Cinderella and Tangled. The segment featuring The
Princess and the Frog was fabulous. It absolutely delighted my 4-year-old
to see Tiana on the ice and then see her turn into a frog.
Cinderella was absolutely beautiful and so much fun to watch.
Even though, Princess and the Frog and Cinderella we both fun to watch.
The Tangled segment was incr... more »
Debra White Plume 'Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
Moccasins
on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water
by Debra White Plume
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Lakota know we love Unci Maka. All of Unci Maka. Our ancestors were
free, to follow the Star Nation Path (the Good Red Road), to roam, to
hunt, to be happy, to have sacred water. Then one day, FAT TAKER came
thru camp, and stole the fat that many women prepared to get their
Satire: "Poll: Majority of Americans Opposed to Being Killed by Drone"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"Poll: Majority of Americans Opposed*
* to Being Killed by Drone"*
by Andy Borowitz
MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report)— "In a possible setback for the
Administration’s controversial drone policy, a new poll conducted by the
University of Minnesota shows that a broad majority of Americans are
opposed to being killed by a drone strike on U.S. soil. The poll, which has
a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points, showed that
ninety-seven per cent of those surveyed “strongly agreed” with the
statement, “I personally do not want to be killed by a drone,” with three
p... more »
"How Money Buys Freedom"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"How Money Buys Freedom"*
by Bill Bonner
“As long as I live under the capitalistic system, I expect to have my life
influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I
propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two
cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.” –
William Faulkner resigns from the Oxford, Miss., post office.
"One of the rarely cited advantages of having money is that you’re less
beholden to others who have it too. The more you have, at least in theory,
the more you can ignore the other fell... more »
international women's day 2013
laura k at wmtc - 10 hours ago
To celebrate International Women's Day, read Judy Rebick's beautiful piece
at Rabble, and watch an excellent video featuring Patrick Stewart, talking
about the role men play in women's equality.
International Women's Day: What's the way forward?
by Judy Rebick
As an aging feminist I am often asked to speak about the progress we have
made as feminists and how much is left to do. It gets depressing sometimes
because of the persistence of violence against women and economic
inequality. I am despairing of the deep gendered divide in children's toys
and the heavy load placed upon young w... more »
Friday Afternoon Linkage
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
. Happy International Women’s Day. Remembering events in Bosnia twenty
years ago and how the world was changed. The Guardian’s profile of a few
voices from around the world. Urvashi Sahni and Xanthe Ackerman offer
strategies for action. In my weekend reading, I’ll be trying to make sense
of some of this week’s bizarre events.
Continue reading
Beyond the Threshold
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
Quick important, if a bit basic, point this morning.
National Journal's Elahe Izadi tweeted her story about Ashley Judd with "If
Ashley Judd does indeed run for Senate, she could learn a lesson or two
from Al Franken. She may already be." To which Dave Weigel responded:"Lesson 1: Run in blue state."
Now, to be fair to Izadi, who did in fact cover that in her perfectly fine
story. And candidates do matter in Senate (and lower-ballot) contests.
Unlike presidential elections, where the out-party candidate is always
treated as a serious potential president, lower-ballot races can basical... more »
Can Your Grandma Do This?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
What a darling.
As the tune dies down, 88-year old Nana explains: "I could dance all
f***ing day."
A Superior Court has the inherent power to dismiss an action when the claim does not disclose a reasonable cause of action
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
*Cavanaugh v. Grenville Christian College*, 2013 ONCA 139 holds, somewhat
surprisingly, that a Superior Court judge has the power to dismiss a claim
for failure to disclose a cause of action even absent a formal motion to
dismiss:
[19] A Superior Court has the inherent power to dismiss an action
when the claim does not disclose a reasonable cause of action: see *Hunt v.
Carey Canada Inc.*, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 959, at p. 968. That power is most
commonly exercised on a motion brought under Rule 21.01(1)(b) of the *Rules
of Civil Procedure*, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, to strike a plead... more »
Rob Ford a Groper and Dirty Old Man???
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
Former Toronto mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson says bad boy Mayor Rob Ford
hit on her and grabbed her ass.
Here's a picture Thomson posted of herself an an apparently happy Mayor Ford
"*Thought it was a friendly hello to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at the CJPAC
Action Party tonight until he suggested I should have been in Florida with
him last week because his wife wasn't there. *
*Seriously wanted to punch him in the face. Happy International Women's
Day!"*
* *
*Thomson elaborated on the events of the evening in the comments on the
post, alleging that Ford grabbed her in a sexual manne... more »
Conrad Black Stands Up for Tom Flanagan
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
It seems Connie Black got to know a few guys slammed up for possession of
kiddie porn while he was in prison and he says that, like Tom Flanagan,
they got a bad rap. More from HuffPo.
The Greecy Slope
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Fascist rally in Athens, Greece... Athens, Georgia next?
Now that Obama appears to be moving closer to letting the Republicans
continue shredding the safety net he was elected to protect by adopting the
very same Austerity agenda that continues to fail so miserably across
Europe, perhaps it's time to consider more of the consequences of that
agenda. We already know what the Sequestration bill Boehner shoved through
Congress will do to hurt normal working families economically and about how
it is likely to deprive as many as 750,000 workers of their jobs. That's
what Austerity is desi... more »
Music For Nothing - Well Almost
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 11 hours ago
The expected new music streaming service from Apple appears to have been
delayed, not due to technology, but due to the commercial terms demanded by
them. The service is expected to be very similar to Pandora.
The music labels want to ensure that they get a respectable return from
this new revenue stream and already it appears that the rates companies pay
varies significantly. Spotify, who are often cited as the bad boys, are
paying some 35 cents per 100 songs, whilst iHeart pays around 22 cents and
Pandora only 12 cents. So is it any surprise the talks hit stale mate when
Apple... more »
Flooding complicates clean-up at Fukushima nuclear plant – ‘Every day we have approximately 400 metric tons of groundwater’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago
[image: Overview of reactor building of Unit 1, taken from a crane above
Unit 1 on 9 Sep 2011. Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Company]
By James Topham and Mari Saito, with Aaron Sheldrick; Editing by Robert
Birsel
8 March 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Company is struggling to stop
groundwater flooding into damaged reactors at its wrecked Fukushima plant
and it may take four years to fix the problem, possibly delaying the
removal of melted uranium fuel.
The 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling equipment at
the company's Fukushima Daiichi plant north... more »
Mark your calendars...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
“The eighth General Congregation of the College of Cardinals has decided
that the Conclave will begin on Tuesday, 12 March 2013.
“A “*pro eligendo Romano Pontifice*” Mass will be celebrated in St. Peter’s
Basilica in the morning. In the afternoon the cardinals will enter into
the Conclave.”
Our Long Municipal Nightmare Continues
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 12 hours ago
The latest RobFuckingFordFiasco is still developing, so maybe I should hold
off.
But what the hell? Lookit that picture!
After a bunfest last night sponsored by Canadian Jewish Political Affairs
Committee (whatever that is), Sarah Thomson, former mayoral candidate and no
fave here at DJ!, posted that photo to her Facebook page with some
allegations.
Former mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson says she wants an apology from Mayor
Rob Ford for allegedly touching her inappropriately and making a suggestive
remark to her at a party on Thursday night.
“He told me he was in Florida and I... more »
Steal This Book Royalty
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 12 hours ago
What follows is a letter I'd written to my publisher Create Space two
days ago regarding my royalty statements not getting updated since
December. What follows after that is their incredible response:
I've sold multiple copies of my books to both myself and others yet
month after month my royalty report does not reflect anything other than my
first two sales and my royalties have remained stagnant at $3.42 for months
on end. I'd noticed this discrepancy in reportage at the start and wrote to
you people and got some boilerplate response telling me I needed to wait
until th... more »
What's Wrong With Old White People Anyway?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
In the United States, angry old white folks are the backbone of the Tea
Party. In Canada, they're Harper Conservatives. In Britain, angry old
white people have the UKIP movement. Here's the sort of Britain Ukippers
crave:
*• Merge income tax and national insurance into a flat 31% for all starting
at £11,500. Scrap employers' NI with revenue recouped from corporation tax,
VAT or reduced welfare.*
*• Cut state spending to 1997 levels with loss of two million public sector
jobs, replaced by one million new manufacturing jobs and at least another
million created because of Ukip's... more »
Jeff Berwick about a new world - but in a different way from what you might think...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 12 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/5zD7xR0DGuE
In this clip Jeff Berwick, anarcho-libertarian, editor-in-chief of the "dollar
vigilante" (from Canada) and investment expert, offers a glimpse of himself
and his interesting thoughts. For those in great hurry: the first 72
seconds of the movie say it all. In many ways, but from a vastly different
(European) perspective, I share many of his believes and thoughts, I admit.
That is why this interview with Berwick by ProActiveInvestors (USA) seemed
of some importance to me. And again I found myself reasonably in-line with
his provocative ideas. Societ... more »
Science cannot answer moral questions II
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
I wrote about the same topic three years ago and probably at many other
places, too. However, Sean Carroll revived the topic again,
Science, Morality, Possible Worlds, Scientism, and Ways of Knowing
and because I still agree with him, let me review and add some relevant
arguments.
Carroll says that scientifically meaningful propositions are questions
about the past, the present, the future, or the eternal laws that
- might in principle be both false and true
- admit a method, at least in principle, to evaluate their truth values.
He mentions three examples. Oxygen is dist... more »
I Don't Have to Visit Japan - It's Coming to Me!
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
America (you know, the country that hasn't outlawed science) is finding
some curious critters that have been carried across the Pacific on Japanese
tsunami debris now arriving on our shores.
*Invasive species are hitchhiking to the west coast of North America on
debris from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami and it could be years before it
is known which species will take hold and how much damage they will do,
Oregon State University scientists say.*
*** But there is a major gap in the research because no samples have been
sent from B.C. and there does not appear to be equivalent rese... more »
Mohawk Women rallied with Hugo Chavez against Colonial Oppression
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
Mohawk
women were among the Indigenous gathered in Venezuela, organizing
against colonial oppression, in 2007. Today, in honor of Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez, Censored News, with permission from Mohawk Nation
News, republishes the Mohawk women's statement.
"Our perception is that the material world is to be shared and
distributed equally. Our ancestors knew that when a
Climate change and deforestation threaten the ecological stability of Lake Tanganyika
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: Siltation caused by erosion from deforestation is another main
threat to Lake Tanganyika. Photo: Catherine O’Reilly / National Geographic]
By Lisa Borre
7 March 2013
(National Geographic) – Tropical lakes in East Africa don’t grab headlines
the way polar bears do, but climate change is having an effect on them,
too. Although the changes are not as visible as melting polar ice caps,
they are no less real.
As in many lakes around the world, water temperature is on the rise in Lake
Tanganyika. This and other climate-related factors are causing subtle but
significant changes ... more »
Emissions Heading in Wrong Direction - Fast
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
2012 saw the second greatest annual increase in greenhouse gas
emissions,
bested (or *worsted*) by 1998.
*Carbon dioxide levels measured at at Mauna Loa observatory in
Hawaiijumped by 2.67 parts per million (ppm) in 2012 to 395ppm, said
Pieter Tans,
who leads the greenhouse gas measurement team for the US National
Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The record was an increase of
2.93ppm in 1998.*
*The jump comes as a study published in Science on Thursday looking at
global surface temperatures for the past 1,500 years warned that "recent
warming is unprecedented", promp... more »
O’Reilly’s amazing next-day performance!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013*
*Why this should be front-page news:* On Tuesday evening, Bill O’Reilly
melted down on his semi-eponymous program.
He screamed and yelled at Alan Colmes, repeatedly saying that Colmes was
lying about Obama’s budget proposals.
Before the segment was done, Mr. O began apologizing to Colmes. That said,
the segment was monumentally crazy. But O'Reilly's follow-up segment on
Wednesday night was a hundred times more significant. It ought to be
front-page news, though of course it won’t be.
Here’s what happened:
Bill invited Kirsten Powers to help him review the ... more »
Listen up low info voters: Your President is a obscene petty little dictator...(video)
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*who thinks he is worthy of a 20 car motorcade to eat a steak dinner while
tourists are kept out of the people's house. *
Don't they have a few radically overpaid chefs in the White House? Did
they get paid for a vacation day?
France: Muslim mom names son Jihad, sends to nursery school in 9/11 bomb t-shirt
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
She thought the shirt would "make people laugh," Sky News
reports.
Ha ha ha...
Some people!
More here -
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/france-muslim-mom-names-son-jihad-sends-to-nursery-school-in-911-bomb-t-shirt
Video Journey of Nishiyuu March 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
The inspiring Cree youth trekkers, with their guide and friends, continue trekking to Ottawa, in solidarity with Idle No More.
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
Racetrack Infield Festival Tickets On Sale Now!
Dark Legacy: Systemic Discrimination Against Canada's First Peoples
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 13 hours ago
It's a new book I'm reading. Got it from the Parliament branch of the
Toronto Public Library.
*Dark Legacy: Systemic Discrimination Against Canada's First Peoples* by
L.J. O'Connor and Morgan O'Neal, with Lloyd Dolha and Jim Ada.
I'm about half-way through it. So far it's talked about the betrayal of
treaty promises that led to the cooping-up of First Nations on isolated
reserves that were mismanaged and pilfered by white Indian Agents. It
quickly moved to the development of the idea of residential schools and
their horrible social impact on numerous First Nations families and
comm... more »
Fiduciary duty and aboriginal rights
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
Manitoba Metis v Canada 2013 SCC 14 is an important decision dealing with
fiduciary duty in the context of aboriginal rights:
[47] Fiduciary duty is an equitable doctrine
originating in trust. Generally speaking, a fiduciary is required to act
in the best interests of the person on whose behalf he is acting, to avoid
all conflicts of interest, and to strictly account for all property held or
administered on behalf of that person. See* Lac Minerals Ltd. v.
International Corona Resources Ltd.*, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 574, at pp. 646-47.
[48] ... more »
OPPT Trustee Caleb on Orion Talk Radio 3-6-13…MP3
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
*
* *
* *Caleb on Orion Talk Radio 3-6-13…MP3*
Posted on 2013/03/06 by kauilapele
[UPDATE 1329 HST: This is one of the more interesting and enlightening and
instructive MP3s from the OPPT to which I have listened.
Some of you may be interested in this show on Orion Talk's Morning Brew
(cut very short by "technical" issues). Which gives Caleb's history and
involvement with the OPPT.
MP3 (only one; 7 MB, 28 min.) (or use the blue and red player below) (and,
hey... NO ADs, Baby!!)
http://tinyurl.com/a8hu6r5
Disaster Capitalism + Climate Change = Wealth Beyond Imagination
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
The company is called *Water Asset Management*. Surely the name speaks
for itself. It has to be about water, right? Or the management of water
surely. Well, in reality, it's a hedge fund. From Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
*Drought is helping spur business at Water Asset Management. The New York
hedge fund, which has about $400 million under management, buys water
rights and makes private equity and stock market investments in water
treatment companies. “Not enough people are thinking long term of [water]
as an asset that is worthy of ownership,” says Chief Operating Officer Marc... more »
No Superpowers for the EU Science Adviser
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 14 hours ago
Writing in Science today, Kai Kupferschmidt has an excellent profile of
Anne Glover, Europe's chief scientific advisor. The profile follows the
typical arc of such discussions -- a longing for power, success in
institutionalization, followed by disappointment in the realpolitik of the
position. At the top of this post you can see Glover giving a keynote talk
last month at the STEPS science policy conference in Sussex, UK.
An anecdote related by Kupferschmidt tells the tale:
[In] a magazine interview in July, Glover argued that eating genetically
modified food was no riskier than ea... more »
Cedar Rapids Engineer Sees Disks - Beats Arnold by a Day?
KRandle at A Different Perspective - 14 hours ago
I’ve been working on a new book and I was chasing down stories of flying
saucers, flying discs, seen prior to June 24, 1947. Sure there are some,
but all, or almost all, seem to have been reported after Kenneth Arnold’s
story appeared in newspapers.
One of the best of these, reported in many sources, came from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and according to one document, “Thus neither of those sightings [one
from El Paso, Texas and one from Wapakoneta, Oregon] made the papers before
Arnold’s account, but one story was actually reported to newspapers on the
23rd. The tale came from a railroad ... more »
IMITATIONS OF LIFE: The Power Rules!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013*
*Part 4—Paul Krugman, left on his own:* In this morning’s New York Times,
we get the latest weather report. According to a new study, global
temperatures are higher than they’ve been in at least four thousand years:
GILLIS (3/8/13): *Global temperatures are warmer than at any time in at
least 4,000 years, scientists reported Thursday,* and over the coming
decades are likely to surpass levels not seen on the planet since before
the last ice age.
*Previous research had extended back roughly 1,500 years,* and suggested
that the rapid temperature spike of the pa... more »
Infographic: How climate change is destroying Earth
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
14 February 2013 (LearnStuff) – Thanks to extensive research and noticeable
changes in weather and storm prevalence, it’s getting harder to turn a
blind eye to the reality of climate change. Since the Industrial Age
spurred the increasing usage of fossil fuels for energy production, the
weather has been warming. In fact, since 1880, the temperature of the earth
has increased by 1 degree Celsius. […]
Check out the infographic below to see what else the changing climate is
affecting. [more]
[image: Climate-Change]
How climate change is destroying the Earth
Technorati Tags: global... more »
Weingarten Gets Arrested for the Cameras in Philadelphia While Remaining Janus-Faced on Charter Schools
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
Randi Weingarten is in Philadelphia, pretending to put herself in between
the closing of 23 schools and the opening of a new batch of corporate
welfare charter schools to replace them. Below is her staged arrest.
Seems pretty calm there, Randi.
Now when you go on the AFT website and start to look at the
charter-friendly historical revisionism that Randi's lawyer chums have put
together there for teacher consumption, it is hard to see why Randi would
be in Philadelphia getting her arrested to stop the spread of charter
schools, which she obviously embraces. From AFT's website:
... more »
But Their Tailors Make You GULP! (Banks WERE and ARE Insolvent: This Is the Biggest Transfer of Wealth in History, As the Giant Banks Have Handed their Toxic Debts from Fraudulent Activities to the Countries and Their People (We Bailed Out Foreign Banks Too!))
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 14 hours ago
Paul Krugman thinks we have to approach our "special needs" audience (and
it's not the one you're thinking of first) carefully when we explain the
economic facts of life to them. I understand where this comes from: It
comes from many years of electoral defeats and always feeling that, going
all the way back to Ronald Reagan, always finding that you needed to appeal
to conservative voters — and
Ed Miliband's Zionism lasted less than 24 hours. But he's made it clear he is a friend of Israel, and that's enough – Telegraph Blogs
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
Interesting article but I disagree with the conclusion:
'Ed Miliband may have been a Zionist for less than 24 hours. But he has
made clear he is Israel's friend. It's enough.'
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100206135/ed-milibands-zionism-lasted-less-than-24-hours-but-hes-made-it-clear-he-is-a-friend-of-israel-and-thats-enough
Ed Miliband is a friend of the powerful Trade Union leaders who made him
Labour party leader. That's about it. He's no friend of Israel or he'd
have
taken action against Ken Livingstone and those Labour MPs who have
'issues'
with Israel.
Shortest Bill Ever-- Seeks To End The Obama-Boehner Sequester
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
It may not be sophisticated but it sure does get right to the point. H.R.
900 was introduced last week by Alan Grayson (D-FL) and John Conyers
(D-MI). Here's the whole bill:
*Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 is repealed.*
Grayson and Conyers introduced it on February 28 and since then, 14 other
progressives signed on as co-sponsors:
Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Hank Johnson (D-GA)
Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
John Lewis (D-GA)
Betty... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Dick Allen, 71. 19th all time in OPS+. Classic fringe
HOFer; could be the answer to "which player makes for the best HOF
argument?"
Plenty of good stuff:
1. Greg Koger on the Rand Paul filibuster.
2. Conservative think tanks and the states, from Patrick Caldwell.
3. Abortion, the Jews, and religious freedom, from Sarah Posner.
4. Andrew Sullivan on marriage and democracy.
5. If you believe that the reason the United States shouldn't run budget
deficits is because it will turn into Greece, you really should read Matt
O'Brien on why that's nonsense.
6. Andrew Spr... more »
Double Dog Dare - To ALEC State Chairs
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
*In an October 2010 Press Release ALEC stated:*
ALEC is a private organization similar to membership organizations such as
the YMCA. Federal law allows non-profits to protect the privacy of
non-profit donors, but requires all non-profits to publicly disclose annual
financial reports.
No - ALEC is not like the YMCA
I question why it was important in this press release for ALEC to justify
the secrecy of its member list, by noting that they allowed by "Federal
law" to "protect the privacy" of their donors.
In my opinion the US public has the right to know who is a card carrying, ... more »
Are Journalists Exempt From Overtime?
Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours ago
A $660,000 settlement for reporters recently caused both celebration and
ire in the journalism community. The celebration was for a victory on
behalf of hard-working reporters everywhere. Many reporters work deadly
hours for little pay. This decision provides them with some relief,
requiring newspapers to pay them overtime for any week they work over 40
hours.
The consternation was caused by the reason for the settlement. The basis
for the suit was that journalists are not "creative professionals." This
left some reporters shaking their heads. Not creative? But I'm a writer! Of
cou... more »
Media : Chavez failed to build gigantic skyscrapers
Alison at Creekside - 16 hours ago
Many vile and stupid editorials have been written about Venezuelan
president Hugo Chávez following his death on March 5 from cancer, but none
of them are quite as honest as this one from business writers at Associated
Press* :*
*
*Little Reaction In Oil Market To Chavez Death
"Chavez invested Venezuela's oil wealth into social programs including
state-run food markets, cash benefits for poor families, free health
clinics and education programs. But those gains were meager compared with
the spectacular construction projects that oil riches spurred in glittering
Middle Eastern citie... more »
Imprisoning The Disadvantaged
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Howard Sapers, the ombudsman for Corrections Canada, released a report
yesterday on the aboriginal population in this nation's prisons. His
findings should disturb all Canadians, native and non-native. The lead
editorial in today's *Toronto Star *repeats some of Sapers' findings:
Sapers points out that the 3,400 First Nations, Metis and Inuit prisoners
in federal prisons account for 23 per cent of inmates, up from 17 per cent
a decade ago, even though aboriginals are just 4 per cent of the general
population. And the trend shows no sign of abating any time soon.
While Canadian ... more »
DWP Benefit Cap Briefing
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 16 hours ago
The government's attack on and stigmatisation of social security recipients
begins in earnest from April. We have seen the rhetoric, and now comes the
punishment. To prepare MPs and councillors for the change, the briefing
below about the benefit cap has been circulated by the Department for Work
and Pensions explaining what's happening and why. Only a small minority of
recipients will be directly affected - after all, you're more likely to
encounter a Tory with a conscience than someone who receives in excess of
£25k from the state. That said, it's housing benefit/the landlord subs... more »
Voir Dire
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago
A voir dire is a “trial within a trial”. It is used to determine conditions
precedent to the admission or exclusion of evidence. The voir dire may
dispose of the entire case - - if the evidence is excluded the prosecution
may fail - - or the voir dire may deal with a relatively minor point.
Nevertheless, regardless of how complex or simple a voir dire is a separate
proceeding from the trial itself. Accordingly, the evidence heard on the
voir dire does not, unless there is agreement by the parties, form part of
the evidence at trial.
It is critically important to note that the voir ... more »
Geo-engineering is the greatest cause of Global Warming
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 17 hours ago
GEO-ENGINEERING DOOM IS ON!!!!!!!! according to Dane Wigington of Geo-engineering
Watch.
"These geo-engineering particulates SHRED ozone, period," he says early
into his haarp/chemtrails horror story, "Methane expulsion is being
TRIGGERED by geo-engineering, and we're talking a couple of years, from
now. Geo-engineering is about sixty years old already and ozone holes have
nothing to do with CFCs."
The audio is part of a teleconference call between Russ Tanner (Global
Skywatch) and Dane Wigington (WIWATS/Activist).
*The concept of geoengineering has two meanings: The science of m... more »
Bonnie Tyler - a tale of two songs
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
Bonnie Tyler has been selected to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song
Contest on 18 May. This is the song selected - 'Believe In Me'
It's innocuous but won't win Eurovision. Here's a song that could...
'Total Eclipse of the Heart' - Pure rock ballad gold!
And because I love it, here's the 'literal' version of Total Eclipse of the
Heart - brilliant!
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours ago
*New Orleans Boat Show this weekend*
*La. nuclear plant "near miss" cited*
*Neighbors complain N.O. water plant staining property with diesel
smelling substance* *BP Oil Spill Payout May Be Billions Higher Than
Initially Expected, New Court Ruling Shows *
*Elysian Fields, a novel by Mark LaFlaur* *Review: Booty's Street Food ~Ian
McNulty* *Young jazz musicians heading to Preservation Hall*
Stacking Boards: Seating the "Reform Majority"
Storm at Schools Matter - 17 hours ago
Guest Post by John Harris Loflin of the Education-Community Action Team,
Indianapolis
*National agenda to seat "reform majority" school boards in key cities *
*
*
*“Lead the effort to seat ‘reform majority’ school boards in several key
cities.” *
~ Democrats for Education Reform, “A Year of Impact” 2012 DfER
accomplishment
It looks like the January 7, 2013 Stand for Children (SfC) “celebration”
for their 3 endorsed IPS school board commissioners (Arnold, Cosby, and
Hannon) is one more of many this national lobbyist group conducts.
SfC also “celebrated” the August 2012 election of... more »
Ancient Insects Confirm Biodiversity Hypothesis
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This is a little unexpected but worth noting. It also suggests that coming
out of the Ice Age, there has been an additional change in seasonality that
may not yet be accounted for in terms of local diversity. Certainly that is
true in terms of the vegetation as a review of post Ice Age flora would
suggest. There may be merit in establishing unoccupied niches and then
setting out to fill them if it is beneficial. At least such a strategy
would be superior to accidental release.
We should at least establish the likelihood of such unoccupied niches.
From that perspective, ... more »
Giant Sloth Photographs
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This is pay dirt. We have two or three separate photos of the same
creature and its conforms to my expectations for a Giant Sloth. They also
immediately recall our Bronze Age stone sculptures from the island of Delos
in the Aegean. From them we already knew that our Giant Sloth did not sport
a giant belly.
Once again, no others are actually identifying this creature except to
observe what it is clearly not. It is certainly not anything we know and
most surely it is not a guy in a monkey suit.
We have now shifted out almost a dozen separate reports that strongly
charac... more »
Worst Drought in 1,000 Years Could Begin in Eight Years
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
The last mega drought all occurred during the medieval warm period. This
work warns us that we are justly setting up for a repeat episode. However
it also informs us that a sustained warm period is the instrument that
drives these droughts. If anything we get better resolution of the actual
detail.
If the present warm spell is sustained, then it is reasonable that the
warmth will be more extensive as we progress. It is quite possible that the
Arctic must warm a lot more before we reach spring back point that changes
the ocean dynamics enough to cause an abrupt temperatur... more »
Twenty Percent Life Extension
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
The surprise here is that there is a biochemical pathway triggered by a
cooler body core. This is what produces the extended lifespan. Even better,
it appears that the pathway is also triggered by wasabi of all things. That
strongly suggests a supplement can be produced to produce the same result.
A twenty percent improvement is not insignificant and for most it is the
difference between an eighty year life span expectation and a ninety six
year life span expectation. Even better, it can shove the retirement age
expectation from sixty five through to seventy eight.
The ... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.8.13”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
* “Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.8.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“The answer is NO. The president cannot kill Americans on U.S. soil with a
drone attack who are not engaged in combat. It took a gutsy 13 hour
filibuster from Senator Rand Paul and some other Republican and Democratic
Senators to get that answer from the White House. When liberal Democrat
Ron Wyden joined the Republicans, it became very hard to blow it off as
partisan politics. My question is where have the liberals been? Actually,
some liberals stepped up today and applauded Senators Paul and Wyden for
asking th... more »
Transport Econ 8: Removing MRT and LRT Fare Subsidy
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 19 hours ago
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The MRT line from North Avenue in QC to Taft Avenue in Pasay is the most
congested among the three urban train systems in Metro Manila. At rush
hours, it is relatively common that passengers in midway stations are
“bypassed” once, twice or even thrice and wait for the next train as the
trains are so packed with so many passengers.
There is a new program by the Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC) to help decongest the trains. They are fielding buses
that will pick up passengers at North Avenue station only and stop only at
the last three stations -- Ayala, Magal... more »
'ADAM LANZA DID NOT STAY AT 36 YOGANANDA ST.'
Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*Hi, my name is Ryan Lanza.*
"Using a real estate database", a videomaker called
"1mYourGh0st" reportedly established that Adam Lanza did not stay at the
'Lanza home, at 36 Yogananda Street', near Sandy Hook.
The video in question appears to have been deleted.
*Another video by 1mYourGh0st*
Reportedly:
The Lanza house, at 36 Yogananda Street, was built in 1998.
The records show that the home was purchased by the Lanzas in July 1998.
The records show Ryan Lanza lived at 36 Yogananda Street.
Under the part of the results which list "other people at this address" the
following nam... more »
ATLAS: 3-sigma excess of \(420\GeV\) type III seesaw heavy fermions
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
I am carefully following all the new preprints by ATLAS and CMS that are
currently being presented at the Moriond 2013 conference so that you don't
have to. So far, everything is compatible with the Standard Model including
the \(126\GeV\) Higgs boson and the latter beast is still behaving as
obediently as the Standard Model assumes. If something changes about these
statements, you will probably learn about it on this blog almost instantly.
However, there's an interesting 3-sigma anomaly in an otherwise obscure
search so let me tell you what it is.
It appears in the following pre... more »
UN on Space Weather - Sun driver of our climate?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 20 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/07z7o8pX8Wc
The last minute seems most interesting for those still believing in '*global
* warming'. Although they are right (!) when we wait another few million
years (when the Sun gets old and starts to expand to reduce CO2 levels
below those necessary to sustain life, finally possibly engulfing our planet),
it isn't what many believers mean. To my opinion it is significant that the
UN now initiates ISWI and action on the phenomenon of 'space weather',
whereas NASA Science in this movie brings up the subject of the Maunder
Minimum that had a profound impact o... more »
Election Watch 4: Senatoriables on Healthcare
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 21 hours ago
Last Monday, March 04, I attended the “2013 Senatorial Elections: A
Universal Health Care Forum” held at Traders Hotel, Manila. The event was
jointly sponsored by the UHC Study Group, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
Association of the Philippines (PHAP), AIM-Zuellig Center for Asian
Business Transformation, and the Journalism for Nation Building Foundation.
There were many media people who came.
Three candidates from Team PNoy were invited (or accepted the invite?) that
day, Ms. Risa Hontiveros of Akbayan Party, former Senator Ramon “Jun”
Magsaysay, and Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero... more »
The Great Shift. Also Known As The Great Snow Job. John Ibbitson And Darrell Bricker At Work.
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 21 hours ago
This Year’s ‘Absolutely Must Not Read’ Book.
*The Great Shift. Also Known As The Great Snow Job. John Ibbitson And
Darrell Bricker At Work.*
Written by Robin Mathews
rmathews@telus.net
To start, Darrell Bricker was Stephen Harper’s paid boy on Public Opinion
Research. John Ibbitson is and has been a front worker … forever …for the
Stephen Harper-supporting Globe and Mail.
Canadians don’t really need to be told any more. The book – as I see it,
and I’ve only read parts – appears to be one of those fake Social
Scientific (... more »
Samira Ibrahim update
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
It seems that the US State Department has been shamed by the outing of
Samira Ibrahim as a spreader of anti-Semitic and anti-American hate speech
and has postponed / cancelled her award.
'Ibrahim herself has spoken, writing in Arabic on her Twitter page.
Egyptian democracy activist Mina Rezkalla provides the translation: "I
refuse to apologize to the Zionist lobby in America regarding my previous
anti-Zionist statements under pressure from American government therefore
they withdrew the award."'
More here - http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/so-she-lied.html
You'd have th... more »
March 7, 1973
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
Pat Gray's fourth day of testimony at the Justice Committee.
Nixon's morning meeting with John Dean has a much different tone than
yesterday's. After a third day of terrible news stories from Gray's
testimony, Nixon is fed up. He hits on a scheme. They'll feed a committee
Republican questions about...you guessed it: LBJ tapping Nixon's campaign
plane in 1968. Then, when Gray denies that the FBI had anything to do with
it, Nixon can reveal that he himself told Gray that Hoover had told Nixon
about it, thus trapping Gray in a lie and forcing him to quit.
It's a nice fantasy, albeit ... more »
You are far more powerful and wise than you dare to give yourselves credit for.
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*You… are far more powerful and wise than you dare to give yourselves
credit for.*
March 7, 2013 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
We would speak at this time of the changes which are occurring to your
earthly home and which are largely being ignored by your media and by your
governments.
The information is reaching you, however. Not all of it, but quite a lot.
You are seeing daily reports of earthquakes, volcanoes, sinkholes, floods,
and storms. It is true that some things were intensified, if not created
by human interference. This is not so much the case now, ... more »
Obama and his advisers plan his trip to the Middle East
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
Barack Obama and his advisers plan his trip to the Middle East; why Israel?
Mining 7: Mining Taxation and Government
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours ago
* This is my 3rd guest post in antipinoy.com.
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The large-scale mining sector is probably the most taxed sector in the
country. National taxes and fees include corporate income tax, tax on
stockholders dividends (local and foreign), excise tax, value added tax
(VAT), capital gains tax, documentary stamp tax, tax on bank interest, tax
on interest payment for foreign loans, vehicle registration tax, import tax
for mining equipment and heavy machineries, royalties to indigenous
communities, mine tailing fees and occupation fees.
Local taxes include community tax, business p... more »
Día Internacional de la mujer
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 23 hours ago
Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com
Patriotic syriac/aramaic song (English Subtitles)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago
Church of the Virgin Mary, Tur Abdin.
*Wikipedia:*
Tur Abdin is a hilly region of south east Turkey incorporating the eastern
half of Mardin Province, and Şırnak Province west of the Tigris, on the
border with Syria. The name 'Tur Abdin' is from the Syriac language meaning
'mountain of the servants (of God)'. Tur Abdin is of great importance to
Syriac Orthodox Christians, for whom the region used to be a monastic and
cultural heartland. The Assyrian/Syriac people of Tur Abdin call themselves
Suroye and Suryoye and traditionally speak an Aramaic dialect called Turoyo.
Title: Patr... more »
Scottish independence: Leak reveals SNP fears over finances - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
The Independent reveals that:
'The Scottish government was accused of "covering up" its private fears
that it would struggle to pay its bills if next year's referendum produces
a vote in favour of breaking away from the United Kingdom.
Fresh acrimony was injected into the independence campaign after the leak
of a paper by John Swinney, the SNP finance minister, which warned
colleagues that the nation's finances – and its ability to afford pensions
and public services - would be imperilled by fluctuating oil prices and the
cost of an ageing population.
He said the cost of collectin... more »
Close enough for government work: Alberta Tories manage to hold their centre-right turf
David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 1 day ago
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
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
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?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
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.
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Reading by Bernard Hill. Source: YouTube user 'ThatsSoInane.'
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, “Remember When it Rained”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Josh Groban, “Remember When it Rained”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-SKYk0iy5U
Climate change forcing thousands in Bangladesh into slums of Dhaka
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[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"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“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”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“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
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
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!
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Huge numbers of Venezuelans marched in support of Hugo Chavez today in
Caracas!
A chill descends on locust-licking Israeli gourmands -- are the little buggers kosher?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
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”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“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 »
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