English: Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) speaking during the Tea Party Patriots' "Continuing the Revolution Rally," near the Taft Memorial. Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - April 1997 (Photo credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video)
Australia pinnacle (Photo credit: Kenny Teo (zoompict))
English: Caption: During cryogenic testing, the mirrors will be subjected to temperatures dipping to -415 degrees Fahrenheit, permitting engineers to measure in extreme detail how the shape of each mirror changes as it cools. More information: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2010/10-094.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Sundogs on New Years Day 2011, near Carthage, South Dakota. Ambient temperature was near 0 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Fitch Water Spray Park sign, Waltham (Photo credit: Joel Abroad)
English: Village Pond at 27 degrees Fahrenheit No-one sitting on the bench in the distance today though. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Knowledge Is Power Program (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The Weekly Dogwhistle to the Plutocrats
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(A/k/a The Weekly Presidential Address)
**
*Hi, everybody. My top priority as President is making sure we do
everything we can to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth
– a rising, thriving middle class*.
There will be a continuous topping off of your corporate tanks by the U.S.
Treasury. That, and the parallel constant flow of premium grade deficit
hysteria-grade gasoline will trickle down, eventually igniting into a final
conflagration of what little is still left of the middle class. This, my
fellow plutocrats Americans, is the power of creative destruction.... more »
KIPP, Inc. (Texas) Downgraded by Fitch: Will Test Score Derivatives Be Next?
Now KIPP CEOs aka "school leaders" aka "principals" have more to pore over
on Monday mornings than reports of children talking at school or going to
the bathroom illegally, or even reports that test scores were flat last
week. Now they must worry about being too highly leveraged, narrow balance
sheets, and escalating debt service.
With reports of being downgraded to BB+ by Fitch, how will Wall Street
hedge fund investors respond? Will Gates shell out another $10 million?
Or will the plutocrats who favor segregated chain gang schools for poor
children put heat on Texas legislato... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Northern Gatekeepers' Cree youth trekkers
NORTHERN
GATEKEEPERS
Posted on March 9, 2013
MNN. Mar. 8, 2013. The Northern Cree of Hudson’s-James Bay [Quebec] are
walking for unity. The six Great Whale Indigenous youth and their master
hunter are going to Ottawa, by foot, for 1,500 kilometers in -40 C.
weather. They are trekking along a traditional trade route and reminding
us of historical alliance between Cree, Algonquin, Mohawk
Herring Here, Herring There, Herring Everywhere
A harbinger of Spring where I live is the annual herring run through the
Salish Sea.
The herring in their countless millions migrate south as they spawn, the
females attaching their fertilized roe onto kelp.
As they spawn their milt paints the dark ocean a pale emerald green.
And as they come through it's a free for all for creatures from hundreds of
miles around. The eagles come in their masses, their unique screech
announcing their arrival. Seagulls and all manner of waterbirds likewise
flock to the beaches.
Beneath the surface schools of salmon and other predators claim ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Breaking format, with an "I don't know."
The two things are the two filibusters, the live one by Rand Paul and the
cloture defeat for a DC Circuit Court nominee.
Will Rand Paul's filibuster turn out to have mattered? Yes, if it sparks a
cross-party coalition on civil liberties, or if it's the beginning of a
more assertive Congress on national security. Or if it starts serious
internal change in the GOP on some of these issues. Will it do so? I'm
skeptical -- and a remarkably empty WaPo op-ed by Paul certainly doesn't
make me think it's more likely -- but it's certainly not impossibl... more »
Australia’s summer is hottest on record – Average temperature breaks previous summer temperature record, set in summer 1997/1998
[image: Bushfire in Tasmania, Australia, 7 January 2013. Photo: Jennifer /
enriqueiglesias.com]
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
1 March 2013
(LiveScience) – Australia's summer of 2013 is the hottest on record so far,
the country's Bureau of Meteorology announced today (March 1).
The country's average temperature this summer has been 83.5 degrees
Fahrenheit (28.6 degrees Celsius), 2 degrees F (1 degree C) above normal.
That breaks the previous summer temperature record, set in the summer of
1997 to 1998, by 0.18 degree F (0.1 degree C).
Summertime in the Southern h... more »
It's A Small Oligarchal World After All (How Do You Want Your Poison?): Why Bull Market for Stocks and Bear Market for Workers
Dressing Up Pretty To Cut Benefits for the Poor and Lame Enlarge (Credit:
AP/Carolyn Kaster) Yes, Obama is engaging in a charm offensive, lunching
with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. Next Thursday, he’ll join
the entire GOP Senate caucus at their weekly luncheon But will this
gastronomical diplomacy actually lead to a deal to turn off sequestration,
or maybe even the elusive “
Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water Begins
Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water
By Debra White Plume
March 8, 2013
www.tarsandsblockade.org
Reposted at Censored News
Update: Friday, March 8 - Moccasins on the Ground: Frontline Activist Training begins
Moccasins on the Ground training at Pine Ridge reservation in South
Dakota kicked off today with celebration and
It's Time Science Deniers Were Driven Out of Office
The Harper government is full of them and, judging by their policies, the
other parties have their share too. They're science deniers, those who
find it politically expedient to either deny scientific opinion or simply
ignore it in the quest for political expedience.
The simple fact is this type of political complacency is putting us in
peril - you, me, everyone. It's inexcusable and it represents political
corruption or political cowardice and nothing else.
*McClatchey Newspapers* offers an eye-opener, "*Who Needs Science", *that
looks at how narrow interests from the tobacco t... more »
For New York Times environmental reporting, intentions may be good but the signs are not – ‘They’ve made a horrible decision that ensures the deterioration of The Times’s environmental coverage’
[image: For residents of Lower Manhattan, the light-filled northern part of
the island seemed a world apart after Hurricane caused widespread
electrical blackouts, 2 November 2012. Photo: David Shankbone]
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
5 March 2013
(The New York Times) – Judging by appearances, things are not looking good
for environmental reporting at *The Times*.
In January, *The Times* dismantled its environmental reporting “pod” – a
group of reporters and editors solely devoted to that subject who worked
with one another to develop stories and projects.
Then, on Friday, *The Times’s* ... more »
I Miss Chicago...
H/T Rural Revolution
*A parked car in another state had a bumper sticker that read "I MISS
CHICAGO."**
So I smashed the window, ripped out the radio, shot both the tires, added a
Obama bumper sticker, and left a note that read, "I hope this helps."*
Arctic ice loss amplified Superstorm Sandy violence
[image: Satellite view of Hurricane Sandy at 9:02 am EST on 28 October
2013. Photo: NASA GOES Project]
By Blaine Friedlander
4 March 2013
(Cornell Chronicle) – If you believe that last October's Superstorm Sandy
was a freak of nature -- the confluence of unusual meteorological,
atmospheric and celestial events -- think again.
Cornell and Rutgers researchers report in the March issue of Oceanography
that the severe loss of summertime Arctic sea ice -- attributed to
greenhouse warming -- appears to enhance Northern Hemisphere jet stream
meandering, intensify Arctic air mass invasio... more »
Los Angeles County Voters Are Getting a More Progressive Option for Sheriff
The most populated county in America has seen a lot of problems with its
Sheriff’s office over the past few years. L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca has
morphed from a law enforcement professional to a thoroughly greasy
politician, and his lack of leadership in the department led to a prisoner
abuse scandal in the county jails, according to the county’s Citizen’s
Commission on Jail Violence.
Now a Los Angeles Police Department supervisor is stepping up to challenge
Baca in 2014. Lou Vince, a progressive by nature and temperment, is an
18-year veteran of the force and a leader in the de... more »
Arms Race Update - China's Anti-Satellite Weapons Tests to Continue
China may soon become the only nation with the hardware to take down high
geo-stationary orbiting satellite systems such as GPS. The U.S. is warning
that China is preparing for a third anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test.
There is now speculation that orbiting debris from a 2007 Chinese ASAT test
may have struck and disabled a Russian satellite. The concern is that
space garbage may strike and cause other satellites to explode adding
enormous amounts of space garbage to threaten other satellites creating a "
cascade" that quickly renders space unusable.
China has responded to the ... more »
How a drought in China may have helped spark the Arab Spring – ‘We will have more droughts, more floods, and they will be more severe’
[image: Anti-government protesters rage in Cairo, Egypt, in 2011. A new
study from the Center for American Progress makes a persuasive case that
interplay between climate change, food prices, and politics is a hidden
stressor that helped fuel the Arab Spring revolutions in 2011. Photo: Getty
Images]
By Raveena Aulakh Environment Reporter
5 March 2013
(Toronto Star) – Drought in eastern China. A shortage of wheat. An uprising
in Egypt.
On the face of it, the three don’t seem related. But two years after
revolutions swept through the Arab world, a new study argues that climate
c... more »
It's incoherence, all the way down!
*SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013*
*The New York Times skis the Higgs field:* Can we humanoids tell when an
explanation doesn't make any sense?
Or are we doomed to accept *imitations* of explanation—jumbles of words
which may appeal to us on some basis, but which don’t really make sense?
(At least not to people like us.)
If we can’t tell the difference, we can’t really reason. Our world becomes
that of the Music Man—and it’s trombones all the way down!
Can we human beings tell when an explanation doesn't make sense? For us,
the question arose this Tuesday morning, when the New York Times d... more »
Israel and Stuff » UN Proves That Hamas Rocket Killed Gaza Child – Not Israel
Something that I doubt the BBC will be reporting as it conflicts with their
anti Israel bias.
'UNHRC Report: "Palestinian armed groups continuously violated int'l
humanitarian law, by launching indiscriminate attacks on Israel and by
attacking civilians, thereby disregarding the principle of distinction. The
armed groups failed to take all feasible precautions in attacks, in
particular by launching rockets from populated areas, which put the
population at grave risk.
Furthermore, several Palestinians were killed by rockets launched by
the armed groups that fell short & landed in ... more »
THE POPE AND THE MAFIA
*Top favourite Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, a city 'ruled by
the Ndrangheta', the mafia-style mob linked to Siderno, the city of origin
of Leon Panetta.*
*
*
La Stampa's Vatican Insider has published an article, from respected
reporter Andrea Tornielli, that reports that Italian *Cardinal Angelo Scola,
* the Archbishop of *Milan*, has become "Papabile", the man who could be
Pope.
The Archbishop Of Milan Is Emerging As A Clear Favourite
Archbishop Angelo Scola (Italy) 2/1
Cardinal Peter Turkson (Ghana) 4/1
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (Italy) 5/1
"*Le mani sulla città *(Hands ... more »
But They're Not Alone. U.S. Politicians Overestimate Their Constituents Conservatism
Republicans and even Democrats have been found to think their constituents
much more conservative than they are in fact. It's no surprise, therefore,
that they govern according to false perception and at odds with the public
they purport to serve.
*Conducted by the University of California’s David Broockman and University
of Michigan’s Christopher Skovron, the survey of nearly 2,000 legislators
from across America documents politicians’ perceptions of their
constituents’ views on hot-button issues like universal health care and
same-sex marriage. It then compares those perceptions ... more »
Wheat Belly...
*do you have it?*
The "gluten free" choices in the grocery store are ramping up. The
problem, as stated by William Davis, MD, author of Wheat Belly, is the
replacements for the gluten are just about as bad as the original
ingredients.
We saw the same thing happen with "fat free" when the replacements were way
worse than the fat - usually sugar and various and sundry chemicals.
Do yourself a favor and shop the outside aisles of your store. It's there
you will find the meat, veggies, fruit, and nuts.
From Dr. Davis:
*Baking industry acknowledges the impact of Wheat Belly*
[...]H... more »
BANKS CLAIM LIBOR MANIPULATION NOT REGULATED
Majia Here: Oh those sneaky banks:
Albergotti, R. (2013, March 6) Banks Seek Dismissals of Lawsuits Over
Libor. The Wall Street Journal, p. C3.
[excerpted] Lawyers for some of the world’s biggest banks made their latest
bid Tuesday to persuade a judge to toss out a collection of lawsuits
accusing them of manipulating a key interest rate and cheating investors
out of billions of dollars” [end]
Majia here: The article explains that there are over 30 civil lawsuits
filed in CA and NY by plaintiffs accusing the banks of colluding together
to manipulate Libor.
There is plenty of evid... more »
An ALEC Sham - The International Task Force
For a couple of entries coming up – I am going to be taking snips – with
permission, from an excellent piece of investigative journalism written by
Bob Sloan – Voter Legislative Transparency Project.
I’m going to do this in multiple entries – using snips – cause I am a
“blogger” with ADD, with the attention span for research and writing of
about that of a flea (let's jump around and do this - or this, no this,
maybe this, or this ... ).
*ALEC-New Partnerships and Exposing Hidden Foreign Influences*
Before we consider what the impact of a joint RSC/ALEC partnership against
federa... more »
Walkom Almost Gets it Right
Tom Walkom writes that Alberta made a sucker's bet on bitumen and so,
thanks to Ottawa, did the rest of Canada. The *Toronto Star *columnist
adds that, thanks to both governments' single-minded policies, Alberta's
economy is going down and will drag the country's with it.
*Since the world economy went off the cliff in 2008, resources have kept
Canada going. Americans may not be buying Ontario’s manufactured goods, but
they have been buying oil — at prices that, thanks to Chinese demand and
the production quotas of the OPEC cartel, have been sky-high.*
**
*For Prime Minister Stephe... more »
The Choice: More 3D Fear Games or Not
Cartoon courtsey: http://benralston.blogspot.com
http://nesaranews.blogspot.de/2013/03/a-call-to-all-patriots.html
*Interesting comment to the above web post at 9:04pm March 8th, 2013*
"Ok GUYS,
I know LOTS of people are scared/freaked out/at the end of their proverbial
ropes/Etc.
I have followed this OPPT thing since last summer (end of July) I have
spoken directly with Heather. What ZEN Gardener had to say today holds NO
water.
I used to work as a consultant to the largest (and most infamous, by FAR)
investment bank. I worked there during Bill Clinton's presidency when
Glas... more »
OPPT-Isn't
I do not want to change your mind. I want to touch your heart. With your
heart engaged, your mind can’t help but make the right choice for you.
Notice the landscape. Do not dismiss these new features. They demand
closer inspection.
Decide what resonates. Listen, discern and act when you are moved to. The
OPPT asks nothing of you. It is like a soundtrack, playing in the
background as you construct your world. Consider your life; some things
you want more of, others less.
There are tools and there are obstacles. Decide which is which and use
what serves you. There... more »
children's books # 6: the return of interspecies love
It's been a while since I've written about children's books, and an even
longer while since I've done an interspecies love post, so why not combine
the two? There's a spate of children's books depicting cross-species animal
friendships, some excellent, some better avoided.
Children love these stories for the same reasons we do. There is something
so touching - and off-the-charts cute! - about these friendships between
animals who should, by nature, be afraid of each other, or even in a very
different kind of relationship - at mealtime.
For kids, some of these books have a moral ov... more »
Meet Your New Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew! (video)
* The video was made by Mark Ferri, who made "Democide." *
Voice-over by Peter Schiff.
LONG TRIP
My plane to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was cancelled yesterday because the
Newark, NJ airport where I was to get a connecting flight was closed due to
snowstorm. I waited in line in Portland at the airport for three hours to
find out all flights to Newark were cancelled. The meeting I was heading
to began at 4:00 pm on Friday.
So I jumped in a cab and went to Portland bus station where I caught a bus
to Boston. Then I took a bus to New York city and another bus to
Wilkes-Barre. I arrived just after midnight. About a 19-hour trip.
The meeting is ready to begin.
The Great Randstand Of 2013-- Rand Paul Makes His National Debut
Zaid Jilani's report on Rand Paul's stand against drones provides the best
coverage of Wednesday night's 13 hour filibuster-- which preceded a strong
bipartisan vote (63-34) confirming John Brennan as CIA Director. In the end
Rand Paul voted to confirm and the only NO votes were from heroic
progressives Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Pat Leahy (D-VT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
and a gaggle of drooling obstructionists like Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeff
Sessions (R-AL), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) who ritually
oppose everything and everyone that Obama proposes. Their opposition is
meaningles... more »
You Can Always Count on the Government to Let You Know Where You Stand
It is with a great deal of disappointment and frustration that I hear about
the Alberta government's decision to cut the $300 million slated for
upgrades to Highway 881 from its 2013 budget. It really is ridiculous that
our region, in many ways the economic engine for not only this province,
but the entire country, should have to be short-changed with such pathetic
highway routes. Our two local MLA's, both members of the governing PC's,
really should give their heads a shake.
While Highway 63 is slated to be twinned by 2016 (I'm still holding my
breath on that), Highway 881 also ... more »
Untitled
*A couple of thoughts on yesterday’s River Birch bombshell ~Slabbed*
An Original
From "At last it's the 1948 show", progenitor to Monty Python.
Buying Indianapolis Public Schools
*Guest Post: *John Harris Loflin of the Education-Community Action Team of
Indianapolis
*
**Who runs our IPS?*
*
*
*“The crisis is not about education at all. It’s about power.”*
**~ James Baldwin
*
**Overview:*Traditionally, local school board races are nonpartisan. Such
elections are supposed to be about grassroots politics and connections made
at doorways between candidates and voters. Campaign chests are small: some
yard signs, political buttons, and lots of volunteers. As well, school
board elections are local--concerned with local issues and influenced by
local stakeholders. Tho... more »
Untitled
*Planned Rampart-St. Claude streetcar draws support, criticism*
*US prosecutors drop charges in River Birch fraud case*
*Shrimp Trawling Comes With Big Risks* *Ponchy Gumbo Cook-off*
*Food vendors to compete at French Market* *Connect the Nine Community
Festival & Bike Ride*
*Sunday: Keep-N-It Real second line parade * *This year, Super Sunday falls
on Sunday! *
The SWP leadership have sown the wind.
Now the SWP must reap the whirlwind. Sad to say a number of us saw this
coming. If the In Defence of Our Party faction does not prevail at this
Sunday's special conference it means several things. 1) The SWP is a rigged
game - IDOOP has more supporters than the CC Faction yet fewer delegates to
conference. 2) Either that or the SWP membership are sectarian themselves -
or, of course, a combination of the two. 3) Either way the SWP is over. 4)
Anybody who cares about the future of socialism in Britain must leave it.
Qatada arrested over 'bail breach' - PA News Feeds - London Evening Standard
'Radical preacher Abu Qatada has been arrested for allegedly breaching his
bail conditions, days ahead of the Government's latest deportation bid in
court.
UK Border Agency officials arrested Qatada on Friday, following raids by
the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism unit.'
http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/qatada-arrested-over-bail-breach-8527477.html
Mahdi Mohammed: Iraqi immigrant paedophile allowed to stay in Britain after approaching young girls is jailed for trying to groom 13-year-olds | Mail Online
'They refused to say why Mohammed had been allowed to stay in the country.'
Read more: in The Mail
FFS seriously
CARA DELEVINGNE
*Cara Delevingne. fashiongonerogue.com*
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Cara Delevingne's 'wifey' is popstar Rita Ora.
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*
Speaking to The Sun, Rita Ora said: "I have no time for the opposite sex at
the moment. Strictly none. I've only got a wifey!"
Cara has been known to party with Rihanna.
*Rita Ora (left) with Cara*
Cara's mother Pandora is a personal shopper.
"There is talk that she helps the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton),
among others, to pick clothes."
dailymail.
Pandora is one of the Duchess of York’s best friends.
*Cara (front) with mother Pandora, father Charles, and sisters Poppy and
Chl... more »
the slaughtered paintings FINALLY laid to rest
the great clear-out has FINALLY happened, and it's like an enormous burden
has been lifted from my soul.
Yesterday, I got rid of the remaining SLAUGHTERED PAINTINGS. Yes, there
were a couple left, as mentioned in this blogpost from last year, including
the 5ft by 4ft painting that was the cover of the Red Hedz novel. I had
been unable to part with these paintings, they were a part of my past. And
though selling one's art is what an artist 'should' do, these works were
far too personal to 'pimp out like a rancid whore'.
They served their purpose, they helped me 'survive' and now t... more »
Expanding Biological Control of Crop Pests
Essentially this strengthens the effectiveness of using altered males to
hugely reduce pest populations. Because these males are no longer sterile,
they are have normal vigor. The end result is the same ,but should be way
more efficient.
The battle to suppress insect attacks continues until we can figure out a
magic bell jar for our crops. Of course the natural solution is crop
cycling and substantial separation while thus accepting modest predation
but that seems unlikely for the big crops.
Thus suppressing fertility is the best long term solution.
*Advance promises to expand ... more »
Ice Sheet Flow Research
What I find most interesting was how a really modest increase in climate
was able to feed back into ice shelf mobility. The additional warmth
produced larger surface melting on the ice sheets and this melt water
increases penetration to the bottom of the ice sheet affecting its
effective viscosity. It is clearly quick and effective.
It is also a warning that a sudden sharp temperature rise of say two
degrees or more will dump huge amounts of ice into the ocean very quickly.
This is likely to happen as we pass through the Sirius cluster in the next
fifty thousand years or so.
An... more »
SMOS(Soil, Moisture and Ocean Salinity) Success
This is the beginning of excellent ocean data. I suspect that the primary
driver of the forty year long Arctic warming spell is an incremental switch
up some forty years ago of heat delivered into the Arctic. This effectively
constant heat increment has driven this whole warming cycle. If it is
driven by direct changes in ocean conditions, then this technology should
pick up the signals.
In the meantime we will get real data on the condition of the summer melt
in the Arctic. This is very welcome to myself who has been tracking
conditions from the beginning of this blog. Recall ... more »
Indian Farmers Smash Crop Yield Records Without GMOs
It is really simple. A weight of root below ground produces a similar
weight above ground. Thus the most important aspect of production is to
maximize the bio weight that is underground. This should have been
perfected centuries ago but has obviously not. Now it is been applied by
improved spacing and the crop responds. Of course the use of organic
fertilizers provides an additional influx of full spectrum nutrition that
ensures optimal production also.
Now imagine adding a steady dressing of biochar to the organic fertilizer a
and meet goals that seem impossible.
The only thing... more »
plastics kill birds
on an island 2,000 miles from civilisation, only birds live, and yet ...
there's nothing more needs saying, "Plastics kill birds."
Nuke Referendum Round Up =UPDATE=
*The kids playing air hockey in Keelung.*
*UPDATE*: Anti-nuke March today got tens of thousands. Enormous turnout.
Very happy.
*Tsunamis and the Fourth Nuke Plant*
Adam Chimienti had a great piece in the Taipei Times today, pointing out
that the defeat of the Shoreham Nuclear Reactor complex on Long Island back
in the 1980s meant that the disaster of Hurricane Sandy did not result in
flooding in reactors right off the nation's most important financial
center. One of the points he made in the piece was that the Manila Trench,
just off southern Taiwan, is a likely source of a massiv... more »
Walter Kohn: 90th birthday
On
March 9th, we commemorate the death anniversary of Hans Christian
Ørsted.
But there is a happier anniversary today, too.
Walter Kohn, a physicist who received the 1998 Nobel prize in
chemistryalong with John Pople, is turning 90. He gave the density
functional theory
to the chemists, highlighting the fact that chemistry is applied
physics.
Young physicists may know him because of the Kohn Hall at the Kavli
Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, however.
He was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1923. His father was a committed
pacifist, perhaps because his brother died while... more »
March 8, 1973
For a fifth day, Patrick Gray was questioned by the Judiciary Committee.
Ted Kennedy was the leading questioner, and while there were no new major
revelations, Gray once again did poorly. Kennedy pressed him mainly again
on cooperation with John Dean; he also questions why the FBI didn't follow
up to the Washington Post's story that CRP staff LaRue and Mardian had been
involved in destroying files after the arrests. Gray's defense is,
basically, that since the FBI hadn't discovered anything about that in
their original questioning, there was no need to go back and investigate
furthe... more »
Arend Lammertink Shares His Views on the OPPT
Arend Lammertink
*A reader writes:*
*
* Folks, attached below are two comments, submitted in answer to this
article, I thought you might find interesting. Arend Lammertink appears to
have done some intriguing research, which supports OPPT, given his article,
the one he links us to in his comments. I find it interesting to find these
intriguing nuggets, filed in answer to negative articles on OPPT. If
interested, read on...
*The following is a somewhat negative article about the OPPT [he'll come
around eventually]:*
*OPPT or Co-opted? Look Before You Leap
by Zen Gardner
March 7th,... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Every day is a good day for an auto-da-fé
*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
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Hermoso paisaje en otoño con árboles grandes
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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?
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
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 »
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Update From Northerntruthseeker
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 »
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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!
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 »
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Can You Imagine?
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
*"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?
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"
“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 . . .
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
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
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
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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
"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*
*
*
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
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
*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
(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
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
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
*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
*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!
*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
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?
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
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”
*“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 »
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Napoleon On The Virtues of The Soldier
*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”
*“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”
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxotsli3gX0
Robert Free 'Remembering Hugo Chavez' Part II Amazon
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
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
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
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”
David Gates, “Suite: Clouds & Rain”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AACVcejg1cI
North Korea's John Yoo Lambasts Libertarian Senator
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.
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