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April 12, 1973
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 minutes ago
I'll start the day, for a little context, with Tom Wicker's NYT op-ed.
Wicker was very much an establishment columnist -- a liberal, and no friend
of Nixon, to be sure, but still, reading him gives some of the context of
what people were thinking at the time:
--
For by now it is clear that these Nixon men are not merely trying to cover
up whatever responsibility they may have for the Watergate affair. They are
the same men who have gone to unprecedented lengths to seize the power of
the purse from Congress, who are conducting unauthorized war in Cambodia in
contradiction of the Pr... more »
Sunday Classics preview: A haunting little piece that tells us less than we would think about its composer's roots
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 32 minutes ago
*Max Bruch (1838-1920)*
*by Ken*
You might think that the haunting brief Adagio (8:53 in the
Piatigorsky-Ormandy recording, 9:56 in the Starker-Dorati) we're hearing
tonight, based on one of the most solemn of Hebrew chants, is a product of
its composer's deeply felt heritage. as Paul Affelder explained in his note
for the Starker-Dorati-Mercury recording, this is far from the case.
It is a sort of musical compliment to Max Bruch's long devotion to folk
music that what is considered one of his most representative works should
have sprung from an alien tradition. Along with his Fir... more »
Media culpa: Margaret Wente and quotes: Who said that?
Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 hour ago
Media culpa: Margaret Wente and quotes: Who said that?:
'via Blog this'
Carol Wainio providing more quality control for the Globe. And God love
her, because the brain trust on Front Street obviously won't do it.
This Blog Features Only The Very Best Economists That Money CAN'T Buy. These include Republicans as well as Democrats. Their common denominators are deep understanding of macro economics and intellectual honesty.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 hour ago
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* the**REALnews
Permalink*
***Obama's "Cat Food" Social Security Reform*
Michael Hudson: Obama's "bargain" on social security reform will push more
retirees into poverty in exchange for a minor increase in high end income
tax - a class that receives most revenue from capital gains - April 11, 13
More at The Real News
*Bio*
Michael Hudson is a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the
University of Missouri, Kansas City. His two newest books are “The Bubble
and ... more »
Congratulations, Raj
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 2 hours ago
My Harvard colleague Raj Chetty has won the John Bates Clark Medal.
Even DUMMIES & IDIOTS Are Catching On To FAKE TERRORISM & THE RADIO NEWS BRIEFS
Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 2 hours ago
Here we go again! Our FAKE government, FAKE news, FAKE liberals
(Democrats), & FAKE conservatives (Republicans) are at it again! With more
FAKE terrorism, FAKE news, & FAKE left/right "fighting".
They rolled out our discredited FAKE "terrorist" Adam Gadahn for GUN
CONTROL. I've mentioned and posted many videos of FAKE Jewish "terrorist"
Adam Gadahn on the blog here over many years. By rolling him out for
ANYTHING, it is a insult to our intelligence. It's ARROGANCE to think we're
this stupid.
I've posted this video about FAKE media "terrorist" Adam Gadahn over the
years, oh, about ... more »
Christy Clark, Canada`s Newest Federal Conservative
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 2 hours ago
Sweet justice, karma, incompetence, missed opportunity, misguided, advisers
from a Conservative hell, whichever line you like, my smile beams from ear
to ear..
What a great NDP fiscal plan, what timing, small tax hikes on big
corporations(overdue), and the one demographic that still supports the
corrupt BC liberals is the well-to-do rich fat cats, they will see an
income tax increased, broadening the base of the carbon tax to include big
oil and gas flaring LNG companies is fantastic, we get ripped off at the
pump no matter what the barrel price, if the barrel prices rises we see a... more »
Graph of the Day: Bitcoin market capitalization, May 2012 - April 2013
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago
[image: Bitcoin market capitalization, May 2012–April 2013. Graphic:
http://blockchain.info]
By Felix Salmon
3 April 2013
(Medium) – A few days ago, the value of all the bitcoins in the world blew
past $1 billion for the first time ever. That’s an impressive achievement,
for a purely virtual currency backed by no central bank or other authority.
It’s also temporary: we’re in the middle of a bitcoin bubble right now, and
it’s only a matter of time before the bubble bursts.
There are a couple of reasons why the bubble is sure to burst. The first is
just that it’s a bubble, and any... more »
Acid reflux provides a defence to Over 80
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
*R. v. Coffey*, 2013 ONCJ 178 holds:
*[32] *I find that I accept Mr. Coffey's evidence that he
was actually experiencing acid reflux symptoms during the breath tests. I
found his evidence credible and he was unshaken in cross-examination.
Having come to this conclusion, I find that it has been established that
there was a real possibility that some alcohol may have been in Mr.
Coffey's oral cavity when the tests were taken. There was therefore a real
potential for false readings from the instrument.
Here's a link:
http://www.canlii.ca/en/on/oncj/doc/2013/2013... more »
MARGARET THATCHER: GREAT STATESWOMAN OR WARMONGERING NEO-FASCIST?
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 3 hours ago
In life, Margaret Thatcher succeeded in dividing a nation, and it seems in
death, decades after leaving politics, she divides a nation yet again.
Some say that the fact that she is so divisive is what makes her great.
That may be so, but is that really accolade? Being ‘great’ because one is
divisive is hardly a plus. As for being called a ‘stateswoman’, I think
not. Great statesman/women bring their peoples together; not polarise them
as Thatcher did. Great statespeople don’t drag their country into knee-jerk
wars overseas and nor do they abuse the working classes and the
impoverish... more »
Some straight people really are grasping that LGBT people really are entitled to basic human rights like hospital visitations -- but lots of them aren't
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Research Medical Center's behavior would have been revolting and
unacceptable even if there weren't any applicable law, but in fact there is.
*
*by Ken*
I suppose you could look at it the other way: that it represents progress
of a sort when racists and bigots get crazy when you call them racists and
bigots. Once upon a time they wouldn't have given a damn.
Same deal now with anti-LGBT bigots. Where once they would have been proud
to be called that, now more and more of them bristle at the notion that
they're hate-mongers. They're just deeply immersed in their faith, they
insist.... more »
RIP Jonathan Winters
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 4 hours ago
If anybody deserves a state funeral, it's this guy. His brand of insanity
kept a lot of us sane over the years.
Social cons and the new back alley abortions
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 6 hours ago
If the story wasn't so impossibly horrible, it would be amusing to see the
half the internet claim Kermit Gosnell's illegal abortion mill is being
ignored in the media. Even more bizarre is the accusations are coming from
social cons who see some dark cover-up by the "right to choose" lefties.
What makes this especially stupid is the trial is being widely covered
locally. Moreover, the anti-choice cons didn't say a word when right to
choose feminists were reporting on this story in 2011 when it first broke.
Not seeing why the anti-choicers think is a winner for them. Sure the gory
... more »
Question Time: The Mrs Thatcher edition
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
Well, it comes to something when I actually find myself enjoying watching
an episode of the BBC's *Question Time*.
Last night's edition was broadcast from Mrs Thatcher's former constituency
of Finchley. The panel was well-chosen, consisting of Ken Clarke and
Charles Moore from the Right and David Blunkett and Polly Toynbee from the
Left. In the middle was Sir Ming Campbell - a man who has described himself
as being "of the Centre-Left" but who is also a member of a party in
coalition with the Conservatives and who gave several robust defences of
Mrs Thatcher throughout this partic... more »
World's Oceans at Risk from Fukushima Radiation
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago
Majia here: Radioactive water from Fukushima has contaminated the ocean in
an ongoing fashion for the last two years.
In an interview in October 2012, titled ‘Fishing for Answers off
Fukushima,’ Ken Buesseler of Woods Hole noted that ‘the nuclear power
plants continue to leak radioactive contamination into the ocean’:
K. Buesseler (26 October 2012) ‘Fishing for Answers off Fukushima’, Science
Magazine, 338, 480-482.
Majia here: Buesseler has expressed concerns about the state of the site
given the amounts of water being used to cool the reactors and the
difficulties of capturing... more »
Judicial notice in sentencing
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago
R. v. Sansalone, 2013 ONCA 226 deals, albeit obliquely, with the use of
judicial notice in sentencing. The Court approves of its use where a fact
is "notorious". This seems quite consistent with established principles.
The Court holds:
[15] The appellant raises one issue on his sentence appeal. He
submits that the trial judge erred by treating as an aggravating factor on
sentencing the fact that GHB "is commonly used to put into the drinks of
unsuspecting third parties, mainly women, so as to render them unable to
effectively resist others who seek to take sexual advantage ... more »
The children's education fund: Even really stupid commitments should be honoured
paul at Paying attention - 7 hours ago
Martyn Brown raises an interesting point about the NDP pledge to kill a
really stupid piece of public policy the Campbell government put in place
in 2007.
The Children’s Education Fund never made any sense. The Liberals said the
government would put $1,000 for every child born in the province into a
fund. Beginning in 2025, when the a teen graduated from high school, he or
she would get the money, plus interest, for postsecondary training or
education. Figure $2,200.
It was a goofy policy, pulled out of thin air when Gordon Campbell needed
something to announce at the party’s 2006 co... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“It's the dim star, not the bright one, near the center of NGC 3132 that
created this odd but beautiful planetary nebula. Nicknamed the Eight-Burst
Nebula and the Southern Ring Nebula, the glowing gas originated in the
outer layers of a star like our Sun.
*Click image for larger size.*
In this reprocessed color picture, the hot purplish pool of light seen
surrounding this binary system is energized by the hot surface of the faint
star. Although photographed to explore unusual symmetries, it's the
asymmetries that help make this planetary nebula so intriguing. Neither the
unusual... more »
RIP Luci
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 7 hours ago
I hardly knew her.
She was just an annoying little min pin (miniature pinscher) who'd
pretend to rush anything she saw within a block of her house then dart away
at the slightest sign of movement. Just two days ago, the guy below us was
walking his new puppy on his inlaws' adjoining property and Luci was
running back and forth, yipping and yapping from across the street,
charging, retreating, charging, retreating.
She seemed to be street smart. When she got to the sidewalk that
should've defined her territory, she'd scamper back into the driveway or
the front yard at t... more »
Joe Barton (R-TX) And A Buy Bull Environmental Strategy-- Soaked In Oil, Of Course
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Joe Barton (R-Oil)
I don't watch much TV but, aside from Rachel Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell
and Chris Hayes, I spend most of my TV time watching the History Channel.
Not *Swamp People*, *Ax Men*, *American Pickers*, *Counting Cars*, or that
kind of garbage, but the quality stuff, like *Ancient Aliens*, *Vikings*and
*The Bible*. I have this innate ability, though, to not mix up the real
world with the TV world... even though I was tweeting back and forth a
couple weeks ago with Ragnar Lodbrok and shieldmaiden Lagertha.
Texas Congressman Joe Barton (AKA, "Oily"Joe Barton, the former c... more »
Pt.2: Giving Canadians and everyone,everywhere, a Cypriot Style Haircut- “to the wood”
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
I am strongly suggesting that you all read Part 1,before jumping into this
section:
Pt.1: Giving Canadians and everyone, everywhere a Cypriot Style Haircut-
"to the wood" *Back to the plan for plunder: the so called budget:*
*“This will reduce risks for taxpayers"*
How will this reduce risk for taxpayers? Aren’t depositors and taxpayers
pretty much one and the same?
Of course they are!
* "The Government will consult stakeholders on how best to implement a
bail-in regime in Canada*
*Implementation timelines will allow for a smooth transition for affected
institutions, investors and ... more »
Anonymous hands @cselley his ass | #Rehtaeh #RapeCulture
Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 7 hours ago
"How would you respond to columns like Chris Selley’s in the National Post
that say your efforts are not needed?
Wow, you picked a real winner there. Well, no offense to Chris Selley or
the National Post, but he seems to insinuate that if the police screw up
and a few rapists get off the proper response is “tough shit,” move on to
the next case. For that, I think he's a moron. Let's slow down for one
second and assume that I did release the names of those rapists... what law
am I breaking? I suppose they could sue me for slandering them. Of course,
to do that they'd have to prove I ... more »
The Lonely & Lovely “Look” of Iranian Photographer Newsha Tavakolian
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 7 hours ago
A
photo from Newsha Tavakolian’s “Look” series
A new photography exhibition, which opened Thursday April 11, 2013 at
the Thomas Erben Gallery in New York City, showcases the talent of
world-renowned, award-winning Iranian artist Newsha Tavakolian.
Her latest series, entitled “Look” (and a sort of a sequel to her
previous project “Listen”), in the words of the exhibition’s press
release, “
Ralph Branca passed an important test!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013*
*But Brother Scott wrinkles his nose:* For our money, Jackie Robinson is
one of the secular saints of the last century.
(He was also a world-class athlete. So was his older brother, Mack
Robinson, who finished second in the 200 at Adolf Hitler's Olympics.
Imagine doing something like that and being the *second* biggest athletic
hero in your family!)
Reading this morning’s New York Times, we were struck by one part of A.O.
Scott’s review of the new film about Robinson.
On Opening Day 1947, Robinson integrated major league baseball. Scott
describes the worl... more »
Sacred Hopi masks sold in Paris auction, court gives go ahead
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
Auction sells Hopi masks in Paris for nearly $1 million
(Reuters) - An
auction of ancient masks revered as sacred by a Native American tribe
fetched more than 750,000 euros on Friday, disappointing prominent
opponents of the sale after a French court ruled it should go ahead.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/entertainment-us-france-masks-idUSBRE93B0AH20130412
Hopi said earlier that
Will the Greens Back Trudeau, Shun Mulcair?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
Tom Mulcair and the NDP will need all the help they can get for the 2015
election. It's too bad Tommy burned his bridge to the Green Party.
*“Over the last two years, I found Justin Trudeau to be collaborative and
friendly,” May told the Georgia Straight in a phone interview.*
*For the Saanich–Gulf Islands MP, collaboration is important. During the
Green party’s convention last summer, she received a mandate to seek
cooperation with the NDP and the Liberal party to defeat Stephen Harper and
the ruling Conservatives.*
*Her experience so far with New Democrats has been “discouragin... more »
Religious right rebels against GOP rebrand
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
It may be true there's a fool born every minute, but the big time grifters
of the religous right are smartening up. They're telling their flocks, time
to stop being useful fools.
The president [Tony Perkins] of the Family Research Council, a top
religious political group, said Thursday night that conservative activists
should withhold their political donations to Republicans until the party
decides where it will stand on social issues.
Of course, Mr. Perkins would encourage the faithful to continue
contributing to *worthy* candidates and trusted family value organizations,
say, s... more »
Chet Raymo, “Games of Gore”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Games of Gore”*
by Chet Raymo
"Last week the New York Times had a full two-page ad for "The Game of
Thrones", an HBO television series now in its 3rd season. The blurbs were
fantastic. Sounded like the greatest thing since sliced bread. To tell the
truth, I had barely heard of the series, which is based on a Tolkienesque
series of fantasy-fiction books by George R. R. Martin. We only have
television half of the year, and HBO not at all. But I noticed the college
library has Season One on DVD and thought I would check it out. The first
five minutes offered two decapitations a... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Boycotts'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago
BOYCOTTS
Posted
on April 12, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
www.mohawknationnews.com
MNN. Apr. 11, 2013. Nothing happens without a reason. Our situation
today is the result of policies which serve interests of someone else.
There are ways to prevent corporations from getting away with the
theft of Indigenous resources? A boycott is not using a product,
refusing to buy or deal
"Conscious Happiness..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
"The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the
conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves."
- Oliver Goldsmith
Life Skills: "Emotional Attacks: Choosing Not to Be a Target"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"Emotional Attacks: Choosing Not to Be a Target"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"It is important to remember that if you are being attacked emotionally,
it is more than likely not about you at all. Hurtful confrontations often
leave us feeling drained and confused. When someone attacks us emotionally,
we may wonder what we did to rouse their anger, and we take their actions
personally. We may ask ourselves what we could have done to compel them to
behave or speak that way toward us. It’s important to remember that there
are no real targets in an emotional attack and that it i... more »
The Avengers
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
*Comments in red are mine. -AK*
http://just4ublogdotcom.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/the-avengers/
The Avengers
Posted on April 12, 2013by sojournerbe
Let’s talk about those ‘Divines’ that humans religiously give power over
to, pray and refer to in their supplications.
It is no surprise or secret that the ‘message’ is in the movie and one way
the PTW use to disclose, thereby fulfill a requirement to continue their
nefarious ways. In the movie “The Avengers” the scene where Loki desires
to rule as king forcing the crowd on a NYC street to kneel before him,
clearly states hu... more »
Obama Tracks W. Approval...Still
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
Barack Obama's Gallup approval rating ticked up to 50% today. It's the
third time he's reached that mark over the last couple months, but both
times previously he fell below 50% the next day; he hasn't had consecutive
days at or above 50% since late February. In fact, there's a clear break:
through the reading ending February 28 he was at or above 50% all but four
days beginning with the November 7-9 survey; after that, 50% has been the
peak.
What's fun to look at, at least for me, is that he's still closely tracking
George W. Bush's approval ratings. Of course, that wasn't the case... more »
Pt.1: Giving Canadians and everyone, everywhere a Cypriot Style Haircut- "to the wood"
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours ago
*This haircut post is in 2 parts. It is lengthy. There are many, many
external links. It will take you less time to read this two part post, then
it took me to dig all this stuff up, organize and write it all up.*
*Share your thoughts, spread the post if you feel it should be read by
others*
*Together we can get the real news out. Thanks for reading :) *
* “To the wood” *refers to an extremely close to the skull haircut.
Sometimes known as a “buzz cut” Or alternatively a shaved head. Either way,
the head is largely or entirely devoid of hair!
Canadians with money in the banks wil... more »
Tattood Miley Cirus - A Rule 5 Friday post - NSFW
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
And I thought she was still a sweet girl...
The Moon Illusion
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 9 hours ago
The Moon Illusion * has never been explained despite many studies from
various disciplines of science and psychology. I like to think of it as
more evidence, as if any were needed, that our collective brains and
behavior are overwhelmingly determined by ancient genetic codes so that,
regardless of what we think we know, much of what we see, feel and do is
beyond our intellectual control. There are some relatively rare individual
exceptions (mutations?) but together, our species overwhelmingly responds
to the immediate over the future, regardless of the consequences. Much
appre... more »
One of the Greats, Johathan Winters, Dead at 87
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
Winters improvs with Dean Martin
Rethinking our solar system - Mission to Pluto and why!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 9 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/R_ZGFx6-xXs
Imagine such an 'asteroid' wanders to the Sun...? Have a good weekend!,
John
Chris Hedges Finds the U.S. Is Using Human Rights as a Cover for Pre-Emptive War and Empire
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
If you thought America's aggressive excesses were going to end with the
departure of Bush-Cheney from the White House, think again. Chris Hedges
writes of "*a new wave of 'humanitarian interventionists' ...who naively
see in the U.S. military a vehicle to create a better world*."
*"They know little of the reality of war or the actual inner workings of
empire. They harbor a childish belief in the innate goodness and ultimate
beneficence of American power. The deaths of hundreds of thousands of
innocents, the horrendous suffering and violent terror inflicted in the
name of their ut... more »
Jonathan Winters On Mork & Mindy
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 10 hours ago
There's a lot going on in this not-very-funny clip from an episode of *Mork
& Mindy* that aired in the early 80s. First and foremost, it features the
great comedian Jonathan Winters who died today at the age of 87 (NPR looks
back at his legacy here). This was one of my earliest TV memories. As a 7
year old, I was over the moon for Robin Williams, who I only knew as Mork,
the alien from Ork. The Winters played Mork and Mindy's son, who aged
backward, Benjamin Button-style. I had no idea what a comedian was at the
time, much less that I was watching the great Williams and the even grea... more »
Den of Thieves
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 10 hours ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
"*People, don't begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the Free
Market system.*" - Barack Obama, Commander in Chief for Chief Executive
Officers, February, 2010
The day after submitting his 2014 budget proposal to Congress that
included a vastly unpopular and completely unnecessary Chained CPI that
essentially capped the COLA (Cost of Living Adjustments) for Social
Security recipients, it was quietly revealed that this had occurred:
President Obama met at the White House Thursday morning with a group
of ... more »
Triple Divide: Documentary Screening to benefit the Stop the Tennessee Gas Pipeline! Campaign
Tumbleweed at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 10 hours ago
Join the Stop the Tennessee Gas Pipeline! campaign at the Milford Theater
on *Saturday, April 27th* at *5pm for a barbecue* to meet the filmmakers and
* **6pm for a screening* of the new film *Triple Divide*! *Suggested
donation is $5-$10*, with a 50/50 raffle drawing after the screening. A
question and answer period will follow!
Before it gets to Milford and North Jersey, the Tennessee Pipeline
stretches its way across Pennsylvania's northern tier where the most dense
drilling in the Marcellus Shale is occurring. Gathering pipelines from
hydraulically fractured, or "fracked" gas wel... more »
Ayn Rand's "Vision of Paradise" in Today's America? Try Tennessee.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
If there's one State that practices what Ayn Rand preached, it would be
Tennessee and the results are predictable. From *AlterNet:*
*If you’re worried about where America is heading, look no further than
Tennessee. Its lush mountains and verdant rolling countryside belie a
mean-spirited public policy that only makes sense if you believe deeply in
the anti-collectivist, anti-altruist philosophy of Ayn Rand. It’s what you
get when you combine hatred for government with disgust for poor people.*
*Tennessee starves what little government it has, ranking dead last in per
capita tax re... more »
No, Republicans Are Not Going To Offer Brooks
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
David Brooks suggested an offer for Republicans to make as an alternative
grand bargain: basically, leave taxes out, run higher short-term deficits
than Republicans say they want, cut Social Security and Medicare spending
now, but accept the discretionary spending that Democrats want. Matt
Yglesias says that it would be a hard offer for Democrats to deal with.
I suspect that what Yglesias is concerned about is (from his perspective)
the oddity of Democratic insistence on raising taxes, rather than on
protecting programs they care about, as their bottom line in budget
negotiations.
... more »
Margaret Thatcher Breaks Into #3 Spot on British Pop Charts
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
*It's currently behind something called "Need U (100%)" by Duke Dumont and
A*M*E at No. 1 and P!nk feat. Nate Ruess’ "Just Give Me A Reason" at No. 2.*
But "*Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead"* from *The Wizard of Oz*, is currently
selling 2,000 copies a day online in the U.K., propelling it to a third
place on Brit pop charts.* *
Meanwhile, *Irish Central* lambastes *The New York Times* for kissing
Margaret Thatcher's cold, dead ass* *by sanitizing her true record in power.
With All Due Regrets, Click Youse Meme-ber & Go Stifle Yourself
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 10 hours ago
Thanks to Nan Socolow for sharing this (useless, she says) response to a
query about her *New York Times* commenting profile:
In order to change your profile picture you first must be logged into your
account. When you are logged into your account on nytimes.com, at the top
right hand corner of the screen you click on your memeber (*sic*) ID. When
the drop down box appears click my profile. Once on your profile the change
your photo will be the first available option to you.
If there is anything else we can do to help you, please e-mail us at
customercare@nytimes.com or call us at 1... more »
Huelskamp (KS-ALEC) - And His "So-Called" Tolerance
2old2care at Because I Can - 10 hours ago
From Raw Story – who stole the story (with attribution of course) from Think
Progress
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) said in a radio interview on Tuesday that he
finds it “discouraging” that the Republican Party is attempting to reach
out to “so-called Hispanic voters.”
SNIP
“That’s not going to go through the House,” he continued. “What is
interesting and very distracting and very discouraging is, Steve, after the
election, the general discussion from Republicans in Washington was, we’ve
got to do everything we can to win votes from the so-called Hispanic voter.
And I say so-call... more »
Obama's Grand Betrayal of Ordinary America
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
Barack Obama's carefully nurtured image as a man of the people has been
blown to shreds. Rob Urie, writing for *CounterPunch*, captures the
event in one paragraph:
*With Barack Obama putting his plan to cut Social Security and Medicare
expenditures into writing in his Federal budget proposal the ability of
those who voted for him to credibly deny his years of publicly stating he
would do so disappeared. The pathetic pleas from liberals and progressives
who only a few short months ago were assuring the unwashed masses Mr. Obama
was on the cusp of a ‘liberal’ renaissance if only do... more »
The Economy: “The Fed’s Attack on the Elderly”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*“The Fed’s Attack on the Elderly”*
By Dennis Miller
“The Federal Reserve is, of course, a bank. So after it has a meeting, it
issues a statement outlining the discussion — a “bank statement.” Hmm… Now
that I think about it, that must be where the acronym “BS” comes from.
I pride myself on explaining complex financial situations in everyday
language. However, when it comes to the Federal Reserve, I readily admit
that I am sometimes befuddled. I used to watch Alan Greenspan testify
before Congress when he was Chairman of the Fed, and I often ended up
asking myself, “What did... more »
Karl Denninger, "Cyprus: $17 Billion Isn't Enough"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Cyprus: $17 Billion Isn't Enough"*
by Karl Denninger
“Oh, but everyone believed that if Cyprus "came up with" $7 billion (by
stealing deposits) and shutting down the banks, along with capital
controls, the $10 billion was "enough." Oops- it's not. As I noted at the
time the destruction of jobs that came from pilfering small and medium
sized business bank accounts was going to lead to monstrous layoffs- and
thus fewer tax receipts. Now the number has gone up to $23 billion- six
billion more- which incidentally is twice what the government was first
told they had to find on t... more »
Do We Really Want to Save a Place for Our Grandkids? It Sure Doesn't Look That Way.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
It's claimed by those who study such things that civilizations that
collapse do so suddenly and while they're at their peak. In a way the
process resembles a balloon bursting. It gets bigger and bigger and then -
pop.
How are we to know when we're nearing that civilization bursting point? My
theory is that we can see it when we reach the point where we simply ignore
perils and challenges because we don't want to change. It's looking as
though we're there.
Britain is hosting the G8 summit now underway. As host, the Brits get to
decide what's on the agenda. Syria is on the... more »
What Are These "Fireball" Phenomena at Fukushima?
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
All the webcam watchers have seen them repeatedly. They are a relatively
new sighting, arising within the last few months. They are increasing in
frequency.
We've concluded that they are NOT vehicles because of their speed and
trajectories.
They are usually yellow, but sometimes appear greenish.
They've been captured on the TBS cam several times. Here are the latest
captures by Kat2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIvoF8ZERuQ&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFEmGzj73kg&feature=youtu.be
Buck McKeon Throwing In The Towel?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
According to FlashReport, corrupt windbag Buck McKeon is quietly telling
key people he may retire in 2014.
In the past few weeks United States Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon
(CA-25), Chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, has been
talking with prominent political leaders in his district, informing them
that he may be retiring at the end of his current term. I’ve personally
spoken to several of the folks who spoke with McKeon, who confirmed for me
that they had spoken with the senior Republican who was first elected in
1992, and is currently serving in his 11th... more »
Something for Friday night
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
The Divinyls - I touch myself.
Come on (pun intended) everyone:
"I don't want anybody else
When I think about you, I touch myself"
A New Book Love- The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours ago
After the Seven Stages of War all but destroyed the world, the leaders of
the former United States, now the United Commonwealth, are now selected
through a complicated secret process known as The Testing. 16-year-old
Malencia Vale (Cia) is hopeful on her graduation day that she will be
selected for the secret program even though no one from the Five Lakes
Colony has been selected in ten years. Just as Cia's biggest dream comes
true and she is selected for The Testing, she finds out that it might be
her biggest nightmare as well.
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau is new upcoming d... more »
Corporate Feeding Frenzy Continues in Fragmented Memphis Schools
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago
When Bill Gates came to Memphis in 2009 with $90 million in handouts for
every corrupt politician in the city and county, Memphis public schools
were doomed. This outcome was further assured by successful campaign to
"consolidate" county and city schools. Laws were changed, plans written by
corporate foundation drones and Stand on Children politicos, and outlandish
promises were made about turning the lowest scoring schools in TN into top
scoring ones in 5 years. Beyond ridiculous, particularly in light of the
fact that no state money or corporate money is going to do anything abou... more »
Health Transparency 13: MeTA International Visit to Manila
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 11 hours ago
Last Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the International MeTA Secretariat (IMS)
visited Manila to meet up with Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA)
Philippines Council officers and members, and attend the MeTA Discussion
Series on PhilHealth's primary care benefit (PCB) new packages. I am one of
the members, that's why I was there. On the afternoon discussion, I
submitted an article the other day to interaksyon.com, hope it will be
posted this weekend.
The three visitors from IMS were Dr. Tim Reed, Executive Director, Health
Action International (HAI), Ms. Renee Vasbiner, Administrative ... more »
The Patient Is Dying
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 12 hours ago
The president of RBC says,"First, I want to apologize to the employees
affected by this outsourcing arrangement as we should have been more
sensitive and helpful to them. All will be offered comparable job
opportunities within the bank." And Stephen Harper says he will look at
reforming the guest worker program. As if the problem were a mere slip up
-- a piddling lack of oversight.
But Haroon Sididqui writes in the *Toronto Star* that the temporary worker
program is a carefully conceived attempt to undermine Canadian workers. And
the man behind the scheme is Jason Kenny:
Jason Ke... more »
GERMAN ANTI-WAR SURGE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
*Massive Antiwar-Protest @ Berlin University on April 10:
Students shouting down German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière*
German Defence Minister wanted to speak at Berlin’s Humboldt University on
the role of the Bundeswehr
But students did not let him speak at all. The CDU politician finally gave
up.
Dozens of students on Wednesday prevented a speech at the Humboldt
University in Berlin by German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière. The CDU
politician wanted to give a lecture on “Army of Unity – The contribution of
the Bundeswehr to social cohesion”.
But right from the begi... more »
This crap has gone on for a very long time!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013*
*Gail Collins, way back when:* Gail Collins has been awful for a very long
time.
Everyone has accepted her work. This should not have been done.
Way back in 1999, Collins already liked her animal farm (see our previous
post). She also understood the prevailing mood in the Clinton-hating press
corps.
In June 1999, Candidate Gore made his formal announcement—he was running
for president. Everyone else was trashing Gore, so this horrible person did
too:
COLLINS (6/21/99): The new Al Gore yells quite a lot. Caught between Bill
Clinton and George W. Bush, two... more »
Why quantum mechanics can't be any different
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
Classical physics and quantum mechanics are the only two frameworks for
physics that are worth mentioning. And it's quantum mechanics that is more
true in Nature, that is more fundamental, and that is more legitimate as
the starting point. Classical physics may be derived as a limit of quantum
mechanics but quantum mechanics can't be obtained by any similarly
straightforward, guaranteed-to-succeed procedure from classical physics.
And yet, quantum mechanics remains wildly misunderstood and underestimated.
Many people, including professional physicists, can't resist their
primitive a... more »
THATCHER AND THE ECONOMY
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
Glenda Jackson criticises Margaret Thatcher in Commons debate
*1.* I remember chatting to one of Margaret Thatcher's financial advisers
about her closing down of some of Britain's manufacturing industry.
This gentleman replied that there was no need to worry as Britain's future
lay with Britain's banks.
*Modern Britain. *www.jlb2011.co.uk
*2.* Thatcher survived because of SCOTTISH OIL.
That oil wealth was squandered.
Thatcherism saw child poverty grow by 121...
*3.* Britain should not go back to the future
*By Martin Wolf in the Financial Times.*
"The UK has been left an econ... more »
Calculated Risk: Retail Sales Decline in March
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Retail Sales decline 0.4% in March
On a monthly basis, retail sales decreased 0.4% from February to March
(seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 2.8% from March 2012. From the
Census Bureau report:
Read more at
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/04/retail-sales-decline-04-in-march.html#AGCgeAZktYz8Z52Q.99
Fukushima Oddities Documented in Video
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Documented in a video posted by Wotcha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv4TtCyry2U
Wotcha writes: The smoke starts, lighting goes
on/off:2013.04.12_20.15–21.15(TBS_JNN)
Please watch from 1.30 in and @2.19 a quick 'fireball'(?) skips across
bottom of screen, then the smoke starts.
http://enenews.com/forum-fukushima-webcam-discussion-thread-june-30-2012-present
PattieB claims that the light is actually a 'rare gas burner' that is
burning off the radioactive gasses being emitted from interaction of the
melted corium with water. She argues that this process of incineration
merely makes ... more »
Nike, Starbucks: Betting against climate scientists is ‘false hope’ – ‘Climate affects all aspects of our business’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: U.S. corporations sign the Ceres pledge: 'Tacking climte change is
one of America's greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century (and
it's simply the right thing to do).' Graphic: Ceres]
By Ben Geman
10 April 2013
(The Hill) – A corporate coalition that includes big clothing and food
companies says in a new joint statement that confronting global warming is
“one of America's greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century.”
They're also offering a warning to climate skeptics.
“We cannot risk our kids’ futures on the false hope that the vast majority
of scienti... more »
The Horrors Of Facebook: You Are On Facebook Forever, Whether You Want To Be Or Not!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 12 hours ago
For quite sometime now, some readers of this site have been asking me where
my "Facebook" account for this site is located... Personal friends of mine
have also been constantly saying that I could have a greater following by
using the social media Facebook to reach a larger audience... I have,
however, through my research into Facebook thought differently....
I have long discovered the real truths about "Facebook", which I rightfully
call "Facecrook"... It was built upon a spy program that is only for
gathering personal data from its users. To me, this is horrendous, and
absolutely... more »
Media Hustlers and Global Delusions: New journalism depends on whistleblowers
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
When
it comes to hustlers, no one does it better than CNN, convincing people
globally that the US wars and drone assassinations are justified.
As for plagiarizers, there's Indian Country Today.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
It has been a busy week at Censored News, but the mainstream media
continued its collapse with dishonesty and counter spin to prevent the
Frog species across Caribbean teeter on edge of extinction in a sign of ecological peril – ‘Everywhere we are seeing declines and it’s severe’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: In this 21 March 2013 photo, Ana Longo, a researcher with Proyecto
Coqui, holds a Coqui or Common Coqui (Eleutherodactylus coqui) at a
tropical forest in Patillas, Puerto Rico. A familiar sound is vanishing
from the Caribbean night. The bird-like peeps and chirping of frogs are
fainter across the region, a decline scientists say appears to be caused by
a combination of climate change, a fungus that has been killing amphibians
around the world, and habitat loss. It's a global problem, but worrisome in
the Caribbean because the island geography means many species exist nowher... more »
THE WAY WE ARE: The things we know!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013*
*Part 4—Overgrown ferrets and otters:* How crazy is the American discourse?
How crazy is it, in a way which is almost never discussed?
The American discourse is *very* crazy. In this morning’s New York Times, a
guest columnist is forced to say the things which follow.
Rachel Stohl writes about a U.N. treaty which would regulate the
international trade in conventional weapons. According to Stohl, the Obama
administration is wobbling on the treaty, although it passed the General
Assembly by a 154-3 vote.
We will include the column’s headline, which of course... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.12.13"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.12.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"North Korea, once again, leads the Weekly News Wrap-Up. There has been
nothing done to ease tensions in the past week on the Korean Peninsula—just
the opposite. On one side, you have the North Koreans planning more missile
launches. On the other, you have U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
saying North Korea was “skating very close to a dangerous line.”
Incendiary things have been said in the past by North Korea, but nothing
coming close to what’s been going on in recent weeks. Kim Jung Un has
personally be... more »
Alberta Fracking. Jessica Ernst Versus The Corporate/Government Enemy.(A Case For History.)
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 13 hours ago
*Written by
rmathews@telus.net*
Take off the gloves. Take off the rose-tinted glasses. This is (as they
say) for real. Alberta is after Jessica Ernst. And Alberta knows how to do
it, has known for a long time. Alberta (you might say) means business (pun
intended).
Almost no one in the ordinary population of Alberta (and fewer in the rest
of Canada) understands the importance of the Jessica Ernst “fracking case”
against Encana Corporation and the Alberta regulators (and against the
Stephen Harper government as an activ... more »
Oskar Schindler and Erin Brockovich
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 13 hours ago
So,
I finally got around to watching "Schindler's List" in its entirety.
(The last hour got cut-off when I watched it a month or so ago.) I'll
add
my voice to those who say it is a masterpiece. The reason for this post
is
that all I really know about either Oskar Schindler or Erin
Brockovichcomes from the Hollywood films made about them, but I wonder
how important
the two portrayals are at identifying the heart of what made them
remarkable, and what would make other, similar people remarkable.
The characters in the films are both fairly simple people with a high
sense
of entitlement.... more »
DRONE BILL STALEMATED IN MAINE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
*Maine Legislature & the Debate Over Drone Surveillance Warrants*
Maine's Joint Judiciary Committee had their work session on LD 236 "An Act
To Protect the Privacy of Citizens from Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Use" yesterday in our capital city of Augusta. After a long debate between
the Attorney General and the ACLU the assembled committee members voted
unanimously to kick the drone bill can down the road - they decided to
postpone any decision for another two weeks.
The session began an hour late so four of us stood outside the hearing room
and held signs opposing drones. ... more »
Salmonella Nation
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
Remember when President Obama assured us that no Americans would ever be
placed on his Targeted Kill List? Well... not so fast. If he has his way,
thousands of us will get sick, even die, from eating tainted eggs, meat and
poultry. Michelle Obama's Let's Move program touting healthy diets will
morph into Let's Move to get to the bathroom on time.
Even though studies show that at least two-thirds of the chicken sold in
this country carry bacteria, President Obama's budget is calling for an
unbelievably drastic reduction in USDA poultry inspectors. He
apparently thinks that the Wall S... more »
Lady Margaret Thatcher refuses to make a fool of herself on TV...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
*unlike our "first" family, who never miss a chance to demean the office of
the presidency with their disrespectful and low-class behavior. *
I found this over at *White House Dossier* (thanks, Keith) and was so
delighted I stole the whole thing.
Class Struggle From Above Guarantees Historical Regression (The Sustained Class-Struggle from Above Shows No Limits and No Constraints: Every Social Right Is Denied and Every Economic Resource Is Subject to Large-Scale, Long-Term Pillage)
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 14 hours ago
Is it possible that you've been thinking that the class war (or class
struggle, according to Karl Marx) always originates from the lower classes?
Take a moment to reflect. Unfortunately the ruling classes, especially of
the imperial countries, have taken Karl Marx’s dictum that ‘class struggle
is the motor force of history’ in a much more consequential manner than the
labor movement and its
Wealth and Well-Being
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 14 hours ago
Yesterday saw the release of the Social Progress Index, a new metric of
national well-being that seeks to use non-economic criteria to produce its
rankings. Michael Green, executive director of the Social Progress
Imperative, a Washington, DC group which with academics from Harvard and
MIT helped to produce the ranking, explained:
It is becoming increasingly apparent – particularly in light of the world’s
global economic downturn – that GDP is simply too one-dimensional to
provide a complete measure of a nation’s progress. The ‘Arab Spring’ of
2011 and the last decade in Mexico ... more »
EXPOSED: Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fraud
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 14 hours ago
NYT admits fraudulent Syrian human rights group is UK-based "one-man band"
funded by EU and one other "European country."
*April 12, 2013* (LD) - In reality, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
has long ago been exposed as an absurd propaganda front operated by Rami
Abdul Rahman out of his house in England's countryside. According to a
December 2011 Reuters article titled, "Coventry - an unlikely home to
prominent Syria activist," Abdul Rahman admits he is a member of the
so-called "Syrian opposition" and seeks the ouster of Syrian President
Bashar Al Assad:
After three short ... more »
My Letter to My Congressman
Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 14 hours ago
*by Len Hart, the Existentialist Cowboy*
Bush's criminal and murderous adventures in Iraq should never be forgotten.
It was this combination of crookedness and incompetence that very nearly
destroyed our nation. And we are not yet out of the woods! One wonders,
where is Bush Jr these days? Where does he hide?
At the height of the Iraq debacle, I wrote a letter to my congressman. He
replied --such as it was! I replied to his letter and refuted him
point-by-point:
John Culberson
Member of Congress
7th District
Honorable Member of Congress:
Thank you for your reply to my concer... more »
United Nations Fails to Accommodate Lakota Genocide Complaint
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
Lakota Truth Tour
LakotaGrandmothers.org
By Lakota Truth Tour
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
April 12, 2013
UNITED NATIONS FAILS TO ACCOMMODATE LAKOTA GENOCIDE
COMPLAINT
U.N. Sends Security Chief Instead of Diplomat to Meet Lakota
Delegation
New York City
- A delegation of Lakota Elders
has been refused the opportunity to personally deliver an official Complaint of
Genocide
The New Republic Provides Wedding Details for Randi Weingarten and Bill Gates
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago
*To the 800,000 K12 teachers who are paying dues for AFT union support:*
Your union dues are not going to protect you and your students from the
corporate onslaught by efficiency zealots, privateers, and proto-fascist
ideologues. In fact, your president, Randi Weingarten, has joined forces
with the oligarchs to begin the Accountability Testing 3.0 regime that has
failed so miserably in the two previous releases.
Below is a full page informercial in the March 25 issue of that neoliberal
rag, *The New Republic*.
(A reception will follow the ceremony).
**
*Six Steps to Effective Teac... more »
Ted Cruz's NRA Filibuster Crushed
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
The
failed filibusterers
With only two conservative Democrats caving to NRA pressure-- Mark
Pryor(AR) and Mark Begich (AK)-- but with 16 Republicans agreeing that
there
should at least be a debate on gun safety, the Senate ended the
filibuster
led by Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Miss McConnell. The
filibuster
was shut down 68-31.
When Mark Begich first ran for the Senate in 2008, Blue America endorsed
him and helped him raise some money. He's been a disappointment ever
since,
the polar opposite of courageous, seemingly only interested in extending
his own career. His overall ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy
Birthday to David Letterman, 66. Our TV friend.
Good stuff:
1. All the Hastert Rule violations, from Derek Willis.
2. Kevin Drum reads GOP (or at least Chuck Grassley) reserve
court-packingas an indication that they aren't going to confirm anyone
to the DC Circuit
court for the remainder of Barack Obama's presidency, at least not after
the current nominee. I'm not sure; it could just be Grassley, who has
been
following a Hatch re-election strategy, looking to score points.
3. Jamelle Bouie, very good on Rand Paul at Howard.
4. The next step on health care? Sarah Kliff on the ... more »
ALEC - Your Intentions Made You Toxic
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
*Definition of TOXIC*
1
: containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing
death or serious debilitation
2
: exhibiting symptoms of infection or toxicosis
*3*
*: extremely harsh, malicious, or harmful *
*4*
*: relating to or being an asset that has lost so much value that it cannot
be sold on the market *
I can’t help thinking about the article that came out at PRWatch yesterday,
noting:
“You may have noticed we are limitin...
Employees: Tell Your Representatives To Vote No On These Terrible Laws
Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours ago
Remember last year's viral campaign ad? The one that said, "Wake the f*#k up?"
America woke up, sort of, and then went right back to sleep. So I'm telling
everyone who is an employee, and everyone who depends on an employee for
their food, clothing and shelter, to wake back up.
Workers are under attack in a major way right now. There are terrible laws
pending that will gut the few protections employees have in America. Need I
say which party is proposing them? Probably not. Here are some laws that
you should tell your legislators to vote no on. Tell them today. I'm
serious.
*Anti-o... more »
Pohakuloa: Protect sacred land in Hawaii
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
By Pua
Censored News
This is where I live:
For my relations and my friends here and
beyond. This is the island that I live on, this is the land base that we
consider to be sacred, that our kupuna our ancient ones knew was sacred
and itʻs the heart of our island everyone, the geographic heart and
itʻs being bombed everyday... Pohakuloa, I wish we could just chant it
all away! Kalani, my
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*French Quarter Festival Music Schedule!*
*Pontchatoula Strawberry Festival!*
*Tulane reportedly to ban all tobacco products on campus*
*Fox News Was Right ~He Said/She Said NOLA*
*Jindal only open to ideas on phasing out income taxes*
*St. Lawrence offers haven for the hungry with pub food in the French
Quarter**
*
Authenticity of the Gospel of Judas Verified
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 16 hours ago
It turns out that the gospel of Judas, discovered in the late 1970’s for
the first time is quite authentic and was part of the extant canon in Egypt
before the standardization imposed under Constantine. Much of the text is
missing and lost, but some parts are understandable.
This is startling in some aspects that do not conform to the expectations
of the canon. We already know that Jesus appears to be a Buddhist adept
from other sources and our partial understanding of that discipline
conforms to this material. In particular, we note that priesthood is
rejected in this... more »
Light Reversed Copper Oxidation Important
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 16 hours ago
This effect is totally unexpected and certainly earns a wow. All of a
sudden we can engineer chemical processes to sharply increase efficiency.
And once again, copper is our champion.
Read it carefully. This must apply to many reactions.
I wonder is the same trick applies to other key elements like aluminum.
*Light may recast copper as chemical industry 'holy grail'*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Apr 03, 2013*
*
http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Light_may_recast_copper_as_chemical_industry_holy_grail_999.html
*
*Wouldn't it be conven... more »
Boycott the Royal Bank - Part 3
Alison at Creekside - 18 hours ago
RBC executives told managers: “You can only hire a Canadian if you can show
that iGATE can’t supply the worker for you,”
... a current RBC manager told CBC's Kathy Tomlinson.
This only confirms what Marjorie Mong, VP, head of Application Services at
RBC, said back in 2008 :
Originally, RBC viewed iGATE “as an added resource,” says Mong. Now the
bank is pushing iGATE “to go out and earn the business from project
managers.” The supplier has set up delivery managers for every RBC
executive platform “to establish a relationship and get more business.”
Also Jason Trussell, vice pres... more »
The First Casualty of the National Science Foundation Funding Cut for Political Science
Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 18 hours ago
If you belong to APSA, you probably got the email announcing the
last-minute closure of the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute because of the
Coburn (left) amendment. Undergraduate programming like this is obviously
pretty vulnerable. It doesn’t have the cachet of high-profile, ‘big think’
research. But it does obviously endanger the discipline in the long-term by
Continue reading
The 20th Century: Talmudic triumph over Western civilization
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 19 hours ago
Writing in *Mein Kampf*, Adolf Hitler perfectly summarized the central
theme of the twentieth century, a century which amounted to a total Jewish
triumph over and destruction of Western civilization. Hitler wrote, *"The
ignorance of the broad masses as regards the inner character of the Jew,
and the lack of instinct and insight displayed by our upper classes, are
among the reasons which explain how it is that so many people fall an easy
prey to the systematic campaign of falsehood which the Jew carries on."* Of
course, Hitler was specifically describing the German nation, but his ... more »
Good News on Tax Havens
Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 20 hours ago
The mega-research project on tax havens I told you about in November has
borne its first fruit. In a data dump 160 times the size of that which put
Bradley Manning and Julian Assange in jail, the International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has used over 2.5 million documents to
publish the names of beneficial owners of numerous offshore accounts, based
primarily in the British Virgin Islands.
According to the *New York Times*, the report "disclosed confidential
information on more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts and nearly
130,000 individuals and agents, ... more »
Artist Taxi Driver - Conservative Austerity Irony - where's my global pig?
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 20 hours ago
"This is daddy's pig," so opines our mate the Artist Taxi Driver as he goes
into pig-squealing hyper-hysterial overdrive on the subject of globalism.
It looks like he may have curtailed his two weeks off to come back for
this, so yeah he's in a bit of a bad mood.
And a few days later, he's still ranting and raving about a) Margaret
Thatcher's EIGHT MILLION POUND funeral and b) the billionaire Queen of
England's SIX MILLION POUND raise and c) fit for work.
Yes, all elected governments in the United Kingdom are THE QUEEN'S
GOVERNMENT.
How the New Hockey Stick Crumbled
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
When I first saw this latest version of the 'hockey stick' I instantly
dismissed it as bunkum and put it out of mind. However it seems to have
been used to inspire appropriate reviews from some of our more credulous
members of the press.
Now it appears that the methodology displayed here does not even earn the
descriptive of 'weak' or some other form of weak praise. What it earns is
ample cause to be drummed out of the academy for deliberate manipulation of
data. That the author recanted merely tells us that level heads prevailed
in rather short order as his colleagues ac... more »
Searching for Nessie in Russia
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Apparently the hunt for Nessie has taken off in Russia. As I have posted,
Russia is the mother lode of potential deep fresh water lakes that could
readily harbor any form of deep water reptile like Nessie.
So far any plausible lake that could hold such a creature and also provide
casual human access also generates reports. There are thousands of lakes
without that necessary human access in Russia and North America. So putting
a lot of boots on the ground is a great first step. This seems to be
occuring.
The main requirement to achieve a sighting is stealth. These crit... more »
THATCHER FUNERAL
Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
More than 2,000 guests are to be invited to Baroness Thatcher's funeral.
The POLITICIANS are said to include:
Joe Biden, John Kerry, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Stephen Harper,
Brian Mulroney, Caligula, Kenneth Clarke, Tony Blair.
The CELEBRITIES are said to include:
Joan Collins, Sir David Frost, Sir Tim Rice, Sir Terry Wogan, Dame Shirley
Bassey, Sir James Savile, Jeremy Clarkson, Frederick Forsyth, Dr Liam
Fox, and Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber.
*Thatcher and good friend General Pinochet.*
"This may seem far-fetched, but the British government is in the process of
mind cont... more »
Accidents killing professional climate alarmists
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
This blog entry will review some recent sad events.
This pretty, 35-year-old lady is Dr Katharine Giles of London.
Unfortunately, the bike accident on the picture is no accident. She hit a
lorry and died.
Giles focused on the analyses of Arctic and Antarctic ice. Her freezing
website featured a blog, too. The most cited paper she co-authored, one
with almost 100 citations, was about the 2007 Arctic ice minimum.
The other co-authors were Seymour Laxon and Andy Ridout. And that's where
the story gets even more interesting.
This is Seymour Laxon, a 49-year-old researcher who... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 23 hours ago
Blue bird of happiness. [source unknown]
The Universe
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
“It's part of nature's built-in checks and balances, that while there may
be times when you think you can't even help yourself, precisely in such
moments there will always be someone else nearby... you can help, instead.
Which, I think you know, is actually one of the fastest ways to help
yourself. I sure feel better.”
“I hope that helps,”
The Universe
"Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!"
- www.tut.com
Musical Interlude: Roger Waters, “The Tide Is Turning”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Roger Waters, “The Tide Is Turning”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66nqhVtq6xo
Take a bow, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara -- scourge of kook corruption
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
A madcap novel of the sloppiest turf war ever launched by the Brooklyn mob.
Kid Sally Palumbo has been a loyal servant to the Brooklyn Mafia for years.
His specialty is murder, and he is so skilled at it that he has gotten the
attention of Mafia boss Papa Baccala. But unfortunately for Kid Sally,
murder pays poorly. He wants to make real dough, to get respect, and to be
able to tell his colleagues where to sit when they eat dinner. In short, he
wants to be boss. The job would be his for the taking -- if only Kid Sally
weren't a Grade A moron. . .
*-- from the Reader Store overview ... more »
April 11, 1973
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Haldeman's diary:
[Mitchell] also was concerned that Dean's testimony would be the one thing
that could really unscramble the whole operation. We should try to get Dean
not to go to the grand jury, in his opinion. I mentioned this to the P.
He's quite concerned about it. Told me to talk to E. He was raising the
question of whether that is the linchpin in the whole thing...
[...]
The P still obviously very concerned about the whole issue and spending
quite a little time on it. E meets this evening with Ervin and Baker to try
to resolve the ground rule question of whether we go up to... more »
conversation with a cab driver
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
"Oh man, you live in Toronto? I love Toronto! I go there a lot. I have a
friend who races horses at Woodbine."
"Woodbine, is that the one near the airport? I live right near there."
"Toronto's a great town. I love hockey, so you know I love going up to
Canada."
*Talk of hockey leads to talk of baseball, and as it turns out...*
"Well, I couldn't really say, I'm a Red Sox fan."
"Get outta here! Me too! I'm a total diehard!"
"No way? Another New York area Sox fan!"
Typical how-is-our-team-this-year talk goes on for a while, both of us
quite animated. Do we have a decent closer, the e... more »
Senate does something about gun safety reform
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
It's not much so far. Really it's kind of pathetic that a simple cloture
vote to allow debate is such big news.
The procedural vote followed a breakthrough by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-West
Virginia, and Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, who reached a compromise on
broadening background checks to include private purchases at gun shows and
on the Internet.
Because of the bipartisan deal, Senate Democrats backing the legislation
received support from enough Republicans to approve the cloture motion,
68-31, setting up debate on the proposals and amendments expected to last
for two weeks.
Only... more »
Tren a toda velocidad en los verdes prados
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Rico desayuno en un día de campo
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Is Far From Over - Continuous Leakage Of Radioactive Water And Dangers From Spent Fuel Rod Pools!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I am still following the situation at Fukushima Japan, over two years now
since the disaster that caused the failure of at least 3 nuclear power
reactors, with disgust and anger.... It is so shocking that our Jewish
controlled media continues to promote wars for their cherished criminal
state of Israel, while a true world threatening crisis is still ongoing in
Japan! It has been the job of we, the bloggers, to get the true situation
about this horrible disaster out for everyone to see for themselves...
I came across the following article, from Washington's Blog, at
www.washingtons... more »
Pingüinos en la nieve mirando su gran árbol
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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