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Bob Feldman : Civil Rights, SDS, and Student Activism in Austin, Texas, 1954-1973
Massive march against the War in Vietnam, Austin, Texas, circa 1969. Image from The Rag Blog.
The hidden history of Texas
Part 13: 1954-1973/2 -- Student Activism and the Anti-War Movement at the University of Texas
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / March 4, 2013
[This is the second section of Part 13 of Bob Feldman's Rag Blog series on the hidden history of Texas.]
Inspired by the early
Celebrity foe of climate science Christopher Monckton may retire from public speaking – ‘On this side of the case, there’s no money at all’
[image: British climate change denier Christopher Monckton talking about
global warming in 2009. Photo: supplied / New Zealand Herald]
By Peter Sinclair
8 April 2013
*New Zealand Herald:*
New Zealand’s top climate change scientists have rallied together to slam a
visiting sceptic who is touring the country to proclaim global warming as a
myth that should be ignored.
Dr James Renwick, associate professor of physical geography at Victoria
University, dismissed Lord Monckton’s views as “rubbish”.
“He’s a great showman and speaker, and climate change is a vehicle to
self-publicis... more »
Boston Marathon False Flag Attack: Brought To You By Cops Posing As Terrorists - The Big Sleep!
I have received some very disturbing comments over the last few days that
shows again how much the propaganda of the media and government, as well as
the dumbing down chemicals, have indeed worked so well on the American
public. Most of those comments contained some very colorful metaphors and
have called me the usual whack job, nutter, and even c***sucker.... I truly
have to laugh at some of them, and yet it disturbs and saddens me to see
how badly the American public has been brainwashed into a false reality
concocted by the criminals that run their own government, and the Jewish... more »
Will the common core claim credit for bogus test score improvement?
Sent to the New York Daily News.
We have been told that the new tests based on the common core will result
in low scores (“Just what the kids need,” April 15). What has not been
mentioned is that new tests typically result in low scores, and then scores
rise for the next few years as teachers and students get used to the test
format and content, and teachers learn how to teach to the test. This has
been confirmed in studies by Prof. Robert Linn of the University of
Colorado.
The common core will claim the credit for this bogus “improvement.” The
improvement will stop after a few ... more »
Week Update In Pictures
Southern Cousins at the Ancestral Manor
Lunch with area geocachers
Southern Father hard at "work."
At a singles dance. Sadly, Southern Man has not yet mastered the new camera
to the point that the low-light dance-floor pics came out. Too bad, as many
of them were pretty funny. And by "not mastered the new camera" he means he
leaves it in full auto mode and ignores the rest of the settings.
Also, Southern Man has learned how over-ride Blogger's default photo-size
settings so he will be going through the blog and up-sizing photos as time
and interest permits. It sure beats working!
An Islamic Bomb
Philosopher Sam Harris has the dubious honour of sharing fellow "New"
Atheist Christopher Hitchens' bigotry against Muslims. (Richard Dawkins
appears to think that Islamic fundamentalism is the worst sort of
fundamentalism but I'm not sure that he supports the US-backed invasions of
their countries.) While it's not out of line for an atheist to see many
things in Islam that are insane and dangerous, it is out of line to believe
that Islam is more insane and dangerous than any other religion and to
target their populations with military assault (all protests that when one
calls for m... more »
Banks to pay for illegal Foreclosures
*This is a very big deal what this means to you is be CAREFUL not to give
up your rights for just 50 thousand dollars...*
*The first thing you must do is get yourself the services of a title agency
to review the CHAIN OF TITLE to see who had the right to foreclose on the
property any error, discrepancy, Wrong date on any notarized document, you
get the Idea... Abraham Ben Judea*
*Any way read the excerpt below pay attention to the underlined part.*
Independent consultants, approved by the *Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency* and the *Federal Reserve*, will review nearly 4.5 m... more »
MEDIOCRITY ALL THE WAY UP: Professor, professionalize thyself!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013*
*Part 3—Harvard man’s fun with Finland:* It’s the mediocrity of public
school teachers that gets Jal Mehta’s goat.
Sitting in his office at Harvard, the young assistant professor can see
their mediocrity quite distinctly. Last Saturday, he explored the failure
of this group in a very lengthy column in the New York Times.
“America’s overall performance in K-12 education remains stubbornly
mediocre,” the troubled young professor wrote—just before he cherry-picked
a mountain of data to help Times readers get the impression he wanted to
convey.
In our view... more »
Appeal Courts will use deference in reviewing interlocutory injunctions
*R v Conseil Scolaire Fransaskois*, 2013 SKCA 35 is a useful case for the
proposition that the determination of whether an interlocutory injunction
ought to be granted will be considered with deference by an appeal court:
[14] In general terms, this Court approaches appeals involving
interlocutory injunctions with a reasonable measure of deference. Jackson
J.A. described the applicable standard of review as follows in *Culligan
Canada Ltd. v. Fettes*, 2009 SKCA 144 (CanLII), 2009 SKCA 144, [2010] 6
W.W.R. 420:
13 As a preliminary matter, it is important to underscore the stand... more »
2013 Provincial Elections Look To Maintain The Current Political Deadlock In Iraq
Early voting for Iraq’s provincial elections began on April 13, 2013 with
the security forces going to the polls. Like the last balloting in 2009,
this year’s will take place in fourteen of the country’s eighteen provinces
with Kurdistan following its own timetable, and Tamim being excluded,
because of its disputed territories. It is unclear as yet whether the 2013
vote will be a game changer like the 2009 one was.
Members of Iraq’s Election Commission training for the 2013 vote (*AFP*)
The 2009 election was about issues, which resulted in wholesale changes in
Iraq’s local gover... more »
Untitled
*Corps will increase flow down the Atachafalaya ~Nikki Buskey*
*Levee berm expected to contain sinkhole brine, oil ~David J. Mitchell *
*Vieux Carré panel backs Morning Call proposal ~Danny Monteverde *
*Bugs & Brew for Drew ~Blackened Out*
*New Orleans Earth Day Festival and Green Business Expo *
WotW: Taking Care of Your Digital Life After You're Dead
If you die, and no one is around to see it, who gets all your email?
Weird question, but it bears asking. If you die, what happens to all your
online data? Is it really yours? Does it become the property of your
nearest relative? Do online companies have an obligation to release that
data to your family? And does it matter?
Ten years ago, nobody would have been asking these questions. Today, they
are the stuff of lawsuits. So much of our lives are tied up in various
online accounts. We journal online (blogs and social media), our pictures
and videos are online, our reputations ar... more »
Misty Mountains
A long, long time ago the junior-high-aged Southern Lad and his friends
were at a *Star Trek* convention where in one corner were a couple of girls
and a guitar. We'd already discovered the wonders of J.R.R. Tolkien by that
time and we sat spellbound at their feet as they sang of elves and dwarves
and the cold distant Misty Mountains.
From *The Hobbit Part I*; music by Howard Shore.
A somewhat briefer version of the above.
From the animated Rankin-Bass version of *The Hobbit*.
A favorite fan cover. This one always takes me back to that convention so
long ago...
Boston Marathon False Flag Attack: Planting The Seed Of Propaganda - Media Readily Suggests Patriots Are Responsible For Boston Marathon Bombing!
I am truly surprised that most people cannot see this latest bombing in
Boston Massachusetts for what it really is... A definite false flag attack
to strike FEAR into the American public.... What needs to be understood is
the psychology of Fear itself, and how people who are stricken by fear will
want to quickly find a remedy or a solution to dispel that fear... In most
cases when a general populace is stricken by fear, they turn to their own
government for solutions... And unwittingly allow corrupt governments to
pass horrible laws to take away their freedoms! The Israeli Mossad ... more »
How The Economist got it wrong on climate sensitivity
[image: Various estimates of climate sensitivity. Graphic: Knutti and
Hegerl, Nature Geoscience]
By Dana Nuccitelli and Michael E Mann
12 April 2013
(ABC Environment) – *The Economist* recently published a lengthy
articleabout Earth's climate sensitivity — how much the planet's surface
will warm
in response to the increased greenhouse effect if the amount of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere doubles relative to pre-industrial levels
(something that will happen in a matter of decades if we continue with
business-as-usual fossil fuel burning).
While we are pleased that *The Economi... more »
We Lost Another Great Canadian With The Passing Of Rita MacNeil ...
* "Rita MacNeil, the Canadian singer-songwriter from Cape Breton with the
sweetly powerful voice, passed away Tuesday night following complications
from surgery. She was 68.*
*** MacNeil’s longtime promoter, Brian Edwards, says MacNeil had entered
hospital a few days ago because of an infection. She was advised to undergo
what he described as a “routine surgery,” but then developed complications
during the recovery.*
*** “The operation itself went well and then shortly afterward, she went
into a coma and never actually came out of it,” Edwards told CTV’s Canada
AM Wednesday morn... more »
'Jewish claims'
*The Commentator* highlights a remarkable reply to one of its readers from
the BBC Complaints department.
The reader had complained about the headline the BBC News website article
about Lord Ahmed, a Labour peer suspended for making anti-Semitic
accusations that Jews were responsible for his prison sentence following a
fatal motorway crash:
Labour peer Lord Ahmed suspended after 'Jewish claims'
The reader complained that the BBC's headline avoided the correct word -
'anti-Semitism'. Others complained that the headline was also confusing -
i.e. that it might easily misled readers ... more »
The Obama Budget in One Infographic...
*from The Foundry - and we thank them.*
Rapid City Journal accused of 'tearing an ugly scab' to sell newspapers
The
Rapid City Journal, and bordertown newspapers across the US, continue
to agitate hate crimes
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
RAPID CITY, S.D. -- The United Urban Warrior Society said the Rapid City
Journal, near Pine Ridge, has a history of writing false and damaging
newspaper articles about Native Americans.
The Warrior Society's resolution points out
WOW: Women are not Humans - They are Things
Women - thy name is vagina.
From HuffPo
State Rep. Peter Hansen (R) made the comment, first reported by New
Hampshire political blogger Susan the Bruce, in an April 1 email debate
with colleagues about a "stand your ground" gun bill. Hansen's colleague,
Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R) had delivered a lengthy floor speech about the
benefits of retreating instead of using deadly force, to which Hansen
replied in an email:
The full email from Daily Kos
From: Hansen, Peter
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:32 PM
To: ~All Representatives
Subject: RE: HB 135 Speech
The Representative from Ma... more »
Cattle Mutilations: Commotion over Animal Attack in Pellegrini, Santiago del Estero
*Source: Vision Ovni (A.P. Simondini)
Date: 04/9/2013*
*Cattle Mutilations: Commotion over Animal Attack in Pellegrini, Santiago
del Estero*
Residents found young goats with incisions, without organs and entrails,
and with no traces of blood in the area. No reliable explanation has been
found.
Interior. In recent days, residents of the provincial interior have been
shocked by two cases involving animal mutilations that ocurred in remote
localities, but having similar characteristics.
The first event took place in the Quebrada Esquina wilderness, department
of Pellegrini, where a f... more »
Is Obama Throwing Seniors Under The Bus So He Can Keep The Military-Industrial Complex Pork Rolling Along?
Millions of Democrats were outraged that Obama-- apparently in cahoots with
Boehner and McConnell-- put forward a proposal, Chained CPI, to reduce the
cost of living adjustments for seniors and veterans who depend on meager
Social Security payments to live. Although over 100 Republicans already
voted for this catastrophic cut to Social Security as part of the
reactionary Republican Study Group budget, not even one Democrat voted for
it. Obama stuck it in his budget anyway.
Plenty of Obama-supporters have wondered how he could possibly betray the
most basic and fundamental princip... more »
Have I Got A "Flood" Of Remarkably Easily Offended People For You
The *Daily Mail* anticipated the day of the funeral of Margaret Thatcher (a
beautiful, extraordinary service) by publishing a piece about BBC bias.
More than 100 complaints flood in following BBC's Have I Got News For You
quiz show mocking Baroness Thatcher's death
- The BBC1 show has drawn 107 complaints since it was broadcast Friday
- Guest Ken Livingstone joked about declining an invitation to her
funeral
- Other jokes were aimed at her son Mark and her former Tory cabinet
By PAUL REVOIR
*PUBLISHED:* 21:03, 16 April 2013 | *UPDATED:* 23:38, 16 April 2013
The a... more »
CORE-outsourcing/Amanda Lang/iGATE - on the milk carton
On Saturday I posted a screencap of CBC's 'senior business correspondent' Amanda
Lang as keynote speaker at the upcoming CORE-Outsourcing's 8th Annual
Conference* : Fast Forward - What's Next for Outsourcing?*.
CORE displayed Lang's bio above the logos of their 'Corporate Sponsors' -
which unhappily included iGATE. My link to that page subsequently went
down over the weekend:
"Oops! The page you are looking for cannot be found."
This seemed most unlikely for an "annual global conference" about to open
in 6 days so I fixed it. It went down again. Go ahead - try it yourself. I... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Kristine Sutherland, 58.
Also, good stuff:
1. Kevin Drum highlights an Elena Kagan dissent.
2. Scalia, not so much with the judicial temperment; Rick Hasen has it.
3. Ed Kilgore notes that Rand Paul's Howard speech seems to have adopted
Kevin Williamson's version of party history. To me, that raises the
question: could Paul have sounded like a jerk because he really didn't know
what he was talking about? Once again, there are costs for having an
information structure within a party dedicated to fooling you own followers.
4. And Alyssa Rosenberg has some advice f... more »
The Great Grind Down
Tom Walkom writes that The Great Recession has not been like The Great
Depression:
This slump is not like the Depression of the ’30s. It is not a time of
total economic collapse. Rather it is a time of relentless grinding down.
Unions are being ground down; wages are being ground down. Jobs are being
ground out of existence. With the economy so weak and foreign competition
so fierce, domestic firms find it harder to expand.
For many, the only solution is to squeeze their workers.
Before the Great Recession, goods moved easily across borders. So did
capital.
But what’s new about... more »
Earthquake swarm Japan - is another BIG ONE due?
Free Planet doesn't normally DO earthquake swarms posts because they happen
all the time, but one's going on RIGHT NOW off the east coast of Japan i.e.
on the Fukushima side, that started in the far south of Japan in the range
of 4.6 and above and has just started unleashing 5.6's and above off/around
Sendai.
Here's a list this far today off of USGS's (so-called realtime) earthquake
monitor:
Mag Location Time UTC
Lat Lon Dep km
5.7 18km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan 2013-04-17 12:03:31 38.478°N 141.494°E
4... more »
FALSE FLAG meme goes global
"My complication got a complication..."
Brazil (1985) was about a bureaucrat in a retro-future world who tries to
correct an administrative error and himself becomes an Enemy of the State.
It was about the IRA (and UK gov's association with it) and an ex-Mayor of
London suggests that MI5 were at least complicit in either 'terror attacks'
and/or 'child porn rings' as leverage tools against politicians in
positions of power. And we all remember Operation Gladio... and the US Air
Force standing down on September 11th 2001...
James Corbett (brave man that he is) illustrates in vivid de... more »
Remember Timothy McVeigh?
Oklahoma City bombing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19,
1995. It would remain the most destructive act of terrorism on American
soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Why are the majority of people assuming, first and foremost, that the
Boston terrorist is a foreign national? The first major terrorist attack in
the US was a homegrown, domestic terrorist.
'Anti-Indian Conference' exposed by Intercontinental Cry
Anti-Indian Conference
By Jay Taber
Intercontinental Cry
Reposted with permission at Censored News
The April 6, 2013 NW Round-Up Regional Educational Conference in Bellingham, Washington was sponsored by the
foremost Anti-Indian organization in the United States, the Citizens Equal
Rights Alliance.
Excerpt:
" ... Brendale’s wife is a lobbyist and media expert with Eagle Forum, a
Music funds KXL Resistance 'A Mother's Letter to TransCanada, Big Oil'
"A
Mother's Letter to TransCanada & Big Oil" from
Phyllis Cole-Dai on Vimeo.
Fast for the Earth Co-Founder Creates Video, Sells Music to Fund KXL
Resistance
Posted at Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Fast for the Earth co-founder Phyllis Cole-Dai
http://www.phylliscoledai.com/ has just released "A
Mother's Letter to TransCanada & Big Oil"
<https://vimeo.com/64122215 a video
BBC says it won't use "anti-Semitism" because the word is... too long?! - The Commentator
' Apparently the word "anti-Semitism" is too complicated or too long for
the BBC to use, says an e-mail from the News Online complaints team...'
A staggering story of BBC protecting a Muslim Peer.
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3269/bbc_says_it_won_t_use_anti_semitism_because_the_word_is_too_long
NO NEED TO FEAR
*11-year-old Aaron Hern was one of the victims in the Boston Marathon
bombings. abclocal.go.com*
*
**How should we react to the victims of the Boston Bombs?*
Can we feel compassion without feeling some of the suffering of the
injured?
*1.* *Imagine you are a doctor entering a hospital ward where there is a
child victim.*
It does not help you, nor the child, if you are shaking and weeping.
The good doctor, while feeling compassion, detaches himself from suffering.
The good doctor detaches himself from his selfish ego.
*It is the selfish ego which produces anger, grief, worry, and ... more »
Dogon Astronomy and Sirius
This item captures out present understanding of Dogon knowledge of Sirius.
What disappoints me is that we see no suggestion that our star also orbits
Sirius which unfortunately suggests that it is more complicated than all
that. What we do know is that we are traveling against the motion of the
galaxy in the direction of Sirius. Sirius may thus be part of a super
cluster and we are not directly orbiting it. This appears to fit our
present knowledge.
The knowledge on display was not accessible using bronze age technology.
Thus the scenario rings true and explains the impor... more »
Nanocellulose Breakthrough
This will ultimately be huge. This may be a natural substitute for a wide
range of products we presently make from plastic. It will be an important
feedstock that can even be produced down on the farm as a matter of course.
It will still need consumables and farms are used to dealing with this sort
of stuff.
This is an important breakthrough and a nice result of genetic engineering
that no one eats.
We will see it enter the supply chain in perhaps five years and that will
produce a flood of replacement solutions hopefully broadly across industry.
That will depend on c... more »
Lazarus Effect
The science of resurrection continues to advance and we are now to the
point is which serious decisions need to be made to improve outcomes. Read
this item carefully. I survived a twenty minute interruption of heart
activity because the right things were done and I should have survived. Yet
in the time and place I won the lottery. Since my event and because of
similar survivals, it is now standard to start and maintain CPR. The rest
described here needs to also become standard.
In my ward, my sense is that a number left in body bags who should also
have survived. The habit of... more »
Climate Switch at 5000 BP
The swiftness of this collapse is surprising but also tells us that a
humid wet climate existed until just before the Great Pyramid was built.
It also tells us that full climatic restoration could be possible provided
our conjectures regarding the Pleistocene nonconformity and the impact of
goat husbandry. The moisture has not gone away, it is merely no longer been
captured and once that changes, there is ample reason to expect that the
Sahara can be fully clothed in vegetation.
The long existence of the sphinx is also supported as geological work
shows us thousands of ... more »
Is there really a crisis in science and math education?
Sent to the Austin-American Statesman, April 16, 2013
Lonny Stern’s claim that “Investment in science, math is good business”
(April 15) is based on his assertion that there are 2.5 STEM jobs available
for every unemployed person.
Mr. Stern may want to consult research done by Rutgers Professor Hal
Salzman, who concludes that there are two to three qualified graduates for
each science/tech opening: There appears to be surplus, not a shortage, of
STEM-trained workers.
Studies have also shown that there is a “PhD glut”: According to the
Atlantic (Feb, 2013), the US is producing mor... more »
The Bishop of London's Lesson at Lady Thatcher's funeral
Very nicely delivered with stories of Lady Thatcher's humanity that showed
a side of her that the left and the left's leaders (such as the BBC) would
prefer we did not know. I also liked the Tolpuddle martyrs hiustory lesson,
something for the BBC to remember, not that they will.
I think it's clear why The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres DD KCVOhas not
become Archbishop of Canterbury!
A Guest Post & Insight by Michael Brine
Source:
http://spacefellowship.com/news/art20300/picture-of-the-day-hubble-observes-the-large-magellanic-cloud.html
**
**
*The Stars may try to guide us and the mind try to find answers, but in the
end we must get out of our own way, for only the love that flows between
our souls can guide us, towards each other in the fulfilment of our
destinies.*
**
Michael Brine
To read more of Michael's writings visit:
*http://www.missionignition.net/btb/*
If someone tells you that things couldn't get any worse, show them this picture...
Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama 2016 - Now that's seriously scary!
Dark matter may be a complicated sector
Among the hints of dark matter, I believe that the three apparently decidedly
non-background-like events seen by CDMS II represent the strongest hint of
a dark matter particle we have seen so far.
However, there are other hints, too. Even though the AMS-02 folks haven't
told us everything they know yet, it seems very plausible that they have
already seen somewhat clear evidence of a rapid drop of the positron
fraction at high energies.
CDMS suggests a WIMP mass of \(8.6\GeV\); AMS-02 indicates \(300\GeV\) or
more; and we also have the Weniger line at Fermi which would imply a WIMP
... more »
What does "reside" mean on the context of bail?
*Gravino*, [1991] O.J. No. 2927 (C.A.), at para. 1:
On the authorities, the word "reside" is a word of flexible meaning. While
its usual meaning is that it refers to where one sleeps, it has also been
held that where a person leaves a residence for a temporary purpose, with
the intention of returning, he continues to reside at the same residence.
This was a criminal proceeding with penal and monetary consequences and so,
in our opinion, the requirement in the recognizance for judicial interim
release, that the appellant "reside with his mother" does not preclude
temporary absences ... more »
MAN OF STEEL - inspirational trailer - you are not alone
We are all *SUPERMAN*, and this is our Free Planet.
On my world *Free Planet* means HOPE.
*BONUS MATERIALS - YOU ARE NOT ALONE:* a ransom demand for the People of
Earth, how very corporate.
April 15, 1973 (part one)
PRESIDENT: Yeah. I had a call from Kleindienst.
EHRLICHMAN: Yeah. I heard you did and I thought you ought to take it.
PRESIDENT: Oh sure, sure, I didn't, I didn't refuse. He said "I should see
you, and I'd like to see
you alone this afternoon. Today." I said fine.
That's from a morning conversation this Sunday, April 15. Kleindienst,
having finished hearing about Dean's testimony, arranges to report to the
president. At this point, however, there's been no deal struct between
Justice and Dean -- and if there's no deal, then Dean can still, according
to the rules, withdraw his tes... more »
Boston Highlights the Illusion of Terror & Security
*April 17, 2013* (LD) - Sometime before 1775, American Founding Father,
Benjamin Franklin wrote:
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Across much of the West, after September 11, 2001, we have indeed given up
our essential liberty, and more over, our dignity in exchange for the
illusion of safety. Our streets and public events are filled with
militarized police and very literally soldiers wielding machine guns and
riding around in armored vehicles. And yet with this militarized security,
invasive Constit... more »
BOSTON BOMBS AND THE CIA
*Department of Homeland Security 2010 warning on Pressure Cookers*
*Boston Marathon bombs:*
*Inspire magazine, said to be run by the CIA, taught pressure cooker
bomb-making techniques.*
Investigators say pressure cooker bombs were used in the Boston Marathon
attack.
"In fact, most analysts remain convinced the *Inspire* article was the
brainchild of X.... an American .... and was edited by Y..... another
American citizen...
"Last October Z .... accused of attempting to bomb a Federal Reserve Bank
building in New York, was said by prosecutors to have read *Inspire*..."
His car b... more »
Interviewed For Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN
I was interviewed for this article by Afeef Nessouli “Can Iraq meet its oil
potential?” which appeared on Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN.
A3 Newsletter: Four Score and One Too Many Years
*(Artwork by Emory Douglas)*Today, April 17, 2013, marks 41 years that
Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been unjustly incarcerated in
solitary confinement in Louisiana. This is 41 years of living in concrete
and metal cages of 6 x 9 feet; 41 years of being separated from their
families and loved ones; 41 years of being wrongly accused of a murder they
did not commit.
Over 41 years ago, prison officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary
(aka 'Angola'), an 18,000-acre former slave plantation, were first
confronted by the Angola 3's challenge to the obscene human rights
atroci... more »
Mircea Eliade On Going Down Into The Belly of A Monster
Related:
*Mircea Eliade On The Modern Man's Passion For Historiography*.
*Mircea Eliade On The Eleusinian Mysteries*.
*Mircea Eliade On The Fury of The Berserkers*.
Below is an excerpt from Mircea Eliade's book, *"Myths, Dreams and
Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities."
* Harper & Row, Publishers: New York. 1960. Pg. 225.
What we have here is an initiatory adventure undertaken to gain an item of
secret knowledge. One goes down into the belly of a giant or a monster in
order to learn *science* or *wisdom*. That is why the Lapp shaman remai... more »
Drink up, and be happy
[image: image]
Happiness is nowhere near as complex as you might have been led to believe.
For scientific research now confirms merely a taste of beer can trigger a
rush of chemical pleasure in the brain.
Proving again that beer didn’t just build our civilisation, it made it
happy too.
Or as Benjamin Franklin was supposed to have said,
*"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."*
Cheers! (Hic.)
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Suspected Faults Under Oi Nuclear Reactors in Japan: Court Rejects Shutdown Request
Reuters (2013, April 16) Court rejects request to shut down Oi nuclear
reactors, The Asahi Shimbun,
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201304160084
[Excerpted] A Japanese court rejected a petition to close down the
country's only two operating nuclear reactors, in the country's first legal
ruling on atomic power since the Fukushima disaster a little over two years
ago...
...The country's new nuclear regulator is still investigating whether the
suspected fault under the station is active. [end]
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit,
please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges
we've taken on so far.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
How did your Eco-friendly spring cleaning go last week? I made the switch
to natural cleansers quite some tim... more »
When Miss McConnell Passes Will "Ding Dong" Top The Charts?
The British Establishment-- and the kind of American Tories who fought on
the British side against the Patriots during the American Revolution-- are
busy trying to make Margaret Thatcher a right-wing saint. Millions of
ordinary Britons don't feel that's merited and responded by driving the
1939 classic "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead," from *The Wizard of Oz* up the
music charts. Tens of thousands of Brits rushed out to buy the single but
Conservatives warned the BBC, which plays chart songs, not to dare play it.
They played a 5-second version (once) with the network's new boss, Tony... more »
The Game
This is about all that you have ever believed was real and true and how
all of that is about to change. You are not only what you see in the
mirror. Your worth comes from a place unseen by human eyes.
It is not so much what work you do in this physical world that you are
here doing. It *is* that, yes, for things that you came to experience and
to learn about. Yet while you sleep on this earthly plane, you are still
working and doing. Not so much learning; yet it is true that learning is
something you cannot escape – but DOING. It is in your ‘dream work” that
you are f... more »
Adrian Dix And Christy Clark, A Contrast In Leadership
Today Adrian Dix showed what I call "real Leadership"...After accepting the
candidacy of Dayleen Van Ryswyk to run in the of Kelowna-Mission..
Clearly the vetting process failed, on the first day of the writ period it
was leaked that this woman has uttered some very racist slurs towards
French Canadians and Canada`s First Nations, there is no need to repeat
what she said, these statements in the form of comments on an internet site
were uttered in 2009...
Racism comes in all forms, Dayleen Van Tyswyk will have to live with those
statements, no doubt the locals will forgive her, I ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to
our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful M81. This grand spiral galaxy lies
11.8 million light-years away toward the northern constellation of the
Great Bear (Ursa Major).
*Click image for larger size.*
The deep image of the region reveals details in the bright yellow core,
but at the same time follows fainter features along the galaxy's gorgeous
blue spiral arms and sweeping dust lanes. It also follows the expansive,
arcing feature, known as Arp's loop, that seems to rise from the galaxy's
disk at the upper ... more »
Chet Raymo, “A Universal We?”
*
*
*“A Universal We?”*
by Chet Raymo
“I have a few words to say about Oxford anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse,
and his thoughts on ritual as "the glue that holds social groups together."
I was drawing on a story in the 24 January issue of “Nature.” He is quoted
further: "Emotionally intense rituals have bound us together and pitted us
against our enemies throughout the history of our species. It was only when
nomadic foragers began to settle down did we discover the possibilities for
establishing much larger societies based on frequently repeated creeds and
rituals." The big... more »
"After All..."
"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link,
and life is after all a chain."
- William James
"A Civilized Society..."
"Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn't
have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a
prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore
among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't
afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all
as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We
didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth. We had no written l... more »
Attack Ad Against Justin Trudeau
I'm really unhappy about Justin Trudeau. Seems to me that he's what stands
between the bankrupt Liberal Party of Canada (a "vision" for Canada that
appears to be some incoherent mish-mash of corporate inhumanity and vaguely
progressive rhetoric) and its eventual demise. With his name and his looks
he'll kindle enough interest to help spoil the NDP's chances of reducing
the harpercons to a minority.
Regardless of all that (and not that I have any high hopes for the NDP
under Mulcair) I find those harpercon attack ads against Trudeau to be
sickening. I'm tired of these asinine attac... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Scott Roberts
of *The Forbidden Truth*. Scott and I will be discussing a variety of
subjects, including his awakening to the problems facing our nation and
race, his thoughts on Christianity, religion, and spiritual matters, the
need to overcome our differences and work together productively, his
thoughts on the American Nationalist Association, and related matters. Be
sure to check out *Scott's TruTube.TV page*, where you can find a number of
videos he has produced. Calls will be taken throughout the conversation.
You c... more »
Will Thatchers Legacy Become the US's ALEC Led Reality???
A little ALEC / Thatcher background to start.
*ALEC Policy Forum 2002*
Privatization as we know it began in the late 1960s, mainly practiced by
local governments. In the 1980s Ronald Reagan brought the idea to the
federal government at the same time Margaret Thatcher was revolutionizing
Britain through the same process.
*ALEC Atlantic Connection 2006*
Chris Heaton Harris (International ALEC Legislator)
It reminded me a lot of growing up in the late 1980´s in a confident Great
Britain that had been economically transformed by Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher.
*Inside ALEC 2007*... more »
Issue Estoppel
*Penner v. Niagara (Regional Police Services Board*) 2013 SCC 19 deals with
issue estoppel.
The legal framework governing the exercise of the discretion not to apply
issue estoppel is set out in *Danyluk v. Ainsworth Technologies*, 2001 SCC
44, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 460. This framework has not been overtaken by the
Court's subsequent jurisprudence.
While finality is important both to the parties and to the judicial system,
unfairness in applying issue estoppel may nonetheless arise.
First, the prior proceedings may have been unfair.
Second, even where the prior proceedings wer... more »
Glenn Greenwald and the Leveretts Talk Iran—and How Two Former Spear-Carriers for Empire Got “Radicalized”
*Glenn Greenwald and the Leveretts Talk Iran—and How Two Former
Spear-Carriers for Empire Got “Radicalized”*
*By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett *
*GoingToTehran.com *
*Published on April 10, 2013 *
Glenn Greenwald interviewed us for a “Podcast Discussion with Two of
America’s Leading Iran Experts: The Leveretts,” now published by the *Guardian
(*click on the podcast screen above or here). We admire Glenn deeply for
all he has done and continues to do to bring reality and principle back
into America’s ongoing debates about national security and about civil
liberties—and to... more »
Elizabeth May's Pipeline Warning to You Eastern Canadians.
Her e-mail is self-explanatory. When it comes to Stephen Harper and
bitumen pipelines, you can keep your opinions to yourself.
*Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline runs straight through major Canadian cities,
including Sarnia, the GTA and Montreal, passing 9.1 million people, and
nearly 100 towns and cities.*
**
*Installed in the mid-1970s, this aging pipe system is set to be modified.
A proposal is in place to reverse the flow of this pipeline and expand its
carrying capacity.*
**
*But if you are one of the millions of Canadians along its route who wish
to communicate legitimate concerns ab... more »
Alan Waldman : ‘A Touch of Frost’ Was Excellent, Clever British Cop Series
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Beloved comedy star David Jason achieved new and long-running acclaim as
crusty, amusing detective inspector Frost.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada,
Bits'n'Pieces-- Guns And Religion
*How Far Will McConnell Step Over The Line?*
You know with all the hubbub over the surreptitiously taped McConnell staff
meeting where they were planning a strategy for smearing Ashley Judd and
other potential opponents, one thing that seems to have gotten by our
watchdog media is the transcript itself. The McConnell camp used "3rd
party" to submit an open records request for Kentucky Secretary of State
Alison Lundergan Grimes. So who, exactly, was that "3rd party" referred to
by the McConnell mob? Was it a shady right-wing SuperPac McConnell was
illegally coordinating with? Or wa... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Activated Solar Gateway Connects to Enhanced Gaia Transforms
*Activated Solar Gateway Connects to Enhanced Gaia Transforms*
by ÉirePort
Activated solar gateway connects to enhanced Gaia transforms. This allows
(encourages) full awakenings for all humanity, on all stages of
consciousness.
"Brilliance" of human energy is increased rapidly via connection of
activated solar gateway with enhanced Gaia transforms.
Individual human grids connect enabling global humanity-to-Hue-manity
transformation.
ÉirePort | April 16, 2013 at 17:55
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-kZ
Energy Econ 9: Blowin in the Wind Fooly
The mystique of wind, solar and other renewable energy sources keeps
floating, mainly to help 'save the planet". It's a mystique and paranoia at
the same time that drives certain energy policies in many countries to
irrational levels. Like pouring lots of taxpayers money to subsidize these
renewables, or jacking up the cost of electricity to households and
businesses.
Here is a good situationer on global energy consumption in 2010. After all
these years of pouring lots of taxpayers' and energy consumers' money to
wind and solar, they have contributed only 0.5 percent and 0.06 percen... more »
Kind (D-WI) Working for TurboTax???
From Pro-Publica – my emphasis throughout – but let’s start with these two paragraphs
out of sync
The industry group behind the program boasts that almost all taxpayers can
use software like TurboTax or more primitive electronic forms for free. But
access to the more sophisticated software is limited by income. *Only about
3.5 million taxpayers used Free File last year, according to a Treasury
Department tally through the end of April*.
*The pact governing the partnership, which counts Intuit as a member,
includes a sweet deal for the industry:* *In return for the companies
offer... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Gaia Transforms Activated
*Gaia Transforms Activated*
by ÉirePort
Gaia transforms activated at this moment. These are global in nature, and
includes all levels of Beingness.
Such transforms are based upon the principle of healing, or rectification,
bringing awareness of Wholeness, Unity, of all humanity, of all Creation.
These Gaia transforms are able to activate now, as sufficient Hue-manity
(Rainbow humans) are present with Gaia at this time.
ÉirePort | April 16, 2013 at 17:29
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-kX
Spirulina and LPS; and, Maybe Trans Fats are Not the Devil?
One
of the very minor controversies in Paleo-land is whether algal foods or
supplements are healthful. For what it's worth, pond algae appeared in
the
Paleolithic menu (according to the 2008 book Feast: why humans share
foodby Martin Jones). Spirulina and Chlorella supplements have both been
used
in the treatment of Hepatitis C with interesting results:
(music - Free Kim Dotcom by The Puddle featuring Matthew Bannister)
*
* *Efficacy and safety of Chlorella supplementation in adults with
chronic
hepatitis C virus infection *
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581996/*
*
Eight... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Anti-Gun Violence Activists John Woods & Claire Wilson James
Claire
Wilson James and John Woods at the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, April
5, 2013. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Anti-gun violence activists
John Woods and Claire Wilson James
John's girlfriend was killed at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Claire was
shot by UT tower sniper Charles Whitman in Austin in 1966, losing her
unborn child.
By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog /
Little or Nothing But Life
Wit's End exists mostly to educate people - to curate the information -
about trees dying, everywhere, from pollution. There is no lack of new
research, articles, or evidence...but it is quite difficult to repeat it
with much frequency and besides, other terrible things are happening in the
world. The last post was about birds and bees and other insects, which
happen to have an intimate relationship with the plants that they
pollinate. Starting today, it is possible to watch a new release, The
Wings of Life, online. It will set you back about $15 to purchase it on
Amazon, but g... more »
GW Intimates - He Can Read
The next question is - at what grade level.
George W. Bush: 'People are surprised I can even read'
By Justin Sink - 04/15/13 09:24 AM ET
Former President George W. Bush knows that his retirement hobby of painting
has surprised many, but he said in an interview published Sunday he takes
"great delight in bursting stereotypes."
“People are surprised,” Bush told the Dallas Morning News. “Of course, some
people are surprised I can even read.
Second grade level?????
George W. Bush had important business to attend to onSeptember 11th:reading a book, The Pet Goat, with second-graders ... more »
ALEC Corp Member Files Bankruptcy
If you didn’t already know – as part of the failed re-branding attempt of
the American Legislative Exchange Council – they have renamed their private
sector BOARD to an ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Doesn’t matter what they call them, the Board/Advisory Council –
facilitates the private sector writing legislation and then handing it off
to ALEC state legislators to implement in YOUR state.
Anyhoo …..
Considering ALEC’s PUSH for privatization of everything – because the
private sector supposedly does such a damn good job – better, more
economically (according to ALEC) – here’s snip about ... more »
Stay tuned
The term "ethics" -- along with some of its synonyms and part synonyms --
has been in trouble with materialistic biologists for the last hundred
years or so. The website Resilience has recently taken a look at the
reputed problem: "The relevance of the lurking inconsistency to
conservation biology and steady-state economics should be evident —
conservation and sustainable scale are, after all, purposes that are ruled
out in a world governed only by chance."
Yes, well. I am a "neo-Darwinist" as the term is used by Herman Daly, the
author of the piece, though it is properly a "desig... more »
Elsewhere: Torture, Budget, OFA
Over at PP today, I brought back my argument for how to prevent another
round of torture: pardons plus Truth Commission.
And two new(ish) columns to link to. My Salon item over the weekend
suggested that people who want to support Barack Obama's agenda shouldn't
donate to OFA -- their money is better spent on candidates in the 2014
cycle.
While at TAP, I talked about what people think they're talking about when
they talk about balanced budgets.
Oh -- just a quick update for Watergate readers. There's been so much over
the last few days that I've fallen behind. I'm scheduled to work... more »
An Injustice Compounded: Amnesty International demands an end to the cruel and inhuman treatment of Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace
*(Below, reprinted in full, is a new Amnesty International statement that
has just been released. --Reprinted by Angola 3 News)*
Herman Wallace (left) with Albert Woodfox (right)
*AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT
AI index: AMR 51/019/2013
16 April 2013
An Injustice Compounded
Amnesty International demands an end to the cruel and inhuman treatment of
Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace*
On the anniversary of the forty-first year since they were placed in
prolonged isolation in Louisiana prisons, Amnesty International demands
that Louisiana authorities immediately transfer Albe... more »
Margaret and Me
I'm in London on Wednesday. Not for Thatcher's funeral, but for reasons
more mundane. That said I cannot let the jamboree pass without saying
something, especially as I first became interested in politics under her
reign. But not as a critic or an activist that stood with the labour
movement. Quite the opposite, actually.
When I was 10, my junior school ran a parallel contest to the 1987 general
election. Obviously, before then I was aware of such a thing as politics -
of the blonde lady in Downing Street, of something called the 'Labour
Party'. I have hazy memories of the Falkland... more »
Boston
Some 24 hours on from the deeply inhumane bombings in Boston, we seem to be
no clearer as to the identity or the motivation of the perpetrators of this
hideous crime. The U.S. authorities are still investigating and are
remaining cautious in their statements.
As so often happens after such events, while the facts are unknown,
speculation begins to fill the airwaves and the internet. After the
massacre in Norway, there was something of a rush to blame the killings on
Muslim terrorists. After the massacre in Toulouse, there was something of a
rush to blame the killings on right-wing... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, "Laguna Indigo II (Aurora)"
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, "Laguna Indigo II (Aurora)"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfvKD_SaQdQ
Gold Sell-Off: There Is Only One Question That Matters
*[image: image]**Guest post by Detlev Schlicter*
Last Friday, I participated in a short debate on BBC Radio 4's Today
programon the future direction of gold. Tom Kendall, global head of
precious
metals research at Credit Suisse, argued that gold was in trouble. I
argued
that it wasn't. So yours truly is on record on national radio the
morning
of gold's two worst trading days in 30 years arguing that it was still a
good investment.
Is it?
I still think what I said on radio is correct. Even after two days of
brutal bloodletting in the gold market and two days of soul-searching
for
... more »
C.S. Lewis On The Lord of the Rings
*Sauron does not need no stinkin' Constitution.*
Related:
*The Cosmos Turned Upside Down: Tolkien, The Giant 9/11 Lie, And The Evil
War on Terror.*
*Ralph Wood - On Tolkien—The Lord of the Rings—A Book for our Time of
Terror*.
Below is an excerpt from C.S. Lewis's book, *"On Stories: And Other Essays
on Literature."* 1966. C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd. Pg. 161-63.
How far Treebeard can be regarded as a 'portrait of the artist' must remain
doubtful; but when he hears that some people want to identify the Ring with
the hydrogen bomb, and Mordor with Russia, I think he might call it a
'... more »
"It's All True..."
“Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally
chase
it down, is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears...”
"This is the Nineties, Bubba, and there is no such thing as Paranoia. It's
all true."
- Hunter S. Thompson
What is Europe? An update...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 19 hours ago
Link:
http://youtu.be/6od4eTMaN-g
Link: http://youtu.be/7Ri9fuEJe4w
Your conclusion? We are 5 years in a crisis with no trustworthy solution
near. Bankrupt "banks" still operating. The same (mostly incompetent)
peopleat the rudder daily talking the same
incomprehensible and contradictory rubbish. People no longer able to
buythings or not buying things at all keeping their money outside banks
to
prevent 'bail-ins'. People using pawnshops to get to some money. Price
inflation creeping up. Wages below levels payed in third world
countries.
Unemployment at astronomical heights. Establish... more »
Republican Party Civil War Roils Illinois And Alaska
Joe Miller is back
Right wing extremists moved to take over the Republican Party apparatus in
Illinois and Alaska. They failed in Illinois and, predictably, succeeded in
Alaska-- just in time for the reemergence of neo-fascist politician Joe
Miller. And recently, teabaggers nearly succeeded in taking over the
Republican Party organization in Michigan and is angling to do just that in
Ohio. We'll come back to Alaska in a minute. First Illinois.
The state party chair, Pat Brady, an ally of lightly closeted Rep. Aaron
Schock (who is eager to run for governor), had told the state's Repu... more »
“The Boston Marathon Bombing And The Limits of Human Empathy”
*“The Boston Marathon Bombing *
*And The Limits of Human Empathy”*
by Chauncey DeVega
"We can grieve and mourn the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
However, the ritual of loss- and of beginning a righteous search (as
opposed to a witch hunt where our Arab and Muslim brothers and sisters are
abused and harassed, while the White Right and the American militia crowd
is treated as de facto above suspicion) for those individual(s) who
committed this crime- should not interfere with critical thinking, national
introspection, or truth-telling.
Moreover, I would also suggest... more »
Counting our blessings after the Boston bombing
Every time there's a major attack of some kind in America, whether it be
9/11, or Newtown, or yesterday's bombing in Boston, we as a nation are
instantly traumatized. We personalize it, as if it had happened to us no
matter how remote our connection. Not to minimize the tragedy of the these
events, but these are small horrors in the greater world.
In the Middle East this sort of violence is part of their "normal" lives. I
mean, while we were all glued to the media yesterday, watching in
disbelief, this was happening in Iraq:
Officials said more than 30 bombings and a shooting hit ... more »
"American People Fight Obama’s Treacherous Cuts to Social Security and Medicare"
*"American People Fight Obama’s Treacherous *
*Cuts to Social Security and Medicare"*
By Lynn Stuart Parramore
"In a spin worthy of the Tasmanian Devil, the mainstream media are casting
the reaction to Obama’s proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare as a
case of division among progressives. Actually, there is no division; not
among progressives, nor among the American people. The vast majority, left,
right and in-between, have repeatedly made it clear that they do not want
cuts to either of these vital programs. ACBS News poll conducted last month
shows that 80 percent... more »
Obama Approves New Exposure Guidelines for Nuclear Emergencies
Majia here: These new guidelines are alarming as they significantly
increase the levels of radiation that will be allowed in our food and
water
after nuclear emergencies.
Caldicott, Helen (2013) Obama Approves Raising Permissible Levels of
Nuclear Radiation in Drinking Water. Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to
Skyrocket', Global Research,
http://www.globalresearch.ca/obama-approves-raising-permissible-levels-of-nuclear-radiation-in-drinking-water-civilian-cancer-deaths-expected-to-skyrocket/5331224
[Excerpted]
The White House has given final approval for dramatically
raising permis... more »
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: The Finance Professional - Villain or Saint?
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Here’s a note about their next Thursday evening session from our friends at
the Auckland Uni Economics Group:
There is probably no more demonised profession today than that of the
financier. Financiers, such as the greedy speculators of Wall Street, are
often painted as the real villains, the culprits that cause economic misery
for millions of people.
But is this criticism fair, or even accurate?
In this week’s seminar Julian will address this question, by examining
whether it is right to vilify the discipline of finance (finance being a... more »
Cost consequences for changing evidence from discovery without notice
*Malka v. Vasiliadis*, 2013 ONCA 239 is an example of the failure to give
notice that evidence given on discovery is no longer that to be given at
trial lead to cost consequences. Such examples are uncommon and that case
is useful:
[1] We are troubled by the fact that at trial the respondents
changed their evidence from what it had been at discovery without giving
proper notice.
[2] On discovery both Vasiliadis and Lugassy said that the key
events with respect to the termination of the lease took place on Friday,
February 19, 1999. At trial they changed their ... more »
Lists etc
Tallest mountains (base to peak) in the solar system according to
planet/moon/asteroid:
Mercury - Caloris Montes
Venus - Maxwell Montes
Earth - Mauna Kea
Moon - Mons Huygens
Mars - Olympus Mons
Vesta - Rheasivia
Io - Boosaule Montes
Mimas - Herschel Central Peak
Titan - Mithrim Montes
Iapetus - Equatorial Ridge
Oberon - Limb Mountain
Brian Kelly's Blog: Swissindo as I Understand It
Reblogged from
http://briankellysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/swissindo-oppt-as-i-understand-it.html
*UN-SWISSINDO-OPPT As I Understand It*
April 16th, 2013
Ask and ye shall receive!
This will officially be the first time anyone from the I U/V Exchange
(formerly OPPT) Ground Crew has published any of the SWISSINDO information.
Let me preface what I have to share today with a Skype chat I just sent to
Heather a few minutes ago.
9:25 AM
Got a quick minute?
9:26 AM
This just came through:
UN email from Mr. Sino.AS
9:27 AM
My thought is to publish solely for the ... more »
Breaking: Reinhart/Rogoff Shot Full of Holes UPDATED X2
This story is rapidly making the rounds in the blogosphere today, and it is
indeed a big deal. One of the most significant economics papers underlying
the argument for why high government debt (especially over 90% of gross
domestic product) is bad for growth was published in 2010 by Carmen
Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, "Growth in a Time of Debt" (ungated version
here).
The basic finding of this paper was that if debt exceeds 90% of GDP, then
on average growth turns negative. But as Thomas Herndon, Michael Ash, and
Robert Pollin report in a new paper (via Mike Konczal at Rortybomb), ... more »
What ought to be done with the Gosnell flap!
*TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013*
*Ought to be done, but won’t be:* Jonathan Capehart brought a touch of
comic relief to the flap about Kermit Gosnell.
Gosnell is the Philadelphia doctor who is on trial for a wide range of
abuses at his abortion clinic. How crazy was Dr. Gosnell?
*This* crazy: According to the grand jury report, “The clinic reeked of
animal urine, courtesy of the cats that were allowed to roam (and defecate)
freely.” Gosnell is charged with more serious crimes, but that helps paint
the picture.
Starting on April 11, conservatives began to complain that the mainstream
pr... more »
Duncan Celebrates Three Decades of Failed Testing and Accountability Policies
On April 16, it will have been 30 years since the publication of *A Nation
at Risk* (ANAR), the discredited scare document produced by the Reaganites
in 1983 to introduce the beginning of the end of public education in
America.
Now here is your quiz to test your capacity to predict outcomes based on
past history.
To acknowledge the beginning of fourth decade of failed education policies
inspired by *ANAR*, Duncan will meet with
a) public school parents
b) public school teachers and students
c) public policymakers from local to federal levels
d) CEOs from the Business Roundtable... more »
Also Qaeda called for attacks on sporting events
'Although no group has claimed responsibility for Monday's deadly bomb
blasts at the Boston Marathon, a leading al-Qaeda ideologue last year
recommended that jihadists in America include sporting events in their list
of prospective terror targets.
Writing in the online magazine of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
(AQAP),Inspire, the terrorist known as Abu Musab al-Suri listed what he
called "the most important enemy targets."
...
"This is done by targeting human crowds in order to inflict maximum human
losses," he wrote. "This is very easy since there are numerous such targets ... more »
Catch of the Day
Well, some days, you don't have much of a choice, do you? The catch has to
go to economists Thomas Herndon, Michael Ash, and Robert Pollin, who have a
new paper out demolishing Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff on the effect
of high government debt on the economy -- with a big assist to Mike
Konczal, who wrote a clear and readable blog post explaining the conflict
nicely.
The headline here is that Reinhart and Rogoff apparently made a simple
computation error, but the Herndon-Ash-Pollin critique goes well beyond
that -- as do other critiques previously aired (disclaimer: I haven't ... more »
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MISERY
Abby Martin talks to activist, author and Princeton professor, Cornel West
about class warfare, race issues, corporate greed, and the American empire.
This is an excellent interview and gets down to the nub of some of the key
questions of our time. Highly recommend watching it.
Saudi in Boston Bombing is a "devout Muslim from Medina" - Atlas Shrugs
'Neighbors of the Saudi student who was detained for 'acting
suspiciously'
at the marathon finish line said they were shocked to hear he had any
involvement in the bombing as he is a 'quiet, devout Muslim who is a
huge
soccer fan'.'
Another terrorist who completely Coincidentally is a devout follower of
'the religion of peace'?
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/04/saudi-in-boston-bombing-he-described-him-as-a-devout-muslim-from-medina-.html
"Now Is The Time..."
“The old world is dying away, and the new world struggles to come forth:
now is the time of monsters.”
- Antonio Gramsci
"As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both
instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged.
And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of any change in the
air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
- Justice William O. Douglas
Kierkegaard On The Difference Between "Popular" And "Philosophical"
Related: * *
*Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*.
*Kierkegaard On "Man."** *
*Kierkegaard On Socrates And The Immortality of The Soul.*
*Kierkegaard On God's Love.*
*Kierkegaard On Passion.*
* Kierkegaard On Martyrs of Truth.*
*Kierkegaard On Truth*.
Below is an excerpt from, *"The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His
Journals."* Edited by Alexander Dru. Dover Publications, Inc: Mineola, New
York. 2003. Pg. 191-192.
The difference between "popular" and "philosophical" is the amount of time
a thing takes. Ask a man: do you know this, or do you not know it---if he
answers... more »
Why I’m not Blogging about 4/15
Because we don’t know enough to engage in anything resembling responsible
commentary. And those things that we can say something worthwhile
about–including comparisons with other terrorist attacks past and present,
such as what happened on the same day in Iraq; and the socio-political
dynamics of the US response so far–don’t exactly demand my input. That’s
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Oh, I'm Going to Hate This In About Four Years
After Hoover was defeated in 1932, the next incumbent to lose in a general
election was Ford, in 1976, followed in short order by Carter in 1980 and
Bush in 1992. Add in Johnson in 1968, and incumbents are beaten all the
time!
But now, with a run of three presidents who were successfully re-elected,
get ready for it: you're going to be hearing a lot about how incumbent
presidents can't lose under today's conditions. Here's a preview from Tom
Edsall, who attributes this effect to campaign finance:
The ability of an unchallenged incumbent president to flood the airwaves
during the su... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Fear and the NRA
Political
cartoon by Mike Luckovich / Atlanta Journal-Constitution /
SECFanatics.com.
The NRA:
Perpetrator of 'fear itself'
McClatchy reports that for the last 40 years the NRA has succeeded in
limiting and now even preventing research into the effects of gun use,
sales, and crime.
By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2013
For most of my life, the NRA (National Rifle Association)
Arizona Wilder - Bizarre Experiences Of A Mind Control Slave
"I'm not a speaker. I have a very busy life." sneers *MK Ultra* ritual
abuse and mind control slave Arizona Wilder. And it's like there's
something UTTERLY FASCINATING behind that little lip curl. Arizona has
EXACTLY THE SAME self-effacing solemn voice and blank dead desperate look
on her face as Cathy O'Brien and Bryce Taylor and all the others who have
suffered in the name of Corporate War...
"I knew about Alice In The Wonderland PROGRAMMING," she adds, showing some
drawings of the state of her mind during what she calls 'vivisections of
alien-human hybrids' without anaesthetic, a... more »
The Boston Marathon Murders were Probably Domestic Terrorism
I'm pretty sure that American authorities are trying to hunt down whoever
detonated Claymore mines at the finish-line of the Boston Marathon
yesterday.
One Indian paper had an account yesterday from an Indo-American special
forces vet who ran the race and was at the scene shortly after the
bombs/mines went off/detonated. He described multiple amputations, severed
legs everywhere, and how he had personally placed tourniquets on six or
seven wounded runners.
Another account described small ball-bearings littering the blast site.
These are the hallmarks of the U.S. military's Claymor... more »
Michelle Rhee's Situational Ethics
The immediate takeaway of "Michelle Rhee's Reign of Error" is that PBS's
John Merrow found “the smoking gun,” or the confidential memo warning
Michelle Rhee of the extent of cheating that may have occurred in
Washington D.C. schools in response to her draconian “reforms.” He
concludes with the question that merits a real federal investigation, “What
did Michelle know, and when did she know it?” In the long run, that
is Merrow's third most important revelation.
Merrow has been reporting on D.C. schools since 2007 and, even now,
his prime expose is the ongoing story about the nonsto... more »
In the incessant rains ...
... new posts are hard to come by. So it goes.
March above, April below. As you can see, not much has changed. The
Lacinato kale is in bloom. Potatoes coming up, some of which have been
knocked back by frost damage. Greens actually are doing well in the middle
far bed, beyond the held-over leeks and peasbrush. Raspberry canes look
pretty good. The orchard is blooming on schedule but sees few bees in this
weather. Buckwheat has sprouted in the fallow bed but is languishing, while
weeds grow apace. I've tried to mow the pasture, but as it never dries, it
stays ahead of me.
I've spen... more »
Steven Lendman is a self-educated retired small business man. He publishes two columns daily on OpEdNews treating worldwide political and economic issues. His writing is kind of choppy, but in a way that engages the reader. From my own knowledge of things, he messages have consistantly been bang on. I suggest that you go to the original and subscribe to his email notifications. Otherwise note that I have posted yesterday the column Lendman that cites by the highly educated and experienced economist Paul Craig Roberts.
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*Headlined to H3 4/16/13*
*Gold Drops Most in 30 Years*
*By Stephen Lendman (about the author)*
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*Gold Drops Most in 30 Years*
by Stephen Lendman
Market manipulation bears full responsibility.
It's getting hammered. In August 2011, it rose above $1,900 an ounce. It
was an all-time high. At midday April 15, it was $1,364. It's a 28%+
decline.
Silver's also hit hard. In 2011, it exceeded $48 an ounce. It plunged to
its midday April 15 $23.45 level. It's more than a 50% decline.
What'... more »
Cristiano Tinazzi: A spook that ties Libya to Syria and arms from Italy via Croatia
Recall this news? :* 4 Italian Journos kidnapped in Northern Syria: Who did
they get photos of ?*
*Way, *way more to this news then initially met the eye. Not a surprise,
really. Is anything ever as it seems?
A most interesting commenter stopped by named Nikola. Nikola is Italian and
has left info for which I have had to use the translate to sort through it
all. But, Dammit! It has been worth it! What a saga.
Of course, I did a bit of digging on my own. Hoping we can get this
narrative filled out.
Stay tuned for real life dramatics and intrigue. I am... more »
dream - weird spongy landscape - snow scene
don't ask me what this is about but it was one of those various 'walking in
the countryside and/or trying to find a way back home' dreams, but there
was something VERY ODD about this one.
At first, I thought it was a snowy scene, you know ice here, snow there,
melt water running between the two states, bit of boggy ground underfoot
leaking into the boot.
In fact, it was a really familiar scene or landscape I'd often found myself
traversing or having adventures in during other dreams, in what I
considered to be three of the other four seasons of the dreaming year.
I didn't quite be... more »
Judges are to listen; not to intervene in the fray
R. v. Huang, 2013 ONCA 240 holds:
[32] We make a final observation. This is the second time in less
than one year that this court has allowed appeals relating to judgments of
this trial judge on the basis of reasonable apprehension of bias. In both
instances, the perception of bias arose because of improper and unwarranted
interventions by the trial judge during the examination of witnesses: see *Lloyd
v. Bush*, 2012 ONCA 349. In both instances, public resources were wasted,
great inconvenience to the parties resulted and the integrity of the
administration of justice was... more »
"Free" Trade-- Another Way For Conservatives To Undermine Democracy
In the closing to his brilliant book, The Fifteen Biggest Lies About The
Economy, Joshua Holland takes on the misleading notion of 'free trade' by
pointing out that "Just because politicians say they believe in open
markets and free trade between nations doesn’t make it true. In reality,
they believe in 'free trade' until someone else gets a comparative
advantage, and then their hypocrisy emerges and they become fierce
protectionists."
Most people still believe that discussions of “free trade” are about ships
full of bananas or ball bearings or whatever, crisscrossing the high se... more »
Struggling to force the Sahara back as climate change wreaks havoc in Senegal – ‘If this goes on, the village will have to move’
[image: Passkot market in Senegal: aid projects aim to help through
reforestation and the provision of money or vouchers so families don't have
to sell their animals. Photo: Jenny Mattews]
By Paul Cullen
15 April 2013
(Irish Times) – At first viewing here in the remote interior of Senegal,
there are just three problems with the Great Green Wall, sub-Saharan
Africa’s attempt to stop the continuing advance of the Sahara in its
tracks. It isn’t great. It isn’t green. And for now, it doesn’t amount to
much of a wall capable of blocking the desert.
Far from tarmacadamed roads and pow... more »
Coal and cattle are most damaging businesses to nature
[image: Aerial view of an area deforested for cattle ranching within the
'Legal Amazon', the name given to the area originally covered by the
rainforest, seen on 2 September 2009 in the northern region of Mato Grosso
state, Brazil. Deforestation and forest fires are responsible for 75
percent of the carbon dioxide emissions in Brazil. Photo: Rodrigo Baleia /
LatinContent / Getty Images]
15 April 2013 (Reuters) – Coal-fired power generation in Asia and cattle
ranching in South America are the most damaging businesses for nature with
hidden costs that exceed the value of their produ... more »
Did Patriots' Day provide motivation?
*TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013*
*Past journalism concerning this topic:* Patriots’ Day has always been fun
in Boston, in part because of the annual 11 AM start to the Red Sox game. We're
fairly sure we remember this outing from 1968.
Having mentioned this fact yesterday, we’ll offer a musing today:
Obviously, we have no idea about the motivation for yesterday’s bombings.
But yesterday, as some people assumed that the bombings must have come from
a foreign source, we found ourselves wondering about a famous domestic
bomber. To wit:
In the past, haven’t some journalists said that Timothy ... more »
I hope cooler heads prevail, for once.
Everybody should (please!) just shut up about the Boston Marathon Bombing
until something concrete is known. Stupid speculation about who did the
bombing and why is going to hurt innocent people.
And no, Obama and Congress, this is not a reason to further restrict civil
liberties in the United States, although that may be your immediate spastic
reaction. But the government has quite enough power already. Let's not
have another reprise of the awful Patriot Act that gutted Americans'
freedoms.
Let's not go of half-cocked against anyone. The results of doing so are
never pretty an... more »
The American People and Conservative Republicans Agree - Legalizing Pot Is a State Right
Some of the most conservative Republicans in Congress are leading the
charge to end their federal government's war on pot. They introduced a
bill, the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act, in the House last week. The
legislation would mean the feds would have to accept state laws that
legalize or decriminalize production or possession of marijuana.
*Depending on the state, the legislation would cover both medical marijuana
and recreational pot, and would protect not only the users of state-legal
cannabis, but also the businesses that cultivate, process, distribute and
sell marijuana i... more »
Rat-sized stucco-eating snails invade Florida – ‘The snails attack over 500 known species of plants, pretty much anything that’s in their path and green’
[image: A giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw
through stucco and plaster. South Florida is fighting a growing infestation
of the snail, which one of the world's most destructive invasive species.
Photo: MSN]
ORLANDO, Florida (MSN) – South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of
one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African
land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and
plaster.
More than 1,000 of the mollusks are being caught each week in Miami-Dade
and 117,000 in total since the first snail was ... more »
Foreign Workers Program
The purpose of the foreign workers program was to drag down wages in Canada.
Full stop.
Barack Obama (the great hope of so many deluded pwogwessives) believes that
wages in the USA also need to go down.
European corporats and their political henchpersons (what is a "hench"
anyway?) want to do the same thing to the European working class.
The thing is, you see, is that these are mostly insane people, in control
of an insane system. Environmentalists say that there should be less
consumption. Zero growth. But the nutbars like Obama and whatever
mediocrity is currently the president o... more »
...and John Singleton Copley Wept
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
“*We still do not know who did this or why, and people shouldn’t jump to
conclusions before we have all the facts. But make no mistake, we will get
to the bottom of this. We will find out who did this, we will find out why
they did this. Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will
feel the full weight of justice.*” - President Barack Obama, April 15, 2013
What makes terrorism so effective is in its invariably hideous timing,
its genius in fully exploiting the element of surprise. It's a Pamplona
that suddenl... more »
10 Books I Recommend Over and Over
It is not secret that I absolutely love to read. I am currently in the
middle of my 50th book of 2013 and I usually read between 1 and 18 books a
week depending on time and if I am in the middle of a great series. I, like
any avid reader, get asked to recommend books all the time. It honestly
makes me so nervous. You never know what while offend somebody and so I
tend to never recommend books. These are 10 that I love so much that I
can't hardly keep from gushing about.
1. Grave Mercy- Nun Assassins. Need I say more? Oh how I love these books,
they are captivating, interesting and... more »
Putting Bieber in Perspective
Justin Bieber is prudently laying low after leaving a boneheaded remark in
the guestbook of the Anne Frank house proving that kids do really stupid
things and so he does.
The kid's stupid remark has been a feast for critics around the world but,
of the lot, the best must be *The New Statesman's* Eleanor Margolis who
writes, "*Bieber is a glorified Furby. Why do we expect him to have views
on the Holocaust."*
*"We need much more of a Henry VIII-style attitude to celebrities - less
adulation, and more 'amuse me minstrels and if you're very, very good I
might not have you executed.... more »
At Least One Person Thinks Highly of George w. Bush - Of Course It's George w. Bush
Former president George w. Bush isn't plagued with regrets over his bungled
years in the White House. On the 10th anniversary of his spectacular
failed war in Iraq and with Afghanistan heading in the same direction,
Bushie says, "*I'm comfortable with what I did*."
*Breaking a silence that he maintained through the costly war's 10th
anniversary, Mr Bush said it was ''easy to forget what life was like when
the decision was made'' to invade.*
* **Shrugging off sharp criticism of his legacy from his successor, Barack
Obama, Mr Bush also urged Republicans to return to ''the principles ... more »
MEDIOCRITY ALL THE WAY UP: Our nation’s ongoing statistical gong-shows!
*TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013*
*Part 2—What does it take to get fired:* Given our clownish intellectual
culture, our greatest newspapers strive to spread bogus claims all around.
Consider two letters in today’s New York Times about a recent disgraceful
column concerning American schools. Today’s letters present a pair of
Standard Familiar Dueling Claims—standard familiar dueling claims, each of
which seems to be bogus.
One of these familiar letters propounds a Standard *Gloomy* Assessment.
That recent column, by Harvard’s Jal Mehta, began in standard fashion with
the gloomy 1983 report... more »
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