English: Quarry face behind the Chalk pit Inn Most of the chalk face is in TQ3911, as a bonus the right hand side gives a spledid view over the Ouse valley. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Exposed chalk face This exposed chalk face is Berkshire’s first RIGS (regionally important geological site). It is one of only two places in the country where the K-T boundary is visible (this is the point 65 million years ago when the mass extinction of the dinosaurs took place). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Adrian Dix addresses crowd at NDP Leadership Convention, 2011, cropped to portrait aspect. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)NRA Shills In The Senate In Trouble-- At Least On Paper
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 seconds ago
Mark Begich will probably only win reelection if Alaska Republicans
nominate Joe MillerThe Republican case for why the unpopular vote against
background checks-- basically no one agrees with their position except
hard-core Republican primary voters-- won't hurt them in 2014 is twofold:
the House didn't vote on it at all, and in the Senate the GOP has only two
vulnerable incumbents (the two closet cases, Lindsey Graham in South
Carolina and Miss McConnell in Kentucky) and taking the NRA position won't
hurt either of them in those states. So, yes, senators who voted no on
Manchin-Too... more »
IRONY: The official champagne of #AERA13 #highered
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 22 minutes ago
I don’t always drink champagne. But when I do, it’s after a discussion of
poverty in education. IRONY.
Adrian Dix Wins Debate, Christy Clark Snickers
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 42 minutes ago
Adrian Dix was the clear winner tonight, Christy Clark did too much
giggling at inappropriate times..
The line of the night was delivered by Adrian Dix..
Christy Clark talked about growing the economy, Clark stated
"*you don`t rob Peter to pay Paul"*
Adrian fired back..
In British Columbia.."neither Peter or Paul is working"..
But by far, the most exciting line of the night was delivered by the
moderator Jennifer Burke, a line she threw at Christy Clark..
Jennifer Burke said to Christy Clark....
"*The people of British Columbia deserve.....*
*
**The Straight Goods*"
And I cou... more »
Cut Down Testing, new student group, check them out
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 44 minutes ago
Cut Down Testing, new student group, check them out Self explanatory. Filed
under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: cut down testing,
student group, testing
Cut Down Testing, new student group, check them out
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 44 minutes ago
Cut Down Testing, new student group, check them out Self explanatory. Filed
under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: cut down testing,
student group, testing
Chet Raymo, “Asperges Me, Domine”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 49 minutes ago
*“Asperges Me, Domine” **
by Chet Raymo
“Greystone Books publishes a series of "Literary Companions" to natural
environments- mountains, rivers and lakes, deserts, gardens, and the sea,
so far. Now they come to my environment- night- and have been kind enough
to include a chapter from “The Soul of the Night”, the chapter called "The
Shape of Night." I am in lovely company, admired companions of several
generations- Diane Ackerman, Timothy Ferris, Annie Dillard, Henry Beston,
Loren Eiseley, Louise Erdrich, Pico Iyer, and Gretel Ehrlich, to name but a
few- all connoisseurs of da... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Thanks for stopping by.
"Fear..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with
the years, fear had come to be regarded as a form of stupidity to be
classed with overdrafts, acquiring a venereal disease or eating candies.
Fear is a child's vice and while I loved to feel it approach, as one does
with any vice, it was not for grown men and the only thing to be afraid of
was the presence of true and imminent danger in a form that you should be
aware of and not be a fool if you were responsible for others.”
- Ernest Hemingway, True at First Light”
Two Weeks Update
Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 hour ago
I really have issues getting on here to update!
***Angie and I, in dressing rooms at the Loft, we both took in clothing,
and both ended up trying on the same dress at the same time, not knowing
the other one even had the dress in their room. Hilarious. We both bought
it, by the way*.
Anyway, last weekend, Angie and I headed to Niagara Falls, Canada, for a
girls weekend. We met three of my friends there, one from Philly (kelli),
one from Buffalo (Charlene) and one from London, Ontario (Lisa). we stayed
at the Sheraton Four Points for free with Starwoods Points I had. So, free ... more »
Kodi the kitteh teaches us how to walk a human...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
and we thank her.
Faking austerity in the Eurozone
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago
Friend Keith Weiner points out that all the mainstream pundits say
"austerity does not work." What they don't admit it is that it hasn't been
tried yet:
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911 Explained in Under 5 Minutes
Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 2 hours ago
9/11: A Conspiracy Theory Everything you ever
wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in under 5 minutes.
The Corbett Report
(Watch French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew or Portuguesetranslations of this video.)
TRANSCRIPT: On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 men armed with
boxcutters directed by a man on dialysis in a cave fortress halfway around
the world using a satellite phone and a laptop directed the most
sophisticated penetration of the most heavily-defended airspace in the
world, overpowering the passengers and the military com... more »
Boston Marathon False Flag Attack: The Real Terror Is The Law - Now You Can Be Executed For Merely Being A Suspect!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
I am truly appalled by the actions shown by the American public, especially
the citizens of Boston and Watertown, in the aftermath of the Boston
Marathon drill and operation.... It was disgusting to watch these people
cheer on their police forces with shouts of "USA! USA!" while their cities
were placed under martial law, and two very innocent patsies were hunted
down ruthlessly to the point that one was killed, while the other had his
throat slit to make sure he can never state his true innocence, and will
most probably be killed as well before he can ever take a stand in a "fair
t... more »
Drug Innovation 11: They Create Cures or Customers?
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 2 hours ago
The pharmaceutical industry -- mainly grouped between the innovators and
the generic producers, but often associated with the former -- always
evokes lots of emotive comments, factual or not. Like this image below,
posted by "Juicing Vegetables" page in facebook last Sunday.
As of this writing (9:20am, Manila time), it has attracted 6,667 likes,
7,117 shares, and 212 comments.
I am posting below some of those comments. They offer a wide variety of
perspectives and opinions. Should be useful to both the pharma industry and
its detractors/haters. You may see 212 comments in facebook ... more »
Untitled
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 2 hours ago
Pathway to Apartheid & the Codification of Indian Removal II Monday, 29
April 2013
By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, SpeakOut | Op-Ed
The Senate’s Immigration proposal is titled: Border Security, Economic
Opportunity and Immigration Modernity Act. While being touted by the “gang
of 8” senators and the media as a compromise, it should have been filed
simply as a “pathway to apartheid” and also a “pathway toward Indian
Removal II.”
It is a border enforcement and national security piece of legislation –
which continues to rely heavily on racial profiling – and is anything, but
“comp... more »
Still-active NBA center Jason Collins comes out -- is this the "breakthrough" we've been waiting for?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*by Ken*
Okay, in connection with the coming out of Jason Collins (about which Howie
wrote earlier today), it's fair to note that the 12-year NBA veterans, who
split the past season between the Boston Celtics and the Washington
Wizards, is 34 and a free agent -- i.e., a player without a contract, and
at this stage of his career at best a "fill-in"-type player. So maybe it's
not exactly the scenario some of us have fantasized about, of a star player
in one of the "big four" sports leagues (Major League Baseball, the
National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and... more »
Make them laugh
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours ago
Echoing some rumblings I've seen among our DC insider media on the twitter,
Ezra declares Obama wasn't really joking at their celebrity bash.
Obama’s speech at the White House correspondents’ dinner was well received,
and for good reason — it was very funny. But there were a lot of moments
when Obama seemed to be subverting the rules of the evening in order to get
away with telling harsh truths that he could later claim were just jokes.
“Some folks still don’t think I spend enough time with Congress,” the
president said. “‘Why don’t you get a drink with Mitch McConnell?’ they
ask.... more »
Dophin's Mike Wallace doesn't understand homosexuality...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 3 hours ago
*and the degenerative elitists are going to make him pay, and pay, and pay.*
This is what he tweeted:
*The above tweets have been removed and he tweeted this:*
@MikeWallace: Never said anything was right or wrong I just said I don't
understand!! Deeply sorry for anyone that I offended
Got that? You are not allowed to even hint that something might be
wrong. How dare you!
*From TMZ:* emphasis mine
Mike Wallace needs to learn how to RESPECT gay people ... so says the Miami
Dolphins organization, which says it strongly condemns the comments made by
their star receiver.
A re... more »
The fatal flaw of “Three Strikes”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
Opponents of the Three Strikes Law are up in arms that
When National passed its “three strikes” legislation in 2010, they promised
that it would not be like California’s, and target shoplifters, drug
dealers, and other petty criminals. Instead, it would be used on “the worst
of the worst.” Throughout the debates (which are linked to from here), they
repeatedly referred to “the worst murderers”, the “worst serious violent
offenders” and the “worst” sexual offenders. So who are actually they using
it on? Dumbarse muggers … like Elijah Akeem Whaanga, 21, [on] his second
strike; Judge... more »
Fat Free Econ 42: NSCB vs SWS Data on Poverty
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago
* This is my article today in interaksyon.com, TV5's news portal.
---------
Last week, the country was bombarded with stories that carried descriptions
such as “high poverty”, “poverty unchanged”, “more than half of Filipinos
poor,” among other variations. Two institutions triggered these stories.
Last Tuesday, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) released
its*2012 First Semester Provincial Poverty Statistics, *reporting that
poverty incidence at 28 percent of the population in the first half of last
year was unchanged from the same period in 2006. The subsistence inc... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 4 hours ago
On this edition of The Realist Report, we'll be joined by Richard Edmondson
of *LEFTWING-CHRISTIAN.NET* and author of *The Memoirs of Saint John: No
Greater Love*. Richard and I will be discussing his background and website,
his thoughts on Christianity, the current problems facing America, and his
article *Swindler's List: A Brief Look at the Holocaust Reparations Racket*.
Calls will be taken throughout the conversation. Tune in for what will be a
very interesting discussion!
You can download the entire program *here*, or subscribe to the American
Nationalist Network via iTunes *... more »
Cut the CODELs
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
Our useless Congresscreatures are busy slashing funding for vital social
services for the poors and the olds because they claim government spending
is out of control, but they don't have any problem spending millions on
pleasure trips abroad under the thin aegis of CODELs. This one is
especially egregious because she had to jet over to join only part of the
trip.
The House Judiciary Committee reported Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas,
traveled around the world on an official trip in February that cost
$23,646. The Feb. 16-22 trip on commercial flights was to Korea, Vietnam
and Cam... more »
Mark Twain, "Congress"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself."
"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots,
and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity."
"...the smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts
that God makes."
"The lightning there is peculiar; it is so convincing, that when it strikes
a
thing it doesn't leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether-
Well, you'd think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had been
there."
"It could probably be sho... more »
On Being "College Ready"
antiqueteacher60 at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 4 hours ago
Reblogged from An Antique Teacher: My son has taken his parents for quite a
"ride" over the last few months as he waited and waited to make a decision
about which of the three colleges where he was accepted he would attend. As
May 1 seemed to be looming, his father and I kept at [...]
Student asked to take NY state test from hospital bed
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 4 hours ago
Here’s the story. Question. Who is the educator, with a college degree,
likely a graduate degree, that complied with this order? Or, they took
their own initiative to walk into a hospital room and administer a test? I
wonder about their fitness to serve young people in any professional
capacity. To a certain extent, we [...]
New Anti-Recreational Wolf Hunting Ad in Minnesota
2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours ago
Great new ad about the recreational hunting of wolves in Minnesota.
*Just click on the wolf picture.*
this could be easily reproduced.
Just [INSERT STATE GOVERNORS NAME]
just like ALEC does.
@dianeravitch wonders about a letter sent from @dfer_news and others to USDE
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 4 hours ago
So do we. Actually, aside from the very banal and uninspired content of the
letter itself, which weakly advocates for the persistence of statewide
accountability in CA despite the state’s desire for a waiver, the letter
itself is extremely easy to replicate and satirize. I respect some of these
organizations for the work they do. [...]
The (First) Hooey From Helengrad
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
*Since this government, at the invitation of its coalition partner, has
opened the door to a “constitutional conversation” that is rapidly
emerging as a Treatyist monologue, I thought it might be interesting to
post my on-the-post report from the last time a government set out to have
the Treaty of Waitangi incorporated in a written constitution—back in early
2000, in the first months of the new Helen Clark Government.
Curiously, back then, all the usual Treatyist suspects were agin’
incorporation since, they said, it would “confine” the Treaty. I invite you
to consider what’s c... more »
“The Incredibly Uneven Recovery"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
* “The Incredibly Uneven Recovery: *
Net worth of bottom 93 percent declines by $0.6 trillion
while top 7 percent net worth increases by $5.6 trillion.”
by mybudget360
"One unique signature of this economic recovery is how narrow it is. When
we look at actual wealth, the net worth figures of Americans, we see some
dismal numbers. In fact, what we find really isn’t a recovery at all if we
look at 93 percent of the country. Then again, with most of Congress being
millionaires they are so far removed from the real lives of the public that
reality has become encapsulated in a ver... more »
Former costs grid of no relevance to solicitor client assessments with proper retainers
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
Bales Beall LLP v. Fingrut, 2013 ONCA 266 provides:
[8] Second, the motion judge held that the assessment officer
erred by treating the former costs grid as the benchmark for setting the
appropriate hourly rates for the lawyers and support staff involved in the
management of the appellant's case, notwithstanding the existence of a
written retainer agreement that specified the applicable rates and terms of
the fee agreement between the parties.
[9] We agree. The assessment officer paid scant attention to the
terms of the retainer agreement. The agreement and the... more »
Coalition confronts Peabody Coal at shareholders meeting
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
NAVAJO AND APPALACHIANS JOIN ST. LOUIS RESIDENTS IN CONFRONTING PEABODY COAL CORPORATE EXECUTIVES
Coalition Indicts Peabody with Habitual Exploitation at Annual Shareholders' Meeting
Groups from Wyoming, Black Mesa, St. Louis and Colorado Join Together to Confront World's Largest Coal Company
GILLETTE, WY-- Peabody Energy shareholders affiliated with Powder River Basin Resource Council,
Obama asks for God's blessing on the largest abortion provider in the country and Mooch applauds Jason Collins...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 5 hours ago
*we are truly living in demented times.*
The first woman thinks Jason Collins telling us he engages in weird sex
with people who share his physical characteristics is "a huge step forward
for our country." Maybe she should quit telling us what we should eat to
stay healthy and instead spend some time on telling homosexuals the dangers
of weird sex.
She may also want to rethink saying she's "got his back."
H/T Weasel Zippers for the screen shot
Legality and Legitimacy - Lessons from Weimar?
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
Lecture By Dr. Edward Kanterian: Legality and Legitimacy - Lessons from
Weimar? YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Edward Kanterian. Uploaded on
April 6, 2013]:
Talk given at the workshop 'Legality and Legitimacy: From Weimar 1932 to
Bucharest 2012?', University of Kent, Brussels, BSIS, 6 April 2013
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.region.europe/2927
Legality and Legitimacy - Lessons from Weimar? Part 1: Weimar's Weakness
and Crisis
Legality and Legitimacy - Lessons from Weimar? Part 2: Carl Schmitt, Hans
Kelsen, Hermann Heller
Tsarnaev beat: Mainstream journalists love writing novels!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013*
*In this case, the facts didn’t fit:* Mainstream journalists love to create
novelistic frameworks.
On the front page of Sunday’s Washington Post, Marc Fisher constructed a
familiar novelized framework, this time concerning the Tsarnaev family. But
his novelistic framework pretty much didn’t make sense, given the facts of
the case:
FISHER (4/28/13): America, the golden door, had already welcomed two of his
brothers when Anzor Tsarnaev crossed the ocean with his family in 2002. *Anzor's
brother Ruslan, who had immigrated just a few years earlier, already had ... more »
An honest look at the Census Bureau's wealth data proves that since the supposed end of the recession only the top 7% got richer, much richer, while the bottom 93% have lost 4% of their assets.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago
------------------------------
*Recovery for the 7 Percent — Paul Craig Roberts*
------------------------------
April 28, 2013 | Original here
*“From the end of the recession in 2009 through 2011 (the last year for
which Census Bureau wealth data are available), the 8 million households in
the U.S. with a net worth above $836,033 saw their aggregate wealth rise by
an estimated $5.6 trillion, while the 111 million households with a net
worth at or below that level saw their aggregate wealth decline by an
estimated $600 billion.” Pew Research, “An Uneven Recovery, by Richard Fry
and... more »
9 Imágenes de vegetales frescos - verduras
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 6 hours ago
Click sobre las imágenes para ampliar su tamaño
Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com
I: UV IXCHANGE PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
*Note: The UV IXCHANGE at its very core is designed to safeguard your
value and data and give you control of it all. Any use you decide to share
your data, requires an accommodation agreement with those you share it, so
they legally cannot "OWN" your data or being without bearing the
consequences of doing so. This inverts the pyramid of control that has
existed on this planet for eons. *
*
*
*Caleb's Project XIII will have features that enable the use of this value
in a format similar to Facebook without the pervasive invasion of privacy,
contacts, network, personal data... more »
Is The GOP Still In Thrall To The Lavender Scare?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Rep. Aaron Schock's lavender belt
It was historical for Jason Collins to write in *Sports Illustrated* today
that "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay." I bet it will
inspire and fortify thousands of young men and women all over the world. I
recall, vividly, sitting with Harvey Milk in the backroom office of his
Castro Street camera shop right after a flurry of national media coverage
of his successful election as a San Francisco Supervisor. He pulled out a
mailbag filled with letters from people. There's one he read to me that
still makes my eyes well up with tears.... more »
Wild Bill: Making fun of liberals...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 7 hours ago
*makes me smile.*
It will make you smile, too.
Satire: “Republicans: Obama Must Take Action in Syria So We Can Criticize Action He Took in Syria”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Republicans: Obama Must Take Action in Syria So *
*We Can Criticize Action He Took in Syria”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "A growing chorus of Republican
lawmakers are demanding that President Obama take some action in Syria so
that they can attack whatever action he took in Syria. Appearing on CBS’s
“Face the Nation” on Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) laid
out the situation in stark terms: “The time for President Obama to do
something in Syria that we can eviscerate him for is long overdue.” Arguing
that there are a variety of options a... more »
Why Russia Does Not Believe Syria Used Chemical Weapons
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
After you have read..Israel: Extreme claims for geopolitical gains read
below
Notice that Russia, Syria & Iran, in unison, have been reminding
us all of*the lies employed by the US and others that led up to the
illegitimate,
immoral attack on Iraq.*
[image:
http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_russia-chemical-weapons-use-syria/Syria%20chemical%20weapons.jpg?t=thumbnail_578]
*A
general view shows Khan al-Assal area near the northern city of Aleppo,
near the site where forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar
al-Assad say
was a... more »
“Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever”*
*The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the
year *
*reveals the real international conspiracy: There's no price the big banks
can't fix.*
by Matt Taibbi
"Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the
Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an
apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your
basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game. We found this out in
recent months, when a series of related corrup... more »
Graph of the Day: All-time daily rainfall records on Australia east coast, January 2013
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 hours ago
[image: All-time daily rainfall records on Australia east coast, January
2013. Between 22 and 29 January 2013 extreme rainfall occurred over the
east coast of Queensland and the New South Wales coast north of the
Illawarra, resulting in severe flooding. Many areas received daily
rainfalls greater than 400 mm, with many breaking daily rainfall records.
Graphic: Climate Commission]
(Climate Commission) – Between 22 and 29 January 2013 extreme rainfall
occurred over the east coast of Queensland and the New South Wales coast
north of the Illawarra, resulting in severe flooding (BoM, 2... more »
Austerity kills
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
Austerity doesn't just kill economies, austerity is literally killing people:
Detailing a decade of research, Oxford University political economist David
Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, an assistant professor of medicine and an
epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity
is seriously bad for health.
In a book to be published this week, the researchers say more than 10,000
suicides and up to a million cases of depression have been diagnosed during
what they call the "Great Recession" and its accompanying austerity across
Europe and North America.
The effec... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
It goes to Jamelle Bouie, who has a terrific response to the latest
exercise in fantasy party history by the National Review's Kevin
Williamson. As he says, it's based on
a heavily revisionist history of American politics, in which the GOP never
wavered in its commitment to black rights, and the Democratic Party
embraced its role as a haven for segregationists. In this telling of
history, black support for Democrats is a function of liberal demagoguery
and crude identity politics. If African Americans truly understood their
interests, the argument goes, they’d have never left the Re... more »
Getting Beyond Good vs Evil
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
Getting Beyond Good and Evil (Oneness Consciousness) by American Kabuki
Gay guys can jump
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
Don't really follow any sports except baseball and by follow baseball I
mean, I check the standings regularly and cheer for my favorite teams. I
don't know from stats and half the time I don't remember the players names.
So I have no idea who this guy is or which team he plays for but the
internets tell me Jason Collins did a brave thing:
I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. — I didn't set out to
be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But
since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.
I'm told he's the first major team sport playe... more »
Europe bans neonicotinoid pesticides blamed for destroying bee populations – ‘This is a victory for the precautionary principle, which is supposed to underlie environmental regulation’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 8 hours ago
[image: A bee pollinates a sunflower. The European Union voted for a ban on
neonicotinoid nerve-agent pesticides blamed for the dramatic decline global
bee populations. Photo: Independent]
By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
29 April 2013
Brussels (Independent) – Environmentalists hailed a "victory for bees"
today after the European Union voted for a ban on the nerve-agent
pesticides blamed for the dramatic decline global bee populations.
Despite fierce lobbying by the chemicals industry and opposition by
countries including Britain, 15 of the 27 member states voted for a
two-year... more »
Vic Toews : To serve and protect the Con agenda
Alison at Creekside - 8 hours ago
So after the office of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews tacked a few
additional "terrorism" charges onto Omar Khadr's Canadian file that were not
in his original conviction by the discredited Guantánamo Bay military
tribunal (h/t Cathie from Canada):
Ottawa’s file on Omar Khadr contains faulty information based on a memo
prepared by a senior policy analyst for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews
... Among other things, the government alleges the late terrorist
mastermind Osama bin Laden was an accomplice of a 15-year-old Khadr, and
that the Canadian citizen killed two Afghan militia m... more »
A Bevy of Blossoms
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 8 hours ago
Since Joshua Tree National Park is in the news, I'm linking to an earlier
post (Something Wicked This Way Comes) which has pictures from my visit
there - and some pictures of the trees from years ago for comparison. The
article about the unprecedented flowering this spring is below the video.
Desperate attempts to put inordinate amounts of energy into reproduction
is a survival strategy being employed by conifers, nut and other trees.
Naturally, the "experts" are blaming drought or climate, even though
Joshua Tree is the second most polluted park in the country, which is to
say, ... more »
Arts Festival
Southern Man at Southern Man - 8 hours ago
Downtown Southern City for the annual Festival of the Arts...
The Gang
Ducks and Koi
Band on the Water Stage
The Big Difference: When You Do It, It's Conspiracy Theory. When We Do It, It's Informed Speculation (Success Through Indirection, Mis-direction, Redirection, and Protection) I Am Not A Pleasure Unit Anymore!
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 8 hours ago
Now you know I'm not a conspiracist, but I have to admit that I haven't had
so much fun wending my way through conspiracy theories since the 1974
Church Committee's JFK Assassination hearings, which were only allowed to
happen due to the double shocks to the establishment owners' hold on the
media, resulting from the unexpected outing of the Watergate
CIA-funded-and-Howard-Hunt-directed
PAUL GINGERICH, MICHAEL JACKSON, CHRISTIAN CHOATE
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Paul Gingerich, from Indiana, in the USA*
Paul Gingerich was jailed for life at the age of 12.
This is very convenient for certain pedophile rings.
Paul is now in Pendleton Juvenile Correction Facility, a sort of boy
brothel.
The first-ever National Survey of Youth in Custody found that 30% of
children in the Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility in Indiana are
abused by staff at the facility.
Shock Study: Children Sexually Abused in Government Custody
*Phillip Danner*
*
*Paul Gingerich's friend Colt Lundy "had been sexually abused by his
stepfather Philip Danner."
two-wa... more »
A potential for an education research boycott? #AERA13 #highered
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 9 hours ago
I actually don’t know if “civilians” understand how academic publication
works, at least for the humdrum, commoner, the everyday “scholar” who
doesn’t have major book deals. Let me explain. So, in order to receive
tenure and promotion as a faculty member, which I think might be over-rated
at this point, a faculty member needs to [...]
ALEC - Big on Bamboozle, Short on Facts
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
*Love, love, love, this guy.*
Great writeup - one of the best ALEC reads of the weekend.
I give you only snips.
*Please take the time*
*to read the whole thing*
*>>>>HERE<<<** *
The American Legislative Exchange Council has the chutzpah to pick
taxpayers pockets.*
The Tax Analysts Blog*
* *
* *
* *
*Apr. 25, 2013 04:04 PM EDT*
* *
*Taxpayers Subsidize Rich Anti-Taxers*
* *
*by David Cay Johnston*
When it comes to picking taxpayer pockets, few organizations display as
much chutzpah as the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC corrupts lawmakers with free trips, while reportin... more »
Info on #CPS testing schedule sent to me. In a word: INSANE
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 9 hours ago
What you have here from the powers that be is a rather rudimentary and
quantitative understanding of assessment as it relates to pedagogy. A
listener of At the Chalk Face live tweeted during the show information
about Chicago’s insane PreK-2 assessment schedule. Here’s the graphic,
click for a larger version. What at first becomes obvious [...]
Totalitarianism
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
John Knefel (2013, April 22) Authoritarianism Has Quietly Enveloped Every
Part of American Life -- We Must Fight Back: Privacy, not surveillance, is
what must be justified now. We must make sure not to draw the wrong lessons
from Boston.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/authoritarianism-has-quietly-enveloped-every-part-american-life-we-must-fight-back
[Excerpted] ...That domestic surveillance will continue to increase –
especially with the arrival of drones – was true before Boston. Miranda
rights had already been significantly weakened by the Obama DOJ in 2010. US
officials... more »
Ken Livingstone - the West is always to blame
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
MEMRI has a clip of a fascinating interview with Ken Livingstone
Here's the transcript and details:
'Following are excerpts from statements made by former mayor of London Ken
Livingstone, which aired on Press TV and were posted on the Internet on
April 26, 2013:
*Voice of Muhammad, a caller from the UK*: How [come the Boston bombers]
enjoyed all these pleasures there, and yet, they ended up blowing
themselves up [sic] like that?
*Ken Livingstone*: Well, I think there is a problem… Very often people get
incredibly angry about injustices that they see. They would have been
reading ... more »
ALEC Action OKC - TWU514/ IAFF Local 176 Help Out
2old2care at Because I Can - 10 hours ago
From:
Occupy OKC
*TULSAand NE Oklahomies heading to the March!!! *
If you want to ride the bus down *be sure to register *at this link.
And big THANKS to TWU514 and IAFF Local 176 Tulsa Firefighters for
sponsoring the buses!
TWI514
The Transport Workers Union of America is an industrial union, Local 514
was established in 1946.
*ALEC Protest: May 2, 2013 – Bus Trip!*
April 15, 2013
Corporations benefits- Although ALEC claims to take an ideological stance
of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty,
many of the model bills benefit the corporations whose... more »
Big Brother Never Goes Away-- CISPA Is A Real Danger To American Liberties
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
If you watched Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on CNN's *State of the
Nation*yesterday, you may recall him warning that the government is
approaching a
"dangerous line" when it comes to violating the Constitutional mandates
on
certain guaranteed liberties, like privacy. Chaffetz, who wasn't one of
only
29 Republicans who joined most Democrats in opposing Mike Rogers' Big
Brother CISPA legislation April 18, seemed to take issue with a dullard
colleague of his, Marsha Blackburn who wants more intrusion, not less.
(She
was out shopping for new platforms with Michele Bachmann at Hu's Shoes's
on ... more »
Israel: Extreme claims for geopolitical gains
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 11 hours ago
*Allegations of Syrian chemical weapons.... *
Following up on the rather sudden and surprising chemical weapons in Syria
meme bomb being dropped and the subsequent fall out. I see mention of
Israel as the ‘joker’ in all of this... Took some time to read up on the
Joker. Jokers are wild. The Joker can be *extremely* beneficial or*extremely
* detrimental, depending on the game being played. *That said, Jokers are
definitely extreme.*
And that extremism defines that state of Israel, perfectly.
*“a tendency or disposition to go to extremes or an instance of going to
extremes”*
* ... more »
Wal Thornhill - Venus' Mysterious South Polar Cyclone - relevance to Earth's 'Climate Change'?
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 11 hours ago
here's Wal Thornhill banging out his Electric Universe message, this time
focussing on the weird south-pole atmospheric anomaly which he calls a
DOUBLE FILAMENT electric current (from an interaction with the Electric
Sun) that's causing the spiral feature. The video (below) goes on to
discuss the strange hot spot at the north pole of Saturn, when both poles
should generally average out to the 'same temperature'.
"There's an Energy Input that's not being factored into Earth's Climate
Change..." Thornhill reminds us that our Sun is Electric, or rather 'the
galactic force that causes o... more »
AERA President Tierney Speech on Poverty Followed by Champagne Reception
Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 11 hours ago
AERA Presidential Address: William G. Tierney (#AERAPres) Beyond the Ivory
Tower: The Role of the Intellectual in Eliminating Poverty Time: Mon, Apr
29, 4:35 – 5:50 pm Location: Hilton Union Square, Ballroom Level –
Continental 4-6 In his presidential address, William Tierney will examine
the twin themes of how educational organizations might improve access and
[...]
Request from Off World
Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
This morning there was this request in my inbox, from our off world
contact:
*“Sophia, can You share this video and website, we want lightworkers to
take this seriously and not ignore it, it is important, the sooner people
will know and acknowledge the ets presence, the sooner the complete change
will follow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtE7GTxtLCc*
*
http://www.citizenshearing.org/
*
*We are sharing this as well, some lightworkers still unaware of this
important event.”*
What are you waiting for? You are the One.
~Sophia
*Here is a link to th... more »
Senator Ted Cruz: We're winning...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*I'm cautiously optimistic.*
H/T *Freedom's Lighthouse*
Hidden in Plain Sight - 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing 100% inside job.
Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 12 hours ago
Hidden in Plain Sight - the staged drama of the 2013 Boston Marathon
Bombing - 100% Inside Job. The proofs are in the photoshopped composites
beamed around the world. There is no end to this Inside Job Scams (even
before the 1912 Titanic)until we say Enough is Enough! No one can help
us
until we help ourselves. The first step is to see the plain truth
contained
in these pictures.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=519514094775864&set=a.128510663876211.20575.100001518344620&type=1&theater
Thanks
to Robbo Da Yobbo, we found this confirmation on his youtube video.
There was no... more »
Why not support the folk who are right!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013*
*Our fund-raising drive continues:* If you don’t mind our saying so, year
after year we just keep getting it right.
In the last few weeks, the world has heard about the two latest Harvard
professors. We have been telling you, year after year: The professors are *
constantly* failing.
Yesterday morning, the front-page piece in the New York Times Sunday Review
cited a few upbeat facts about the nation’s test scores. (Other basic facts
were withheld.)
We have been telling you, year after year, about the way our “educational
experts” and education reporters ref... more »
ALEC 2012 Policy: Stop the exchange, stop PPACA.
2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago
Found this quote from Christie Herrera who at the time this was recorded
was the Health guru at ALEC, before she left ALEC for Florida government
appointment:
The exchanges are key to most other parts of PPACA -- it
subsidizes/enforces the individual mandate and determines who is eligible
for a newly-expanded Medicaid program. Stop the exchange, stop PPACA.
I went looking for it and found a thread from a live blog which is an
eye-opening exchange of the right-wingers.
*The thread is located*
* *
*>>>>HERE<<<*
Here are snips:
*Joining the FreedomWorks "Stop Obamacare at the St... more »
Post-Policy GOP and Sequestration
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas write:
Republicans wanted entitlement cuts. They’re not getting them. They wanted
to protect defense spending. Instead, the Pentagon is getting gutted while
Medicare and Social Security are left mostly untouched. They had an eye
toward tax reform. Nuh-uh.
That is, keeping sequestration in place is, they write, lose-lose when it
comes to policy.
Which would be absolutely true if Republicans really did want entitlement
cuts, defense spending, tax reform, or, as they go on to discuss, long-term
deficit reduction.
If, however, we take the "post-policy" idea ... more »
History Lessons: Bigfoot, the Viceroyalty and the Natives of Nootka
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 13 hours ago
*History Lessons: Bigfoot, The Viceroyalty and the Natives of Nootka*
*By Scott Corrales (c) 2013 *
During the 18th century, exploration of "la Alta California" (Upper
California) pushed northward beyond the deserts and forests of the San
Francisco Mission and into the virgin forests of the modern states of
Oregon and Washington - lands lacking gold or readily accessible mineral
wealth, but whose waters attracted the otters that stirred the interest of
Russian settlers in Alaska. As they sailed southward in search of their
prize, they came into conflict with the forces of the vic... more »
Breaking: Stanford professor reveals real facts about American test scores!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013*
*When will the New York Times agree to tell the whole truth:* Yesterday, in
the New York Times, the week of the professors continued.
In a front-page piece in the Sunday Review, Stanford professor Sean Reardon
got a whole bunch of things right. At the end of a *very* lengthy piece, he
argued a set of congenial lines.
How can we help low-income kids achieve more in school? Here’s what he said
we should do:
REARDON (4/28/13): So how can we move toward a society in which educational
success is not so strongly linked to family background? *Maybe we should
tak... more »
Daily Links, Monday, April 28, 2013: Protest Version
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 13 hours ago
A friend of mine was down from Taipei to Yuanli Port in Miaoli to protest
the installation of wind machines over the objections of locals. The Taipei
Times covered this earlier in April:
“We are just asking the government and the building contractor to respect
us local residents, include us in the negotiations, and keep a safe
distance between our homes and the wind turbines,” Chen said.
The Germany-based wind energy firm, InfraVest GmbH, plans to build 12 new
wind turbines along the coast of Miaoli County — six in Tongsiao Township
(通霄) and the other six in Yuanli.
Worried about ... more »
Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party, An Interview With Prof. Joseph Sassoon
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Professor Joseph Sassoon was originally born in Baghdad, and later moved to
England where he received his education. He is currently a Professor at the
Center for Contemporary Arabic Studies at Georgetown University. In 2012,
he published *Saddam Hussein’s Ba’th Party, Inside an Authoritarian Regime*.
Using thousands of Iraqi documents seized by Kurds after the 1991 Gulf War,
and the U.S. led Coalition following the 2003 invasion, along with
interviews of former Iraqi officials Professor Sassoon was able to study
the intricate party apparatus of the Baathist regime under Saddam Hus... more »
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARABIC STUDIES VIDEO: Book Release: Jaseph Sassoon On Saddam Hussein's Baath Party
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Book Release: Joseph Sassoon on Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party from Georgetown
CCAS on Vimeo.
AL JAZEERA VIDEO: Deadly Anti-Government Violence Grips Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
AL JAZEERA VIDEO: Iraq PM: Regional Strife Stoking Sectarianism
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
BBC VIDEO: Iraq Bans Media Outlets Including Al Jazeera Saying They're Inciting Violence
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
ALEC Private National Chair - Misleads Public with Opinion Piece
2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago
*An interesting thing happened this morning – I found a total plagiarism of
one of my entries when I was researching this story. There is nothing –
absolutely nothing that pisses me off more than when people claim my stuff
as their own. NOTHING PISSES ME OFF MORE!*
*
*
*I knew I had written about this ALEC slimeball before - so I just Googled
his name - and lo & behold - I found an article that was a complete
plagiarism of one of my entries – with no link back to me, no reference to
me, no credit to me – they just stole my whole article – in fact the
person who posted it had t... more »
PROFESSORIATE FAILS YOU AGAIN: Harvard professor will travel for cash!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013*
*Part 1—Much as we have told you:* Early in 2010, a pair of Harvard
professors authored a bungled study.
There’s certainly nothing new about that! Did you notice the horribly
cherry-picked column Harvard assistant professor Jal Mehta recently
published in the New York Times?
*We* did! For part 1, click here.
There’s nothing new about the failure of the ranking professoriate. And as
noted, the paper we’re discussing today appeared in early 2010. According
to our calculations, that was three years back!
Unfortunately, the bungled study turned out to be extre... more »
Maybe It Really Isn't Fair To Always Just Blame The Germans
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
The conventional wisdom runs something like this: the northern European
(Protestants) are industrious and thrifty and the southern Europeans + the
Irish (Catholics) are slackers and high livers who squander their wealth on
wine and women. Or... the Nazis won the long-war after all and are now
cracking the whip to make everyone in Europe act like a good little
Germans-- or starve. After all, who really gained the most from the
creation of the Common Market and the Eurozone? German industry is well...
very much *über alles*. Cyprus, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece... not so
much. Ger... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Kate Mulgrew, 58. Excellent captain, even if she is the
only captain to get dumped by Sam Malone.
Plenty of good stuff:
1. Andrew Rudalevige on Barack Obama and Taylor Swift.
2. Jonathan Cohn does not see a train wreck coming on ACA implementation.
Rough road, but no train wreck.
3. But on the cost side, see Ezra Klein's important reported story about the
one thing that might work...but no one wants it.
4. With a useful follow-up from Aaron Carroll.
5. Since I wrote about this last week, I think I should link: Aakash Abbi,
the student who taped Frank Luntz defen... more »
ALEC ALUMNI - Escalate Bullet Conspiracy Theory
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
*From The Hill*
*GOP aims to slow federal bullet buys*
By Jordy Yager - 04/27/13 01:00 PM ET
Republicans want to limit the number of bullets federal agencies can
purchase so American gun owners can buy more.
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Frank Lucas have introduced a bill that
would prohibit every government agency — except the military — from buying
more ammunition each month, than the monthly average it purchased from 2001
to 2009.
The lawmakers say the Obama administration is buying up exceedingly high
levels of ammunition in an attempt to limit the number of bullets th... more »
Ryan Dolan from Ireland Sings "Only Love Survives"
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
Official Irish entry for Eurovision 2013 "Only Love Survives" by Ryan Dolan
Composers : Ryan Dolan & Wez Devine Produced : Wez Devine & David Hayes
Mixed / Mastered : Fergal Davis Mastering Video edit :
www.facebook.com/zenemymusic
Thanks to Keith Arkins Photography for capturing Ryan's studio footage, the
Phoneographer and his Nokia and to all the beautiful people who contributed
footage for our vid! :)
Special thanks to Eurovision Mentor Stuart O Connor for putting the show
together and a huge thank you to all who voted Ryan through to Sweden. Just
Be Love!!! Ryan's manageme... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Looking back at NFL Draft Weekend (mostly) in quotations ~Library
Chronicles*
*A Look Inside Sean Payton’s Mind: What Rookie Selections Tell Us ~Saints
Tailgate*
*Schiro's Cafe: From Poor Boys to Saag Paneer ~Craig Kraemer*
*Spice king: How a New Orleans food firm went global ~Kim Gittleson *
*Pulling strings at Marigny’s Giant Puppet Festival ~Katie Walenter*
*The Hosts of the Party: Bayou St John responds to the Jazz Fest Takeover ~Laine
Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman*
*WWOZ Piano Night! ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Twisted Priorities
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
The Harper government is a nasty piece of work. Its twisted priorities now
permeate the Canadian economy. Those priorities are best illustrated by the
temporary foreign workers program. Originally established in boom times to
help alleviate labour shortages, the Harperites have used the program to
cudgel Canadian workers. Haroon Siddiqui writes in the *Toronto Star*:
Under Stephen Harper’s watch, temporary foreign workers have tripled, from
140,000 to 338,000. The total may be more like 500,000, if you add those
who may have gone underground at the end of their temporary visas, plu... more »
Peru: Residents of Iquitos Photograph Strange Object
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 15 hours ago
*Source: La República (newspaper)
Date: 04.25.2013*
*PERU: Residents of Iquitos Photograph Strange Object*
Two residents of the “9 de Abril” settlement in the San Juan Bautista
district (Iquitos) reported seeing a UFO in the early morning hours of this
day. Daniel Chota Tamani, 30, explained that while speaking to his son,
Luis C.G., 14, an incandescent light appeared in the sky, moving oddly and
giving off beams of light. The phenomenon was recorded at around 2 o’clock
in the morning.
According to Chota Tamani, upon seeing what he took for a spacecraft, he
managed to record th... more »
If Labour Were In Power ...
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 16 hours ago
This is what its programme of legislation would be right now, as announced
by Ed Miliband during his visit to Newcastle-under-Lyme today:
*Housing Bill*
Problem:
• The housing market has changes significantly in recent years. There are
now 3.8 million households in the private rented sector, including more
than one million with children.
• Many are being ripped off through hidden fees, which are costing tenants
£76m per year.
• More than a third of all privately rented homes are not up to decent
standards, with more than 15 per cent lacking minimal heat in winter.
The Bill would:
• ... more »
Argentina: Two Agronomists Photographed UFO Over Santiago Field
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 16 hours ago
*Source: El Tribuno (newspaper)
Date: 04.25.2013*
*Argentina: Two Agronomists Photographed UFO Over Santiago Field*
*The two men were conducting a land survey when they discovered that one of
their photos of the sky, pointing northward, did not resemble a bird or a
plane, but an inverted dish.*
SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, 25 Apr (NA) – Two agronomists claim having
photographed a UFO while conducting a survey of a field near Pampa Múyoj in
Santiago del Estero.
Antonio Pappalardo and Roberto Aguila were startled when they returned to
the office to look over the photographs that constitute... more »
Argentina: "Sections of Santiago del Estero Attract UFOs"
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 16 hours ago
*Source: El Liberal (newspaper)
Date: 28 April 2013*
*Argentina: “Sections of Santiago del Estero Attract UFOs”*
*Statement by renowned researcher Fabio Zerpa, confirming that a UFO was
indeed seen over Pampa Múyoj
Photo of sighting taken by two researchers who photographed the sky, not
knowing object was there.*
04.27.2013 – Following the startling manifestation of an Unidentified
Flying Object over Pampa Múyoj and a new photograph taken by a resident of
the Almirante Brown neighborhood, suggesting the possible presence of an
unknown object, renowned parapsychologist, ufologist ... more »
Musical Interlude: Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M
“Latest D.C.-Wall Street Brainstorm– Bailouts With Your Bank Deposits”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“Latest D.C.-Wall Street Brainstorm– *
*Bailouts With Your Bank Deposits”*
by Martin Berg
“Think your federally insured bank deposits are safe? Think again. The
geniuses that are supposed to be protecting your money have dreamed up a
scary idea to use your money to help fund the next bailout. This is not
some paranoid conspiracy theory.
In December, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (which is supposed
to insure your money in the bank) and the Bank of England proposed using
your bank deposits to defray the costs of rescuing a too big to fail bank
when it gets in tro... more »
Can Spirulina Produce a Sustained Virological Response in Chronic Hep C? More Studies Here Please.
George Henderson at The High-fat Hep C Diet - 17 hours ago
I was going to give the whole algae as immune stimulants theme a rest,
until Silvia Hinojosa-Price sent me this paper.
*Spirulina Platensis versus Silymarin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis
C virus infection. A pilot randomized, comparative clinical trial.*
*
**I've been reading these Hep C natural therapy papers for many years now
and this is the first to record SVR. Essentially, this means that the
treatment (Spirulina, a simple dried extract at 500mg 3x daily) was
associated with undetectable virus levels after 6 months treatment. Only in
13.3% of the subjects (4 of 30, with ... more »
Holy Waterboarding for Jesus
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 17 hours ago
Dear Pinelake Baptist Church:
I have read with enthusiasm and interest your recent attempt to kidnap
an entire high school one grade at a time at Northwest Rankin High Schoolduring this school year.
Obviously, these tactics are much more cost-effective than that of Escuela
Caribe, subject of a liberal propaganda film called *Kidnapped For Christ*.
With the price of gas and jet fuel these days, it's no longer feasible to
kidnap children in the dead of night and fly them while bound to the
Dominican after coming out to their parents as gay or that they may have
shaken t... more »
art - Studio Ghibli - Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 17 hours ago
I don't even care if you don't speak Japanese - the images speak for
themselves, and it's Studio Ghibli. I personally love the idea of a 500m
'god' floating over the city like that before delivering his 'salvation'.
Death to all corporate slave centres, free planet.
*Studio Ghibli, known for producing notable anime titles, has released a
live-action short film called "Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo." The
notable family-friendly anime production company Studio Ghibli, with Hayao
Miyazaki taking the lead, released a live-action short film called “Giant
God Warrior Appears in Toky... more »
Understanding the Human Mind
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
This is a great update on our understanding of just how our brains might
work. I have underlined parts and made a couple of notes. I am myself very
much a student of Einstein's thinking and have been well served. What held
him back on his agenda was an oversight of the handful of eighteenth
century Mathematicians. My efforts ended that. Now we have to get past the
mental block put up by scholarship.
This is a must read. It will help you to understand what our future looks
like. Fifteen years is not a long time for the Baby Boom generation and
their children. Guide y... more »
Human Genetic Differences
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
This article by Lloyd Pye tackles the one remaining conjecture regarding
the emergence of modern humanity.
That conjecture has a cultural tradition behind it and additional
geological support that has been largely ignored.
What it boils down to is that genetic intervention has occurred at least
twice in human history. The first time occurred at least 200,000 years ago
and possibly sooner. This led to the emergence of some form of modern man
by 40,000 years ago.
The second event was the direct seeding of Earth with genetically prepared
colonies of agricultural man a... more »
Stonehenge Occupied Since Eighth Millennia
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
In fairness, it was reasonable to expect as much since we know that the
advent cattle husbandry began as early as the tenth millennia. This led
directly to stable land ownership and boundaries and a natural need for
monumental works.
The site then had to also be important as a population center long before
the building of Stonehenge. This now becomes a fresh focus for new
archeology. It is also a reminder of the productivity of cattle husbandry
even by itself.
The more interesting question is just now crude were the astronomical
alignments? Just aligning a couple of pole... more »
Super Priority of Derivatives?
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 17 hours ago
The fundamental problem is simply concentration of risk. It is easily
ended by breaking up TBTF and separation of function as was done for
exactly the same reasons under Glass Steagel. When that was repealed in
1999 under Clinton, I was stunned. I said then it would take about eight
years to blow up the system. That is exactly what happened. We are now
getting ready for another round in the next four to six years unless
serious sense is brought to bear.
I would start today by charging every signatory to a failed AAA bond with
treason, preferably in the State of Tex... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 18 hours ago
Good morning Duckaroos, here’s some stuff I think is actually worth
reading… Srinath Raghavan seemed to be one of the few pundits who could see
through the dangerous level of bullshit that was the latest Sino-Indian
border crisis along the LAC last week. The International Crisis Group
worries that the violent Hawija operation in the Kirkuk province
Continue reading
Musical Interlude: Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-4u9W-bns
Broken Britain?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
'A mother forced her 14-year-old adopted daughter to inseminate herself
with donor sperm to provide a baby for her after she was prevented from
adopting any more children, it can be revealed.
The daughter, a virgin, is believed to have miscarried at 14, but went on
to have a baby at 16 after regularly inseminating herself with sperm bought
over the internet by her "domineering" mother because she was too scared to
refuse.'
More here at The Guardian
http://m.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/28/girl-forced-pregnant-donor-semen?CMP=twt_gu
Great Western leaders vs. Jews on Christianity, Jesus Christ
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 19 hours ago
*What did some of the greatest Western leaders in history say about
Christianity and Jesus Christ? What follows is a small sampling.*
*"They are [Jefferson's Bible and thoughts on Jesus Christ] the result of a
life of inquiry and reflection, and very different from that Anti-Christian
system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the
corruptions of christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine
precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense in which he
wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to
all other... more »
Forum on Taiwan and Climate Change
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 19 hours ago
*Yuanli fishing port*
*Policy Forum on Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Resilience: Taiwan
Reflections*
Organizers: IHDP, IHDP National Committee-Taipei
Center for Sustainability Science, Academia Sinica
Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica
Time: May 19 (Sunday), 2013
Venue: Conference Room 1, Academic Activity Center, Academia Sinica
Names are being accepted until May 10 (limited to 80), email
susana0816@gate.sinica.edu.tw
For program list, click on READ MORE below:
Program
09:00-09:10 Welcome
Chao-Han Liu (Chair, Center for Sustainability Science, Academia Sinica)
Hsin-Huang Mich... more »
Jim Tucker r.i.p. - Bilderberg Group investigative journalist - LIBOR and BEYOND.
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 20 hours ago
Jim Tucker, the man who first discovered and then worked tirelessly in the
journalistic desert to uncover and expose the clandestine royal/corporate
global trading cabal known as The Bilderberg Group, has died at 78 years of
age.
Here's a commemorative video from Jim's long-time anti-Bilderberg Meeting
co-demonstrator Alex Jones.
*SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:* for those who've not been following investigation into
the Bilderberg Group, here's Jim Tucker on American Free Press discussing
what it is and what its aims are for Global Control of YOU THE PEOPLE.
BIN LADEN, ASTOR, GULEN, BANDAR, TSARNAEV, RUSSELL - HOMES OF THE AMERICAN ELITE
Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*One of the many bin Laden properties in the USA*
Right next to Disney World is one of the homes of the bin Laden family.
The bin Ladens "own massive amounts of real estate in Florida and
Massachusetts," according to the Daily Telegraph, 20 July 2004.
The bin Ladens are pro-American oligarchs, friends of the Bush family and "
have dealings with Citigroup, General Electric, Merrill Lynch, Goldman
Sachs and the Fremont Group, as well as Microsoft and Boeing."
*Khalil bin Laden's former home in Oakland in Florida.*
In 1980, Khalil bin Laden, brother of Osama, bought the above 13 acr... more »
Len Brown is right, and wrong.
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
Len Brown wants to whack on either central-city tolls, motorway tolls or
petrol taxes* “*to plug a $12 billion funding gap and fix the city’s
ever-growing traffic jams.”
Len thinks users should pay for the costs of roads, and in that he’s dead
right.
But as the Affordable City ticket for the upcoming council elections points
out,
Yes, users should pay for the cost of roads. But what we're already paying
should be enough.
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Peraves e-tracer, now THIS is an electric vehicle...
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 21 hours ago
this morning I tried to click on a SkyNews report about the Chinese
government investing HEAVILY in electric cars, but the video wouldn't work,
good old proprietary format, eh?
Anyway, thinking of electric vehicles made me HANKER once again after one
of these delicious Peraves E-Tracer of my own to test drive for them here
in UK on our pot-hole-laden roads.
my only question is, "If there's a LEARNING CURVE to driving this hybrid
two-wheeled bike/car/thing, HOW DOES THE VALET PARK IT?" or is every Swiss
valet given E-Tracer driving lessons, just in case.
You think if I keep writin... more »
April Showers Bring May Flour Giveaway! (Grand Prize Includes a Bosch Mixer)
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 21 hours ago
[image: april-showers-bring-may-flour]A lot of times it seems like I live
in my kitchen. Whether I am cooking dinner for my family or whipping up a
treat, I spend a lot of time there. During that time I have found
somethings I just can't live without, my mixer, a great apron, fresh herbs,
good quality chocolate. They all make such a difference and I definitely
have my favorites. I was talking with some other bloggers and we decided we
wanted you to be able to try our favorite kitchen products for yourself.
Myself and 15 other bloggers have come together with some amazing companies
t... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
Springtime in Central Park. [Inga Sarda-Sorenson photo]
[click this one to embiggen.]
PhysX PBF: breakthrough in simulation of water
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
A decade ago, the state-of-the-art computer simulation of moving water
looked like the 0:20-0:40 segment of the Mafia I trailer. In the following
years, the progress was relatively modest up to very recently.
PC games have become nearly photorealistic but flowing and splashing
liquids are still hard. In some sense, one needs to simulate individual
(enlarged) molecules and/or the Navier-Stokes equations – both tasks are
difficult when it comes to the required computer power etc.
*See also a lighthouse etc. and one more bunny bath.*
The video above shows what the simulation of water... more »
Fewer, Clearer, Higher
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 22 hours ago
I’m staying up way too late–again–preparing for a lecture series that I
will be doing in some communities in eastern New York and Delaware, and I
finally gathered all of the ELA standards for Kindergarten. I’m going to
paste them here (at the risk of being busted with the fair use policy). As
you peruse [...]
Jeff Bauman Nick Vogt Missing Pinky Finger
Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 22 hours ago
The Case Is Closer To Being Solved
What is with the white suit people?!
You watch this and tell me!!!
What do you think?!
This is the BEST piece of evidence I have found or seen online!
Jeff Bauman is not real and Nick Vogt is the man!
http://enfordummies.com/wordpress/jeff-bauman-nick-vogt-missing-pinky-finger-white-suit-people/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zkXvxs_kzLU
see the impostor Jeff Bauman 4 fingers on the left hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIeZrgbgcCk
Notice the index finger was plastered up to suggest 3 fingers but Nick Vogt
lost his pinky... more »
"GRAFTON CLOSE KIDS IGNORED BY POLICE"
Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*1981 Barbecue at Grafton Close children's home, from which children were
reportedly trafficked to the 'boy brothel' called Elm Guest House*
In the UK, boys who complained about sexual abuse by a top people's
paedophile ring were ignored after speaking out.
*http://www.mirror.co.*
A boy from Grafton Close children's home says he was attacked at the Elm
Guest House.
Evidence backing his claim came from a second boy from Grafton Close.
*But, detectives failed to act, according to Exaro and the Sunday People.*
*http://www.mirror.co.*
*Elm Guest House*
Grafton Close was run by Ri... more »
April 28, 1973
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
"Told me to get the statements written in the best possible way. Says he
isn't going to mention our names in his TV talk Monday."
That's Haldeman's report of his morning phone conversation with Nixon; the
president is at Camp David, and the decision has been made that Haldeman
and Ehrlichman will both take a leave, not resign. Nixon wants them to come
to Camp David, but their lawyer wants them to wait until the next day, and
so they spend the Saturday writing their statements requesting leaves until
their names are cleared.
The president knows he has to let them go, but still slide... more »
Christy Clark Throws Hamish Under The Campaign Bus
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 23 hours ago
My sincerest condolences goes out to the family and relatives of those who
were killed in the horrific car accident in Surrey today..Hundreds of lives
affected for the worse, and forever
I wasn`t going to write anything about Christy Clark running red lights in
the early morning hours with her son Hamish, until this evening when
another article was posted.
Before I get started, my ex, my Marcy who has succumbed to society`s hurt..
When I met Marcy, she was 25, I was 23...She was very shy and timid, after
we got together I soon learned that she had suffered early childhood
horr... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday!
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Grab our banner for your site:
Do
you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes writ... more »
Do
you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes writ... more » If you've kept up on your mega-bundling, Paris could be in your future
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*by Ken*
You probably thought the cushy job of U.S. ambassador to France was all
locked up for that Mega-Bundler Guy. Turns out Mega-Bundler Guy has either
pressing business holding him out of consideration or maybe -- according to
the *New York Post* (take it for what it's worth) -- some more personal
problems. Which means the job is open again, at least as of this report
from the *Washington Post*'s Loopmaster, Al Kamen, from a couple of days
ago (links onsite).
*Paris is open! Update those resumes.*
*The U.S. ambassador's residence in Paris*
By Al Kamen
Get those resumes out!... more »
Why I won’t be buying the govt’s shares
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Even if it does go ahead, I won’t be buying shares in the government’s
non-privatisation1 of electricity generators.
Why?
Well, in the first instance, David Shearer and Russel Norman have
demonstrated that what can be created with politics can also be killed with
it. Says Oliver Hartwich,
Practically from one second to the next, and with no previous warning, let
alone any kind of meaningful stakeholder consultation, the rules of the
energy market were called into question… The strong public reactions to the
proposal, as well as the substantial losses for energy companies listed... more »
The War on Drugs is a Failure
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
..we don’t treat alcoholics like this. Starring Chris Christie, Ron Paul,
and the dubious powers of Autotune.
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Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
The magic bus as envisioned by Science and Mechanics magazine in 1950. [via
Roger Wilkerson.]
“…to whenever castration and office has been…”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*OFFICER (giving order): “Send reinforcements, we’re going to advance.”
N.C.O. (passing on order): “Send three and four-pence, we’re going to a
dance.”*
What happens when two of the most popular digital voices speak to each
other? Artist Michael Silber asked Google Voice and Siri to talk to each
other. Chinese whispers has nothing on this:
[Hat tip Noodle Food]
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Snapshots from the Performance
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Photo credit: JACOB BELCHER/HARVARD OFA
Awwwwww... Frank Luntz Gets Outed-- And Then Gets Poutraged
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
A couple days ago we embedded a tape of Hate Talk Radio host Mark
Levin's
show, which has millions of listeners with no capacity for discernment.
On
it he denounced Paul Ryan as an Establishment shill and encouraged his
listeners-- the ones I just referred to as lacking discernment-- to vote
against him in the future. That might be great news for Rob Zerban or--
on
a longshot-- Hillary Clinton-- but Establishment Republicans just
*hate*when that happens. And it happens a lot, both from Levin and Big
Daddy
Limbaugh. And that was the topic of the latest skirmish in the GOP civil
war ... more »
The Diamond Blue
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 1 day ago
Thanks to 3es.weebly for this song. It's not exactly the sort of music I
prefer, but oh, it could not be more à *propos*.
*
"Dear God"*
hope you got the letter, and...
I pray you can make it better down here.
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
but all the people that you made in your image, see
them starving on their feet 'cause they don't get
enough to eat from God, I can't believe in you
Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... I feel that I should be heard
loud and clear. We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
and all the people that you made in your image, see ... more »
Nueva colección de rosas de colores para el Día de las Madres (10 de Mayo)
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
*Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de rosas*
Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com
Racial privilege, or one law for all?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: image]
The so called “constitutional conversation” initiated by the Racist Party
in their coalition deal with Nation is less about discussing a constitutionthan it is about entrenching racial
privilege the Treaty, right down to “implementation of [fraudulent] Treaty
principles in the workplace.”
Canterbury University's David Round argues the point with the Racist
Party’s Te Ururoa Flavell on Sunday’s Q+A:
[image: image]
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Chicago Student Boycott: Israel and Malcolm set the record straight
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
“Hundreds of Chicago students are taking up the mantle in the fight against
the role of standardized tests in public school closures as they walked out
of a state exam Wednesday. Their message: “We are over-tested,
under-resourced and fed up!” Common Dreams. “The only place that students
should be during the school day is in [...]
Why our health care costs so much
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Ezra posts a fascinating long read today about an experimental health care
program that saves money. It's based on a simple concept that doesn't
require costly medical equipment. It basically consists of regular home
visits to housebound elderly patients by registered nurses. It kept these
patients who suffered from chronic but easily treatable conditions from
ending up in hospitals. Apparently it worked too well.
But Health Quality Partners, with its emphasis on continuous
nurse-to-patient contact, did work. Of the 15 programs, four improved
patient outcomes without increasing cos... more »
Agri Econ 9: On Agrarian Reform and Agri Credit
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
Below are some exchanges that I and some friends made last January 18-20,
2013 in my facebook wall. Posting their comments with their permission.
-------------
Tibs Filbert Arsenal Arceño Hi noy, for me one main factor why local
harvested rice have higher prices compared to other asian countries is land
ownership. As practiced, most land planted w/ rice are being owned by
absentee landowners. Since these lands are cultivated by tenants, workers
or renters—a portion of price of produces are considered before taking into
account the base price for the market. While in Vietnam majority... more »
Burned rainforest vulnerable to grass invasion
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: Aerial view of forest edge in Mato Grosso, the Southern Amazon.
Photo: mongabay.com]
24 April 2013 (mongabay.com) – Rainforests that have been affected by even
low-intensity fires are far more vulnerable to invasion by grasses, finds a
new study published in special issue of the journal *Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society B*. The findings are significant because
they suggest that burned forests may be more susceptible to subsequent
fires which may burn more intensely due to increased fuel loads.
The research is based on an eight-year study involving experimen... more »
Marriage Proposal - That Will Make you Smile
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
At Daily Kos - 6 minutes of your time
"I Think I Want to Marry You." A Google Lunchroom Video. (But DOMA's Not
Making It Easy)
Petition: Tell ABC, NBC, and CBS News to cover climate change
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: In 2012, ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news programs devoted 92 news
segments to the royal family, versus 12 news segments on climate change.
Graphic: Media Matters]
(Media Matters) – Twelve. That's the combined number of segments that ABC,
CBS, and NBC's nightly news programs devoted to climate change throughout
all of 2012. This is woefully inadequate. We need coverage that's
consistent with the importance of dealing with this issue.
That's why we and the Sierra Club are joining the League of Conservation
Voters in asking those three nightly news programs to do a better job ... more »
Consumer society
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
I started worrying about the ruination of our planet at an early age, long
before they started calling us treehuggers. I was about 12 years old when I
first heard the phrase planned obsolescence. I recall being indignant even
at that young age at the calculated wastefulness of the corporate profit
seekers.
I remember before that, when things were built to last using high quality
materials and engineered so they were easily repairable when parts
inevitably wore out. More importantly, the cost of parts and repair work
were low enough to make it worth it to extend the life of the prod... more »
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