Dawn French at the "Make Poverty History" march (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cover of DailyOM: Learning to LiveThat Whole GOP Rebranding Thing A Few Weeks Ago Was Just For Silly Gooses In The Beltway Press
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 minutes ago
Reince and Jefferson Beauregard-- not a lick of difference where it matters
(except Jefferson Beauregard left his makeup kit at home when he came for
the photo-shoot)
That nasty KKK senator from Alabama, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III,
apparently never got-- or maybe never bothered to read-- the memo about how
the Republican Party is making a concerted effort to woo immigrants from
Latin America and Asia into the new post-bigoted GOP. Just after midnight,
on March 23, as the vote on the budget approached, Sessions offered a
rather hateful amendment which lost on a mostly party-lin... more »
What atheists scream during sex
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 28 minutes ago
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Excellent Editorial in Japan Times About Fukushima Fatalities
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 hour ago
Majia here: The link for the Fukushima Symposium referenced in the
editorial is here:
http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org/symposium-update--online-archive-now-available-at-live-stream-link.html
Excepts from the EXCEPTIONAL editorial that should be read in full at the
link provided:
‘Rosy Fukushima health report faulted by experts,’ Japan Times, by Brian A.
Victoria (Apr 9, 2013) Japan Times,
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/09/voices/rosy-fukushima-health-report-faulted-by-experts/#.UWN-ecqQN-Q
Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,
[Excerpted]...Prime Minister, I know many... more »
Kate Braun : Waxing Crescent Moon Is Time to Clarify Your Focus
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
Waxing
crescent moon. Image from Missouri Skies / EarthSky.
Moon Musings:
Waxing Crescent Moon
(April 12-14, 2013)
As Lady Moon progresses to fullness, your goals should also progress to
completion.
By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / April 8, 2013
The waxing moon is a time to promote growth, to focus on increasing
whatever it is that you would like to see increase in your life, to
clarify focus
Alan Waldman : ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ Is One of the Funniest and Most Popular Britcoms Ever
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Dawn French heads a hilarious cast in a series about a female
clergywoman in a quirky small town.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / April 18, 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, England, Ireland,
"The Most Beautiful People..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat,
known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out
of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an
understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a
deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Life Skills: "Effort and Understanding: Having It Easy"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Effort and Understanding: Having It Easy"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"When we view the lives of others and think they have it easy, we are not
seeing the whole of their life or the story they are presenting. Our lives
are an exercise in facing challenges. We dream the grandest of dreams as
youngsters only to discover that we must cultivate copious inner strength
and determination in order to meet our goals. Our hard work does not always
yield the results we expect. And it is when we find ourselves frustrated by
the trials we face or unable to meet our own expectations th... more »
The Iron Bitch (1925-2013)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*by Ken*
I see, from the NYT "Afternoon Update," that "Tributes Pour In for Margaret
Thatcher." No, I didn't waste a click on it, fairly confident that the real
key words, like "peabrain" and "bitch," would be in sparse supply.
What to say about the old Iron Bitch on the occasion of her passing? One of
washingtonpost.com's associate Fixers, Sean Sullivan, today tried to fob
off "5 moments that show why Margaret Thatcher mattered in American politics,"
but most of them aren't so much moments as, um, fuzzy symbioses between
Thatcherite Britain and Reaganitic America.
Here's one I l... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Lyndon Baines Johnson As Tragic Hero
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
Former
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, August 1972. Image from the
LBJ Library / PBS Newshour.
Lyndon Baines Johnson:
My tragic hero
LBJ was doomed from the start, trapped by earlier mistakes that he could
not avoid without being vilified by the political opponents and war
hawks in his own party as well as by Republicans.
By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog /April 8, 2013
The recent
Wikileaks Posts Amazing Data Archive From Kissinger Days
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
Pretty interesting leaked data archive from Wikileaks, below is one gem...
*Macomber:* That is illegal.
*Kissinger:* Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at
meetings, "The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a
little longer." [laughter] But since the Freedom of Information Act,
I'm afraid to say things like that.
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/P860114-1573_MC_b.html
Full archive here: http://wikileaks.org/plusd/
The Daily "Near You?
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand. Thanks for stopping by.
Satire: “Facebook Unveils New Waste of Time”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Facebook Unveils New Waste of Time”*
by Andy Borowitz
MENLO PARK (The Borowitz Report)— “Before a rapt audience at Facebook
headquarters Thursday, Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg unveiled new
software that he promised “will totally change the way you are wasting your
life.” Explaining the development of Facebook’s new phone software, Home,
Mr. Zuckerberg said, “Our research showed that Facebook users still had a
few hours a day when they were leading somewhat healthy and productive
lives. Our new software will change all of that.” Mr. Zuckerberg said his
developers had worke... more »
Pareja de enamorados hombre y mujer
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 5 hours ago
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Gatito jugando con estambres de colores
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Harry Reid threatens GOP with filibuster reform -- again
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
And this time he really means it:
“All within the sound of my voice — including my Democratic senators and
the Republican senators who I serve with — should understand that we as a
body have the power on any given day to change the rules with a simple
majority,” Reid told Nevada Public Radio in a little-noticed interview
Friday. “And I will do that if necessary.” [...]
“I’m a very patient man,” he said. “We made changes but the time will tell
whether they’re big enough. I’m going to wait and build a case. If the
Republicans in the Senate don’t start approving some judges, and don’... more »
Casas en el campo bajo el cielo azul
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 5 hours ago
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Carro abandonado en los pastizales
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Law Times
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
VICTIM REMEMBERED AS DECENT LAWYER
Kevin Dunsmuir, one of the victims of a deadly East Gwillimbury, Ont.,
fire, was a brave and professional lawyer, according to a Toronto litigator
who knew him.
Dunsmuir, his wife, and two sons died in the blaze waiting for help that
never came on the morning of March 29.
Dunsmuir practised law in Newmarket, Ont., at Dunsmuir Advocates. His
practice included significant work in family mediation. "He was a decent,
straightforward and competent professional," Toronto lawyer James Morton
wrote in a blog entry about Dunsmuir.
"Someone you could t... more »
Campo de girasoles amarillos
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 5 hours ago
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The Iron Lady, 1925-2013
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
Margaret Thatcher is dead of a stroke at 87. (Read the *FT*’s fact-filled
obituary here if you need to get up to speed, or this by her biographer
Charles Moore packed with fascinating anecdotes.)
Most news reports this morning start with saying she was Britain’s first
woman Prime Minister—as if that were her signal achievement. Paraphrasing
Dagny Taggart, I suspect she’d say her achievement was being what Downing
Street had lacked for decades: a man.*
She took a Britain known as the “sick man of Europe”—a Britain who since
the war had been in thrall to statism, to socialism and to... more »
Thatcher
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 5 hours ago
Let's be blunt. I hated Thatcher. I hate her politics. I hate her legacy.
So no, I'm not about to mourn her passing or say nice diplomatic things.
You knew where you stood with the Iron Lady, so it's only proper you know
where you stand with me. Though, let's be truthful too, the Thatcher I grew
up under, the Thatcher who left behind a record of no discernible merit
whatsoever, died many years ago. Thatcher had long sinces slipped into
senility, becoming a frail old woman with little of the person she once
was. But as Thatcher declined, as the fog of confusion descended over her
fa... more »
Elsewhere: Broken GOP, More
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours ago
My weekend column over at Salon was my most complete piece on the broken
GOP to date. I sort of think I could go longer still, though.
At PP today, I wrote about the latest Harry Reid threat of Senate reform.
From what I saw in comments, I annoyed everyone, Democrats and Republicans
alike. Pretty much what I expected.
And at Greg's place, I talked automatic voter registration, and also postedon ENDA.
Camino hasia la jungla fria
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Aurora boreal en el mar azul
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Lockheed is Back and Pushing Hard
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours ago
Now with that cursed Parliamentary Budget Officer safely out of the way,
Lockheed Martin has opened a public relations campaign to flog the F-35 to
the Canadian Armed Forces.
Lockheed used to claim the F-35 could be had by Canada for $65-million a
copy. This time it's upped the stated price to $85-million per. That's
an extra $20-million over the span of just 18-months. The pilot's helmet
alone is said to cost $2-million each, although Lockheed says the price is
barely half that.
*"It's going to survive in the short term; it's not going to survive in the
long term," says Winsl... more »
The Iron Lady and the BBC
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013
It's an odd thing to be so focused on BBC bias. I'm afraid I find myself
watching too many big news stories through that filter. It's probably a
distorting lens.
It's been that way today - a day that's seen the passing of an exceptional
figure in world politics, Baroness Thatcher. She was an exceptional figure
in my life too. I admired her greatly. And yet my focus this evening has
once again fixed on the BBC and its coverage - wearing that filter again,
looking through that distorting lens again, ever alert for signs of bias
rather than focusing on th... more »
Inspire My Life Conference in St. George, A Chance to Hear Katherine Nelson Perform
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 6 hours ago
I have posted before about how much I love Katherine Nelson. Her music
gives me strength as a mother when I don't have any left. It inspires me
and helps me move forward with my life. I have had the wonderful
opportunity to hear Katherine perform and if you are going to be around St.
George this weekend, you can have the opportunity too.
Katherine along with other inspiring speakers will be at the new Inspire My
Life Conference this Saturday April 13 at Dixie State College. The
conference is free to attend and will feature Katherine Nelson, Curtis
Jacobs and Charley Jenkins. The ... more »
Federal Court upheld the CSB’s legal authority to investigate the tragic April 2010 blowout and explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 7 hours ago
Why would Transocean opposed CSB’s legal authority to investigate the
tragic April 2010 blowout and explosion in the Gulf of Mexico? Because an
independent investigation would reveal the truth (if they are not bought up
first) that there was no Macondo Crude flooding the Gulf until 44 hours
later. It was the deliberate 2nd Explosion in the BOP that weakened the
cemented well head and induced a secondary bottom hole well blowout to
unleash the gushing crude from the Macondo reservoir.
Ans: CSB was not part of the conspiracy parties to this contrived
Planned_2_Spook_Market_Crisis di... more »
Maureen Dowd has come a long way!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013*
*Sadly, the discourse hasn't:* Like her repurposed friend Chris Matthews,
Maureen Dowd has come a long way concerning Hillary Clinton.
As late as June 2008, Matthews, Dowd and the rest of the gang were still
treating Clinton as the Dragon Lady of American politics. In the sixteen
years of this long-running mess, the liberal world had barely managed to
offer a peep of protest.
By now, Matthews has been completely repurposed. He is now paid millions of
dollars to sing the praises of Clinton.
Yesterday, on the front page of the Sunday Review, Dowd followed sui... more »
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses from Aon Benfield
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 7 hours ago
In a recent report on reinsurance Aon Benfield (here in PDF) includes the
graph shown above which shows insured catastrophe losses worldwide as a
proportion of GDP. Such a graph is not equivalent to a loss normalization
of the sort that I often show. However, it does show that the re/insurance
industries have managed (by design or by outcome) insured catastrophe
losses such that there has not been a statistically significant trend in
losses 1960 - 2011.
For those interested in weather-related losses (total, not just insured) at
the global scale here is that data.
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 7 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by the outstanding
historian, writer, and poet *DC Dave Martin* to discuss the Soviet
infiltration and subversion of the Roosevelt administration, Hollywood, the
news media, public policy making organizations and think tanks in the years
leading up to WWII and after. We will also be discussing *the assassination
of James Forrestal* specifically, and the systematic liquidation of all
opposition to the international Talmudic conspiracy to over throw Western
civilization generally. DC Dave will be reciting a poem or two as well.... more »
Corrupt, Corporately-Owned Pols Steve Israel And Joe Crowley Recruit Candidates Who Will Smile And Leave The Politics To Them
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
The ideal Steve Israel candidate-- against progressives on over 75% of roll
calls
The Paul Kane investigative journalism DCCC press release in Sunday's *Washington
Post*, Democrats push problem solvers in House races reflects a meme Steve
Israel started massaging in 2011. It might have never crossed Kane's mind
but it's how the corporate wing of the Democratic House caucus, the Blue
Dogs and New Dems-- keep in mind that Israel is an "ex"-Blue Dog and his
sidekick Crowley is an "ex"-New Dem-- have managed to grab power in the
House. In 2012 the DCCC put virtually all their recruitment... more »
Bring Back the Buffalo
What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 7 hours ago
The western plains of the US are witnessing an impressive boom in the
growth of ghost towns (6,000 just in Kansas). Lands having less than two
people per square mile are classified as frontier. In the 1990 census, 133
western counties were frontier. The area of these counties is one quarter
of the land in the lower 48 states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). The
population of the plains peaked in 1920, and has been declining since. An
area that once may have supported 25,000 Indian buffalo hunters now
supports 10,000 Americans. The population is aging, because young folks
tend t... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: A musician explains copyright to a thief
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
Last year, Cracker’s David Lowery wrote an open letter to an indy
rock-loving student who’s boasted on her blog about having 11,000 songs in
her music library, of which only 15 CDs worth had been paid for.
I … find this all this sort of sad. Many in your generation are willing
to pay a little extra to buy “fair trade” coffee that insures the workers
that harvested the coffee were paid fairly. Many in your generation will
pay a little more to buy clothing and shoes from manufacturers that
certify they don’t use sweatshops. Many in your generation pressured
Apple to examine w... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
I'll
go with a Catch to a wonderful post by Dylan Matthews that goes
through all the reasons why government budget deficits are thought to be
bad-- and why each of them is either wrong all the time, or wrong some
of the
time.
It's very, very, good. It doesn't draw any hard-and-fast policy
conclusions
about what to do right now, but what it does do is explain that some of
the
anti-deficit rhetoric is pure fantasy that we should ignore, while other
arguments are more serious.
I'm not sure that it really does answer the question, however, of why
people love balanced budgets so much. I ... more »
Mr. Guilty remains so...
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago
*R. v. Wilson*, 2013 ONCA 222, in dismissing an appeal, holds:
[5] In the course of explaining reasonable doubt to the jury, the
trial judge said:
The presumption of innocence means that Mr. Wilson started the trial with a
clean slate. The presumption stays with him throughout the case, including
your deliberations at the end of the trial. It is only defeated if and
when Crown counsel satisfied you, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Mr.
Guilty, I’m sorry, Mr. Wilson is guilty of the crime charged. Mr. Wilson
does not have to present evidence or prove anything in this case.... more »
We Are All One
Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
*We Are ALL One*
*
*
Thank you to Katrina Troolines for putting this together. Beautiful
message. It's time to let go of all remaining feelings of hatred, judgment,
anger and animosity. The time is NOW to join hands and take a bow for the
incredible roles we have all played. Namaste.
In Absolute Gratitude,
~ Brian
Making it real - Universal Value
Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
Audio Version
There is an internal sense of truth. It is unemotional. It is integral,
a part of your physiology. Your body recognizes it. As you grew up, you
adapted to its presence or absence in every encounter.
It is not just you, it is everyone. In your day to day you make
agreements with each other – tell “white lies” and allow them to float in
and out of your awareness. For the most part you ignore them.
What this does is it de-sensitizes you to out and out untruths. You’ve
learned to re-name them things like anger, dislike, confusion or even love
if th... more »
Update On Patrick Cody Morgan
Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
*Update On Patrick Cody Morgan *
April 8th, 2013
Hang in there Cody! Big changes rustling in the winds. When the house of
cards finally falls, you will have your Freedom once again. Until then,
keep shining your light my friend.
~ Brian
Email received from Stacy on April 3rd:
Hey Brian,
Things have settled down a little bit where Cody is, but they
constantly are trying to break up their bible study classes. Cody said
that they DO NOT want ANY hope to be spread around or to exist at all.
They have tried to limit the size of their bible classes. Apparantly... more »
Annette Funicello died today
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
I'm very sad Annette Funicello is gone and so is just about everybody else
on my interwebs. Lots of guys confessing she was their first crush. Of
course for me, it was all about the Mouseketeers. She was one of my all
time favorites on the show. Used to watch it every day. Loved her roles in
the ongoing serial stories more than the musical numbers but those are too
long to embed. So I'll post this as a tribute to her memory. I was probably
too young to remember watching this when it first aired, yet somehow it
seems hauntingly familiar.
I liked the beach blanket movies but didn't... more »
“The Psycho-Therapeutic School System: Pathologizing Childhood”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“The Psycho-Therapeutic School System:*
* Pathologizing Childhood”*
By John W. Whitehead
“There’s a tremendous push where if the kid’s behavior is thought to be
quote-unquote abnormal — if they’re not sitting quietly at their desk —
that’s pathological, instead of just childhood.”—Dr. Jerome Groopman,
professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control, a
staggering 6.4 million American children between the ages of 4 and 17 have
been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), whose
key sympto... more »
Pebble Beds
Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 8 hours ago
I recently began to think again about the Pebble Bed Reactor. In the early
days of Nuclear Green, I was encouraged by what I thought was the potential
of the Pebble Bed Reactor. The Pebble Bed Reactor is cooled by a gas; most
likely helium and the pebbles resemble tennis balls in size. They are made
from graphite and other carbon based materials. In the Pebble based
reactor, the helium coolant blows the pebbles up into the reactor core
until they reach a critical geometry and begin to support a chain reaction.
This heats the helium which exits the reactor core drawing off the surplus... more »
Margaret Thatcher is dead
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
I don't have much to say about (must not forget to call her Baroness) Margaret
Thatcher's death but there's no dearth of commentary about Thatcher's
politics on the internets. Never paid that much attention to her myself. I
recall being thrilled when she became the first woman PM because, milestone
for women, but her politics were so dismal the good feeling didn't last for
long. The nicest thing I can say about her is she made me laugh when she so
thoroughly put Sarah Palin in her place when Griftzilla tried to cadge a
meeting with her.
Greg Hunter: "Jim Willie: The Economy Will Implode”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Jim Willie: The Economy Will Implode”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Dr. Jim Willie of GoldenJackass.com says powerful forces around the globe
are working to do away with trading in U.S. dollars because of massive
money printing by the Fed. Dr. Willie says, “The world makes a reaction,
and what they have done is create, slowly but surely, a U.S. dollar
alternative for trade.” Dr. Willie’s sources say precious metals will be
used to back a new currency and predicts, “The gold price will be $7,500 to
$8,000, and silver will be between $150 and $250 per ounce.” This will be a... more »
Congressional ALECers - Demand Wrong Investigation
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
*Republicans Demand Investigation Into Beyonce’s Cuba Vacation*
By Hayes Brown on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:19 am
Two Florida Republicans are prompting the Obama administration to open an
investigation into Beyonce and Jay-Z’s recent trip to Cuba, arguing that
the couple may have violated sanctions against the communist country.
Former House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(R-FL) and her colleague Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart sent a letter to the
Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Friday, calling
for an investigation into whether any laws wer... more »
Margaret Thatcher is dead - and not before time
Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 9 hours ago
Today, the evil spirit which occupied the living corpse of Margaret
Thatcher, has finally returned to the diabolical realm from whence it came.
At the age of 87, Thatcher has proven the truth of the adage that 'the good
die young'. Thatcher was evil through-and-through, and did more to destroy
the UK than any other politician, including even the horrendous rabble who
infest parliament at present.
In 1979, Thatcher promised the beleaguered people of the UK, that if they
voted for her party, she would reverse the flow of non-European immigration
which had led to mass unemployment and... more »
Karl Denninger, "How They Will Steal Your Retirement"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"How They Will Steal Your Retirement"*
by Karl Denninger
"I've laid this out before but it's time to do it again, because it's
coming folks. The recent ditty on how "nobody needs more than $3m for
retirement", defined as "whatever you need to get a $200,000 annuity", is
just one facet of how this will play out. Since I started writing The
Ticker I have been repeatedly asked where one should put their assets to
evade confiscation, whether through outright acts of theft, devaluation or
any other means.
The simple answer: There isn't a reasonably-safe means of doing that for ... more »
THATCHER - GAY ICON AND FRIEND OF ISRAEL
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Thatcher, the first British prime minister to visit Israel. “She was
beautiful, gay, very kind and thoughtful,” Denis Thatcher said in an
interview. www.timesofisrael.com*
*Margaret Thatcher*, née Roberts, while in her final year at Somerville
College, Oxford, studied under the supervision of Dorothy Hodgkin.
Thatcher installed a portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin in Downing Street.
Dorothy married Thomas Lionel Hodgkin, a one-time member of the Communist
Party.
"Because of her political activity and her husband's association with the
Communist Party, she was banned from entering the U... more »
Chile: Contactee Accused of Damaging Archaeological Site
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 10 hours ago
*Chile: Contactee Accused of Damaging Archaeological Site*
By Juan Morales – EL DIA – Las Ultimas Noticias
Date: 13 March 2013
Leonardo Codoceo, president of the Centro de Investigacion Ufologica de
Atacama said: “*What the PDI said about us wanting to build an altar in in
a house to see UFOs is a lie. This is what happened.”
“On Sunday I made telepathic contact with UFOs and obtained the information
that they would open an energy channel between 11 in the morning and 3 in
the afternoon at Cerro La Viña (80 kilometers from Copiapó). A group of 12
people set off, including members o... more »
Hope you'll help us win the Cuso contest
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 10 hours ago
If you're on Facebook, my spouse and I hope you'll take a moment to visit
this link and help us win the Cuso International video contest! We've got
one week to get as many "likes" as we can for our video and for the Cuso
page.
So here's the rules: Click on the link to the Cuso International page and
check out our video, which at the moment is the only entry on the page. If
you enjoy the little song and photo show we've put together, we need you to
"like" the Cuso page overall and then also click the "like" under our
video. All the photos have been taken by Paul and I through our wor... more »
Picture Frames from Cabinet Doors and Windows
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours ago
For the past few years, my walls have all been large gallery walls with
lots of different little frames. As much as I loved them, I got the evil
eye from my husband when I suggested hanging them again in our new house.
Since they take a lot of work to get perfectly straight, I got vetoed on
gallery walls. I have been looking for new ways to hang my pictures
including large picture collages and using different things such as cabinet
doors as frames.
Since we aren't remodeling anything anytime soon, I kept my eyes out
on yard sale sites on Facebook for people that were. I was lo... more »
When all the news is bad... (video)
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*or seems to be - it might be time to reassess what you're doing.*
I have to meet with my tax preparer today. After that, lunch and shopping
for some garden items.
I've parked a bunch of great reads in my tabs for later, but one that stood
out for me this morning was *How They Will Steal Your Retirement*, by Karl
Denninger, posted over at Market Ticker.
Read it and heed his words.
I stumbled upon his article from a link posted by Doug Ross at *Bad Blue
Prep,* another of his wonderful aggregate sites. If you look on the top of
any of the Bad Blue's, you'll see links to all h... more »
Parental mobility
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
*Decaen v. Decaen**, 2013 ONCA 218** **deals with **parental mobility** and
restates the test from** **Gordon v. Goertz**, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27**:**(b)**
* *Gordon v. Goertz*
[23] In *Gordon v. Goertz*, Justice McLachlin (as she then was),
writing for the majority, identified a number of factors relevant to a
child’s best interests in the context of possible relocation: (a) the
existing custody arrangement and relationship between the child and the
custodial parent; (b) the existing access arrangement and the relationship
between the child and the access parent; (c) the d... more »
Some news
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 10 hours ago
Here’s dome news to chew on. Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic
mushrooms, may be useful in treating severely depressed patients, but it is
a Class A drug (I did not know that) and red-tape and costs make it
prohibitive to develop.
This is of course a living critique of moralistic laws, legislating what
adults of sound mind can put into their body and the unintended knock on
effects such laws have. It also shows up the absurd contortions law based
on private property can get into. Psilocybin is made in nature, proscribing
it does not stop it from being made. You may as well... more »
Babs "Roaming Buffalo" Bagwell, Voice from the Gulf
CREEKKEEPER at BP Slick - 11 hours ago
Babs "Roaming Buffalo" Bagwell, Voice from the Gulf
Babs is from the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha, Choctaw
people in, Louisiana.
Babs like so many has become an activist out of necessity. Listen to her
account of living with big oil before and after the BP, Deep Water Horizon
disaster. For more information about the Isle de Jean Charles visit... www.isledejeancharles.com
Vote for our musical Cuso volunteer video
paul at Paying attention - 11 hours ago
This is utterly shameless, I admit.
Cuso International had a contest, inviting volunteers around the world to
submit videos about the experience.
We entered, with a song featuring the accordion stylings of Jody Paterson
and my guitar fumblings.
I kind of like it.
What I would like you to do is go the Cuso Facebook page and watch the
video.
If you think it's kind of OK, you have to like *both* the Cuso Facebook pageand our video to vote for us.
Footnote:
Should you want to sing along, here are the lyrics, to the tune of Leaving
on Jet Plane,
All our bags are packed, we're standing her... more »
Suppressing Reality-Based Analysis: Chomsky, the Leveretts, and America’s Iran Debate
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 11 hours ago
*Source of photo.*
*Suppressing Reality-Based Analysis: Chomsky, the Leveretts, and America’s
Iran Debate*
*By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett *
*GoingToTehran.com*
*Published on April 8, 2013 *
Mainstream reaction to our new book, *Going to Tehran: Why the United
States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran*, underscores
some important realities about America’s Iran debate—and about the
political and cultural obstacles to truly constructive change in American
foreign policy. Flynt addressed this point last week on “The Monitor,” a
news analysis program... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 11 hours ago
*Harry Shearer will speak tonight at Loyola!*
Why Are Bobby Jindal And Sam Brownback So Unpopular With Voters In Their Deeply Red States?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Last week there was a minor news buzz about how unpopular Bobby Jindal has
become among Louisiana voters, 60% of whom agree he's doing a lousy,
unsatisfactory job. His approval rating had plummeted in less than a year
from 51% to 38%, coincident with his embrace of the ideologically-driven
Austerity agenda for his state-- state cuts to higher education and health
care, plans to privatize the charity hospital system and the governor’s
proposed state tax overhaul, the last of which is especially hated. 63%
oppose the plan to abolish personal and corporate income taxes and raise
stat... more »
Thatcher
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago
Margaret Thatcher, RIP.
I find I have very little to say about her. What matters about Thatcher, or
at any rate about Thatcherism, is that there really was a significant
change among elites about the power and efficacy of markets. My general
sense -- and to be sure, this is an impression, nothing hard and rigidly
empirical about it -- is that in the 1960s and through the mid-1970s, there
really was a sense among many that markets were old-fashioned hokum, and
that bureaucracies and other centralized planners could do many things far
more efficiently. Oh, not Soviet-style central pl... more »
Secret Files Expose Offshore's Global Impact
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
(NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/offshore-companies-politicians_n_3008426.html
*
* *Secret Files Expose Offshore's Global Impact*
Center for Public Integrity | Posted: 04/03/2013 6:01 pm EDT | Updated:
04/04/2013 1:28 am
*Dozens of journalists sifted through millions of leaked records and
thousands of names to produce ICIJ’s investigation into offshore secrecy*
By Gerard Ryle, Marina Walker Guevara, Michael Hudson, Nicky Hager, Duncan
Campbell and Stefan Candea
*International Consortium of Investigative Journalists*
A cache of 2.5 milli... more »
Japan Spent 100 Billion Yen for Plutonium and Mox Fuel
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Majia here: Japan shipped used nuclear fuel to the UK, beginning in 2010,
for reprocessing to extract plutonium that could be stored and incorporated
into Mox fuel. The cost for this reprocessing is rising because the British
facility is LEAKING. The Asahi covers the story:* *
*Spent nuclear fuel reprocessing costs nearly triples, a blow to utilities*By SHIN MATSUURA/ Staff Writer April 08, 2013
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201304080007
[Excerpted] The cost for overseas reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from
Japanese nuclear power stations has nearly trip... more »
...a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 12 hours ago
“You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based
on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe”.
~ Carl Sagan
You can call it religion. You can call it ideology. Either way, you will
never be able to dissuade someone who needs to believe in constructs that
define the core of their place in the world - whether that people are
inherently good, or at least, make social progress...or that there is
meaning to life, or some sort of spiritual anything...or that humans are
too puny to change the climate, or destroy most - if not all - of life on
earth.
... more »
The arrogance of the Marxist lefties never ceases to amaze...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
To quote Voddie Baucham, from my post* Are your children in government
schools?...* (and if you haven't watched the video at that post - do so.
It's excellent.)
*"When you send your kids to Caesar for their education, don't be
surprised when they come back as Romans."*
Matt, over at Conservative Hideout, gives you more reasons that
homeschooling may be your only reasonable choice.
Head over there and listen to what Melissa Harris-Perry has to say about
your children. *
***
*MSNBC Talking Head Melissa Harris-Perry: All Your Children are Belong to Us
*
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Removing the Shackles: Your Mission, should you choose to accept it... a little fun for the week.
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/04/your-mission-should-you-choose-to.html
By D.
Monday, 8 April 2013
*Your Mission, should you choose to accept it..... a little fun for the
week.*
Would you guys like to play in my little exercise this week?
For anyone that would like to play and DO with me..... because it's TIME to
DO!
I've spent that last two days "daydreaming", or visualizing if you will....
Visiting world leaders this morning. Seeing Obama at his desk, looking
forlorn and stressed out. Walking up to him and kissing him on the
forehead and placing my hand on his ... more »
Global warming could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air: study
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: Ocean heat content at 0-700m depth, 1970-2912. Graphic: RealClimate]
By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle; Editing by Peter Graff
7 April 2013
OSLO (Reuters) – Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of
extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air,
scientists said after unveiling new research showing that oceans have
helped mitigate the effects of warming since 2000.
Heat-trapping gases are being emitted into the atmosphere faster than ever,
and the 10 hottest years since records began have all taken place since
1998. But the rate a... more »
Arianna Huffington, then and now!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013*
*The way your career pundits function:* Last week, Barack Obama made a
joking remark concerning the fact that Kamala Harris is conventionally
good-looking.
As a general matter, men shouldn’t make such remarks in professional
settings. By now, you’d almost think that liberals would understand why.
Many liberals do not.
Over the weekend, we were struck by some of the liberal men who complained
about the reaction to Obama’s remark. Jonathan Capehart just didn’t get it,
of course. And this is what Bill Richardson said on yesterday’s Meet the
Press:
RICHARDSON... more »
Estampie - Orepolska
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
Description of Estampie's album "Secrets Of The North (2012)" [*Source*]:
Estampie goes North...with their most current CD, listeners are taken on a
journey to a fascinating, boreal world of sound. The nordic ballads tell
tales of knights, trolls, and mountain kings, of enchanted nightingales,
magic horses, and dancing bears. As in fairy tales and fables, animals
reflect the multifaceted strengths of man, with magical beings such as
elves and mermaids intervening in their destinies. Estampie will whisk you
away into the timeless Nordic world of love, betrayal, and longing,
spinn... more »
Margaret Thatcher Will Always Be Remembered For Her Support Of Right Wing Military Dictatorship In Chile
leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago
**
**
*On September 11, 1973, a military coup d'état led by fascist General
Pinochet. violently removed the democratically elected President of Chile,
Salvador Allende.
The military coup was extremely violent from the very beginning. The
military surrounded the La Moneda Palace with tanks and infantry troops and
bombed it with Hawker Hunter fighter jets. The president and some of his
aides were besieged in the palace. Allende refused to surrender, and
addressed the nation for a last time in a potent farewell speech. President
Salvadore Allende was murdered by soldiers in the p... more »
Margaret Thatcher, former U.K. PM, has died
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
Margaret Thatcher, one of the most important British politicians of the
20th century, has died. She was the first woman to become U.K. prime
minister and Britain's only prime minister of the 20th century to win three
consecutive terms.
Secrecy and ethics cast dark cloud on Stephen Harper’s government: poll
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
*But note 46 % say the country is headed the right way -- and 46 % is
sufficient for a crushingly large majority government... .*
OTTAWA — Two-thirds of Canadians believe Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s
Conservative government is too secretive and has failed to govern with high
ethical standards, a new poll has found.
The national survey conducted exclusively for Postmedia News and Global
Television by Ipsos Reid also finds that after seven years in office, half
of the country still believes that Harper has a “hidden agenda.”
The polling results offer some politically disconcertin... more »
The world mourns the passing of a great woman...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*RIP, Lady Thatcher.*
Apache Artist Andrew Goseyun Morrison artwork may be lost forever in Seattle
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
*By Sandra Rambler*
*Censored News*
**
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
*Apache Artist Andrew Goseyun Morrison artwork may be lost forever in
Seattle, Washington*
Seattle — After school officials at the Indian Heritage Middle College
passed a capital levy last month to tear down their aging building and
replace it with two new schools, the five large scale 25-foot high murals
painted by 31-year-old native of Apache and Haida descent, Andrew Goseyun
Morrison, may be lost forever.
Artist Morrison, the son of San Carlos Apache tribal elder,
Elesta Goseyun Morrison, bega... more »
We Don't Like Steve. We Don't Trust Steve. Steve Doesn't Really Care Because "We" Don't Matter.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
It's not that a solid majority of Canadians don't trust Sideshow Steve
Harper or find him ethically sleazy. That should come as no surprise.
I suppose what is impressive, from a Conservative perspective, is the size
of the minority that thinks Steve's okay or simply isn't sure.
In the last election two out of five Canadians voted for Harper, three out
of five wanted someone else. That translated into a solid majority for
the Harper Cons. His numbers are down a little bit in the latest Ipsos
poll but a guy like Steve can engineer the political equivalent of
anti-matter when he n... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Psychos Defined'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
[image: mnnlogo1]
PSYCHOS DEFINED
Posted on April 8, 2013
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[image: psycho chickens]*MNN. Apr. 8, 2013. *Prime Minister Harper keeps
throwing his corporate Indians at us and the public to make himself seem
legitimate. Corporations are managed by people without moral conscience.
This is how our band and tribal councils fit into the World Health
Organizations “psychopath checklist”: **
*1. Callous unconcern for others: they will put our blood in a jar and
offer it as collateral for their benefit.** *
*[image: disnformation]2. Can’t maintain enduring relationships with us:
Their... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Gunboat Diplomacy'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY
Posted on April 7, 2013
*[image: mnnlogo1]***
*MNN. Apr. 6, 2013.** Gunboat diplomacy is forcing colonial policy on
Indigenous through military power and direct threats until we comply. “Sign
here or you’ll starve!”. The BIA in the US and Indian Affairs in Canada are
military centers for worldwide operations. Money is laundered through
Indian communities. Why did Prime Minister Harper suddenly announce his
plan to “privatize” all Indigenous lands? To make us less accessible to
scrutiny!** *
[image: "Take the money, or else!"]
Chief: “Sign here and look the other... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Sorcerers and Apprentices'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
[image: mnnlogo1]SORCERERS & APPRENTICES
Posted on April 6, 2013
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*MNN. Apr. 5, 2013.* The US based sorcerer is suckering Canada into old
style genocide. Canada is a sub-sorcerer. The sorcerer’s apprentices are
the greedy “band and tribal councils”. Their only access to the colonial
lifestyle is to wear the dunce hat and mop the master’s floors. Canada is
copying failed US policies on the land grab.
*The “privatization” of Indigenous lands is planned genocide. The US and
Canada sorcerers and their apprentices suffer from the “owistah” disease of
the mind. They believe that... more »
Liberal / Tory .... Same Old Story ..... (and Justin Trudeau Knows It!)
leftdog at Buckdog - 13 hours ago
*“The biggest distinction between a Liberal Party led by me and Stephen
Harper’s Conservatives is one of tone …”
Justin Trudeau *
*(Toronto Star print edition, April 6, 2013)*
*Wow ...... just wow!!! *
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
*Mayor Landrieu Pushing 3 Bills in State Legislature*
*Owen Courreges: I’m not down with O.P.P.*
*JP's 'Pump to the River' project continues taking shape*
*Panic Attack: The Discovery Institute, Creationist “Think Tank,” Scared
Senseless By Teenage College Student ~CenLamar *
*New Orleans to host scientific conference on energy and food*
*Shotgun House Begone, Joseph Street, New Orleans, Louisiana ~The Curator
of Shit*
Trifecta: The Chicago Flash Mob Shows America Is In Deep Trouble...(video)
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
Iraq Unwilling To Confront Forced Labor And Sex Trade
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
For the fourth straight year, the U.S. State Department has reported that
Iraq has a serious problem with sex trafficking and forced labor. Women and
children in Iraq have been forced into prostitution. Foreign women have
also been shipped to Iraq for the sex trade, and Iraqi women have been sent
abroad as well as slaves. Many workers from abroad are also coming to Iraq
in increasing numbers with the growing economy, and that has opened up
opportunities to exploit them. Iraq has laws against both of these crimes,
but barely enforces them. That’s because the government does not consid... more »
JEWISH NEWS ONE: Jihadis In Iraq And Syria Joining Forces
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
CNN VIDEO: Peace And Prosperity In Kurdistan 'The Other Iraq'
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Soyuz makes RECORD BREAKING trip to International Space Station
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
Notice that I capitalized "RECORD BREAKING"? Of course there is a reason I
wrote the headline for this post in such a way. Obviously it is being done
to grab your attention. With a mind to getting your thoughts on these
questions.....
-How significant is the ability of Russia to get to the space station in an
extremely speedy fashion in relation to intercontinental or any missile
development?
-Related to the weaponizing of space?
-The colonization of space?
-Traveling, further, farther and faster
-Or, is there no connection at all to any of the aforementioned ?
Looking for some in... more »
THE WAY WE ARE: Them the journalists!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013*
*Part 1—Public editor speaks:* What kind of creatures are we?
Answer:
In the United States, in 2013, we are remarkably dumb. Consider yesterday’s
column by Margaret Sullivan, the New York Times public editor.
In the hard-copy Times, Sullivan writes only two columns per month. In part
for that reason, we were struck by the framework of yesterday’s column:
SULLIVAN (4/7/13): *Although most of the mail that comes to the public
editor’s office can be described as frustrated complaints* (Misleading
headline! Wrongheaded columnist! Enough about Brooklyn already!)... more »
VOICE OF AMERICA VIDEO: Iraq: Wealth For Some, Woes For Many
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
ACTION: Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance
2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago
*Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance*
"I pledge, if necessary, to join others in my community, and engage in acts
of dignified, peaceful civil disobedience that could result in my arrest in
order to send the message to President Obama and his administration that
they must reject the Keystone XL pipeline."
*Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance*
Last Friday was one of those days that remind us of just how steep a hill
to climb this fight against climate change is.
Even with a president who recently professed a lofty goal of getting all
cars off of oil, even with one of... more »
Climate Predictions as Double-Edged Sword
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 14 hours ago
Recently *The Economist* caused a stir by featuring the recent slowdown in
global temperatures, illustrated above and described as follows (see also *The
Telegraph*):
Temperatures fluctuate over short periods, but this lack of new warming is
a surprise. Ed Hawkins, of the University of Reading, in Britain, points
out that surface temperatures since 2005 are already at the low end of the
range of projections derived from 20 climate models (see chart 1). If they
remain flat, they will fall outside the models’ range within a few years.
The mismatch between rising greenhouse-gas emis... more »
Florida algae bloom causes record manatee deaths –‘When algae blooms coincide with manatee movement, it results in catastrophic mortality’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: A manatee that had been exposed to red tide came up for air at the
Lowry Park Zoo, in Tampa. The tide killed 241 manatees by April 2013.
Photo: Steve Nesius / Reuters]
By MICHAEL WINES
6 April 2013
(The New York Times) – Florida’s endangered manatees, already reeling from
an unexplained string of deaths in the state’s east coast rivers, have died
in record numbers from a toxic red algae bloom that appears each year off
the state’s west coast, state officials and wildlife experts say.
The tide has killed 241 of Florida’s roughly 5,000 manatees, according to
the state Fis... more »
Rising seas swallow 8 U.S. cities in these climate change GIFs
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Jefferson-0-feet]
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
6 April 2013
(Mashable) – Climate change and global warming may cause sea levels to rise
and flood coastal cities across the world.
Over the past century, the Global Mean Sea Level has risen by 4 to 8
inches. And according to estimates by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (PDF), it will keep rising between 8 inches and 6.6 feet by
2100.
How will the world look if that happens? In November of 2012, *The New York
Times* published interactive maps displaying the effects of the sea level
rising, in a serie... more »
Maundering Monday (Links, Chains & Threads)
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 14 hours ago
The Iron Lady: rust to dust.
Eleven dead Afghan children are just a thorny issue in the American
side. But a couple of Americans killed during the endless
aggressive American occupation of their country? A deplorable humanitarian
tragedy of epic proportions. Dead Muslim babies are a sticky wicket, having
the nerve to get themselves murdered in the middle of a valiant
American effort to protect American lives during American airstrikes in
which Americans shockingly also get killed anyway, when they're only there
to help Afghan children learn to read American books. (*NY Times*.)
P... more »
Fukushima still leaking .....
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
*Fukushima is still leaking. Radioactive water is still entering the ocean.
*
*It will take two decades to decommission these reactors. *
All the while radiation will continue leaking
The western corporate media will continue pretending this ongoing disaster
is not really happening
And, the human caused global warming indoctrinated cult will continue
promoting nuclear as 'clean/green energy'
Additionally the lies and obfuscation of this holocaust against humanity
and the planet that supports Life will continue.
Too dramatic? Perhaps. But, that is the way I feel about this situation... more »
Fukushima tank springs major leak – 120 tons of radioactive water escape from underground facility
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Where did it go?: Workers examine an underground tank on 6 April
2013 that leaked 120 tons of highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No.
1 nuclear plant in the town of Okuma. Photo: Kyodo]
7 April 2013 (Kyodo) – Around 120 tons of contaminated water with an
estimated 710 billion becquerels of radioactivity has probably leaked into
the ground under the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
revealed Saturday.
“It is the largest amount of radioactive substances that has been leaked”
since the crippled facility’s cold shutdown was declared in December 2011, ... more »
Believing The Earth Is Flat
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Corporate Canada is still sitting on its profits. Despite cheer leading
from Mark Carney and Jim Flaherty, business is not investing that money and
it is not creating jobs. Carol Goar writes:
According to Deloitte Canada’s 2013 outlook, “defensive balance sheet
strategies are the order of the day.” Its survey of chief financial
officers showed their companies’ top priorities were cutting costs and
bolstering cash flow. Capital spending ranked a distant fourth. “By and
large, big companies have the power to invest,” the consultancy said. “The
missing ingredient — and one which hol... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Katee Sackhoff, 33.
Here's your good stuff:
1. Sarah Kliff tries to calm down Joe Klein about ACA implementation.
2. Avoiding jargon: science version.
3. And a good sequestration/government "waste" item from Kevin Drum.
Blue America Is Looking For A Few Good Women And Men To Help Save Social Security From The Cluthes Of The DC Conservative Elites
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Don't let the ruling elites get away with it. Fight back!
Unless I'm getting bad information, there really are some excellent things
in Obama's budget, like universal pre-K paid for with a cigarette tax, a
decent and long-overdue increase in the minimum wage and expanded Medicaid.
It doesn't matter. Obama doesn't get to make it easier to eliminate Social
Security by making it less deadly for politicians to tamper with it.
Anyone-- from Nancy Pelosi to John Boehner-- to vote for Obama's Chained
CPI scheme should be driven out of office. Social Security should remain
the third rail of ... more »
Riding: Taiwan east and south
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago
*Stephen Jack assembles his bike on the platform at the train station in
Hualien.*
The long weekend offered some great opportunities for cycling, though the
weather sucked across the island. Friday my friend Stephen Jack and I took
the crack'o'dawn express over to Hualien, had lunch with friends, then
headed south. But before we get to the pix from the ride, I thought I'd set
down some things I've discovered about taking a bike on the train in
Taiwan....
If you want to take your bicycle on the train in Taiwan, here are a few
tips.
1. Bagged bikes can go on all locals and jyu guan... more »
ALEC Ag-Gag Bills Expand to Protect Fracking Ops
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
This bill would prohibit people from photographing oil and gas operations
because they are occurring on agricultural lands
I have always said that what ALEC legislators introduce – is not the end
all be all.
Look out – there is always more to come from ALEC legislators.
In February, 2013 PA House Bill 683 was proposed by nine Pennsylvania
lawmakers – Reps. Gary Haluska [D-73rd], Carl Metzgar [R-69th], Stephen
Barrar [R-160th], M. K. Keller [R-86th], Dick Hess [R-78th], Dan Moul
[R-91st], Mike Fleck [R-81st], C. Adam Harris [R-82nd] and Tom Murt
[R-152nd]. Steve Todd was among th... more »
Digital Evolution: Part 2 Images
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 15 hours ago
Yesterday we explored the evolution and impact of digital music and today
we look at Images. This can be ‘still images’ such as photography, or
‘moving images’ such as film, animation and television.
We now all take television, photography and film for granted, but it was
less than 200 years ago that the only way to capture images was literally
with a pen, ink and paint. It wasn’t until the 19th century that
photography, followed later by film was invented. Many of the technologies
first adopted were time consuming, proprietary and gave low quality results
but the seeds of mass ... more »
Baroness Thatcher has died
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
Baroness Thatcher one of the great British Prime Ministers has died and I
am waiting for the British left to rise to the occasion. Before long the
nasty face of the British left will be much in evidence. In the meantime I
am going to monitor the BBC. At the moment their lead article runs thus:
'Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died at 87 following a stroke,
her spokesman has said. Lord Bell said: "It is with great sadness that Mark
and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died
peacefully following a stroke this morning." Baroness Thatcher was
Conse... more »
The Iron Lady is No More
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 16 hours ago
Margaret Thatcher, dead of a stroke, at 87.
New Democrats Serious About Electing Harry Borlase In Labrador …
leftdog at Buckdog - 16 hours ago
*NDP CANDIDATE HARRY BORLASE ON THE LAUNCH OF THE LABRADOR BY-ELECTION*
LABRADOR - "On May 13 Labradorians will have the opportunity to tell the
Stephen Harper Conservatives that it's time for a fresh start in Labrador.
Conservatives will have to answer for short-sighted cuts to services and
programs, along with a dismal record on accountability, as Labradorians
have been asked to judge whether or not the Harper Conservatives are
serving their best interests.
The latest budget is another reminder that the Conservatives have taken
Labrador for granted. There is nothing in this bud... more »
Boris Johnson basketball trick-shot star!
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
*
**From The Commentator. *
Is there no end to the abilities of Boris Johnson? Truly a man for all
occasions!
Meanwhile the Obamamessiah failed to score with 22 shots from face on...
Imagine the BBC coverage if George W. Bush had missed 22 times... but as
it's Barack Obama, don't expect any coverage any time soon. Thanks to Guido
Fawkes for the spots.
The Shadow Taiwan = Hong Kong
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago
*Eastern Taiwan, always lovely.*
Want to know what Beijing's plans for the Taiwan S.A.R. will be? Look at
Hong Kong trying to get universal suffrage for the 2017 election (Straits
Times)....
TENSION between China and Hong Kong over the arrangements for the election
of the city's Chief Executive in 2017 *has heightened to the point where
Beijing did the unprecedented - it conducted two military exercises within
a week to show who is boss.*
....
*From Hong Kong's standpoint, the crux of the election issue is whether the
SAR will have genuine universal suffrage *- the Chief Executi... more »
Mining 12: Political Risks vs. Natural Risks
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 17 hours ago
Mining, the science and engineering of discovering and extracting valuable
minerals for various human needs, is among the high risk investments in the
country and elsewhere around the world. Since almost all governments
worldwide follow the Regalian doctrine saying that "all lands of the public
domain belong to the State, that the State is the source of any asserted
right to ownership of land and charged with the conservation of such
patrimony", then all economic and business activities that deal with
natural resource extraction must deal with governments.
Political risks therefore,... more »
When children don't understand economics
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
There is a pretty well understood distinction between earmings and net
worth but apparently not one that the BBC's favorite lefty Owen Jones
understands.
Free E Book Download of "A Lighter Way Of Being by Pam Bickell
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
I’m proud to announce that I’ve put a whole bunch of posts from Notes Along
the Path into an electronic book called *“A Lighter Way of Being.”* It can
be downloaded, free, at Smashwords:
*https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/302996. *
**
*If you don’t have an ebook reader, and would like to read this book (or
any other) on your desktop computer, you can download these free reading
programs:*
Ereader to manage your ebooks on your computer:
http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-open-book-managing-your-ebooks-with-calibre
Adobe Digital Editions:
http://www.adobe.com/products/digi... more »
Boycott the Royal Bank of Canada
Alison at Creekside - 18 hours ago
Royal Bank of Canada Chief Human Resources Officer Zabeen Hirji explains
here that *technically *it's not RBC that has hired temporary foreign
workers to replace RBC employees. No, rather it's that RBC has hired Indian
offshore outsourcing company iGATE to do their own hiring as part of RBC's
plan to transition RBC IT jobs overseas to India.
What about government reaction that this is unacceptable?
Oh, says Hirji, we were already in conversation with relevant government
departments last week and besides everybody is outsourcing overseas now.
Indeed.
At left we see iGATE receivi... more »
Down The Corridor of Confusion - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Source of poster:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561 Down
The Corridor of Confusion - A Poem
*Down the corridor of your confusion lies the doorway to your freedom. *
**
*M.N. Hopkins*
Note: I wrote this poem many years ago during a state of confusion and
saw clearly that
this was only a process that led to new possibilities once I had decided
on a course of action.
I decided to republish it on my blog today.
To read other of my poems, please click on the link provided below:
*http://www.poemhunter.com/michael-hopkins/*
Monday Morning Linkage
Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago
Good Mornin’ Ducks! Here are some links on the crise du jour… Tim Shorrock
discusses what what the US media is missing in its coverage of North Korea
on FAIR’s CounterSpin. (MP3 Podcast at 9.30 – 18:25) Kongdan Oh discusses
how to understand North Korea and the “Republic of Pyongyang” on Brookings
FPRI E-notes. UCSD’s Stephan
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When you can't trust the banks... use your matress
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Russia Today carries the story that:
'As Europe goes deeper into recession a Spanish company has found a way to
cash in on the crisis. A mattress with a built-in safe is claimed to spare
one from insomnia and financial fears.
Spanish company My Mattress Safe advertises its invention with the slogan *“Your
money is close to you.”*
The whole advertising campaign capitalizes upon public distrust of the
banking system and the financial anxieties of Spaniards.
*"You see, we've got big economic problems in Spain, and people have really
lost confidence in the banks,"* the creator of the ... more »
WIKILEAKS SPECIAL - PROJECT K - THE KISSINGER CABLES
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 21 hours ago
this is poentially enormous: there's a Press Conference at the National
Press Club in Washington D.C. this morning Monday April 8th at 9 a.m.
concerning the following:
WIKILEAKS SPECIAL PROJECT K: THE KISSINGER CABLES
*"The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer."
-- Henry A. Kissinger, US Secretary of State, March 10, 1975.
The CIA and other agencies have attempted to reclassify or withhold
sections of the US National Archives. Detailed minutes of US State
Department meetings show that these attempts, which originated under the
Bush II administratio... more »
Here Come The BC Liberal Smear Movie
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 21 hours ago
PREMIER CHRISTY CLARK TO TAKE TODAY'S BC LIBERALS' PLAN DIRECTLY TO VOTERS,
NEXT SUNDAY
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[image: PREMIER CHRISTY CLARK TO TAKE TODAY'S BC LIBERALS' PLAN DIRECTLY TO
VOTERS, NEXT SUNDAY]*
Vancouver - Next Sunday Premier Christy Clark, everyday British Columbians,
and B.C. community leaders will share their hopes for B.C.'s future in a
30-minute television special.
"This program will kick off our campaign by talking in detail about the
plans and vision Today's BC Liberals will be sharing with British
Columbians," said Campaign Director Mike McDonald. "With all the economic
... more »
JOBS CRISIS
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
www2.warwick.ac.uk
Robots have taken over many factory jobs.
Now computers are taking away many jobs that used to need the human touch.
An online learning company, EdX, has reportedly found a way to mark
students' work by computer.
*End of the US nursery rhyme economy*
*Human robots at Amazon. www.dailymail.co.uk*
Times are changing.
*The USA has:*
Only 157,000 bakers
But it has 202,000 sports coaches
And 80,000 substance-abuse counsellors.
*The USA has more people working in social assistance and healthcare than
in retail (shops)*
End of the US nursery rhyme economy / US ... more »
Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing since Democritus
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
*Guest blog by the man who is Shtetl-Optimized*
It's an exquisite, delicious, life-changing honor to be invited to
guest-blog on Luboš Motl's Reference Frame. In terms of The Big Bang Theory,
imagine Sheldon (to whom Luboš likes to compare himself) inviting Howard
Wolowitz to guest-post. Lo, how far the brilliant string theorist has
condescended!
On the other hand, I confess that finding myself on Luboš's blog, with the
freedom to write whatever I please, feels a little like finding myself in
front of an open mic at the Republican National Convention. One part of me
feels a *moral*... more »
While the Ducks Are Away — Can We Bridge the Gap When They Get Back?
Jeffrey Stacey at Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago
Practically the whole roster of Duck bloggers is out at the biggest IR
conference of the year–the ISA Conference is in San Francisco this
year–leaving this think tank Duck in DC alone and further pondering the
divide between the policy and academic worlds. In light of this cri de
coeur from a high ranking Navy officer, I
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Two of Three Canadians Distrust Sideshow Steve Harper
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
Steve Harper may have ruled us for many years but he hasn't won our
affection or even our trust. Two out of three of us, in fact, still
believe Harper is up to something he's concealing from us.
*Two-thirds of Canadians believe Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s
Conservative government is too secretive and has failed to govern with high
ethical standards, a new poll has found.*
**
*The national survey conducted exclusively for Postmedia News and Global
Television by Ipsos Reid also finds that after seven years in office, half
of the country still believes that Harper has a “hidden age... more »
What is Going on at Fukushima?
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours ago
Two new videos to watch
Watch the ocean water turn pinkish and the buildings glow white
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQwQnKlykv0&feature=youtu.be
It looks to me as if the red taint to the ocean is from a gas release from
the building. What would produce that pinkish-purplish tint evident in the
video and seen so often at the plant?
The pink tint has been ongoing for some time, but seems more pronounced
recently (e.g., see the pink fog).
Anne from Enenews suggested once it was cesium.
Perhaps the spent fuel in the pools is becoming hot enough to vaporize, but
not yet hot enou... more »
April 7, 1973
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours ago
John Dean continues to keep everyone in the dark: with the president and
his top aides in California still, Dean calls and tells them he's to meet
with the prosecutors the next day. Here's Haldeman's notes:
--
Dean called later today, said his lawyers had met with U.S. Attorneys
again, that they only want to get the facts on the Watergate and that they
do not expect to go beyond that. Dean believes this, says that Liddy has
told them everything he knows, they don't believe Hunt and are going to
push him harder, they want to meet with Dean tomorrow off the record with
no action, to ... more »
The Martini Nazi
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours ago
The “Martini Nazi” was San Francisco’s somewhat equivalent to Jerry
Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi. But the San Franciscan, Bruno Mooshei, was real.
And infinitely more benevolent.
For fifty years Bruno ran the Aub Zam Zam bar—ran it with his own unwritten
rules.
Break the rules and you wouldn’t even get service. But follow his rules,
say former patrons, and you’d be rewarded with the world’s best ever
martini.
Because the *only* order that was the right order in Bruno’s bar was a
martini.
My kind of bar.
[Hat tip Sam P.]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author f... more »
China Rebukes North Korea - Says No State Should Sow Chaos
leftdog at Buckdog - 23 hours ago
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By Ben Blanchard and Jane Chung
BEIJING/SEOUL | Sun Apr 7, 2013 7:58pm EDT
**
(Reuters) -* China's leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North
Koreafor raising regional tensions, with the president saying no country
should
throw the world into chaos and the foreign minister warning that Beijing
would not allow mischief on its doorstep. **The weekend comments were
the
strongest yet by China in response to more than a month of North Korean
rhetoric that has included threats to launch a nuclear attack on the
United
States and to wage war with Seoul.*
* *
*No country "should... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday!
Banner by Art Ist
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 write
about the environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below
to list your site.
2. If you only occasionally write about green living, please use tags such
as "green", "Eco", "Environment", etc. and then link to... more »
Do Progressives Vote To Abolish The Estate Tax? I Asked Feinstein And Boxer
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Feinstein is 79 & Boxer is 72-- time to step aside for younger leaders?
In the run-up to a vote on the Senate budget on March 23, dozens and dozens
of pointless, ideological amendments were offered late into the night. I
recall Jim Inhofe offering some kooky black helicopter amendment about the UN
coming to take away our guns after 4 AM as the whole absurd process was
finally winding down. Earlier in the evening, however, North Dakota and
Virginia corporate whores John Thune and Mark Warner offered separate
amendments to repeal the estate tax. Thune's was more radical and it failed
... more »
The Decision Tree
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Lisa Harrison forwarded this poem, I don't know who the author is...
Kindergarten Fukushima Science Project Says it All: “Now tuna fish in California have cesium. YUK!” | #OccupyNuclear
rc at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
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**[the report]..focused on the fact that this deadly radiation is now
contained within the bodies of tuna and other edible fish in the great
Pacific...*
*
**
*
Kindergartener, Savanna Urry was busy presenting her drawings, a poster
setup, and an exclusively iPad shot and edited video, that all featured the
nuclear topic, and focused on a very plain and daunting fact: The fact that
deadly, and highly carcinogenic plutonium and cesium isotopes were spewed,
and continue to be spewed into the Pacific Ocean to this very day from the
world’s first, full blown, (triple) nuclear core MEL... more »
Yellowstone business owners unhappy campers
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Guessing most of these owners vote for Republicans because, small
government. That would be the same Republicans who forced the sequester
cuts designed to take a chainsaw to the national budget to take effect
because, pisses off liberals, or something. Then the business owners
discovered *this* is what "small government" looks like.
Yellowstone Park having to cut something, suspended snow plowing for a
couple of weeks to save $400K . Bad for business. Via Kevin Drum, owners
decided to pony up the cash to get it done themselves.
But therein lies the perennial rub: Cuts that are wel... more »
Rosa perfumada color roja
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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THE WAR EFFECTS STILL REMAIN.......
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Nao Rozi is a former soldier and lives and struggles with the Afghan Peace
Volunteers, seeking a better life, seeking a better world.
He is a very beautiful human being.
Hermoso amanecer en el mar
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Edificios llenos de luz en la playa
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THE GOLAN HEIGHTS: A NEW FRONT LINE AGAINST ISRAELI EXPANSIONISM?
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 1 day ago
I mentioned over a year ago that the civil war in Syria was likely to spill
into the Golan Heights, Syrian territory seized by Israel in the Six Day
War of 1967, and now it seems that the prospect of that is fast becoming a
reality.
The question, then, is: Why do the Israelis support the Syrian opposition
in their fight against Syrian President Bashir al-Assad when it has been
al-Assad that has continued to provide some semblance of security to Israel
in the Golan Heights? Sure, it can be argued that Israel is dead set
against al-Assad because of his support for Hezbollah in Lebanon... more »
Dibujos animados con casas y árboles.
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Cascada de agua clara en el bosque verde
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Casas hermosas con jardines enormes
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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