Margaret Thatcher toilet paper (Photo credit: Ulleskelf)
George H. W. Bush and Margaret Thatcher at Chequers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Marchers for Salvador Allende. A crowd of people marching to support the election of Salvador Allende for president in Santiago, Chile. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cover of Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher Will Always Be Remembered For Her Support Of Right Wing Military Dictatorship In Chile
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*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
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
*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...
RIP, Lady Thatcher.
Apache Artist Andrew Goseyun Morrison artwork may be lost forever in Seattle
*By Sandra Rambler*
*Censored News*
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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.
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'
[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'
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'
[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 Trudea Knows It!)
*“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
*Mayor Landrieu Pushing 3 Bills in State Legislature*
*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*
Iraq Unwilling To Confront Forced Labor And Sex Trade
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 »
Soyuz makes RECORD BREAKING trip to International Space Station
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!
*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 »
ACTION: Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance
*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
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’
[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
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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)
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 babies are a sticky wicket, having the
nerve to get themselves murdered in a valiant 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*.)
President Obama is running out ... more »
Fukushima still leaking .....
*Fukushima is still leaking. Radioactive water is still entering the ocean.
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*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
[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
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
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
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
*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
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
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
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
Margaret Thatcher, dead of a stroke, at 87.
New Democrats Serious About Electing Harry Borlase In Labrador …
*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!
*
**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
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
*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?
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
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?
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
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
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.]
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China Rebukes North Korea - Says No State Should Sow Chaos
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By Ben Blanchard and Jane Chung
BEIJING/SEOUL | Sun Apr 7, 2013 7:58pm EDT
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(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.*
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*No country "should... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
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
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
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
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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...*
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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
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 »
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THE WAR EFFECTS STILL REMAIN.......
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
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THE GOLAN HEIGHTS: A NEW FRONT LINE AGAINST ISRAELI EXPANSIONISM?
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 »
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Sure, what Terry McAuliffe needs to get elected governor of Virginia is better staff than he had in 2009
*Pick your poison -- D vs. R*
*"[S]ome Democrats said privately that both McAuliffe and his team were
disillusioned after the [2009] primary loss, making it unsurprising that a
different cast would be in place this year."*
*-- from Ben Pershing's WaPo report, "*Building campaigns,
McAuliffe cleans house while Cuccinelli keeps old hands"
*by Ken*
It doesn't seem to happen as often as it used to -- crackpot right-wing
lurkers denouncing us here at *DWT* for bad-mouthing their slime-sucking
heroes while giving a pass to what they view as satanic Democrats. Is it
possible that people h... more »
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Henry Corbin On A Major Philosophical Difference Between Shiites And Sunnis
"Henry Corbin was a partisan of the freedom of the Imagination and an
implacable enemy of fundamentalism and totalitarianisms of all kinds." -
Tom Cheetham, author of, *"All the World an Icon: Henry Corbin and the
Angelic Function of Beings."* This quote is taken from the website, *
"virtualborscht."*
Below is an excerpt from Henry Corbin's book, *"History of Islamic
Philosophy."* 1993. Kegan Paul International: London. Pg. 125-126.
The book was first published in 1964 in French. Here is a description from *
Amazon:*
Published in English for the first time, this work by Henry Cor... more »
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Fat-Free Econ 41: Cut Income Taxes
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com. The "movie editor" that
I referred here is Manny Castaneda, my co-cast in the late 80s political
satire program, "Sic O Clock News" aired in IBC 13 and directed by the late
Marilou Diaz-Abaya.
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Mid-April each year is the deadline for filing income tax payments made the
previous year for both individuals and corporations. A friend, a local
movie director, commented in his Facebook wall, “April,* buwan ng
pagbabayad ng *tax. Personally, it's like throwing my hard earned money
into a toilet bowl.* Wala naman itong silbi sa b... more »
RBC Temporary Foreign Worker WTF
RBC
has found itself the center of a employment controversy thanks to this
article by the CBC.
My Twitter feed exploded this morning over the replacing domestic
Canadian jobs with foreigners working on a Visa. The article quotes Dave
Moreau, who works in IT systems support as one of the displaced
workers. This alarmed me immediately as "IT Systems Support" is how I
earn my living. Nothing like
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Bill Finck of *
Christogenea.org* and *The Mein Kampf Project*. Bill and I will be
discussing the role of Christianity in the development and advancement of
Western civilization, including how Christianity impacted and influenced
some of the most prominent figures and political ideologies in Western
history, such as the Founding Fathers of America and Adolf Hitler of
National Socialist Germany. Where did Christianity go wrong? How was
Christianity subverted and perverted to the point where now organized
Christianity merely... more »
LaPierre and NRA are 'Clowns at the Circus'
From Crooks and Liars
The world works in complicated ways
I know he wasn't talking to me, but since I actually mentioned it myself, I
can't stop thinking about what Atrios said about 2010 a couple of day ago.
This is a rare occasion where I don't think he has it quite right.
I don't know what Atrios was reading, but I certainly didn't bring up the
lessons of 2010 as a rebuke to pissed off progressives. Even when I
disagree on tactics, I've long said everyone should do what they think will
be most effective. But it seems useful to look back and see how what
tactics worked -- or didn't.
Not saying people shouldn't bitch about bad policy ch... more »
What do you mean, ‘give back’?
Successful businessmen get virtually no praise for what they do in their
day job, only when they give their money away.
This is called “giving back.” It is, say Yaron Brook and Don Watkins, “One
of the World's Most Impoverishing Commands”:
“Give back.” That’s the message sent to successful businessmen. You built a
company? You made a lot of money? Fine. Now it’s time for you to use the
money you’ve made to do some real good in the world.
Apparently, creating our modern standard of living and our modern
lifespan doesn’t count.
Think of the history of America. Its transfor... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, April 7th, 2013
Sunday, and again it is that time of the week when I take so called news
reports, and tear them to shreds....
Many have wondered where the heck I have been and why I have not been
putting up as many articles now at this site than what I used to.... I have
said a while back that I would definitely be spending more time for the
next while concentrating on both rest and relaxation, and spending time
taking care of family and personal business. This blog has always been an
outlet for myself for me to give my thoughts on what I see is wrong in this
world, and I am very happy to see tha... more »
Monopolistic Corporations Controlling Global Food Supplies Pass Laws Making Dissent Illegal
Our food may be killing us as factory farming pollutes the environment
and
breeds super-viruses and bacteria requiring ever greater use of
antibiotics:
Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime by R. OpelApril 6, 2013,
The
New YorkTimes,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130407&_r=0[Excerpted]
On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee
walking horses with chemicals. Another captures workers in Wyoming
punching
and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air. And a... more »
So, there are two kinds of drinkers
There are two kinds of drinkers. Those who mean it when they say, “I’m
going for a couple of quick ones.” And those who, when they say “I’m going
for a couple of quick ones,” really mean: "Come, fill the cup, and in the
fire of Spring—your Winter-garment of repentance fling"!
Which kind are you?
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Ileana vs Beyoncé-- Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz The Dark Presence Behind The Curtain?
The Florida Republican Party moved to shore up Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's shaky
House seat by giving some strongly Democratic areas-- like the Key West--
to much disliked David Rivera in FL-26. Rivera, plagued with a tough
district and an unending series of corruption scandals, was promptly
defeated for reelection. Ileana survived in a district (FL-27) that has
more of Miami's Cuban neighborhoods, including Little Havana, without many
African-American neighborhoods, just over her district line. In November,
Obama won FL-26 and FL-27 with identical percentages against Romney,
53.1-46.4%... more »
If I go...
They're out to get all pro-Israeli bloggers, if I go then think well of
me...
IRELAND - Claim: Top civil servant had 'inappropriate level of contact' with tycoons
*
* *
* *Claim: top civil servant had 'inappropriate level of contact' with
tycoons*
*Paddy McKillen complains to Michael Noonan of Secretary General's
informality and familiarity in dealing with Barclays*
John Moran,
RONALD QUINLAN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT – 07 APRIL 2013
THE most powerful civil servant in the Department of Finance is at the
centre of controversy this weekend and under pressure to explain a series
of emails in which he discussed with a key representative of the
billionaire Barclay brothers their efforts to buy the loans of Irish
property tycoon Paddy McKillen from t... more »
hundreds of nyc fast-food workers walk off the job, demand a living wage (plus: don't fly porter)
Hundreds of fast-food workers in New York City walked off the job this
week, demanding a living wage. This is their second walkout in six months,
as this exciting labour movement continues to grow.
The workers, who have organized themselves as Fast Food Forward, are a
model for people throughout the US who are employed but live in poverty.
Low-wage workers in Chicago are involved in the same fight, under the
banner of Worker Organizing Committee of Chicago. Both groups are calling
for a $15/hour minimum wage.
The National Restaurant Association says its industry "provides more than... more »
Quakers sponsoring of Bolivian students
*Learning the Life of the Spirit*
While frosty spring winds kiss the crocuses in much of the North, let us
whisk you away for a moment to warm, mild Cochabamba to meet Gaby Chambi
Perca, Friendly Farmer in training.
Gaby just started her ninth semester in Agronomy and Animal Husbandry at
the University of San Simón, thanks to a BQEF sponsorship by a US family.
International Lecturers:
[image: Turn on Images to see the cows admire Gaby in her brilliant boots]Last
semester, Gaby’s section had a workshop on calf management. A lecturer from
Argentina taught about life in the calf’s e... more »
Inside Britain's Sharia courts - Telegraph
The BBC actually investigating Britain's Sharia courts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9975937/Inside-Britains-Sharia-courts.html
I'm shocked
GIYUS: On anti Israel rhetoric, Muslim propaganda and anti Semitism - Interview with Professor Porat
'In the last few years, anti Semitism has been hiding behind anti Zionism.
The calls and actions to de legitimize Israel's right to exist and to frame
Israel as the devil which tortures the poor innocent Palestinians hide in
many cases anti-Semitic feelings and expressions.'
More here
http://www.giyus.org/2011/01/anti-israel-rhetoric-muslim-propaganda-and-anti-semitism-interview-with-professor-porat.html
"KIM GETS $3 BILLION FROM USA"
*CIA asset Kim*
According to Tom Heneghan's * Intelligence Briefing's Blog*, Kim Jong-un
has just received a load of money from the USA.
"It can now be reported that a P140 U.S. aircraft cargo plane left Langley,
Virginia at 3:30 p.m. EST destination North Korea.
"The aircraft contains $3 BILLION that was made available by the Dallas
branch of the German Commerz Bank.
"The $3 BILLION will be delivered directly to North Korea dictator Kim
Jong-un by U.S. officials."
*Bill Richardson. photo AP*
"The U.S. team is headed by former Clinton Administration official, North
Korean bag m... more »
Hang on to your Tin Foil Hats!
Gosh, there really are conspiracies! And the reluctance of people to admit
they have been duped, and that they live in a sham Truman's World phoney,
crumbling screen set, is one of the reasons that the oligarchs have been
allowed to take over and are now plundering what little remains of the
natural world while turning everyone who isn't as filthy rich as they are
into brainwashed slaves.
I was 13 years old when Martin Luther King was killed on April 4, and life
has never been the same since. I guess in some deep way I started to get
the inkling that things are not what they are... more »
Special Prosecutors, Special Courts, Justice Denied, Time For Star Chambers
*John Les as Mayor of Chilliwack was allowed to keep the proceeds of
crime... *
Robin McFee...What a good name, because what Robin McFee did was ........He
robbed the taxpayers of heavy fees and delivered nothing, he failed
miserably, a pathetic investigation not worth the paper it was written on,
let me explain.
Robin McFee(The special prosecuter assigned to the John Les corruption
scandal) had no mention in his report that John Les`s real estate agent
Lorraine Dyck presented a small in scale development plan for the Rosebank
property to Chilliwack council, 6 days later John Le... more »
Sunday Question for Everyone (2)
What should the minimum age for voting be? Why?
Why Newt Gingrich Is Still On TV/Revered By the Owners (Where the Idea of Chained-CPI Came From) Right. We Wuz Robbed and It's Coming Around Again
Have you spent much time lately wondering why "our" liberal/progressive
"change" President continues to push the fake deficit scam? After the noted
economist Dean Baker addressed the history of this scam (and how even the
tepid job growth under the weak Obama stimulus has halved it already),
hasn't the stated necessity for adding a Chained-CPI requirement to
minimize Social Security growth (and
Of Jet Streams and Rossby Waves and a Political Class That Couldn't Care Less
There was something strange on U.S. weather/drought maps recently. The
northern hemisphere, or "polar" jet stream was shown plunging down into
Mexico. It was down where the sub-tropical jet stream is supposed to be.
Mexico. Not Oregon or even northern California but Mexico, a country that
actually dips down into the tropics. I do tend to pay attention to the
jet stream, especially when it heads north up toward Alaska. That tends
to bring us warm, southern air and, in high summer, we get a high pressure
cell that builds out in the Pacific off Vancouver Island that means hot,... more »
Creative Showcase- Creative Linkup and Features
I can't believe that it is April already. April has been fabulous for so
far, full of roller coasters and book signings. What have you been up to?
Here are my favorite link-ups from the last couple Creative Showcases.
Want a chance to be featured? Link up your projects, outfits, book reviews
and anything else you have done to the linky below.
These Cheater Chicken Enchiladas from A Mouse in My Kitchen, look easy
and delicious!
This cute Chalk Frame from Lemon Tree Dwelling.
My mouth is watering over this Orange Butterhorns from Newlyweds on a
Budget
I absolutely love this ... more »
ROSE FINESILVER, JIMMY SAVILE, CYRIL SMITH, KRAY TWINS
*Rose Finesilver*
Rose Finesilver, a Polish Jewess living in London, was 'involved' in the
security services during World War II.
She had been dropped into Poland to act as an agent.
*Smoke whilst you're praying... Summer of Love*
She had used her influence with the Kray Twins stop the blackmail of Sir
Cyril Smith.
*MORE FROM THE INTEL FILES ON ROTHSCHILD by KJ Field*
*
*
*John Harper*
John Harper grew up in the East End of London, home to the Kray Twins.
Rose Finesilver came into his life at age 13.
*Smoke whilst you're praying... Summer of Love*
*Rose is sitting on the extre... more »
Defending Democracy in Canada
If we don't take steps to defend democracy in Canada we may face a huge
struggle to salvage it in the future. There's a price to be paid for
inaction.
Look at the United States of America for example. Democracy there has
been supplanted by plutocracy. Democratic power has been "captured" by
corporatism and harnessed into the service of the oligarchs, the richest of
the rich. This did not happen overnight. It was set in motion three
decades ago and has progressed ever since. In its wake America's middle
class has been dismembered and vast wealth has been transferred out of ... more »
Resisting the State - Chapter 5
This was maybe the most problematic chapter of Scott Neigh's *Talking
Radical:Resisting the State* for me. It's about Don Weitz of the Anti-Psychiatry
Movement. Now, I've heard of the Anti-Psychiatry Movement before. And I get
that mental institutions were, and remain, frightening places where
horrific abuses have occurred. I get that people are over-medicated, given
what are essentially chemical lobotomies. I know about the CIA mind-control
experiments (read: torture) at the Allen Institute in Montreal (to provide
but one Canadian example of this horror). But I also know that there ... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Energetic “Rivers of Sustenance”
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* *
* *Energetic “Rivers of Sustenance”*
by ÉirePort
Energies of sustenance are provided for all Gaia ground crew at this now
moment. Multiple timeline effects, activated by departing dark-intenders,
have brought in avenues for potential confusion. These are being dealt with
at Higher Levels.
Awareness is key for Gaia ground crew, and confusion may be avoided by
rising, in Mind, to what may be imaged as a "River of Sustenance". Each
will understand an image which works for them.
Portal stillness is still experienced, and includes portals of
transformation. We suggest resting an... more »
You and me and rain on the roof
This is a brilliant idea. Harvesting rainwater.
In the video above, Lancaster demonstrates how he turned his own
neighborhood into a kind of vessel that would make the most out of its
natural rainfall—and it doesn't require any money or a significant amount
of time to maintain.
Simply cutting into the sidewalk curb prevents downstream flooding, while
allowing rainwater to disperse among plant life; planting native,
fruit-bearing trees opens a low-maintenance source of fresh, whole foods;
and the entire system promotes wildlife, cleaner air, cooler ground
temperatures and a better... more »
'Rainbow Fog' at Fukushima
Majia's Blog - 22 hours ago
ChasAha at Enenews pointed out the 'rainbow fog' at
Fukushima Daiichi this
morning:
Here is a screen shot in its entirety illustrating this phenomenon:
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Gov report: Actually, evil City traders DIDN'T cause the banking crash • The Register
Re HBOS collapse:
' This was a traditional bank failure pure and simple. It was a case of a
bank pursuing traditional banking activities and pursuing them badly.'
More here at the Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/05/hbos_collapse/
The link between Nazism and Islamists
'Haj Amin Al-Husseini (1895-1974), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, is a man of
the past, at the same time he is a man of the present. Not only was he one
of the best Arab friends the Nazis ever had, he also worked for them and
was handsomely paid by them in the crucial war years between 1941 and 1945
when he lived in a villa in Berlin. Today, he is a model for many radical
Muslims who share his views on the Jews, Sharia law and the West. He was
the father of Palestinian nationalism. Why did he feel so deeply attracted
to Nazi ideology? Why did the Nazis see the Grand Mufti as their close... more »
Sunday Classics: From Risë Stevens in "The King and I" to Patricia Neway in "The Consul"
*In 1960, the year after she created the role of the Mother Abbess in
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, soprano Patricia Neway
re-created the role of Magda Sorel in The Consul, Gian Carlo Menotti's
first full-length opera, which she had created in 1950, including a
289-performance Broadway run.*
*by Ken*
As I mentioned in remembering mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens, after her
retirement from the Met, she was tapped by Richard Rodgers for the
production of *The King and I* he oversaw at the Music Theater of Lincoln
Center in 1964. We heard a couple of excerpts from RCA's cas... more »
Your moment of Zen
Found growing from a lily pad at Sandy Ridge Reservation in Ohio. Scott M
Duncan photo.
Dutch Holocaust Survivor - "I Saw How The Mufti Of Jerusalem
' March 5, 2012 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - "It was a very hot
day in June or July 1944 when I was at work in Monowitz, also known as
Auschwitz III. And then I suddenly noticed a group of people who looked
like actors. They were wearing long robes and strange headgear.
Occasionally, internees did perform a play in the camp. I wanted to find
out myself and as I walked towards that group I was stopped by a high
ranking SS-officer whom I didn't know. He was from the main camp (Auschwitz
I) or Birkenau (Auschwitz II). The officer asked me, 'What do you want?' 'I
just want... more »
Argentina flood damage exceeds $500 million
[image: People wade through flooded streets as the water starts subsiding
in La Plata, located 63 km south of Buenos Aires, on 3 April 2013 after a
powerful storm pummeled the Argentine capital overnight from Tuesday to
Wednesday. Photo: Daniel Garcia / AFP / Getty Images]
7 April 2013 (Voice of Russia) – The material damage from the recent flood
in La Plata, Argentina, exceeds $500 million, according to a report just
released by the city authorities.
51 people died and more than 350,000 were displaced and almost one-fouth of
local buildings were damaged by a long spate of torren... more »
Phil Plait: The march of antireality continues
[image: Because we know that globes should be shaped like a pancake.
Graphic: controversy.wearscience.com]
By Phil Plait
5 April 2013
*"Against unreason, the gods themselves contend in vain." —with apologies
to Friedrich Schiller*
(Slate.com) – Lately I’ve been trying to write more about science, rather
than write about those who attack it. I love science, and I love promoting
it. It gives us wonder, knowledge, advances in technology and medicine,
increases our lifespan and the joy that fills it. It also reveals the world
as it truly is, and while that may not always be comfortin... more »
U.S. Midwest farmers looking for best crop in decades
[image: Corn plants dry in a drought-stricken farm field on 17 July 2012
near Fritchton, Indiana. The corn and soybean belt in the middle of the
nation is experiencing one of the worst droughts in more than five decades.
Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images]
5 April 2013 (Reuters) – A cool spring in the Midwest has farmers eager for
soils to warm up before planting what is expected to be the region’s
biggest crop in decades. Farmers this week could begin planting corn in
many spots across the upper Midwest, according to insurance policies that
cover costs if they have to replant beca... more »
Sunday Question for Everyone (1)
Off format this week just for a little variety...I won't divide these by
conservative/liberal
As regular readers know, I'm a fan of John Seary's arguments about the
minimum age for elected officials. Currently the minimum age for President
of the United States is 35, Senate is 30, and House of Representatives is
25. What should it be? Are there any other changes (in any direction) for
qualifications for office that you would make?
Stubborn drought tests Texas ranchers – U.S. cattle herd at lowest level in 60 years – ‘Beef will come back. But who’s going to be left to produce it?’
[image: Gary Price is a rarity among cattle ranchers in 2013. He’s making
money on his herd of 200 cows in this tiny town about an hour south of
Dallas-Fort Worth. Mr. Price and his wife manage their land to help them
avoid buying food and water for their cattle. Photo: By Brandon Thibodeaux
/ The New York Times]
By STEPHANIE STROM
5 April 2013
BLOOMING GROVE, Texas (The New York Times) – Gary Price is a rarity among
cattle ranchers these days. He’s making money on his herd of 200 cows in
this tiny town about an hour south of Dallas-Fort Worth.
“The market is very good, and we’... more »
Untitled
*LSU spent a lot trying to quash academic freedom and befriend the Corps of
Engineers ~James Gill*~*LSU comes out looking petty, vindictive and
dishonest while taxpayers get a bill for $1 million. Will anyone get fired
over this? Hell, no. That punishment is reserved for straight shooters.
Ivor van Heerden must have been such a one, else the state would hardly
have paid him $435,000 last month to settle his wrongful termination
lawsuit. We now discover that LSU's futile resistance cost more than that
in legal fees, which rather belies the notion that flagship universities
attract to... more »
On the Fitch Ratings Upgrade
* This is my article in thelobbyist.biz last Friday.
Fitch Ratings’ upgrade of the Philippine economy from non-investment grade
BB+ to investment grade BBB is indeed good news.
For starters, there are three other investment grade status that the
Philippine economy and Philippine-based companies can aspire to reach: A,
AA and AAA, with the latter as the most stable, most reliable status. There
are intermediates of +/- between these grades, like A-, A, A+.
For the non-investment grade, the rates range from D (defaulted on some
obligations and can default more) to C (vulnerable to ba... more »
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