Saturday, May 04, 2013

4 May - Blogs I'm Following

Great Barrier Reef, Eddy Reef off Mission BeachGreat Barrier Reef, Eddy Reef off Mission Beach (Photo credit: Paul from www.Castaways.com.au)
English: Great Barrier Reef AirportEnglish: Great Barrier Reef Airport (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Deutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier ReefDeutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier Reef (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Deutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier ReefDeutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier Reef (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Deutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier ReefDeutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier Reef (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Striped Surgeon (Acanthurus lineatus)...English: Striped Surgeon (Acanthurus lineatus) on Flynn reef (near Cairns), Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Français : Un chirurgien zèbre (Acanthurus lineatus ). Photo prise dans le récif de Flynn, sur la Grande Barrière de Corail, dans le Queensland (Australie). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Deutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier ReefDeutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier Reef (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Deutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier ReefDeutsch: Tauchen am Great Barrier Reef (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: A variety of corals form an outcrop o...English: A variety of corals form an outcrop on Flynn Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Queensland, Australia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 minutes ago
*Saints vs Falcons: A 35 Year Tradition Of Bitter Division Rivalry ~Saints Tailgate*

China vastly under-reports global fish catch – ‘We’re looking at decimation in the next decade’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 minutes ago
[image: Workers hang dried fish onto poles at a processing facility on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on 25 December 2012. Photo: Lang Lang] By Gwynn Guilford 30 April 2013 (The Atlantic) – China might be cracking down on luxury spending in watches, cars, banquets and really foul liquor. But the market for pricey fish parts continues relatively unabated. US border officials recently busted a ring smuggling bladders of an endangered fish used for medicinal Chinese soups (here are some images of these prized bladders). The amount of bladders they seized could have sol... more »

Insanity is Not Funny, Until It's Political

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 minutes ago
At times having to watch America's seemingly endless death spiral becomes utterly depressing. These are crazy people who have somehow been allowed to rise to positions of authority - people like Rick Santorum or Michelle Bachmann. And then there's this guy, Virginia Republican nominee for governor, Ken Cuccinelli. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Leave the Therapy to Us

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 minutes ago
(Tip o' the tinfoil hat to Mrs JP.) It could've been worse: Nevada could've put its mental patients under the bus instead of on it. But that's about the only good thing that can be said about the biggest health care scandal to hit Nevada in decades, if not ever. Luckily for these 1500 mentally ill patients that have been shipped out of Nevada and foisted off on other states since 2008 (which comes out to almost one a day), the *Sacramento Bee* and their staff writer Cynthia Hubert has been all over this story for the last two months. It's reached up to Gov. Brian Sandoval'... more »

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Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 20 minutes ago
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo!

UN plans to list Great Barrier Reef as endangered – ‘Australia would be the only developed country in the world to have a world heritage site on the endangered list’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 28 minutes ago
[image: Aerial view of Great Barrier Reef, Cairns. The United Nations has put the Queensland and federal governments on notice that the Great Barrier Reef could be added to a list of endangered world heritage sites. Photo: Sydney Morning Herald] By Cameron Atfield 4 May 2013 (Sydney Morning Herald) – The United Nations has put the Queensland and federal governments on notice that the Great Barrier Reef could be added to a list of endangered world heritage sites. In a draft decision released Friday night, expected to be adopted when UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meets in Camb... more »

ExxonMobil oil spill in Arkansas shatters American dream of families still displaced from new homes – ‘People feel like that dream is shattered due to the uncertainty’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 42 minutes ago
[image: Heavy oil from the Athabasca tar sands mine in Alberta, Canada, flows through a neighborhood in in Mayflower, a small city about 20 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas, after a 22-foot-long section of ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline split open on 1 April 2013. Photo: KTHV] By Maria Gallucci 2 May 2013 (InsideClimate News) – It has been more than a month now, and Amber Bartlett has had enough of hotels and apartments and trailer homes. Of crowded rooms whose thin walls amplify the bickering of her four children. Of piles of toys and clothes overflowing from drawers and ... more »

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 51 minutes ago
Back to basics: the employment report. Nothing great, but no disaster. We're certainly not having anything like Clinton's peace-and-prosperity second term, but at least for the moment it seems we're more in the direction of getting there than we are moving towards George W. Bush's second term. Even if there doesn't seem much hope of actually getting there within four years. It's good that Obama finally got around to choosing a Secretary of Commerce, but much harder to imagine how a Secretary of Commerce can matter. What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?

Tax Cut 15: Some Resistance to Reducing Personal Income Tax

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 hour ago
My article last April 7, 2013, FAT-FREE ECONOMICS | Why not cut income taxes? has attracted some comments, mainly from those who resist this proposal. I am copy-pasting the more substantial comments, below. To see the full comments, check http://www.interaksyon.com/business/58869/fat-free-economics--why-not-cut-income-taxes ------------ *Nonoy Oplas* · · Head at Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc.** Cut income tax here, expect many companies and professionals from abroad to come and do business here. April 7 *Oliver Mia* · **cut income tax and have a lot less regulations and burea... more »

Cute kids book available for free download: The Story of a Piece of Paper

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 hour ago
Interesting, via Fragmentalist. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: fragmentalist, free childrens story, story of a piece of paper

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ohio 1970 Kent State University

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
"Ohio" is a protest song written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills "Find the Cost of Freedom," peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although a live version of the song was included on the group's 1971 double album Four Way Street, the studio versions of both songs did not appear on an LP until the group's compilation So Far was released in 1974. The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation album Decade, released in 1977... more »

Lawmaker receives death threats for having the gall to question the official story in Boston ? DHS whistleblower railroaded by DHS for doing her job - 54 investigations launched against whistleblower and she actually was declared a domestic terrorist ! And this was simply because she was trying to prevent a potential breach of the border ! Freedom on speech has become a crime folks and you can be deemed a domestic terrorist in a heart beat ! Or someone why just take you out with government approval ! US + Soviet Union these days......

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/05/rep-tremblay-receiving-death-threats-after-publicly-calling-for-investigation-of-boston-marathon-bombing-2636708.html Lawmaker Receiving Death Threats After Publicly Calling For Investigation Of Boston Marathon Bombing Friday, May 3, 2013 3:31 0 (Before It's News) *by Susannah Cole (and Pete Santilli)**Investigative Reporter and Co-Host of The Pete Santilli Show* [image: StellaTremblay]Just one day after her interview with Pete Santilli, NH Representative Stella Tremblay has started receiving death threats. Last week the brave New Hampshi... more »

Death Knell

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 2 hours ago
This is a truly frightening video. NASA has modeled rainfall projections and it's very clear - if it weren't already - that food shortages from drought are going to lead to famine and violence. Since many staple crops are distributed through global trade, the effects will ricochet around the world leaving aid-dependant countries wanting, and prices soaring in developed nations, with the poorest starving first. I'm reasonably certain that NASA's models don't include the fact that trees are dying prematurely, at an exponentially rapid rate, from tropospheric ozone - which is going t... more »

Doug Noland Essay " Too much asset inflation " ........ we saw the original movie ( time frame was from the popping of the stock bubble after initial internet craze and the sharp sell off of the Nasdaq around a decade ago , which was followed by blowing up the real estate bubble - which then popped in 2007 - 2008 ......which was followed by the blowing up of assets beginning in 2009 ) ....... The Cyprus event was a signal things have changed - deposits being stolen was a game changer and the fact this has been laid out as blue print , should be an eye opener !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.prudentbear.com/2013/05/too-much-asset-inflation.html Too Much Asset InflationMay 3, 2013 posted by Doug Noland Stock prices surge to record highs, while Credit market risk premiums collapse to multi-year lows. We’re now well into the fifth year of unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus – with, incredibly, no end in sight! Predictably, economic results have been disappointing. Also, and just as predictable, the most outspoken proponents of aggressive “Keynesian” measures are these days claiming the limited success is due to stimulus not being administered in sufficie... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Fabourg Marigny residents get prudish over adult boutique opening in neighborhood* *NASA official pleased with spacecraft work at Michoud ~Danny Monteverde* *Bill gives 'no-warranty-no-return open checkbook' to Corps of Engineers* *Tangipahoa River concerns raised, analyzed ~Ashley Rodrigue * *Skeptics question plans for rebuilding coastal Louisiana ~John Snell* *Will Louisiana's Seafood System Go Commercially Extinct? ~Poppy Tooker*

What To Do About A GOP That Has Devolved Into Intransigent Extremism?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Joe Conason takes on the moronic Beltway adage that "everyone is equally at fault" for the nation's problems by pointing out that the most salient fact in American political life is (and for some time has been) the intransigent extremism of the Republican Party. Whatever the punditocracy may imagine, there is no way for Obama to force his agenda on the Republicans in the House and the Senate, who range from scheming partisans like Mitch McConnell and Eric Cantor to Tea Party zealots like Ted Cruz and Michele Bachmann. Unlike Abraham Lincoln or Lyndon Johnson, the two brilliant ma... more »

The ALEC Charter School Scheme - Rife with Fraud (MORE)

2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
Entry number of two of an planned on-going series. Fraud - stealing Charter School Fraud - Stealing from taxpayers Charter School Fraud - Stealing from the other children in the school district Corporate profit - the middle name of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC even wrote a whole report on "Designing School Choice", that they distributed to EVERY ALEC member. *<|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|>* On Friday a jury convicted the founders of the Ivy Academiacharter school in the San Fernando of embezzling public funds and filing filing false tax returns. Eugene Selivanov ... more »

Plant Human Symbiosis

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 3 hours ago
There are plenty of speculation and great leaps here but what it all comes to is a reworking of the Garden of Eden Paradigm. Yet that is where we are going in this blog’s teachings on terraforming terra. Our challenges are real: 1 Create a global middle class economy. We are two generations out on this. The derivative will be a generally free society evolving out of all that. It would be nice to plan it in than to do it the hard way. 2 Implement the global model farm community been developed here. This provides a natural optimal nurt... more »

Mayan Foundation Established

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 3 hours ago
Once again we have pinned down the 1159 BC date which coincides with the Atlantean Subsidence. Conjecture: Traders based on the coast established a new civilization to replace the lost Atlantean civilization directly to the East on the Cuban Arc. Other communities did the same and generally took up lands previously ignored. Yucatan was one such. Recall we have sunken pyramids at a depth of six thousand feet. For now we have zeroed it in to 1159 BC which is joining other prospective sites. After Atlantis sank, returning seamen would have run for the nearest adjacent ... more »

Earth's Core 1,000 Degrees Hotter Than Expected

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 3 hours ago
This is information that matters because we can now determine melt points for other elements at similar pressures. All molecules disassociate down there and proper modeling needs accurate transition points. Recall that the key element at the final point of disassociation will be elemental carbon and I suspect that we actually have a working layer of it. Thus our diamond pipes are really carbon pipes rapidly burning their way upward. This also establishes a natural slip plane for the crust itself and allows the crust itself to remain in permanent balance. It is also ... more »

Islam Coexists?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 3 hours ago
This is a reminder that Islam is fanaticism at its worst. Individual Muslims usually retain the verities of civilized conduct, but they are clearly never supported in this by their religion. And inasmuch as religion is truth, cutting your throat is acceptable. The unenviable result has been a low level trickle of fanatic killing. Boston is just one more totally lacking any sense of command and control. Yet we are expected to accept just this. There are appropriate responses that begin with confronting Islam and demanding that they bring their teachings into conformity ... more »

RepubliCONs Incessant Drivel

2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
The hypocrisy of the RepliCONS – never ceases to amaze me. What really infuriates me - is that 99.9999% of the time - they are never called out on their hypocrisy. If you give them a deal on the popcorn they asked for They turn around and say they really wanted corn chips because of …. If you turn around and do something that makes corn chips more available to them They bitch and complain that you removed their incentive to buy popcorn If you give them a deal on popcorn and corn chips – they complain that they are really more interested in a deal on oatmeal An on – and on – and on – a... more »

ISRAEL INCREASES PROVOCATION FOR WAR AGAINST SYRIA, HEZBOLLAH AND, ULTIMATELY, IRAN

Israel has launched attacks against Syria in a clear attempt to escalate the war to bring in the US and their allies the UK and France. Not only have air strikes been made on as yet undisclosed targets in Syria, but the Israelis flew to their weapons launch points (apparently the Israeli aircraft didn’t actually enter Syrian airspace but used stand-off weapons) after flying in Lebanon airspace in an attempt to provoke Hezbollah as well as the Syrian government. The strike comes at a point in the war when Israel has accused al-Assad forces of using chemical weapons. Israel is hoping... more »

Dear Commissioner King,

Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 3 hours ago
Here is a letter to NYSED Commissioner King from Western New York educator Ronald Tonelli Jr. I have seen a few of these “Dear John” letters recently and anticipate more as educators and parents question the policies of the New York State Education Department. _______________________________________________________ Dear Commissioner King: Being an educator, I have always been [...]

The Smallest Man In Canada

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Michael Harris writes that Stephen Harper is the Wizard of Wrath: Just as in the movie, our Wizard is playing the bully with the big stick to the very end. In big things and little ones, the movie Wizard was nothing like the superior being that Dorothy, the Tin Man and the Lion expected to see when he was finally exposed. With Stephen Harper there is not much on display other than the lust to control, exercised with that familiar and most un-Canadian mean streak. For, if there is one word which best characterizes the man, it is *meanness*: Chantal Hebert writes: It is not unu... more »

Breaking: Israel claims to have launched an airstrike on Syria 24 hours ago

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 4 hours ago
What to my early morning sleepy eyes appears? Breaking news of Israel claiming and the US confirming an airstrike took place between Thursday and Friday. That means 24 hours ago... Did the strike really take place? And if so why didn't Israel or the US mention it yesterday? Haven't had enough time to dig in or digest, but, a round up of news stories is linked below: Israel confirms strike on Syria targeted weapons : Destroyed 'game-changing' shipment of missiles Israeli officials confirmed Saturday the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria and say it targeted a ship... more »

Interruptions, interru...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 5 hours ago
The Unique Selling Point of my first BBC bias-related blog, *Beeb Bias Craig *, was its use of *interruption coefficients* (not my own invention, I hasten to add!). They provided a suggestive - if rather rough-and-ready - measure of how a politician fares at an interviewer's hands during any particular interview. It was an attempt to bring a degree of objectivity to blogging about BBC bias, which is usually highly subjective in nature. Ignoring context and ignoring the content of the interview, it involved counting interruptions and timing the lengths of interviews (or the releva... more »

Sharing Power: America’s Strategic Choices

Patrick Porter at Duck of Minerva - 5 hours ago
The Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College has just published my latest effort, a study of America’s strategic choices and the prospects for a grand strategy based on the two principles of Concert and Balance. The PDF is free to download. Bottom Line: the US does not have to choose between unipolar Continue reading

You Are The Hope by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours ago
Source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561 Global Research Canada, 2 May 2013 If there is hope, dear readers, you are it. You are motivated to find truth. You can think outside the box. You can see through propaganda. You are the remnant with the common sense that once was a common American virtue. You come to this site, because you get explanations that are not agenda-driven, that are not BS, that are not right-wing or left-wing, conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat. You get explanations based on my lifetime of unique education... more »

Joyfully Living - A Poem by Nada Amine Awar

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours ago
Joyfully Living *Full moon* * * * Bright stars* * * * Milky Way vibrates* * * * Tree hugging* * * * Oneness practiced* * * * Happy and healthy* * * * Refreshing wind* * * * Flying hair* * * * Games with the air* * * * Hiking hills* * * * Keep searching* * * * Hide and seek* * * * Smiling faces* * * * Kind embraces* * * * This is life* ** *Nada Amine Awar* ** ** *To read more of her poetry if you are interested, please click on the link below:* ** *Poems of Nada Amine Awar*

BISEXUAL ELITE - VITA AND HAROLD

Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
Sir Harold Nicolson, a top diplomat and politician, was friends with Churchill, De Gaulle, Lloyd George, Eden, Ramsay MacDonald, Duff Cooper and host of other top people. (Harold Nicolson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) On 1 October 1913, Harold Nicolson married Vita Sackville-West. Both were typical members of the English upper class. *Harold, Vita and Vita's lover Rosamund Grosvenor.* At the rime of her marriage, Vita was having an affair with one of her bridesmaids. Later, Vita had an affair with another of her bridesmaids, who was Harold Nicolson's sister. Vita had ma... more »

Israeli Airstrikes Signal Western Desperation in Syria

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours ago
Alleged airstrikes hope to expand conflict, undermine Syrian advances, & provoke Syria and Iran to give US justification for military intervention. * * *May 4, 2013* (LD) - Once again, Israel is "leaking" information about alleged airstrikes it claims it has conducted against Syria along the Lebanese-Syrian border. According to CNN's "Sources: U.S. believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria," it was stated that: The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two U.S. officials tell CNN. And: The Israelis have long said they would strike at... more »

Photos: Red Ink Premiere Party Tucson

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
 . Simon Ortiz Simon Ortiz: Becoming the collective community voice Photos and article by Brenda Norrell Censored News www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com TUCSON -- Native American poets and singers celebrated the release of the new edition of Red Ink magazine tonight, packed with the voices of Native American writers and stunning photos and art. Sherwin Bitsui The drum of the

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
Down on the bayou. New Orleans. [Painting by Diane Millsap.][via]

Douglas County School District: “Run Forrest. Run!”

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 10 hours ago
@the chalkface has already exposed the bullying tactics used by Douglas County School District to force teacher Brian White to find a job teaching for true educators that have a deep understanding of teaching and learning and a respect for children and families. Brian was an outspoken critic of the reformy crap being heaped on [...]

Common Core: The Snickers Bar of Education

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 12 hours ago
Diane Ravitch, not too long ago, wrote a blog post about her stance regarding the Common Core State Standards, basically suggesting that she could not support them because of their lack of evidence of effectiveness. I also don’t support the Common Core for that reason, but I’m not “agnostic” about them. I have seen more [...]

Sunday Classics preview: The symphonic Mozart dips into the minor

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Leonard Bernstein prepares listeners for listening afresh to Mozart's Symphony No. 40. (Warning: It's pretty technical.)* *by Ken* I had a couple of possible post ideas that started to overlap and scrunch into each other. I had in mind a post where we would listen to the iconic first movements of Beethoven's Fifth and Ninth Symphonies, and I was thinking separately about my curious ambivalence about Mozart's symphonies with the notable exception of the G minor, No. 40. And it was hard to escape one thing these three landmark symphonies have in common. For tonight I thought we'd s... more »

Consent is not vitiated in all circumstances of sexual assault causing bodily harm

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
*R. v. Zhao,* 2013 ONCA 293 requires subjective intention to cause bodily harm before consent for assault bodily harm is vitiated. The Court also considered whether (without deciding) vitiation of consent is limited to socially valueless conduct – such as consent fights. Consent might be available as a defence even where bodily harm is intended and caused, as long as the activity has social value – such as intimate (consensual) sexual relations. *Zhao* questions older decisions which made consent no defence in cases involving bondage type sexual activity (see para 79). Some might ... more »

Channeling the Right-Wing

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 13 hours ago
So, for the continuing entertainment value of left-wing Canucks who long to see some similar thinking as they browse gloomily through the inter-tubes, I've decided to try to think like a right-wing voter. Yes, yes. Crude stereotypes, doesn't do justice to the nuanced worldviews of this demographic, elitism, blah, blah, blah-fucking-blah. Anyhooooooo ..... I believe that human life begins at conception. That means women should be forced to carry pregnancies to term. They can put them up for adoption afterwards. The stupid sluts. But they'd no doubt want to collect the welfare. A... more »

Remember when I was at the 92Y Tribeca? Of course you do!

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 13 hours ago
The reader may recall that on April 4th, I was invited by the group BLK SHP, an innovative collective of entrepreneurs, to participate in their Voices for Education event at the 92Y Tribeca. I finally received a DVD copy of the event so I could tear my hair out as I watched myself. I’ve uploaded [...]

Texas Plan Would Leave Burden of Racist and Classist Tests on the Poor

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 14 hours ago
In an attempt to cool the political heat being felt from middle class parents across Texas who are fed up with the miseducative state testing system, state legislators are considering a plan that would allow children of influential parents to escape the annual ritualized abuse of high stakes tests. In situations where high test scores [...]

Flying to Chesterfield Inlet

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
On the way - maybe! - to Rankin and then Yellowknife.

Yellowknife

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago

They Can Not Get Their Wars Against Syria Or Iran Going, So They Are Again Trying To Demonize North Korea!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 14 hours ago
We have all seen over the last week as the US State Department in Washington has been trying desperately to find Syria guilty of launching "chemical attacks" on its own citizens... However these criminals are failing miserably due to the facts that the Syrian government has the full support of its own citizens in its battle against the so called "Syrian rebels" ...But the facts have all shown that the "chemical attack" that happened near Hons in Syria a few months back was actually conducted by these same murderous "rebels" to have the blame put on the Syrian government ( a false fl... more »

CoinLab sues Mt Gox for 75 million dollars - various acts / non actions , malfeasance / misfeasance claims for breach of contract to transition Mt Gox's US and Canadian customers to Coinlab's systems appears to be the major cause of action (dollars not bitcoins sought by the way ) , 75 million , which is several times the annual revenue of Mt Gox , would not Mt Gox quite backwards if they lost ! ...

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
http://coinlab.com/status Status UpdateMay 2, 2013 I have more news on the Mt. Gox transition. Today, CoinLab regretfully filed a formal complaint in Federal Court against Mt. Gox. In the last month, many of you have contacted me directly and asked for more details on our transition, and I would say (charitably) that I've been frustratingly vague -- I just haven't been able to talk about it. I'm going to take this chance to talk about it. I'm not here to complain, our filing contains an accurate summary of events, but I want to talk about what I see as most important for Bitcoin ri... more »

Very Important Video By Patrick Willis, AKA Snordster: Money Confiscation Legal? (The Facts Will Shock You!)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
One very important subject that I cover here is of course our fragile and very criminal financial system.... I have long said that our present financial system is a fraud and has by design been doomed to fail.... Sadly, we are entering a new phase of monetary and financial uncertainty on this planet where global financial collapse is definitely approaching.... Recently, I and others living in Canada were troubled by the passage of the newest Canadian Federal Budget for 2013 that was just passed by the very criminal Conservative Government under the ultra Jewish butt kissing Stephen ... more »

Worldview Impediments

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 15 hours ago
Excellent video put together by Siegfried. Be sure to check out his new website *Ragnarok Now*.

Cheating and Lying Blues

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 15 hours ago
Getting down to the roots. This guy is new to me and I didn't want this song to end. And even if you hate the blues, watch this vid for the old school dancing.

In crazy times, is it any wonder that the craziness numbers soar sky-high?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*"Weak Constitution": Jon Stewart reviews Fox Noisemakers' post-Boston gang rape of the defenseless U.S. Constitution* *As the living-dead Noisemakers wonder, for example, whether dastardly terrorists should be read their Miranda rights, Jon Stewart is left to point out: "First of all, not reading someone their Miranda rights doesn't mean they don't have Miranda rights." (The link again.)* *by Ken* I pointed out recently that one unorthodox way of measuring the time I was out of commission for planned-surgical reasons was by *Nurse Jackie*episodes. The season premiere happened the ni... more »

New Commerce Secretary - Another Disappointment This Week

2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
You have got to read this article at Crooks and Liars AND watch the video. The truth hurts and this hurts. After putting a telecom lobbyist up for FCC Chair - Obama has now nominated Penny Pritzer, as Commerce Secretary And she is one nasty - pro-corporate, anti-education - 1%er piece of crap. Oh - I wanna cry. How can we make progress - if the President we elected is working against us? How? I'm so incredibly tired of being disappointed again, and again, again. There are one issue Dem voters our there that are happy - but the big picture - sucks royally! *Read the article at C... more »

"Fix the Debt" - Promises the 1% Thrive

2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
With so much going on with ALEC – I sometimes miss stuff not related to ALEC, important stuff. This morning this caught my eye in a diary on Daily Kos. From *Daily Kos Diaries* Why is Leslie Stahl sitting on the Advisory Board of an organization deeply involved in a contentious political debate? And is her service on that Advisory Board blessed by "60 Minutes"? Or were Stahl's superiors even aware of her service? In any case, if "60 Minutes" has any inclination to adhere to CBS' ethical guidelines, Stahl must be forced to resign from the board. Here is the straightforward story.... more »

Steve Greer and Sirius

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 16 hours ago
I have disagreed with much of what Dr. Steven Greer has done over the years. I suggested that he vet his witnesses with a little more enthusiasm and have found a few flaws in some of the witness testimony he has gathered. As a single example, he has an Air Force officer who talks about seeing a classified document come through the message center that describes a UFO crash. That is true. Greer at Podium in Washington, D.C. The problem? This refers to the Spitsbergen UFO crash. Several messages were exchanged in the early 1950s by various government agencies. Those messages have long ... more »

"The Truth was Still Putting on its Shoes", my first article to be published IRL

George Henderson at The High-fat Hep C Diet - 16 hours ago
I haven't had my Diet Wars writing published before, unless you count my many letters to the editors of The Herald, Listener, and Otago Daily Times, letters which, I'm pleased to say, do often get published. This is the first hard copy of an article that wasn't just a response to some piece of stupidity in the press. It was commissioned for inclusion in the first edition of the free Café Reader. This will hopefully be available in every café in New Zealand. Apart from my polemic, it also contains writing from the finest local talent. I opened it at random (after checking my piece... more »

Friday Nerd Blogging: The Eve of the Fourth

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
With tomorrow being May 4th, it is only good and proper that we mark the eve of that most awesome of nerd holidays with this video. I have a serious case of envy. It would be a heap of fun to do what it takes to join the 501st Legion. I would definitely choose to Continue reading

US/European Missile Shield cancelled because of Russian Opposition?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
*No.* *Non.** Nahi. **Na.** Ne. **Nai**. Nyet.* No in any other language is still no*. *The so called missile shield was not cancelled due to Russian opposition* * * * *“*The United States has* effectively cancelled *the final phase of a Europe-based missile defense system that was fiercely opposed by Russia and cited repeatedly by the Kremlin as a major obstacle to cooperation on nuclear arms reductions and other issues" *Russian officials here have so far declined to comment on the announcement. * "Effectively cancelled" what does this actually mean? Well it really means al... more »

The invisible hand of the market outsourcing

Alison at Creekside - 17 hours ago
CBC Go Public's Kathy Tomlinson on The Current : "A single mom, an experienced IT worker, couldn't find work for seven months. She heard one of the Indian firms had a project going at one of the banks here so she asked the manager who she knew who was here from India to hire her to oversee it. He said he'd think about it. Then she says he called back to say he would give her the job if she would agree to kickback $8 an hour from her salary to him - a cash commission, he called it. She took the deal because she says she'd rather pay him to work than not have the job." So Canadians ... more »

jeju island and the constitution-free u.s.-canada border: empire and resistance, at home and abroad

laura k at wmtc - 17 hours ago
I've been hoping to write about this for months, but the right post and adequate time never seem to arrive at the same time. Rather than put it off any longer, I'll pretend this is Tumblr or Pinterest or somesuch, and post it here without additional commentary. * * * * * From Save Jeju Now: The Save Jeju Now website is an up-to-date record of the ongoing nonviolent struggle to stop the Jeju naval base construction project currently being forced upon Gangjeong Village, a tiny town located on the southern tip of Jeju, the Peace Island, in Korea. Since 2007, The South Korean governmen... more »

Harvey Organ and other great articles - Data for the day , news and views for April 30 , 2013 !

Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/04/gold-refuses-to-buckle-on-attempted.html Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Gold refuses to buckle on attempted raid/In silver 14.86 million oz standing on first day/ in gold a huge 4.46 tonnes standing/ Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen: Gold closed up $3.80 to $1472.20 (comex closing time). Silver unchanged at $24.18 (comex closing time). In the access market at 5 pm gold and silver rose : gold: $1476.30 silver: $24.35 At the comex, the open interest in silver fell by a healthy 1844 contracts to 146,310 contracts as we had some short coverin... more »

Social Fractures

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 18 hours ago
“Middle-Aged Suicides Surge” By T. Martin (2013, April 28) The Wall Street Journal, [Excerpted] “The number of deaths caused by suicide has risen precipitously in the past decade, surpassing those caused by car crashes and even some of the most fatal diseases, according to a government report released Thursday. …Suicide rates for youth and elderly remain steady. But suicide rates for working adults were double that of other demographics, with people in their 50s showing the highest numbers…[end] Majia here: the article goes on to explain that most prevention programs target you... more »

Very Strange Steam or Smoke at Fukushima Daiichi

Majia's Blog - 18 hours ago
Steam is moving quickly across screen. Tepco time stamp is April 27 approximately 00:43 <img alt="" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAASwAAAC0CAIAAAChXYa4AAAgAElEQVR4nOy9ebQkWV3vmzR0Q89TzfN05lPnnMyMiD3Pe8ccOZypqrqbWQXBq8ggiMoMXsCH4Mz1qS1P8enl6l3Ie15psJWlT2VQGmgcH3e5FEW6oRuu2GNVvj8iM06ek3mqqquL4b7bsb6rVlXWzojIvfcnfnv/9m//orZ3796D36bj8MGDh560jhw6eGj7S/i+TwjBTx1PHd/BR+3AgQNHvk3H4SNHDl0OnefwPA8hBJ86njq+g49ao9EInjqeOp46vn3HUxA+dTx1fJuP2uzs7MJTx1PHU8e376gdOXLkxFPHU8dTx7fvqB09enRiYmJycnJi4sSJE8dPnDg+MTExMTFR/n27r00MNDi2LflEjuObdWLcPVyWC41e7nKeeWLiwmW+mceT+SFb6uQ8H246JjZKPtljpG... more »

What'd YOU Get at the OKC ALEC Protest?????

2old2care at Because I Can - 18 hours ago
When I go to a protest - I usually get sunburned or wind burn. When I go to a conference - I get free candy, a free pen and maybe a tote bag. *Looks like ALECers get nicer stuff at their conferences.* *ALEC members went to the protest* *and all they got was a* *lousy Oklahoma Thunder - Jersey* *How much did that cost?* *Does this exceed the gift ban exclusion in your state?* *Who paid for them - A LOBBYIST??????????????? * *Did the STATE of Oklahoma pay for these? * *If so - who was forced to go hungry in Oklahoma * *- so ALEC members could have a jersey? * (Picture will probably... more »

If you are doubting that your bank would ever steal your account (see preceding post), watch this video. Not only will they do it, they will do it in criminal collusion with U.S. overseers ...and no one will even be indicted.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 18 hours ago
------------------------------ http://youtu.be/u9pG7yFTWhQ *Fed Money Printing is No Longer Working: Karl Denninger Interview * Greg Hunter Published on Apr 30, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fusawatchdog.com%2Ffed-money-printing-games-out-of-gas-karl-denninger%2F&session_token=FJrYke-aHSIZZNn2GlxTcEJulLJ8MTM2NzYzMTE3N0AxMzY3NjE2Nzc3 - Karl Denninger of Market-Ticker.org says Fed money printing is no longer working, "We're seeing the leading edge of a great deal of softness, and this means the Federal Reserve's money games have run out of gas." A weak... more »

Actually existing songs

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 19 hours ago
Actually existing songs available as sheet music in the British Library: Ball Tossing Both Old Men or Young Fair Cloris in a Pigsty Lay Fixed in His Everlasting Seat Galloping Dick A Handy Little Thing to Have About You I'll Place it in the Hands of My Solicitor I'm a Very Potent Queen I Smote Him on the Boko with My Whangee A Lap Full of Nuts A Large Cold Bottle and a Small Hot Bird Miniwanka Open Thy Lattice Darling Say Mama, If He Pops Shall I Send Him to You? They've All Got Sticky Backs You Do Keep Popping In and Out

HOLY MASS AT DESTRUCTION GATE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
Latest news from Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea from Sung-Hee Choi (site of Navy base construction project that would port US nuclear subs, aircraft carriers, and Aegis destroyers outfitted with "missile defense" interceptor missiles). “Policemen, if you move this altar, one billion Catholic followers all over the world will watch over you.” The young Father from Jeju finished ALL the orders of the Catholic mass despite the repeated remarks by Koo Seul-Hwan, security director, who was embarrassed but continued to threaten him that it is an obstruction of business. ... more »

How Does A Republican Know If He's Gay Or Not?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
Let's take the best known Republican closet cases in Congress-- your Lindsey Grahams and Aaron Schocks-- out of the equation for a moment and look at the Ryan and Ryan Op-Ed in Last Sunday's *NY Times*, Homophobic? Maybe You're Gay without that crutch. Ryan and Ryan start with a simple question millions of Americans have asked themselves for years: "Why are political and religious figures who campaign against gay rights so often implicated in sexual encounters with same-sex partners?" This is something that haunts the hate-filled far right of American politics for decades. The lou... more »

Iraq’s Communist Party Celebrates May Day 2013

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 19 hours ago
Iraq’s Communist Party used to be one of the largest and most powerful in the country. Under the Baath it was mercilessly hunted down with much of its leadership assassinated. Since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein it has struggled mightily to rebuild itself. As part of that effort for the last several years it has held marches on May Day throughout Iraq. These are pictures of the Communist Party celebrating the event in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, May 1, 2013. (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*Reuters*) (*Reuters*) (*Reuters*) (*Reuters*)(*AP*) (*Reuters*)

12 fotos nuevas de rosas de colores (Día de las Madres)

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 19 hours ago
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Oh why can't we have leaderly leadership

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
Jon Favreau is tired of hearing the whinging about why won't Obama lead the pack of GOP lunatics to sanity. Worth a read in full but here's the most important point that our insidery inside media doesn't seem to ever get to: Today, a minority of senators can kill bipartisan legislation that is supported by a majority of their colleagues. And they frequently do. In the House, the speaker alone can kill bipartisan legislation that is supported by a majority of his colleagues. And he frequently does. They do this not by changing minds with persuasion, but by blocking it with arcane pr... more »

El Pendejo Is Making Texas Look Even More Foolish With Demand For Apology

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 20 hours ago
By Manifesto Joe Gov. Rick "El Pendejo" Perry has already done plenty in his 63 years on this planet to make Texas, and Texans, look foolish. His absent-minded, tongue-tied participation in the 2012 GOP presidential race was embarrassing enough. Now he's demanding an apology from the *Sacramento Bee* for a Jack Ohman political cartoon. Ohman's cartoon was something like this: In one panel, Perry is shown standing at a podium, next to signs proclaiming low regulations and low taxes, saying something like, "Business in Texas is booming." The next panel, on the right, depicts the dead... more »

Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 hours ago
Related: *Friedrich Hölderlin - Love*. *Friedrich Hölderlin - The Gods*. *Friedrich Hölderlin - The Time of Socrates*. *Friedrich Hölderlin - To the Sun-God*. Source: *Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin. Translated by Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover.* 2008. Omnidawn Publishing: Richmond, California. Pg. 179. *Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede * Why do you sleep, son of the mountains, so crookedly, Ill-tempered, and freeze on the bare banks? Too patient, don't you think of grace when Even the gods are thirsty at the table? Don't you recognize your fa... more »

Santee Sacred Water Protection Teach In May 7, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 hours ago
For More Information Please Call Owe Aku IJP at 646-233-4406 or email to oweakuinternational@me.com MOCCASINS on the GROUND for UNCI MAKA & SACRED WATER Kent Lebsock Owe Aku International Justice Project Advocate for Lakota Treaties & Mother Earth oweakuinternational@me.com www.oweakuinternational.org www.causes.com/oweakuinternational 646-233-4406 646-395-1617 fax

Check Out Solar Impulse, Live, Online

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours ago
Think of it as an aerial solar panel. The aircraft, Solar Impulse, is now winging its way across the United States. It's currently on the San Fransisco to Phoenix leg of the trip. You can watch it live at live.solarimpulse.com Right now it's at 15,900 feet with an airspeed of 26 knots that translates, with tail wind, to 42 knots groundspeed. Onboard batteries enable Solar Impulse to fly at night but the lightweight airframe is fragile and heavy weather must be avoided.

Your Absolute Value - "Spend Like a Boss"

Sophia at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago
This is a place of knowing. You have come from a place of wishing it was true, to a place of hoping it could be true, to knowing it is true. You are the value. The value is not held in the 5, 6 or 10 billion. The value is you. The whole notion of cash was a set-up. A brilliant device used to enslave and de-value you. It is no wonder the beings who devised this plan were referred to as “gods”. With the creation of ownership, the game was on. It is an old game, as evidenced by discoveries of hoards of ancient priceless artifacts along with stories of servants and royal... more »

Christy Clark Liberals, Out Of Gas(updated)

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 21 hours ago
Time to put an end to the polling spin zone... 2005 election results, vote percentages.. BC Liberals.....45.8% BC NDP...........41.5% 2009 election results, vote percentages.. BC Liberals....45.82% BC NDP..........42.15% _____________________ Inside the latest numbers, The latest Angus Reid poll has the NDP at 41%...BC Liberals at 34%... The NDP won`t slide any further, and personally I don`t believe they are below 45%...As you can see from the last two general elections the BC NDP base is 42%...Are we to believe with all the scandals under the BC Liberals that the NDP hasn`t... more »

World Meteorological Organization confirms 2012 was ninth warmest year on record – ‘The sustained warming of the lower atmosphere is a worrisome sign’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours ago
[image: Global ranked surface temperatures for the warmest 50 years, ending in 2012. Inset shows global ranked surface temperatures from 1850. The size of the bars indicates the 95 per cent confidence limits associated with each year. Values are simple area-weighted averages for the whole year. Graphic: WMO] GENEVA, 2 May 2013 (WMO) The World Meteorological Organization’s *Statement on the Status of the Global Climate* says that 2012 joined the ten previous years as one of the warmest — at ninth place — on record despite the cooling influence of a La Niña episode early in the year... more »

My appearance on "The Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 22 hours ago
Here is a link for my appearance on Thom Hartmann last night. One of the things brought up was a new study by the Institute for Policy Studies and Campaign for America's Future showing that the CEOs behind "Fix the Debt" have benefited from tax breaks for executive compensation to the tune of about $1 billion in 2009-11, for just those companies. This tax break lets companies count pay using stock options -- which doesn't cost the companies anything -- as if it were cash pay and thus deduct it against corporate income. According to Citizens for Tax Justice (via Common Dreamsand Huffi... more »

The Future of Luxury Cars = Hybrid Hydogen

Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 22 hours ago
I just learned today that Aston Martin is building a *hybrid hydrogen-gasoline luxury car*. They've even been testing it on the Nürburgring test track in Germany, as shown in the photo on the right. When it will actually be available is anyone's guess, but I can pretty much guarantee the first hybrid-hydrogen cars will be luxury models aimed at the population's upper crust. In America owning a hybrid car is a status symbol. It is something Americans buy so that they can have the bragging rights. They don't really care about whether they are saving the environment, they just want t... more »

"Radioactive"

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 22 hours ago
I believe we are living in dark times if we mean by 'light' the successful evolution of humanity. It is true we have always faced existential threats to our existence. We struggled to survive at all 'in the garden' through most of our existence. We left 'the garden' using our tools. One of our most innovative tools - writing - documents that human populations have been plagued by greed and corruption across all of our re corded civilizations. Our failings have been well documented in the world's religious texts. Although we are also altruistic, loving, and appreciative, we allow... more »

Jenn from Rules of Engagement topless

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
You know Rules of Engagement, it's repeated on E4 seemingly endlessly during the daytime. The only reason to watch this programme would be to see Jenn scantily dressed. If you don't know the show then here's Jen That's Bianca Kajlich aka Jennifer. This is Bianca Kajlich showing somewhat more of her body in the film 30 Minutes or Less. Bianca Kajlich - 30 Minutes or Less *by thisjeenius*

Free Planet - technology - stealth living

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 22 hours ago
*original image* (c) Bison Lu No, no, no, no - don't get me wrong - and I realise the above illustration suggests it, but, this free planet post isn't about futuristic 'technology' of 'cloaking devices' for our interlinked hexagonal Floating Homes or Diversities? It's not. It's about the 'technology' of LEAVING NO HUMAN FOOTPRINT upon this Earth. As far as Free Planet is concerned, with the potential for local solutions for Energy, Waste, Water and Well-being, we don't need to 'leave our mess' all over this wonderful world. We're clever enough to just have a limited i.e. virtually... more »

OK Unions are A-OK With Me!

2old2care at Because I Can - 23 hours ago
I am so in love with the union workers in Oklahoma that protested ALEC yesterday - I wish I could actually give them all a big old hug for their shoutouts (literally) to the extremist right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council. They did such an amazing job! *Here's a post of the rally protest on Daily Kos with pictures (like this one).* *>>>HERE<<<<*

UK Elections-- A Bad Day For The Conservatives, The Establishment And Austerity But A Swell Result For British Fascism

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
British Tea Party makes huge gains across England The U.K. had 35 council elections-- like state legislatures-- across England (plus one in Wales) yesterday, as well as a parliamentary by-election in South Shields, a traditionally Labour area, to fill the seat for David Miliband, who held it since 2001 and resigned to take a job based in NYC. The seat has been in Labour hands since 1929. Going into the elections, the Conservative/Liberal-Dem coalition was expecting to get its ass kicked. And it did. Pollsters predicted that the Conservatives could lose more than 300 seats and the Lib... more »

VISIT EGYPT?

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
www.ibtimes.co.uk *Egypt's president Morsi, put into power by the CIA, wants a war crimes trial for Syria's Assad, whose country is under attack by the CIA.* Egypt's President Morsi criticises Syria's President Assad, while Egypt collapses into chaos. *Lynched. Egypt today.* "Standing... on the Cairo ring road with an AK-47 automatic rifle pressed to his neck, he did not deliberate long before giving in to the three men who, with a spray of gunfire, had forced his Skoda Octavia to the side of the road." www.thenational. In Egypt, interior ministry officials say that the crime... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago
*I’m Living in New Orleans Now ~Rabbi Stone Goodman* * * *Craig Giesecke: Hey Jazzfesters — Be nice or leave ~Uptown Messenger* *Stacy Head Issues Stripped-Down Food Truck Ordinance After Veto ~NOLA DEFENDER* *Flood maps prompt costly insurance hikes for homeowners ~DisasterMap.net*

Robotic Birds are a Thing Now

Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 23 hours ago
This is such a breathtaking design accomplishment that I'm blocking out the paranoia I'm feeling re: national security applications.

The Face of Globalization

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
When you're racing for the bottom dollar, it eventually costs some people their lives.

Red Ink Premiere Party: Pine Ridge and Tucson May 3, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
    RED INK will be holding dual premier parties in both Tucson, AZ and Pine Ridge, South Dakota. "We begin by letting the Powers know that we are willing to be their servants to others." -- Fools Crow, LAKOTA      Please join RED INK and friends as we celebrate the release of the long-awaited Volume 16.2/17.1 "

The NRA Installs A New President And He Is Proof Of How Mentally Deranged The American Right Has Become

leftdog at Buckdog - 23 hours ago
"*Jim Porter of Birmingham, a longtime board member whose daddy's name graces an NRA championship shooting trophy, is expected to take office tomorrow in Houston at a national shindig that will include speeches by Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, and John Bolton.* ** *In addition to bearing a passing resemblance to Pappy O'Daniel, Porter works at his own law firm, where his areas of expertise include "defense of firearms manufacturers" from product-liability lawsuits. His NRA election announcement also identifies him as a "special assistant attorney general for the state of Alabama," wh... more »

New Study Examines Media Coverage of Iranian Nuclear Program

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 23 hours ago
Late last month, The University of Maryland's Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM) released an extensive new report examining the mainstream media's coverage of the Iranian nuclear program and its attendant developments and implications over the past four years.The study, entitled "The Media & Iran’s Nuclear Program: An analysis of U.S. and U.K. coverage, 2009-2012" [PDF] and

International Workers' Day

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international industrial union that was formed in 1905. The origin of the nickname "Wobblies" is uncertain. The IWW promotes the concept of "One Big Union," contends that all workers should be united as a social class and that capitalism and wage labor should be abolished. They are known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace democracy, in which workers elect their managers and other forms of grassroots democracy (self-management) are implemented. IWW membership does not require that one work in a represented workplac... more »

Blog Break

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day ago
This blog is going to go silent for the summer, as I turn my attention to completing the 2nd edition of *The Honest Broker*. I'll keep up my blogging at The Least Thing and my periodic column at The Breakthrough Institute. You can also find me on Twitter @RogerPielkeJr. Have a nice summer and tune back in here in the fall!

Preventing the Next Catastrophe

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Wisdom from David Romer.

The last time CO2 was this high, humans didn’t exist – ‘There is the possibility that we’ve already breached the threshold of truly dangerous human influence on our climate and planet’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: CO2 levels are far higher now than they have been for anytime during the past 800,000 years. Graphic: Scripps Institution of Oceanography] By Andrew Freedman 3 May 2013 (Climate Central) – The last time there was this much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere, modern humans didn't exist. Megatoothed sharks prowled the oceans, the world's seas were up to 100 feet higher than they are today, and the global average surface temperature was up to 11°F warmer than it is now. As we near the record for the highest CO2 concentration in human history — 400 parts per mil... more »

Bishop Tobin to Catholics of Rhode Island on "same-sex marriage"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*well said, Bishop Tobin. * *As the Rhode Island General Assembly prepares to pass “same-sex marriage” legislation and the Governor scheduled to sign the bill this afternoon, Bishop Tobin offers the following pastoral letter to Catholics in Rhode Island. The contents of this letter will be printed in the May 9, 2013 edition of Rhode Island Catholic Newspaper.* My dear Brothers and Sisters, Since the legislative approval of “same-sex marriage” in Rhode Island, a number of people have requested that I offer some guidance on this development. It is for that purpose that I write at th... more »

Greedy Bastards and Democracy

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Teaching a class about American politics, Congress, interest groups, or some related topics? You really should find room for this comment, from a Ryan Grim and John Celock article about the online sales tax fight: As one moderate Democratic senator put it during the swipe fee fight, "I'm surprised at how much of our time is spent trying to divide up the spoils between various economic interests. I had no idea. I thought we’d be focused on civil liberties, on education policy, energy policy and so on." "The fights down here can be put in two or three categories: The big greedy bastar... more »

BOSTON BOMBS

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
Alex Jones explains. Sibel Edmonds and Lew Rockwell

Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
*Subject:* Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of ResistanceDear Friend, President Obama and his administration are moving toward approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. If tens of thousands of people stand up as President Obama mulls his final decision, we can convince the White House that it will be politically unfeasible to go forward. I just signed the Keystone XL Pledge of resistance - committing to participate in civil disobedience if the Obama administration issues draft approval of Keystone XL. *If you are also committed to stopping Keystone XL, read the call to action, *and consi... more »

Tupac Shakur, 17, More Enlightened than Duncan

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Thanks to Stephanie Rivera for posting; see some of the video below in transcript HERE. Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical Tagged: Tupak Shakur
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