The title page, of the book "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited and published by his son Christopher Tolkien. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Photograph of the building at 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford, England, former home of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1930 - 1947). Español: Fotografía del edificio del 20 de Northmoor Road, en Oxford (Inglaterra), hogar del escritor J. R. R. Tolkien de 1930 a 1947. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 image of the central region of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365. Credit: NASA and John Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1999/34/image/d (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NGC 1365 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Drug Price Control 33: Debate with a Cat
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 35 minutes ago
When some people’s ego is bruised, they tend to take revenge. And if that
requires abandoning a previous advocacy, say from anti-statist
interventionism and move to the opposite, statist and socialist, they will
do it.
My blog post, Drug Price Control 32: Policeman of Pharma Companies, about
my reply to a demand for another round of price control by the head of the
Cancer Warriors Foundation (CWF) here in Manila, was posted yesterday in
the facebook group, Imperium et Populi (Philippines), to be countered and
debated by the fb group owner, *Kensi Blye-Two*.
Until last week, th... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Father's Day special -- meet the sea captain Daland
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 38 minutes ago
*In Act II of Wagner's Flying Dutchman, the sea captain Daland has just
walked into his home on the rugged Norwegian coast following a harrowing
voyage with a near-fatal landing, as we witnessed in Act I. Here bass Karl
Ridderbusch as Daland exhorts his daughter, Senta, to welcome the guest
he's brought home with him (from a Rome Radio broadcast performance
conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, February 15, 1969).*
*DALAND*: Would you, my child, bid this stranger welcome?
A sailor is he, like me; he asks our hospitality.
Long without homeland, always on far, long journeys,
in foreign la... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
2002, "Remember Now"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bq4qjI8VVzg#!
"The Road"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The Road goes ever on and on,
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Belated Friday Nerd Blogging: Classics Mashup
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
I thought Charli’s return meant I was off this beat, but what the hey. What
if Shakespeare wrote Star Wars? Check it out here. Come to think of it, the
whole brother and sister not knowing each other and almost falling in love
seems like a Shakespeare comedy, does it not? Oh really? Never mind.
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some
200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away
toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of
the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster. This sharp color image shows
intense star forming regions at the ends of the bar and along the spiral
arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At
the core lies a supermassive black hole.
*Click image for larger size.*
Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in the
gal... more »
"If We're Lucky..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that
reality is better. We convince ourselves it’s better that we never dream at
all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the
dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We
wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we’re
lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true
dream is being able to dream at all.”
- Dr. Meredith Grey, "Grey's Anatomy"
THE MILITARIZATION OF BASEBALL
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 hour ago
I love baseball and the Baltimore Orioles are my favorite team. Because I
grew up in a military family we moved every 2-3 years. I lived all over
the US and in England and Germany (twice). I never really had a home town
to speak of. The Orioles were my roots.
It's become harder and harder for me to remain a fan but I keep trying in
spite of the big $$$ takeover of sports. But the worst part for me is the
increasing militarization of baseball. Just tonight, after being at a
meeting in Portland to hear a peace movement speaker, I came home to check
to see how my O's did. They... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Atascadero, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Tony Blair assures that he is not " currently " sleeping with Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendy - glad that's cleared up ! Now we may have the answer to the dynamite affair that was rocking the UK recently
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
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The private life of independent woman Wendi Deng became the source of much
speculation and gossiping immediately after news broke that her 82-year-old
mogul husband Rupert Murdoch had filed for divorce. "Am also told that
undisclosed reasons for Murdoch divorcing Deng are jaw-dropping,"wrote the
business editor of the BBC. "I'm hearing the WHY, the big reveal, the
scandal details, could come tomorrow," teas... more »
Svalbard Blogging
Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
Why, yes that is the Indian Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid, and Norway’s
Foreign Affairs Minister and Political Scientist, Espen Barthe Eide, in
Svalbard. Are they trying to tell Duck fans something? [Discuss]
Bank of America allegedly caught red handed committing systemic organized fraud in HAMP Program ...... Where is the DOJ and / or State Attorney Generals ? These continuous flagrant violations of laws by the banksters are going to lead to a breakdown in society as folks reach their own line in the sand about institutionalized corruption and control frauds......
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=221772
F The DOJ, F The Government, F The Banks
Read this:
"Using the Bank of America computer systems I saw that *hundreds of
customers had made their required trial payments, sent the documents
requested of them, but had not received permanent modifications.* I also
saw records showing that *Bank of America employees have told people that
documents had not been received when, in fact, the computer system showed
that Bank of America had received the documents.* This was consistent with
the instructions my colleagues and I were given. *We we... more »
Turkey protests updates - June 12 - 13 , 2013 ... Turkey pushes back against media coverage of protests both at home and abroad .....quiet start to 16th day of protests !
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
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Music and stuff
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 2 hours ago
More proof, if it were needed, that Radiohead are a soul group trapped in
the body of a rock band.
Chinese demand - low price = skyrocketing demand ! Commitment of Traders - very interesting silver picture in Commercials - net short position quite low......
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/4779/considering-chinese-demand
Considering Chinese Demand
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 1:36 pm
It's one of those things. You hear about it every day but never stop to *
really*think about it.
This began as an email discussion with my friend, Ned, yesterday. All of us
in Turdville are aware that the Shanghai Gold Exchange has physically
delivered something like 1200 metric tonnes of gold, year to date. That's a
staggering number and it far exceeds the amount delivered through London
and dwarfs the level delivered through the Comex. Prior to yesterday,... more »
Musical Interlude: John Denver, “The Eagle and the Hawk”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“I am the eagle, I live in high country,
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky.
I am the hawk and there's blood on my feathers,
But time is still turning, they soon will be dry.
And all those who see me, and all who believe in me
Share in the freedom I feel when I fly...
Come dance with the west wind, and touch on the mountain tops
Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars.
And reach for the heavens, and hope for the future,
And all that we can be, and not what we are...”
John Denver, “The Eagle and the Hawk”
Who was who in the Iranian presidential election?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Was Saeed Jalili, described in a February Reuters head as "rigid ideologue
close to Khamenei," the Supreme Leader's guy in today's Iranian
presidential election? Nobody seems to know.*
*"Where the Supreme Leader is concerned, [Mohammad Baqer] Qalibaf and
[Hassan] Rowhani have got to be the two least attractive candidates.
Neither has the profile of an ideological true believer or an
unquestioningly faithful lieutenant. Khamenei has had enough of Presidents
who challenge him from bases of power of their own. But to sideline these
two relatively popular figures in favor of a dour fo... more »
"The Pathetic Truth..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"The pathetic truth is that most people fear genuine independence more
than they fear death itself. So desperate are they for "acceptance" and so
fearful of being thought "peculiar," they will deny the evidence of their
own eyes and mindlessly repeat the lies and ignorance of others. When it
comes to a subject like economics or foreign policy, they think: "Oh,
that's so hard! I can't understand that. I'll just listen to what the
'experts' say. They know best."
- Arthur Silber,
- http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/
Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
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*"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"*
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"For I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be
beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not
and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. And it is
just this faith of mine that they laugh at. But how can I help believing
it? I have seen the truth- it is not as though I had invented it with my
mind, I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my
soul for ever. I have seen it in such full perfection that I cannot believe
that it is... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Acadian Ambulance responding to explosion at nitrogen plant in
Donaldsonville*
100 Million extended trip to Africa - in this time of austerity ? Bang for the buck but for whom ? And considering the possibility of a terror attack around the Forth of July holiday - seems like a lot of resources ( hundreds of secret service agents ) pulled away at not the best time .
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/14/308901/obama-africa-trip-to-cost-up-to-100m/
Obama’s extended trip to Africa to cost taxpayers up to $100m, report says
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US President Barack Obama
Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:55AM GMT
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The first extended trip by US President Barack Obama to sub-Saharan Africa
will take place at a time of China’s growing influence in Africa and severe
economic distress in the United States with across-the-board spending cuts.
The first extended trip by US President Barack Obama to sub-Saharan Africa
later in June is expected to ... more »
Rumi, "You Were Born With..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust.
You were born with ideals and dreams.
You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't.
You have wings,
Learn to use them, and fly.
What in your life is calling you,
When all the noise is silenced,
The meetings adjourned...
The lists laid aside,
And the Wild Iris blooms
By itself in the dark forest...
What still pulls on your soul?"
- Rumi (1207 - 1273)
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"Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a 13th century Afghan poet and philosopher
who heavily influenced both eastern... more »
"I Am Human. I Am Here..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Across 30,000 years of time the message is clear: "I am human. I am here."
"Lascaux is a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its cave
paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in
the Dordogne departement. They contain some of the earliest known art,
dating back to somewhere between 13,000 and 15,000 BCE, or as far back as
25,000 BCE. The Upper Paleolithic cave paintings consist mostly of
realistic images of large animals procreating, including aurochs, most of
which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the tim... more »
ARMING THE SYRIAN REBELS: A NEW CHAPTER IN THE WEST’S MIDDLE-EAST FOREIGN POLICY
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 4 hours ago
If it demonstrates nothing else, America’s decision to support the rebels
against Syrian President Bashir al-Assad indicates that the US has arrived
at a long term endgame plan for the future of both Syria and the region –
and it won’t be just the removal of al-Assad from office.
The opposition in Syria is now dominated by pan-Islamic Sunni jihadists. In
the event of al-Assad’s downfall the last thing the Israelis and the US
want is a new Syrian government made up of Islamists who despise Israel
more than they do the pro-Assad Shia foe they’re fighting now. Indeed, if
there is anyth... more »
The Poet: William Stafford, "You Reading This, Be Ready"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"You Reading This, Be Ready"*
"Starting here, what do you want to remember?
How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?
What scent of old wood hovers, what softened
sound from outside fills the air?
Will you ever bring a better gift for the world
than the breathing respect that you carry
wherever you go right now? Are you waiting
for time to show you some better thoughts?
When you turn around, starting here, lift this
new glimpse that you found; carry into evening
all that you want from this day. This interval you spent
reading or hearing this, keep it for life.
What can anyone give... more »
VIDEO: Arrests at Sacred Fire in New Brunswick
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
Published on Jun 14, 2013
12 People arrested at Anti Shale Protest on Route 126 in Kent County
APTN: Arrests made at sacred fire in New Brunswick
Twelve people were arrested Friday morning by the RCMP at the site of a
sacred fire as part of an on-going protest in New Brunswick over seismic
testing in the area.
APTN article, with more video:
http://aptn.ca/pages/news/
America Is Fighting To The Last Arab In Syria
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
"Those to whom fate has loaned force perish through their over-reliance on
it." - Simone Weil, from her classic essay, "The Iliad or the Poem of
Force."
The U.S. objective in Syria is to cause as much misery, chaos, and death as
possible. The Grim Reaper doesn't care what types of personalities and
groups seize Damascus. Washington wants the most ruthless and sectarian
groups to come out on top. In a Syria with a weak central state, the
foreign-backed Jihadist terrorist groups will be free to massacre as many
religious and ethnic minorities as they want. And if this happens, it w... more »
The Real News - Why the United States Must Come to Terms with Iran
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
Why the United States Must Come to Terms with Iran. Source: The Real News.
Date Published: June 13, 2013. Description:
Gareth Porter interviews veteran US officials about why US policy towards
Iran needs to change.
Read: *"Iran’s Presidential Election and the Real Dynamics of Iranian
Politics"* by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett.
Women in space . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours ago
FIFTY
YEARS NOW, women have been in space, starting with Valentina
Tereshkova, who went to orbit on June 16, 1963. You can find out all
about it at io9. And there are places on the planet where women aren't
allowed to drive?
How architecture helped music evolve - David Byrne [updated]
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
Talking Heads’s David Byrne delivers a great TED talk on architecture and
music.
As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He
asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian
operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation.
Unfortunately, he’s got Wagner’s *Festspielhaus* in Bayreuth, Germany—which
was truly revolutionary—confused for the *other *music theatre in Bayreuth,
which wasn’t. (It would have been interesting to hear his take on Wagner’s
*actual *theatre, which was, for example, the place ... more »
Snowden's possible gambit so far - exposing the domestic spying while holding the global spying - for now......Nice sum up by Glenn Greenwald on the NSA issues that have been presented to date......Note much more on the way !
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/1803
Snowden’s Gambit:Expose NSA Domestic Spying Operation, Hold Global Spying
Program in Reserve
Fri, 06/14/2013 - 13:37
by:
Dave Lindorff
It’s a pretty sad spectacle watching the US Congress toading up to the
National Security Agency. With the exception of a few stalwarts like Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and to a lesser extent Ron Wyden (D-OR), most of the
talk in the halls of Congress is about how to keep the army of Washington
private contractors from accessing too many of the government’s secrets
(which need to be protected by governmen... more »
Japan readies Bail - In regulations already ? This follows overseas ATM withdrawal gates already being imposed at Shinsei Bank and Mizuho Bank ....
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-11/biggest-japanese-ipo-year-plunges-stocks-and-jgbs-fading-fast
Biggest Japanese IPO Of The Year Plunges; Stocks And JGBs Fading Fast
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/11/2013 21:38 -0400
- Bond
- Nomura
A smorgasbord of secondary Japanese data missed expectations this evening
and while all appears relatively calm if you just look at USDJPY, it is
anything but in the stock and bond markets which have both lost significant
ground already. *Nomura launched the largest IPO of the year (Nomura REIT)
and it i... more »
France deflates No Fly Zone story - not likely without UN ( Russia and China ) approval......As the Rebels flounder and Obama flounder , clearly there was a need to spin the news cycle - just to get the public's short term memory focused off IRS - Gate , Spy - Gate , NSA / Prism / Snowden train wrecks ....... Of course , when the Dictator at issue is seen as a Western approved ( at the time ) stooge , note how chemical warfare by Iraq was ignored against both Iran ( where many thousands where killed ) and as to the Kurds ( thousands killed there as well . )
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
About that No Fly Zone the US Military is recommending - there's one small
catch !
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/14/308970/nofly-zone-over-syria-unlikely-france/
No-fly zone over Syria unlikely without UN approval: France
[image: Foreign-sponsored militants load a mortar in a suburb of Damascus.
(File photo)]
Foreign-sponsored militants load a mortar in a suburb of Damascus. (File
photo)
Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:58PM
LAST UPDATE
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on June 13 that at
least 93,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of the
foreign-sponsored... more »
Happy Bloomsday! Are North Carolinians Ready To Drag Governor McClory from Mayor's Mansion Yet? No? Billy Bob Tells Obie Bob To Cock Up? Yep?
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 6 hours ago
"Yes I said yes I will yes." Seamus Sweeney's short story "Bloomsday 3004"
is a description of a future in which Bloomsday continues to be celebrated,
however its origins are completely forgotten and it is now a
quasi-religious folk ritual. Pat Conroy's 2009 novel South of Broad has
numerous references to Bloomsday. Leopold Bloom King is the narrator. The
book's first chapter describes the
Why it's bad when ministerial assistants are transformed into chiefs of staff
paul at Paying attention - 6 hours ago
Useful editorial in the Times Colonist today on the big increases in salary
scales for political staffers in the Christy Clark government.
Noteworthy, for example, that salaries for ministerial assistants - sorry,
deputy chiefs of staff, as they are now called - have increased 53 per cent
since 2003, while the average British Columbian has seen a 28-per-cent wage
increase. (The premier’s pay is up 60 per cent.) The top pay for minister's
aides is now $102,000.
The grandiose new job title is alarming in itself. Ministerial assistants -
usually one or two per minister - are support sta... more »
RC Pro-Am for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 6 hours ago
I wonder what the celebrated Frankfurt School theorist, Theodor Adorno
would have made of the video game industry? I think I have an idea, but to
explore the point I'm going to ignore this week's big news about
Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's Playstation 4 (which are, looking at a
couple of games, appearing rather swish). Instead, I want to take you back
25 years to one of the most technically accomplished titles in the NES
library; *RC Pro-Am*.
Unlike virtually every other racer from the time, *RC Pro-Am* adopted a peculiar
isometric perspective, which was something of a signature... more »
"A Bad Moon On The Rise..."; "Waiting for the Revolution"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today
pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering
sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it
is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind,
and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the
conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must
be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes
... more »
Woolwich outrage: we are too weak to face up to the extremism in our midst - Telegraph
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
A must read article...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10120706/Woolwich-outrage-we-are-too-weak-to-face-up-to-the-extremism-in-our-midst.html
"F The DOJ, F The Government, F The Banks"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
* *
*"F The DOJ, F The Government, F The Banks"*
by Karl Denninger
"Read this: "Using the Bank of America computer systems I saw that hundreds
of customers had made their required trial payments, sent the documents
requested of them, but had not received permanent modifications. I also saw
records showing that Bank of America employees have told people that
documents had not been received when, in fact, the computer system showed
that Bank of America had received the documents. This was consistent with
the instructions my colleagues and I were given. We were told to lie to
cust... more »
"Get Ready for Rising Interest Rates"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
* *
*"Get Ready for Rising Interest Rates"*
by Bill Bonner
"Up, down. Down, up. Yesterday, the Dow reversed recent declines. It rose
180 points. Gold, too, seems undecided as to what direction to take. It
fell $14 an ounce. We'll carry on... trying to figure out what is really
going on.
The typical post-war boomer has lived with just one complete interest rate
cycle. Rates hit a low after the war... as the US faced the biggest fiscal
cliff in its history. The biggest stimulus program of all time – World War
II – had come to an end. Millions of soldiers and defense industry
emplo... more »
Detroit begins moratorium on ALL debt service for unsecured debt ( 90 percent haircut looming ? ) , Detroit to default on Certificates of Participation due today - to the tune of 39 million worth on such notes today .... Looming modifications to health and pension benefits for workers / retirees , big time bail - in type solutions loom for unsecured creditors such as the City's pension funds
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
June 14, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Detroit's EM unveils restructure planOrr says bankruptcy decision could
come within 30 days: 'We are tapped out'
- Robert Snell, Darren A. Nichols and Christine Ferretti
- | The Detroit News
- 52 Comments
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*Romulus* — Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr hopes to know within 30 days
whether his restructuring plan pitched to
creditors Friday is enough to keep Detroit from filing the biggest
municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Orr spoke with reporters after a 2.5-hour closed-door meeting with about
150 representatives from banks, bondholders, unions a... more »
Steve Israel And The Gatsby Curve-- If The Music Industry Is A Microcosm Of What's Happening In The U.S. Economy, Move To Another Country... Fast
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Last weekend, when I started drawing the connection between Steve Israel
and his constituents, The Princesses: Long Island, a number of people
suggested I should have taken a more highbrow approach and drawn the
comparison to another, somewhat less culturally repulsive fictional figure,
The Great Gatsby. West Egg, a fictional North Shore town invented by F.
Scott Fitzgerald, is certainly part of Israel's district, albeit in a
pre-Israel era. Fitzgerald's novel, set in the 1920s, explores themes like
resistance to social change on the one hand and social upheaval on the
other-- no... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*Army Corps, public officials break ground on permanent canal closure
project at 17th Street Canal ~Mark Schleifstein*
*“Of course, while it was borne by a natural disaster, we also need to
remember so it never happens again that 70 percent of the catastrophic
flooding was a man-made disaster, breaches due to design flaws and other
flaws here at the 17th, and other outfall canals and some of the other
protection systems,” Vitter said. “I don’t say that to dwell on the
negative or to dwell on all of the miseries that folks have been through,
but again to refocus us on the importance ... more »
Omen Trees
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 7 hours ago
Between the storms earlier this week and yesterday's derecho-that-wasn't, I
thought as it has been a while (since Sandy, a whole seven months!) it's
time to take a cruise around the web and find downed trees. Almost as soon
as I realized they were all in trouble from trosopheric ozone back in 2008,
they began falling down at astonishing rates and often spectacularly onto
cars, like this incident in Boston, from 2010:
Reader Amanda left a link in comments about a branch that fell in New
York's Central Park, leaving an Indiana tourist critically injured with a
broken arm and teeth. S... more »
"The Sword Drops on Food Stamps"; A Comment
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
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*"The Sword Drops on Food Stamps"*
by George Zornick
"It’s official: Congress will slash food stamp funding in the midst of a
deep economic recession, when more people rely on food stamps than ever
before. Monday night, the Senate passed a five-year farm bill that
contained $4.1 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) over ten years. This ensures that the only debate now will
be about how much to cut—and it’s likely to result in cuts much deeper than
$4.1 billion.
The House Agriculture Committee passed a farm bill last month that cut
$20.5 bi... more »
Those who oppose the proposition that student loans should be granted the same low interest rate as the criminal banks that wrecked our economy are either hopelessly uninformed or sociopaths.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 7 hours ago
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Elizabeth Warren’s QE for Students: Populist Demagoguery or
Economic Breakthrough?
Posted on June 14, 2013 by Ellen Brown
On July 1, interest rates will double for millions of students – from 3.4%
to 6.8% – unless Congress acts; and the legislative fixes on the table are
largely just compromises. Only one proposal promises real relief – Sen.
Elizabeth Warren’s “Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act.” This bill has been
dismissed out of hand as “shameless populist demagoguery” and “a cheap
political gimmick,” but is it? Or could Warren’s outside-the... more »
APSA & African Politics
Adrienne LeBas at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
For those of you who don’t monitor the front page of the APSA website on a
daily basis, you may have missed the online petition for the recognition of
a new African Politics section of APSA. I urge all of you — including
those who don’t work in Africa — to take a look at
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Capturing Alert
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago
Sit back, go "full screen" and enjoy a preview of Charles Stankievech's
photographic odyssey filmed at CFS Alert, the world's northernmost
permanently inhabited outpost. The images are truly astonishing.
Actor Autonomy in Choice-Theoretic Accounts
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 9 hours ago
Note: this post was co-written with PTJ. Apologies for the comparative lack
of structure and the fact that it is a bit repetitive. Note also that it
contains a link to a temporarily un-gated copy of Jackson and Nexon (1999).
Thanks, SAGE! In yesterday morning’s post, Phil writes: One manifestation
of this misunderstanding is that
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More meeting title tombola
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 9 hours ago
Chartism after gay marriage
Was the American Dream deflected in 1984?
Is food falling in queer theory?
Is the 21st panther falling?
Does the 21st panther benefit from the rank and file?
Can arm movements stop Trotsky’s alienation?
Is Trotsky reviving?
Who was Che Guevara reviving?
Is falling reviving fracking?
Is there a future for history?
Is the rate of arm movement falling?
Can the spirit of ‘45 boycott what socialists say?
Is the fall of Stalinism falling?
Can Althusser become all powerful?
Is opium the motor of study circles?
Do circles of oil read Das Kapital?
Is Islamophobia the Key... more »
The Anti-Quagmire President (So Far)
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
On Obama and Syria: the one area of national security and foreign policy in
which Barack Obama really has earned the benefit of the doubt is about
slippery slopes, quagmires, and otherwise getting trapped into military
adventurism that expands despite everyone's best intentions.
His record on this is really quite impressive. He got out of Iraq (yes, he
was only following George W. Bush's policy and a signed agreement with the
Iraqis, but it wouldn't have been the first time a president managed to
keep troops where they weren't really wanted). His intervention in Libya
was limited a... more »
Will Robotic Killing's Real Victim be Democracy?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
Science fiction writer and futurist Daniel Suarez explains the danger, to
us and to our very democracy, from the rise of autonomous lethality, killer
drones. Get your weekend paranoia fix here.
Ethiopian PM Brushes Off Morsi's Threatening Rhetoric
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
Related: * *
*Morsi Defends Position In Looming Fight Over The Nile.* *
*
*War Over Water? Dispute Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Nile Grows After
Violent Threats Made On Egyptian TV*.
*For Egyptians, The Nile Is Sacred - But What Is Sacred In War?*
An excerpt from, *"Ethiopia will not accept any proposal to delay
construction of Renaissance Dam: Foreign ministry"* (Reuters, June 13):
Ethiopia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday the country has no intention
of suspending construction of what would be the biggest hydro electric
plant on the continent, a project Egypt says coul... more »
By Arming Al-Qaeda, President Barack Obama Has Crossed Another Red Line
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
When President Obama *declared two years ago* that he "killed" Al-Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden by ordering a strike steam to invade his hideout in
Pakistan, who knew that he would take his place and lead the terrorist
organization to victory in Syria?
That is what Obama is doing by falsely accusing the Syrian government of
using chemical weapons against its own people and promising to arm the
Jihadist terrorist rebels *whose latest crime was the execution of a
fourteen year-old boy for insulting the prophet*.
Why is Obama supporting religious madmen against young secular kids? Does ... more »
Free Planet¹ CUSTODIAN - published - available in Amazon Kindle, ebook and paperback formats
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours ago
today, Friday the 14th June 2013, Free Planet¹ CUSTODIAN has been published
on Amazon Kindle (live tomorrow), various other ebook formats (live today)
and paperback format (live soon). Many thanks to (my editor, format guru
and BFGS co-writer) Alex Severin who ensured that this 82,000 words novel
was the best it could be.
*BONUS MATERIAL:* at the end of Custodian there's the opening chapter of
Free Planet² LIBERATOR, and it's a series shocker!
What's Free Planet¹ CUSTODIAN about?
*Short description*
A group of Oxford University's finest minds, the eponymous Custodians,
offer man... more »
Stephen Harper's Speech To UK Parliament Called 'Not-Prime Ministerial' ... more suitable for “a meeting of the parliamentary Conservative party.”
leftdog at Buckdog - 9 hours ago
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[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*Harper speech to UK Parliament ‘not prime ministerial’...*
*"Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a stop in London to speak to both
Houses of Parliament Thursday, one shadow cabinet minister was annoyed by
Harper’s partisan tone. John Spellar, the Labour party’s shadow minister
for foreign and commonwealth affairs, told iPolitics Friday he found
Harper’s address to the members “distinctly partisan,” saying parts of the
speech would have been more appropriate for “a meeting of the parliamentary
Conservative party.”*
*iPolitics.ca*
I did reply to the BBC
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
Nota Sheep
19:28 to Trust
Thanks for the information although I must say that it's hardly an
impressive performance by the BBC Trust. The matter was discussed on 11
April and over two months later the minutes of that meeting have apparently
yet to be ratified.
I assume that there have now been two Trust meetings since the 11 April
one: May and June.
Surely the first item on the agenda of each meeting is the ratification of
the previous meeting's minutes.
Is this really any way to run an organisation?
Kind regards
NotaSheep MaybeaGoat
Jury rolls must be representative
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
R. v. Kokopenace, 2013 ONCA 389 is a powerful decision on jury rolls and
the need for them to be inclusive:
[49] In my view, to meet its representativeness obligation, the state
must make reasonable efforts at each step of creating the jury roll. That
includes the state's actions in compiling the lists, but also in sending
the notices, facilitating their delivery and receipt and encouraging the
responses to them. The objective of the state's actions must be to seek to
provide the platform necessary to select an impartial petit jury and to
maintain public confidence in the cri... more »
Selling Global Warming - Local May Be the Key
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
Let's face it, people really don't give a s**t about the devastation
global
warming is bringing to the people of the sub-Saharan Sahel. We don't
readily find the nexus by which we're linked to the troubles in distant
corners of the world when most of us couldn't find these places on a map
if
we tried. Maybe it's time to change the conversation.
There seems to be greater success getting through when global warming is
addressed as a local issue. Sort of like New York mayor Michael
Bloombergdid earlier this week in a speech delivered from a Brooklyn
lighthouse
damaged last fall by... more »
News from the Jews
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 10 hours ago
*U.S. subservience to Israel, "Global War on Terror" as an Israeli racket,
more "Holocaust" and "anti-Semitism" nonsense*
What follows is a small sampling of recent news items from the Jewish-owned
press. Let's see what we can learn or further confirm about the Jewish
agenda, particularly in America.
To start with, two recent news items from the Jewish press demonstrate two
crucial points I often try to make:
1. Every single aspect of the federal government of the United States -
the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court, etc. - is completely
dominated by the p... more »
The many talents of Kate Upton - A Friday night Rule 5 posting - probably NSFW
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Kate Upton is a woman of many talents, including being a wet t-shirt
contest champion; phew!
A brilliant post...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
from MOTUS - and we thank her.
*If You Like Your Genes You Can Keep Your Genes*
YURI GELLER AND MOSSAD-CIA MIND CONTROL, OBAMA, MICHAEL JACKSON, SAVILE
Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago
Uri Geller has seemingly been a spy for Mossad and the CIA.
*Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life as a Mossad and CIA
spy*
A new film,* The Secret Life Of Uri Geller - Psychic Spy?*, offers evidence
of Geller's involvement in spying.
Has Uri Geller been involved in mind-control - with Obama, Michael Jackson
and Jimmy Savile?
*Geller with Michael Jackson, who is reported to have been mind-controlled.*
"On camera and in interview, Geller still remains coy about his espionage
activities."
But, Geller admits that his handlers once asked him to use telepathy to
st... more »
Lindsey Graham Wants War-- War Against American Civil Liberties, War In The Middle East
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Lindsey Graham seems to be losing his mind. Thursday he claimed that
American intervention in Syria-- supplying arms, enforcing a no fly zone--
is not to help the rebels but to end war before Syria can use chemical
weapons against... the U.S. He put out an official press release with
fellow warmonger John McCain in the hopes up drumming up some war fever and
seeing Obama blunder into an unpopular and unnecessary war that could
easily escalate into a war involving Israel, Iran, Turkey and Russia.
“The conflict in Syria has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. The United
Nations re... more »
Rios Montt and Arpaio: Where Impunity Reigns
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 11 hours ago
photo: noblewomensinitiative.com
by Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
In Guatemala, former dictator Rios Montt was first found guilty of genocide
and crimes against humanity, and then the Supreme Court overturned the
verdict. His 80-year sentence was also vacated. A few days later, Sheriff
Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona, was slapped down by US District
Court Judge Murray Snow. The federal judge ordered him to halt his racial
profiling practices, particularly his immigration sweeps that target people
of "apparent Mexican ancestry."
Sometimes there are news items that go together... more »
Pythia
Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 12 hours ago
"Pythia" by Anne Russell
The Pythia, commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the priestess at
the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus,
beneath the Castalian Spring. The Pythia was widely credited for her
prophecies inspired by Apollo. The Delphic oracle was established in the
8th century BC, although it may have been present in some form in Late
Mycenaean times, from 1,400 BC and was abandoned, and there is evidence
that Apollo took over the shrine from an earlier dedication to Gaia. The
last recorded response was given during 393 A.D., when th... more »
The Roots of Our Slavery
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
*In the Midwest, USA summer is just days away; gardening season is upon us.
The blossoming has begun and in a few weeks time the green grass will be
merely a backdrop for a vibrant explosion of color. We’ll be surrounded
with flowers.*
*If you’ve done any yard work then you most likely know the most efficient
way to keep weeds at bay. You’ve got to dig deep and pull them out into
the sun, exposing the root. They’ll decompose and nourish the soil, in
turn feeding the flowers and vegetables you’d like to keep. It takes a bit
of effort, yet it’s a permanent fix – at least ... more »
healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week: vegetarian chili
laura k at wmtc - 12 hours ago
This has turned out to be one of our favourite slow-cooker meals. It's
delicious, incredibly easy to make, super healthy, and inexpensive. Adapted
from nowhere: it's my own.
Canned beans, properly rinsed and drained, have the same nutritional value
as dried beans. They're much easier to use and work well with the slow
cooker. Combined with brown rice, they make a perfect protein, and give you
lots of fibre. And lots of yumminess.
1 19-ounce can of each:
- corn niblets
- black beans
- white beans
- chick peas
- diced tomatoes
1 large onion, diced or run through food processor
1 red b... more »
Pelosi: "I'm a practicing and respectful Catholic"...(video)
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*who happens to think killing babies is okay.*
Abortion is “sacred ground” and it “shouldn’t have anything to do with
politics.”
It is clear in watching this woman that her synapses are not firing
properly. For Pelosi to stand there and defend abortion as "sacred ground"
and waltz up to receive communion on her Sunday treks into church is an
abomination. Exactly when are the weak-kneed bishops of the Catholic
Church going to stand up, act like real men, and put a stop to this?
It seems when it comes to "social justice" (code for Marxism) issues, you
can't shut them up. Backing ... more »
The Real Solution to Agenda 21
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
image source CDay
Agenda 21 is not a conspiracy theory. It is an easily viewable global plan
that can be found executed in your local county. If you live near a metro
area, you just need to look up your local county’s ‘comprehensive growth
plan’ on Google to see the extent of this plan. You will see maps of your
street, future train lines designed to transport workers to designated work
areas, areas allowing mixed use, areas allowing 120 residential dwelling
units per acre in Manhattan-like density, and maps of greenspace unsuitable
for human habitation.
Anything built in the f... more »
Glyphosate and Roundup’s Implications on Modern Diseases
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
*An interview with Stephanie Seneff, PhD: Co-author of "Glyphosate’s
Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the
Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases."*
image source Catherine J. Frompovich
In April 2013, independent scientist Anthony Samsel and MIT scientist
Stephanie Seneff published their mega studies analysis of glyphosate titled
“Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid
Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases” in the
online journal, *Entropy*. With 286 peer-reviewed papers analyzed, Samsel ... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
Kevin Drum listened to the disgraced former Speaker saying about
anti-terrorism methods that "people will tolerate it as long as it's
genuinely secret." Drum:
Yeah, I guess people will tolerate just about anything as long as they
don't know it's happening. This is why Newt is the philosopher king of the
Republican Party.
The thing is: Tom P. Baxter (as I like to call him) has always been exactly
that same kind of fraud, and it was pretty clear from his presidential
campaign that just about every party actor from the precinct level on up
knew it, but yet they're still perfectly happ... more »
MORE TRUTH ON NSA, CYBER COMMAND AND GOVERNMENT DECEPTION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
As the U.S. vows to take "all necessary steps" to pursue whistleblower
Edward Snowden, James Bamford joins Democracy Now to discuss the National
Security Agency’s secret expansion of government surveillance and
cyberwarfare.
In his latest reporting for Wired Magazine, Bamford profiles NSA Director
General Keith Alexander and connects the dots on PRISM, phone surveillance,
and the NSA’s massive spy center in Bluffdale, Utah. Says Bamford of
Alexander: "Never before has anyone in America’s intelligence sphere come
close to his degree of power, the number of people under his command,... more »
BEN FELLOWS, BUSH, CLINTON, SYRIA
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
*Ben Fellows comes out of hiding to speak at Bilderberg fringe*
*
***
*
**Video: Clinton, Bush and the CIA*
*
*
*xymphora* - *Snowden and the war between the CIA and the Pentagon*
*Penny for your thoughts* -* Breaking: US and Allies lie together on claim
that Syria used chemical weapons*
*
*
*Man Behind Syrian 'Chemical Weapons' Claim Is Fiction Writer Who Covered
Up Benghazi*
*Channel 5 Exposed: The Gadget Show’s RFID and Human Microchipping
Propaganda.*
Look What This ‘Conspiracy Theorist’ Said in 1984: “A Disgusting Procedure For A Professed Free Society”
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
Mac Slavo
Back in 1984, well before most Americans had ever heard of mobile phones or
used a computer, the Federal government was hard at work mining whatever
data they could get their hands on.
President Reagan was in office and given his staunch stance on limited
government no one could possibly have suspected that he, of all people,
would be the Commander in Chief presiding over a fledgling surveillance
state.
Despite the ignorance of our populace and attempts to keep the American
people in the dark, one lone wolf on the floor of the Congress had the
prescient insight to unde... more »
Vaccine Infects 10-Month-Old Baby with Polio in India
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
*According to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, eradicating polio is a
top priority.*
Melissa Melton
Sadly, anyone hurt in the process of achieving this goal is just collateral
damage.
Through “targeted vaccination campaigns, community mobilization, and
stronger routine immunization efforts,” the Gates Foundation, our world’s
largest philanthropic foundation, plans to eradicate polio as “an important
milestone for the Decade of Vaccines, a shared commitment by nearly 200
countries to extend the benefits of vaccines to every person by 2020″.
Gates reportedly even hired one of I... more »
Nicaragua Waterway to Happen
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
This project is actually going ahead and it is going ahead fast. They may
talk about private money but that is BS. It allows China to end monopoly
pricing in Panama and to capture a sweetheart rate for their shipping. I
also bet that this canal will be much larger than the Panama Canal. For
those reasons alone, we can count on huge Chinese money been involved.
There are other answers to global shipping but they also take initiative
and huge money. In the meantime, this is a direct alteration of the status
quo that impacts everyone.
I think it may be time to dust of some ... more »
US Supreme Court Rules that Human Genes are not Eligible for Patent Protection
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
It is only twenty years or so that we decided to allow patents in
genetics. Surely it is time to completely revisit the whole practice. The
reason for this is also clear. The cost of entry has dropped hugely and
the risk of reckless behavior is climbing daily.
Now by and large, we can trust our scientists, however under no
circumstance can we trust our corporations. They are in natural conflict.
We are presently conducting a huge mega experiment with GMO foods on a
global basis in the face of evidence of far less stability on a number of
core factors than original... more »
GMO Viral Time Bomb Discovered
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
I am deeply concerned with the whole GMO protocol.
1 It is all new science and it is playing in the one area in which Mother
Nature is most flexible. This article tells us already how specific issues
are slipping through either by design or by simple ignorance.
2 Actual empirical testing protocols are primitive and easily end up been
too little too late and at best a band-aid ahead of the real experiment in
which it is fully introduced to Mother Nature. One of those experiments is
going to go badly wrong and show up as devastating pandemic. We already
have the GMO induced... more »
Ancestral Diet Changed 3.5 Million Years Ago
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours ago
This is extremely curious and since it differs totally from present day
practice and expectation, it begs a working hypothesis.
Grasses on their own are a terrible food source and the Savanna is a
terrible place to acquire other types of plant food. Yet the rhizomes of
elephant grass can cooked and eaten though not in great quantities. It is a
safe bet that other rhizomes would provide some useful food. If one such
rhizome became viable, then we have the explanation for this observation.
What this means, of course is that use of fire or converting to meat are
the two o... more »
These Tricks Are Played to Get You to Vaccinate Your Child
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
Parents are often misled to believe
that vaccines are safe and effective Christina England
Countries around the world are coming up with more and more elaborate
tricks to pressure parents into fully vaccinating their children. Recently
we have seen them telling barefaced lies, denying unvaccinated children
access to daycare facilities and excluding students from attending their
graduation ceremony over a chicken pox scare. To learn more, please
continue reading.
*Scare Tactics Used in Australia*
Over the last few weeks, newspapers in Australia have reported that due to
the change... more »
Challenging Unconstitutional Spying
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman
Edward Joseph Snowden revealed what's vital to know. He exposed
unconstitutional spying. He did so courageously.
The 1989 Whistleblower Protection Act protects federal employees who report
misconduct. Federal agencies are prohibited from retaliating against those
who do so. Don't expect rogue Obama officials to act responsibly.
Whistleblowers may report law or regulatory violations, gross
mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse of authority, and/or acts endangering
public health, welfare or safety.
Unconstitutional spying violates core rule of law princip... more »
Censorship Abounds: The Handful of Companies That Control Your Perceptions
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
Christina Sarich
Almost all the media channels you watch are controlling your perception of
reality – namely to get you to value their commodities (goods and services)
instead of yourself and your own morals and values. This affects you at
every level, from the food you eat, the friends you are more likely to
make, the goods your purchase, and even the careers you choose or education
you decide to get. It also affects your self worth, as you believe you are
only as good as the things you can buy or the ‘hot’ woman you can take out,
since sex and money are the primary ways media mo... more »
Bill introduced to declassify opinions of secret court behind ordering all U.S. phone records from Verizon
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) Madison Ruppert
A bipartisan group of senators has proposed a bill that would declassify
the opinions of the highly secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court, the same body that ordered Verizon to hand over all U.S. phone
records for a three-month period.
Yet there are major problems, as you will see below.
*Previous efforts to withhold court opinions*
The legislation, which is sponsored by a group of senators led by Sen. Jeff
Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), is quite noteworthy because
the Obama administration has fought tooth an... more »
Turkey: Epicenter of Police State Violence
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman
For over two weeks, daily anti-government protests rocked Turkey. Police
attacked peaceful demonstrators intermittently. They've done so brutally.
Turkey's notorious for police state viciousness.
It's a democracy in name only. Prime Minister Erdogan is thuggish,
authoritarian, hardline and despotic.
Turkey's one of 28 NATO countries. Erdogan partners with Washington's
imperial wars. He's unapologetic about neoliberal harshness. More on that
below.
He's been prime minister for over 10 years. Why Turks put up with him
they'll have to explain. Growing ... more »
Congressman Tweets: “I Saw IRS Agents Training With AR-15's” At DHS Facility
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Kimberly Paxton
The IRS has recently been under the microscope for targeting conservative
groups with audits, fines, and other “special attention.” However, a
Congressman from South Carolina observed something the puts a whole new
spin on the word “target” - he witnessed IRS agents training with AR-15s at
the Department of Homeland Security.
Investment Watch Blog broke the story with captures of Rep. Jeff Duncan’s
(R-S.C.) tweets:
Later he added:
And this, for the doubters he ran into on Twitter:
But maybe there’s a reasonable explanation.
That was the opinion of one res... more »
7 Powerful Ways to Maintain Your Privacy and Integrity Online
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Eliot Estep
The recent NSA leaks from whistleblower Ed Snowden have publicly confirmed
that digital privacy does not exist. The federal government and
intelligence agencies have direct server access to the world’s most popular
sites and services including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and more.
This means that all of your data when using these services including Skype,
YouTube, etc has been compromised and can be used against you whenever
strategically necessary.
Always remember, you are being recorded and monitored regardless of whether
you have done anything wrong or not.... more »
Sorry General, War is a Choice
Patrick Porter at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
General David Petraeus advises Americans and their allies to be coldly
realistic about what force can achieve. Oddly, he also advises them to
prepare for a future where small wars are pretty much inevitable, where
America must intervene early to prevent worse things happening later on,
and where ‘stabilisation’ is a core part of war
Continue reading
Water – The Survival Basic
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Gaye Levy
A frequent theme in the preparedness community is the importance of water.
Where to find it, how to store it, how to purify it and how to filter it.
Whether you are a prepping newbie or an experienced survivalist, water
should be high on your list of prepping priorities.
Every year or so, I like to share an article on water, not only for the
benefit of the many prepping newbies that visit Backdoor Survival, but also
as a refresher course for those of us that are more experienced. Today’s
article is an update to information that I have previously shared but that
does no... more »
Study: Glyphosate (Roundup) Feeds Breast Cancer Cell Growth In the PARTS PER TRILLION Range
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Sayer Ji
An alarming new study finds that glyphosate, the active ingredient in
Roundup weedkiller, is estrogenic and drives breast cancer cell
proliferation in the parts-per-trillion range. Does this help explain the
massive mammary tumors that the only long term animal feeding study on
Roundup and GM corn ever performed recently found?
An alarming new study, accepted for publication in the journal *Food and
Chemical Toxicology* last month, indicates that glyphosate, the world's
most widely used herbicide due to its widespread use in genetically
engineered agriculture, is capabl... more »
ALEC's Newest Shell Game
2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
www.bryanmarcel.com
The following entry was brought to my attention by another analysis of the
information that was done on a* **new webpage - Resist the Privatization
of Americ*a ( I strongly suggest you read their article – cause I won’t
re-hash what they wrote).
After doing more research I found that most people are just regurgitating
the verbatim post from Politico – without even thinking about what in the
hell it means - or doesn’t mean. Like it means something – what, who knows.
I have one main problem with this article from Politico.
I hate it when people don't source ... more »
Jeremy Scahill Discusses America's War Crimes
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
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Crimes Against Humanity: How Monsanto is Turning a Hawaiian Island into a Petri Dish Complete with Human Lab Rats
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Daisy Luther
If you ever wondered what results a controlled experiment of Monsanto
farming methods would yield, look no further than the unwilling residents
of Molokai. Until 1969, by fact of its geographical isolation, Molokai was
home for over 100 years to a leper colony. With the arrival of Monsanto’s
test fields, the beautiful island has become a laboratory and the islanders
are being treated as the lab rats.
The island of Molokai looks like paradise. Travel brochures call it the
“old Hawaii” and the most Hawaiian of the islands in the archipelago. It
has a small population o... more »
Member Of Congress: Edward Snowden’s Revelations Are “Just The Tip Of The Iceberg”
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Michael Snyder
According to U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez, members of Congress
learned "significantly more than what is out in the media today" during a
closed briefing about the NSA on Tuesday, and that what has been revealed
so far about NSA snooping is "just the tip of the iceberg". During her
interview with C-SPAN on Wednesday, she also stated that NSA spying is
"just broader than most people even realize" but due to security
restrictions she could not reveal more than that. So precisely what are
the American people not being told? And do our leaders ever plan to tell... more »
Well, Ladies, He's Back on the Market
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
Get him while he's hot - or at least still warm. 82-year old media mogul, Rupert
Murdoch, has filed for divorce from his wife of 14-years, Wendi Deng.
Murdoch, who is a sprightly 38-years Deng's senior, cited "irreconcilable
differences" as his grounds for divorce. What that means to a guy who
needs help to tell his testicles from his shoe laces is anyone's guess.
Your joke here:
What Idiot Thought Open Air GMO Trials Were a Good Idea?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
*I believe, at this point, it’s a fair question.*
Open air GMO Trials
make my gran gran sad Melissa Melton
Aren’t we all beyond fed up with our food being taken over by science at
this point? A piece by Andrew Gunther points out how open air trials of
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are insanely stupid:
The news that an unlicensed genetically modified (GM) wheat has been found
growing on a field in Oregon — almost 10 years after it was supposed to
have completely destroyed — sent shivers down my spine…we are now
witnessing a real ‘escape-from-the-laboratory’ nightmare and, i... more »
Organic Rebellion - The Farm Is Strong With This One...
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Heather Callaghan
*The true ways of the Farm are almost nearly forgotten...*
In almost 40 years, do *Star Wars* parodies ever become tiring? No, they do
not. They are awesome.
Especially when people use their creative gifts and humor to harness some
great educational activism. What I wish was an actual full-action film is
really one of the best independent PSAs you'll ever witness. I mean, is
this not a laugh-out-loud funny ingenious piece, or am I just a big dork?
In this family-friendly adventure you'll meet Cuke Skywalker, Obi Wan
Canoli, Princess Lettuce, Ham Solo, Chew-Br... more »
Only 10% of Americans Have Confidence in Congress
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
*Activist Post*
As scandal after scandal rocks Washington DC, the American people are fed
up. A new Gallup poll reveals the *lowest ever confidence rating for
Congress*, or any institution ever polled by Gallup.
"This is the lowest level of confidence Gallup has found, not only for
Congress, but for any institution on record." Gallup writes.
Confidence in Congress fell to just 10%, down from 13% in 2012.
In 2009, in the afterglow of President Obama's historic election, 27% of
Democrats had confidence in Congress while only 10% of Republicans did.
There is no longer a significan... more »
Scores of People Massacred in Hatla Village by Western Funded Death Squads
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago
Brandon Turbeville
Only days after the brutal public execution of a 15-year-old boy by Syrian
death squads, the association of killers known as “rebels” have committed
yet another atrocity, this time in the village of Hatla in Deir Ezzor
Governorate.
According to reports by The News broadcast on the Syrian Official TV
Channel on June 13, 2013, Jabhat al-Nusra, one of many groups of the
foreign-backed death squads that have terrorized Syria for the last two
years, have now gunned down 30 villagers. The motivation behind the
killings, as is typical of the death squads, is currentl... more »
PATRIOT Act "Sneak and Peek" Searches Target Drug Offenders, Not Terrorists
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
*Youtube*
Wasn't The PATRIOT Act Supposed To Be About Stopping Terrorism?
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U.S. Openly Arms Syrian Rebels After Chemical Weapons ‘Red Line’
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
*Rinse, Wash, Repeat: Syrian regime change by same Western-backed al Qaeda
rebels who took down Gaddafi in Libya.*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
The major corporate news outlets are on alert in effort to propagandize and
sell to the American public this premise: "Red Line Crossed: U.S. Officials
Confirm Syrian Chemical-Weapons Use"
After nearly two years of semi-covertly arming al Qaeda fighters in Syria,
Western support & arms for the Syrian Rebels (who admittedly used their own
chemical weapons) is going public now that a ‘red line’ has supposedly been
crossed by Assad’s report... more »
RUNNING ON INSPIRATION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Here is the best story yet from Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey. Stories
sent via those damn "smart phones".
*Piano concert in Taksim *
Istanbul, June 14, 1201 hrs.
Dear people,
Every revolution needs its heroes. Ours is called Davide. He is the piano
man.
Yesterday and tonight he has been playing in Taksim for twelve hours
straight, until ten o’ clock in the morning. When the rain started, people
held a canvas over him and his piano, and he continued to play. ‘Imagine’,
‘Let it be’, ‘We are the World’, ‘Bella Ciao’, etc. etc. Fifty meters away
there was a row of police buses a... more »
"Red Line" Lies Indicate Full Scale War Coming to Syria
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
It's a blood red line
image source Brandon Turbeville
On June 13, 2013 U.S. President Barack Obama announced his plan to
authorize weapons shipments directly to al-Qaeda death squads currently
operating in Syria.
The Washington Post reports,
U.S. officials said the administration could provide the rebels with a
range of weapons, including small arms, ammunition, assault rifles and a
variety of anti-tank weaponry such as shoulder-fired remote-propelled
grenades and other missiles. However, a final decision on the inventory has
not been made, the officials said.
The Washington Pos... more »
Taking on a culture of violence with street art in Tegucigalpa
paul at Paying attention - 14 hours ago
I came across the Mona Lisa with a pink gun on a wall near a Tegucigalpa
hotel on a previous visit.
The work is part of a series by a Honduran artist who uses the name Urban
Maeztro. The prints mixed classic art images with the weapons that are part
of life for many Hondurans.
Street art can be dangerous work here. Authorities don’t like it, as in
most cities, but they express they’re disapproval more forcefully. And
gangs aren’t sure if Urban Maeztro is mocking them.
It’s not going to end violence. But anything that challenges the status quo
is a good thing.
You can read more about ... more »
TWO KINDS OF FACTS: Speaking of American children!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013*
*Outstanding young lady turns 7:* It isn’t every day that a cheerful young
person turns 7.
For that reason, we’re on our way to Durham to look in on one such event.
Before leaving, we had planned to review a front-page report in the New
York Times—the front-page report from Monday’s paper about so-called
“ability grouping.”
Doggone it! We find we aren’t ready to do the piece justice. And so we will
have to postpone.
Should “ability grouping” be used in American classrooms? We find it hard
to imagine how such practices could be avoided, given the wide rang... more »
WE SUPPORT BRADLEY MANNING!
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
St. Pete for Peace, Bradley Manning Support Network, Occupy Tampa, Tampa
Light Brigade, Vets for Peace and others protest at MacDill Air Force Base
in Tampa, Florida on June 1, 2013.
MacDill AFB hosts United States Central Command (CENTCOM), United States
Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Special Operations Command Central
(SOCCENT) and a detachment of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).
Weiner says he invented the Internet!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013*
*The dumbness of the whale:* In our view, Noreen Malone performed a real
service in a recent post at TNR’s revitalized blog, The Plank.
What service did the street-fighting pundit perform? She drew back the
curtain on the sheer inanity of her post-journalistic tribe.
Malone recorded the inanity of pundit reactions when Hillary Clinton made
her debut on Twitter this week. We’ll include her scolding headlines and a
bit of her post:
MALONE (6/11/13): *Be Less Excited About Hillary Clinton’s Twitter,
Please/It’s unseemly*
*Hillary Clinton joined Twitter on Mon... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Are we headed to war in Syria? The media seems to be going all in on
the chemical weapons ”red line“ justification. How close are we to moving
to implement a no-fly zone? Hezbollah is the real Red Line. Drezner:
realism trumps liberalism again. Behind yesterday’s UN Syrian Casualty
Count. Sunni clerics call for jihad against Assad
Continue reading
#highered needs some consistency in its #MOOC concerns. Please. #AAUP
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 15 hours ago
We don’t really cover MOOCs here all that much. Perhaps we need to get on
it. But I was cued into a post on the Chronicle over the AAUP’s concern
with intellectual property rights and MOOCs. I like the AAUP. It’s a
relatively strong organization that seems to be the last really supporting
academic freedom, […]
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Matt Freeman, 47.
Plus a little good stuff:
1. Josh Putnam's latest update on the 2016 calendar.
2. The Founders online? Cool.
3. And Ann Friedman on "the daughter problem."
World Indigenous Conference 2014: Intervention by Indigenous Environmental Network
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
As
a group in Norway planned an Indigenous World Conference for 2014, the
Indigenous Environmental Network made an intervention. Will the
gathering in 2014 uphold the Rights of Nature? The outcome remains to be
seen. -- Censored News
Intervention by Indigenous Environmental Network, Tom Goldtooth
"This green economy regime places a monetary price on Nature and
creates new derivative markets
@educationgadlfy reviews state science standards, but something’s missing #NGSS
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 15 hours ago
For the record, a “gadfly” is an annoyance, right? Something that buzzes
around, maybe a thorn in the side or a stick in the craw? But this gadfly
is the status quo, let’s be clear. Nothing revolutionary coming out of
Fordham these days. Nothing subversive. All right. They gave the new Next
Generation Science Standards […]
The BBC brainwashing British children
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
I know that I've commented on the BBC's Bitsize educational site's coverage
of religion but I thought it worth a revisit.
Here's some extracts from the section on War and Peace comparing the BBC's
coverage of Judaism and Islam.
First Judaism, (*my emphasis*):
'Jewish attitudes to war and peace are based on the teachings of the Jewish
Scriptures.
In the Jewish Scriptures there are examples of wars. Some of these were
Holy Wars where the Jews were trying to maintain their religion when other
people wanted to make them worship false gods. Others were perhaps ‘Just
Wars’ but *it could... more »
Heather Mizeur: Not Interested In Business As Usual At The Maryland State House And Not Willing To Settle For The Status Quo For Our Communities
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Rarely does a candidate come along offering this dynamic trifecta-- an
unabashed liberal... poised to break the glass ceiling as Maryland’s first
woman governor... who would also be the nation’s first openly gay governor.
I recently spoke with Maryland Delegate Heather Mizeur (D-Takoma Park,
Silver Spring) and she quickly caught my attention when she spoke of
courageousness and running to change the way we govern. "I’m fearless and I
speak the truth. I’m not an establishment or insider candidate. We are a
building a movement for positive social change."
She’s got an impressive bac... more »
AmCham Taichung 2013 America Day, Sunday, June 30th
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago
It's Sunday, June 30th, 2013. If you want to have a stall or visit, for
details click on READ MORE below
Dear Business Owner,
親愛的商家老闆
Once again, I am excited to inform you and your business about the
opportunity to be a part of the Taichung American Chamber of Commerce
(AmCham) 2013 America Day Celebration, taking place on Sunday, June 30,
2013. We are extremely excited to announce that for the second year in a
row this event is being held on one of Taichung’s best-known public
venues—the high-visibility, high-traffic outdoor Calligraphy Greenway. This
beautiful, recently-renovate... more »
Face Book: Scrabble app Changes Anger players
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 15 hours ago
Thousands of players have taken to Facebook to complain about changes made
to a accepted mobile Scrabble app. The changes have been made by Electronic
Arts (EA), which took over the running of the app from Scrabble brand
proprietor Mattel at the end of May. Players are angry that their player
histories have been wiped, the dictionary has distorted and the board no
longer refreshes itself after a turn.
Mattel also supposed new features included the aptitude to play the game in
six languages, customize the board, and pay for an ad-free version. *A
Facebook group set up by group of... more »
Sneaky Steve
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
You have to admit, the phrase has possibilities, partly because of its
alliterative panache. But, Michael Harris writes, the real strength of
the
phrase comes from its accuracy:
Sneaky politicians are a plague on democracy — the dark avenue to
something
sinister. The prime minister of Canada is the Wayne Gretzky of
sneakiness.
Once again, he has been caught cheating.
This week, my colleague at iPolitics, Colin Horgan, broke an important
storyabout the Harper government stacking the selection committee tasked
with
coming up with the short list for the new Parliamentary Budget Office... more »
Why Should Employers Have All the Injunction Fun? How To Stop Your Ex-Employer From Harassing You
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 16 hours ago
By: Ryan Price, Associate Attorney, Donna M. Ballman, P.A., Employee
Advocacy Attorneys
When you leave a job and start working somewhere else, you may be greeted
with a letter from your former employer threatening legal action against
you unless you quit your new job. The ex-employer may claim you are bound
by a non-compete agreement, non-solicitation agreement, or a
confidentiality agreement. Your ex-employer may allege that you were privy
to trade secrets or other confidential information and claim you are
forbidden from working for the new employer, because it is a competitor of... more »
Kansas - Students Not in Science Oz Anymore
2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
An interesting little blurb on *Huff Po* this morning.
Not something I normally write about – but being that it happened in KANSAS
– coming from the land of the Koch’s (*BAM!! - there comes the Koch data
miners onto my site*) – I thought it was a little amusing.
It was evident that there aren’t any ALEC members on the KSBE (ok-maybe 2).
Next step is the American Legislative Exchange Council will force their
Kansas ALEC legislators to push through a bill requiring climate denial be
taught – like they are in other states.
*Kansas' New Science Standards Make Evolution And Climate Ch... more »
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Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 16 hours ago
A bamboo bridge. Location unknown. [via]
The Disappearing East Coast
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago
[image: random_2]
*A beetle takes wing.*
I've blogged many times on the destruction of the East Coast by the forces
of development, on the magical transmutation process by which local lands
are seized and transformed into profits for big developers with the
apparent connivance of local government officials. A very representative
case is the disgusting Miramar Hotel development project just north of
Taitung city, but Hualien is also being ravaged by "development". This week
it was local Amis people complaining about the county government's surprise
annexation of tribal lands...
Karo... more »
The Lies that Won’t Die (Despite the Evidence)
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 16 hours ago
To embrace the claims and policies of the education reform movement
requires ignoring a tremendous amount of evidence to the contrary. The
education reform narrative goes something like this: Education is the one
true way to overcome all of society’s ills, but our schools are failing,
and thus we must take the standards-and-testing accountability reform […]
Overnite Data , News and views - Keep your eyes on China ( liquidity crisis brewing ) , as much as Japan in Asia
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-14/chinese-cash-squeeze-leads-first-failed-liquidity-draining-debt-auction-failure-23-m
Chinese Cash Squeeze Leads To First Failed Liquidity-Draining Debt Auction
Failure In 23 Months
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/14/2013 08:25 -0400
- Bond
- China
- Failed Auction
- Federal Reserve
- Hong Kong
- Shenzhen
- Yuan
It was less than 24 hours after we warned that the Chinese "liquidity
shortage" had hit an all time high, as a result of the PBOC's intransigence
to inject liquidity in... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Past is not even past ~Library Chronicles*
*New Orleans must hold leaders accountable for violence prevention programs
~Deb Cotton, The Lens*
*Exclusive survey: A year out, SomeTimes-Pic downsizing leaves bitterness,
scorn among ex-, current employees ~Rebecca Theim, CJR*
*Geismar disaster: examining the chemicals ~Jennifer Hale*
*WWL-TV part of Gannett’s acquisition of Belo ~Advocate** *
*Gambit names Jeanne Foster associate publisher *
*'73 Upstairs Lounge fire 'worst mass murder of gays in U.S. history' ~WWLTV
*
*Delta mayor sets new record with 10th term in office ~MBJ* *Rodr... more »
Walker (WI-ALEC) - Jan 2013 Anti-Abortion Proclamation
2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
Walker signing the new anti-choice bill in Wisconsin is making the rounds
of the online news agencies this morning. While reading one it brought me
back to an entry that I had posted just five months ago - which should have
been seen a precursor to what is happening today. Some may have forgotten
about this - and I thought it would be a good time to dig it out of the
dregs.
My post from January 2013:
Making the rounds today is the fact that Scottie Walker signed a
proclamation on January 7th that no one knew about – no one except the
right wing extremists that Walker was panderin... more »
Glitter Tape American Flag Craft
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 16 hours ago
[image: Glitter Tape American Flag]
Glitter might be one of my favorite crafting supplies and one of my
husband's least favorite, but I finally found the perfect compromise. This
cute and easy-to-make American flag uses glitter tape from American Crafts.
Glitter tape is darling, sparkly and best of all, mess free. It is easy to
use and speeds up any glitter craft.
You will need:
- Navy Paint
- White Paint
- American Crafts Glitter Tape in Red
- American Crafts Folded Paper Star Pebbles
- 2 pieces of 2x4, one 3.5 inches long, the other 5 inches
[image: Am... more »
Korean war veteran, 87, dodges mandatory 3-year prison sentence; but what if he was Black and 23?
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago
The result here is the right one (although to my mind the charges should
not have been laid). But the problem is the result came because a Crown
exercised an unregulated and non-transparent discretion. Crowns generally
act responsibly but as my title suggests, what if all the facts were the
same but the accused was younger and black? Surely three years in jail
ought not to be decided, in effect, behind closed doors.
Mandatory minimum sentences reflect society's (proper) abhorrence of gun
crimes -- and in that context I think they are reasonable -- but there
should be an "opt-out... more »
Privacy or lack thereof rabbit hole just got deeper - as it's revealed dole out confiential data to the US Government in exchange for classified data , shrouded in secrecy and protected by governmental immunity !
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-14/thousands-firms-trade-confidential-data-us-government-exchange-classified-intelligen
Thousands Of Firms Trade Confidential Data With The US Government In
Exchange For Classified Intelligence
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/14/2013 00:29 -0400
- FBI
- Google
- national security
- PrISM
- SPY
- Verizon
The rabbit hole just got deeper. A whole lot deeper.
On Sunday we predicated that "there's one reason why the administration,
James Clapper and the NSA should just keep their mouths sh... more »
Everyone should be monitored apart from radical mosques!
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
We've learnt recently that the Obama administration is monitoring the US
and foreign general public's voice and electronic communications in an
effort to identify terrorists or maybe just opponents of Barack Obama who
need to be investigated. What is less well known is that:
'Since October 2011, mosques have been off-limits to FBI agents. No more
surveillance or undercover string operations without high-level approval
from a special oversight body at the Justice Department dubbed the
Sensitive Operations Review Committee.
Who makes up this body, and how do they decide requests? Nobo... more »
Saturday, June 15th is Genetic Roulette Free Movie Day Around The World!
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Source of poster: https://www.facebook.com/GMOFreeUSA
Saturday June 15th is Genetic Roulette Free Movie Day around the world!
Invite your friends and neighbors to join you for this free showing.
*Link to free showing:*
**
*http://geneticroulettemovie.com/MovieNight*
Czech police raid on lobbyists and politicians
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
Trained plasma physicist and Czech prime minister Petr Nečas' government
named some prosecutors and created the environment in which they may
investigate and efficiently combat corruption and other economic crime on
the interface of the public and commercial sectors.
Ms Jana Bradáčová is the "Czech Cattanni" who has energized these efforts
and caught David Rath, a prince of the socialist democratic party, with
$350,000 in a box from wine.
*Mr Petr Nečas with his wife Radka Nečasová, the brunette, and his chief of
staff Ms Jana Nagyová who is also his rumored lover. There's a gene... more »
A Cherokee Proverb: "The Two Wolves"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
* *
*"The Two Wolves"*
"One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on
inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us
all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, generosity, empathy, truth,
compassion and faith.” The grandson thought about this for a minute and
then asked the grandfather, “Which wolf wins?” The old ... more »
Maine Senate Votes 35-0 To Label GMO Products - Go Maine
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Senate OKs new version of food labeling measure By STEVE MISTLER
Portland Press Herald, 14 June 2013
State House Bureau
AUGUSTA - A bill that would require food producers to label products
containing genetically engineered ingredients continued to march forward in
the Legislature. The Senate voted 35-0 Wednesday to pass an amended
version of the bill, L.D. 718, mirroring a similarly overwhelming vote in
the House the day before. Supporters of the bill, including the Maine
Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, hope *Gov. Paul LePage* will
support a compromise provision that tr... more »
The BBC taking their time...
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
Trust Editorial 12 Jun to me
Dear Audience Member
I am sorry that the process of ratification is taking longer than
expected. The April meeting was a particularly long meeting but I hope to
be able to send you the decision at the end of this week.
Yours sincerely
Christina Roski
Complaints Adviser, BBC Trust Unit
Imagine a private sector organisation of a similar size to the BBC being
that late with it's minutes of a monthly board meeting...
N64TQYHFXEVT - people who have blogs on technorati know what this means
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 19 hours ago
N64TQYHFXEVT
Indeed!
*Philosophical Comment Blog: Christian Munthe, Professor of Practical
Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Chief interests are
ethics/moral philosophy, political philosophy and their applications to
practical issues*
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 6.14.13”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 6.14.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“This week in the Wrap-Up, we’re going to play “connect the dots” to see
what kind of picture is developing in America. Let’s start with NSA
whistle blower Edward Snowden. He has released information that shows a
gigantic government surveillance program that is spying on millions of
Americans. It’s not only in the U.S., but this surveillance program is
reaching into Asia and Europe according to reports. Many say he’s a hero,
some say he’s a traitor. Snowden says he’s just an American, and he says,
he’s “here to r... more »
(Back in Pre-History) We Were Told How Bad "The Libruls" Were (While Having No Relevant Data About NSA's National Infiltration) and Now Non-Accountable Banksters Go After Reporters? Whom Does NSA Work for Again?
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 20 hours ago
Punchline: Kondracke is Fox News’ Idea of a “Liberal” ” … So-called liberal
contributors, who are at best centrists, include NPR’s Juan Williams and
Mara Liasson and Roll Call’s Morton Kondracke. … ” … but most of us view
him as a conservative: “John McLaughlin’s The McLaughlin Group, which went
on the air in 1981, is sponsored by a private corporation, General
Electric, with two liberal
LUNCH WITH THE FT - BARACK OBAMA
Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
Obama
I've been wanting to interview the American president, to ask him about
Syria and chemical weapons.
Barack Obama agrees to meet me for lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl.
We both order the specialty Chili Half Smoke and some cheese fries.
As we wait for our order to arrive, I put it to President Obama that
President Assad of Syria is most unlikely to have used chemical weapons,
because Assad would not want to risk 'crossing the red line'.
Obama smiles and then reminds me that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass
destruction and was about to wipe out London.
"We need to provide direct ... more »
Harriet Harman has got it right, I suppose it had to happen eventually!
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Yesterday The Guardian reported that:
'*Harriet Harman: time to consider media ownership cap as low as 15% *
Shadow culture secretary to say that plurality ensures no private interest
can set itself above public interest'
Apparently:
'A media ownership cap as low as 15% across newspapers, broadcasting
companies and online sites must be considered to stop companies feeling
they are "above the rule of law", according to Harriet Harman.
...
The Labour frontbencher will call on her Tory counterpart Maria Miller to
set up crossparty talks to help push reforms through.
Labour last yea... more »
Why?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
'Targeting civilians is a crime punishable, and people targeting
civilians
will be punished for this, and I cannot understand this, also from
another
perspective," Kubis said. "Where is the honor in targeting civilians?
What
kind of show of "bravery," in quotations marks, is this targeting
civilians, killing unarmed people that are working for the people of
this
country?"'
Read more here
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2013/06/11/un-more-than-3-000-afghan-civilians-killed-and-wounded-in-the-first-five-months-one-fifth-of-them-children.html
It is odd that there are so many peopl... more »
Free Planet TED Talks
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 22 hours ago
it hasn't happened yet, but as Free Planet is the biggest global discussion
point NOT BEING DISCUSSED it's only a matter of time before TEDtalk and I
have a meeting to discuss the best way to bring this 'evolutionary ideal'
to the masses. In fact, I've received word back from TEDtalk just this
morning that 'they're on my case' so let's see how far this gets.
What is a Free Planet?
Well, it's a bit new. It's a bit different from the world you (think you)
all know about already. It's a world 'governed' by three basic principles:
Creativity, Passion and Kinship. In many ways, it's whe... more »
Camera Obscura – "Fifth In Line To The Throne"
Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 22 hours ago
This is a track from Camera Obscura's new album, and it seems appropriate to keep with the Scottish theme this week.
Just for the record...
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 22 hours ago
I'd like to clarify my views on some important issues for people that are
either unfamiliar with my website and radio program or who are old friends
or acquaintances and view the statements and posts I make on Facebook as
somehow "racist" or "anti-Semitic" or "hateful." This will basically serve
as an open letter to anyone interested in accurately understanding my views
on some very controversial issues.
*First*, the "New World Order" we hear so much about from media
personalities such as Alex Jones and many others is very real. There most
certainly is an organized effort to elimi... more »
“7 Powerful Ways to Maintain Your Privacy and Integrity Online”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
* *
*“7 Powerful Ways to Maintain Your Privacy and Integrity Online”*
by Eliot Estep
“The recent NSA leaks from whistleblower Ed Snowden have publicly confirmed
that digital privacy does not exist. The federal government and
intelligence agencies have direct server access to the world’s most popular
sites and services including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and more.
This means that all of your data when using these services including Skype,
YouTube, etc has been compromised and can be used against you whenever
strategically necessary.
Always remember, you are being recorde... more »
The Israeli Angle To The NSA Surveillance Scandal
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Americans spying on Americans is not as scary or out-of-bounds as Israelis
spying on Americans. I want to see 'The Guardian' break that story. I want
to see the "mainstream" media cover that angle of the NSA spying scandal. I
want to see pigs fly and dogs meow.
Steve Sailer writes in his article, *"Does Israel Have a Backdoor to US
Intelligence?"* (Taki's Magazine, June 12, 2013):
And yet informed observers have assumed for most of this century that
American telephone metadata may well already be available to a foreign
military-intelligence complex via hypothesized “backdoors” ... more »
my life at the children's library so far (plus happy birthday to me)
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
What a difference it makes when you enjoy going to work. What a difference
when you don't *dread* your job. Wow!
This is what I've done in my new position so far.
- I participated in the finale of Grade 4 Read To Succeed, in which the
winning classes - the classes that read the most books in each branch
library's catchment area - attended an event at Mississauga City Hall.
There were songs, games, prizes, and readings by two children's authors. It
was a bit weird for me, as I hadn't been involved in the program, but great
fun and very instructive.
- I did my first programming!! I a... more »
Is "system" really the word for our two-party, er, arrangement?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Do Republicans really grasp the significance of having people like VA
Atty. Gen. (and 2013 gubernatorial candidate) "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli as
the face of their party? The Dems meanwhile have their own problems; we'll
get to that.*
*by Ken*
It's not exactly news that here at *DWT* we don't have a whole lot of hope
for either of our major political parties. And since Howie has, as usual,
been keeping us up to date on the horror shows of both, I haven't felt the
need to chime in. (Not much anyway.) But a pair of items that have jumped
out of the news hole into the opinion pages -- ... more »
WHAT MORE PROOF DOES ONE NEED?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
It's a classic...shows you can't believe a word that comes out of any of
these guys mouths....they are all hacks.
Anyone that still believes anything that Obama-Biden say (and the
Democratic Party) need to have their heads examined. The evidence is more
than clear that both the Dems and Repubs are playing the American people
like a fiddle.
It's time to quit dancing with these crooks. Protest and survive. Remain
timid and we all go down hard. It's your call.
Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPrPgm_n2w
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Mother Jones' Tom Philpott on Big Ag and the Politics of Food
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Sustainable
food writer Tom Philpott at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas,
June 7, 2013. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Mother Jones' Tom Philpott on
sustainable ag and the politics of food
"As a writer for Grist and now Mother Jones, Tom Philpott draws links
between your kitchen, your food sources, your government, and the earth.
An organic farmer,
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*UPDATE: Geismar plant explosion: 73 injured 1 killed ~WDSU*
FNF Philippines and Liberal Challenges 2013-2016
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
Yesterday, exactly one month from the May 13, 2013 elections, the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) Manila office held a good conference,
"Liberal Challenges 2013-2016" held at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San
Juan City, Metro Manila. Participants were some local executives (Mayors,
Governors) and Congressmen/women of the Liberal Party (LP) who won in the
elections last month, plus sectoral groups affiliated with LP (women,
labor, youth, etc.). Some alumni of the International Academy for
Leadership (IAF) in Gummersbach, Germany like me were also invited.
Below, Jules... more »
Bolivia's Law: The Rights of Mother Earth
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Bolivia's
law: The Rights of Mother Earth
Censored News shares Bolivia's law safeguarding the Rights of Mother
Earth, as a standard for other governments, in the wake of the wholesale
exploitation of the earth for corporate gain. Far from just rhetoric,
the creation of law to safeguard the Rights of Mother Earth is a means
to safeguard the species and future generations from the
Rising Waters
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day ago
I know I've been a tad behind on the blog (mainly due to work) but there is
another reason as well. As you've no doubt heard, parts of Fort McMurray
have been inundated rising flood water this past week. This played havoc
with my internet connection apparently as its been a tad spotty the past
week. So I apologize in advance if this post seems like I'm all over the
place.
I managed to get some much-needed yard work taken care of last
Friday....and then it started to rain. From last Friday until this past
Monday it rained. Actually, that's putting it mildly as it was down right... more »
DeMint Is Ready To Go To War-- Against Conservative Republicans
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
It was bad enough for the GOP's Know Nothing base of bigots and racists
when Jefferson Beauregard Sessions' filibuster of comprehensive immigration
reform was shut down Tuesday with an overwhelming bipartisan 82-15 vote.
But if the Hatred and Bigotry wing of the GOP didn't get the message clear
enough, the Senate was back 2 hours later to vote on the motion to proceed
with the debate and that one passed 84-15. It was sad and lonely to be a
racist in the Senate on Tuesday. Ted Cruz was so frustrated that he almost
cried. He admitted that the immigration reform bill would pass the Se... more »
The Criminals In Both The United States And Israel Are Getting Desperate: U.S. And Allies LIE Together On Claim Syria Used Chemical Weapons!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
We have all watched over the last few weeks as the Syrian government forces
have been winning battle after battle against the murderous mercenaries,
aka "Rebels" in the fight for Syria to be free of foreign intervention and
destruction. The writing has definitely been on the wall for what is left
of the criminal mercenaries as their forces have dwindled to the point now
that Syria could actually be free of these US/Israeli bought and paid for
murderers within the next few months! As a result, the US and their
masters in Israel have been searching out of desperation for any excuse ... more »
"Then What Is The Answer?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Then what is the answer?— Not to be deluded by dreams.
To know that great civilizations have broken down into violence,
and their tyrants come, many times before.
When open violence appears, to avoid it with honor or choose
the least ugly faction; these evils are essential.
To keep one’s own integrity, be merciful and uncorrupted
and not wish for evil; and not be duped
By dreams of universal justice or happiness.
These dreams will not be fulfilled.
To know this, and know that however ugly the parts appear
the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand
Is an ugly thing and man dissevered ... more »
China mocks the US #SurveillanceState
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Apparently, this cartoon appeared today in the *China Daily*…
[Hat tip We Stand With Edward Snowden]
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Abdullah Öcalan, Leader of The PKK, On The Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Abdullah Öcalan is the founder and leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
and has been in a Turkish prison on İmralı island since 1999. Recently, the
PKK and the Turkish state *entered a peace agreement*. In March, Öcalan
called on PKK fighters in Turkey to leave and cease its guerrilla
activities against Turkey.* *
The peace process has already produced results on the ground. In early May,
thousands of PKK fighters started to *make their way to the Kurdish region
in northern Iraq*. But it is still too soon to tell what will become of the
Turkish-Kurdish peace process. It could... more »
How to match beer with food
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Now *this* is what I call a useful infographic: how to find the perfect
beer style to match your grub.
[image: Infographic: Mark Shaw]
Mind you, looks like you’re buggered if you’re eating a curry.
[Hat tip Craftybeer]
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"Pity..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Unless a man has pity he is not truly a man. If a man has not wept at the
world’s pain he is only half a man, and there will always be pain in the
world, knowing this does not mean that a man shall dispair. A good man will
seek to take pain out of things. A foolish man will not even notice it,
except in himself, and the poor unfortunate evil man will drive pain deeper
into things and spread it about wherever he goes."
- William Saroyan
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Suddenly Yours”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, “Suddenly Yours”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jQn4U-IxDL8#!
"In The Time Of Your Life..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"In the time of your life, live - so that in good time there shall be no
ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek
goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place
and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of
the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away.
Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption.
Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and
sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is
un... more »
"A Look to the Heavens, with Chet Raymo"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"This stunning image of the Orion Nebula was an Astronomy Picture of the
Day (APOD) last week. It reminded me of my long and continuing relationship
with this cosmic object.
*Click image for larger size.*
"Object"? Is that the right word for a swirling maelstrom of gas, dust and
stars, 40 light-years wide, 1500 light-years away? A stellar nursery!
"Object" seems so passive, so final, so so, uh, blah. We need another
term, something more Blakeian, more incendiary, more theological.
It was my father who first pointed out the Orion Nebula to me, as we stood
on the badminton court i... more »
"Above All..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never
get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life
around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its
lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and
understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."
- Arundhati Roy
"Coming Full Circle: A New Level of Mastery"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* "Coming Full Circle: A New Level of Mastery"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Often the reappearance of an old pattern is a sign that it has come full
circle ready to be released. Life is a circular journey through our issues
and processes, and this is why things that are technically new often seem
very familiar. It is also why, whenever we work to release a habit, change
a pattern, or overcome a fear, we often encounter that issue one last time,
even after we thought we had conquered it. Often, when this happens, we
feel defeated or frustrated that after all our hard work we a... more »
Turkish protests continue - Erdogan ultimatum rejected. Check to PM Erdogan !
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/turkey-protesters-pm-vows-respect-courts-park-plans-020142487.html
Erdogan makes conciliatory move to end Turkish protests[image: Reuters]By Daren
Butler and Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters – 31 minutes ago
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