26 June - Blogs I'm Following

This sharp, wide-field view features infrared light from the spiral Andromeda Galaxy (M31). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Andromeda Galaxy, a spiral galaxy in the local group, imaged in ultraviolet light (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: The local group of galaxies surrounding the Milky Way (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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An anomaly-like argument in favor of SUSY

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 46 seconds ago

*A new Higgs tadpole cancellation condition of a sort...* The first hep-ph paper today probably got to that exclusive place because the authors were excited and wanted to grab the spot. Andre de Gouvea, Jennifer Kile, and Roberto Vega-Morales of Illinois chose the title \(H\rightarrow \gamma\gamma\) as a Triangle Anomaly: Possible Implications for the Hierarchy Problem They point out a curious feature of the diagrams calculating the Higgs boson decay to two photons: while the diagram is finite, one actually gets different results according to the choice of the regularization. \({\... more »

Musical Interlude: Adiemus, “Adiemus”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago

Adiemus, “Adiemus” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8kZ-iVk90&html5=1

James McEnteer : Escape to Ecuador

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago

Edward Snowden and the flag of Ecuador. Image from Salon.com. Rehanging the crepe paper: Escape to Ecuador Edward Snowden is the latest insider who pulled back the curtain to reveal the wizardry of American Freedom as the diabolical machinations of a surveillance state. By James McEnteer / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2013 QUITO, Ecuador -- The colored crepe paper we hung up has tattered and

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago

"Andromeda is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our Galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda. Together these two galaxies dominate the Local Group of galaxies. The diffuse light from Andromeda is caused by the hundreds of billions of stars that compose it. The several distinct stars that surround Andromeda's image are actually stars in our Galaxy that are well in front of the background object. *Click image for larger size.* Andromeda is frequently referred to as M31 since it is the 31st object on Messier's list of diffuse sky objects. M31 is so distan... more »

Chet Raymo, "The Fourth Seal"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago

* "The Fourth Seal"* by Chet Raymo "Immediately, another horse appeared, deathly pale, and its rider was called Plague, and Hades followed at his heels." It has been nearly 20 years since I read Laurie Garrett's hair-raising "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance," a big book, impressively researched by a first-rate science reporter. It was a book that made you want to wear a mask over your mouth and nose, and avoid airplanes and crowded places. Especially airplanes. Now comes David Quammen with another big book, "Spillover: Animal Infections a... more »

Obama jumps the warmist shark

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago

With most US businesses still struggling to make a profit, the US economy struggles to fire. So Obama has chosen to pour more cold water on the still weak and sporadic flames. With the globe simply failing to do what the global warming models say it will, the global warming “science” has arrived at a failed dead end. So he’s declared the debate over the science “obsolete.” (That’ll do it.) And so called “green jobs” have been costing the US taxpayer up to $2 million per job in subsidies. So he’s elected to “create” many more. He calls it his Climate Action Plan of June 25 2013. T... more »

OMG, Antony Weiner is now the NYC mayoral front runner!

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago

*Oh no, he's back! (Sorry, no penis pictures available.)* *by Ken* Howie will have quite a lot to say about the Supreme Court ruling in the morning, and I'm happy to give the subject a pass. I'd probably just fulminate, and probably calumniate -- the Five Supreme Lunks, that is. (Howie's going to have some point-by-point on them too.) Instead I thought I'd retreat into the political weirdosphere. From our local online news emporium DNAinfo.com this evening: *Latest Poll Shows Weiner Leading Democratic Mayoral Pack*By Jeanmarie Evelly on June 25, 2013 7:01pm NEW YORK CITY -- A new... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Reduce Energy A Bit More

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 2 hours ago

Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »

QUOTE OF THE DAY: On ending global poverty

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago

Economist Jeffrey Sachs dazzled the development world with his plan to end global poverty with aid. Sachs's aid program has not worked. But economic liberty has. “After several decades that saw the largest poverty reduction in history -- with the number of "extremely poor individuals" falling most spectacularly in China, from 683 million in 1990 to 156 million in 2010 …, and not because of foreign aid and well-intentioned foreigners but because of booming economic growth -- some analysts now argue that the best medicine for poverty is reforms to scale back the role of the state in... more »

Ideas For Saving Ourselves From Total Economic Collapse: An 11 Point Program To Stop This Depression And End The War Against Us!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago

The World economies are indeed teetering right now on total collapse... It is so sad that nations that have foolishly adopted the criminal Jewish Usury debt system have not learned from history, which clearly shows that any nation that bases its financial system on Usury has always collapsed! What we have right now is history repeating itself... This time on a world wide basis....It does appear again that we have not learned from history and we will be paying dearly for that folly as a result.... I have been in a constant search for any solutions for getting us out of this economi... more »

Some Climates Never Change

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago

The graphics couldn't have been better -- or worse, depending on your point of view. There was the normally unflappable. cool president sweating like a pig. When I first saw the photo below, I actually thought he was weeping in remorse over his fateful choice to preside over a spy state, with the resulting loss of all his international friends. No such luck. In the middle of this climate of authoritarianism and renewed racism and xenophobia, he was simply and belatedly waxing rhapsodic about the actual climate. Suffice it to say that he added volumes to the hot air surrounding him. ... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 2 hours ago

On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Paul Topete of the rock band *Poker Face*. Paul and I will be discussing his band, * FREEDOMPALOOZA*, and a variety of other subjects. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.

Mono alimentando a un tigre

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago

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Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, "The Way of the World"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago

Justin Hayward, "The Way of the World" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1QUrpqOAXY&html5=1

SURVEILLANCE STATE: Let’s recap [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago

[image: image]Take your eye off the flight of Edward Snowden, advises * Forbes* writer Andy Greenberg, and put it back where it belongs. The world has become so caught up in the suspense and intrigue of the Snowden Affair–practically a ready-made Robert Ludlum title–that it seems to have almost forgotten the massive National Security Agency surveillance controversy that he’s risked his future to bring to light… is as good a time as any to take an intermission from the drama and recall the real story: the biggest global privacy scandal of the decade. Here’s a recap of Snowden’s ... more »

Support Egypt #Tamarod #June30 2013

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago

*One year after coming to power, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has send Jihadist terrorists to Syria to kill Syrians who are resisting the foreign invasion and occupation of their country. * Title: Support Egypt #Tamarod #June30 2013. Source: EgVibes. Date Published: June 23, 2013. Description: Egyptians call the free people of the world to support the huge movement taking place on June the 30th 2013. We need your support on social media. Main stream media is expected to ignore the event. The peaceful protesters are expected to be defamed with no basis. Your help is needed.

John Lennon auditions on The Voice

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago

Yes, true story (well, sort of). PS: Wonder how Bob Dylan would do? [Hat tip Skills and RocKwiz] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

REVIEWING THE SNOWDEN CHASE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago

Washington has revoked Edward Snowden's passport and said that he should be prevented from traveling any further. That's as officials demand that he be returned to the jurisdiction of the United States. Some lawmakers are urging Washington to spare no effort to put him on trial in the US, even going so far as to threaten Russia over its involvement. RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports.

Taiwan and Renewables at JapanFocus

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago

JapanFocus has an excellent piece on Taiwan's energy situation in int'l comparison.... and some good points about the silliness of objections to renewables: To illustrate our proposition, let us suppose that the Taiwan government said today that the entire nuclear power fleet would be phased out over five years, and would be replaced by a series of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, rooftop solar PV, and wind power. The scare stories are that this would cover Taiwan in photovoltaic cells and wind turbines; that it would be prohibitively expensive; and that it would be unreliable... more »

Another Manifestation Of The GOP Civil War: Utah's 2 Republicans Parted Ways On Immigration Reform

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago

Mike Lee & Orrin Hatch What's a Republicano to do? The racist, hate-filled base they've nurtured equates comprehensive immigration reform with national suicide but the party elders and, more important, the corporate financial financiers, absolutely insist on it-- and assert it would be political suicide for the GOP to derail it. The conservative rank-and-file have a loud and clear message for Republican officials: Support citizenship for illegal immigrants at your own peril. A sizable plurality of registered GOP voters say they will be less likely to support their incumbent lawmake... more »

A fun graduation song

Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 5 hours ago

A music educator gives a nice presentation via song at the graduation ceremony for Williamsville East High School in suburban Western New York. Please bear with the video, the first part is a little blurry. Song starts around one minute mark. Lyrics: Is it an A, or a B, or a C, or a D? […]

Tiwesdæg: the Left-arm of Non-linkage

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 5 hours ago

Collection and promulgation of links today was interrupted by my daughter’s minor sports injury. For all ten of you who care: my apologies. Go read Cherly Rofer’s Edward Snowden timeline. Or about a nearby star “crowded with super-Earths.” Or focus on today’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. Or about the game that’s stolen my Continue reading

CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago

On March 2nd, 2013, warriors across 14 Pacific island nations answered a call, brought on by the threat of climate change. The warrior spirit of the Pacific Islands rose to show the world "We are not drowning. We are fighting." The Warrior Spirit of the Pacific Islands has now awoken to fight climate change. We're not giving up. We're going to fight for what is ours - our island homes and cultures.

O'odham 'Zombies' March Against Loop 202

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago

O’odham Zombies March Against the 202 Marching down 51st Ave Posted on June 24, 2013   by Akimel O'odham Youth Collective http://aoycblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/oodham-zombies-march-against-the-202/ June 24, 2013 Contact: Akimel O’odham Youth Collective akimeloodhamyc@gmail.com (520) 510-3407 http://www.AOYCBlog.wordpress.com On the morning of June 22nd, 2013 a group of about 20

MOHAWK NATION NEWS 'LSIPOGTOG RESISTING FRACKING'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago

LSIPOGTOG RESISTING FRACKING Posted on June 25, 2013 MNN. June 26, 2013. Tensions are rising at the Highway 126 anti-fracking camp near Elsipogtog First Nation in Kent County, New Brunswick (Wabanakik). By June 23, on National Aboriginal Day, twenty-nine had been arrested. One is in hospital.  Warrior Chief John Levi is calling supporters to help resist seismic testing by US

Bonds see a Lehman Brothers repeat - apart from rising US government yields , there is a festering pus in high yield and even investment grade bonds .... China watch continues as their government tries to jawbone stability amid a roll of more than 1.5 Trillion (yuan ) in very dubious wealth management products by the end of June ! And as we wait for the looming Detroit bankruptcy , note the muni deals being pulled ! And that's before muni buyers learn how reckless these government borrowers have truly been !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-25/bonds-its-lehman-repeat For Bonds, It's A Lehman Repeat [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/25/2013 16:43 -0400 - Advance-Decline - Bond - CDS - High Yield - Investment Grade - Lehman - Recession There is plenty of discussion of outflows but we though the following chart was perhaps the most insightful at why this drop is different from the last few year's BTFD corrections. As we noted here, corporate bond managers have desperately avoided selling down their cash holdings (since t... more »

Detroit - Canary in the coal mine for the Municipal Bond Market ?

Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-17/detroit-recovery-plan-threatens-muni-market-underpinnings.html Detroit Recovery Plan Threatens Muni-Market Underpinnings By Brian Chappatta & Martin Z. Braun - Jun 17, 2013 12:01 AM ET - Facebook Share - Tweet - LinkedIn - Google +1 - 137 COMMENTS - <li class="print right icon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-w... more »

"The Optimism of Uncertainty"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

* * *"The Optimism of Uncertainty" * by Howard Zinn "In this awful world where the efforts of caring people often pale in comparison to what is done by those who have power, how do I manage to stay involved and seemingly happy? I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give up the game before all the cards have been played. The metaphor is deliberate; life is a gamble. Not to play is to foreclose any chance of winning. To play, to act, is to create at least a possibility of changing the world. There is a tendency to think that what we see ... more »

W.B. Yeats and Florence Farr: Poet and Dramatic Muse

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago

Title: W.B. Yeats and Florence Farr: Poet and Dramatic Muse. Source: UCD - University College Dublin. Date Published: June 14, 2013. Description: William Butler Yeats was inspired by several extraordinary women to write some of the greatest poetry in the English language. University College Dublin, Professor Tony Roche discusses WB Yeats and Florence Farr: Poet and dramatic muse. WB Yeats defined the business of the poet as 'to articulate sweet sounds'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expr... more »

Inflation: Robbing You Since the 10th Century

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago

*Monetary inflation has always been with us. Dan Steinhart from The Casey Report shares a couple of the stories.* Watching from afar as inflation in Argentina grows worse – officially 11%, realistically around 25% – it's tempting to think of the scourge of fiat money as a modern phenomenon; tempting to think that if only US President Franklin Roosevelt hadn't confiscated US citizens' gold to usher in the beginning of the current era of paper money—or if only Richard Nixon hadn’t abandoned the last link with gold—we could be living in a precious metals paradise, as all our ancestor... more »

"Supreme Court Frees Americans from Burden of Voting"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

* "Supreme Court Frees Americans from Burden of Voting"* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — "By a five-to-four vote, the Supreme Court today acted, in the words of Justice Antonin Scalia, “to relieve millions of Americans from the onerous burden of having to vote.”Writing for the majority, Justice Scalia stated, “Since 1965, citizens across the nation have lived under the tyranny of being forced to elect people to represent them. This is an important step to free them from that unfair and heinous obligation.” Justice Scalia added that the Voting Rights Act had “... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

"Where Are We Now? A World View"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

* "Where Are We Now? A World View"* by James Howard Kunstler "Wondering why the money world got its knickers in a twist last week? The answer is simple: the global economy is breaking apart and its constituent major players are doing face-plants on the downhill slope of a no-longer-cheap-oil way of life. Let’s look at them case by case. *The USA* slogs deeper into paralysis and decay in a collective mental fog of disbelief that its own exceptionalism can’t overcome the laws of thermodynamics. This general malaise precipitates into a range of specific quandaries. The so-called... more »

Using Facts To Burst Sask Premier Brad Wall's Mythology On 'Record Job Numbers' ....

leftdog at Buckdog - 7 hours ago

*(Click on graphic to enlarge ... ) * *- Graphic courtesy Regina Leader-Post* [image: Progressive Bloggers] * * *Political parties on the Right in Canada do an incredible job of altering reality in the communications they send out to the public. No better example of that exists than in Saskatchewan under the administration of Premier Brad Wall.* * **Premier Wall and his Saskatchewan Party have constructed a perception of the province which insists that 'nothing happened economically under the NDP governments of Premiers Tommy Douglas, Woodrow Lloyd, Alan Blakeney, Roy Romanow and L... more »

Reclaiming the conversation video series, check it out.

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 7 hours ago

Some very familiar names throughout this series. Listen, learn, share. Tagged: edu4, reclaiming the conversation

Reclaiming the conversation video series, check it out.

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 7 hours ago

Some very familiar names throughout this series. Listen, learn, share. Tagged: edu4, reclaiming the conversation

The Privatization Of Spying

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago

*East Germany had it easy.* Private firms find big role in US spy programmes. Source: AlJazeera. Spying by corporations is different than spying by government. Source: RT.

Catch of the Day

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago

How about one for Seth Masket, for an excellent explanation of just what it was that prevented the pretenders from winning the GOP nomination in 2012. See also John Sides, but Seth is focused more on this part of it. No, it wasn't the voters. It was -- you guessed it -- the Republican Party. Well, collectively, it was; individually, it was lots and lots of individual Republican party actors. What's tricky about all of this is that there's no fixed formula to tell us how important activists are compared with, say, campaign professionals. Or how important particular party-aligned inte... more »

Another Orange County UFO

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago

I had a meeting yesterday in Los Angeles with one of the people active in Cobra's Portal2012 group. He had a contact that wanted to discuss some finance issues with me and Heather. I had an interesting discussion with his contact, a very nice gentleman and enlightened human being. I don't known yet what comes of the discussions but we will know in time. So I won't say much about that for now. Far too early to speculate. On the way home I saw the same sort of UFO I saw prior to the Cobra Conference in Laguna last November. I couldn't stop as I was the freeway but I caught ... more »

the allies of humanity

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 8 hours ago

skinny bob three aliens the allies of humanity

SURVEILLANCE STATE: How to Give the NSA (and GCSB) the Finger

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago

*Your government is listening to you—but not in the way you hoped for. Simon Black from the Sovereign Man website offers you a few tips to keep your private communications private.* [image: NSA Black Paper]On March 10, 1975, a group of US diplomatic and national security officials gathered at the office of the Turkish foreign minister's office in Ankara. Henry Kissinger was among them. The discussion turned to foreign aid and supply of parts for military equipment, at which point Kissinger (Secretary of State at the time) suggested something that violated the law. William Macombe... more »

Become the Survey Participant! New Survey on Teacher Evaluations

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago

In case you are interested in expanding our knowledge of the use/misuse of teacher evaluations, Lisa Martin of Wisconsin-Madison has a short survey that is worth taking: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KDWNCXS Results may make it into what looks like a very exciting APSA panel on “Minding the Gender Gap in Political Science.”

ALEC Holds Responsibility for the SCOTUS VRA Decision

2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago

ALEC was founded in 1973. Within years of that first meeting, ALEC was recruiting corporations and corporate lobbyists to help fund ALEC - and attend ALEC meetings - thereby giving corporations unprecedented access to legislators from across the US - behind close doors and in secret. Within years of ALEC being founded, one of the founders of ALEC Paul Weyrich stated: I don't want everyone to vote. For 40 years, the continued participation of corporation in our legislative process - facilitated by ALEC for funding led to the corporatization of our legislatures. As our legislatures ... more »

Chamber Of Commerce Moves To Bolster Their Boy Rubio, As Palin And The Hate-Filled GOP Base Reject Him

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago

Two polls were released Monday-- and both auger terrible news for the GOP. One, by the reputable Pew organization trumpets the broad national supportfor comprehensive immigration reform embodied in the Gang of Eight proposal. The other, by the Republican Party's own polling firm, Rasmussen, showed that Marco Rubio's support among Republican voters has plummetedbecause of his role in the drafting of that immigration legislation most Americans want to see passed. 71% of American voters say undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country. The racists, xenophobes, Know... more »

Interpreter Holly Maniatty Signs Hip Hop Shows In Great Detail

Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 9 hours ago

Sign language interpreter Holly Maniatty went viral for her interpretation of a recent set by Wu Tang Clan at Bonnaroo. Maniatty has been interpreting shows for 13 years. Amy K. Nelson has an article over at *Slate* about Maniatty's fascinating skills.

I don't know about you...

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 9 hours ago

I am sure Edward Snowden is currently tired and afraid but it feels like the entire human race is rooting for him right now. Run, rabbit, run, don't let Obama and his goons catch you. Keep running for as long as you have to. Stay free.

To understand is to perceive patterns

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago

* * * * http://www.minds.com/archive/view/9354/To-Understand-is-to-Perceive-Patterns *To understand is to perceive patterns* from notthisbody Creative Commons License: by nc sa by @notthisbody and @jason_silva notthisbody.com INSPIRATION: Albert-László Barabási, author of LINKED, wants you to think about NETWORKS: “Networks are everywhere. The brain is a network of nerve cells connected by axons, and cells themselves are networks of molecules connected by biochemical reactions. Societies, too, are networks of people linked by friendships, familial relationships and profession... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Centeredness in Gaia Conscious Operation is of High Value at this Time

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago

* * *Centeredness in Gaia Conscious Operation is of High Value at this Time* by ÉirePort Centeredness in Gaia conscious operation is of high value at this time. Lasting results for Gaia-New-Paradigm construction and Real-ization require Hue-Beings living from their center. Outer type focuses become distractions if brought to center of immature soul structures. BE-ing from the Gaia center is key for all Gaia-New-Paradigm construction team Hue-Beings. ÉirePort | June 25, 2013 at 18:20 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-mF

Joseph E. Garland - Unknown Soldiers + Joseph E. Garland and Dr. Jonathan Shay discuss PTSD

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago

*"Unknown Soldiers: Reliving World War II in Europe"* by Joseph E. Garland. Joseph E. Garland - Unknown Soldiers. Source: garlandunknown. Date Published: September 30, 2008. Description: Joseph E. Garland, World War II veteran of the storied 45th offers a startlingly personal collective memoir of his platoon's experiences during the Italian Campaign, from Sicily, to Anzio to Dachau. Diagnosed with PTSD decades after returning stateside, Garland and many of his platoonmates never "came home" from the war. This book, what one reviewer called Garland's "masterpiece," breaks the ci... more »

CREDO Charter Study Finds Over 70 Percent of Charters Testing Worse or No Better than the Poorest Public Schools

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 9 hours ago

The new CREDO charter school study is out, which means that we point out once more the wasted billions in tax dollars that are now going to corporate apartheid schools that are, in the majority of cases, underperforming the poorest matched public schools in the same communities. Even though you have to dig through the […]

Provincial driving suspensions do not constitute any part of a punishment imposed by criminal law but are a form of civil driving disability

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago

R. v. Fernandes, 2013 ONCA 436 holds: [98] It is also important to emphasize that driving prohibition orders under the*Code*, and provincially-imposed driving suspensions or restrictions are different in character and serve discrete purposes. Driving prohibition orders under the*Code* form part of a sentencing judge's arsenal of sanctions on sentencing an accused for a criminal driving offence. In some instances, the imposition of a driving prohibition order is mandatory for such a conviction; in other instances, it is a discretionary sanction that may be imposed by the se... more »

Functional/Dysfunctional II

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago

On a totally different topic... Ryan Lizza did some awesome reporting today: he happened to be sitting near a new Member of Congress who was doing fundraising calls, and Lizza live-tweeted the whole thing. John Sides has it all here. There's nothing new here, but it's always good to get an honest look at what the current campaign finance regime does to politicians. I have to say, however, after the last presidential election...I'm not as enthusiastic about my preferred fix as I used to be. As regular readers know, I'm for floors, not ceilings, plus disclosure -- let them raise what ... more »

Tired and Defeated

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 10 hours ago

There is an odour exuded by my person, the odour of defeatism! At least according to sundry contributors to my piece on the People's Assembly over at Socialist Unity. I can understand why some comrades, like Mark Steelmight get a little narked about a critical piece when you've put a lot of effort and energy into what is an otherwise welcome trade union initiative. But tough. Faith and enthusiasm are no substitutes for clear heads and the sober analysis of the opportunities and problems confronting the anti-austerity movement. But what I'm interested in is this notion of 'defeatism'... more »

Where do phony “hero tales” come from!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago

*TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013* *A common part of our discourse:* It’s hard for people to understand how much of our discourse is simply made up—invented by pseudo-journalists. Our press corps routinely repeats bogus facts to punish outcasts or reward friends. In such situations, they also know which facts they must, as a group, withhold. In the process, utterly bogus “demon tales” get invented about the guild's targets. Utterly phony “hero tales” may also be widely pimped. Last Thursday, the New York Times debunked a well-known “hero tale” dating from the Holocaust. On the front page o... more »

Kate Upton topless on a horse - no longer...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago

Unfortunately the video I posted here has been taken down. Why? TV Predictions report that: 'TMZ.com has not commented on what happened to the video, but Coed.com (that's a real site?Yeah, it is.) reports the video was taken while the supermodel was doing a photo shoot for Complex Magazine in 2012. Our guess is that Complex knocked on TMZ's door and said knock it off and take it down. We don't know that for sure, but hmmm.... Of course, the irony of all this is that many people on the Internet were unhappy with the video anyway because TMZ had the audacity to put little stars over ... more »

COUNTING THE VOTES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago

- Good news came to us today from Jackie Cabasso (Mayors for Peace) who reports the following: Yesterday the US Conference of Mayors unanimously adopted the Mayors for Peace resolution *Calling for US Leadership in Global Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Redirection of Military Spending to Domestic Needs* at their annual meeting in Las Vegas! Don't let what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas!! Read the final resolution with the list of 30 sponsors *here** * - It's refreshing to see that big city mayors understand the current massive imbalance in our fede... more »

Iraq’s Oil Exports At 15-Month Plateau, While Prices Drop

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago

Iraq’s oil exports made a large jump from 2011 to 2012, but have since flat-lined. For the last fifteen months they have stayed at relatively the same level. The country was still profiting due to high oil prices. In the last two months that has changed however, as the price per barrel of Iraqi crude has fallen below $100. This poses a dilemma for the country as its entire development plan is based upon boosting its exports as quickly as possible, but it currently lacks the infrastructure to achieve that, and now the world oil market is changing. In May 2013, Iraq’s petroleum exp... more »

IT GETS DEEPER YET.....

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago

NRO: The "Other" Intelligence Agency By Loring Wirbel (Citizens for Peace in Space, Colorado Springs) Now that every member of Congress and the White House staff is avoiding learning anything about the National Security Agency, in favor of calling for the head of Edward Snowden (with the exception of admirable efforts by Mark Udall and Ron Wyden), it is time to remind everyone that NSA is not the largest U.S. technical intelligence agency by budget. That honor goes to the even lesser-known National Reconnaissance Office, or NRO. The NRO, which spends in the neighborhood of betw... more »

Gregory asked a peculiar question!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago

*TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013* *Then he attempted a dodge:* David Gregory asked a strange question on Sunday’s Meet the Press. He was speaking with Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden’s man at the Guardian. This is what Gregory asked: GREGORY (6/23/13): A final question before you go, but I'd like you to hang around. I just want to get Pete Williams in here as well. *To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden, even in his current movements, why shouldn't you, Mr. Greenwald, be charged with a crime? * That was a *very* strange question. In our view, Snowden is looking less savvy ... more »

"Is the Government Spying On You Through Your Own Computer’s Webcam Or Microphone?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago

* * *"Is the Government Spying On You Through Your * *Own Computer’s Webcam Or Microphone?" * Government – Or Private Individuals – May Be Watching and Listening by WashingtonsBlog "We documented earlier that – if you are near your smart phone – the NSA or private parties could remotely activate your microphone and camera and spy on you. This post shows that the same is true for our computer. Initially, the NSA built backdoors into the world’s most popular software program – Microsoft Windows – by 1999. And a government expert told the Washington Post that the government “quit... more »

Jean Trounstine : Censoring What Prisoners Read

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours ago

Werewolf erotica: Too sexy for prisoners? Image from The Atlantic Wire. 'Werewolf erotica' too 'sexy'? Censoring what prisoners read The truth is that prisons want to control behavior. They want to 'reform' prisoners, which usually means they want to turn out people who are as conformist as possible. By Jean Trounstine / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2013 Some astute judges are standing up and

No Telling Whether Obama's Okay with Keystone XL

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago

President Obama has said the Keystone XL pipeline can only go ahead if it doesn't "significantly increase" U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. There's enough wiggle room in there to delight almost everybody. Define "significantly." There you go. What does it mean if you export the really filthy petroleum coke or petcoke bitumen refining by-product to Asia and let them burn it? Is that okay? Does that just go on someone else's carbon books and off America's? And in a country with the rapacious energy consumption of the United States anything "significant" would be huge almost anywh... more »

I Stand with Wendy Davis

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 11 hours ago

At this moment a Texas woman named Wendy Davis is attempting to hold the floor of the state senate in a filibuster to prevent the latest anti-abortion idiocy from becoming law. Here's Rachel Maddow for the background. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy In the segment, there's a clip of this moron, *sponsor of the bill, mind*, Jodie Laubenberg explaining why a rape/incest exception is not needed in this new law. Amid a heated debate over a restrictive anti-abortion bill being pushed by Texas GOP lawmakers, one Republican argued that a propos... more »

Civil-Military Relations– Why A Little Conflict is OK

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 11 hours ago

Robert’s review of The American Culture of War yesterday was both extremely funny and informative. It also mentioned a problem I’ve seen in a lot of the civil-military relations literature: too much over-identification with a political leaning or ideology. This area of scholarship reminds me sometimes of Jack Nicholson in “A Few Good Men” – Continue reading

What's on God's Mind Lately?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago

Recent throughts from *The Tweet of God:* *Well I've lost faith in you, too.* *Sorry, rest of the world, Junior and I can't help you now. We're too busy helping some loon cross a canyon on a piece of floss.* *"Atheist" is an anagram for "eat shit". Advantage, Me.* *Paula Deen saying all that matters is "what's in your heart" is cardiologically hilarious.* *Wow, I really enjoyed deciding who won the Stanley Cup.* *Just because someone's richer or more famous or talented doesn't mean they're happy. It just means they're happier than YOU.* *The big difference between me and Kanye is ... more »

"Snowden’s Flight to Freedom"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago

* "Snowden’s Flight to Freedom"* by Jeffrey Tucker "Dear rest of the world: Please know that it’s painful for us Americans to see what is happening in the case of Edward Snowden. Here he is flying from Hong Kong to Russia — countries that seem like safe havens from the long reach of the U.S. empire. Where will he end up? Could be Iceland, Venezuela, or Ecuador. He needs someplace to go where the authorities can’t be intimated to turn him over to his jailers and possible executioners. It’s either that or face the chair for doing the right thing. Even though I understand the corru... more »

Once - The Cradle of the Rights of Man

2old2care at Because I Can - 11 hours ago

*Picture a country at the height of its international power and prestige.*It has military forces stationed around the globe. It is an intellectual leader. Its citizens are pleased to insist that the national idea, their country's way of life, is a beacon of enlightenment and human rights for the rest of the world. Indeed, they are wont to harp on the notion that the country embodies the very concept of Western Civilization. But beneath the façade of greatness there is creeping rot. The rich (who are accustomed to getting their way in all things) corrupt the system and buy the peop... more »

Helpful tips from an #education #reformer

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 11 hours ago

I may have forgotten all about these. But I have a few images from a rather helpful ad campaign, “Tips from an Education Reformer.” Hopefully you find them as helpful as I do in dismantling a free system of public education. Tagged: certification, public schools, racism, TFA, tips from an education reformer

Is Israel an apartheid state like South Africa was?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago

People like @DD1958 aka Pleb Donovan would say Israel was an apartheid state but then they don't seem to be able to face facts. Here's something I read last month, it's a letter to the San Francisco Examiner from a South African MP, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Meshoe: 'On my recent trip to San Francisco, I was deeply disturbed to learn about the posters in The City accusing Israel of apartheid. As a black South African who lived under apartheid, this system was implemented in South Africa to subjugate people of color and deny them a variety of their rights. In my view, Israel cannot be com... more »

Argentina: UFO Photographed in the River Islands of Victoria

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 12 hours ago

*Source: La Provincia (newspaper) Date: 23 June 2013* *Argentina: UFO Photographed in the River Islands of Victoria* A member of a photo club based in the city of Victoria was shooting the landscape when an unidentified flying object turned up in one of the pictures. The image was submitted to experts on the subject, who will know whether the object is a UFO or not. The photographer states in uppercase: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND I MAKE NO CLAIMS ABOUT IT. IT SIMPLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. [*Translation (c) 2013, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez, Planeta ... more »

I Joyously Declare that I am a Sovereign Living Soul and a Child of God.

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago

Havasu Falls, Grand Canyon * * * * *Lisa Harrison shared this email with some of us last night, I asked her if I could post here for you all, its quite beautifully written. * *-AK* * * * * *Hi Lisa...* * * *my name is Michael Rice... from Ireland but spending a lot of time in the Czech Republic... all part of the great unfolding..* * * *I wrote this a few years back... and felt it would be good to share..* * * *I love what you are doing and wish you continued love and support..* *so here goes:* I Joyously Declare that I am a Sovereign Living Soul and a Child of God. My Life Mission is... more »

The 441 TRILLION Dollar Interest Rate Derivatives Time Bomb

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago

Michael Snyder Do you want to know the primary reason why rapidly rising interest rates could take down the entire global financial system? Most people might think that it would be because the U.S. government would have to pay much more interest on the national debt. And, yes, if the average rate of interest on U.S. government debt rose to just 6 percent (and it has actually been much higher in the past), the federal government would be paying out about a trillion dollars a year just in interest on the national debt. But that isn't it. Nor does the primary reason have to do with... more »

Senators urge NSA to correct ‘significant inaccuracy’ about privacy protections in FISA fact sheet

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) credit: Talk Radio News Service/Flickr Madison Ruppert Two senators are now calling on the National Security Agency (NSA) to correct the “misleading” statements made in the agency’s fact sheet on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). FISA lays the groundwork for a great deal of government surveillance including the highly controversial and wide-ranging PRISM program. “In our judgment this inaccuracy is significant, as it portrays protections for Americans’ privacy being significantly stronger than they actually are,” Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and... more »

Futurist Proposes Solving ‘Overpopulation’ with ‘Birth Credits’

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago

*According to Michael E. Arth (Earth?), the planet’s future looks grim because there are just too many people living on it.* * *Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton In an interview with Vice, the urban designer, former Florida gubernatorial candidate and futurist proposed the concept of "birth credits" to help curb what he terms a “slow-moving, global disaster like overpopulation”: China, and the rest of the world, would be better served by a choice-based marketable birth license plan, or ‘birth credits,’ that could stop or reverse population growth on a dime… Each person would be issued ... more »

America: Police State Ruthlessness Writ Large

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago

Stephen Lendman Cold-blooded barbarity reflects US policy. Democracy's more illusion than reality. Rule of law principles don't matter. They're systematically spurned. Dissent's increasingly targeted. Freedom's imperiled. Obama's ruthless. He exceeds the worst of George Bush. He's waging war on truth-tellers. He targeted more whistleblowers than all his predecessors combined. *Merrian-Webster* calls a police state "a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and espec... more »

DHS Criminalizes Legitimate Redress of Grievances

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago

Michael Hastings 1980-2013 Dave Hodges We know that whistleblowers are facing unprecedented dangers in this country for identifying the misdeeds of individuals and certain agencies within the government. Andrew Breitbart was murdered to prevent the release of damning tapes of Obama’s past misdeeds. The coroner investigating Breitbart’s death was murdered as well. Michael Hastings was trying to go into hiding because of information he had learned with regard to the nefarious activities of the FBI and the CIA. He was subsequently murdered. If Woodward and Bernstein were breaking the... more »

Agenda 21 and the Steady-State Techno-Corporatocracy: an introduction

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours ago

*One must make a new system that makes the old system obsolete*. — Buckminster Fuller Julie Beal Once upon a time, we worried about a possible New World Order. A plan to create a One World Government. We read books and watched films that gave us glimpses of what was coming. These days we can feel it is already here, as each day the tales of tyranny come thick and fast. * * *Big Brother breathes hotly down our necks.* Yet still there is much dis-unity among us, a fragmentation of interests, which leaves us vulnerable to the whims of those who would control us. Going forward, expo... more »

Ed Snowden, NSA, and fairy tales a child could see through

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

Jon Rappoport Sometimes cognitive dissonance, which used to be called contradiction, rings a gong so loud it knocks you off your chair. But if you’re an android in this marvelous world of synthetic reality, you get up, put a smile back on your face, and trudge on… Let’s see. NSA is the most awesome spying agency ever devised in this world. If you cross the street in Podunk, Anywhere, USA, to buy an ice cream soda, on a Tuesday afternoon in July, they know. They know if you sit at the counter and drink that soda or take it and move to the only table in the store. They know if you ... more »

Is It Political Suicide For Paul Ryan To Still Be Hawking A Failed European Austerity Agenda?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago

Martin Wolf's autopsy of Europe's Austerity Agenda for the *New York Review of Books* doesn't even mention Paul Ryan. But I hope Democrat Rob Zerban, who nearly beat Ryan in 2012 and will take him on again next year, is reading it and absorbing it. It really is-- at least as much as Ayn Rand's adolescent writing-- what Ryan is all about. After Ryan's buddies in the state legislature gerrymandered WI-01 to make it redder and safer, Ryan managed to beat Zerban 55-43%, his closest call since he was first elected. Zerban won his home county, Kenosha, and he also won Ryan's home county... more »

ALEC-oholics

2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago

Snatched this off an entry on Democratic Underground. John Cole is the editorial cartoonist for *The Times-Tribune*, and is syndicated nationally by Cagle Cartoons.

The Global Threat of Persistent Organic Pollutants

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

Brandon Turbeville In my past two articles I have discussed the connection between pesticides, both general and POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants), to a myriad of adverse health effects such as cancer and neurological disorders, particularly Parkinson’s Disease. For these reasons alone, it is important to look at the standards currently set for such chemicals by the international standard-setting organization known as Codex Alimentarius. As I mentioned in the first article in this series, I will distinguish between two different types of pesticides for the sole purpose of the to... more »

EFF Sues NSA, DOJ Over Secret Surveillance Program

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

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Roadtripping, Prepper Style

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

Daisy Luther We’ve embarked on a road trip that will be over 2500 miles. I’m driving with a kid, a dog, and 2 incredibly unhappy cats, and pulling behind us a trailer full of all our stuff. We have a cooler full of snacks, good tunes, books on CD, and a camera and journal at the ready to help us to enjoy the trip. However, if you happen to be a prepper, I’m sure you can completely sympathize with the uncomfortable feeling of “What if something happens while we are between homes?” Think of your prepper version of a worst case scenario and then think of it happening while you’re in... more »

What is Raza Studies and What is it Good For?

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 13 hours ago

TRUTHOUT SPECIAL http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/17198-what-is-raza-studies-and-what-is-it-good-for Tuesday, 25 June 2013 10:16 By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, SpeakOut | News Analysis A few days ago, the media reported that a mother was found dead in the hot, scorching desert, purportedly while attempting to cross into the United States. Underneath her was her dead infant. The complaints were onerous: A series of questions this month on a social media site asked a variant of: Why should Mexican Americans care about immigration issues? The complainer, with disdain, asserted... more »

SWISSINDO: Update 22hrs German-Time Regarding G8 Meeting and Obama-Merkel Meeting

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago

http://i-uv.com/update-22hrs-german-time-regarding-g8-meeting-and-obama-merkel-meeting/ *Update 22hrs German-Time Regarding G8 Meeting and Obama-Merkel Meeting* BY I M POWER / SATURDAY, 22 JUNE 2013 / PUBLISHED IN ABSOLUTE DATA Update 22hrs German-Time Regarding G8 Meeting and Obama-Merkel Meeting Published June 20, 2013 *NEO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GOD SKY EARTH UN-SWISSINDO MULTINATIONAL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AUTOMATED OWNER MASTER ACCOUNT AGREEMENT* Know to all man, Participant’s & Beneficiary with the People on Earth Ref: Release Unlimited AD452106/66/C.P1-11/ECB/2013 ... more »

Washington v. Edward Snowden Update

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

image source credit: Bobby Yip/Reuters Stephen Lendman Events are fast-moving. On June 23, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (HKSAR) press release said: Mr Edward Snowden left Hong Kong today (June 23) on his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel. The US Government earlier on made a request to the HKSAR Government for the issue of a provisional warrant of arrest against Mr Snowden. Since the documents provided by the US Government did not fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law, the HKSAR Government has requested t... more »

Should We Stay Or Should We Go?

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

Dave Hodges Are you tired of living under relative tyranny where every email is read, every phone call is listened to and your every movement is tracked and dissident journalists are harassed and even murdered by federal agencies such as the rogue NSA, CIA and IRS? Are you thinking about escaping our corrupt and criminal government? Americans are leaving the country at record speed and the annual rate of expatriation is growing as over 150,000 Americans departed the former land of liberty for greener pastures overseas in the past year. In fact, there are now over five million Ame... more »

Nikola Tesla: Calling All Freethinkers! Part Two

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

Rand Clifford Had humanity been allowed to pursue Nikola Tesla’s Aether technology as Tesla envisioned, we might not be on the brink of martial law in America, and WWIII wouldn’t be breathing down our necks. The Power Status Quo (PSQ) are very heavy breathers with death on their breath. Speaking of breath...President Woodrow Wilson surely spoke under his breath when he talked about the tiny elite club that dominates humanity—or as Wilson called them in the following quote, the “power somewhere”: Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. So... more »

U.S. Median Wealth Only 28th in World

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 13 hours ago

As I discussed last week, U.S. median wealth per adult is lower than many other countries. To be exact, it comes in at #28 for 2012, at $38,786 per adult. This is more than 1/4 lower than had been reported by Credit Suisse's Global Wealth Databook for 2011. I contacted one of the authors, Professor James Davies of the University of Western Ontario, to find out the reason for the big change for the United States as well as the even bigger change for Denmark. Professor Davies was kind enough to lay out the technical issues for me. First, of all, data for mean wealth is more reliable t... more »

If Only Man's Best Friend Could Speak Its Mind

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago

Sad Dog Diary

BBC VIDEO: Iyad Allawi Former Prime Minister of Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago

Enemies of Syria Plan Escalated Aggression

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

Stephen Lendman So-called "Friends of Syria" are their worst enemies. They're a rogue's gallery of scoundrels. They're complicit with Washington's imperium. They violate core international law principles. They're no friends of peace, stability and freedom. Umbrella group members America, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and Qatar met in Doha. They agreed on "secret" escalating measures. They hope to tip the military balance. They're desperate to counter Assad's impressive victories. He's routing insurgents convincingly. They're no match a... more »

Not Prepared: 17 Signs That Most Americans Will Be Wiped Out By The Coming Economic Collapse

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

Dees Illustration Michael Snyder The vast majority of Americans are going to be absolutely blindsided by what is coming. They don't understand how our financial system works, they don't understand how vulnerable it is, and most of them blindly trust that our leaders know exactly what they are doing and that they will be able to fix our problems. As a result, most Americans are simply not prepared for the massive storm that is heading our way. Most American families are living paycheck to paycheck, most of them are not storing up emergency food and supplies, and only a very small ... more »

Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago

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Overpass Light Brigade on No XXL

BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 13 hours ago

We invite Coates to take The Challenge!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago

*TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013* *New York Times baldly misstates:* Wow. In its current invention of The Other, there seems to be little the New York Times isn’t willing to say and do. Yesterday, it was a columnist. Today, it is reporter Kim Severson, in the newspaper’s news report about Paula Deen, who is being invented. As she starts her news report, Severson makes the highlighted claim you see below—but her claim is just blatantly wrong. So it always has gone when we invent The Other: SEVERSON (6/25/13): Paula Deen’s troubles intensified on Monday as she scrambled to cope with allegati... more »

Ron Jacobs : Onward, Through the Fog of War

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 14 hours ago

Syrian refugees in Arsaal, Lebanon, on the Syrian border. Photo by Ed Ou / NYT. Enter Obama: Onward, through the fog of war There will be no progressive secular government in Syria after the bloodshed ends. Indeed, there may not even be the nation the world now knows as Syria. By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2013 The world waits. Washington and other western capitals ponder war.

Functional/Dysfunctional

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours ago

After today's Voting Rights Act decision, Chuck Todd says: Voting in general is a mess. A functional Washington would see today's decision as an opportunity to do a big voting fix. But... Well... I think this is almost completely the wrong way to look at it. I talk a fair amount about what I see as a dysfunctional Republican Party. But I don't think that "Washington" is dysfunctional in general. And to the extent that it is (e.g. the executive branch nominations process), that's not the problem with voting. Dysfunctional, to me, is about...well, it's about not being able to functio... more »

Americans Begin to Ask If the F-35 Is Simply Unaffordable

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago

The F-35's reputation for being over-priced, under-performing and overdue is etched in stone at this point. For an aircraft that's been in development for a dozen years, no one still knows what it will eventually cost nor how well it will actually perform when it's ready to enter service. Now a U.S. federal auditor is questioning whether the F-35 has become simply unaffordable. *...federal auditor Michael J. Sullivan, acquisitions director of the Government Accountability Office, told a Senate subcommittee in Washington current projections call for a $316 billion outlay from deve... more »

ALECer Pushes RTW Using Flawed Economic Variables

2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago

The crap that is distributed by ALECers never ceases to amaze me. Posted this morning on their blogsite is a real piece Right-to-Work Would Have Put Michigan in Top 10 in Rich States, Poor States Will Freeland | June 25, 2013 | Economic growth has been at the top of legislative agenda in Michigan in recent years. The state has repealed the Michigan Business Tax, initiated the phase-out of the personal property tax, and reformed labor policy through the passage of Right-to-Work. These, in addition to many other notable pro-growth reforms, have had a major positive effect in the st... more »

Harper's Building All Those Prisons. Why Aren't We Filling Them With Conservatives?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago

It's not like the Conservative ranks, federal and provincial, are short of miscreants who deserve a long stretch behind bars. Yesterday the fellow who was in command on the bridge of the BC Ferry, Queen of the North, was sentenced to four years in prison for criminal negligence causing death in allowing the vessel to run onto rocks, leaving it holed and sending the ship, and two of its passengers, to the bottom, 600-feet down. It was his duty to protect the passengers and crew aboard the ship and he didn't do it. Two people paid for his negligence with their lives. He now pays ... more »

Aloha!

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 14 hours ago

I was contacted by Aloha Island Lei in Aiea, Hawaii. The company had read our blog and liked it, and asked if they could send us their product to review on our website. Of course, I said sure! I forgot about the exchange of emails until today. A box was delivered to my office, overnight from Hawaii. We received two leis and a little package of macadamia chocolates. One of the leis is made of tuberose, and I am wearing it right now. It smells absolutely amazing. My husband, who has almost no sense of smell, thought it smelled awesome. The other lei is currently being worn by... more »

Jiří Rusnok, the new technocratic Czech PM

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago

Ms Miroslava Němcová (center right ODS, the current speaker of the House), a decent conservative previously loyal to President Klaus, and a former cancer survivor and a hippie as a young lady, could become the first female Czechoslovak or Czech prime minister (101/200 of the lawmakers vowed to support her government). The center-right coalition agreed that she was a good choice. On the other hand, the communist and socialist opposition hysterically insisted on early parliamentary elections. However, the new Czech president, Miloš Zeman, demonstrated that he will be exerting a presi... more »

Laura Robson vs Maria Kirilenko

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago

Whilst Laura Robson battles Maria Kirilenko at Wimbledon, striving to be the only British woman to make it beyond the first round this year, I thought a comparison of the two players was called for. Laura Robson first Maria Kirilenko second Advantage Laura Robson? Maria Kirilenko has tried to play dirty though with a spread for Sports Illustrated in 2010 Hmm unfortunately Laura Robson has not retaliated but she's still the winner here and indeed on the court today 6:3 6:4 Her only problem today was with her ball-toss in the last few service games.

Alberta Has Been Climate Changed - And It's Forever

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours ago

*"This is Pacific Northwest U.S. weather we're getting and we're not built for it. We didn't design our cities, our floodways, our flood maps, anything for this. " *- John Pomeroy The deluge that caused such massive flooding throughout southern Alberta has brought other impacts that will remain long after today's flood waters recede. How long? Try indefinitely, permanently. * * Alberta apparently has just had a climate change makeover and this could be the first of many to come. *John Pomeroy, who holds a Canada research chair in water resources and climate change at the Univers... more »

CREDO v. Kids Count

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 15 hours ago

I make a predication, about the fact that kids still don’t count. Please read HERE about CREDO’s new charter study and the 2013 Kids Count report. Tagged: CREDO, Kids Count

Edward Snowden and Julian Assange have been in the news, but if you have relied on the "mainstream media" for the latest you certainly would not have heard things this way.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 15 hours ago

------------------------------ * MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013* *Where is Edward Snowden? Glenn Greenwald on Asylum Request, Espionage Charge; More Leaks to Come* Original Here *"Back Off": Assange Attorney Michael Ratner Urges U.K., U.S. to Respect Asylum Decision, Int’l Law* Original Here Cherchez la Verite

Hurricane Sandy and The Truth

BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 15 hours ago

Youth Unemployment Statistics

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 15 hours ago

The CBC asks the question: "Why are so many of Canada's young people out of work?" The article gravitates between the stupid premise that today's young people have a greater sense of entitlement than previous generations ... As a recent cover of *Time* magazine suggests, this has been interpreted by some as entitlement and laziness on the part of millennials who feel like they should be handed more than they’ve worked for. Likewise, a request for personal anecdotes for this story was met with comments claiming, “the majority of [millennials] have their faces buried in their cellphone... more »

INVENTING THE OTHER: Salon invents Kurtz!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago

*TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013* *Part 2—Seitz-Wald toys with his readers:* Halfway across the globe, “Buddhist lynch mobs” run in the streets, the New York Times has reported. Last week, here at home, things weren’t entirely different. At the devolving, highly tribal Salon, a set of pseudo-liberal writers staged a series of interventions on behalf of pure tribal belief, waging war against Serena Williams and Paula Deen, among others. Williams and Deen were hunted down for imperfections of utterance concerning sexual assault and race. Beyond that, they don’t know how to apologize correctly... more »

The death of Michael Hastings has been in the news, but if you have relied on the "mainstream media" for the latest you have certainly would not have heard it from this angle.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 16 hours ago

------------------------------ *More Details Emerge on the Death of Michael Hastings* http://youtu.be/uoyuXzM059Q *The Young Turks* Published on Jun 19, 2013 "Earlier today, WikiLeaks sent out a cryptic tweet that hinted they had more information about yesterday's tragic death of reporter Michael Hastings. They followed through with another tweet claiming that Hastings reached out to one of their lawyers to reveal to them he believed the FBI was investigating him."* Our friend and colleague Michael Hastings died early Tuesday morning in a one-car crash in Los Angeles. Wikile... more »

Mistake of fact and due diligence are different defences

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago

*R. v. Legrande* 2013 ABCA 229 makes clear the distinction between mistake of fact and due diligence. For strict liability offences a reasonable belief in a mistaken set of facts that would render the act innocent is a defence. Due diligence, that is taking all reasonable sets to avoid the wrongful act, is also a defence. But they are different defences and combining the two in some "reasonableness" standard is an error of law.

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 16 hours ago

Gaudi's dragon fountain at Park Güell: Barcelona, Spain [Jon Atkinson photo]

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours ago

Happy Birthday to Sonia Sotomayor, 59. And to the good stuff: 1. Norm Ornstein responds to Mitch McConnell. I used to be (mostly) on McConnell's side on this one -- Norm is exactly correct that McConnell has flipped. I don't mind hypocrisy or partisan jockeying for advantage -- that's what politicians do -- but I did like McConnell's old position a whole lot better. 2. John Sides on Politico. 3. Seth Masket passes along some comparative research on the effects of polling on elections. Interesting. 3. Dan Larison probably has a better critique of Haass than I did. 4. Amy Walter ha... more »

Is It Worth It For The Democrats To Try Winning The Deep South?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago

Proud Southerner Over the weekend, Molly Ball, writing in *The Atlantic* made the case for Democrats winning back the Deep South. When I was just becoming aware of politics as a kid, everything that made me hate the Democratic Party stemmed from the fact that it owned the Deep South-- and was owned by the Deep South. I remember how all the reactionary committee chairs in both Houses were Southern racists. Now Southern racism, bigotry, and overall backwardness has taken over the Republican Party and made it anathema to normal Americans. Let them keep it; let them continue to choke on ... more »

How to uninstall McAfee anti-viris software - according to John McAfee

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago

Possibly the strangest video I've seen this year, as John McAfee has a go at his old company's product and incorporates sex and drugs.

ACTION: Stop the TPP

2old2care at Because I Can - 17 hours ago

You need to do this - really! This may be one of the most important things you do all year. A couple of minutes to read this. A couple of minutes to contact your Congressional member. The Trans-Pacific Partnership n. 1. A “free trade” agreement that would set rules on non-trade matters such as food safety, internet freedom, medicine costs, financial regulation, and the environment. 2. A binding international governance system that would require the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, and any other country... more »

Packing Your ALEC Protest Sign

2old2care at Because I Can - 17 hours ago

Traveling to a protest can be a bother - What should I wear? Where can I stay? What will the weather be? Will I be there all by myself? Who should I ask to bail me out of jail? * How do I pack a protest sign?* This video gives complete instruction on constructing is a great protest sign for traveling. Compact and ready to go. The protest sign for travelers. Yep - that protest sign can be packed in a suitcase or carry-on. Pack it separately in a big ziploc bag, take it out of your carryon and put it in the bin for the TSA to see. If you don't , be prepared ... more »

Río en Otoño - Autumn

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago

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Syria-"secret steps" in Doha. Russia/Syria gas deal? Geneva pretalks

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago

Back to Syria, yes, *but we have to keep an eye on Egypt! * Since the US is coincidentally & curiously moving troops to Egypt: *U.S. soldiers set to deploy to Egypt at a tense time* * A group of U.S. soldiers are rocked and ready to deploy to Egypt for a 9-month peacekeeping mission.* Oddly enough, or not, this deployment was announced before the warning from Egypt's military. Egypt's Army delivers an ominous warning Prepping for something????? Was going to get this up yesterday...better one day late then not at all Is the no fly zone a possibility? I noticed there wasn’t any mentio... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours ago

*Help WWNO Raise $60K In Just One Day!* *Where to Buy The Advocate New Orleans * *Exquisite Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plans for Fiscal Year 2013 Civil Works Appropriations **~After Supreme Court grants Corps sovereign immunity, refuses to hear MRGO case: No Warranty No Return* *OPP Sheriff Gusman questioned in court on spending ~John Simerman* *Forbes: New Orleans is America's fastest-growing city * *44 property owners at sinkhole accept settlements ~WDSU* *Dat Dog Truck Fest on Freret Street* *7th Annual San Fermin Running of the Bulls! * *7th Ward hucklebuck ladies: Do th... more »

Valle Verzasca en Suiza

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago

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Sony: Huge waterproof Xperia Z Ultra phone

Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 17 hours ago

*Sony has announced a waterproof Android Smartphone with a 6.4in display. The firm is headfirst the Xperia Z Ultra as being the slimmest large-screened handset on the marketplace. *It can also allow sketches or comments written using a standard pencil or metal-tipped pen in addition to an elective stylus. Sony already offers a 5in handset of its own, the unique Xperia Z, which it unveiled in January. The firm supposed it intends for the device to face Samsung's dominance of the jumbo-sized handset sector. According to a study by consultants *Transparency Market Research, Samsun... more »

GOP - We don't need no stinking public!

2old2care at Because I Can - 17 hours ago

Many times you will hear Dems and Indpendents talk about how "they compromised". Too many times lately - they have compromised too much. Not the case with the REpubliCONS. When you think of the refusal of the RepubliCONS - and specifically ALEC members in state legislatures and in Congress - to compromise on anything - you need to face the facts of what the RepubliCONS are really saying to the people of the US, repeatedly, over and over and over again. These people aren't politicians - they are tyrants. The GOP are saying It's our way or the highway. Don't let the door hit y... more »

Blatant Hypocrisy

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago

Martin Regg Cohn calls Rob Ford's bluster, after his meeting with Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa, exactly what it is -- blatant hypocrisy. And Cohn provides a little historical context: Once upon a government, when the Mike Harris Tories downloaded social services upon Toronto (with Rob Ford’s father, Douglas, serving faithfully as a backbench MPP), the cash-strapped city got temporary compensation. After 2003, when the Dalton McGuinty Liberals started uploading those services back, it was always understood the financial transfers weren’t forever. Now that Toronto is co... more »

Building Community by Saluting the Sun: How rituals can be healthy for body & spirit

Sandra Guzman at Sandra Guzman - 18 hours ago

Tricia & Pamela celebrate as Anton photo bombing usThose of you who follow me know that last year I participated in the largest Bikram Yoga class in the world in Time Square. Along with 4,000 plus yogis and thousands of tourists and New Yorker's looking on, I found my zen. I learned that day that in the middle of urban madness you can tap into your inner peace. As much as I was inside, I also felt amazingly connected to the men and women challenging their bodies in the sweltering heat. This year when the owner of the studio where I practice Bikram Tricia Donegan announced that she ... more »

Up a tree?

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 18 hours ago

Snowden May Have Been a Deliberate Infiltrator for Liberty

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 18 hours ago

image source *Activist Post* The ongoing real-life spy story of Edward Snowden has had some people wondering if he is the real deal, a man driven by conscience after seeing the spying apparatus from the inside, a CIA asset ... or perhaps a deliberate infiltrator. As covered in the video below, Snowden has aligned himself with WikiLeaks and is now taking a flight to parts unknown with their assistance. A new twist to the story is that Snowden stated to *The South China Morning Post *that he deliberately took his position with Booz Allen Hamilton so that he could collect documents ... more »

Booz Allen Hamilton: Far Worse Than Blackwater

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 18 hours ago

Tommy Paine Let's take another trip down the rabbit hole, shall we? Lost in the Edward Snowden debate is a critical look at his former employer, the company doing the spying on Americans in the first place: Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton is a government contractor, with 99% of its revenue coming from the US government. Not only does it receive money from the NSA, but also the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Marine Corps, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and ... the IRS. In addition, Booz Allen is heavily connected to the CIA. Among the... more »

Autism Recovery Video - Regarding Caroline

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago

*Part 2 Video Link* *For more information on Caroline and her family, please click on the link below:* ** *http://www.regardingcaroline.com/* Caroline & Mama

A fascinating discussion as to whether Islam is a 'religion of peace'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago

A fascinating Intelligence Squared USA discussion from 2008 between proponents Zeba Khan & Maajid Nawaz and opponents Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Douglas Murray. If you can't find an hour and 45 minutes to watch the whole video, do watch from 1:13:00 - pretty cut and dried? Douglas Murray's summation from 1:38:15 should be a much watch for western politicians who glibly state that 'Islam is a religion of peace' without any real knowledge of the facts. The audience would seem to agree with me: Before: In favour - 41% Against - 25% Undecided - 34% After: In favour - 36% Against - 55% Unde... more »

Ed Steer's and Harvey Organ's Saturday Gold and Silver Reports - June 22 , 2013 ... Data , News and Views.....

Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago

Having taken out not just 1350 but also 1287 last week , how low could we go in the next 30 - 60 days ? Here is the work of Larry Edelson , fwiw ..... his key level is 1151 - at 7/17 ! [image:
View Raw Image] http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/4793/run-building-loan ( So , will the beatings continue ( manipulations such as the big April smash down and last week's attacks on the PMs ) until the proverbial morale improves ( bullion banks become net long in both gold and silver ) ? A Run on The Buildi... more »

John Lydon on not boycotting Israel

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago

I did post about this back in 2011 but missed this bit of John Lydon speaking. As I posted then: *"Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated."* John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten explaining why he will be performing in Israel, in Tel Aviv in fact."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Democracy

Alison at Creekside - 19 hours ago

“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..." "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?" "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford. "It is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't p... more »

'Bioethicist': Parents Should Be Held Liabel For The Deaths 'Caused' by Unvaccinated Children by Alan Phillips, J.D.

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago

Source: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/ 'Bioethicist': Parents Should Be Held Liabel For The Deaths 'Caused' by Unvaccinated Children by Alan Phillips, J.D. Green Med Info, 24 June 2013 Bioethicist Art Caplan, Ph.D. of New York University has argued that parents of unvaccinated children should be held liable for illness or death allegedly caused by their unvaccinated children.[1] This article rebuts Caplan's position, and explains why liability should fall, if with anyone on this issue, on him, for the deliberate or negligent use of his academic status and authority, supported by... more »

China sees its credit market seize up again before relenting based on PBOC comments regarding liquidity - talk will buy some time today but liquidity steps will be needed to truly calm down liquidity drought caused seizures !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-25/rumor-ex-machina-sticksaves-futures Rumor Ex Machina Sticksaves Futures [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/25/2013 06:23 -0400 - Bond - Brazil - Carry Trade - Case-Shiller - China - Consumer Confidence - Dallas Fed - Economic Calendar - European Central Bank - Eurozone - Fisher - Italy - Japan - Jim Reid - Meltdown - Netherlands - New Home Sales - Nikkei - Richard Fisher - Unemployment - Volatility - Yen It was shapi... more »

ROTHSCHILD AND THE GAY CAMBRIDGE APOSTLES

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago

*Victor Rothschild* Lord Victor Rothschild was a key member of the secret society known as the *Cambridge Apostles.* The Cambridge Apostles was founded in 1820 by twelve right-wing Christian evangelical students under the name *The Cambridge Conversazione Society.* The Cambridge Apostles enjoyed 'homoeroticism' and 'Platonic love'. (*Cambridge Apostles *by Nikolai Endres) *Famous members of the Apostles have included: * * * *Erasmus Darwin* (brother of Charles Darwin), *George Lockhart Rives *(US Assistant Secretary of State and planner of the New York subway), *A. J. Balfour... more »

Mining 24: Casino-Hontiveros Mining Socialism is Off Tangent

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 21 hours ago

Today is part 2 of the oral debate at the Supreme Court between the anti-corporate mining groups led by former Party-list Congressman Teddy Casino and Congresswoman Risa Hontiveros, and the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP). The former simply wants the government to confiscate as much money and revenues from the big mining corporations as possible because of their exploitation of the country’s mineral and forest resources, while being silent about similar exploitation by the so-called “small scale mining” groups and individuals. While data on various payment in taxes, fees... more »

PTSD Causing Record Suicides in Vets + Transcendental Meditation helps war veterans with PTSD relief

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago

"My body has become nothing but a cage, a source of pain and constant problems. The illness I have has caused me pain that not even the strongest medicines could dull, and there is no cure. All day, every day a screaming agony in every nerve ending in my body. It is nothing short of torture. My mind is a wasteland, filled with visions of incredible horror, unceasing depression, and crippling anxiety, even with all of the medications the doctors dare give. Simple things that everyone else takes for granted are nearly impossible for me. I can not laugh or cry. I can barely leave the... more »

Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2013

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago

If there is something that I can't get enough of, it is reading. I am know to hide away so that I can finish a book. Out of the 75 books I have read thus far this year, here are 10 of my favorites. Linking up with the Broke and the Bookish. - - Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan- Oh how I adore this book. It makes me laugh out loud and brings me into the story. It is a delightful tale of Dash and Lily who meet first not in person, but through a red notebook that they pass back and forth to each other through a series of dares. I a... more »

Edward Snowden news - Iceland and Booz Allen Hamilton - courtesy of Citizens for Legitimate Government

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 1 day ago

here's the news c/o Citizens for Legitimate Government, the mainstream media ain't reporting YET: *Snowden Passed Through Norway to Iceland - Pirate Party Norway** --Organization Pirate Party Norway claims that accused spy Edward Snowden landed at Oslo Gardermon Airport last night.* 24 Jun 2013 The party leader Øystein Jakobsen would meet with Snowden when he landed on Sunday evening, according to the party's twitter account. "We have received information from our international umbrella party, the Pirate Parties International (PPI), that he will stop in Norway. The reason is that t... more »

Meaningless Debates

Activism in paradise - Voices from down under at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago

by David Hood Retired after 50 years in education Career includes 25 years as teacher and principal, Department of Education official, senior manager of Education Review Office, establishment CEO of New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and consultant since 1996. Author of Our Secondary Schools Don’t Work Anymore [1998] davidhoodassoc@xtra.co.nz ———- Debates on (New Zealand’s) National Standards, […]

Egyptian army to intervene if unrest erupts during Anti-Morsi protests

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago

A sign at an anti-Morsi rally that was held last December. An excerpt from, *"Egypt’s June 30 coalition publicizes roadmap for anti-Mursi rallies"* (Al Arabiya, June 23): Mursi on Saturday renewed his calls for dialogue with the opposition in an attempt to ease deep political rifts ahead of the planned protests. “I have said it before. I urge everyone to sit together to discuss what would achieve the interests of our nation,” Mursi said in an interview published in the state-owned Akhbar al-Youm newspaper. The interview came a day after tens of thousands of Mursi supporters masse... more »

Do YOU Want The Truth About Syria? Watch This Video That Exposes What The So Called "Rebels" Are Really All About!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago

I am deeply shocked at the American public doing absolutely nothing while the criminals that run their government rush towards war against another innocent nation, Syria, on behalf of their Jewish masters in Tel Aviv.... The nation of Syria has done absolutely nothing against the United States or the entire international community, so I must ask why the hell we are about to support an attack that will the murder of thousands of innocent Syrian civilians? Some very important questions about this so called "civil war" in Syria have always been: "Who exactly are these so called "rebels... more »

Guest Post - Eco-Friendly Mattresses

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago

When it comes to transforming our home into a green and more environmentally friendly place, a lot of us forget about the place where we spend one-third of our lives, our bedrooms, specifically our mattresses. The harsh reality is that most mattresses can be quite damaging to our environment. Also mattresses can actually be harmful to you as well. For example the materials often used to make the adhesive that holds mattresses together is formaldehyde, and has been linked to asthma, allergies, and throat, lung and nose cancer. Mattresses flame-retardants can be full of chemicals. And... more »

So you think it's a piece of cake being a far-right-wing-stooge Supreme Court justice?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*by Ken* Actually, I suppose by and large it *is* pretty easy being a FRWS Supreme Court justice -- under normal circumstances, anyway. You show up when they tell you, and decide which of the cases on offer you want to have the Court take on in the next term, and then you have to listen to a certain amount of yammering about the cases chosen for *this* term and even ask some questions just to show how sharp and engaged you are (unless you're Justice Thomas, of course), and eventually you may get stuck writing the opinion, but then, isn't that what you have clerks for? All the whi... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago

On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Skip Baker of * SkipBaker.com*. Skip and I will be discussing Christianity, White people, and White history. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.

BOOKS / Alan Wieder : Thai Jones Draws 'A Radical Line'

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago

Generations in the struggle: A 'retro-review' of  Thai Jones' A Radical Line Throughout A Radical Line the progressive fights of Thai Jones’ extended families, Weather Underground and earlier, are connected to the collective struggle against class disparity, racism, and the Viet Nam War. By Alan Wieder / The Rag Blog / June 24, 2013 [A Radical Line: From the Labor Movement to the Weather

Latest new Greek Government selected .... Pasok gets nice deck chairs on the Titanic ......Cyprus to discuss maturing state bonds in the amount of 2.6 billion due to expire the end of July ( which they obviously want to have Troika rollovers to occur rather than actually paying these off ) ...... to date the Troika has not rolled over debt - ask Greece about that ! And will Italy need its own bailout in six months ? Mediobanca says probably yes as bond rout sends yield soaring once again ..... Irish people got rolled by Anglo - Irish banksters - so , now that this is in the open , what excuse will be offered for not throwing these clowns i jail ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_24/06/2013_505617 *New government is ushered in* Venizelos in role of foreign minister, deputy PM in PASOK-enriched coalition ***PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos leaves the Prime Minister's office after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Athens, on Monday.* The government announced a broad reshuffle on Monday night, just a few days after the junior coalition partner pulled out of the administration, with PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos assuming the dual role of deputy prime minister and foreign minister,... more »

GeoDestinies

What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 1 day ago

My friend Walter Youngquist is a 92-year-old rock star — a retired geology professor and consulting geologist. Some of his former students are now top executives in the oil industry. His book, *GeoDestinies*, is an in-depth discussion of the long relationship between humankind and the mineral world. This relationship has become increasingly abusive, as more and more people consume more and more resources. It can’t last much longer in its current form. Youngquist is acutely aware that we are racing down a dead end road. For many years, he’s been trying hard to warn us. The local... more »

"Never Hate Your Enemies..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

“Never hate your enemies. It clouds your judgment.” - "Michael Corleone" But never forget their names, or why they're your enemy... - CP

"What Happens In Your Brain When You Get Mad, And How To Control It"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

* * *"What Happens In Your Brain When You Get Mad,* * And How To Control It"* By Liz Langley "I’m late for one of my jobs and after noting my empty gas tank and fighting with a broken car door, I pray to a god I don’t believe in to get me through the first traffic light, which is the longest light on the earth. Children have been conceived, born, and taught to read while waiting for it to turn green. I need to breeze through it. Of course, this means some pinhead not only cuts me off but then pokes along in front of me at 10mph, assuring that we’ll both be sitting at that light... more »

Black, white and the many shades in between

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day ago

At the risk of starting too many posts with "One thing I've learned from this Cuso volunteer experience...," I have something new to add to the growing list. The latest learning is that this work tests your core values, in ways that get right past the pretty words and down to what you can actually live with. What's right? What's wrong? For possibly the first time in my life, I feel like I'm really being tested on the fundamentals of my deep-down self. An easy example to start: Child labour. For all my life up until 18 months ago, I was opposed to child labour. I thought it... more »

Moral Mondays

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago

The crowd of protesters at the North Carolina Statehouse just keep growing to cheer on those who volunteer to go inside and get arrested. With the 120 people who got arrested tonight, the total now stands at 550 over the last eight weeks. [photo via and another photo]

One Final Kaddish For The Farm Bill... And John Boehner's Career?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Chad Pergram is a Fox News reporter who skulks around the House floor all day looking to get behind the votes and delve into the *whys* of what's going on on the floor. He's better than almost all the other political reporters in the House-- and yes, he works for Fox! He had a field day with the Farm Bill and, although, we've already covered many of his insights since Thursday, a letter he sent that was forwarded to me by a Member of Congress is chock full of unreported information about how the disaster unfolded. It's called "Whisper Campaign" and... it's so wonderfully dramatic.... more »

Welcome Changes in America’s Funemployment Rate

PM at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago

As the Great Slump continues to grind down Western twenty-somethings, some welcome news: America’s funemployment rate is slowing. Funemployment, as the Los Angeles Times put it, is the trend by which twenty- and thirty-somethings, finding themselves cast aside from their temporary and entry-level jobs, turn instead toward self-improvement. Of course, this information might be unwelcome: Continue reading

Amnesty International: Herman Wallace of Angola 3 Diagnosed with Liver Cancer, Send Messages of Support

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 1 day ago

*(Reprinted below is today's statement of support from Amnesty International, who has also released an accompanying blog posting by Amnesty UK's Urgent Action Network, and a customized solidarity card for Herman and Albert on their Tumblr page.)* * * *Herman Wallace of Angola 3 Diagnosed with Liver Cancer, Send Messages of Support* *By Jasmine Heiss, Amnesty International USA’s Individuals & Communities at Risk Campaigner* After 41 years in solitary confinement, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace of the Angola 3 have lived through a *nightmare that no human being should have to en... more »

Understanding NCTQ’s Essential Role in Eliminating Caring Teachers

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago

NCTQ, ELC, and their ilk were/are like cockroaches that have slightly evolved brains. They still scurry when the light is turned on, but they do their best to create diversions or fake scares aimed to make sure you don’t flip the switch or shine the light their way. But they are many and well-fed. What they […]

Shiite vs Sunni strife on the rise - not just Syria , but Egypt , Lebanon and Iraq really seeing hottest sectarian strife since the Iraq insurgency !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Shiite vs Sunni strife spring up all over the Middle East ..... http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/24/310617/prominent-shia-sheikh-killed-in-egypt/ Takfiri extremists kill top Shia cleric and 4 others in Egypt Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:13PM GMT 76 687 29 Download | Embed Shias, who form just one percent of Egypt’s population, are often under attack by extremist groups in the North African country." Prominent Egyptian Shia cleric, Sheikh Hassan Shehata, and four of his devotees have been killed in a brutal attack carried out by Takfiri extremists in Giza Province near Cairo. The attack w... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Thanks for stopping by.

"The Shape of Affordability in the Modern City"

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

I've spent the last couple of days in the company of Nick Smith, Penny Hulse, Phil Twyford, and around 300 architects and planners at a conference with the above title. I'll post later on some interesting observations from the conference--including comment on Phil Twyford's recognition that if the industry can't deliver houses at less than $300,000 each then the Labour Party's Kiwibuild policy "will quickly run out of money"--and on Penny Hulse's promise on the things the council must do to improve housing affordability, none of which involved land supply--but for now just let me ... more »

“Sometimes..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

“Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.” - William S. Burroughs

A look at the biggest ponzi scheme in the world - and which is presently ongoing ...... And while China fights bank liquidity concerns and alleged defaults / selective liquidity injections , SHIBOR spikes , computer "glitches " at their big banks , the ending of their copper financing scheme - a look at another China achilles heel product ( chinese wealth management products ) .... And when will anyone in political power in Europe or the US for that matter acknowledge why Iceland has rebounded ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-24/biggest-ponzi-scheme-history-world The Biggest Ponzi Scheme In The History Of The World [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/24/2013 17:33 -0400 - Creditors - Federal Reserve *Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,* Did you know that you are involved in the most massive Ponzi scheme that has ever existed? To illustrate my point, allow me to tell you a little story. *Once upon a time, there was a man named Sam. When he was younger, he had been a very principled young man that had worke... more »

“Full Remote Control of ALL Modern U.S. Market Cars PROVEN”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

* * *“Full Remote Control of ALL Modern U.S. Market Cars PROVEN”* by Jim Stone “A team of hackers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington conducted a study in 2010 which concluded that all cars equipped with antilock brakes sold in the U.S. can be hacked via remote control and have their brakes entirely disabled with the car in motion, throttle revved, and remain fully operational with the key removed and the car in park with all driver input entirely ignored. That this was done all the way back in 2010 only goes to show that this has been possible ... more »

Troubles in Big Law ? More partner departures at Patton Boggs and layoffs in size at Weil Gotshal could be canaries in the ole coal mine of Big Law !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://abovethelaw.com/2013/06/musical-chairs-more-partners-part-with-patton-boggs/#more-253387 - 24 Jun 2013 at 3:05 PM - BIGLAW, HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LATERAL MOVES, MUSICAL CHAIRS, PARTNER ISSUES , PATTON BOGGS,TEXAS Musical Chairs: More Partners Part With Patton BoggsBy DAVID LAT It seems that the firm of Patton Boggs is stuck in the mud right now. Back in March, the firm announced significant layoffs of attorneys and staff — possibly the biggest in 2013, at least until this morning’s Weil Gotshal layoffs. Patton Boggs is also feeling some heat over its involvement in the Ch... more »

Multi-Cultist Anti-Indigenous Internationalist Propaganda and the Walsall Mosque False Flag bomb

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day ago

Walsall is an average sized town in Warwickshire, near to the city of Birmingham. Outside the local area not much is known about Walsall other than that the locals pronounce the name of the town in a way which to the rest of the English sounds very much like 'warsaw', as in the capital of Poland. Walsall has now become the focus of attention due to the apparent attempt to bomb a mosque in the town. Unlike the recent stabbing of four people in a mosque in Birmingham, the Walsall incident has been categorised by the liberal extremist UK police as a 'hate crime'. Why? Because the ... more »

"NSA Has Been Blackmailing Supreme Court Judges, Members of Congress And More"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

* * *"NSA Has Been Blackmailing Supreme Court Judges,* * Members of Congress And More"* by Mike Adams "Ten days ago, I publicly stated my belief that the NSA had used its spy apparatus to gather dirt on Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, then used that leverage to force him to change his vote on Obamacare. See the original article here. Five days later, I also predicted the NSA was using its spy powers to surveil members of Congress and the U.S. Senate. In an article published on June 16, 2013, I wrote, "There could already be countless cases of the NSA using its god-like power... more »

More Cranky Monday Blogging

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago

OK, everyone is picking on Ross Douthat's column from yesterday. Why isn't anyone picking on Richard Haass? Much of his piece yesterday, the part concerning foreign relations, seemed sensible to me. And I have no real problem with his point that, given the lack of major danger abroad, it's a good time to solve domestic problems. But then there's this: At home, we must work to restore the foundations of American power. In many cases, this doesn’t even require spending more — often there is little relationship between our investments and the results. The United States spends nearly t... more »

Angola 3′s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 1 day ago

*(April 2013 photo of Herman Wallace)* *Angola 3's Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation* *By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella* (Reprinted with permission from Solitary Watch) Herman Wallace, 71, has been diagnosed with liver cancer. He is being held in a locked prison hospital room at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center at St. Gabriel, Louisiana. The prognosis is grave, according to persons with direct knowledge of the situation. Wallace is one of the two members of the Angola 3 who, along with Albert Woodfox, is still being held in solitary after more than 41 years.... more »

Some Primal stuff...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago

from Mark's Daily Apple: 8 Primal Mantras for Beginners Becoming healthy is as much a mental process as it is a physical experience. Most of us would admit we find ourselves overhauling much more than simply our dinner plates or daily exercise. Oftentimes, we’re upending years – or decades – of unhealthy inertia as well as eating, destructive self-talk as well as inactivity. I hear from a lot of beginners who say they look to certain posts or even paragraphs when the going gets tough. Something they read here sticks with them, and it touches off something in their motivation. On a ... more »

Apocalypse Later

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

The BBC Academy College of Journalism has updated its guide on reportingmatters related to Israel and the Palestinians. As soon as I opened the page the following passage leapt out because its guidelines are being flouted, day in, day out; flouted with such frequency that one may be surprised to learn that such guidelines exist. Producers, scriptwriters and commissioning editors must be unaware of them too. *‘Middle East expert’ **Some ‘experts’ may have a history of sympathising with one cause or another, even if they have no overt affiliation. It is preferable, where time and s... more »

Mariposa de color azul

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago

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Alamo Square San Francisco

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Elefante enojado

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago

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Snowden on the run

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago

“He wanted a simple life.” ~Attorney Albert Ho I'm at the point where I don't know what to make of of our hapless leaker. Edward Snowden's story keeps changing and with every new iteration he contradicts his earlier declarations. The only thing clearly true at the moment is he has fled Hong Kong. Certainly he didn't research the legal system there before he decided it was the perfect place to seek asylum. Then began a two-hour conversation during which Mr. Snowden was deeply dismayed to learn that he could spend years in prison without access to a computer during litigation over ... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago

*High court declines to hear landmark MRGO case*

THE TIDE IS TURNING

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

Real revolutions find a role for everyone to play in creating the change. Do what you do best but do it with intention so that it helps bring the changes we need. These yoga folks took their spiritual practice right into the heart of the fight in Turkey and added something important. It's the same way that the Catholic priests and nuns bring themselves into the Navy base struggle on Jeju Island. How can you add something to the coming non-violent liberation of the people and the Mother Earth from the corporate control and domination?

Guess What Blanche Lincoln Has Been Up To To Make Your Life Worse Since Being Kicked Out Of The Senate?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

John Boozman (R-AR) isn't a better senator than Blanche Lincoln was. When she was a congresswoman and then a senator she was generally rated an "F." Boozman is actually worse, although when you get down that low, there's no grade worse than an "F." There's no such thing as an "F-minus" or a "G." Boozman's ProgressivePunch score since he replaced Lincoln is a ridiculous 3.16 (out of 100) and for the current year, he scores a zero. He's generally dismissed as an ineffective backbencher with no influence whatsoever. No one cares what he has to say on the Science Committee or the Agri... more »

Mariposa en el bosque

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago

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Cabalgando en la playa

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