10:40pm MDST
A Mayor you can vote for
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 minutes ago
Crikey, it finally looks like there’s an Auckland mayoral candidate I can
vote for. And you can too. Because he’s the only mayoral candidate
promising to cut rates.
Affordable Auckland candidate for Waitemata & Gulf Stephen Berry is now
also a candidate for Mayor of Auckland. “I’ve been waiting for a candidate
with real policies that will promote affordable living to step up. As that
is yet to happen I am putting myself forward as the ratepayer’s champion
for the Auckland mayoralty.”
“Len Brown’s average rates increase of 2.9% is an attempt to disguise the
real problems that will... more »
They're Getting Much More Info Than You Know (And Know Much More Than You'd Believe)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 39 minutes ago
Obama challenges GOP to accept corporate tax deal After reading the details
below you might be fooled into believing that there must be thousands of
al-Qaeda and sympathizers in this country (or its close allies). Sounds
serious to me (although the idea of the NSA or CIA or DIA or . . . obeying
the rules historically seems to be a mite stretchy). And one way I can
always tell that something
There was something radical enough in the pope's remarks about Teh Gays to scare the crap out of the Church's righteous homo-haters
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 40 minutes ago
*"This is the worst coverage of a religious story I have seen to date."*
*-- Father Jonathan Morris, in "What Pope Francis really
said about gays -- and no, it's not new," on foxnews.com*
*"I wasn't great at judging homosexuals my first year in the job, either.
But now I can do it without thinking."*
*-- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia,
quoted by the Borowitz Report*
*by Ken*
So the Day One stories, aftter Pope Francis gave his surprise impromptu
press conference following his Brazilian beach party on World Youth Day,
were all about how His Holiness is OK with Teh Gays and who ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Sign A Petition
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 40 minutes 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 »
Deustche Bank de-leveraging at the fastest rate since the crisis of 2011 - So , have we started the silent crisis of 2013 - fated to come into view after September 22 , 2013 ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 57 minutes ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/node/477021
If "Europe Is Fine" Why Is Deutsche Bank De-leveraging At The Fastest Pace
Since The Crisis of 2011?
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/30/2013 21:12 -0400
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Deutsche Bank
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Financial Accounting Standards Board
- Gross Domestic Product
- None
- recovery
Early today, Deutsche Bank disappointed markets when it reported a second
quarter Net Income number of €335 million, or half of what the company made
in the... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Prof Jay D. Jurie & Texas NAACP Pres Gary Bledsoe on Trayvon Martin
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
Central
Florida Prof. Jay D. Jurie, left, and Gary Bledsoe, president, Texas
NAACP.
Rag Radio podcast:
The Rag Blog's Jay D. Jurie and
Austin attorney Gary Bledsoe
on the legacy of Trayvon Martin
They discuss the trial, racial profiling, the 'stand your ground' laws
and gun violence in America, the movement that has grown up in response
to the Zimmerman verdict, and President Obama's call
"A Gathering of the Tribe"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"A Gathering of the Tribe"
by Charles Eisenstein
"Once upon a time a great tribe of people lived in a world far away from
ours. Whether far away in space, or in time, or even outside of time, we do
not know. They lived in a state of enchantment and joy that few of us today
dare to believe could exist, except in those exceptional peak experiences
when we glimpse the true potential of life and mind.
One day the shaman of the tribe called a meeting. They gathered around him,
and he spoke very solemnly. "My friends," he said, "there is a world that
needs our help. It is called Ea... more »
Musical Interlude: Brulé & Airo, "Thunder Across The Plains"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Brulé and Airo, "Thunder Across The Plains"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YR13lzSNRw
O'odham VOICE against the Wall: US Border Patrol violates O'odham rights
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
PRESS RELEASE
O’odham
VOICE against the WALL
P.O. Box 1835
Sells,
AZ 85634
Contact:
Ofelia Rivas
http://tiamatpublications.com/
solidarity@tiamatpublications.com
The
O’odham are Indigenous people, members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, a
federally-recognized Indian reservation in Pima and Maricopa County of
Southwestern Arizona, having
You Can Never Separate Conservatism And Corruption-- Not In The U.S., Not In Spain
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
This dirty little Spanish fascist didn't even make the trains run on time
There are certainly corrupt Democrats too-- plenty of them. But corruption
isn't *encouraged* by their party's Greed and Selfishness Ayn Randian
philosophical underpinnings. Conservatism is *about* what Depeche Mode
called the grabbing hands that get all they can. In the U.S. not many
people are paying attention to the colossal scandal being played out in
Spain, where a far right ideological maniac, Mariano Rajoy, managed to get
elected Prime Minister, completely tanked an already wobbly economy, while
lining h... more »
Gold in focus - pressure building up .....one day its just going to blow !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/07/andrew-maguire-run-on-gold-bullion-banks.html
30 JULY 2013
Unstoppable Demand Meets Undeliverable Object - A Run on the Bullion Banks
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather
than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith, *The Age of Uncertainty*
If this is accurate, if this is really happening, I think that the effects
of this run on the bullion banks are going to hit quite a few people dead
cold, like a smack in the face.
That is because there is so little coverage of ... more »
Nude goddesses
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
There was one value above all the Ancient Greeks valued in their sports:
winning. But there was another, hardly less important: athletic beauty.
The ancient Greeks started the Olympic Games as a celebration of
athleticism and the human form. They didn’t have high tech body costumes
besmirched with bibs and large numbers pinned to the front. Instead, their
athletes were nude—in celebration of the human form, and of the gods in
whose superhuman feats the athletes performed in tribute.
ESPSN magazine continues this tradition today with the *ESPN: Body Issue*showcasing nude athletes... more »
Henry Geiger - We See What We Are (1980)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago
*Related: *
* Henry Geiger - Symbol And Myth (1974).*
*Henry Geiger - The Present And The Long View (1979)*.
*Henry Geiger - Moonshine And Sunlight (1984).*
* * * Henry Geiger - The Uses of Make Believe (1983).*
*Henry Geiger - Signs of A New Civilization (1980).*
* ** *
*Wikipedia:*
Henry Geiger (1908?-15 February 1989) was the editor, publisher, and chief
writer of MANAS Journal which published from 1948-1988. Abraham Maslow
called him “the only small ‘p’ philosopher America has produced in this
century.”
*Below is an excerpt from, "We See What We Are" by Henry Geiger. Sour... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 4 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Pete
Papaherakles of *American Free Press*.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are links to some of the topics we discussed during this program:
- *Waiting for the Violence & Was Trayvon Hopped Up on
"Purple Drank"?*by John Friend and Pete Papaherakles
- *Mainstream Media Stokes Violence; DOJ Helped Organize
'Trayvon'
Protests *by John Friend
- *Larry Elder Destroys Piers Morgan - Zimmerman Verdict Debate*
- *Confronting the ADL's Campaign of Hate* by Vict... more »
Nelson Mandela and the Armed Struggle
Paul Coker at News Spike - 4 hours ago
"'The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two
choices – submit or fight.
That time has now come to South Africa.
We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in
our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom.'
Firstly, we believed that as a result of Government policy, violence by the
African people had become inevitable, and that unless responsible
leadership was given to canalise and control the feelings of our people,
there would be outbreaks of terrorism which would produce an intensity of
bitterness and ho... more »
PARCC 90210
Chris Cerrone at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago
PARCC will be field testing its assessments in fourteen states and DC next
spring. Normally I would be firing up the opt out machine to protest
another waste of my children’s time but a fellow education advocate gave me
a different idea: She stated “the only thing worse than no data is bad
data” referencing how […]
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
“What's going on in the center of this spiral galaxy? Named the Sombrero
Galaxy for its hat-like resemblance, M104 features a prominent dust lane
and a bright halo of stars and globular clusters. Reasons for the
Sombrero's hat-like appearance include an unusually large and extended
central bulge of stars, and dark prominent dust lanes that appear in a disk
that we see nearly edge-on. Billions of old stars cause the diffuse glow of
the extended central bulge. Close inspection of the bulge in the above
photograph shows many points of light that are actually globular clusters.
*Cl... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"M78 isn't really hiding in planet Earth's night sky. About 1,600
light-years away and nestled in the nebula rich constellation Orion, the
large, bright, reflection nebula is well-known to telescopic skygazers. But
this gorgeous image of M78 was selected as the winner of the Hidden
Treasures 2010 astrophotography competition. Held by the European Southern
Observatory (ESO), the competition challenged amateur astronomers to
process data from ESO's astronomical archive in search of cosmic gems.
*Click image for larger size.*
The winning entry shows off amazing details within b... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"M78 isn't really hiding in planet Earth's night sky. About 1,600
light-years away and nestled in the nebula rich constellation Orion, the
large, bright, reflection nebula is well-known to telescopic skygazers. But
this gorgeous image of M78 was selected as the winner of the Hidden
Treasures 2010 astrophotography competition. Held by the European Southern
Observatory (ESO), the competition challenged amateur astronomers to
process data from ESO's astronomical archive in search of cosmic gems.
*Click image for larger size.*
The winning entry shows off amazing details w... more »
#SurveillanceState: An opposition leader has emerged
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
Why is Russel Norman considered by so many the de facto leader of the
opposition—*despite* Labour leader David Shearer having that titular role?
And why is Labour considering having Norman in a senior role in any
coalition they lead—despite his party’s loony economics, bankrupt proposalsand misanthropic
policy positions?
Perhaps he’s taken seriously, despite his frequent insanity, because when
he gets it right he’s good—he’s very good. And on his opposition to having
the GCSB listen in to all of us whenever they feel like; to the government
taking journalist’s phone records when... more »
Greece Bank bailout - 75 percent of funds already spent , problems fixed ? Lol ! On a similar note , the greater Greece bailoutts have resulted in 98,4 percent going back to the Troika to service Troika loans - way to fix the economy of Greece guys and gals ! Meanwhile the lies continue - remember joker PM Samaras pledging no additional taxes after the last round of new taxes ? Why do Greeks vote for folks that lie right to their faces ? Shutdown ERT rebels continue the good fight ......Greek police that have not yet been placed on administrative lists for future termination make arrests.......And so on , and so forth .....more folks being fired , VAT tax reduced - but is it really ? And when will Greece actually implement those 95 measures - or do they just rollover like option contracts perpetually or until after September 22 , 2013 ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-30/greece-has-already-spent-75-its-bank-bailout-cash
Greece Has Already Spent 75% Of Its Bank Bailout Cash
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/30/2013 12:29 -0400
- Eurozone
- Greece
- International Monetary Fund
- non-performing loans
- Recession
- Reuters
Eurozone taxpayers and the IMF are left wondering *what their bailout funds
have been spent on in Greece*. The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF)
has spent EUR38bn (or 75% of its total) bolstering the capital of Greece's
four big... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago
*The Advocate adds third reporter to cover Saints*
Derrick Jensen, "Change"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
* *
*"Change"*
by Derrick Jensen
"History is predicated on at least two things, the first physical, the
second perceptual. As always, the physical and the perceptual are
intertwined. So far as the former, history is marked by change. An
individual’s history can be seen as a series of welcomings and
leavetakings, a growth in physical stature and abilities followed by a
tailing off, a gradual exchange of these abilities for memories,
experiences, and wisdom.
Social histories are similarly marked by change. The deforestation of the
Middle East to build the first cities. The firs... more »
"Tears..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
“There is a sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues.
They are messengers of overwhelming grief...
and unspeakable love.”
- Washington Irving
"Choose A Side..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"We Americans have a saying: "It's more important what you stand for than
who you stand with." I do not rely upon peer opinion to decide what is
right and what is wrong. I make those decisions for myself, and even if I
discover that every other human alive chose differently, that doesn't mean
I was wrong.
There comes a time in every man's life when he has to choose sides. I have
chosen my side. I am comfortable with my decision. I do not think everyone
on my side is a saint, but I know that those on the other side are much,
much worse.
Sometimes a man with too broad a perspecti... more »
The Zionist-Fundamentalist Christian-Saudi Wahhabi Alliance Against Peace And Humanity
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
*Photo Source*.
Below is a comment by "Smith" on the website *Going To Tehran*. Exact date
and time of comment: July 30, 2013 at 6:47 am.
Zionists believe they are the “chosen people”. So as per their ideology it
is not like they are to serve God but God is to serve them. Christians
believe that they are sinless people since they accepted Jesus as “son of
God” who gave his life for the sins of Christians (you can keep doing as
much sin as you want) so they are hastening “Rupture” and their own
“Salvation”. Wahabis think that they are the “Owners” of “true” Islam and
that Shias ... more »
Zapatistas Marcos 'Votan II L@s Guardian@s"
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
INICIO / COMUNICADO
jul302013
VOTÁN
II. L@S GUARDIAN@S
VOTÁN II.
L@S GUARDIAN@S
Julio del 2013.
Bueno, ahora sí sigue explicarles ya cómo va a estar esto de la
escuelita (la lista de útiles escolares, la metodología, l@s maestr@s,
el temario, los horarios, etc.), así que lo primero es…
Lo que necesita.
Lo único que objetivamente necesita usted para asistir a la escuelita
zapatista
With support from @drjohnthompson, the case of the missing teaching experience #optorcop
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
This is really the last time I need to comment on this because we have to
move on. I told you, dear reader, of my attendance at a recent Fordham
event on the potential for opt outs of test-based accountability. Here’s
video of my question, comment. When I try to assert my credibility in
debates […]
Anthropology: “Monogamy May Sound Sweet, But Why It Evolved Isn't”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
* *
*“Monogamy May Sound Sweet, But Why It Evolved Isn't”*
by Seth Borenstein
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Only a few species of mammals are monogamous, and now
dueling scientific teams think they've figured out why they got that way.
But their answers aren't exactly romantic. The answers aren't even the same.
One team looked just at primates, the animal group that includes apes and
monkeys. The researchers said the exclusive pairing of a male and a female
evolved as a way to let fathers defend their young against being killed by
other males. The other scientific team got a different answer... more »
Adam Smith rips film distributors a new one
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
Want to watch a film? Then cinema owners and film distributors want a
continuing favour from government to ensure you watch it when and where *they
*want you to.
For years, cinemas have enjoyed protection in law: a blanket ban on DVD,
Blu-Ray, Pay-Per-View or Free-To-Air providers bringing in new films for 9
months, giving cinema owners a ‘window’ in which to show new films held
open by government protection—and downloaders high motivation to harvest
films illegally online.
The government’s ban was supposed to be temporary. It has lasted now for
ten years. In that time the number... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Algiers ferry service suspended "until further notice" ~Gambit*
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Tijeras, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"I Just Said..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"I didn't say it would be easy. I just said it would be the truth."
- Morpheus
Pope Francis greets a group of indigenous people
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago
This Pope has inspired more hope in people worldwide than Obama has in his
term in office. He's even more liberal on gay rights than Obama. That's
beautifully strange. Source: romereports.
“The Logical (and Coming) End to the US Empire”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“The Logical (and Coming) End to the US Empire”*
by Robert P. Abele
“There are numerous legal and ethical arguments that can and have been made
in opposition to U.S. foreign policy of raw aggression. For an example of
the illegalities of U.S. Empire, examine the Geneva Conventions, all four
of which directly proscribe what they each call “outrages” to human
dignity, “in particular humiliating and degrading treatment” (I, 1, 3). The
“outrages” are named specifically as torture, mutilation, cruel treatment,
taking hostages, murder, biological experimentation, and passing sentences... more »
Satire: “Scalia Offers to Help Pope Judge Gays”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* *
*“Scalia Offers to Help Pope Judge Gays”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Responding to Pope Francis’s suggestion
that the Pope is not capable of judging gays, Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia contacted the Vatican today to say that he would be “more than
happy” to help the Pontiff do so. “If he’s having trouble judging
homosexuals, well, then I’m his man,” Scalia told reporters after making
his offer. “I have over a quarter century of professional experience.”
Justice Scalia said that he was sympathetic to Pope Francis’s difficulty in
judging gays, but ... more »
People Like Us
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
The very words in our language are constructed to perpetuate the system
of control for which we were created. In a court of law or in a classroom
you are asked repeatedly “Do you understand?” Consenting verbally, with a
“yes”, declares that you “stand under” whoever did the asking and whatever
was asked.
The askers believe that wielding power over you increases their own. Thus,
they are threatened by any display of power they do not sanction. They
have been misled and are themselves “standing under” other askers of
manipulative questions.
The burgeoning monetary ... more »
How the Senate Deal is Working
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
The Senate today is confirming all the NLRB nominees. That's a big deal,
substantively and with regard to procedure. It means that Republicans
stayed with the nuclear-avoiding deal through the original seven nominees
that Harry Reid was attempting to get through -- given, that is, that
Barack Obama was willing to substitute two new NLRB nominees of his choice.
A little analysis.
Through the first four closely contested cloture votes -- Cordray for CFPB
Perez for Labor, McCarthy for EPA, and Hirozawa for NLRB...
Four Republicans voted for cloture all four times: Collins, Corker, McCa... more »
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Crary's '24/7': Wake Up Little Susie!
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours ago
Wake up little Susie:
We’re in trouble deep
Crary's book provides a historical survey of capitalism’s growing encroachment on individual human life.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / July 30, 2013
[24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep by Jonathan Crary (2013: Verso); 144 pp; $16.95.]
Most of us are familiar with the fact that the global financial markets run 24 hours a day and seven days
Racism Isn't Just An American Institution-- It's Everywhere There's An Active Right-Wing
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Fascist hack Roberto Calderoli and Minister Cecile Kyenge
In April, Dr. Cécile Kyenge, originally born in the Congo, was sworn in as
Italy's Integration Minister. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies, she is
also the first black person in an Italian Cabinet. And neo-fascists, who
are a powerful, resurgent force in Italy, went bananas... literally. A far
right senator and former cabinet minister from Italy's GOP, the Northern
League, (Roberto Calderoli, but think Ted Cruz or Rand Paul) likened her to
an orangutan. Calderoli is the Vice President of the Senate. "When I see
images of Kyen... more »
Guantanamo in the Rearview Mirror
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
Here at the Duck and elsewhere, there has been much discussion of the gaps
between academia and the policy world. I took part in a program that seeks
to bridge that gap–the Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs
Fellowship–which I have mentioned here before. One thing I did not
discuss here before is that such
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Salon: AGW cause confined to a left-wing ghetto
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
Salon has reprinted an interesting sociological essay on the climate debate
originally written by Geoff Dembicki for Canada's The Tyee:
How to talk to a conservative about climate change
Dembicki, a left-wing alarmist, starts by admitting that during the recent
two decades, the climate worries have become increasingly confined to an
intellectually sterile environment of brainwashed and stubborn people whose
ideology strongly influences their very perception, something that Dembicki
calls the "left-wing ghetto".
People not heavily invested into the left-wing ideology tend to reject... more »
The Manning Verdict
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 8 hours ago
Bradley Manning dodged the "aiding the enemy bullet" and life
imprisonment. What a relief it must be to him as he relishes spending only
the next 136 years of his existence in the slammer for the offenses
of embarrassing the power players of the United States of America and
lighting the democratic spark for the Arab Spring.
Let's see.... President Bush immediately commuted the sentence of
convicted felon Scooter Libby, who actually did endanger lives through his
lies and leaks. And only a week or so ago, President Obama quietly arranged
for the safe passage of a CIA agent who'd bee... more »
To follow up on Chris Cerrone’s great post on #ECE and #CCSS
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
Chris Cerrone has a great post up including some examples of first-grade
vocabulary from CCSS. Can it be argued as a good thing that first graders
are now going to be taught the meaning of Ziggurat? I thought the CCSS was
not supposed to be a checklist of things. Check out our most recent
interview […]
Yankton: Protect the Sacred, Oppose Keystone Tarsands Aug 16 -- 17, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago
CONFERENCE
TO EDUCATE ON PROPOSED PIPELINE’S MAN CAMPS IN OCETI SAKOWIN TERRITORY
AUGUST 16 AND 17
PICKSTOWN, SD – A conference is planned for August 16 & 17, 2013
at the Fort Randall Casino on the Yankton Sioux Reservation to promote
awareness of the man camps that are part of the proposed TransCanada
Corp oil pipeline that will run from Canada, North Dakota, eastern South
Dakota, and
No benefit of the doubt here
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
The government (especially IDS) and several voices from the Right side of
politics - from Stephen Glover to Janet Daley and Daniel Hannan - have
often been sharply critical of the BBC for what they see as its biased
reporting of the Coalition's benefit reforms. They argue that the BBC has
taken sides in the argument (consciously or unconsciously) - i.e. the side
of those who oppose the government's reforms.
Today's rejection by the High Court of challenge to one of the government's
key benefit reforms brought by a number of disabled claimants resulted in
the following cluster of st... more »
Shocker! (Least Revealing Revelation Ever)
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
Oh, c'mon, Mother Jones:
As Mother Jones revealed last week, Groundswell, the hush-hush right-wing
strategy group partly led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas, wanted to hype the Benghazi tragedy into a
full-fledged scandal for the Obama administration, as part of its "30 front
war" on the president and progressives. A secret audio tape of one of
Groundswell's weekly meetings shows that prominent members of the group
pressed House Speaker John Boehner and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the
chair of the House oversight committee, to expand the Benghazi... more »
The Economy: "Bank Stealing Increases"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
* *
*"Bank Stealing Increases"*
by Karl Denninger
"Note the "headline" here...
"Bank Revenues Surge on Trading Over What Fed Will Do"
"Diverging monetary policies are creating ideal conditions for banks to
make money from trading currencies as Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) to
Goldman Sachs (GS) Group Inc. say rising volatility is boosting earnings.
“If there’s higher volatility, there’s higher volume and higher
opportunities for us to generate revenue,” Bernie Sinniah, the London-based
global head of corporate foreign-exchange sales at Citigroup Inc. (C), the
second-bi... more »
BRADLEY MANNING, THE HERO
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
* *
*Bradley Manning*
Bradley Manning provided the world with evidence of US war crimes.
Manning got hold of a video showing the murder, by the US military, of 147
civilians.
This massacre took place in the Afghan village of Granai, in 2009.
* *
*Bradley Manning*
Unfortunately, Manning gave the video to Wikileaks, which would appear to
be run by the CIA.
In March 2013, Julian Assange said that WikiLeaks had received the video
from Manning and described the incident as a "war crime," but said the
video was lost when Daniel Domscheit-Berg left the organization.[44]
*Bradley Mannin... more »
FINAL RAMBLINGS FROM PACIFIC TRIP
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
Here are a few odds and ends from my trip to Hawaii, Philippines, and
Australia. The Obama "pivot" to the Asia-Pacific is real, being debated
across the Pacific, and is still largely a mystery to the American people.
- One key strategy of the US is to get the "allies" to pay for as much
of the Pentagon pivot into the Asia-Pacific as possible. That's why we see
South Korea building the base on Jeju Island, the Philippines allowing the
US to dock ships at Subic Bay for free, and for the Australians to pay for
the upgrades at Robertson Barracks in Darwin where 2,500 ... more »
Groundswell - Don't Know About It - Time you did!!!
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
If you don’t know about this – time you did.
Time you spent 30 minutes edumacating yourself on the nastiness of the
REpbuliCONS.
*From MoJO this morning*
As Mother Jones revealed last week, Groundswell, the hush-hush right-wing
strategy group partly led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas, wanted to hype the Benghazi tragedy into a
full-fledged scandal for the Obama administration, as part of its "30 front
war" on the president and progressives. A secret audio tape of one of
Groundswell's weekly meetings shows that prominent members of the group
pre... more »
Who LIED about ALEC?
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
In an article posted by an organization that sues way too many people for
using their material - the following statement was posted.
The group[ALEC] has attracted fierce criticism from such groups as Free
Press (CD April 9 p11), but it remains committed to transparent policy
discussions, its task force leaders told us.
Either ALEC successfully LIED to the press again.
OR
The press successfully LIED to the public about ALEC, again.
Sooooo - - - - -
The American Legislative Exchange Council meeting in Chicago will be
anything but transparent. A meeting held behind closed doors, repo... more »
News report from 1981 about getting your newspaper on your home computer
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
How far we've come in 32 years... From no pictures in 1981 to what seems
like pretty much just pictures of semi naked women in the Daily Mail today.
Israel Matzav: It starts: 'Palestinian' terrorists shoot rocket at western Negev
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
The peace talks between Israel and terrorists who want to destroy Israel
and kill all Jews start, Israel releases a hundred terrorists as a
(misguided) show of good faith, the Palestinians respond with a rocket. I
presume that the BBC will be all over this....
More here at Israel Matzav but defintely not on the anti-Israel BBC.
Stafford Hospital nurses guilty of misconduct over diabetes death
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
'*misconduct*'?
The NHS is the envy of the world?
' Two nurses who failed to spot a patient who died at Stafford Hospital was
diabetic have been found guilty of misconduct.
On Monday the Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found Ann King and
Jeannette Coulson had failed to look at or update Gillian Astbury's records.
They also failed to carry out blood tests.
Ms Astbury, 66, died in April 2007 at the hospital after after she was not
given insulin.
The panel is now deciding what sanctions to take against the two nurses,
who have both since retired from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Tr... more »
A Million+ reasons to mistrust the BBC's education reporting?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Here's a little something I posted as a comment nearly three years ago at *Biased
BBC*.
Craig says:
October 16, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Catching up on this week’s editions of* Newsnight*. On Monday night (the
day of Lord Browne’s report on tuition fees), Michael Crick reported on the
strains in the coalition. He badgered a Lib Dem MP (Stephen Williams) over
the issue, then featured as ‘talking heads’ Pam Tatlow of*Million Plus*,
which he described as* “one university think tank”,* and a Labour MP called
Adrian Bailey. Pam Tatlow was very critical, and also attacked bankers and
the City. ... more »
Erin Burnett has nothing to say!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013*
*Hillary Weiner edition:* There are a few basic facts to keep in mind about
the celebrity press corps.
In the end, these people just aren’t very smart. Nor do they have any real
interest in any serious topic.
This explains why they should be forced to stick very closely to
traditional journalistic procedures.
Last night, Erin Burnett opened her program with a segment which seemed
extra dumb even to us. To us, her premise seemed a bit puzzling:
She wanted to know whether Anthony Weiner’s sexting scandal “could affect
[Hillary] Clinton's potential 2016 pres... more »
See through solar cell 40% efficient
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours ago
Researchers led by Yang Yang, the Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr.,
Professor of Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Science, said the new cells could serve as a power-generating
layer on windows and smartphone displays without compromising users'
ability to see through the surface. The cells can be produced so that they
appear light gray, green or brown, and so can blend with the color and
design features of buildings and surfaces.
The research was published online July 26 by *Energy & Environmental Science
*, a Royal Society of Chemistry jour... more »
"He's probably a closet-case."
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 10 hours ago
Used to be, us progressive white males were REALLY sexist, homophobic,
racist pricks. (Some would argue that we still are, but that's a topic for
another day.) Back in the day, everyone I knew was a homophobe. Even my
[turned out to be] gay friend in high school would use the word "fag" as an
insult. [Probably just to get along and fit in.] The thing is, we'd think
nothing of mocking someone for being a "fag" or a "homo" or whatever.
My attitude started to really change in my early-twenties, after I read an
anthology of cartoonists opposed to Margaret Thatcher's anti-gay "clause 28... more »
What Caused the Iraq War? A Debate. Part 1 of 2
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Alexandre Debs and Nuno P. Monteiro,
both of Yale University. In it, they discuss the causes of the Iraq War, a
subject of some recent discussion at The Duck of Minerva. This post
discusses their forthcoming International Organization article, which is
now available as an “online first” piece and will be
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Bolivia: Capitalizing on Green Economy isn't Harmony with Mother Earth
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
LUNES, 29 DE JULIO/2013
DEAR FRIENDS: (ESTIMADOS AMIGOS)
This document is an introduction to the proposal of Living Well in harmony
and balance with Mother Earth, based in Bolivia's position in the international
negotiations of the United Nations. This paper highlights the difference between
the proposal of the green economy and the strengthening the economy of Mother
Earth
Go Quietly... Or Else... - by Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew
Paul Coker at News Spike - 10 hours ago
*Agnew says: *
In Early October 1973, Kissingerite White House Chief of Staff, "General"
Al Haig came to him and said (in effect) :
*
*
*"If you do not resign - I will kill you."*
Agnew resigned, plead No Contest to a trumped up charge and was finished in
professional politics.
*But he survived. And wrote a book.*
*
*
*"Go Quietly... Or Else...." is Copyright 1980 and dedicated to Frank
Sinatra.*
On* March 30th 1981*, during a *Presidential Succession Drill*, a *sniper
team* and *MK-Ultra murder puppet *and most likely a pair of complicit
Secret Service details attempted to k... more »
"Bradley Manning" Doesn't Exist
Paul Coker at News Spike - 10 hours ago
Bullshit Decontamination Protocol: Primary Detox Phase
from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
This is what "Bradley" and his defence team if lawyers are willing to
concede in military court as established and irrefutable, uncontested fact.
His defence team is formally acknowledging as a statement of fact that
during Operation Neptune Spear on 2 May 2011, the US acquired documents
from UBL's computer establishing that UBL had requested and received DoD
data disclosed by Manning to Assange and posted to Wikileaks, making them
public domain.
That's one thing.
This may or may not be ... more »
Untitled
paul at Paying attention - 10 hours ago
You know a problem has become critical when it gets a snappy name.
Like the “ninis” in Honduras, young people who “ni trabaja ni estudia” -
neither work nor go to school.
About 24 per cent of Hondurans between 12 and 24 aren’t in school or
working, according to the latest numbers. That’s a problem on many levels.
Many youths with nothing to do get into trouble - gangs or petty crime or
early, ill-advised relationships. (About 25 per cent of births are to
women, or girls, under 18.)
And the country’s future prospects are blighted when such a huge portion of
the population lack educatio... more »
Terrance Nelson: Canadian courts seek to bankrupt rail blockaders
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
"You
have decided that the government need not do anything, after 142 years,
the Government of Canada can continue to do nothing on its legal
obligations and CN and the immigrants to our lands are free to continue
to take everything from the indigenous people and pay nothing." --
Terrance Nelson
By Terrance Nelson
First Nation Roseau River Anishinabe
Censored News
James Edmond,
Bedroom Tax at the High Court
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 10 hours ago
I was very sorry to hear the legal challenge to the bedroom tax was thrown
out of the High Court after just eight minutes. Sorry, but not at all
surprised. And, if I'm honest, right from the start I've been of the
opinion this action wouldn't go anywhere. Natural justice and that
administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service seldom meet, and, indeed,
under the law, the government's bedroom tax has not broken it.
The grounds the policy were contested on were human rights laws; that the
policy unfairly discriminated against disabled people. It's incontestable
that it does. With Emp... more »
Alan Waldman: ‘Not Going Out’ is an Extremely Funny British TV Sitcom
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours ago
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Brilliant Lee Mack writes and stars in this truly wacky, unpredictable
series.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / July 30, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland.
Most are
'Nini' youth - not in school, not working - symptom of a failing country
paul at Paying attention - 11 hours ago
Parents have to buy uniforms; government doesn't have to buy desks
You know a problem has become critical when it gets a snappy name.
Like the “ninis” in Honduras, young people who “ni trabaja ni estudia” -
neither work nor go to school.
About 24 per cent of Hondurans between 12 and 24 aren’t in school or
working, according to the latest numbers. That’s a problem on many levels.
Many youths with nothing to do get into trouble - gangs or petty crime or
early, ill-advised relationships. (About 25 per cent of births are to
women, or girls, under 18.)
And the country’s future prospects are... more »
Modern Cars Can Be Hacked -- Boats and Planes Next?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
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Nicholas West
The question of whether or not modern cars can be hacked has been answered in
the wake of the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of
journalist Michael Hastings.
Dr. Kathleen Fisher spoke in 2012 about DARPA's High-Assurance Cyber
Military Systems (HACMS) program, making it clear that all modern cars
could be vulnerable to hacking and solutions need to be found.
Additional concerns are now being raised about the role GPS systems could
play in making it possible to hack boats, planes and other GPS-r... more »
'Fake Cops' Who Robbed People at Gunpoint in Detroit Turn Out to Be Real Cops
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
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*Youtube*
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Car Key Immobilizer Hack Revelations Blocked By UK Court
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
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Chris Carrington
The German car maker Volkswagen and the French group Thales have blocked a
move by researchers at Birmingham University (UK) to show how car
immobilizers can be hacked. They argue that the technology could be used by
criminals…which seems to confirm that the researchers are right that the
technology can be hacked.
“The University of Birmingham is disappointed with the judgement which did
not uphold the defence of academic freedom and public interest, but
respects the decision,” said a spokeswoman.
“It has... more »
DARPA to Genetically Engineer Humans by Adding a 47th Chromosome
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
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Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
*We’re no molecular biologists over here, but have you ever seen the sci-fi
flick Gattaca?*
In that 1997 film, society is structured around eugenics as people are
bioengineered to be ‘perfect specimens’, and one’s entire life and position
in the world is based on their genetics. Those conceived naturally without
genetic screening are proclaimed “invalid” and only allowed menial jobs,
despite the innate talents and skills they may possess. Alternately, the
2011 movie *In Time* portrays a dystopi... more »
NH Police View Peaceful Libertarian and Occupy Activists as Terrorists
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
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Lenco BearCat - Wiki image
*Activist Post*
Police in Concord, New Hampshire have applied for a grant to acquire a
$258,000 armored vehicle from the DHS to combat domestic terrorism.
According to their application, they cited "active threats" from domestic
"terror" groups like Free State Project and Occupy New Hampshire as the
primary reason for requiring this military equipment.
New Hampshire's *Union Leader* newspaper reports:
In its grant application to DHS, the police department said New Hampshire's
experience with terr... more »
The unelected Cathy Ashton
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
The BBC report that:
'The EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who met with Egypt's
former president Mohammed Morsi, has been speaking to the BBC.
Baroness Ashton is the first foreign diplomat to meet with the former
President since he was ousted from power in early July.
The BBC's Jim Muir asked the Baroness if she shared any common ground with
Mr Morsi: "There has to be a way of getting to the other side," she said.
Any common ground between Mohammed Morsi and Cathy Ashton? Let's see,
Mohammed Morsi was elected and then deposed whilst Cathy Ashton has never
been elected bu... more »
Playing Footsie With Fascists-- Will Obama Ever Learn?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Maybe you read the *NY Times* editorial over the weekend, The War Over
Health Care Exchanges.
To their shame and discredit, Republicans are trying to block efforts to
inform people about the law and are using scare tactics to keep them from
enrolling. The Republican mantra is that the nation will face economic and
medical catastrophe-- a “train wreck,” they say-- unless health care reform
is stopped in its tracks.
Their tactics are despicable. When Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of
health and human services, revealed that she was talking with the National
Football League and o... more »
Foo Fighters and the USS New York
KRandle at A Different Perspective - 11 hours ago
Well, it’s happened again. Got an email about a Foo Fighter sighting at
the
end of World War II which was radar confirmed. The ship, the *USS New
York*apparently fired on the object without results which meant that
they
neither hit it nor drove it away. This all happened in the middle of
March,
1945, sometime after the invasion of Iwo Jima and before the invasion of
Okinawa.
USS New York in 1945.
According to the story, as told in several sources, it was about one
o’clock in the afternoon when the captain of the *New York* sounded
general
quarters. While the crew searched the sky fo... more »
"How America’s Working Stiffs Got Stiffed"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
* *
*"How America’s Working Stiffs Got Stiffed"*
by Bill Bonner
"Amazing how much difference a few years make. We first visited China in
the 1980s. It was an appalling dump. Few cars. Few roads. Almost no decent
restaurants or hotels. Now in Beijing you see large black luxury
automobiles everywhere… and modern highways crisscrossing in front of huge
hotels and apartment buildings. The Chinese have made real progress! And
what about Americans? But let’s check in on Wall Street before we continue
our tale. Uh-huh… nothing much going on there. Monday was another lazy,
hazy summer da... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago
*Marigny homeowner Merritt Landry’s remanded to jail; bond was illegally
posted ~New Orleans Advocate*
*Update: Judge allows accused Marigny shooter to remain free on bond ~WDSU*
US Developing Mind Reading
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
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*Youtube*
The US government is pouring money into a technology called fMRI,
functional magnetic resonance imaging, which measures changes in localized
brain activity over time by watching blood flow. And it can now be used to
infer information about our memories. It can tell things like what we have
actually seen or experienced. Though no court has admitted fMRI results as
evidence yet, the signs clearly point in that direction.
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Pediatrician Says 5-in-1 Vaccine Pushed by Bill Gates’ GAVI, WHO Will Kill 3,125 Babies
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
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*If the whole purpose of vaccines is to ‘save children’, why give a shot
that statistics indicate will HARM more kids than it will HELP?*
*
*Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
At least 70 infants across five developing nations have died shortly after
receiving a World Health Organization- (WHO) and GAVI-backed pentavalent
5-in-1 vaccine that combines the Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus (or DPT)
shot with the Hepatitis-B and H influenza-b (or Hib) vaccines.
According to a recently published editorial in the *Indian Journal of
Medic... more »
The Mounties always get their man ... off
Alison at Creekside - 12 hours ago
Like the other three RCMP officers, Constable Bill Bentley stated Robert Dziekanski
"grabbed a stapler and came at members screaming."
Paul Pritchard's video showed Dziekanski was backed up against a table with
his hands up.
At his inquiry, Justice Braidwood called their nearly identical explanations
"shameful", "patently unbelievable", and "deliberate misrepresentations of
what happened for the purpose of justifying their actions".
Yesterday B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan found Bentley not guilty
of perjury :
"It is quite possible that the Pritchard video did not capture... more »
Refreshing and Amazing Strawberry Limeades
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 12 hours ago
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I may be obsessed with limeade. I can't remember the last time I made a
pitcher of lemonade in my house. We used to have different friends over for
dinner every week when we lived in Texas, and I was always delighted at the
looks of their faces when they realized that the delicious lemonade was
actually limeade. It is my absolutely favorite drink.
I have spent most of my life drinking it non-carbonated which I thought
was the best way, until I tried these. This drink is easy to make and
simply incredible. Delicious and refreshing. My husband begs me ... more »
Iraq Proposes Changing Its Provincial Borders
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
In July 2013, Iraq’s parliament passed along a draft law to redraw the
country’s provincial boundaries. The bill was proposed by President Jalal
Talabani back at the beginning of 2012 to reverse all the internal changes
made by Saddam Hussein. If passed it would dramatically change the internal
contours of the country. Unfortunately, Iraq’s legislature is not known for
its expertise. Many lawmakers are probably unaware of what the law would do
to Iraq. It would mean many elected politicians would lose their jobs or
get lower positions within existing governments. One thing the Ira... more »
LOS ANGELES TIMES VIDEO: More Than 50 Killed In Wave Of Rush-Hour Car Bombings In Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
AL JAZEERA VIDEO: Deadly Warve of Car Bombs Strikes Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
REUTERS VIDEO: Wave of Car Bombings Kills Dozens In Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Myrtle Beach Outlaws Feeding the Homeless on Public AND Private Property
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
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image source Brandon Turbeville
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is widely known as a growing city due to its
popular beaches and an economy geared toward the attraction of tourists,
golfers, and vacationers. Any such community, of course, is naturally going
to compete with other geographically similar locations. Thus, not to be
outdone by other beach communities such as Orlando, Florida,[1] Myrtle
Beach has now followed suit in banning good Samaritans from engaging in
such charitable acts as feeding the homeless.[2]
In yet one... more »
About talks about talks
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
These ‘talks about talks’ in yesterday’s headlines provided the BBC with another
opportunity to confuse the listener.
Monday’s Today featured two items on this topic. In the first, at 7:51,
Justin called upon the opinions of two specially selected guests.
*Ghada Karmi, a doctor and journalist, and Lord Levy, president of
Community Service Volunteers Jewish Care, outline what the talks will be
trying to achieve.*
*
*
Ghada Karmi, "a doctor and journalist"
Lord Levy
So says the Today website.
It seems odd to describe Ghada thus. She’s a well-known anti-Israel
activist. Her bio s... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Straight Up'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
STRAIGHT
UP
Posted on July 29, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. JULY 29, 2013. What would you do if an old man sent pictures of his
erect penis to your adolescent daughter, along with suggestive sexual
invitations to have sex? It’s like suggesting a father rape his
daughter. Former Congressman, Anthony Weiner, a wealthy politician
running for mayor of New York City is setting this example.
Tiwesdæg: the Left-hand of Linkage
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Discussion has picked up again on Elizabeth Saunders’ guest post, “How
Would Al Gore Have Fought the Iraq War.” I think it worth clarifying that
Elizabeth’s piece does, as I read it, two things. First, it extends the
debate by asking, in essence, “if we believe that parallel-universe
President Gore would have launched an attack
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The Baltimore Sun’s no-good, terrible judgment!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013*
*Feeding a frenzy, as facts disappear:* The Baltimore Sun has shown
terrible judgment in the wake of the Zimmerman verdict.
For one example, consider an opinion piece which was prominently featured
in last Saturday’s hard-copy paper. It appeared beneath a colorful headline:
“The new lynching,” the large headline said. That inflammatory headline has
been cleaned up on-line.
We don’t know the non-journalist author of the piece, but we feel sure that
he’s a good decent person. That said, good decent people can get caught up
in frenzies, especially so when jour... more »
Long Walk 4 update July 30, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Photo
by longwalker Aki Zaagi
By Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz
Censored News
July 30, 2013
The Walk is leaving Wheeling today and heading west on 40 and some back
roads where 40 runs into Interstate 70. We would like to thank the Soup
Kitchen of Greater Wheeling, Becky and her husband, Carmelita, Tommy,
and Willy Underbaggage for their support. The truck will be on the road
again in the
Moccasins on the Ground: Non-violent tarsands resistance Montana Aug 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
From Loving Your Pain to Feeling Your Pain
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
How does President Obama telegraph his contempt for the working class?
By traveling to an Amazon distribution warehouse full of temporary wage
slaves and calling for a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 to 28%. And
on top of that, bestowing our financial overlords with even more monetary
incentives via training, at government expense, the workers for those
low-paying jobs, and then rewarding the freeloading CEOs with even more
financial perks when they then deign to hire the trainees. It's a trifecta
for the plutocracy, a triple whammy for the rest of us. It's a perfect
example o... more »
DUBLINERS TOO: Journalists build a sacred tale!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013*
*Part 2—And the fact-checkers disappear:* Early in The Plague, Camus
describes the way an undesirable condition can seize a community without
anyone much taking notice.
He imagined a pestilence, an epidemic of disease, seizing the city of Oran.
Still early in his tale, he describes why Dr. Rieux, and other citizens,
failed to see it happening:
CAMUS (*page 36*): The word “plague” had just been uttered for the first
time. At this stage of the narrative, with Dr. Bernard Rieux standing at
his window, the narrator may, perhaps, be allowed to justify the doctor... more »
The "McDonaldization" of the US
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 14 hours ago
*Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT's CrossTalk to discuss
the state of the US economy, specifically the assault on working people and
the poor. Eric explains how low wage jobs have been used as a weapon by the
ruling class to convert the US economy from a high wage economy to one that
is typified by low wages, temporary jobs, and a reduced standard of living.
Eric also examines many other aspects of this issue in this half hour
program.*
Ants
noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 14 hours ago
My friend is grousing about the ants that have invaded her house in
Montréal. She picks them up and drops them in the garden, she shoos them
out the door, she has even resorted to using those round tins with poisoned
bait inside.
Carpenter ants have been a problem in many Canadian homes this year because
of the diluvial weather in spring and summer.
I pointed out that the ants were climate refugees. "Hunh!" she snorted.
"Well, they can go right back where they came from, they're not moving into
this house."
Late last night, while I was downstairs reading in blissful solitude, I
... more »
ER-EPR correspondence and bipartite closed strings
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
This text is just an experiment. I want to know the number of viewers of a
blog entry on a related topic and the composition and character of comments
if there are any. The insight below is not necessary correct; and it is not
necessarily fundamental. ;-)
The Maldacena-Susskind ER-EPR correspondence invites one to think that
(non-traversable) wormholes are natural, sort of inevitable – because
spacetimes with this topology are physically equivalent to ordinary
spacetimes with entangled degrees of freedom in two regions.
One of the things I was thinking about was whether there are ot... more »
The Lessons of Recent History
Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 14 hours ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
In his essay on Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar”, W.H. Auden observed that
theatrical directors throughout the 30's found it quite natural to make of
Caesar a great fascist dictator, more like Mussolini than Hitler. The
conspirators, he claimed, were “liberals”. Up to date analogies are
irresistible. For a brief period not long before Iraq fell into utter
chaos, that it could be said that George W. Bush had “...crossed the
Rubicon”. There are better analogies to be made.
In 1947, Auden would say of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar that it had “grea... more »
Burdens of proof in a blended voir dire
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours ago
R. v. Boston, 2013 ONCA 498 deals with the complexities of burdens of proof
in a blended voir dire. Even though all the evidence is heard at once it is
essential to keep the different decisions separate and decide them
according to the relevant legal principles. This author considers the
difficulties such that it may be better to avoid blended voir dires
generally:
[23] In a *Charter *application, the burden of proof is on the
defence to establish a breach on a balance of probabilities. In a criminal
trial, the burden of proof is on the Crown to establish the guilt of the
... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Louise Wener, 47. I saw Sleeper opening for Elvis in
Berkeley, I guess right at the top of their brief run...they were quite
good! I had no idea what happened to her; turns out she's a successful
novelist, apparently. How many rock star/novelists are there, anyway? The
guy who is John Wesley Harding, I know; also Dr. Frank from Mr. T. I'm
probably missing an obvious one.
Some good stuff:
1. Boris Shor on state legislature polarization.
2. Joan Walsh on Ralph Nader. One of the hallmarks of US politics is that
democracy is the stated universal preference; support fo... more »
Best Predictor Of How Congressmembers Voted On The Amendment To End NSA Spying: Legalistic Bribes From Defense Industry
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
David Kravets put the vote on the Amash-Conyers amendment to end
warrantless domestic spying into a sensible perspective for *Wired* Last
week: Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense
Industry Cash. And, appropriately enough, the photo in his piece--
Congress' most corrupt Military Industrial Complex shill, Buck McKeon
(R-CA).
The numbers tell the story-- in votes and dollars. On Wednesday, the House
voted 217 to 205 not to rein in the NSA’s phone-spying dragnet. It turns
out that those 217 “no” voters received twice as much campaign financing
from the ... more »
Finally - Is Japan slowly taking over dealing with Fukushima from Tepco ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Tepco on the way out - as far as being in charge of dealing with the
extreme complex Fukushima debacle ?
Energy News items of note....
07:11 AM EST on July 30th, 2013 | 3 comments
Japan gov’t intervening at Fukushima nuclear plant — Will take over
measuring radiation levels — Top official “questioned accuracy of Tepco’s
data on contamination”
07:09 PM EST on July 29th, 2013 | 43 comments
Radio: Fukushima Daiichi has “contaminated the biggest body of water on the
planet” — Radioactive leaks to harm marine and human life — Whole Pacific
Ocean likely to have cesium levels 5-10 times hi... more »
It's About Quality, Not Just Numbers
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
As each month comes to an end, we wait with baited breath to discover how
many new jobs were created in the last thirty days. But Yogendra Shakya
and Axelle Janczur write that the kind of jobs we create is just as -- if
not more -- important than the number of jobs we create:
In the name of “free market” policies, Canada has seen a downward push on
wages and a rise in unstable, temporary and unsafe jobs. These types of
jobs are broadly referred to as “precarious work” or “non-standard
employment” since they are marked by limited or no stability, benefits and
protection.
Sever... more »
China economic news of note - July 30 , 2013....17 billion yuan reverse repo - first since february - fears of liquidity crunch motivating PBOC ? How serious is china regarding the announced audit of local authorities and state enterprise debts ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-30/overnight-news-not-terrible-enough-assure-new-all-time-highs
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Overnight News Not Terrible Enough To Assure New All Time HighsSubmitted by Tyler
Durden on 07/30/2013 - 07:05
While the market's eyes were fixed on the near record slide in Japanese
Industrial Production (even as its ears glazed over the latest commentary
rerun from Aso) which did however lead to a 1.53% jump in the
PenNikkeiStock market on hope of more stimulus to get floundering Abenomics
back on track, the most important news from the overnight ses... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - July 30 , 2013 - data , news and views ! Comex registered gold and total warehouse gold declines continue ! Did the Bank of England direct the release of 1300 tons of gold during the period of March through June of 2013 ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/jeff-clark-a-photovoltaic-silver-bull-in-china
Gold closed at $1,327.20 spot...down $6.60 from Friday's close. Gross
volume was way up there at 254, 300 contracts, but once all the roll-overs
are subtracted out, the net volume was a tiny 17,000 contracts.
The silver price action was a different story, however. Silver was under
pressure almost right from the Sunday night open in New York...and hit its
low tick shortly after London opened their Monday. From that low, silver
began to rally nicely, but it was obvious from the price action that... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours ago
*Developers win the WTC ~Jaquetta White*
*In Marigny, a clash of opinions follows teen's shooting ~Meg Gatto, WVUE*
*Hell waiting for high water – the devil in the details of the flooding of
Jefferson Parish ~Slabbed*
*Post-Katrina hero Abdulrahman Zeitoun stands trial in attempted murder,
hit on ex-wife ~John Simerman, New Orleans Advocate*
*TS Dorian now officially a remnant*
*A Delicious Break for Louisiana’s Wild-Caught Catfish*
*Roosters in New Orleans ~Marta Jewson, Gambit*
*New Orleans BBQ Shrimp from The Cabin **
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Car key immobilizer hack revelations blocked by UK courtyard
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 17 hours ago
*A High Court judge has blocked three security researchers from publishing
details of how to break a car immobilization system.* German car maker
Volkswagen and French defense group Thales obtained the interim ruling
after arguing that the information could be used by criminals. The
knowledge is used by quite a few car manufacturers. The academics had
intended to present the in turn at a meeting in August.
The three researchers are Flavio Garcia, a computer science lecturer at the
University of Birmingham, and Baris Ege and Roel Verdult, security
researchers at Radboud University... more »
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig prepares to go " nuclear " against A-Rod in PED suspension battle by invoking the power to protect the integrity of the game - that would allow Baseball to immediately suspend A-Rod without A-Rod being able to seek a stay pending appeal.....Bottom line is if A-Rod decides to fight the looming suspension rather than accept a deal and if Baseball similarly stands its ground by invoking the integrity of the game tool , A-Rod will never play for not just the Yanks but in the MLB again !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/rod_attorney_appeal_will_shred_documents_Sb1l83AKgmm5rmR5H0iDwN
TAMPA — While Alex Rodriguez spent time hitting yesterday, we learned
considerably more about his defense.
Major League Baseball isn’t impressed. And baseball is so offended by
A-Rod’s alleged behavior it might try to keep him off the field immediately.
With MLB set to bring down the suspension hammer on Rodriguez and other
Biogenesis suspects as soon as tomorrow, his attorney, David Cornwell,
offered a glimpse yesterday of how the beleaguered Yankees’ third baseman
intends to appea... more »
Freikorps
Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago
After the First World War former senior officers in the German Army began
raising private armies called Freikorps. These were used to defend the
German borders against the possibility of invasion from the Red Army. Later
they were used against attempts at revolution in Germany.
General Franz Epp led 30,000 soldiers to crush the Bavarian Socialist
Republic in March, 1919. It is estimated that Epp's men killed over 600
communists and socialists over the next few weeks.
Herman Ehrhardt, a former naval commander and Wolfgang Kapp, a right-wing
journalist, led a group of soldiers to t... more »
Taliban frees hundreds in Pakistan , while also killing scores in bombing in Afghanistan..... US weapons surfacing among islamist rebels already in Egypt ? Meanwhile , another bloody day in " free " Iraq !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Af-
Pak news......
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Taliban-launch-major-attack-on-Pakistani-prison-free-300-inmates/articleshow/21476041.cms
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistani Taliban disguised as policemen attacked a prison in
the country's northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan, freeing more than
300
prisoners late on Monday.
The jail officials said that several of the prisoners, four security
personnel and two assailants were killed in the attack. The prison was
housing at least 5000 prisoners, 250 of them hardcore militants.
Malik Qasim Khattak, advisor to the ministry of pr... more »
New iPhone likely to have a fingerprint scanner
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
One year ago, Apple bought AuthenTec, a Prague-based security company (7
Husinecká Street), for $356 million. One may now check the Czech commercial
register shows two key people from Cupertino, California, aside from a
Czech male and Czech female name that started the company with the basic
registered capital of $10,000 (too late for great investments). ;-)
Yesterday, the Czech technological media reported that the iOS7 beta4 code
contains a BiometricKitUI.axbundle folder along with some sentences
suggesting that the fingerprint scanner will read your thumb when it
touches the ho... more »
Gone Fishin'
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours ago
No posts today from me. Time for some long overdue moto-photo therapy.
The moto part is my now 8-year old BMW R1200GS, "The Beast":
It is widely considered the best touring motorcycle ever. Not the most
comfortable, the Hondas and Harleys, but by far the most capable. I bought
this bike, sight unseen, based on the "Bike of the Year" reviews it
gathered in 2005. I showed up at the dealership in Eugene, Oregon and I'd
never even seen one. There, front and centre in the showroom was The
Beast. It was HUGE. I briefly thought about turning around and walking
straight ba... more »
CHILD PORN FOR WOMEN?
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*Alissa Nutting. Her book "reveals the mind of a predator, a female
paedophile." **Alissa Nutting's Tampa*
Alissa Nutting has written a book about a female teacher who is sexually
obsessed with 14-year-old boys.
The book "contains graphic sex scenes."
It is the kind of book that would have been available only in porn shops in
days gone by.
*dailymail.co.uk/femail/*
In popular usage, a pedophile is anyone who finds sexually attractive kids
to be sexually attractive.
This could mean that most women are pedophiles.
It may be more accurate to say that a pedophile is someone who find... more »
Henry Geiger - Signs of A New Civilization (1980)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
* *
*Related: *
* Henry Geiger - Symbol And Myth (1974).*
*Henry Geiger - The Present And The Long View (1979)*.
*Henry Geiger - Moonshine And Sunlight (1984).*
* * * Henry Geiger - The Uses of Make Believe (1983).*
* **Wikipedia:*
Henry Geiger (1908?-15 February 1989) was the editor, publisher, and chief
writer of MANAS Journal which published from 1948-1988. Abraham Maslow
called him “the only small ‘p’ philosopher America has produced in this
century.”
*Below is an excerpt from, "Signs of A New Civilization" by Henry Geiger. Source:
MANAS Journal, Volume XXXIII, No. 20. May ... more »
Some Rushed Thoughts on Egypt And Morsi
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
*Photo source*.
It is an easy thing to manipulate events and public opinion, especially
when powerful institutions like the army and media are collaborating
together on one particular project or have their eye on a single goal. This
has always been true in history, and it is true today, in any country, and
under any political system, democratic or authoritarian, Western or Eastern.
But, with that said, saying that the Egyptian army hatched a grand
political conspiracy to bring millions of Egyptians to the streets and then
exploit their massive anger and frustration to fulfill t... more »
ROYAL FOOTMAN LEAVES
Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
Royal footman *Badar Azim* posted the news of the safe arrival of the
Duchess of Cambridge's baby.
Azim is no longer working for the Queen.
"His visa has run out."
Badar was educated at the St Mary’s Orphanage in Calcutta.
Read more: *http://www.dailymail.co.uk/*
Right Wing 'News/Talk' Radio In Major Decline - Large US Radio Distributor Drops Rush Limbaugh And Others ....
leftdog at Buckdog - 23 hours ago
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*Toxic, aggressive Right Wing radio talk show formats appear to be on the
decline in both the US and Canada ... good news for the vast majority of
us. *
*
**"In what might be the biggest blow to Rush Limbaugh’s career as a radio
personality as of yet, the second largest radio distributor in the country,
Cumulus Media, is set to drop Limbaugh’s show from its airways at the end
of the year.*
* *
*But not just Limbaugh’s show—Cumulus Media will drop Sean Hannity’s show
as well.*
***Politico is reporting that Cumulus Media has decided not to renew the ... more »
Say Goodbye To Hate Talk Radio? Not Quite Yet But... Limbaugh's Empire Of Mindless Bigotry Is Crumbling
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
There's no question that the intrepid StopRush and FlushRush activists
deserve a lot of the credit for this, but Cumulus, America's second biggest
radio chain announced that they can't make any money on Limbaugh's show any
longer and that they won't be renewing his contract at the end of the
year-- making their 40 outlets that have carried him Limbaugh-free zones.
And they're dumping Sean Hannity's GOP propaganda show at the same time.
Radio Industry columnist Tim Taylor put the good news into perspective for
his insider readers:
“Negotiations broke down” between Clear Channel an... more »
We're Doing A Lot!
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Feedback is important! It helps us make choices and determine our path in
life. When it comes to green living, feedback is in short supply. We
recycle and conserve, hoping that our efforts will make a difference. But,
in reality, the results can take years to see.
In our last survey, we asked readers to select all the Eco-friendly
activities that they participate in. Twenty-four people responded. Here are
the results:
*ACTIVITYRESPONSESRecycling24Using Reusable Bags23Using Reusable Water
Bottles21Walking17Upcycling16Washing Clothes in Cold Water16Eating Meatless
Meals16Eating Beef-... more »
Tom Hayden : Secrecy Protests Split American Elites
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Image
from ElectronicFrontierFoundation / Flickr.
Protests against secrecy
drive elites into debate
A virtual empire composed of distant and interconnected private and
public elites contradicts representative democracy as virtually all
Americans understand it.
By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2013
Concerned citizens need to crack open the covers of C. Wright Mills' The
Power Elite [
The IRS wants to the ability to yank your passport
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
A reader forwarded an essay by Joe Nagel from an offshore ex-pat newsletter
which I will quote in brief. Its another brick in the ever increasing
police state we find this country becoming...
Recently, the United States Senate passed a piece of legislation called
the "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act." Essentially, this
is a transportation bill. The main focus is on the construction of roads
and bridges.
Title III of the act is a revenue provision concerning gas-guzzling cars,
leaking underground storage tanks, import duties, and a number of other
fees, tax... more »
Important Question: WHY Does Canada Support Israel Right Or Wrong?
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
Canada is Israeli occupied territory. It is so sad for me to make that
statement, because it is absolutely true. When it comes to supporting the
criminal and terrorist state of Israel, no matter how evil and sinister its
actions may be, there is no more a staunch supporter of that horrible state
than my country, Canada!
I have long wondered about how this country, Canada, that used to, at one
time, pride itself on being possibly the most peace loving and honest
country on the face of planet Earth has now turned into nothing more than a
Jewish controlled sock puppet that bends over... more »
Isidor Isaac Rabi (Born On July 29, 1898)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
"I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow
up, and they keep their curiosity." - *Isidor Isaac Rabi*.
*Wikipedia: *
Isidor Isaac Rabi (29 July 1898 – 11 January 1988) was a Galician-born
American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized in 1944 for his discovery
of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging.
He was also involved in the development of the cavity magnetron, which is
used in microwave radar and microwave ovens.
.
.
During World War II he worked on radar at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Radiati... more »
HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 4, 1849-1879
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Building
the Suez Canal. Image from Modern School.
A people's history:
The movement to democratize Egypt
Part 4: 1849-1879 period -- From free trade and the Suez Canal to
bankruptcy and austerity
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2013
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog
"people's history" series, "The Movement to Democratize Egypt," could
not be more
Project XIII Update and App Demo
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Caleb Skinner discusses the updated app (yes there was a bug in the pure
cellular mode, now fixed) and gives a walk through of the Project XIII app
on the Windows 8 Phone.
The video can also be found HERE on the Project XII web site. -AK
Egyptian Journalist Yasser Rizq On Why The June 30 Revolution Was Not A Coup
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*"Opponents of ousted president Mohammed Morsi hold up a poster of the
Egyptian defence minister, Gen Abdel Fattah El Sisi, with an Arabic caption
that reads, ‘The lion of Egypt’. AP"* - Bradley Hope, *"Is Egypt's defence
minister El Sisi its president in waiting?"* The National, July 22, 2013.
*Egyptian Journalist Yasser Rizq On Why The June 30 Revolution Was Not A
Coup. *
The article below is by a high-level Egyptian journalist who had meetings
with General Sisi and was in frequent contact with him prior to the
dismissal of Morsi, so take his glowing portrayal with a g... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Sacramento, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
THE BATTLES WITHIN ISLAM: ISLAMIC SECTARIANISM AND MODERNITY
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 1 day ago
It’s clear that the strain of secular modernity within the Arab and Islamic
world, particularly in North Africa and through the Middle East, is finally
being felt as it conflicts with the conservatism of Islamic law and its
struggle for control of the state. It is polarising the peoples of many
Arab and Islamic nations where the repercussions of the Arab Spring
revolutions are now being felt in a myriad of ways as it ripples through
the region.
Islam will likely remain the dominant religion of these regions even among
the secular modernists who would prefer to be free of the constra... more »
Chief Justice Roberts does everything he can to see that the FISA court remains a trusty tool of the national-security state
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*So you think you have a right to know something, anything, about the
workings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court? Maybe we need to,
um, discuss this at greater length in, you know, secret.*
*"[The members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court] all seem to
have some type of a pretty conservative bent, I don't think that is what
the Congress envisioned when giving the chief justice that authority. Maybe
they didn't think about the ramifications of giving that much power to one
person."*
*-- TN Rep. Steve Cohen, to the NYT's Charlie Savage,
in* "Roberts's Picks Re... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VzYAPBVJc
Chet Raymo, “Speaking of Water…”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* “Speaking of Water…”*
by Chet Raymo
“How many water molecules- H2O- are there in the world's oceans? This is
the kind of time-wasting calculation I love doing, but I will leave it as
an exercise for one of you.
Look up the mass of a proton in grams. A water molecule has essentially the
mass of 18 protons (hydrogen=1, oxygen=8 protons + 8 neutrons; remember,
this is an order of magnitude calculation). A cubic centimeter of water has
(by definition) a mass of one gram. Divide for the number of water
molecules in a cubic centimeter of water.
How many cubic centimeters in the oc... more »
Unitary Scam
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Readers might be interested to hear that Auckland Council’s coming Unitary
Plan will “punish you,” in the words of the Deputy Mayoress, if your
building doesn’t get a tick from the Green Building Council.
They don’t seem to have noticed that "Green building" certification is a
scam:
What [Green Building] designers deliver is what most [Green Building]
building owners want—namely, green publicity, not energy savings.
Do they know it’s a scam? Or care?
[Hat tip Robert Tracinski]
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Now that's a cough suppressant!
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
This cough remedy contained codeine, chloroform and cannabis:
Saudi prince defects from Royal family - small wind of change in Saudi Arabia ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/saudi-prince-defects-from-royal-family-report.aspx?pageID=238&nID=51544&NewsCatID=352
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royal family, referring to his “suffering” under reign of al-Saud and
called on other princes to break their silence.
“With pride, I announce my defection from al-Saudi family in Saudi
Arabia,”
he wrote in his statement, according to a report from the Tehran-based
Al-Alam news... more »
Bernanke forced to testify regarding Fed's AIG bailout..... JP Morgan fined 400 million by FERC for manipulating Power market.............. Steve Cohen still throws big party in the Hamptons despite SAC Capital Advisers is criminally indicted last week - the show must go on I guess........Meanwhile , the Fed has spent billions bailoing out foreign banks - guess we know whom the Fed serves - it's not main street folks ! .
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Fed's Bernanke Should Testify in AIG Bailout Lawsuit, Judge RulesJuly 29,
2013
Print Version
*Source:* Money News
A U.S. judge said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be required
to testify in the lawsuit by the former chief of American International
Group Inc., Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, against the United States over the
insurer's 2008 bailout.
Judge Thomas Wheeler of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Monday rejected
the government's effort to keep Bernanke from being subjected to a
deposition by Greenberg's Starr International Co.
Wheeler called Bernanke a "key witn... more »
Holy Mesopotamia Batman: First Grade CCSS vocabulary.
Chris Cerrone at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
I have been giving the New York State Education Department’s new Common
Core curriculum modules a study over the last few weeks. I see these
modules as an insulting scripted curriculum that favors test preparation
skills over learning. I teach middle school social studies so new reforms
such as the Common Core have not had […]
INVENTION OF THE DAY: The device that makes wheelchairs obsolete
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Sorry, I don’t know the inventor, but isn’t this another great example of
technology making human life better.
It makes you wonder just who humanity’s real benefactors really are, don’t
you think.
[Hat tip Terry V.]
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DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S: The Chan Ban & the Bill Banners
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*1. This week, Libertarianz leader Dr Richard McGrath wonders aloud about
Labour’s worshipping of the ugly goddess Xenophobia.*
David Shearer's call to restrict ownership of existing homes to New Zealand
residents is another direct assault on the free market, and the death knell
for Labour's hopes of attracting Asian voters.
Unlike Labour’s kneejerk xenophobia, my party has actually thought things
through. We have a better and much simpler solution to housing
unaffordability which focuses on supply, and makes Shearer’s
foreigner-hatred unnecessary. It looks like this:
- dere... more »
Fast Food workers strke - demand 100 percent wage increase ! Wonder when Walmart workers get the same idea ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/node/476974
US Fast Food Workers Strike, Demand 100% Pay Raise
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/29/2013 18:40 -0400
- Detroit
- New York City
*"It's noisy, it's really hot, fast, they rush you. Sometimes you don't
even get breaks. All for $7.25? It's crazy,"* is how one worker described
the conditions that have caused her and the rest of America's fast-food
employees to go on strike today. They *demand the right to unionize and
better pay - calling for a raise in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15*.
Workers chanted,... more »
Just because you saw it on Facebook doesn't make it true
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day ago
I love almost everything about Facebook, from the photo-sharing and the
cute-animal videos to the free emoticons you can use in your chats. But God
help us if Facebook ends up being a news source for people in a
post-newspaper world.
The potential power of a medium like Facebook can’t be overstated in
this viral age. Anything I write on my page can be shared in a heartbeat by
any of my 1,522 Facebook friends, whose own friends (and their friends’
friends, and their friends’ friends’ friends) can then spread the word even
farther afield in a nano-second.
No harm done if... more »
Israeli jets bomb Syria again? Another weapons convoy?
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*UPDATE AT BOTTOM! *
* *
*As of this moment, I find this quite dubious*.
And, am looking for more info on this most recent alleged Israeli airstrike.
The story comes via Israeli media from opposition sources.
Very questionable sourcing, indeed!
*Report: Israel Bombs Another Syrian Weapons Convoy*
Israeli air force jets bombed trucks carrying Syrian missiles bound for
Hizbullah's warehouses in Lebanon, according to Syrian opposition sources.
The sources, were cited Sunday by* Voice of Israel *radio's Arabic-language
service, which was quoted by *i24 News*.
The *Friday night bombing* r... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Oil and gas industry must pay for the damage it's caused ~Lt. General
Russel L. Honore*
*The Big Oil lawsuit and wetlands war ~Clancy Dubos, Gambit *
Sea Level Rise from Climate Central
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 1 day ago
written by Ben Strauss (the entire article is here):
We have two sea levels: the sea level of today, and the far higher sea
level that is already being locked in for some distant tomorrow.
In a new paper published Monday in the *Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences* (PNAS), I analyze the growth of the locked-in amount of sea
level rise and other implications of Levermann and colleagues’ work. This
article and its interactive map are based on this new PNAS paper, and they
include extended results.
To begin with, it appears that the amount of carbon pollution to date has
... more »
healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week: help me make delicious lentil soup
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
The healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week - now running about every-other
week - has hit a snag: lentil soup. I love lentil soup, but my own is
turning out just OK, not really delicious.
After the first try was too bland, Stephanie suggested using allspice and
more bay leaves. Excellent idea! I upped the bay leaves from three to six,
and added allspice. Result: big improvement, but still not great.
If you make delicious lentil soup, can you share your secrets? (And if the
secret is homemade stock, then I'm out of luck.) More below.
* * * *
I'm still using the hell out of my slow... more »
Go VIRAL!!!! The Avenging Uterus, Penis Havers, and Other Cartoons of Feminist Backlash
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day ago
Best laugh ever. And it may be the only way to win over the forces of evil.
Let's send it around the world. The Avenging Uterus and Other Cartoons of
Feminist BacklashMonday, 29 July 2013 By Matt Bors CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*FBI raids rescue 105 kids forced into prostitution*
*Fugate-aboudit!: Landrieu, Vitter Tell Obama to Keep FEMA Head ~Stephen
Babcock, NOLA DEFENDER*
Ducklings!
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
I am delighted to report that Steve Saideman, Robert Kelly and Megan
MacKenzie will be joining the ranks of permanent Duck contributors as of
today. This leaves room for new guest bloggers: Stacie Goddard, Johannes
Urpelainen and Jillian Schwedler. Stacie Goddard joins us from Wellesley
College where she teaches international conflict, specializing in
diplomacy, security
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OKLAHOMA RIGHT & LEFT PROTEST US SYRIA POLICY
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
I am very impressed to see this protest of folks from the right wing and
left wing together in Oklahoma. They are taking on US Syria policy. We
need more of this.
When I was up in Augusta a couple of months ago for the drone hearings I
met a bunch of guys from right wing groups there for gun control hearings.
While we didn't agree on gun control we did find common ground on drone
surveillance across Maine. One of them showed me a bumper sticker that
read "Protect my 2nd amendment rights to shoot down drones."
I told one of the guys on that occasion that the corporate oligarch... more »
Hawai'i Senate Race: Brian Schatz's Record On Choice Is Far Better Than Colleen Hanabusa's
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Another wise Brain Schatz supporter
More often than not, EMILY's List backs conservative women but they claim
they only back ones who are pro-Choice. And most of the conservative women
they endorse are indeed pro-Choice... kinda, sorta. Sometimes they're far
less pro-Choice than the progressive men EMILY's List is always on a jihad
against. Almost every race pitting one of the EMILY'S List conservative
women against a progressive male, shows the male to be the more pro-Choice.
And that's certainly the case in the Hawai'i Senate race this cycle in
which EMILY's List has encouraged con... more »
Another Secret CON Fetus Fetishist
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
From Lisa Kirbie, Warren Kinsella's gf, we learn that abortion has become
an issue in at least one of the upcoming Ontario by-elections.
Ali Chahbar, running for the Ontario PCs in London West, has garnered
Campaign Life's highest rating.
*Rating: Pro-life, pro-family*
In a July 16th telco with a pro-life leader, Chahbar indicated that he is
strongly pro-life and was raised with the value that human life is sacred.
Otherwise pickings are slim for fetus fetishists in the five elections:
only three candidates (Chahbar and two representing the Family Coalition
Party, aka Christian Tal... more »
Let's Retire the "Once in a Hundred Years" Label
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Calgary had a "once in a hundred years" flood in 2005. Eight years later
it had a "once in a hundred years" flood that was three times worse.
There's something reassuring about bad events labelled "once in a hundred
years" because you know that you've survived something you won't have to
deal with again in your lifetime. You've dodged that bullet. Don't worry,
be happy.
But the two flooding events that hit Toronto this year and the 2008 and
2013 floods that devastated Calgary should be cause enough to ditch the
"once in a century" assurance about anything.
*The Atlantic Citie... more »
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