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LIBERTIES: A 21-year-old intern is stalking the land!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 minute ago

*THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2013* *Plus! Return of the mansion chef:* A 21-year-old intern is stalking the land. We sensed her presence as we read Gail Collins’ new column this morning. As usual, Collins was killing time with a quiz. This was her fourth question: COLLINS (7/4/13): 4. Representative Michele Bachmann made news when she announced she would not run for re-election. Which of the following was *not * among her career highlights: *a) Mixed up actor John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy.* b) Said the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired in New Hampshire. c) Sa... more »

From the Arab Spring to a Global Summer

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 minutes ago

image source Reid Mukai In 2011 the world witnessed a surge of uprisings largely concentrated in Middle Eastern countries suffering from widespread hunger, poverty, unemployment and political corruption. Though the mass protests may have differences in specific characteristics and regional contexts, they’re linked to a wider movement against neoliberalism and are likely to continue as long as such policies remain in place. Unfortunately, implementation of neoliberal policies including resource privatization, deregulation, regressive taxation, bailouts and austerity cuts remain the... more »

EPA to American People: 'Let Them Eat Monsanto's Roundup Ready Cake'

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 minutes ago

Sayer Ji The EPA, whose mission is to "to protect human health and the environment," has approved Monsanto's request to allow levels of glyphosate (Roundup) contamination in your food up to a million times higher than have been found carcinogenic. If you haven't already heard, it's now official. *Monsanto's request to have the EPA raise allowable levels of its herbicide glyphosate in food you may soon be eating has been approved* [see Final Rule]. Public commenting is also now closed, not that it was anything but a formality to begin with. Here is the original registration applic... more »

Egypt's Coup: Game Over? Not by a long shot!

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 23 minutes ago

*Following up on this post. Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square after Army Statement * *See the show, it’s a dynamo. * *See the show, it’s rock and roll.... See the shooowwwwwww.........**ht freethinker!* *Wow, fireworks. laser lights and as freethinker notes 'an iconic' image* Perfect material for perception management of the masses* * Dramatic flourish courtesy of Egyptian military the real and consistent power in Egypt*.* If not the government, who pulls the strings of the military?** *Feeling cryptic today my answer is "He who pays the piper, call the tune"* * * When I put up the po... more »

Great idea: Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel Peace Prize!

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 24 minutes ago

------------------------------ Bradley Manning should win the Nobel Peace Prize As a peace prize winner myself, I am nominating Manning for this honor for his work to help end the Iraq War and other conflicts ------------------------------ Mairead Corrigan-Maguire guardian.co.uk, Sunday 30 June 2013 08.30 EDT ------------------------------ Army Pfc Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse at Fort Meade on the third day of his court martial. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP Peace is more than simply the absence of war; it is the active creation of something better. Alfred No... more »

Hands Off Snowden Campaign

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 29 minutes ago

Stephen Lendman Snowden acted heroically. He did so at great risk. He exposed lawless US spying. He represents a noble tradition. Others did before him. Allies do it now. Legions more are needed. Hopefully they'll be emboldened to help. Doing so exposes fascist state governance. People need to know. America's by far the worst. Activists want Snowden helped. More on that below. He released a statement, saying: One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts... more »

Harvey Organ's Gold and Silver Report - July 2 , 2013 - Data for Tuesday , News and views .... GLD ETF bleed continues on Tuesday ..... Gata articles of the day .... Jeff Nelson unwraps 100 day delay to take bullion delivery in London - does this explain JP Morgan slow fulfillment of contracts in New York as well ?

Catharsis Ours - 33 minutes ago

http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/07/gld-bleeds-again-down-to-96469.html Tuesday, July 2, 2013 GLD bleeds again down to 964.69 tonnes/Dealer inventories at comex remain constant/Customer or Client gold rises slightly/Troubles in Greece, Portugal and Egypt tonight. Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen: Gold closed down $12.30 to $1243.10 (comex closing time ). Silver fell by 26 cents to $19.30 (comex closing time) In the access market at 5:00 pm, gold and silver finished trading at the following prices : gold: 1243.90 silver: $19.35 At the Comex, the open interest in silver f... more »

Portugal in focus - regardless of government shuffling of Ministers and the possibility the wobbly Coalition stays together - for now , conditions economically are not improving and a re-bailout will be needed soon !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 53 minutes ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-04/things-portugal-are-getting-worse Things In Portugal Are Getting Worse [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/04/2013 07:58 -0400 - Bond - Budget Deficit - Creditors - Germany - Gross Domestic Product - International Monetary Fund - Portugal - Primary Market - Recession - Unemployment - Yield Curve Despite media rumors that the Portuguese foreign minister Portas, who resigned on Tuesday precipitating a complete collapse in Portugal bond prices and ushering in the lat... more »

France , so outraged by NSA spying , just revealed to engaging in massive spying on its citizens electronic communications - and their spying system sounds simlar to what NSA was doing as all communications by computers and phones in France are captured , as well as flows between France and abroad - how long before we find out France has shared those captured communications with the US and UK ? Ecuador reveals details of its Embassy bugging and outrage over imperial hijacking of President Morales's plane continues.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 53 minutes ago

Surveillance / intimidation updates news of the day...... Ecuador reveals the details for the bugging in London , while " some nations in Latin America responds to the " imperial hijack " of the President of Bolivia's jet.....while other nations in Latin America are quiet ( Brazil holding its tongue , along with Columbia and Chile ) http://rt.com/news/bugged-ecuador-london-embassy-surveillance-637/ Bugged: Ecuador reveals details on London Embassy surveillance Get short URL Published time: July 04, 2013 03:21 [image: Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino shows a picture of a ... more »

What’s With All These Unnecessary Cop-On-Canine Killings?

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 57 minutes ago

Digby Jones The shocking video of the Hawthorne, CA Police Department gunning down an innocent man’s Rottweiler, who was doing nothing more than coming to his master Leon Rosby’s aid after he was being falsely detained for obstruction, was arguably the viral-video-of-day for July 2nd, 2013. It was the latest in what seems to be a disturbingly high number of Cop-on-Canine assassinations in the United States which have occurred within the last few years. Many still remember a surreal video from New York City in the late summer of 2012, in which a small dog, barely 20-inches tall, w... more »

Turmoil Rocks Egypt: Morsi's Out

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago

image source Stephen Lendman Events are fast moving. Russia Today's live Cairo video shows huge Tahrir Square crowds. They're nonviolent. They're expectant. The mood's electric. Egyptian troops control key sites nationwide. Large contingents are deployed around Cairo. Unconfirmed reports suggest Morsi's under house arrest. Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) gave him 48 hours to yield. Do so or step down, it said. The deadline came and passed. Reuters reported that SACF said it's "ready to die to defend Egypt's people against terrorists and fools." It did so in res... more »

Bill Whittle: Independence Day Warning...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago

*heed his words.*

Irish Politician Slams US Spying on Europeans, Calls Snowden an International Hero

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago

*Youtube* "If this was Iran or North Korea engaging in this activity (illegal surveillance), there would be an absolute clamor for something to be done." Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

Coup in Egypt, Mohammed Morsi Overthrown by the People

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago

*Youtube* Egypt's military on Wednesday ousted Mohamed Morsi, the nation's first freely elected president, suspending the Constitution, installing an interim government and insisting it was responding to the millions of Egyptians who had opposed the Islamist agenda of Mr. Morsi and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood. Subscribe to the Young Turks Channel Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

Resting

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago

1974 UN World Food Conference Set Stage for “Food as a Weapon”

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago

*In Malthusian terms, the food supply is used by governmental bodies to limit and control the population.* Aaron Dykes After recently watching the documentary *King Corn* by filmmakers Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis, the state of the nation’s, and in turn the world’s food supply was on my mind. Why has industrial corn – used for derivative food ingredients and now comprised almost wholly of genetically modified varieties – become such a huge part of our lives? Apparently much of the reason for the rise of corn is tied with Big Agra business and a Secretary of Agriculture named Earl B... more »

The Great American Genocide

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago

Daisy Luther We’ve reached the point that any person with critical thinking skills can no longer deny that we are being deliberately poisoned. Nearly everything that is reasonably priced to eat or drink is actually toxic. The glowing health claims and the stamps of approval from the EPA, the FDA, and USDA, are fraudulent smoke and mirrors – people are actually being deceived into spending money to purchase the substances that will lead to disease and demise. A chemical warfare has been declared on us. The battlefields are our homes, the grocery stores, the pharmacies. This is gen... more »

19 Reasons To Be Deeply Concerned About The Global Economy As We Enter The 2nd Half Of 2013

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago

image source Michael Snyder Is the global economic downturn going to accelerate as we roll into the second half of this year? There is turmoil in the Middle East, we are seeing things happen in the bond markets that we have not seen happen in more than 30 years, and much of Europe has already plunged into a full-blown economic depression. Sadly, most Americans will never understand what is happening until financial disaster strikes them personally. As long as they can go to work during the day and eat frozen pizza and watch reality television at night, most of them will conside... more »

Teenager Jailed For Facebook Comment Brutalized Behind Bars

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago

*Jailed gamer Justin Carter concussed, black eyed, left nude behind bars.*Paul Lawrance The Texas teen whose sarcastic comment over Facebook led to his arrest has been the recipient of beatings and other cruel punishment behind bars, according to what his father Jack told NPR. Teenager Arrested for Sarcastic Comment Over Online Video Game “Without getting into the really nasty details, he’s had concussions, black eyes, moved four times from base for his own protection,” said Justin’s father. He’s been put in solitary confinement, nude, for days on end because he’s depressed. All ... more »

Students DESTROY NSA Recruiters Over Illegal Spying and Lies (Listen)

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago

*Activist Post* When NSA recruiters went to the University of Wisconsin earlier this week to pitch language students on working for the agency, they got more than they bargained for. The informed students turned the question-and-answer session into a hearing. On trial were the NSA's lies, their legality, and how they define "adversary". The students recorded audio of the exchange on an iPhone proving that the language-analyst NSA recruiters were left tongue-tied. "I'm surprised that for language analysts you're incredibly imprecise with your language," grad student Madiha Tahir... more »

NYSED Commish Declares Independence from his own policies.

Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 2 hours ago

Normally I would subscribe to the idea that the children of public figures , such as politicians, bureaucrats, and celebrities, should be off limits for discussion. I make a strong exception for those in power who advocate policy for “other people’s children” that do not apply to their own. President Obama, Bill Gates, and New […]

Ways To Celebrate Your Freedom Like A Rebel – Humor

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago

Heather Callaghan** If we’re not laughing, we’re crying, right? It’s hard to find humor when depressing reports constantly assault our psyches by depicting the blatant trampling of our rights. But being a “rebel” today means different types of battles and fronts than in the days of our founding fathers - although the inspiration is the same. The following are just a few ways you can *really live it up* this Independence Day. We want you to add your own in the comments! Drink raw milk. Better yet, meet your Amish “dealer” at a state line and drink your illegal public health safet... more »

Rupert Murdoch revealed in secret tape

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago

The holiday weekend has begun so here's some light amusement for the curious. Haven't watched it myself yet but someone made a secret tape of Rupert Murdoch. A recording from March earlier this year, obtained by investigative website Exaro, shows the 82-year-old as we've never seen him before - raging against the police and claiming that the inquiry into corrupt payments to public officials has been blown out of proportion. Happy Independence Day weekend... more »

Repost: Molten Salt Graphite Free Core?

Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 2 hours ago

*Introduction to this post: I have reposted this 2011 post because it is relevant to the project of two MIT graduate students who wish to build graphite free reactors. I finished this post shortly before my hospitalization for acute medical problems in late 2011 and perhaps did not follow up adequately. This post raises questions about any graphite free Molten Salt core project and the questions should be included in any discussion of such projects. - Charles Barton* Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Graphite Free Core? The Generation IV international forum describes itself as a cooperativ... more »

Nigel Farage on the BBC

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 2 hours ago

UKIP leader Nigel Farage is not overly impressed with Stuart Prebble's review into the BBC's record of impartiality over immigration, the EU and religion. He's far less impressed though with the BBC's "shameful" response to the review. He lays out his reasoning in an article for the *Daily Telegraph*. The passage which stood out for me was the following, which places his own part in the story in a way that strikes me as being shrewdly judged: I acknowledge that there has been a significant improvement in the quantity of coverage of those with an anti-EU point of view. But there ... more »

Open Letter to US Law Enforcement

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago

Joe Giambrone Who are you, really? And what exactly is your role in the bigger picture? This is not an academic question, but goes to the heart of who is in charge and if they themselves are on the right side of the law. With numerous whistleblowers from the National Security Agency coming forth, as well as from the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of them exposing crimes committed by those in charge, you should pay special attention to what these individuals are saying about current so-called “leaders.” Former President Richard Nixon once ... more »

Feliz Jueves - Rosas de colores con mensaje para compartir

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 hours ago

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Happy 4th Of July, America.... Welcome To Your Enslavement!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago

Yes, it is the 4th of July, and today is Independence Day for the United States of America. I want to wish all of my American readers, and my friends south of the border, all the best and to have a happy holiday! But honestly... What is there to be happy about in the once great United States of America today? When I look upon America now, I see an empire in steep decline, where poverty and destitution is now rampant in what used to be the greatest nation on the planet.... America is a shadow of its former self, with a horrific private central banking system run by Jewish criminals... more »

Declaration 2.0: A Fresh Start for America

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago

Susan Boskey Declaration 2.0, July 4, 2013, is an idea whose time has come. It addresses many of today’s grievances held by the American people and, as such, echoes the original July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence from the British monarchy. Declaration 2.0 only changes original phrasing when necessary to make specific grievances relevant to today and uses the original format and capitalization style. It is a declaration to free Americans from the statutory-law U.S. Government that has “become destructive,” no longer “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governe... more »

The difference between Richard Milhous Nixon and Barack Hussein Obama - Scale

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago

July 4

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago

Another "Terrorist Plot" In Canada? I Do NOT Think So!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 3 hours ago

Just the other day I was reading in the Jew spew news here in Canada about a "terrorist" plot that was "foiled" in British Columbia, Canada. The news (if you can call it that) stated that these "terrorists" wanted to "blow up" of all things.. The BC Legislature in Victoria, on Vancouver Island. After reading the article go on and on about these so called "terrorists" and how they were "inspired" by (of course) "Al-Qaeda", I knew we were looking at another fraud false flag in Canada that is just as ridiculous as the last one where several "Muslims" were going to blow up a train in ... more »

Happy Independence Day!

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours ago

Today I am absolutely full of gratitude. I am grateful for the freedoms we have. I am grateful for the opportunities we have. I am grateful for all of the men and women who protect those freedoms. I am grateful to be with my family today and celebrate all of these wonderful things. Happy Independence Day! [image: post signature]

Explicating the Broad Prize Trophy

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 3 hours ago

For the second year running, KIPP, Inc. has been snubbed in their lathered quest for the Broad (rhymes with Toad) Charter Reform School Prize. Last year KIPP clone, Yes Prep, won; this year it was KIPP knock-off, Uncommon Schools, that carried away the trophy and the cash. But, then, as Feinberg mused, it’s a […]

Austerity Kills

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago

In their book, *The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills*, David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu demonstrate that, around the world, austerity has had devastating consequences on public health. Consider what economic shock therapy accomplished in the Soviet Union: The Soviet economy collapsed in the early 1990s, erasing countless jobs. Ironically, those still working in public health kept good records of the disaster. Stuckler and Basu studied death certificates and found that "The rate of death rose by a disconcerting 90 per cent among the subgroup of men aged twenty-five to thirty-nine, ... more »

PROPOSAL: The Arne Duncan Reader

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 3 hours ago

Typically, a collection titled a “reader” is a compilation of works by a notable writer or thinker, but this proposal is more like a virtual book shelf created for Secretary of Education (and lifelong political appointee who has never taught) Arne Duncan. I think this should be a community project, so I’ll just get us […]

Independence Day 2013

Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 3 hours ago

Happy Independence Day! I tend to rerun some mix of these tunes each year (plus some spoken word pieces), but it's hard to beat 'em for the occasion. Every nation has things in its past it can take pride in and things to be ashamed about (and that's certainly true of the present as well in the U.S.A.). But as E.J. Dionne wrote back in 2006 for July the 4th, "The true genius of America has

Thirstday Birthday America

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago

*French Quarter beats popular tourist spots as top destination* *DOD Inspector General: 8 years after U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flooded New Orleans, National Guard still has communications problems ~DisasterMap.net* *Jefferson Parish says new flood maps underestimate drainage capacity ~Jeff Adelson, Advocate N.O.* *New citizens to take oath at World War II Museum today!* *I-Team: Orleans chief deputy working events questioned ~WDSU* *Egyptian watches unrest from his French Quarter shop* *New Orleans explodes into another festival of freedom*

“We hold these truths to be self-evident…”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago

[image: W]*hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are ... more »

I thought I'd seen that face before

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago

Keith Richards An Orc

Turncoat Yang Chiu-hsing to run for K-town Mayor for the KMT?

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 5 hours ago

*Yum.* KMT Minister without Portfolio Yang Chiu-hsiung has filed an application for membership in the KMT, according to news reports. Minister Without Portfolio Yang Chiu-hsing (楊秋興) yesterday filed an application for party membership with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) amid speculation about a bid for the Greater Kaohsiung mayoral election. There have been several days of media reports that Yang plans to run as the KMT candidate for Kaohsiung city. Yang has been denying that he plans to run for mayor of K-town. Those of you with long memories will recall that Yang left the D... more »

Happy 4th of July!

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

Have a safe and very happy 4th folks!

Is @DD1958 the most arrogant tweeter ever?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago

I presented @Dd1958 with the facts contained in this post, the one where the PLO's Zahir Muhsein. admitted that (*my emphasis*): "*The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity*. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. *Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people*, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestini... more »

So, Ron Paul is the ONLY CANDIDATE supported by the US Military?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 7 hours ago

though it's refreshing to hear 'someone from the military' ranting about 9/11 being a false flag event, what's the difference between the US Military and the MICC or Military Industrial Congressional Complex? See, I didn't catch his name, rank or serial number.

RIP Douglas Engelbart, An Early Visionary Idealistic Computer Genius

Marc McDonald at BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com - 7 hours ago

. . *By MARC McDONALD* In our popular culture today, America glorifies and worships mediocrities like Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. But beyond those two obvious examples, our nation has an obsession with celebrities in general. We tend to overlook, marginalize and ignore those who have real, worthy accomplishments. One obscure, but worthy, giant, computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart, died on July 2, at the age of 88. Although recognized in certain scientific circles, Engelbart was relatively unknown to most Americans. And it's a shame: Engelbart was a true visionary and genius wh... more »

PROOF OF HEAVEN?

Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago

*Dr Eben Alexander, who is related to "Eben Alexander (1851 - 1910), American scholar, educator, dean and ambassador, was initiated into Yale's Skull and Bones in 1873." *Dr. Alexander Dr. Eben Alexander wrote a best seller called *Proof of Heaven*: *A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife.* He wrote about experiences 'in the afterlife' after slipping into a coma. *Dr. Laura Potter, who treated Alexander, has contradicted several claims Alexander makes in the book about his illness.* *The Prophet* Dr. Laura Potter said she had no recollection of him crying out, plus she had i... more »

July 4 Linkage

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago

In the spirit of the dramatic events of yesterday, we at the Duck want to bring your morning linkage with news of the Zimmerman trial. Err, scratch that, we’ll leave that to CNN. Lots of attention being directed to the dramatic events in Egypt, plus some obligatory posts below about conservation, including reports that Joseph Continue reading

Land Destroyer Changing Hands

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours ago

Land Destroyer started out as a desperate cry to raise awareness of the methods and madness behind the so-called "color revolutions." It has branched out into many directions and has covered a lot of ground since 2011. Now, in mid-2013, there are many talented analysts who have stepped forward to expose not only the contrived "revolutions" of Western imperialism, but the faces and interests behind them as well. The tides have turned against these machinations, with the legitimacy, capabilities, and capacity of the corporate-financier elite crumbling. Since 2011, I have been writing... more »

EGYPT LOVES THE USA

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago

*Blogger Doug Ross compiled these photos from Egypt* We suspect that within the US government there is a pro-Morsi faction and there is an anti-Morsi faction. The pro-Morsi faction in the US government believed that Morsi was the best person to carry out the job of breaking up both Egypt and Syria. The anti-Morsi faction in the US government had developed doubts about Morsi, and wanted him replaced by someone more reliable. Barack Obama has avoided describing events in Egypt as a coup - a move that would lead to the suspension of US aid, but he said that support would now be revie... more »

Today, I didn't want to wake up.

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours ago

I don't mean, "I wanted to die," because you can't 'dream' when you're 'dead'. I wanted to *stay alive*, but in a Dream World, or more specifically, "The world of My Dreams," where (lately) I have a distinct and positive role. I have the nagging suspicion that My Dreams are not really 'mine' but 'my contribution' to them is helping some neighbour in space or time. I feel that My Dreams are actually worth having, as if I've been 'called to the table' to suggest a better way. On the other hand, I'm sick of trying to convince You The People that a Free Planet would be a good idea. It... more »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 9 hours ago

A fairy tea party. [photo via]

Feliz Día de la Independencia Estados Unidos de América

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 10 hours ago

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SKrashen: Van Roekel asks “What do you want instead (of the common core)?” My response.

rdsathene * Robert D. Skeels at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 10 hours ago

I usually just provide a link through to Professor Stephen Krashen’s posts, but this one merits full reproduction here. Van Roekel asks “What do you want instead (of the common core)?” My response. NEA president Dennis Van Roekel has asked: “If you don’t want it (common core), what do you want instead?” The question assumes […]

ALEC Loses Seven This Week

2old2care at Because I Can - 11 hours ago

2014 elections are 18 months away and candidates are announcing their intent not to run in 2014. Gotta make way for some decent candidates. Especially when it comes to ALECers who are calling it quits. *Not running 2014* *CONGRESS* John Campbell CA Retiring Mike Rogers – MI Not running again *STATES * Mark Waller CO State Running for CO Attorney General Sandra Greiner Iowa State Nancy Boettger Iowas State Simone Champagne Louisiana State Nancy Jacobs MD State Okay folks - here are opportunties to destroy ALEC. DO NOT replace these people with more ALECers. If ALEC has no p... more »

Waller (ALEC-CO) to Run for CO Atty General

2old2care at Because I Can - 11 hours ago

DENVER — Colorado Republican House Leader Mark Waller will step down from his leadership position as he runs fort state attorney general. The Colorado Springs lawmaker told The Associated Press Tuesday he will resign his leadership post on July 11, The good news is - if he loses the race He's also out of the legislature One less ALEC-er

Auckland’s uncontrollable sprawl

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 11 hours ago

Auckland has been “wedded to a 1950s vision of uncontrolled sprawl,” says Labour Leader David Shearer. “Auckland's mayor is standing firm against urban sprawl,” say commentators. “Auckland’s sprawl is unsustainable and must stop,” says virtually every planner everywhere. And yet … *what* uncontrolled sprawl? Here’s Auckland in 1984: [image: image] Here’s Auckland in 2012: [image: image] How’s that “uncontrollable sprawl” working out? Fact is, New Zealanders’ fear of urban sprawl is wholly misplaced. PS: The pictures above come from a really neat Time Lapse visualisation of th... more »

Arizonans to Stand Against ALEC 7/10/13

2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago

*ALEC out of AZ legislature vigil* * * When: July 10, 2013 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Where: 17th Ave and Washington Street 1700 W Washington St A Silent Vigil in protest against the Americans For Prosperity (AFP) and American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Anti-People, Agenda to be held outside the Arizona State Capitol. We have an shining example in the courageous effort of State Senator Wendy Davis who stood for hours preventing the Republican led legislature from voting their Abortion Bill into law. Won’t you Join with us as we stand on July 10th to oppose the anti-people ag... more »

The Advocate Sports Writer Is In... Cairo?

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago

*Les East: Chaotic celebrations swell in Cairo*

Shopping Site Reviews

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 13 hours ago

So, as we all know, I love fashion and shopping. However, because of this love, I find ways to get a lot of things at really discounted prices. I rarely shop racks of regular priced clothing at the store and almost always have coupons or outlet shop if the store does not have good clearances/coupons. I thought I would share with you some of the sites I use for discount online shopping and the pros and cons of each site. I will include links so you can sign up as well, as most of them you need an invite from a member to join and if you join on most of them, they end up giving yo... more »

ALEC Sponsors 1998 Annual Meeting - Chicago

2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago

In 1998 ALEC had their 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting In Chicago These were the corporate sponsors for that meeting. I wonder how many are again paying for ALEC's 40th Anniversary Meeting in Chicago August 7 - 9 or just quietly slipping money to ALEC under the table. *1998* * * *Host Committee Annual Meeting Sponsors * Chairman Amoco Corporation . Archer Daniels Midland Company Illinois Energy Association Illinois Retail Merchants Association Motorola , Inc . Pfizer In c State Farm Insurance Companies United Airlines President Alliance of American Insurers Allstate Insura... more »

Long Walk '78 by Bahe Katenay, Big Mountain Dineh

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago

Gwich'in Steering Committee 25th Anniversary Celebration Aug.24-25, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago

Diilak Naii!  Greetings Dear Friends! Please join us for our 25th Anniversary Celebration August 24th & 25th Arctic Village, Alaska We at the Gwich'in Steering Committee cordially invite you to come celebrate 25 Years of Protecting Gwich'in Way of Life.  That's 25 Years of educating the world about why protecting the Porcupine Caribou Herd's

Mohawk Nation News 'Make Believe Death'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago

MAKE BELIEVE DEATH Posted on July 3, 2013 MNN. July 3, 2013.  In 1990 I was fired from Indian Affairs for being a Mohawk during the Canadian army siege of three of our communities. We had to move into a tiny apartment above a wild meat butcher shop in the middle of Kahnawake. Soon we needed to build a house. The local bank offered mortgages. The application was turned down

Tar Mat Spat!

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago

*BP Says Oil-Related Fishing Closure Makes State Look Bad ~Stephen Babcock, NOLA DEFENDER*

America is dead. Long live America. [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 14 hours ago

This year, finally, I’ve decided that the small face of liberty up there on this blog’s masthead really has to go. July 4, 2013, American Independence Day, seems the appropriate day in which to begin the process—because the America that Lady Liberty once represented is now dead, and the symbol that more properly represents her now is no longer an image of liberty. It is their Eagle of State. [image: Fascist symbols in Amerika-nsa1.jpg] There was a time when America’s Lady Liberty, a gift from France in the liberty-loving nineteenth century, represented a world in which the ideal... more »

#SurveillanceState: Kim DotCom and *that* GCSB hearing

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 14 hours ago

“The highly-anticipated confrontation between Kim Dotcom and Prime Minister John Key at yesterday’s Security and Intelligence Committee hearing of submissions on the GCSB bill turned out to be mostly dull.” Until it wasn’t. Which has all been well reported. Russell Brown’s roundup summarises the exchanges, the commentary, and hosts three submissions made mostly by other less prominent geeks opposing the extension of the GCSB’s powers (including one Michael Koziarski, formerly known as ‘NZ’s youngest Objectivist’) . As Russell says, “The active participation of geeks in civil soci... more »

NEOCONSERVATIVES: DEMOCRACY IS GREAT – AS LONG AS THE RIGHT MOB WIN THE ELECTIONS

Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 14 hours ago

One of the stand-out features of those Islamic countries that have had elections as a result of revolution or encouragement from the West is that, when an Islamic party wins that election, the neocons jump up and down complaining about how ‘democracy’ has been hijacked by Islamists. The neocons have cheered on all of the Arab Spring revolutions in the somewhat naïve and forlorn hope that a US-style democracy will prevail and bring forth Western-friendly secular governments that accept the existence of Israel and their domination over the Palestinian people. For years the neoconserva... more »

F-35 Falls Behind Schedule, Again

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

Testing can become costly and time-consuming when you're building an aircraft before you know if it will actually work as advertised. It defeats the whole notion of schedules and target dates when you're working in the dark. Lockheed's overdue, over-priced and under-performing F-35 stealth light bomber is the poster child for a bad idea gone wrong. Just when development seemed to be going right it began going wrong - again. The F-35 programme has once more fallen behind on testing. It's not that Lockheed hasn't been churning through the flight test programme, it has. The lat... more »

Happy Independence Day from Bill Gates

freetoteach at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 14 hours ago

From Kristen Gwynne, an associate editor and drug policy reporter at AlterNet. Follow her on Twitter: @KristenGwynne Soon your children will hook up their computers to their wrist bracelets. Measuring and monitoring each emotion and blaming the teacher for all of them. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Kindly Fund Research into Student-Worn Bracelets Monitoring Teacher Effectiveness […]

Libya news items - business , political and cultural items of note - July 3 , 2013.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago

News impacting the oil sector.... http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/07/03/oil-disputes-costing-libya-50-million-a-day-congress-energy-committee-chairman/ Oil disputes costing Libya $50 million a day: Congress Energy Committee Chairman *By Hadi Fornaji.* *Tripoli, 3 July, 2013*: Libya is losing $50 million a day because of industrial action at oil sites according to the Chairman of the General National Congress’ Energy Committee, Naji Al-Mukhtar. The figure equates to around half a million barrels a day (b/d) but is lower than that reported by some government and oil company officials ... more »

Winklevoss Twins file BitCoin ETF IPO ? Mt Gox fles with Fincen - but they did they blow it already by filing too late ? RBI red flags BitCoin - and is BitCoin a dollar dethroning currency or just an epic fail ?

Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-01/idiot-idea-du-jour-winklevoss-bitcoin-etf Idiot Idea Du Jour: A Winklevoss BitCoin ETF [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/01/2013 22:23 -0400 - Capital Markets - Exchange Traded Fund - Gambling - Volatility That a BitCoin-based ETF is a horrible idea for those who believe in what BitCoin stands for, i.e., a status-quo regime-remote monetary process which is naturally also independent of existing capital markets, is quite clear. Yet a BitCoin-based ETF prospectus, namely the Winklevoss BitCoin Tru... more »

Nevada to prosecute Paiute traditional hunter Kwassuh, July 15, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago

From Kwassuh, Wesley Dick: Nevada State Department of Wildlife plans to prosecute and challenge the Numu Nation/Treaty Indian/Federally Recognized Tribal Member. Kwassuh will stand for all Red Nations and end interference of all our hunting rights. Arraignment scheduled for July 15, 2013 at Austin Courthouse Nevada -- all Indians needed to attend. Hello, we need your help now. The

Wednesday Linkage

PM at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago

Welcome to Wednesday’s linkage. We’ve delayed posting until the situation of one major world leader and head of state was resolved, and we can now definitely confirm: King Albert of the Belgians has abdicated. He joins Queen Beatrix and target=”_blank”>Sheikh Hamid bin Khalifa al-Thani in this year’s parade of former crowned heads. Why? Did something Continue reading

How I killed newspapers: Part One

paul at Paying attention - 15 hours ago

Found myself in a lively Twitter exchange today about the future of newspapers, sparked in part by Postmedia’s grisly quarterly report. Things look bleak for most newspapers. Postmedia is Canada's largest newspaper company. Its report set out the problem. Revenue - ads and circulation and digital - was down 9.4 per cent on the previous year. Expenses were down 9.1 per cent, thanks to a big cost-cutting drive. Based on those numbers alone, next year’s financial performance will be worse, and the next year worse still. Circulation - the number of newspapers sold - is down by 14 per cent... more »

"Fukushima: Radiation From Japan Is Already Killing North Americans"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago

* * *"Fukushima: Radiation From Japan Is Already Killing North Americans"* By Jeromie Williams and WorldTruthTV "Radiation from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant disaster in Japan is now actively in the ecosystem all along the North American west coast… even the sea weed is now radiated. The Vancouver Sun reported one year ago that the seaweed tested from waters off the coast of British Columbia were 4 times the amount considered safe. No further test results were released after the initial report. The governments of the United States and Canada are not conducting tests for radioact... more »

Why the Push for More STEM in American Education?

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

The Common Core State Standards, Race to the Top, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Educate to Innovate, etc. What do all of these things have in common:? They are all, at least partially, involved with a huge movement by education reformers and politicians to boost the attention paid to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics […]

Kenneth Minogue: “Nationalising the moral life is the first step towards totalitarianism”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago

[image: image] New Zealand born Kenneth Minogue died this week on the way home from an astonishing MPS conference in the Galapagos Islands. A left-wing friend sent me this obituary saying the first three paragraphs could “almost convert him” to the dark side. [Professor Kenneth Minogue] was Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics from 1984 to 1995 … In his final book, *The Servile Mind: How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life* (2010), Minogue addressed “the remarkable fact that, while democracy means a government accountable to the electorate, our ruler... more »

How to Change the World, or, The Courage to Be Utopian

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago

*How do you change society’s ideas? This guest post by Lawrence McQuillangives you Hayek’s answer. * Writing in 1949 when socialist totalitarianism in the form of Maoist China and the Stalinist Soviet Union was on the march worldwide, Nobel laureate F.A Hayek showed in his book *The Intellectuals and Socialism* how ideas gain acceptance in modern society. More importantly, he demonstrated how opponents of big government can win the battle of ideas themselves. Over the long run, public intellectuals—Hayek called them “professional second-hand dealers in ideas”—wield an “all-perva... more »

Lying, cheating, SOBs GOP

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago

Apparently having seen what happened when the Big Daddy theocrats tried to ram through a vagina control bill in Texas, our homegrown crackpot conservatives in Raleigh figured they would sneak through a similar anti-choice bill in North Carolina on the eve of a long holiday weekend. The Senate met for much of the day, handling a variety of bills in other committees and on the floor. Just before 5:20 p.m., Senate Rules Committee Chairman Tom Apodaca, R-Henderson, announced a recess and said the Judiciary 1 Committee would meet at 5:30 p.m. Until then, the committee's calendar list... more »

Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square after Army Statement

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago

*Fireworks burst over Cairo's Tahrir Square*, the centre of protests against Mohamed Mursi, and across the Egyptian capital after the army suspended the constitution and appointed a new, interim head of state on Wednesday. *Fireworks burst over Cairo's Tahrir Square* *Fireworks burst over Cairo's Tahrir Square* *Does that strike anyone as odd? **When were the fireworks ordered? Or were they on hand?* * How long did the set up take?* * **Looks like a nice show. Doesn't it? * *And that is the problem, isn't it?* *That it looks like a nice show.* * * Fireworks and shouts of joy ... more »

MARK TWAIN / AMERICA'S SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE DAY

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 17 hours ago

** ** *America's greatest truth teller and spirit of Independence Day was Samuel langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) whose fierce independence and homespun humor personified the true American spirit before it was eventually diminished by greed, lies, unjust wars and apathy: Allen L Roland* *Born:* November 30, 1835 (*with Halley's Comet*) *Died:*April 21, 1910 (*also with Halley's Comet**...Twain predicted that his own death would occur with the return of the comet*) *Nationality:*American *Education: *Very little, other than self-education in a library *Occupation:*Pr... more »

Egypt - key points

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

- The Egyptian army has suspended the constitution and announced the formation of a technocratic interim government ahead of new presidential elections. - Religious and opposition figures have approved the new political roadmap, saying it aimed for national reconciliation. - Armoured vehicles are deployed across the streets of the capital, after four days of mass unrest. - Mr Morsi, who earlier rejected an army ultimatum to reach a deal with anti-government protesters, has denounced the roadmap as a military coup. - At least 16 people were killed in Cairo when a rally of Morsi su... more »

Japan triple whammie - GMO rice , a world wide problem but consider how this hits Japan. If Japan escapes radiaactive contaminated food products forced down their throats by the Government as good for the country's morale , they wind up possibly with GMO rice..... All this while Fukushima radiation slowly and continuously makes Japan a nuclear wasteland.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago

Unapproved genetically-modified rice trials in U.S. have contaminated the world's rice supplyJuly 3, 2013 Print Version *Source: Natural News* New evidence has emerged suggesting that the entire global supply of rice may have already been contaminated by unapproved, genetically-modified (GM) rice varieties manufactured by the American multinational corporation Bayer CropScience. A recent entry in the *GM Contamination Register* explains that between the years of 2006 and 2007, three different varieties of illegal GM rice, *none of which have ever been approved for cultivation or co... more »

NSA spying on European allies - France , Germany and Italy seen as targets , but UK , Canada , Australia and New Zealand not targets ! German prosecutors may file charges over UK and US spying , France and Germany issue ultimatums to the US !

Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago

http://news.antiwar.com/2013/07/01/obama-spying-on-europeans-standard-practice/ Obama: Spying on Europeans ‘Standard Practice’Downplays Need for Surveillance But Insists It Will Continue by Jason Ditz, July 01, 2013 Print This | Share This Speaking today from Der es Salaam, President Obama defended the mass surveillance of European diplomats, saying the practice is “standard” throughout the world and would continue despite complaints. Revelations of the systematic US bugging of European Union buildings in Brussels as well as offices in the United States have fueled a major backlash a... more »

Wow! Egypt's President Morsi OUSTED By Military ... no fooling around there ..

leftdog at Buckdog - 18 hours ago

*"Egypt's military has ousted the country's first democratically elected leader, replacing him with the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, calling for an early presidential election and suspending the Islamist-backed constitution.* ***Army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday, said a government of technocrats will be appointed to run the country during a transition period he did not specify.* ***An aide of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, Ayman Ali, said the former leader has been moved to an undisclosed location. He gave no... more »

Did Nelson Mandela actually pass away PRIOR to President Obama's trip to South Africa ? The Guardian says yes .......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago

http://guardianlv.com/2013/06/nelson-mandela-life-support-shut-down-as-respected-humanitarian-dies-age-94/ Nelson Mandela Life Support Shut Down as Respected Humanitarian Dies Age 94? (UPDATE) Conflicting Reports on Nelson Mandela Death at 94 (Update) Added by Michael Smith on June 26, 2013. Saved under Breaking News!, Michael Smith, Rebecca Savastio,South Africa, World This is an update to the original article that I wrote last night. It has upset a lot of people and I have written an addendum with new facts that will prove our assertions that the great man is dead. If you want to rea... more »

Egypt live

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 18 hours ago

IS member Hannah Elsisi is in Cairo right now.

Sediment Schmediment!

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 18 hours ago

*Editorial: Sediment diversions not the way to rebuild Louisiana’s coast ~George Ricks, The Lens* *4th of July Boat Parade on Bayou St John!*

Sanikiluaq, Nunavut

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours ago

Turkey's political leadership must be very nervously watching Egypt and Turkey's protesters now have a roadmap on removing Prime Minister Erdogan and his governmemnt set before them !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago

http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-030713.html *Egyptian nightmare for Erdogan* By Victor Kotsev ISTANBUL- While the Turkish government spent much of the last couple of years branding itself as a paradigm for Egypt and other Arab Spring countries, the reverse is now taking place: Egypt is becoming the nightmare scenario for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The violent phase of the protests in Istanbul, Ankara and other Turkish cities is over, for now, but the struggle to set their legacy has only just begun, and Erdogan would be well-advised to take a lesson fro... more »

The fact is that public transit remains less convenient, more time-consuming and even more frustrating than driving. That takes some doing. We shouldn’t be surprised that so many turn up their noses at the TTC; it hasn’t been the Better Way for decades.

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours ago

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EGYPT: WHEN THE PEOPLE REALLY GET FED UP

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago

Who says non-violent protest can't win? Who ever becomes the new leader will know that he is on a short leash. And the people are starting to take control of the other end of the leash. To make things happen in a good way you've got to stay on the case in a situation like this. Once the change is made the people have to stay involved and keep building more pressure or everything will slip through our hands. The mistake that was made in the US after the election of Obama was that the liberals who put him into power then went to sleep and were afraid to hold their new "leader" ... more »

Mr Postman, look and see

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 19 hours ago

As I've said before, the government has been spying on us our whole lives and then some. That includes monitoring our snail mail. Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home. “Show all mail to supv” — supervisor — “for copying prior to going out on the street,” read the card. Pickering was obstensibly targeted because he was formerly connected to ELF, the enviromental activists who specialize ... more »

What is time? While we’re at it, what is justice?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 19 hours ago

*WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2013* *The tale of the (Zimmerman) tape:* Dennis Oberbye (no relation) went off the deep end this week, metaphysically and metaphorically speaking. Once in a while, Science Times lets Overbye do this: OVERBYE (7/2/13): Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist and philosopher-king of quantum theory, once said that a great truth is a statement whose opposite is also a great truth. This pretty much captured the spirit of those elusive rules that govern the subatomic world, where light can be a wave—no, a particle—well, actually, whatever you need it to be for your particu... more »

Egyptian Government Falls to Coup

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours ago

The *New York Times *reports that Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has been ousted by the country's military. *Egypt’s military moved forcefully to seize power from President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday, deploying tanks and troops in Cairo and other cities, restricting his travel and convening an emergency meeting of top civilian and religious leaders to devise an interim government and lay the groundwork for new elections.* *Mr. Morsi’s senior foreign policy adviser, Essam el-Haddad, issued an open letter Wednesday afternoon on his official Web page lamenting what he called the imm... more »

Climate Change 2.0

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours ago

The denialist community is having a field day sowing doubt over global warming as it was once understood while ignoring that the narrative they cling to has been overtaken by major events. Research showing a link between the frequency of *El Nino* - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events and global warming is, essentially, a game changer. So too is the loss of Arctic sea ice and the emergence of a powerful polar jet stream that is whipsawing the northern hemisphere with extreme weather events, bringing 96F temperatures to an Alaska village in mid-June after freezing the canals of Venic... more »

From Kingdonian to Weberian Activism: A Shifting Stance

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago

One of the great things about being done with my book project is that I can begin blogging and writing a little more openly regarding the issues I’ve been tracking empirically over the past seven years, in the same way I have often weighed in publicly on political subjects I’m not studying directly. The latter type of activity is Continue reading

Common Errors in Essay Writing, as Demonstrated by Film Critics, Part 1

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago

Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post settled on a theme for her extremely negative review of the new “The Lone Ranger” flick. Indeed, one might argue that developing a unifying thread is an important part of short-form writing. It holds everything together and provides the reader with a single, if stylized, takeaway. He basic theme? That The Lone Continue reading

Let's Piss Off All of South America? How the Market Works for the Truly Connected and Leaves the 99% Wondering About That Deregulation Meme (Again)

Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 21 hours ago

Thanks, RP, we know that's not how it's supposed to work. But do they? (Putting the kibosh on the idea that the Obamabots (known affectionately as thus) are smart, clever, or even very knowledgeable about anything except for what lines their pockets today.) H/T to Rahmbo. From today's rudeness at the Rude Pundit: That's deranged, man. Let's give some advice here to the Obama administration.

Further Reading

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago

Finally, here's a short selection of takes on Stuart Prebble's report from across the online newspapers. Helen Boaden (of all people)'s admission of what a lot of people already assumed is proving a popular angle, understandably - and makes for headlines that are unlikely to be what the BBC Trust was hoping for! *The Daily Telegraph*: BBC did not reflect public view on immigration because of 'deep liberal bias', says review *Daily Express*: 'Deep liberal bias' stopped BBC from properly reporting on immigration and EU *The Guardian*: BBC had 'deep liberal bias' over immigration, sa... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 21 hours ago

On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Dave Gahary, the online editor of *American Free Press*. Dave and I will be discussing the history and importance of *American Free Press*, America's last real newspaper, and current events. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.

'Europe's Choice' was biased

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago

Whilst acknowledging the interest and quality of the programmes, I complained about pro-EU bias in a couple of flagship series by the BBC's Allan Little - *Europe's Choice* and *Europe Moves East*. Stuart Prebble's review comes to a not dissimilar conclusion: Anyone harbouring the view about the BBC that it is by instinct in favour of EU membership, albeit with reservations, might have felt that they had their suspicions reinforced by listening to the excellent three-part series on Europe presented on Radio 4 by Allan Little. Broadcast on three consecutive weeks in January and Feb... more »

Egyptian soldiers in full combat gear deploying around Cairo

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours ago

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Prebble Review: The BBC's Home Affairs Correspondents

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago

Many of you may recall the outpouring of public disagreement with the BBC's Mark Easton on the issue of "white flight" - and I certainly remember the *Today *interview about it. Here's Stuart Prebble's take: When asked about its coverage of immigration stories and the charge of “political correctness” within the BBC on this subject, [BBC] the Executive gave some examples of its coverage. The first, from the relatively recent past, was the piece by BBC Home Editor Mark Easton on the Today programme on 20 February 2013 on the phenomenon known as “white flight”. Contributors to the ... more »

Change in Union Leadership in DC Signals End to Corporate Appeasement

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 22 hours ago

Looks like we may have another urban center with a real union leader, rather than the kind of corporate stooge and rubber stamp modeled nationally by Van Roekel and Weingarten. Whether the new union leaders in DC will garner the kind of teacher and parent support that we see in Chicago for Karen Lewis will […]

Koch Brothers Whining Again - Life's Not Good Enough for Them

2old2care at Because I Can - 22 hours ago

And fittingly behind a pay to view window on the Wall Street Journal *HuffPO reported on it* *>>>>HERE<<<< * And that's all I have to say - except What an ungrateful pair of A$$holes A couple of rich kids - pissing and moaning. Definitely not an attractive trait for mean old men.

A Decade of Global Weirding

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago

The first decade of this millennium was marked by unprecedented climate extremes. That according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization. *The World Meteorological Organization says the planet "experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes" in the ten years from 2001 to 2010, the warmest decade since the start of modern measurements in 1850.* *Those ten years also continued an extended period of accelerating global warming, with more national temperature records reported broken than in any previous decade. Sea levels rose about twice as fast as the trend ... more »

Scope of review by certiorari is very limited

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours ago

* **Pèse Pêche Inc. v. R*, 2013 NBCA 37 holds: At the outset, it bears noting that the decision whether to grant or refuse a prerogative remedy such as certiorari is ultimately a matter of discretion, exercised by the superior court as part of its general and inherent jurisdiction. Moreover, the scope of review by certiorari is very limited, being conducted "only where it is alleged that [a lower court] has acted in excess of its assigned statutory jurisdiction or has acted in breach of the principles of natural justice which, by the authorities, is taken to be an excess of ju... more »

'Any Answers' - the screening filter

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago

Many a complainant at sites like *Biased BBC* over the years would allege that programmes like the BBC's *Any Answers *were screening out people who expressed views the BBC didn't like, such as those holding anti-immigration opinions. Well, they weren't wrong - according to Stuart Prebble's report: According to a former producer of *Any Answers?* who worked on the programme ten years ago, people ringing in to the telephonists who act as a first filter for the programme would probably have found that, if they said they wanted to come on air and say immigration was too high or was ... more »

Yes, the BBC is biased over gun control

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago

Here's an extract from today's report from Stuart Prebble that certainly rings true: I believe that many people listening to or watching the BBC in recent months would infer from its coverage that the BBC is in favour of gun control in America. This does not mean that opponents of gun control are not given airtime on the BBC but that, when they are, it seems to me that they are likely to be challenged in a manner which is different from the way that proponents are treated. This happens, I suggest, because of what we could call “an assumed consensus” within which we make editorial ju... more »

Technology, the Grand Blur, Is Ever Harder to Escape

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago

I'm surrounded by technology and I'll bet you are too. In an arc around me are a wireless printer, a desktop computer, a flat screen monitor, a speaker system, a wireless mouse and keyboard, a high performance modem, a cordless phone, a high output wireless router, a tablet and a smart phone. Damn, but I think they're closing in on me. The paper shredder behind me isn't part of their high-tech gang but it's got blades so I keep one eye on it anyway. In the garage, my motorcycle's engine is computerized. The brakes too. My car speaks to me although it mostly talks back. One... more »

Was the BBC biased? Yes, says an official BBC report

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago

The BBC's official review into bias has been published. It was carried out by former ITV executive Stuart Prebble and found that the BBC had been out of step with the public on the issue of immigration and Britain's membership of the European Union. The corporation had a fear of causing offence over immigration and had, what former BBC news boss Helen ("Impartiality is in our genes") Boaden described as "a deep liberal bias" over the issue when she came in to the job in 2004. So that's that - and straight from the horse's mouth! Helen Boaden, Director, Radio and until recently Di... more »

REMEMBERING HOMER

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 23 hours ago

While I was away to Sweden our dog Homer was killed by a car in the street in front of our house. We only had Homer for one year but he and I became very close. He was a coon hound and his sniffer worked overtime. He took us all on walks - dragged us actually. He had an amazing internal clock....he knew his eating times and was good at reminding us. About 2:00 pm everyday he would begin working me hard to get away from the computer and take him for a walk. I owe him alot for helping improve my mental health. We got Home-dee from the dog pound. They said he had been on death ... more »

California police don't like you filming them and certainly don't like dogs - Some shocking video, not for the animal lovers

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago

Live from Cairo's Tahrir Square

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago

Courtesy of ONTV

SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE AND PROJECT MONARCH

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago

*Rabbit Hole: A Satanic Ritual Abuse Survivor's Story - David Shurter* *Important Video.* ~~~~~ *Mossad, Haider, Dutroux, Fortuyn, Prince Bernhard* "The most alarming aspect about Louf's testimony was that she was able to provide concrete details, names, and places about where these terrible acts had occurred, particularly the murders of Carine Dellaert in 1982, of Catherine de Cuyper a few years later, and of Christine Van Hees in 1984." *http://codshit.blogspot.com/2008/11/the ... rtuyn.html* *Conspiracy Of Silence (The Franklin Scandal) - YouTube* * * *Dutch Injustice: When ... more »

Obama’s ‘Strategic Patience’ on North Korea is more Responsible than yet another Impossible ‘Vision’ to Solve NK

Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago

Newsweek Korea asked me to participate in a debate on Obama’s strategic patience. A friend of mine wrote against it; I wrote in defense. Here is the Korean language text at the NWK website. Below is my original English language version. In brief I argue that North Korea is so hard to pin down, that Continue reading

The "credenza defense"

Left I on the News at Left I on the News - 1 day ago

Back in the days before the invasion of Iraq, George Bush was quoted as saying that he "didn't have plans for invading Iraq on his desk." I quipped, via this blog, that "no, he has them on his credenza" (look it up if you don't know what that is!) and defined the "credenza defense" - something which is "literally true, but fundamentally a lie and meant to deceive the listener." And now we have the classic "credenza defense" from President Barack Obama (a.k.a. Bush III), who just a few days ago (mis)informed the world that he was "not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old... more »

Zimmerman directed to stay in his car again!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2013* *The New York Times is astounding:* Truly, the New York Times is astounding. The paper defies belief. Its latest collection of howlers concern the Zimmerman trial. They appear in today's news report by Cara Buckley, who replaced Lizette Alvarez on the Zimmerman beat in yesterday’s paper. We should have known it was curtains for Alvarez when we praised her fairness. Yesterday, Buckley flirted with error. Today, though, she goes whole hog. First example: BUCKLEY (7/3/13): Officer Serino’s testimony, in the second week of the trial in Seminole County Court,... more »

Hmmmm...O'Malley

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

Alec MacGillis had a piece yesterday talking down Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley as a presidential candidate. He may be right! But...well, let me give you a taste: For all his gym-rat, pub-rock credentials, O’Malley is not a very charismatic politician... In speeches, this lack of dynamism becomes especially noticeable... When attempting to explain a deeper rationale for his policies, O’Malley tends to offer long lists of metrics, or anodyne pronouncements like, “It’s not about whether we move left or right; it’s about whether we move forward or back.” He has a penchant for quot... more »

The Problem Of Institutionalized Corruption In Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago

Transparency International is a global organization committed to fighting corruption. In April 2013 it released a report looking at the problem in Iraq, and its attempt to deal with it. Like many that have researched the issue, Transparency International did not find a pretty picture. It found that corruption wasn’t just at the bottom where bribes for example are commonplace amongst the police and bureaucrats. The real theft came at the top where all the political parties were involved in skimming money off of contracts, the oil industry, and the budget. It’s for that reason that ... more »

What does this police conference in Canada remind you of?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

The above is part of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police press conference on July 2, 2013 re the recent terror attempt in Victoria BC. They really do seem to be trying to avoid saying a particular word... For some reason it reminded me of this comedy sketch from 2007

What on GGE is a “teacherpreneur” and why?

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago

The argument from CTQ, if I follow, is that the teacherpreneur impacts teachers, who in turn impact students. So, that means the teacherpreneur impacts all of the teachers’ students. This completely ignores all of the potential mediating variables, or the teacher’s actual autonomy and identity in this entire situation. There is a tremendous fatal flaw […]

Norman Patrick Brown rating for Lone Ranger: 'Seven Burnt Frybreads'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago

About Depp feeding that crow on his head: 'Only a Native can do Native humor' By Norman Patrick Brown Dine' filmmaker Censored News Copyright Norman Patrick Brown Ok you all, had to walk a dozen miles off the Chuska mountains, walk through Bear Canyon, saw huge  mountain lion tracks, heard Bigfoot yelling his hello to the holy beings, ran a few kilometers after my rez mountain bike blew a

DAZED MEETS CONFUSED: Brian Williams’ song!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2013* *Part 3—By law, it’s a song sung blue:* America’s alleged journalists swear by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the NAEP), the 42-year-old federal testing program. Routinely, they refer to the NAEP as the “gold standard” of educational testing. And testing experts seem to agree that this high praise has been earned. But how odd! The NAEP data spill with remarkable score gains. But the American public is simply *never* told. Yesterday, we cited one such score gain. This morning, let’s add to it, briefly. Yesterday, we discussed the score g... more »

S. Farenthold (TX) A Short Lived ALEC Obsession

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago

Found this – this morning - in a writeup about the Texas War on Women In the summer of 2012, in Houston, Texas, I was privileged to be part of a captive audience listening to one of this state's greatest Democratic women, the Honorable Sissy Farenthold. She stressed to us the vitality of our attention paid to a PAC called the ALEC. I did just that. It is painfully obvious to me what's going on here. It's no secret that this bill's author is in alignment with ALEC, and against the will of the people. ALEC is not a PAC ALEC is not a think tank ALEC is much more vile than either ... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

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

Happy Birthday to Yeardley Smith, 49. Also? Happy birthday to my mom! I can do both, right? One of them was awesome in the sadly neglected and forgotten Herman's Head. Should I link to more good stuff when I'm over at Greg's? Guess it can't hurt. Also: 1. Dan Drezner: "What Edward Snowden tells us about international relations theory." 2. Brendan Nyhan surveys the good and the bad of recent Barack Obama coverage. 3. And Garance Franke-Ruta on what White House occupants have said about it.

Dump Day

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago

*Speaking of tourist encroachment, what goes up must come down ~Library Chronicles* *Bywater Rising comment on Markey Park* ~Having just returned from Markey Park after spending two hours speaking with residents visiting the park, it's obvious that the people who were actually using the park today are not happy with the renovations. Not only did several people express dismay about the lack of an off-leash dog area, but many people are upset about the landscaping in the park. One concern voiced by multiple residents is the lack of lighting. It's been mentioned numerous times that dog... more »

Propaganda, Inc.

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago

"My God, what a world we live in." Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was echoing the near-universal reaction to the forced grounding last night of the jet carrying the president of Bolivia and, as the paranoiac States of America feared, Edward Snowden. (He wasn't on board.) Denials are busting out all over, of course. The White House is being characteristically mum till they get their talking points lined up. Since this story is still very much in a state of flux, I'll just point you to the live blog running on *The* *Guardian*. (unviewable by the United States Armed Forces le... more »

WotW: Boosting Your Blog's Reach Through Pinterest

Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago

Pinterest: You're doing it wrong. OK, maybe you're not doing it wrong, but may be looking at it wrong. Most people look at Pinterest and think one of the following: - Cool, a site for me to collect a bunch of stuff that I'll probably never look at again, but it would be cool if I did. - Cool/Crap, another social network to be part of. - Cool, now I never have to leave my computer again and will be perpetually entertained. While all those have elements of truth to them, they all miss the bigger picture of Pinterest: it's a search engine. That's right, a search ... more »

ALECs War on Women Started on Day 1

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago

It's important to remember while reading this entry that the American Legislative Exchange Council is an extremist, ultra-conservative organization. With that being said - - - From a 401 page report *"The Feminist Chronicles"* *Wow *- I would love to see their source on this: ALEC, ... was set up with funds from the Scaife Foundation. The foundation's funds came from the Mellon family. ALEC opposed ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. (1974) *ALEC was founded in September of 1973 * * * And then you need to consider this from later in the 1970's: *Donna Carlson Arizona*... more »

Smith (ALEC-NE) Reported Everything Properly - NOT!!!

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago

First let’s review a few facts from a PRWatch article released yesterday – that by the way – did NOT mention ALEC in the headline (my emphasis). In October 2012, nine U.S. state legislators went on an industry paid tripto explore the Alberta tar sands. Publicly described as an " *ALEC Academy,*" documents obtained by CMD show the legislators were accompanied on a chartered flight by a gaggle of oil-industry lobbyists, were served lunch by Shell Oil, dinner by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, and that the *expenses of the trip were paid for by*TransCanada and other cor... more »

Glenn Greenwald - Edward Snowden - New bombshell coming

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 1 day ago

With NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden lanquishing in Russian limbo, Glenn Greenwald the Guardian journalist who broke the original Prism story suggests there's another big National Security Agency scoop on its way. *“Just wait a little bit, you’ll have it,” The Guardian journalist who broke the NSA surveillance story said on “Fox & Friends.”* * **Although Greenwald wouldn’t reveal exactly what the new revelations are, he said the world “will be shocked.”* * **“I will say that there are vast programs, both domestic and international spying, that the world will be shocked to learn about... more »

Muslim Brotherhood- Part of the Globalist blight on humanity, indeed!

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago

Finding this article, *Connecting the dots ,* felt to me the same as finding that impossible piece in the puzzle and fitting it in to the entire picture. *First a sufficient definition of Globalist/s. What or who is a Globalist/s? * The Globalists are a conglomerate of individuals, interest groups and large corporations who actively seek to eliminate all countries to create a global border-less society so that they can centralize, reduce and standardize all economies, production and the processing of natural resources so that they can directly control, manipulate and influence the ... more »

Why a Federal GMO Labeling Law Could Be Worthless

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago

*They don’t want you to know what goes into your “food.”* Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Prop 37 – which aimed to mandate GMO food labels in California– was a big showdown battle where mounting public concern was ultimately defeated by the power of big industry money. The momentum for labeling genetically modified ingredients, and bringing about greater food transparency is being co-opted by Big Organic players meeting at the table with the biggest biotech and Big Food corporations. These opposing sides have planned a compromise around a federal GMO labeling scheme that likely w... more »

Has Washington’s Arrogance Undone Its Empire?

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago

Anthony Freda Art Paul Craig Roberts No one likes a bully, and Washington’s NATO puppets have been bullied for six decades. British prime ministers, German chancellors, and French presidents have to salute and say “yes sir.” They all hate it, but they love Washington’s money; so they prostitute themselves and their countries for Washington’s money. Even a person of Winston Churchill’s stature had to suck up to Washington in order to get his bills and his country’s bills paid. But what the bought European leaders are finding is that Washington doesn’t pay enough for the prostituti... more »

NEA’s Van Roekel Uses Duncan Lies to Pimp for Common Core: Calls Critics “Confused”

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

Van Roekel’s patronizing remarks make Arne Duncan’s recent comments on Corporate Core sound respectful to teachers in comparison. From AJC: The opposition to Common Core: “If you don’t want it, what do you want instead? And what is in the standards that you don’t want a child to know? One of the things that makes […]

Ecuador's Embassy in London bugged ? Another breach of sovereignty caught .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Hidden microphone found in London embassy: Ecuador[image: AFP News]AFP News – 3 hours ago - Email - - - - - - Print RELATED CONTENT - [image: Police stand outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on August 19, 2012. A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up, Ecuador's foreign minister said]View Photo Police stand outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on August 19, 2012. A hidden … - [image: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media inside the Ecuad... more »

Taliban Tuesday - fourth week of Tuesday attacks in Kabul as Taliban Spring Offensive takes shape... Iraq sees another bloody month of sectarian killings...Turkey resorts to anti-semitic blame gaming for Turkey's protests.....Iran sanction hit crazy town point as US annoyed at allies ( aka Targets ) France and Germany for selling Iran bauxite ore....Another drone strike kills 17 in Pakistan - Pakistani medics imply chemical weapon used ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

12 Killed in Attack on NATO Supplier in KabulLogistics Center Bombed, Starting Major Battle by Jason Ditz, July 02, 2013 Print This | Share This The logistics center of a major NATO supplier in the Afghan capital city of Kabul was attacked today, when a suicide truck bomber breached the external gate and Taliban gunmen entered, sparking a major gunbattle. At least 12 people were confirmed killed, including five attacks, five security guards and two truck drivers who were waiting to be let into the compound when the attack happened. The attack is the latest major strike of the Taliban’... more »

Legacy Of The Arab Spring: Violent Protests In Cairo Leave 10 People Dead

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago

Chris Carrington After the ransacking of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters yesterday the government has been slow to respond. The Egyptian Army has told the government they have 48 hours to decide what to do or they will take control…though they have stressed it will not be a military coup. Those opposing the government feel strongly that the army should stand with them and are hoping that this causes Morsi and his party to stand down. It’s not clear who would replace the retiring government. President Morsi has criticised military leaders for taking what he regards as a stance... more »

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