Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Passion of Ayn Rand (Photo credit: Wikipedia)ILARION - July 8, 2013
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 minutes ago
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* *HILARION'S WEEKLY MESSAGE*
thru Marlene Swetlishoff
Beloved Ones,
As the completion of many issues comes to a close in your personal lives,
know that there is a turning point approaching that will see you finally
free of the heavier densities that you have been grappling with. This was
because many of you have chosen to take on and experience these lower
vibrations as a way to facilitate a speedier cleansing of the collective
field of humanity which surrounds the Earth. The field has been cleansed
for the most part and this now makes it easier for awakening souls to deal ... more »
No more fillings? Gel regenerates teeth
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 48 minutes ago
*No more fillings? Gel regenerates teeth*
*Nano sized advance toward next big treatment era in dentistry*
“Nanostructured Assemblies for Dental Application”
ACS Nano
Scientists are reporting an advance toward the next big treatment
revolution in dentistry — the era in which root canal therapy brings
diseased teeth back to life, rather than leaving a “non-vital” or dead
tooth in the mouth. In a report in the monthly journal ACS Nano:
“Nanostructured Assemblies for Dental Application,” they describe a
first-of-its-kind, nano-sized dental film that shows early promise for
achievin... more »
Ayn Rand’s America
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 49 minutes ago
*This week, Doug French discovered Ayn Rand’s love of America as it could
be and should be—and, for a time, was.*
[image: 062913_lft]It was not a slow news week in America. What with Ed
Snowden and a red panda from D.C.’s National Zoo both eluding the
government’s grasp, George Zimmerman’s attorney beginning his defence with
a knock-knock joke, and Paula Deen trying desperately to save her bacon
with an apology.
For whatever reason, President Obama chose this week to say it’s time to
save the planet. He claims 97% of scientists say man is causing climate
change and, therefore, de... more »
Dr. Jonathan Z. Smith On Religion
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 55 minutes ago
*"Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion"* by Jonathan Z.
Smith.
"Jonathan Z. Smith is one of the two or three most widely read and
discussed living theorists of religion. He has been publishing in that
field for almost forty years." - Paul J. Griffiths [Source: Amazon].
*Wikipedia:*
Jonathan Zittell Smith (J. Z. Smith) is a historian of religions. His
research includes the theory of ritual, Hellenistic religions, Māori cults
in the 19th century, and the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. His works
include Map is Not Territory, Imagining Religion: From Babylon to
... more »
The GOP Could Probably Beat ConservaDem Patrick Murphy... But They Don't Know How
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 58 minutes ago
Lifelong Republican-turned-Democratish Patrick Murphy, has been a dream
come true for anti-family Wall Street interests. Hoyer and Israel, sensing
a kindred spirit in terms of ethics and corruption, put him on the House
Financial Services Committee. He's been busily working with the GOP to
dismantle Dodd-Frank and other Wall Street regulations that protect
consumers from the greed and avarice of criminal banksters. And his
reelection campaign is rolling in cash. Probably the worst freshman in the
Democratic class, Murphy has over a million dollars in his kitty and
scooped up just ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Zero Food Waste
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 58 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 »
Green fullness
risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 hour ago
Polyhymnia walks between the beds
critical of eye, noting the way the leaves
of corn have curled upon themselves,
rattling in hardly any breeze at all.
They'd like to make believe it's Autumn now,
would they? Playing at getting past the part
where seed heads form, waving their silky hair,
and then depart, leaving the leaves bereft
of any purpose but to leave this world --
except, of course, they don't: that is the gift
of mulch. She brings the hose and couples to
its end a yellow whirligig, made to sing
the holy song of water to the leaves.
Today, green fullness. Tomorrow, living grain.
Honoring a Contract
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
English: Detail of Preamble to Constitution of...
http://veneratedivineyou.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/honoring-a-contract/Honoring
a Contract
Everything is contract.
Business models derive from contracts.
Contracts do not have to be written, they can be verbal, or implied, If
you want to know the basic elements of a contract, look it up online or in
a law-book or business journal. For example, hiring a babysitter for Friday
night (offer), he/she agrees (accept) and shows up to babysit (performance)
then gets paid when you get home (compensation). Get it? It is a bit
oversimplif... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 hour ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Clement Pulaski
of *TrueSonsofAbraham.com*. Clement and I will be discussing his essay *"The
American Frontier,"* and further elaborating on the uniqueness of the
American experience and political tradition.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes. Apologies for the technical problems.
Musical Interlude: David Caballero, “Footprints On The Sea”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
David Caballero, “Footprints On The Sea”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6gl-tGn8oI&html5=1
Egypt: The Army and the People
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
*"Many people think it impossible for guerrillas to exist for long at the
enemy's rear. Such a belief reveals lack of comprehension of the
relationship that should exist between the people and the troops. *
*The former may be likened to water the latter to the fish who inhabit it.
How may it be said that these two cannot exist together? *
*It is only undisciplined troops who make the people their enemies and who,
like the fish out of its native element cannot live."*
Chairman Mao-Zedong
6. The Political Problems Of Guerrilla Warfare
------------------------------
In Chapter 1,... more »
Cascadas Detian en Vietnam
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Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
"D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "peace could last forever"..?
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom when it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin' for their promised land...
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
An' your power hungry sellin' soldiers in a human grocery store
(Ain't that fresh..?!!)
I don't need your civil war
Ow, oh no, no, no, no, no.....,!!!!!!!"
A Strategy... more »
Musical Interlude: Silent Sound, “Nightfall”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Silent Sound, “Nightfall”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6QqxMDLBfU&html5=1
Hallstatt, Austria.
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Pajarillo en el bosque
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Un anciano pescador con su lámpara
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"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
“Supergiant star Gamma Cygni lies at the center of the Northern Cross, a
famous asterism in the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). Known by the
proper name Sadr, the bright star also lies at the center of this gorgeous
skyscape, featuring a complex of stars, dust clouds, and glowing nebulae
along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
The field of view spans over 3 degrees (six Full Moons) on the sky and
includes emission nebula IC 1318 and open star cluster NGC 6910. Left of
Gamma Cygni and shaped like two glowing cosmic wings divided by a long da... more »
Ardilla comiendo nueces en el campo
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Just how fucking stupid are Ford supporters, anyway? | #TOpoli
Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 2 hours ago
[View the story "@TOMayorFord's greatest hits | #TOpoli" on Storify]
Dipshit's latest performance in the wake of Monday night's rainstorm
shouldn't be any surprise. Yeah, we know – the mayor's office is currently
occupied by a petulant, incompetent, man-child with no abstract thinking
skills, no grasp of the difference between true and false, and a sense of
entitlement the size of a Cadillac Escalade. Tell me something I don't know.
Seriously, though – Nenshi comparisons aside, the guy's idea of leadership
is to sit in his fucking SUV with the engine running and the A/C cranked
whil... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago
*Coast Guard: Crew Loses Control of Natural Gas Well, Sheen in the Gulf ~NOLA
DEFENDER*
Chet Raymo, “The Spark of Life”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
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*“The Spark of Life”*
by Chet Raymo
In a previous post I quoted Teilhard de Chardin referring to the discovery
of electromagnetic waves as a "prodigious biological event." A biological
event? What could he mean? The universe was awash with electromagnetic
waves long before life appeared on Earth, or anywhere else in the universe.
The cosmic microwave background radiation- the residue of the big bang- is
electromagnetic. Starlight is an electromagnetic wave. You can "discover"
electromagnetic waves by opening your eyes.
Of course, what Teilhard referred to was the conscious c... more »
"We Shall Meet The Enemy..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things
which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve,
then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving & tiny blasts of
tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may
be us."
- Walt Kelly
“Reflections of Self: We Are All Mirrors for Each Other”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
* “Reflections of Self: *
*We Are All Mirrors for Each Other”*
by The DailyOm
“People you feel drawn to reflect your inner self back at you, and you act
as a mirror for them as well. When we look at other people, we see many of
their qualities in innumerable and seemingly random combinations. However,
the qualities that we see in the people around us are directly related to
the traits that exist in us. “Like attracts like” is one of the spiritual
laws of the universe. We attract individuals into our lives that mirror who
we are. Those you feel drawn to reflect your inner self b... more »
"Are We Missing E.T.'s Call?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"Are We Missing E.T.'s Call?"
by Alan Boyle
"Scientists have been keeping watch for alien signals for 50 years, but
haven't heard anything. Why? Maybe we haven't been looking long enough ...
maybe the aliens aren't out there ... or just maybe we're totally missing
signals that are being transmitted in a way we didn't expect. One thing's
for sure: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, touches
upon one of the deepest questions of human existence. Here's how the late
Lee DuBridge, science adviser to presidents, put it in a famous quote:
"Either mankind is the most... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
First Nation Terrance Nelson 'Dakota Unity Ride'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
By
First Nation Terrance Nelson
Roseau River Anishinabe
Censored News
Abas,
Fars News Once again thank you for posting my article on Fars News
Agency on June 23,
2013http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920401000971
Please find attached poster on the Dakota Unity Ride. Chief Gus
Higheagle is a traditional spiritual elder. He leads the Dakota Unity
Riders and he is
Paulo Coelho, “Afraid To Change”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
* *
*“Afraid To Change”*
by Paulo Coelho
"We are afraid to change because we think that, after much effort and
sacrifice, we know our present world. And even though that world might not
be the best of all worlds and even though we may not be entirely satisfied
with it, at least it won’t give us any nasty surprises.
We won’t go wrong. When necessary, we will make a few minor adjustments so
that everything continues the same. We see that the mountains always stay
in the same place. We see that fully-grown trees, when transplanted,
usually die. And we say: ‘We want to be like the... more »
"As Afraid As The Next Man..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with
the years, fear had come to be regarded as a form of stupidity to be
classed with overdrafts, acquiring a venereal disease or eating candies.
Fear is a child's vice and while I loved to feel it approach, as one does
with any vice, it was not for grown men and the only thing to be afraid of
was the presence of true and imminent danger in a form that you should be
aware of and not be a fool if you were responsible for others.”
- Ernest Hemingway, “True at First Light”
"Where the Hell Is the Outrage?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Where the Hell Is the Outrage?"*
by Richard Eskow
“From the first breaths of life to the last, our lives are being stolen out
from under us. From infant care and early education to Social Security and
Medicare, the dominant economic ideology is demanding more lifelong
sacrifices from the vulnerable to appease the gods of wealth."It’s an
almost classic state of alienation," writes Eskow, "in which people may be
acutely aware of their own increasing difficulties (although sometimes they
can be numb to that as well) but experience them in a state of isolation."
Middle-class w... more »
In the matter of "Edward Snowden, hero or villain?," one person I'm prepared to listen to is Daniel Ellsberg
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*People seem to forget that back in the day, Daniel Ellsberg was widely
held to be just as filthy a traitor as Edward Snowden is now.*
*"I'm not going to jump into the hero vs. not fray. I think there are
important things to be said on both sides. Goodness knows, the arguments on
both sides are familiar and mostly obvious, though each side might benefit
from listening calmly to the other."*
*-- me, four weeks ago*
*by Ken*
Oh God, now I'm quoting myself. Next I'll be stopping strangers on the
street and reading old blogposts to them.
Still, I stand by the point. Back then we alrea... more »
Happy Nunavut Day! Iqaluit comes to Google Street View
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago
From Google's official blog:
Nunavut, in the Inuktitut language, means "our land". When Google Maps teamed
up with the nonprofit Nunavut Tunngavik Inc to improve the maps of Canada's
Arctic, our aim was to help the people of Canada's most northern territory
build a map that accurately reflects the land they know so well.
Today, as we celebrate Nunavut Day, we're thrilled to share these new maps
and Street View imagery from the snowy streets, snowmobile trails and dog
sled runs of Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit.
Evening War wrap.... Libya , Egypt and Syria.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Libya.......July 9th - A day in the life in Libya post - revolution.....
Tunisian consulate attacked by angry Libyan “smugglers”
*By Houda Mzioudet*
The Tunisian consulate after the attack (*photo: Ashraf Abdul Wahab*)
*Tripoli, 9 July 2013. *
The Tunisian consulate in Tripoli was evacuated last night, when it was
attacked by an angry crowd. Security sources said the assailants were
Libyans who had had their goods seized by Tunisian customs, on the grounds
that they had been smuggled into the country.
The Libyans were demanding the return of their property and the money that
they cl... more »
Something nice...
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 4 hours ago
Here’s a little treat for you. July the 28th1968, almost 45 years ago[1],
The Beatles took a day-off from recording The White Album and spent a Mad
Day Out bowling around Londonfor a photo shoot. It is a beautiful
collection of photos (now available collected on a tumblr blog) some of
which you may have seen before, many you will not. I think it captures The
Beatles just at the moment they were starting to drift apart but before the
split became acrimonious. The locations are also wonderful, St Pancras
churchyard, Wapping Pier Head, Old Street Station etc. While the
camaraderie and ... more »
in which a storm reaches our basement. through the toilet.
laura k at wmtc - 4 hours ago
Our basement. Last night.
Looks like some Stephen King floating around.
That wood was once a piece of floorboard. Now a raft.
Toilet opening and shutting itself.
Last night more than a foot of water and sewage came *gushing* through the
basement toilet. The basement is Allan's office. And I was useless with my
broken foot. And the basement was completely dark from a power outage.
After our first flood in 2009, our landlord put in a completely new
basement and washroom. That mess was trifling compared to this.
Today Allan has been moving all his books to the spare bedroo... more »
Oscar winning lessons or B-Movie scripts? #CCSS
Chris Cerrone at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago
This week in Albany the Network Team Institute is meeting again to move New
York’s Common Core agenda forward. Some of the activity is based around
“modules” which basically script out entire units, lessons, and even
homework. As an educator and parent I am very concerned about this push of
what I consider to […]
Take the dog out
The Arthurian at The Rules of Exposition - 4 hours ago
One of the best things I do when I'm writing is to stop writing when the
dog needs attention. Pay attention to the puppy. Grab an end of the
pull-toy. Check the water bowl. Break out the treats. All of the above.
It's not foolproof, but often when I come back to the computer, the next
sentence is in my fingertips, ready to come out.
Plus, I had fun with the dog.
Al Jazeera Reporters Rebel Against Doha, Cite Pro-Muslim Brotherhood Bias In News Channel
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
Al Jazeera has become a *laughing stock*.
An excerpt from, *"Al Jazeera staff resign after ‘biased' Egypt coverage"*by Ayman Sharaf (Gulf News, July 8):
Cairo: The news channel Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr saw 22 members of staff
resign on Monday in Egypt over what they alleged was coverage that was out
of sync with real events in Egypt.
Anchor Karem Mahmoud announced that the staff had resigned in protest
against what he called “biased coverage” of the events in Egypt by the
Qatari broadcaster.
Mahmoud said that the resignations had been brought about by a perceived
lack of commitm... more »
Turkey calls the Egypt coup spade a spade......Egypt tells Turkey to mind its business ..... Any connection between Turkey response and their sudden protests or renewed discussion of Al Qaeda threats........
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-090713.html
*Turkey's sultan deplores the pharaoh's fall*
By M K Bhadrakumar
The army coup in Egypt has exposed the Sunni Arab states of the Persian
Gulf, the European Union and the United States for unprincipled doublespeak.
The only country that took a clear-cut position right at the outset is
Turkey, which in turn presages new fault lines in the politics of the
Middle East.
The autocratic Persian Gulf oligarchies rushed to celebrate the overthrow
of the elected government under Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian military.
Saudi Arabia'... more »
#CoupFever: The Shearer Edition
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
Yesterday, a breathless Duncan Garner claimed he had a letter proving a
Labour Party coup was in the works. The letter was in Patrick Gower’s
possession, it would be aired at 10:30 on TV3 last night, after which
Shearer would be rolled and the Cunliffe and Robertson factions begin
picking over the corpse.
Trouble is, none of it happened.
And once Bomber Bradbury and David Farrar jumped in, it simply became
‘Night of The Sad Gits’ 1 on Twitter. (Read it all here, after “unclicking”
the open tweet.)
The hosing down of the rumour can be best summed up by iPredict’s two
messages bo... more »
National Council on Teacher Quality teams up with SearchSoft Solutions, Inc. to boost profits
rdsathene * Robert D. Skeels at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 6 hours ago
“The education industry represents, in our opinion, the final frontier of a
number of sectors once under public control… represents the largest market
opportunity… the K-12 market is the Big Enchilada.” — Montgomery Securities
prospectus quoted in Jonathan Kozol National Council on Teacher Quality
(NCTQ)’s dubious reputation for manufacturing “research” beneficial to the
neoliberal education […]
Mohawk Nation News 'Murder at Megantic'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
MURDER AT MEGANTIC
Posted on July 9, 2013
MNN. 8 July 2013. On Saturday morning, July 6th,
a bomb wiped out the center of the town of Lac-Megantic [Quebec] on
Mohawk Territory. Over 60 of the French settlers for whom we are
responsible were murdered and ‘disappeared”.
Bomb blast on Indigenous land.
According to the Great Peace of Montreal 1701 is under the
Owen Jones is Worse than Hitler
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 7 hours ago
listen to ‘Far left as bad as the BNP, says Labour MP’ on Audioboo
That there Owen Jones, he's worse than Hitler. Well, maybe not worse but
equally as bad. At least according to Simon Danczuk, the Rochdale MP who
recently caused a row by openly backing the planned change to extend the
aigning on waiting time from three days to a week. According to Simon, the
far left are as dangerous as the far right because their political
positions are as equally unrealistic. I don't disagree in fundamentals, but
there is absolutely no equivalence between the extreme left and the extreme
right. But... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Greg Sargent notes that the idea of Republicans as post-policy and as
willing to deliberately willing to undercut policy is gaining ground among
neutral-Washington types. In this case, Chuck Todd:
[O]n Meet the Press this weekend, Todd made this even more explicit,
accusing Republicans of “trying to sabotage the law.” The current GOP
campaign isn’t just about opposing the law or arguing for its repeal. It’s
about making it harder for uninsured Americans to gain access to coverage
under a law passed and signed by a democratically elected Congress and
President, and upheld by the Supr... more »
Constituents Are Petitioning Colleen Hanabusa To Resign From The Corrupt New Dems
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
The Republican wing of Hawaii's Democratic Party-- Colleen and Ed
Since getting into Congress, Colleen Hanabusa was been a disgrace to the
Democratic Party, always eager to do the bidding of the Wall Street special
interests and of the Military Industrial Complex that President Eisenhower
warned the country about when Hanabusa was just ten years old. And now
she's running a nasty primary campaign against one of Hawaii's two
progressive U.S. Senators, Brian Schatz, because she'd like to get into the
Senate, where her votes will be worth more to the special interests that
pay off her a... more »
Their own private armies
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
In Wisconsin, when someone asks -- "Who was that masked man, anyway? --
they aren't talking about the Lone Ranger.
Here’s a fascinating little story. There’s been a battle royale up in
Wisconsin over an effort to establish a big iron mining operation near Lake
Superior, to be owned and operated by a company called Gogebic Taconite.
The Republican legislature approved the mine in March over
environmentalists’ objections. Some protests have been staged since the
operation got started. But people started to get freaked out over the
weekend when the company brought in what the Wiscon... more »
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
Oh yeah, we're doomed...
- CP
Who should the next Fed chair be?
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 8 hours ago
A friend points out to me that the monkeys over at Economics Job Market
Rumors are voting whether they would prefer Janet Yellen or Larry Summers
as the next Fed chair. Right now, it is close to a tie.
Alan Waldman: ‘Doc Martin’ is Quirky Brit Comedy-Drama That’s Popular Worldwide
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 8 hours ago
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Martin Clunes, terrific as a crabby, small-town doc who’s afraid of
blood, is supported by a wonderful cast playing loony locals.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / July 9, 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
“A New American Century?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
* *
*“A New American Century?”*
by Bill Bonner
“Let's see. Where are we? Dow up 88 yesterday. Gold up $22. What's pushing
up the Dow? A lot of chatter about a "new American century"... and an
apparent recovery. You know our position: Recovery isn't possible. Drug
addicts do not recover by taking more drugs. They may get high again... but
that's a different story.
The "new American century" theme is based largely on greater output of
energy. The US is once again the world's largest producer. But we don't
recall that being a big energy producer did much for the people of Saudi
Ara... more »
Power and influence
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 9 hours ago
Thanks to a High Court ruling the public will now never know what Prince
Charles writes in his letters to government. I bet you didn’t know that he
even wrote to governments, trying to influence their policy. Yep, that’s
what he’s been doing.
The Attorney General successfully argued disclosure of 27 letters written
over a seven month period (known, apparently, as the Black Spider Memos,
due to the prince’s scrawly handwriting) would compromise his future role
as king… Well, long live the republic, but even so, the fact that this has
been revealed compromises his future role as king... more »
Hope I die before I get old
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 9 hours ago
We go through this every ten years, olds blaming the youth for what's wrong
with everything. The new gen blame the olds for fucking everything up. They
want to change the world. The olds are threatened by change and yearn for
the good old days when everything was predictable and made sense. To them.
So it has been and so it shall be probably for as long as humans inhabit
this planet.
Apparently, while I've been busy with real life endeavors, there's been a
spate of hit pieces against the Millenials on the intertoobz. So graphic
artist Matt Bors, (who turns out to be much younger ... more »
Kate Braun : Masculine Energies Dominant at First Quarter Moon
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
First
quarter moon at dusk. Photo by A.K.Entingh / AccuWeather.com.
Moon Musings:
First Quarter Moon (July 9–11, 2013)
By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / July 9, 2013 “Grow, grow, within and
without; moving forward is what I’m about; strength is mine, honor is
mine, success is mine, all will be fine.”
First quarter moons are times to start projects, both those you expect
to finish within a
Is it really as bad as all that?
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 9 hours ago
If he's really doing that, it's one of the most pathetic things in the
world.
The State of the Killer Robot Debate
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
In a new piece up at Foreign Affairs on the killer robot debate, I attempt
to distinguish between what we know and what we can only speculate about
around the ethics / legality of autonomous weapons. The gist: Both camps
have more speculation than facts on their side… [But] the bigger problem
isn’t that some
Continue reading
Mocking the Reviewers
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
As our august leader here at the Duck is putting on his editorial robes, I
thought a bit of fresh perspective on the review process is in order. A fun
take on the review process!
I Doubt Republicans Have a Divine Doctrine Problem
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
Ed Kilgore:
In all my writings on this subject, I’ve stressed the fact that the
contemporary conservative movement—and particularly its increasingly
dominant “constitutional conservative” wing—is unusually resistant to
changes in its ideology, policies and messaging, for the rather obvious
reason that they believe in a fixed, timeless government model located
somewhere in the 1920s that reflects not only the Founders’ design but a
divine imperative communicated through the Declaration of Independence,
natural law, and scripture. So of course they will look high and low for
evidence... more »
Former TFAers Launch Campaign Against TFA July 14
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago
Registration information here for entire conference, July 11-14. From the
website: Calling all critical Teach For America (TFA) alumni and students,
teachers, and community members impacted by TFA! Join us to organize
resistance to TFA’s role in market-based educational reform. During this
national assembly, you’ll have an opportunity to hear an overview of the
complex role TFA […]
How the third of the once-major weeklies reported those new NAEP results!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2013*
*The (journalist) kids are often not all right:* Not long ago, we had three
major news weeklies—Time, Newsweek and third-ranked U.S. News & World
Report.
Not long ago, these three news weeklies were still a big deal. They aren’t
a big deal today, of course. One no longer exists.
Still, it’s worth reviewing the way U.S. News reported the latest NAEP
scores.
How is it that so few people have ever heard about the major gains in
reading and math displayed in the nation's NAEP scores? Why is it that
people are constantly hearing gloomy claims which fly in the fa... more »
Why we dropped Progressive Insurance...(Wild Bill video)
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*even though we were warned by our agent that they were a very, very(dangerously) liberal
bunch of loons before signing up.*
At that time the Progressive rate was the lowest and, in the interest of
saving money, I employed a "willing suspension of disbelief" and signed
up. Besides, I actually liked Flo and thought the ads were "cute."
About a year ago I could no longer escape the fact that I was contributing
to a very foul company. My agent managed to find the same coverage for
less money. Buh bye, Progressive.
Self-Improvement Week: Diet and Health
Southern Man at Southern Man - 10 hours ago
Southern Man's views on diet haven't changed much since this post in which
he compares the old and new FDA food pyramids and proposes Southern Man's
Platter, which is a watered-down Gary Taubes approach (Southern Man won't
cut all carbs and starches and go into ketosis but he's pretty careful with
them) plus paleo (mostly by snacking on apples and nuts and berries and
such rather than dark chocolate). He's stuck with it fairly well, avoiding
processed foods (although he sometimes eats some fairly nasty microwave
meals for lunch and dinner) and keeping the carbs and starches low
(alt... more »
Self-Improvement Week
Southern Man at Southern Man - 11 hours ago
Regular readers may notice that the right of the page contains a number of
links to "manosphere" blogs. Some focus on PUA, a topic in which Southern
Man is largely uninterested but often offer insights onto the dynamics of
relationships that are of value. Others call themselves "red-pill" blogs
and focus on what they percieve to be the (often painful) truth of reality
(particularly where relationships are involved) over the blissful ignorance
of illusion. Others focus on men's rights (which they pointedly refer to as
"human rights") and offer advice as to how to cope with an increasi... more »
Tarsands Solutions: Walking for healing, stories from ground zero
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
Walking
for healing: stories from ground zero of the tar sands disaster
Feature
Jason Mogus | Tar Sands Solution Network - July 8th 2013 Photo:
Approaching the Syncrude mine. Photo by Mike Hudema
http://tarsandssolutions.org/member-blogs/walking-for-healing-stories-from-ground-zero-of-the-tar-sands-disaster?fb_comment_id=fbc_133280653547290_76618_
Satire: Rick Perry: “Time to Pass Mantle to New Generation of Boneheads”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
* *
*Rick Perry: *
*“Time to Pass Mantle to New Generation of Boneheads”*
by Andy Borowitz
SAN ANTONIO (The Borowitz Report)— "Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced
yesterday that he would not seek reëlection, telling supporters, “The time
has come to pass the mantle of leadership to a new generation of
boneheads.” “I’ve had a good run,” he said. “But after twelve years,
someone else who isn’t playing with a full deck should take a turn at the
wheel.” Reflecting on his twelve years as governor, Mr. Perry said that he
had “no regrets” except for being incoherent the entire time.
Befor... more »
Obama: The Architect of Destruction...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
from Renew America via my blogger buddy* Blue:*
The Architect of Destruction
By *Maureen Scott*
*"Obama comes from a community organizer background where it's us against
them. But that's not who we are. And that's not the position the leader of
our Nation should take."* – Dr. Benjamin Carson
Obama appears to be a tormented man who is filled with resentment, anger,
and disdain for anyone of an opinion or view other than his. He acts in the
most hateful, spiteful, malevolent, vindictive ways in order to manipulate
and maintain power and control over others. Perhaps because, as a child... more »
People Of Franke Wilmer's Character Are More Needed In Congress Than Ever... But Steve Israel Has Another Calculus He Uses
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Franke Wilmer is an author, a professor of International Law and
International Relations at Montana State University and a Democrat
representing Bozeman in the Montana House of Representatives. She also
served as Governor Brian Schweitzer's Chairwoman of the Montana Human
Rights Commission. If you don't live in Montana, you still may remember
Franke as the progressive candidate running for the at-large Montana House
seat in 2012. Ignoring Howard Dean's message that "you can't beat a
Republican by *being* a Republican," the Beltway Democratic Establishment
backed some rich corporat... more »
An End Game on Executive Branch Nominations?
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago
I wrote yesterday over at PP about what, from my perspective, is the very
good news about Senate reform -- it appears that Harry Reid and the
Democrats are now planning to decouple judicial and executive branch
nominations, with the current plan to threaten to go nuclear only on the
latter. That plan appears to be further confirmed in a NYT story today. It
now strongly seems that Showdown July in the Senate will be primarily, and
perhaps exclusively, about exec branch nominations -- indeed, while the
three DC Circuit appeals judges are going to be moving through committee,
there are... more »
"How McDonald’s and JPMorgan Chase Help Keep America Poor"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
* *
* "How McDonald’s and JPMorgan Chase Help Keep America Poor"*
by Greg Madison
"Natalie Gunshannon, a McDonald's worker from Pennsylvania, has just won
the right to... draw a paycheck. Work-for-pay is a fairly straightforward
system that the Western World has been using for the past six or seven
centuries, give or take. Ms. Gunshannon was an hourly employee at a
McDonald's franchise in Shavertown, Pennsylvania. Her degree is in massage
therapy, but jobs in that field are scarce. A single mother, she took
whatever work was available, which brought her to McDonalds, where she
w... more »
Smiling Brown: People the Color of the Earth
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 12 hours ago
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This is a special essay on color consciousness. It kicks off a project that
will become a book, play and videologues. This essay shares vignettes from
about 30 people from across the country regarding the color brown. It is
lengthy. Please take the time to read it and feel free to contribute.
Looking for vignettes regarding earliest memories re skin color (though not
limited to earliest memories). If you are interested, please write me at:
XColumn@gmail.com
For the essay, go to:
http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/17461-smiling-brown-people-the-color-of-the-earth
White Clay: Nebraska Governor and his Liquor Industry
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
Video: Oyate Mednet Interview with Oglala President Bryan Brewer, July 9, 2013
Nebraska
Governor and his liquor industry
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Yesterday, Oglala President Bryan
Brewer walked out of a meeting, saying that Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman
disrespected the President. President Brewer said Gov. Heineman has no intention of helping
halt the devastation being caused
The Warrior's Secret
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
What looks to have been set up at the very “highest levels” is the lesson
of Unity. Even “levels” is a misnomer – it is us. It is only our
awareness, limited by our physical bodies, that defines that which we are
conscious of. We have a very specific job to do. We all do and we are
equally important in the doing of it.
Nothing will deter you from that job because you are a part of life. Life
pursues itself and is relentless in that pursuit. *Whatever role you came
to play you are playing right now*. Each movement has been choreographed –
not by some other; by you. T... more »
The difference between Iran and Israel for women
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBgP_BzlHKEXuvRhPua93Scw4HFyY7J7ona0g0Fn17jCg4HGkOyUTGT6IZIHKqyN-Qbj7XZ4wYFGSClADT-Lt1aGmWqhPt4PkecZNhwmqga4hGrZorZ55drBud3pFL6s_0OiTiw/s1600/tahrir+ta+eng.jpg
But there'll still be lefty women who will scream their denunciation of
Israeli crimes whilst supporting the Iranian regime's fight against Zionist
oppression.
"We're So Freakin' Doomed!" “Obama Supporters Sign Petition to Repeal the BILL OF RIGHTS”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*“Obama Supporters Sign Petition to Repeal the BILL OF RIGHTS”*
Mark Dice asks California beach goers if they'll sign a petition showing
support for Obama in his quest to repeal the Bill of Rights.
- http://www.youtube.com/
●
Folks, I've been doing this blog for almost 5 years, and until now help
out hope that maybe, just maybe, the sheeple of this country would wake up
at last and realize how savagely they've been treated, and maybe even do
something about it. Well... You know, there's stupid, and then there's
Americans... as the Mogambo Guru might say, "We're so freakin' doom... more »
Controversial Case Against Central Bank Of Iraq Officials Continues
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
In June 2013, the controversy surrounding the Central Bank of Iraq returned
to the news. Back in October 2012, the governor of the bank and many of his
top officials faced arrest warrants over wasting government funds by not
properly overseeing its weekly money auctions. The former deputy governor
of the bank recently went to the press attacking the case against him and
others as the work of political parties who were trying to manipulate the
country’s finances for their own gain. Several politicians are concerned
about the new management of the bank as well. They are worried about... more »
MARCOPOLIS VIDEO: Banking System In Iraq And Iraqi Kurdistan
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
MARCOPOLIS VIDEO: Zagros Group A Leading Conglomerate In Kurdistan Region Of Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
MARCOPOLIS VIDEO: Iraq Stock Market Easiest Way To Invest In Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Susan Lindauer, then a high ranking CIA agent, was tasked with interrogating Iraqi diplomats regarding any knowledge they might have had regarding a possible attack on the World Trade Center. When her three superiors (Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld) ignored Iraqi evidence that someone was planning such an attack, she carried the story to Congress, a whistleblowing act that resulted in her being held in solitary confinement until well after the attacks took place.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
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“Breaking the Set:” Bush & Cheney Knew About 9/11 Months Before It Happened
Original Here
YouTube -- Veterans Today
*
**By Susan Lindauer*
Abby Martin is one of the best interviewers I have ever encountered in the
corporate media. Abby has guts and smarts. Our interview on “Breaking the
Set” was ground-breaking for not flinching from hard questions or
provocative answers!
Cherchez la Verite
A Court must allow submissions to be made on material issues
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
*R. v. Cook*, 2013 ONCA 467 is a good source for the principle that where a
material issue is before the Court there must be opportunity given to
address that issue. A Court is not required to allow endless argument
however it is an error to refuse an opportunity to make submissions:
[35] The appellant challenges his long term offender designation,
particularly the 10-year community supervision order imposed by the trial
judge. He submits that he was denied the right to make submissions on
whether the requirements of the long term offender provisions of the Code
had be... more »
Happy Nunavut Day
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
Nunavut Day, which is annually celebrated on July 9, commemorates passing
of two Nunavut acts. The Canadian Parliament passed the Nunavut Land Claims
Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act on July 9, 1993. Nunavut officially split
from the Northwest Territories and became a Canadian territory on April 1,
1999.
Is Fortress Harper Crumbling?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
Thud, thud, thud - that's the sound of mortally wounded Tories falling from
the battlements of Fortress Harper. Duffy, Wallin, Tkachuk, Lebreton,
Wright, Perrin, Toews and, by some accounts, they're just for starters.
The King, it is said, has retreated to the castle keep with his trusty
valet (now chief of staff) knowing he has more to fear from enemies within
his walls than from those laying siege beyond them. At times like this
there's enormous value in a King's head.
When you choose to live inside a castle you're apt to discover at some
point that it can be as easily a pr... more »
@katieosgood_ speech outside Mayor Emanuel’s house, from @dianeravitch
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
Check out At the Chalk Face’s own Katie Osgood here at Diane Ravitch’s
blog. Well, she is her own person, but you get what I mean. You can also
hear from her from last Sunday’s episode of At the Chalk Face. Tagged: at
the chalk face, chicago, cps, diane ravitch, Katie Osgood
The Washington Post needs a second fact-checker!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2013*
*This one for the rest of the world:* The Washington Post needs to hire a
second fact-checker.
Its resident fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, has largely become official
fact-checker to Barack Obama and his minions. The Post needs to hire a
second fact-checker to handle the rest of the world.
We refer to the regular Fact Checker piece which appears in Sunday’s
hard-copy Post. Week after week, Sunday after Sunday, Kessler now
fact-checks one way.
Just so you’ll know, this Sunday’s July 7 fact-checker piece dumped three
Pinocchios on—who else?—Obama. Somehow, Gras... more »
Britons urged to boycott Maldives over sexist laws - Asia - World - The Independent
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
'Britons urged to boycott Maldives over sexist laws
As 15-year-old rape victim faces 100 lashes, women's rights groups have
urged David Cameron to intervene
...
The Maldivian government's own figures show that 90 per cent of people
sentenced to flogging are female, while one in three women between the ages
of 15 and 49 have suffered physical or sexual abuse over the past five
years.'
More here
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/britons-urged-to-boycott-maldives-over-sexist-laws-8692603.html
Actors of Arab TV Series Khaybar Make Antisemitic Remarks
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
Whilst the BBC and Channel 4 celebrate Ramadan and British Airways Highlife
magazine tells us how families get together to watch television on Ramadan
evening, it's MEMRI who tell us about this year's anti Semitic Ramadan tv
series.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/MWL4mffKH04
Between the end of the Chatterley ban and the Beatles first LP
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
Before this site turns into just a Harry’s Place fan-site, (you know, like
Harry’s Plaice) - and not counting Craig’s multi faceted material - I’m
about to raise some more H/P related topics, which have little direct
relation to the BBC's bias apart from its full-on promotion of the benign
nature of Islam.
Firstly, further to my last, I see there’s a whole thread about Victoria
Brittain’s bonkers homage to Abu Qatada in the Graun, which led me, via
‘Judy’ in the comments, to an earlier piece dated December 3rd 2008 devoted
to that same lady entitled “Victoria Brittain is a Disgr... more »
Sharia Law in Uganda: Converts out of Islam Acid Attacked - Atlas Shrugs
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
' Senior Pastor/Bishop Umar Mulinde of Gospel Life Church International
outside Kampala has begun facial reconstruction after assailants who
shouted "Allahu Akbar [God is greater]" cast acid on him on Christmas Eve
2011, while Christian school founder Hassan Muwanguzi of eastern Uganda is
homeless and facing death threats from Islamic extremists who burned down
his house.
"Acid damaged my face beyond what we had initially thought," Mulinde
recently wrote to Morning Star News from Sheba Medical Center in Tel
Hashomer (near Tel Aviv), Israel, "causing a very terrible wound, nearly ... more »
Dialogue with a western leftist from The Jewish Chronicle
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
It looks as though Nick Cohen has been having similar conversations to
those that I've been having here and on Twitter for the last few years.
http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/columnists/48235/dialogue-a-western-leftist
Rough and rude treatment of travellers by Canada Border Services Agency officers merely reflects the Authoritarian nature of the Harper administration ...
leftdog at Buckdog - 13 hours ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
Complaints pile up over airport border guards*Reports show pattern of
rude, disrespectful treatment of travellers by CBSA agents*
*"Dozens of travellers arriving home at Ottawa International Airport have
filed complaints about rude treatment and harassment by Canada Border
Services Agency officers, including one who allegedly asked a young woman
if she was menstruating.*
*
**Many of the complaints share a consistent theme: the aggressive tone of
border officers who greet them when they return home. "I have travelled the
world and I never had a more un... more »
Michael Voris: "Mushy Middle Catholics"...(video)
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*"do you want a Church Militant or a Church in dialogue with the world?"*
An Ode to Cheeseburgers (Smashburger Love)
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 13 hours ago
I am a burger girl. I often say the only better than a cheeseburger is a
bacon cheeseburger and the only thing better than a bacon cheeseburger is
an avocado bacon cheeseburger. We always laugh at restaurants because my
husband loves to order wraps and chicken dishes. Inevitably, when the
waiter brings our food they give us each other's plates. We just wait until
they leave and switch plates. I love my cheeseburgers so much, that when I
don't order one, my husband asks me if I am feeling well.
The problem I have run into with burgers is that all of the really good
ones are at n... more »
Devil's Game: How the US unleashed politcal Islam; Interview & book excerpt
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
With thanks to Ali @ thenakedfacts for the nudge down this particular path
I had asked Ali his opinion on the info here Muslim Brotherhood- Part of
the Globalist blight on Humanity
His response: " .i suggest reading.. "Devil's Game: How the United States
Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam," Robert Dreyfuss
THE US NATIONAL SECURITY archives also has some material backing those
claims on a search of history of us propaganda in middle east
dreyfuss work isnt 100% factual on everything but many things are
corroborated and proven,to go into explanations would take me too long to
articul... more »
Ink Blots
Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago
By Capt. Fogg
Who needs ink blots? Life itself is a Rorschach test. What you see as a
pattern, a 'gestalt' if you prefer in something random or arbitrary is a
window into your mind. Likewise what you find to condemn in others may
often illustrate what you feel - or fear to find - in yourself. It's been
my experience that people who feel guilty about all their lies are quick to
see others as liars, for instance and when I hear certain TV personalities
telling us how, as Rush once snickered, Michael J. Fox is *faking* his
Parkinson's to get sympathy or the Republican hyenas who ins... more »
Telling Israel like it is -- in Arabic
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
'I am married and doing a master's degree [in Tel Aviv]. I am a liberal,
free woman, with all the rights that I could enjoy. I compare myself to
other women my age in Jordan, the territories, Egypt, any Arab country.
They don't have the rights that I have: freedom of expression, the right to
vote. They are forced into marriage at a young age, and religious head
covering, despite their own convictions. With me it's the opposite; I have
everything."'
More here
http://www.timesofisrael.com/boshra-khalaila-telling-israel-like-it-is-in-arabic/
CAN WE TALK: A night in the life of the tribe!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2013*
*Part 2—Do you believe Lisa Bloom:* As a people, are we able to hold a
national discourse?
The evidence isn’t encouraging. Our policy discussions have been a joke for
several decades now. They tend to be built around two kinds of facts: Facts
which are simply wrong, and other *accurate* facts which are being withheld.
When we talk about politicians, we tend to get lost in the body wash of our
own fatuous longings.
Some of the fault, dear Brutus, is in ourselves! But a very large part of
the fault is in the stars–in the famous TV stars seen on our cable “news... more »
Farewell to Mayor Villaraigosa: Pragmatist or Lacky of the Rich?
rdsathene * Robert D. Skeels at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
Farewell to Mayor Villaraigosa: Pragmatist or Lacky of the Rich? via Diane
Ravitch’s blog. As Antonio Villaraigosa exits the mayoralty of Los Angeles,
there will be both tributes and brickbats. Among other things, he will be
remembered for his failed attempt to take control of the public schools and
for his hostility to teachers, to their […]
USS Helm Revisited
KRandle at A Different Perspective - 14 hours ago
A few weeks back, I mentioned a UFO sighting from the *USS Helm* that had
been reported in the *MUFON UFO Journal* in July 1983. This was of a
disk-shaped object that had circled the Guadalcanal invasion fleet and had
been fired on by a number of the ships. The UFO reacted to the hostile fire
and sped off.
USS Helm
I mentioned that on the dates the source, who was not identified, gave,
there was nothing in the deck logs to support the report but allowed how he
might have gotten the dates wrong. I suggested that a more thorough search
be attempted simply to be sure that we had the f... more »
My response to the response of the initial response on the @aftunion “survey” @rweingarten
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
I can’t do this on Twitter. I just can’t. I wrote this yesterday about the
AFT survey. My concerns in that post were not necessarily related to the
methods of Hart. That’s already been addressed. I was responding to a
Facebook comment, whereby an educator referred to the survey as “proving”
75% approval of the CCSS […]
POLITICS IN MAINE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Our right-wing Governor LePage here in Maine vetoed the state legislature's
drone bill yesterday. The bill would have required police to have warrants
from the court before they could snoop on us with drones. The bill also
sadly allowed for the testing of weaponized drones in Maine. The governor
has vetoed 82 bills during this past legislative session - an all-time
record in Maine. So basically damn near everything that was done in the
legislative session was for naught. To override a veto the legislature
needs 2/3 majority and not enough Republicans are willing to go against ... more »
KIPP, the Latest Philanthropic Solution to the “Negro Problem”
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
In the decades following the Civil War, the Hampton Institute served to
indoctrinate former slaves to become teachers. These teachers, whose
behavioral and moral training had taken precedence over their academic
preparation, then fanned out across the South to carry the message that
black children’s unique racial disability and lack of culture had left them
[…]
Orders for specific medical treatment of federal prisoners proper in limited circumstances
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours ago
*R. v. Taylor,* 2013 NLCA 42 holds that, in very narrow circumstances, a
Superior Court judge may make an order for specific medical treatment of a
prisoner serving a term of custody in a federal institution:
[28] Nevertheless, I agree that, as a general proposition, a
sentencing judge's intrusion into this area ought to be exercised sparingly
and should generally be couched in the form of a recommendation rather than
an order.
[29] That is not to say, however, that there could never be a
legitimate occasion where an order allowing for treatment by the o... more »
Has The Era Of Genetically Pure “Gattaca Babies” Now Begun?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
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image credit:
Wikimedia Commons Michael Snyder
Should selective breeding be used to improve the human race? Should we
genetically screen embryos shortly after conception and choose only those
that are the most genetically pure? This may sound like science fiction,
but as you will read about below, the technology for this is already
operational.
On the 18th of May, a couple in Philadelphia gave birth to a baby that came
from an embryo that was selected thanks to a cutting edge procedure known
as “next-generation sequencing... more »
Unrest Continues in Egypt
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
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image credit:
Wikimedia Commons Stephen Lendman
Washington's dirty hands are involved. Controlling what's ongoing
continues. Doing so reflects iron fist imperialism. A White House statement claims
otherwise. It's typical US-style disinformation. In full it states:
*Readout of the President’s Meeting with the National Security Council
Regarding the Situation in Egypt *
President Obama convened a secure conference call with the National
Security Council today to review the very fluid situation in Egypt.
The President conde... more »
ALEC Meeting Keynote Speaker List - Sucks!
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
*Oh my, This is embarrassing*.
ALEC’s Annual Meeting
The big shin-dig of the year
And to top it off – their 40th Anniversary
And ALEC's list of keynote speakers – basically, SUCKS.
Looks like Congressional ALEC Alumni are staying away from the spotlight of
the extremist American Legislative Exchange Council. NO big name draws on
their keynote speaker list – which they are proudly displaying on the
annual meeting webpage.
Also missing is big name corporate honchos - bringing their corporate love
to ALEC members - telling ALEC legislators how they should intentionally
manipulate... more »
The Secret Founding of America and Why It Matters Today
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
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*He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the
present controls the past.* - George Orwell
Paul Adams, J.D.
In his book, *The Secret Founding of America: The Real Story of Freemasons,
Puritans & The Battle for the New World*, Nicholas Hagger analyzes the two
groups that founded the United States – the Planting Fathers, who
established the early settlements (Puritans and Anglicans), and the
Freemason Founding Fathers, who united the colonies with the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution.
Hag... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Kelly McGillis, 56.
A little good stuff:
1. Very interesting: a confrontation between Eric Cantor and some of the
committee chairs. Great reporting from Robert Costa. Not a good sign for
Cantor -- or John Boehner.
2. More on health care spending...and health care employment. From Dan
Diamond. Seriously, by 2050 we're all going to be some form of physical
therapists, aren't we?
3. And Kevin Drum on the ratings agencies.
Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay procedure
noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 15 hours ago
GASLAND Part II Official Trailer, Premieres July 8th 2013 on HBO
noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 15 hours ago
CEPA Failing to win Hearts and Minds in Hong Kong.
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago
*My man Charles Tsai rolls past an old and long disused coastal defense
blockhouse on our 100 mile ride today.*
Hong Kong had ECFA before there was ECFA, called CEPA. SCMP reports that
it's failing to win hearts and minds in Hong Kong. Any of this sound
familiar? Beijing is treating Taiwan exactly the same as Hong Kong:
The cross-border free-trade pact offers Hong Kong companies preferential
access to mainland markets. There are zero tariffs on goods imported from
Hong Kong, although the city's small manufacturing base limits the
effectiveness of that measure. Nine supplementary de... more »
Kochtopus Strangling The Republican Party... And America Along With It?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
It's virtually impossible to know how many hundreds of millions of dollars
the overtly fascist Koch family has poured into Republican politics. But
what we do know is that it was enough to buy the whole enterprise. The Koch
brothers now own the failed, toxic, destructive operation known as the GOP.
Even if you *think* you know the whole story, it's well worth the time and
effort to read the blow-by-blow in Lee Fang's new book, The Machine.
Koch operatives were particularly powerful in GOP primaries. A Koch-funded
group called the Hot Air Tour demanded that Republicans sign a pledg... more »
Fukushima radioactive material contamination - from ground water to seawater....... Cesium , tritium skyrocketing !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Fukushima debacle continues......
08:43 AM EST on July 9th, 2013 | Leave a comment
Former chief of Fukushima nuclear plant dead from cancer at 58 years old —
Tepco: Not related to radioactive exposure
07:33 AM EST on July 9th, 2013 | 2 comments
Officials report “troubling discovery” at Fukushima nuclear plant: Cesium
levels rocket 9,000% over 3 days in groundwater — Tepco “can’t explain it”
(VIDEO)
05:20 PM EST on July 8th, 2013 | 26 comments
Record levels of radioactive material detected at Fukushima — 600,000
Bq/liter in groundwater — Official: May be seeping from reactors into oce... more »
UK medical doctors call for ‘immediate action’ against wireless technologies
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago
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*Open letter by UK medical doctors: Health and safety of Wi-Fi and mobile
phones*
*
**Activist Post*
We wish to highlight our concern over the safety of exposure to microwave
radiation from wireless technology, particularly for vulnerable groups like
children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with compromised health.
There is growing concern that chronic (long-term) exposure to
radiofrequency/microwave radiation from wireless technologies causes
damage, particularly genetic damage, cognitive damage, cancer and decreased... more »
Our Greatest Challenge: Asserting the Power of Non Compliance
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago
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Julian Rose
If we are strictly honest with ourselves we can see that, despite our
rantings and ravings against the ever more stark injustices dished out by
the status quo, it is we who provide it with the fuel that keeps us
repressed and in servitude. It is we who are complicit in allowing the
merchants of darkness to suck from us the energy they require in order to
keep manifesting their war games as the central plank of day-to-day life on
this planet.
Before you deny this, read on ... I am going to show you how each one of... more »
When Is a Coup not One?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago
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Reuters/Mohamad Abd El Ghany Stephen Lendman
"What's in a name," asked Shakespeare? A coup by any other name doesn't
change things.
It isn't one when it's "our coup, a 'good cause' coup," said Guardian
columnist Simon Jenkins. Western diplomats are scrambling to characterize
it otherwise.
Coups are called "military interventions with good intent." Saying they
reflect good v. evil struggles doesn't wash.
Merriam-Webster calls them "a violent decisive exercise of force in
politics; especially the violent overthrow or altera... more »
Mark Baker Asks Americans for Help
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago
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Brad Jordan
*Michigan levies $700,000 in fines against a small farmer and veteran for
raising healthy hogs*
After serving his country for 20 years in the military and ten years as a
farmer, Mark Baker is “at the end of his rope” and is asking Americans for
help.
Baker’s Green Acres is an idyllic, bio-diverse, sustainable farm in Marion,
Michigan. Baker, his wife and his six children raise pastured poultry,
grass-fed beef, goats and dairy, and a heritage breed of hogs called
Mangalitsa.
In December of 2011, the Michigan De... more »
‘Release,’ by Steven DaLuz
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago
"Release"; 48" x 36"; oil, metal leaf on panel, by Steven DaLuz
[Hat tip Michael Newberry]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
New Faces, New Puppets
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Vic Toews resigned from the Harper cabinet -- and politics -- yesterday.
His is the latest departure from Team Harper, as the prime minister tries
to put a new face on his government. But, writes Michael Harris:
It won’t work. Everyone knows who pulls the strings, no matter who is
offering up the speaking points on television — and the puppet-master
himself is not popular these days.
The Harper government has always been a one man show -- and now that one
man is in the doghouse. The Wright-Duffy Affair is something which
Canadians instinctively understand. And they know that Mr. ... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Advocacy group sues Gusman on behalf of elderly, mentally ill inmate that
was beaten in jail ~Clair Galofaro, Advocate N.O.*
*Out to Lunch: Pricey meals continue at Orleans Parish Criminal Court ~Meg
Gatto, WVUE*
*Gas company to hold critique of explosion response ~WDSU*
*Sounds of the Jungle ~American Zombie *
*As hurricane season nears peak, battle rages over how to rebuild coastal
Louisiana ~John Snell, WVUE*
*Coastal restoration creates Plaquemines marshes ~Bill Capo, WWLTV*
*Feature Writer Wanted ~Gambit*
*New Orleans and NOVA run out winners at annual Cape Fear Sevens ~Ulti... more »
New Snowden interview: NSA ‘collects all communications’ in United States
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago
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Image : screenshot Guardian’s interview Madison Ruppert
In a newly released interview with the Guardian filmed June 6 and released
today, Edward Snowden accurately predicts how the U.S. government will
react to his move to leak information on the National Security Agency (NSA)
surveillance programs.
Snowden also makes it clear that “the NSA doesn’t limit itself to foreign
intelligence.”
“It collects all communications that transit the United States,” Snowden
said.
“There are literally no ingress or egress points in the con... more »
Snowden ayslum updates......July 9 , 2013
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/snowden-asylum-venezuela-nicaragua-801/
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed that his country received
an official request for asylum from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on
Monday. This comes after Nicaragua received his asylum application at its
Moscow embassy.
*“We received a letter requesting asylum*” from Snowden, revealed Maduro,
during a press conference prior to a meeting with Panama’s president,
Ricardo Martinelli.
The fugitive "*will need to decide when he will fly here*," added the
Venezuelan head of state.
Maduro last week said that his ... more »
CIA Embed 4 Agents Into NYPD After 9/11
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
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SPOOKY ANDY MURRAY; GAMES FIXED
Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
*Andy Murray and Henry Caplan*
*
*
*1.* According to Andy Murray, tennis is 'fixed' and everyone on the
professional circuit knows matches are being affected by gambling.
According to Andy Murray: "It's pretty disappointing for all the players
but everyone knows it goes on."
*Andy Murray and Henry Caplan*
Novak Djokovic claimed he was offered a £110,000 bribe to lose a match.
Gilles Elseneer revealed that he was offered £70,000 to throw a match at
Wimbledon.
*http://www.dailymail.*
*Andy Murray, from Dunblane in Scotland, and the UK Prime Minister David
Cameron*
*2.* "Sitting i... more »
Bloody Ramadan ahead - focus on Egypt , Syria and Lebanon .....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/egypt-elections-referendum-timeframe-804/
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has rejected a timetable for elections proposed
by interim leader Adly Mansour. The plan calls for a parliamentary vote in
six months after amendments to the constitution are approved in a
referendum.
Follow RT's LIVE UPDATES.
*Essam el-Erian**,* deputy head of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice
Party, said that the plan would bring Egypt back to *“square one.”*
The decree has allowed a four-and-a-half month period for any amendments to
the former constitution, which was suspended after the ov... more »
Weaponized Drones on American Soil?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
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image source Nicholas West
People were shocked in 2007 when Texas news KPRC revealed that local police
were conducting drone tests on American soil. Some cried "conspiracy
theory" even as further revelations quickly showed that a full program had
been established with Customs and Border Protection as far back as 2004.
Drone flights took advantage of the 100-mile-wide "Constitution-free Zone" around
the perimeter of the United States within which drones were permitted to
operate for border security -- two-thirds of the U.S. p... more »
Why The Whole Banking System Is A Scam by Godfrey Bloom Of The EU Parliament
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
*Published on May 21, 2013*
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• European Parliament, Strasbourg, 21 May 2013
• Speaker: Godfrey Bloom MEP, UKIP (Yorkshire & Lincolnshire), Europe of
Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group - http://www.godfreybloommep.co.uk
• Joint Debate: Banking union - single supervisory mechanism
1. Specific tasks for the European Central Bank concerning policies
relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions
Report: Marianne Thyssen (A7-0392/2012)
- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation conferr... more »
They Can Kill You With the Push Of a Button: Gaping Security Holes In Your Electronic Health Records
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
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Mac Slavo
It should be obvious by now that modern technology comes with widespread
security issues. Some are intentional, such as the NSA spying scandal which
has proven that every digital interaction in the United States can be
accessed in one way or another. Others are unintentional, where computer
device and software operators simply make mistakes, as in the example of
the latest revelation that every version of Google’s Android operating
system has been exposed to cyber thieves since 2009 (a vulnerability that
has yet to... more »
'United Stasi of America' Projected Onto US Embassy in Germany
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
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*Youtube*
Light artist Oliver Bienkowski projected a protest banner for Kim Dotcom,
the famous head of Mega Upload and an internet activist, saying the "United
Stasi of America" on the American Embassy in Berlin Germany.
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Europe highlights - Spain ingoing corruption probe of the leading Popular Party coming to a head ? Greece and Troika put together latest rube goldbeg scheme to allow Greece to slide by the German Elections in September without imploding once again..... Germany exports decline significantly and unexpectedly - is this really a shock considering Europe and slowing global economies in general ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Spain......
PP: ex-treasurer cannot back up new “lies”
Conservative lawmakers divided over potential for Bárcenas’ revelations to
sink ruling party
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The Popular Party (PP) leadership believes former party treasurer Luis
Bárcenas has nothing to back up his latest revelations concerning the
illegal financing of the party published over the weekend.
“I can assure you that of those things said [by Bárcenas in the media], the
lies ar... more »
Will Egypt's Election Help Keep Transition From Civil War? (PBS)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 hours ago
Will Egypt's Election Help Keep Transition From Civil War?. Source: PBS.
Date Published: July 8, 2013.
"I think if we are to save this transition from deteriorating into a civil
war then everybody needs to consciously agree to talk to each other and to
sort of not head where this seems to be heading, which is an escalating
cycle of violence. The Muslim Brotherhood has its back to the wall and
therefore they are not going. They don't see what it is that they could
possibly lose after this has happened. And therefore it is incumbent on the
others, the liberal opponents, to try and rea... more »
War watch - July 9 , 2013 - Afghanistan , Iraq , Pakistan and Turkey in focus....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Afghanistan........
White House: US Considering Leaving Afghanistan After 2014Citing Latest
Karzai Row, Officials Claim 'Zero Option' Back
by Jason Ditz, July 08, 2013
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The so-called “zero option” on Afghanistan, leaving no troops after the end
of 2014, is back as a talking point for the Obama Administration, coming as
the White House tries to coax President Hamid Karzai back to talks on troop
levels.
The tactic isn’t entirely knew, as major Karzai rows usually result in the
administration giving lip-service to the zero option, with the hope of
scaring Karzai ... more »
A Call Goes Out - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Will you take this call?
A Call Goes Out
*Far and wide*
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*A call goes out*
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*Who will answer this call to action*
**
*Who will share this vision*
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*An act of kindness*
**
*An act of love*
**
*An act of togetherness*
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*All will benefit*
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*All will thrive*
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*Come to your Senses again*
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*Come hear this call*
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*Be content in the knowing*
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*That all will arrive*
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*Once called*
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M.N. Hopkins
*Note: *This poem was written yesterday and first published on my blog
today.
9-Year Old Girl Attends McDonald’s Meeting, Grills CEO for Selling ‘Junk Food’ by Chridtina Sarich
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
9-Year Old Girl Attends McDonald’s Meeting, Grills CEO for Selling ‘Junk
Food’
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 7 June 2013
We all want to personally thank Hannah Robertson for being one of the
youngest corporate accountability activists on record. The young girl
recently attended a McDonald’s shareholder’s meeting in Illinois with her
mother to comment on the food that the corporate giant sells to the world,
and specifically to children. She stated, *“It would be nice if you stopped
trying to trick kids into wanting junk food all the time.”*
Ms. Robertson was not happy w... more »
Egypt: Agents Provocateurs
Paul Coker at News Spike - 19 hours ago
From 2011, but very current.
Really? You think so?
Look again.
Look at people's feet.
Are those Army Converse standard regulation issue?
What about the market stall camo pants...?
This man is an Israeli Sayanim or Muslim Brotherhood provocatuer in a
stolen tactical helmet - the two soliders pulling her away from him by her
arms are rescuing her from him.
It turns out they actually still do this in Egypt....
Wow.
Moonwalking Over a Man's Grave
Paul Coker at News Spike - 19 hours ago
"Don't you remember what happened to Martin Luther King Jr.....?"
The American Martyr so nice, they killed him twice.
It's an American tradition to never tire or exhaust a Blood Libel once the
accused becomes the deceased.
Indeed, that's the ideal time to take things up a notch and replace brute
force character attacks with something altogether more sophisticated and
insidious.
In American Society, this grand old tradition would seem to apply doubley
so in the case of a so-called Negro as the mark.
In 2011, Black Historians, Negro Historians and distinguished research
fellows of... more »
Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) - Threat To National Sovereignty
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 19 hours ago
by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
*Editor’s Note*: *The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement
represents the economic arm of the US pivot to the Asia-Pacific region, and
threatens to undermine the sovereignty of participating countries.
Washington lacks a fundamental economic vision, and as its influence in the
world continues to wane, the TPP is an attempt to harness the growth and
dynamism of South East Asia’s tiger cub economies as a counterweight to
China’s influence in the region. The trade deal imposes familiar neoliberal
policies written by and for the benefit of US multina... more »
The One People's Show 7-8-13 and Ginger's Notes
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
Listen to internet radio with The Collective Imagination on BlogTalkRadio
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*The One People 8/9 July 2014 show – Ginger’s Notes*
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecollectiveimagination/2013/07/09/the-one-people
Hosts: Lisa Harrison, Bob Wright, Chris Hales and Brian Kelly
This show was essentially about . . . preparing for when Heather in Morocco
will release the next documents we will use at the banks . . . all while
Helen in Australia is laying down the banking path, based upon her recent
banking adventures . . . as well as banking updates from dedicated Aussies,
Uwe Schaf... more »
USA BEHIND MASSACRE IN EGYPT?
Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Ayman al-Zawahiri. *
Provocateurs are at work in Egypt.
*A Cairo doctor, a Morsi supporter, relates:*
"I saw four to six motorcycles coming from the direction of the *Rabaa
intersection* to the Republican Guard barracks...
*"The men on the motorcycles were all masked.*
*
*
*"And it was hard to see them through the dark and the tear-gas smoke, but
they seemed to be shooting.*
*"They were coming from behind the protesters, so they were shooting toward
the protesters and the Army. *
"Then the Army started firing. And the protestors were firing. I saw firing
from both sides."
An Ar... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
Bristol, Tennessee. [Andrew Hunt photo]
So, where do emotions come from? [updated]
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours ago
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A new study suggesting some people’s brains are “hard-wired” for panic and
anxiety is the dead end of mainstream psychology’s dismissal of the mind, says
psychologist Dr Michael Hurd.
[The] new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of
people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections
between a brain structure that controls emotional response, and the
amygdala, which plays a key role in the processing of emotions. The study
suggests that the brain's "panic button" may stay “on” due to lack of
regulation.
Not so fast... more »
Chad and Jeremy: A Summer Song...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*1964...*
Lyrics? Just okay. The music? The construction in terms of chords and
melody were ahead of its time and very well though out.
*and now? Looking pretty damn good!!!*
Papers on the ER-EPR correspondence
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
This new, standardized, elegant enough name of the Maldacena-Susskind
proposal that I used in the title already exceeds the price of this blog
entry that you had to pay. ;-)
Yesterday, there was a one-page critical paper by Hrvoje Nikolić of Zagreb,
Croatia, EU trying to criticize the ER-EPR correspondence. When I am
looking at similar articles, I am often ashamed to be a European: Nikolić
attacking MS reminds me of an angry and hungry dog attacking Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven except that in those good old
times, the composers were European and the dogs were Ame... more »
How to resolve login problems
Peter @ Enviroman at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 1 day ago
If
you are having problems signing into Blogger dashboard, you should go
to Blogger's account recovery tool where you can input either your
blogspot URL (web address) or your email address and follow the
instructions.
If you still have problems, then head over to Google Accounts Help
Centerwhere there will be more details on how to recover access to your
account.
VIDEO: Hired Guns/Mercenaries in the Penokee Mountains
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Corporate America's response to "activists"
A new level of disgrace in the USA.
These aren't hired guns
These are mercenaries - with automatic weapons - and their finger on the
trigger.
*
**Photo and Video from Indian Country TV*
What are you reacting to?
It's a response to people who came in - activism stuff - trying to cut
lines, ya know
That's all we're doing
Watch live streaming video from indiancountrytv at livestream.com
EZLN, National Indigenous Congress, support Yaqui water rights blockade
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Yaqui
blockade highway near Vicam Pueblo, Sonora Censored News
The Zapatistas' EZLN and National Indigenous Congress of Mexico are
standing in solidarity with Yaqui who have blockaded a main highway in
Sonora, to protest the theft of their water from Rio Yaqui, by way of
the Independence Aqueduct.
"We demand the immediate cancellation of the arrest warrants and
fabricated charges
Social Media Can Help Old People Stave Off Senility
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Although it appears to not be working out for Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a new
study published last week by the American Academy of Neurology-- Life-span
cognitive activity, neuropathologic burden, and cognitive aging-- indicates
that brain-stimulating activities helps preserve memory as we age. Late
last month we tried shedding light on the fallacies around the pop culture
conventional wisdom about digital dementia. The implications of this studygo even further. Blogging can save your mind.
The study involved 294 people who were tested for memory and thinking every
year for six years ... more »
In My Perfect Green World
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Have you ever imagined what a perfect green world would look like?
[image: Perfect Green World]
In my perfect green world, protecting the environment is a high priority
... right alongside family, religion, success and life itself. Every
decision is tempered by it's impact on the earth ... every choice made only
after considering the consequences.
Parents teach children to respect the environment, just as they learn to
respect adults. Schools teach organic gardening and how to cook whole
foods. Society values degrees in Aquatic Biology, Atmospheric Sciences,
Environmental Engineerin... more »
Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations of Books
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
It seems like some of the best and worst films of all time have been
adapted from books. Sometimes they hit the book spot on and the movie is
excellent. Sometimes the change the book around and I still love and
sometimes they miss the mark completely. Here are some of each. Linking up
with The Broke and the Bookish.
Worst:
- Eat, Pray, Love- I honestly really liked the book, but I can't even
tell you where the movie went wrong. It still one of the only movies I
turned off before the end, because I couldn't take one more second.
- Three Musketeers- Did the film makers ... more »
ALEC Meetings - Just send a grunt.
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Many
ALECers in a high position stay their distance from the extremist
American Legsilative Exchagne Council - they just send a grunt.
It maybe a very expensive grunt - but they send them instead so that
they won't be seen at the ALEC meeting.
Take this ALEC scumbag:
Who didn't want to be seen at an ALEC meeting so - he sent
Jacob Jason Eige is the Counselor and Senior policy advisor to the
Governor.He added a flight/trip worth $2,107 to the American
Legislative Exchange Council. He told the Richmond Times Dispatch, "Out
of an abundance of caution, after reviewing my report again, I ... more »
ALEC Preschool -Federalism for Dummies
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Will your legislator be there?
Hour one:
Learning how to say
fed-rahl-ism
Who we are: Federalism in Action is a project of the State Policy Network
and State Budget Solutions, a 501(c)(3) non-partisan, non-profit
organization, committed to changing how state and local government does
business.
Federalism in Action Legislator Summit
Join fellow state lawmakers and policy leaders for an exciting *one-day
workshop prior to ALEC's Annual Meeting*. You won't want to miss this
one-day event, which will include success stories from state leaders,
workshops to learn tools and solution... more »
Ezra Levant Accuses Environmentalists And Eco Terrorists For Lac-Megantic, Quebec Runaway Train Preventable Disaster(updated, updated again))
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
Updated again here..
_________
Updated July 9th/2013...11:40 am
*"Ed Belkaloul, TSB manager for Eastern Region Rail Operations, said the
MM&A train, with 72 cars carrying crude oil, was parked on the main track,
and not a siding, in Nantes after it stopped around 11 p.m. Friday. *
*The engineer secured the train and left. Fifty minutes later, Mr.
Belkaloul said, a fire was reported and an employee arrived to the scene to
help the fire department. That employee was not the same person as the
engineer who had driven the train to Nantes, he said. The locomotive engine
was cut off a... more »
Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills
remaining Queens*
By Global Research News
Global Research, May 24, 2013
The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned
naturalist, Terrence Ingram, without providing him with a search warrant
and before the court hearing on the matter, reports Prairie Advocate News.
Behind the obvious violations of his Constitutional rights is Monsanto.
Ingram was researching Roundup’s effects on bees, which he’s raised for 58
years. “They ruined 15 years of my research,” he told Prairie Advocate,... more »
NYT: In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: July 6, 2013 864 Comments
WASHINGTON — In more than a dozen classified rulings, the nation’s
surveillance court has created a secret body of law giving the National
Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data on Americans
while pursuing not only terrorism suspects, but also people possibly
involved in nuclear proliferation, espionage and cyberattacks, officials
say.
The rulings, some nearly 100 pages long, reveal that the court has taken on
a much more expansive role by regularly asse... more »
Venezuelan Asylum Achieved, Snowden reveals UFO Documents
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
The Internet Chronicle
*Venezuelan Asylum Achieved, Snowden reveals UFO Documents*
BY KILGOAR, ON JULY 5TH, 2013
Mantle Convection 300x157 Venezuelan Asylum Achieved, Snowden reveals UFO
Documents
According to bombshell documents leaked by Snowden, the government has long
known UFOs to be a species more advanced than mankind.
CARACAS, Venezuela – Edward Snowden, the leaker of NSA surveillance
documents, was granted asylum in Venezuela on Friday. With safe harbors in
sight, Snowden was willing to share shocking and world-shattering exclusive
secret government documents with The ... more »
Just present your I-am-a-child-of-Creator ticket and climb on board.
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
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* *
* *Just present your I-am-a-child-of-Creator ticket and climb on board.*
channeled by Ron Head
July 7, 2013 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
What wonderfully complex creatures you are, able to say that things are not
progressing as rapidly as you would like, and yet thinking that you have no
time to finish everything. No wonder you amuse even yourselves at times.
Let us look at things from another perspective, shall we?
There are changes occurring in every particle of creation at this time.
There is no being, micro, macro, or cosmic, from your point of view,... more »
Armed security contractors exposed on Arizona border, and Wisconsin
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Time Stands Still”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, “Time Stands Still”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQoETb06INI&html5=1
Guest entry from @tedcohen1 on turnaround schools in NJ. FYI
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Turnaround Children Inc.’s transparency claim transparentThe top school
official in a major American city as part of an education-reform initiative
is bringing in yet another private foundation, yet as little is known about
Turnaround for Children Inc. as is known about how it fits into Supt. Cami
Anderson’s plan to modernize Newark, New Jersey’s schools. […]
Ayn Rand on the Man Ban [updated]
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Since the “Man Ban” was first issued by Labour—i.e., their proposal for a
special quota to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in the Labour
caucus—it’s been widely dismissed*. *But only by derision, not by pointing
out why such quotas are *wrong*.
It only takes some slight paraphrasing from the original to explain why:
The notion of sexual quotas is so obviously an expression of sexism that no
lengthy discussion is necessary. If a young man is barred from a school or
a job because the quota for his particular sex has been filled, he is
barred by reason of his sex. Telling... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“The universe is filled with galaxies. But to see them astronomers must
look out beyond the stars of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. This colorful
Hubble Space Telescopic portrait features spiral galaxy NGC 6384, about 80
million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus.
At that distance, NGC 6384 spans an estimated 150,000 light-years, while
the Hubble close-up of the galaxy's central region is about 70,000
light-years wide.
* Click image for larger size.*
The sharp image shows details in the distant galaxy's blue star clusters
and dust lanes along magn... more »
This is what we’ve been talking about re: the @aftunion “survey” on #commoncore @rweingarten
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
We covered this. Diane Ravitch covered this. Mercedes Schneider dealt with
this. We had Mercedes on our show to talk about the dubious AFT common core
survey. But this, this is what we’ve all been talking about, and knew this
would happen. From a teacher’s Facebook posting: In case you still can’t
read it: Teachers, […]
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Vernon Hills, Illinois, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Chief Obstacle..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race."
- Don Marquis
"I love humanity, but I hate people."
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Chet Raymo“November Paradise”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* **
“November Paradise”
*
by Chet Raymo
"A few lines from a poem, "Ode to Entropy", by John Updike:
"Death exists nowhere in nature, not
in the minds of birds or the consciousness of flowers,
not even in the numb brain of the wildebeest calf
gone under to the grinning crocodile, nowhere
in the mesh of woods or the tons of the sea, only
in our forebodings..."
As far as we know, no other creature, animal or plant, has an awareness of
self-mortality. Only in human consciousness is death anticipated, as a dark
foreboding, or promise of release. So much is c... more »
With the stirring message that he's not Weiner, former NYS Gov. Eliot Spitzer presses his bid to become the new Mario Procaccino
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*The former governor certainly attracted a media mob on his first day back
on the campaign trail.*
*"At one point, an older woman in a straw hat leaned in to the scrum around
Mr. Spitzer and declared: "His wife and his daughters understand. Why
shouldn't we?" But a few feet away, a man in a blue polo shirt loudly
castigated Mr. Spitzer, saying, "You slept with hookers, and you lied and
cheated on your family."*
*-- from "As Spitzer Campaigns, Candidates and
Voters Weigh In," today on NYTimes.com*
*by Ken*
Okay, now this is getting plain silly. Slept with hookers. Lied. Cheated on
... more »
Defining Prosperity Down and Exactly How Far Does Rothschild Influence (and Money) Go? (And What Are They After Now?)
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day ago
Talk about defining prosperity down. How do the people with fracked water
cope? Can they define their lives down enough? Could be a lesson here for
US: Defining Prosperity Down July 7, 2013 By Paul KrugmanFriday’s
employment report wasn’t bad. But given how depressed our economy remains,
we really should be adding more than 300,000 jobs a month, not fewer than
200,000. As the Economic
Congress halts US weapons to Syria plan by White House.... things going from bad to worse for the Rebels ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/08/resistance-u-s-weapons-to-syrian-rebels-frozen-as-house-senate-intel-committees-object-to-obamas-plan/
Resistance:
U.S. weapons to Syrian rebels frozen as House, Senate intel committees
object to Obama’s plan
POSTED AT 8:01 PM ON JULY 8, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT The House and Senate
committees are, of course, controlled by different parties, so this
isbipartisan pushback.
Honestly, after Congress rolled over for O when he violated the War
Powers Act to intervene in Libya, I didn’t think they had this in ‘em.
Congressional committees are holding up a... more »
WARNING: Contains busybodies
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: _Gaweth]You don’t like swearing?
Well, do you like it less than New Zealand’s richest communist taking time
out from a busy day telling the country what to put on their dinner plateto tell us we
should all effectively have the state as our landlord.
Gareth Morgan: fuck you, *and* the dipshit ideas you rode in on.
You might have fooled the country’s worst performing bank into taking your
badly-performing donkey off your hands, but home-owners will be less
forgiving.
Home-owners, be wary of a Gareth bearing recipes for new taxes on your
house; you have nothing to lose but... more »
GERMANY BEHAVING LIKE A US CLIENT STATE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
US fugitive Edward Snowden has accused Germany and the US of partnering in
spy intelligence operations, revealing that cooperation between the
countries is closer than German indignation would indicate, Der Spiegel
magazine reported. Journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter says German politicians
are furious - but about being exposed, not by being spied upon.
Longest Walk 4 Begins July 15, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Schedule and info (English/French/Dutch) http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/06/schedule-longest-walk-4-return-to.html
Why The Muslim Brotherhood Was Overthrown: Cults And Democracies Don't Mix
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Many in the Western media are portraying the popular rejection of the
Muslim Brotherhood's reign of deceit in Egypt as a defeat for democracy.
But nothing could be further from the truth. Morsi and the Muslim
Brotherhood came to power because of Washington's diplomatic and covert
support for them. Morsi was subverting democracy, not defending it.
As Thierry Meyssan wrote on July 8 in, *"Does Morsi’s fate foreshadow that
of the Muslim Brotherhood?"*:
It was not the street, but the United States that drove out Zine el-Abidine
Ben Ali and General Hosni Mubarak. And it is still the Uni... more »
51 killed in clashes on Monday in Egypt ! Divergence in accounts regarding the cause of the clashes - however , the prospects for ongoing conflict just went up considerably..... White House decides to ignore US law regarding cutting off foreign aid when a democratically elected government is subjected to a coup and toppled - not in the best interst of the Us to follow the law ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
UPDATE 7: Death toll rises to 51 in Monday clashes between Egypt army and
pro-Morsi protesters
Brotherhood says army opened fire on peaceful protesters, army says
'terrorist group' tried to storm Rep. Guard HQ; health ministry confirms 51
dead; one officer dead; Salafist Nour quits political process, NSF condemn
killings
Ahram Online, Monday 8 Jul 2013
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#SurveillanceState: New Edward Snowden interview
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
GUARDIAN: 'The US government will say I aided our enemies' – video interview:
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald and Laura
Poitras, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden contemplates the reaction
from the US government to his revelations of top-secret documents regarding
its spying operations on domestic and foreign internet traffic, email and
phone use. This interview was recorded in Hong Kong on 6 June 2013.
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“In Islam theological rebuttal of violence does not exist”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
If you’re wondering why Jihad Watch blogger Robert Spencer was barred from
entering Britain by government bureaucrats, it’s because he says things
like this:
… there is no theological system in Islam, there is no sect, there is no
group within Islam that has formulated a comeback, an understanding, a
construction of Islamic theology based on the Koran that makes a case to
reject violence and supremacism and the subjugation of unbelievers. It
doesn’t exist.
Search the Koran all you like—what you will find there expounded is not the
framework for a religion of peace.
Content is cop... more »
So, take a bucket of rusty water …
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Energy raises the power of human labour to incalculable levels.
“Our standard of living depends on the fact that we have augmented our
modest human muscle power with ever-greater amounts of manmade horsepower,
in the form of engines, motors, and generators, powered by fossil fuels and
nuclear energy.”1
Reliable, powerful energy sources allow the production of more goods for
any given quantity of labour. And for years we’ve heard about new and
supposedly better ways to produce energy, some supposedly “renewable",”
some high-tech and still far-off into the future (fuel cells anyo... more »
Why Americans are so ill informed
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
A new Gallup survey tells us television is still America's primary news
source for current events (55%), leading the Internet, at 21%. Even worse,
Fox News and CNN are the market leaders both in viewers and click-bait
sensationalism. Accuracy in reporting has never been part of the Fox
business model and at this point it's little more than a quaint relic of
the past at CNN.
On a related note, MoJo runs the numbers to find just how large a goldmine
Citizens United spending has been for BigMedia. Which is leading to new
rounds of consolidation.
And it's not just CBS that's riding... more »
Vaughn Palmer, Keith Baldrey and Bill Good, Lying Stooges To The End, BC Hydro Edition
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
Let me start by saying, besides Vaughn Palmer, Bill Good and Keith Baldrey
there are many more stooges, Sean Leslie, The Vancouver Sun, Michael Smyth,
The Province and CTV and Global news, they are all stooges, not only did
these news outlets fail to report the glaring now arriving consequences of
corrupt Government decisions and directives accurately they actually failed
to report anything at all..I`m talking about the bankrupting of BC Hydro
and coming ratepayer shock..
I am talking about how Gordon Campbell, now Christy Clark and the BC
Liberals used BC Hydro and public ratepay... more »
After the Fourth
risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 day ago
Almost the entire family gathered this week, to spend the Fourth of July
together and to carry out my parents' last wish, which was to have their
ashes placed within view of the western side of a certain great mountain.
The chosen site required a three hour drive and two-mile hike-in. The
granddaughters, bless them, were up to this. Middle son carried my mom and
dad; we ambled through dark woods along the north slope of a saddle and
broke out into sun and view in the heat of the day ...
I have to admit I cried buckets on the way back, and oldest son stopped
twice to give me long ... more »
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