English: One of the many paths on the urban trail system in Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The aurora borealis, or northern lights, decorate the night sky in Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Owl Plushie (Photo credit: LittleStuff.me)Fill 'Er Up!
Since I haven't posted in a about a million years I thought I'd kick things off again with something other than a post about overpasses or the foibles of politicians, namely a little act of kindness from a random stranger. I know this town can get a bad rap in many and while I know my humble blog won't change the world I do like to highlight good things about the community when I get a chance. I had to make a quick run downtown with one of my tenants....actually it would be more accurate to say I got a lift. Before I headed out I grabbed my jerry can out of the back shed for some... more »
Pork Barrel: The Janet Napoles - Legislators' Scam
Abolish pork barrel. I support that, but I think this will happen 100 years from now, if ever. Legislators are deliberating on P2 trillion budget (this year) and nearly P2.3 trillion next year, and they have no pork barrel out of it? Minimal Government Movement, before it became officially a think tank in 2008, issued a statement in September 2004, calling for the abolition of pork barrel, see the 5+ pages statement here. About the current pork barrel scam involving several Congressmen and Senators, to the tune of around P10 billion, I did not follow it much. Keywords are Ms. Jan... more »
French Dip Sandwiches and Owl Stuffies (Creative Link-up)
I can't believe it is August already. School starts in a few weeks and then Halloween will be here before we know it. There were some fabulous link-ups this last week, here are some of my favorites. I am so in love with this Life is Sweet Printable from Allons-y Kimberley I love the gorgeous pictures that accompany the Jam and Chutney Recipeson Will Cook for Shoes. I am dying a little over the Cute Owl Stuffies from The Crafty Blog Stalker. These Incredibly Easy Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches from Pretty Providence made it on to my recipe calendar this next week. Now ... more »
TV Non-Watch: What would happen if one of your "major" TV networks was swallowed up by the earth (and a few cable networks with it)?
*If I don't have access to CBS programming by the time new episodes of The Good Wife begin airing in the fall, I'll be peeved. Otherwise, I think I'm good.* *by Ken* It sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? An entire Big Four TV network simply disappearing? As is known to those of you who also reside in Time Warner Cable Country, and especially those of you who get your CBS programming from CBS Owned-and-Operated stations (meaning in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas-Fort Worth, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, and Pittsburgh), the CBS stations have gone poof! And with them CBS's ... more »
John King to Superintendents: Be “Judicious” When Deciding Whom to Fire
New York Education Commissioner John King sent this Field Memo to district leadership on August 2, letting them all know that the results of the Common Core-aligned state standardized tests would soon be released. Finally! He also had some things to say that are quite troubling. If you remember, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and […]
Myths of The War on Terror : "Just Look at The Way They Treat Their Women"
*"Our photo editor realized the significance of this historic moment, and published the picture, but in his haste he did not read the "fine print" that accompanied the picture, forbidding any changes. * * * *We should not have published the altered picture, and we have conveyed our regrets and apologies to the White House and to the State Department.* * * *The allegations that religious Jews denigrate women or do not respect women in public office, is a malicious slander and libel. * * * *The current Secretary of State, the Honorable Hillary R. Clinton, was a Senator representing N... more »
A Mouse in the House
August 3, 2013 For the first time in two years, I have a mouse in my house. Of course, mice are not unusual for a 113 year old house, though between the cat, the mouse traps and several of those electronic gizmos I plugged into my house’s electrical circuit to repel mice and other critters, […]
Survival Food Company contacted allegedly by FEMA - Disturbing questions regarding immediate shipment of survival food products - with inquiries as to serving that could be provided within 24 /48 /73 hour timeframes should be concerning..... Something major on the table that FEMA has been told to get ready for ? Is some type of imminent attack by or upon the US looming ?
http://intellihub.com/2013/08/03/war-likely-imminent-survival-food-company-urgently-contacted-by-fema/ Survival Food Company Urgently Contacted By FEMA – Is a War Or Disaster Looming? 39 [image: Print Friendly] Recently my friend who owns a preparedness and survival food company was contacted by FEMA and the questions might scare you. [image: Photo: Wikimedia Commons] Photo: Wikimedia Commons By *Shepard Ambellas* *Intellihub.com* August 3, 2013 Recently my friend Matt, the owner of *MyPatriotSupply.com* was contacted by the *Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)* by way of email,... more »
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In a country that has always denied its actual origins, it is not surprising that conversations – including soul-searching – about race in this country, generally rely on a black-white binary. The Trayvon Martin–George Zimmerman case perfectly illustrates the nation’s inability to see beyond black and white… despite the fact that we live on Indian land. It’s akin to how some describe history: It’s what we choose to remember and what we choose to forget. By acknowledging that we live on Turtle Island or Pacha Mama, the automatic impulse is to avoid that inconvenient fact; to acknowl... more »
The Evil Genius of The U.S. National Security State
*Photo source: Elixir Studios, Sierra Entertainment. * An excerpt from, *"Crying Wolf, Wolf, Wolf"* by 'b' of Moon of Alabama (August 3): And what is it about these "terrorists" that the "threat" from them ends after August 31? Even some "analysts and Congressional officials" the NYT mentions in one short paragraph find this somewhat suspicious: *Some analysts and Congressional officials suggested Friday that emphasizing a terrorist threat now was a good way to divert attention from the uproar over the N.S.A.’s data-collection programs, ...* Ahh - you don't say ... But the ... more »
If We Don't All Get On It, We're As Good As Dead!
I for one am really shocked that there are so many people out there totally "out to lunch" or absolutely unable to fathom the fact that they are nothing more than slaves for criminal Jewish interests. It is so astounding to watch people act these days as total zombies... Brainwashed beyond belief by the false media that is constantly pumped into their brains... While at the same time eating foods tainted by pure poisons that do nothing more than weaken their bodies or turn their brains into pure mush.... I for one sometimes think that my efforts as well as those of others to wake u... more »
Syria: Intervening Not Now But Later
A full-scale US military intervention in Syria is off the table, as is a no-fly zone. The US decision to provide arms to Syrian opposition forces is nonetheless intended to shift the military initiative away from Assad regime. But the opposition is splintered, which has allowed the Hezbollah-backed government forces to level the playing field. Continue reading
Will Corrupt Careerist Debbie Wasserman Schultz Eat The World?
I guess no one told Evan Morris-Santoro at Buzzfeed that the House Democrats had already dealt with Debbie Wasserman Schultz's out-sized ego before the new session had already begun. The overly ambitious and shockingly corrupt Wasserman Schultz-- who ostentatiously bucked leadership tradition by *joining* rather than rsigning from the anti-family/pro-corporate New Dems-- was given a track to the speakership in return for not causing an internal split in the caucus. Evan reported on a big fuss over Wasserman Schultz comments at Politico that she's on the make... as if anyone in Was... more »
Erdogan ridicules US Secretary of State Kerry's recent remark Egypt's military was just " restoring democracy "..... Major purge of Turkey's top brass ( all four force commanders removed ) by Turkish government ! Fears of a military coup behind surprising moves ? Gezi Park protests NOT over yet....water cannon used today to disperse protesters !
‘Some are trying to make an Egypt out of Turkey,’ says PM Erdoğan ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during the opening ceremony of the Andromega performance hall in Istanbul, Aug. 3. AA photo] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during the opening ceremony of the Andromega performance hall in Istanbul, Aug. 3. AA photo Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hit out at what he described as “attempts to make an Egypt out of Turkey,” adding that the ... more »
Oh deer, overkill in Wisconsin
The militarization of local law enforcement reached a new low this week with the senseless slaughter of Giggles the fawn. In a scene reminiscent of a SWAT team raiding a criminal cartel's headquarters, nine fully armed wildlife cops and four local sheriffs descended on an animal rescue farm in search of illegal contraband -- to wit, one tiny baby deer. What happened next defied logic. “I said the deer is scheduled to go to the wildlife reserve the next day,” Schulze said. It was to go to a wildlife reserve in Illinois that allows the rehabilitation of deer. Schulze said agents ... more »
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant could result in the release of 18 Trillion Bqs of Tritium per year ( what about Strontium , cesium or any other radioactive materials ? ) ........ Will rising groundwater at Fukushima set off a domino chain effect of collapses of numerous structures - and could this come to pass in a matter of weeks ? Quietly Tepco has lost control and it only the timing as to when catastrophic failures occur !
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/08/tritium-in-perspective-if-rokkasho-ever.html ( Why would Japan even consider this ? ) FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013 Tritium in Perspective: If Rokkasho Ever Becomes Operational, It Will Release 18,000 Trillion Becquerels of Tritium into the Pacific Ocean PER YEAR While the amount of tritium released from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant since May 2011, *20 to 40 trillion becquerels* which TEPCO finally told Nuclear Regulatory Authority on August 2, 2013, could be an order of magnitude lower than the amount if April 2011 were included, it would pale in comp...more »
War watch - August 2 , 2013 - Egypt , Afghanistan , Libya and Iraq in focus...
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Egypt - the return of the military strongman ? http://www.debka.com/article/23166/Egypt%E2%80%99s-military-strongman-Gen-El-Sisi-will-run-for-president Egypt’s Defense Minister and coup leader Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will run for president – possibly before the end of the year, DEBKAfile’s Exclusive sources report. He is deep in preparations for launching his election campaign Thursday August 15 and plans to keep it short. Untroubled by criticism from the United States and Europe, he plans to restore the Egyptian army to political center stage in Cairo and keep the democratic pro... more »
Your moment of Zen
My former neighbor Geoff Lagadec of Jaya the Cat at Sozopol Beach, Bulgaria.
Obama at 52: A Checkup
By Manifesto Joe Granted, he's been a disappointment, but not a totally unexpected one. I confess to having voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary, for one big reason. Politics isn't a sport for amateurs. I tend to oppose term limits because D.C. is a league that's strictly for professionals. Going into that primary, Hillary had 15 years of Beltway experience, and certainly knew what to expect from Republican rivals. Obama had been there a little over three years, and while it appears that he's a nice fellow, in politics that may be a weakness. For four and a half... more »
Game of Thrones ( Fed Reserve Chairman throne ... ) ..... Nod to Larry Summers over Jan Yellen ? Well , if Geithner is actually advising the resident on the Fed Chair choice , that may tip the decision to Jan Yellen or Don Kohn - Geithner 's relationship with Larry Summers appears to have been rocky !
The Race For The (Fed) Throne - An Update On The Nominees [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/03/2013 13:45 -0400 - Fat Cats - Federal Reserve - Kohn - Larry Summers - Monetary Policy - Nomination - White House Confused by all the *trial *balloons, meandering daily Op-Eds (most of which written by novice journalists with even more bizarre agendas), and "paddy power" market updates? Then here is Scotiabank's Guy Haselmann with his latest rundown on just where we stand in the race for the next Fed chairman. *From Guy Haselman... more »
Obamacare versus the Faculty
I don't know how widespread this phenomenon is, but I thought I would share an email I received this morning: I have been teaching multiple sections of economics for four years now at several Colleges and Universities in the State of Indiana. I have also been a frequent user of your texts in the classes that I teach. With the implementation of the ACA (Affordable Care Act) these institutions are giving notification to their part-time faulty that their individual teaching schedules will now be limited to three sections. At the college this will likely result in the cancellation of 20... more »
Oh, they don't mention me, I'm part of the union
I had to smile on reading this in the *Spectator*. Noting the Tories' recruitment of top Obama strategist Jim Messina (a scoop from the BBC's Allegra Stratton and the lead story on last night's * Newsnight*), David Blackburn adds: Meanwhile, this morning’s papers are full of ‘Unite run the Labour Party’ stories after yesterday’s MEP selection. Indeed they were. From *The Times *(behind its paywall) - *Unite lines up Euro candidates to tighten its grip on Labour* - to *The Daily Telegraph *- *Labour accused of union stitch-up over MEPs *- and the *Daily Mail* - *Miliband's union ... more »
La Belle Verte
This French film from 1996, *The Green Beautiful*, is a preposterous goof of a vaguely science fiction bent. But if you hang in past the slow beginning, it offers a trenchant critique of social values, some tender observations of human foibles, and some hilariously irreverent comedic moments. Naturally I loved it because earthlings who have been telepathically corrected by the more advanced extra-terrestrials tend to spontaneously hug and kiss trees, among other living things. You won't find anything like the glamour of Lady Gaga, or any of the explosions or gunfire Hollywood does ... more »
Just a quick thought on teaching as a “calling.”
It isn’t. Well, not exactly. It shouldn’t, at least, be framed entirely that way. A “calling” to me implies religious or spiritual significance. For teachers, are they expected to walk through hot coals, endure a thousand lashes, for the sake of the children? After all, they are flesh and blood human beings with needs, desires, […]
STONE ON JEJU
*Leading the march with Father Moon* *Stone talks with Catholic Bishop Kang who is a huge supporter of the village struggle**Stone in Gangjeong village watching cements trucks roll into base construction site* *Admiring Father Moon's T-shirt while International team coordinator Sung-Hee Choi looks on* *Having just watched priests and nuns be removed from blocking cement trucks Stone must be feeling the emotion that pervades this movement. In his speech at the end of the peace march Stone told the people that "Jeju naval base is a global issue".**Stone joins the daily 100 bows in fro... more »
It's Caturday...
*what's going on.* Blue's Blog: *Stuck...* That Mr G Guy: *The Language of the Gun Grabbers* The Daley Gator: * Useless, Leftist Fishwrapper Sells Other Useless, Leftist Fishwrapper For Pennies On The Dollar * Bunkerville: *Obama: ‘Al Qaeda is most definitely on the run’ as Obama puts his tail under his butt * The Lonely Conservative: *The Language Police Hit Seattle * White House Dossier: *Obama Begins Birthday Weekend with Golf Bash * Liberty's Torch: *Short course on Marxism. * Camp of the Saints: *Leftist Demons, Right Wing Fools * A MUST read from Fuzzy Logic: *Just... more »
Cyprus allows new bank accounts to be opened - 5 thousand minimum deposit , you can't close the account for three months and monies deposited must be used to pay off loans at cyprus banks ! Gosh , folks will just run to sign up for this deal ......
*Cyprus eases restrictions on new bank accounts* Cyprus’s Finance Ministry is allowing new accounts to be opened at the country’s banks for the first time since the country was bailed out in March. However, there are a number of conditions for the new accounts. The ministry said in a statement on Friday that fixed-term accounts must be opened with at least 5,000 euros cash and can’t be closed for three months. Also, the new current accounts can only be used to pay off loans at any Cypriot bank. Authorities have been gradually lifting restrictions that were imposed in March to prevent ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Afghanistan: reports are that civilian and Afghan army deaths are up, while coalition deaths are way down. Coalition deaths over the last five Julys, starting with 2009: 76, 88, 53, 46, 14. Theory: the backlash on NSA and other such issues this year has less to do with any specific revelations, and more to do with a turn towards peacetime. Not there yet, but it's easier to see now than it used to be. I'd like PPP or someone to do a poll, by the way -- I'd love to know how many people know the was in Afghanistan is going on...and how many know that the US is no longer at war in Iraq. ... more »
The Grand Old Party and the Grand Old Bargain
After a while (and these days, hiring managers will say that interregnum is about three nanoseconds after you're terminated), your unemployed status will turn against you. More and more, we're hearing stories about how the unemployed are turned away or silently have their resumes thrown in the circular file because, well, the unemployed are just so *icky*! But the plain fact is, these eugenics-enabling psychopaths who would love nothing more than for us to starve to death and go away are really the problem or at least perpetuating and exacerbating a pre-existing problem a... more »
Congress Screws Students-- By An Overwhelming Margin
Wednesday the House overwhelmingly passed the patently unfair student loan amendment the Senate cobbled together. The Senate version sailed through the House 392-31, the only opposition coming from 25 progressive Democrats who wanted to see students get a fair break and 6 crackpot Republicans who oppose education on principle-- lunatic fringe characters Paul Broun (R-John Birch Society), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA). Although the YES vote side was wrong-- since it trades immediate amelioration for... more »
US lapdogs the UK , Germany and France go along with Embassy closing charade ! Interestingly , only their Embassies in Yemen will close for up to several days - which is logical for a so called Yemen sourced Al Qaeda threat.... Makes you wonder why the US is closing Embassies in not just Yemen , but also Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57596882/source-terrorists-behind-embassy-threat-in-place/ ( Really odd to hear a warning a so called terrorist team has been selected and is in place and major terror acts loom ? If the team has been selected and is in place , isn't it likely the source knows where the team is located - or else how would the source know that fact is true ? ) The terror threat prompting the U.S. government to close nearly two dozen embassies and consulates Sunday is the most specific, credible threat information in years, CBS News senior correspondent John Mil... more »
Oh, Dorothy! If Wishing Only Made Things True (The Latest Hoax To Hide Economic Depression, Hiring Drops As Unemployment Rate Lowered, Death of Truth, and Blowback Droning Along) Wall Street Destruction Comes Home
U.S. Hiring Slows in July but Jobless Rate Falls to Four-Year Low As usual, ex-Reagan era Treasury official, Paul Craig Roberts (hidden away in outer Nongolia), enlightens us about the real numbers and why they are (and continue to be) cleverly obscured in official government reports from those depending on them for data (which they used to rely on) about how to live their lives as
How bad of a deal was the purchase of the Boston Globe for more than a Billion Benjy bucks in 1993 ? Well , the headline number of selling out for 70 million cash ( a 93 percent haircut ) , masks the fact that the sale doesn't include a ongoing pension liability of 100 million ! 1 So , the NY Times essentially loses at least thirty million on this deal ( not even factoring any losses over the years at the Boston Globe ) ...... What is the NY Times worth and how much would they have to pay a buyer to complete the sale ?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/08/03/New-york-times-sell-boston-globe-at-93-percent-loss NEW YORK TIMES SELLS BOSTON GLOBE AT 93% LOSS 2277 20 758 ------------------------------ Email Article Print ArticleSend a Tip by JOHN NOLTE 3 Aug 2013, 5:21 AM PDT 1102POST A COMMENT After purchasing the *Boston Globe* in 1993 for a then-record $1.1 billion, the financially troubled *New York Times* just announced it sold the 141 year-old paper to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry for a mere $70 million. That's a straight 93% loss. Figuring in two decades of inflation would only ... more »
Kerry Supports Egypt's Coup
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] image source Stephen Lendman When is a coup not one? When John Kerry claims otherwise. When he says it restores democracy. It can't reinistate what doesn't exist. It can't do it by military takeover. Perhaps Kerry doesn't understand. America never had democracy. It has none now. Coup d'etat power rules. Elections are a useful fiction. People have no say. Monied interests run things. According to Paul Craig Roberts: The regime ruling in Washington today lacks constitutional and legal authority. Americans are ruled by usurp... more »
The Harmful Effects of Cell Phones and How to Reduce It
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Mark DeNicola We all know it by now, cell phones emit radio-frequency energy. The one thing still up for debate is whether or not this radio-frequency energy is harmful to the human body, and if it is to what extent. Here is what we do know, radio-frequency is a form of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). EMR is a wave-like energy that is emitted and absorbed by charged particles. In the case of a cell phone, the phone emits the EMR (in the form of radio-frequency) and the human operating it absorbs it. EMR can be classified in... more »
US seems determined to wrestle the Russian Bear ( understand the Bear will fight back and has nukes too ) - just be careful what you seek out - you just might find it !
http://www.infowars.com/john-mccain-wants-a-new-cold-war-with-russia-over-snowden/ John McCain Wants a New Cold War With Russia Over Snowden - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Kurt Nimmo* Infowars.com August 3, 2013 [image: Mikhail Khodorkovsky.] Russian oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. On Thursday, Arizona Senator John McCain released a statement criticizing Russia for granting whistleblower Edward Snowden a one-year asylum and preven... more »
Right-Wing "Democracy"
I miss Canadian Cynic's blog. It really exposed the average right-winger for the imbeciles that they are. Here's two related posts: Rob Ford's supporters. (As I ask there; how are we supposed to respond to people who will continue to support a guy guilty of "hugging" the same "thugs" he built a great deal of his career as bashing? Are these voters we're obligated to respect when we present our case?) Authoritarian populism in Eastern Europe. Leninist "socialism" failed. Neo-liberal exploitation "failed." Perhaps fascism is the answer!!!
Geriatric Pipelines?
An analysis of the pipeline failure that spilled 200,000 gallons of Athabasca dilbit in Mayflower, Arizona concluded there was a manufacturing fault in the pipe. Here's the thing. The pipe that failed was 70-years old. Who knows, maybe your great-grandfather had a hand in its construction? But this geriatric pipeline was just a fluke, right? No, not at all. *Citing an ongoing investigation, both Exxon and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) waited nearly a month after receiving the report before releasing the details to Arkansas newspaper Log Ca... more »
CIA & Mossad Tell Us Through Their Mainstream Media That They Might Do False Flag Terrorism And Blame Their "Al Qaeda Muslims"...& Larry Silverstein's HUGE 911 Jewish Zionist BALLS
*AL QAEDA = CIA/MOSSAD/MAINSTREAM MEDIA* The CIA & Mossad's propaganda outlets, the mainstream media, reports this story: *State Dept. issues worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens* Since there's no such thing as "Al Qaeda", at least the definition "officials" tell us, let me interpret the above for you, this should be the headline: The CIA & Mossad, on behalf of the global 1%, might do terrorism and blame their creation they control called "Al Qaeda". Even though NSA spying knows every single thing going on with worldwide spying on everything, NSA will pretend they didn't catc... more »
Sen. Ted Cruz on How to Defeat Obamacare (video)
"The fight we are engaged in in the next 60 days, I think, is the most important fight this Congress will deal with."
Utopian 'Harvest Your Own' Groceries Coming Up
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Heather Callaghan Places like Wal-mart brag that they eliminate the middle man; but they haven't seen the likes of The Farmery. What if your food was grown at your store - and it's not even picked yet until you come by to cut the plants. You're not a shopper, you're a harvester. Better yet, what if Farmeries come to urban neighborhoods - both high and low end? Meet the Willy Wonka of agriculture... Farmery Vimeo from Gary Breece on Vimeo. Founder Ben Greene (for real?) wanted to "tighten the gap" more than any retailer a... more »
Reversing The Edward Bernays Effect
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *How to end a century of lies and mass mind manipulation ushered in by one man* Bernie Suarez America has been plagued by a powerful mind control tactic which was suggested, experimented with, and fully implemented over a century ago by a man named Edward Bernays. The time has come for Americans to come to grips with the content and theories that Bernays used to influence American history. It’s time to call out the legacy of deceit and manipulation that this man brought to American history; by doing this, only then can Ameri...more »
He's Crazy About the Schnitzel
In Colorado Springs, a bear loves the leftovers from the Edelweiss restaurant so much that he makes off with the entire dumpster.
Could "America's Quiet Environmental Revolution" Sound Last Call for Athabasca Bitumen?
A *PostMedia* article discusses what it calls America's "quiet environmental revolution," a nationwide, broadbased movement away from fossil fuels toward non-carbon alternatives. *Even the most unlikely Americans are taking up the carbon-free challenge, often viewing it as a path to energy independence. Kentucky Republican congressman Thomas Massie, for instance, built himself a solar home and lives off the grid. He also drives an electric car. Yet at the same time he opposes government attempts to impose environmental regulations.* *In the greater scope of America’s gluttonous foss... more »
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*In Memoriam: Greg Peters, ‘Suspect Device’ Artist and Blogger, Father, Friend ~Levees Not War*
2045 Technocrat Robot Avatar Project Posts Truthstream Article
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Transhumanists pursuing eternal life at the expense of the natural world and the existing human population. Someone’s robot apparently got confused … Derp. 2045: Strategic Social Iniative Melissa Melton’s research on DARPA’s 47th chromosome project circulated to surprisingly wide corners. Should Truthstream Media be honored or creeped out to appear on the 2045 Initiative website, where Ray Kurzweil and top Russian scientists are attempting to upload humanistic brains into avatars? After all, w... more »
Introducing "Drone Patrol" Website and Apps
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Activist Post* There’s a new trend in surveillance and that trend involves drones in our skies. Many have seen them, but most don’t report them. Why not? It’s because until recently, there has been nowhere to report these sightings. The FBI recently admitted to using drones to spy on US citizens. Are you one of them? *Have a drone sighting?* The Sleuth Journal, in association with Staticwave Studio has just launched a new site called *Drone Patrol* where you can report drone sightings and read others’ encounters of their s... more »
Deconstructing the latest Al Qaeda " threats " Embassy closing drama and worldwide travel warning for Sunday ....... Distraction , False Flag Warning - we shall see - but keep your eyes on the prize , which is what they hell was going on in Benghazi and what is still being covered up ?
Hey , I was wondering what happened to the press flack from Saddam's Iraq ! Lol [image: carneydeny] Guess Jay was separated at birth from the former infamous Iraq press specialist..... The Treasury of Deathless Quotes Jay , take notes .... here are some classics , feel free to sample template , reframe as necessary as needed moving forward.... "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" "My feelings - as usual - we... more »
Scotland, the monarchy and the BBC
Following on from a comment on an earlier post about *Newsnight Scotland*, the programme began the week with a full-length debate on the monarchy, hosted by the BBC's *Glenn Campbell*. The programme duly focused on the issue of monarchy itself rather than on Scottish independence but, given that the programme forms part of a series of specials in the run-up to next year's referendum, it's probably right and proper to include it in my review of *Newsnight Scotland'*s coverage. Did this edition display any bias - whether that bias be for or against the monarchy, or for or against Sc... more »
How Education Reform Works Today in Four Simple Steps. By John Stoffel
How Education Reform Works Today in Four Simple Steps 1. Fund research (often with taxpayer support). • Tell researcher your hypothesis. • Have researcher gather data. • Have researcher compare data to your hypothesis. • Have researcher change data to match your hypothesis. 2. Fund three groups with imposing names • 1st group warns nation […]
Alan Grayson: NSA Violates the Constitution, Excuses are Irrelevant
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Benghazi Insiders Fear CIA: “You don’t jeopardize yourself, you jeopardize your family as well.”
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Lily Dane A few days ago, President Obama, White House press secretary Jay Carney, and several Democratic members of Congress referred to the Benghazi attack as a “phony scandal.” CNN is now reporting that “dozens of CIA operatives were on the ground during the Benghazi attack.” The fact that the CIA was in Benghazi is not new information; the second part of the Benghazi attack was on the CIA annex there (of course, that part of the tragedy was not well publicized). The bigger – and more telling – part of the CNN report is t... more »
A video on loop quantum gravity
Sabine Hossenfelder watched a 43-minute video on loop quantum gravity that was posted two days ago. She wasn't too impressed. Well, I am always impressed by low-budget or no-budget teams that manage to shoot a semiprofessional video of this size but it's hard to avoid some criticisms. Most of them are really criticisms of the topic they chose to cover, loop quantum gravity, so they shouldn't be used against the creators of the video. And I will avoid detailed criticisms of the imperfect sound quality (noise filters were used too much at some places), the subtitles (and whether it ma... more »
An EMP Missing By TWO WEEKS Is NOT a Near Miss
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Chris Carrington As some of you will know I report on the space weather regularly when there is something going on…or something*might *be going on in the hours following the article. I was shocked yesterday to see reports of a ‘Carrington-class event’ that occurred two weeks ago. I trawled the NASA and NOAA sites looking for what I had missed. I had missed nothing, there was no such event. A report on spaceweather.com this morning says: Many readers are asking about a report in the Washington Examiner, which states that a ... more »
Is Egypt On The Verge Of Engineered Civil War?
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Brandon Smith For thousands of years, Egypt has been one of the primary pillars of the Eastern world. When Egypt falls into turmoil, a shockwave is felt by all other nations that heralds great change and perhaps even great catastrophe. The West's longtime interest in maintaining a solid foothold in Egypt is based on this reality; even in our modern age, when Egypt is in your corner riches can be accumulated, and power can be gathered. Our government along with European governments have gone to incredible lengths in the regio... more »
Amazon.com Creates 5,000 Jobs, Destroys 25,000 in the Process?
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] image: Wikimedia Commons Alex Daley, *Chief Technology Investment Strategist * *Casey Research* *The Technology Jobs Conundrum* The past few weeks have seen the tech and business media abuzz about a not-so-little warehouse in Tennessee. That's because this distribution center, opening its doors with a burst of fanfare and even a few visits from nearby politicians, isn't a jumping-off point for Macy's or Target. Instead, the warehouse is the latest in a series of new locations being opened by retail technology giant Amazon.c... more »
The Little Blue Engine that shouldn’t. Take a seat.
I want you to read the following poem by Shel Silverstein, one that is the inspiration for a new “reformy” organization called Blue Engine. The little blue engine looked up at the hill. His light was weak, his whistle was shrill. He was tired and small, and the hill was tall, And his face blushed […]
Trapped in a Killing Field: MIT study suggests travel restrictions in the event of an epidemic
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Janet Phelan A study published in The Royal Society Interface by researchers at MIT may influence policy as to potential travel restrictions in an epidemic. The study suggests that such restrictions will slow the progress of a pandemic. What is implicit in the paper's recommendations is that people may be confined—quarantined in fact—to a heavily affected area, thus reducing their individual chances to survive but also mitigating the spread of the contagion. As reported in Bioprepwatch, the study “compared contagion rates in... more »
NSA Collects 'Word for Word' Content on Every Domestic Communication
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130 Years of a Warming Planet
NASA has produced a short animation showing how our world has warmed since 1880. This is based on weather data gathered from 1,000 stations around the world. Blue is cold, red is hot. Notice the parts of Canada that are red.
GMOs: What Do the Stars Say Astrologically?
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] image source Catherine J. Frompovich With all that’s going on regarding genetically modified organisms, especially food crops, this writer became intrigued while standing in line at a Whole Foods checkout counter by a magazine’s cover story “Inside Monsanto,” which appears on the Aug./Sept. 2013 issue of *The Mountain Astrologer*. Online access to the magazine is www.mountainastrologer.com. Even though being somewhat esoterically inclined, the feature article by Eric Francis Coppolino was a little more than this writer expec... more »
HAVE A LAUGH (And get a 2nd job)
And do I have to say....boycott McDonald's?!!!
Secret Genetic Experiments Human-Animal Hybrids
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Kenny Valenzuela *Research Links Below...* National Geographic Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy Science Daily Hybrid Human-Animal Embryo Research Approved in the UK The Telegraph Animal and human hybrid research study under way Genetically Modified Soldiers DARPA: The Mutant Wars LifeSiteNews Uk scientists warn about secret human-animal hybrid research Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 The Human Avatar Programs by NASA & DARPA Genetically Modified Drinkable Goat Milk Vaccines! Human Fetal Cells Make Pep...more »
Waziristan on the Potomac
*Congressional Republicans hold Loya Jirga* What happens when the world's most powerful nation becomes ungovernable? Often when authority becomes ineffective it gives rise to power vacuums that invite other actors, oligarchs or armed oligarchs, warlords, to intercede. Such is the fate of Waziristan and, to a much more subtle degree, Washington. Paul Krugman laments that the United States has become ungovernable largely due to a mass mental disorder that has infested the ranks of the GOP. *Republican leaders are about to reap the whirlwind, because they haven’t had the courage t... more »
Ec 10 Bleg
As part of our "marketing" effort to get freshmen into ec 10, Harvard's introductory economics course, the ec 10 staff and I are trying to construct a list of famous alums of the course. Here is the list we have put together so far: Steve Ballmer Ben Bernanke Lloyd Blankfein Ryan Fitzpatrick Jeremy Lin Sheryl Sandberg Eduardo Saverin Chuck Schumer Cameron Winklevoss Tyler Winklevoss Mark Zuckerberg If you attended Harvard and have a famous classmate who you are sure took ec 10 (or its predecessor ec 1), please email me the information.
NSA Head Gen. Keith Alexander Heckled by Hackers
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *In the background, a secret war is underway, apparently purging a circle of hackers, whistleblowers and investigative reporters connected to investigating NSA surveillance programs.* Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton On the heels of ‘an easy hearing’ in Congressional testimony to explain away NSA surveillance activities in the wake of Edward Snowden’s PRISM leaks, Gen. Keith Alexander, head of both the NSA and US CYBERCOM, attended the Black Hat hacker conference where he was heckled by privacy advocates in the crowd who state... more »
Will The New Dems Get As Decimated Next Year As Their Ideological Brethren The Blue Dogs Were in 2010 And 2012?
Steve Israel has ZERO interest in races like these that pit progressives against powerful senior Republicans With the political demise of the Blue Dogs after the 2010 midterms, DCCC Chair-- and "ex"-Blue Dog-- Steve Israel made his top priority not winning back the House in 2012 but restocking the Republican wing of the Democratic Party with corrupt conservatives. His vehicle, the resuscitated New Dems, corporate Democrats without the KKK sheets, homophobia and misogyny of the Blue Dogs. But every bit as eager to blow Wall Street and punish working families. Israel didn't come close ... more »
FBI employs hackers, has software that can remotely activate cell phone, laptop microphones and more
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] image credit: powtac/Flickr Madison Ruppert A new report reveals that the FBI directly employs multiple hackers who create custom surveillance software for the bureau, some of which is capable of remotely activating the microphones on cell phones and laptops, among other features. The FBI is known for using technology shrouded in secrecy, some of which is based on legal grounds which have been questioned by critics with some maintaining that the FBI deceived judges in deploying it. Malicious software, or malware, aimed at e... more »
If You Think The Employment Numbers Are Good, Then You Really Need To Read This Article
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Dees Illustration Michael Snyder Do you actually believe that the employment numbers are getting better? Do you actually believe that there is a bright future ahead for American workers? If so, then you really need to read this article. The truth is that we are in the midst of the worst employment crisis since the Great Depression, and there has been absolutely no employment recovery. In fact, the percentage of working age Americans that are employed is just about exactly where it was during the darkest days of the last ... more »
The Camera in Your TV is Watching You
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*Questions remain in FBI shooting case ~New Orleans Advocate* *State sues company over expanding sinkhole ~WDSU* *Port of N.O. could spend $450M to prepare for wider Panama Canal ~Rob Masson, WVUE* *Oystermen claim state regulations violate their privacy ~Joe Gyan Jr.* *The What Cheer? Brigade Brings A Different Kind Of Brass To New Orleans ~Lane Kaplan-Levenson, WWNO* *Satchmo Scorcher: Louis Armstrong Fans Brave the Heat for Satchmo Summerfest, Give Tips on Staying Cool ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Colossal Protest in Taipei
*UPDATE*: Numbers now up to 250,000. Craig Ferguson has a pic collection. TT article. From one of my students _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!
The Beginning of the Lie.... oh my!
.... You know.... if today gets any more fun, I might just laugh myself into a coma. Yet another example of asking "What do I know?".... and there is the answer. Further to the article I posted this morning from AK about the USA being a "non-profit religious corporation", here is the background. Our History lesson for this morning starts in 1066 is jolly ol' England..... enjoy! And remember: these articles are just a quantum jumping pad to doing your own research.... on you go! http://www.truthcontrol.com/articles/treaty-1213-beginning-lie Treaty of 1213 - The Beginning of the... more »
ALL of Your Debt is PRE-PAID
Too much info to put out in a single article, so I'll continue over here, lol. ..... And then there is this article that again explains how YOU are the VALUE and that all debts are pre-paid! There is NO DEBT!!!!! None! Zip! Zilch! You OWE NOTHING!!! Thanx Brian!! Proof ALL of Your Debt is PRE-PAID! *Your debt is PRE-PAID!* August 2, 2013 I had a discussion with a friend the other day when I asked the question on Facebook, "If you found out your mortgage, car loan, student loan, credit card was fraudulent debt, would you keep paying it?" I included a link to the post I... more »
Not only is the USA a Corporation- it's a religious corporation.... *thud*
Oh baby!!!.... this is getting sooooo good now! Sooooo much fun!!! More and more absolute data coming out- more and more dots are being connected. Here is a couple of HUGE dots that a lot of people were asking about- in black and white. Why did the Papal decree matter in Washington? Why are people fleeing the scene? How about the fact that the United States of America "Government" is listed as a non-profit Religious Corporation? I mean, the fact that they had the balls to list themselves as "Non-profit" is laughable enough.... but the "Religious Corporation" should be shak... more »
'Why a Robert Mugabe victory would be good for Zimbabwe'
Roy Agyemang The Guardian *President has proved critics at home and abroad wrong with bold policies now yielding economic freedom* Robert Mugabe belongs to a dying breed of politicians on the African continent. Molded in the crucible of politics of nationalism, he emerges as the surviving face of African nationalism radicalised through armed resistance to settler colonialism. It is this dimension of his generational politics, this trait of his character, which Britain and the western world has not been able to comprehend. Mugabe is more than just a politician, he leads a cause, or... more »
It Got Them Killed / October Surprise: The Assassination of Vice-President Nelson Rockerfeller
*1979* “Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going.” That was one quip following the news that Nelson Rockefeller—New York’s four-term governor, former vice-president of the United States, and the most prominent scion of America’s most famous wealthy family—had succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 70, while in his midtown townhouse with his 25-year-old assistant, Megan Marshack. *Preferred joke*: *Q: *How did Nelson Rockefeller die? *A:* Low blood pressure: 70 over 25. Before there was Warren Buffett and his secretary, there was Rockefeller and his. *Autres temps, ... more »
A Beginner's Guide to Freemasonry by Wor. Bro. Dennis Stocks, Barron Barnett Lodge
Mirrored from: http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/freemasonry/freemasonry.html *A Beginner's Guide to Freemasonry* by Wor. Bro. Dennis Stocks, Barron Barnett Lodge. While there is general consensus that Freemasonry originated in the British Isles, the exact line of descent (direct or indirect) from the Operative stone masons remains an oft posed question. Although the "Direct" argument has the most supporting evidence, the problem of a final resolution of this question remains complicated by the dearth of primary material. The occupation of "stone mason" began in the Briti... more »
"Be quiet then while I speak"
The ever delightful Sion Simon *Thanks to Guido Fawkes for reminding me quite how vile Sion Simon is.*
Video: Another Night of Unrest in Egypt - Protesters And Security Forces Clash
Politically and historically speaking, Morsi is Bin Laden. Gone. History. Finished. A bad nightmare that is over for Egyptians. His brand of Islam was rejected by the people of Egypt, just as Bin Laden's brand of Islam was rejected by the people of Afghanistan and the Muslim world. Trying to raise Morsi from the political dead is idiocy. The Islamist protesters who have been battling in the streets against the military and police for the past month would have a greater claim if they abandoned Morsi altogether and flipped the script on the generals moving forward. But that isn't happ... more »
Recommended reading
There's an interesting and rather persuasive article about BBC from Graeme Archer in the *Telegraph*: Of course people at the BBC are biased: why not make a virtue of it? ** *We need the BBC to be more like the newspapers - open about the unavoidably political beliefs of its staff * ** It's the *Today *programme in particular which gets Graeme's goat: It infuriates me, not least for that studied pretence of political neutrality, contradicted by every nuanced phrase, tone of voice or, indeed, official BBC investigation. (The BBC didn’t realise immigration was a political issue until... more »
EFN Asia 26: Past Conferences and Avoiding the Middle Income Trap
The 2013 Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia Conference will be held more than two months from now in Bangkok. The theme this year will be *Asia, the Middle Income Trap and Economic Freedom. * EFN Annual conferences was initiated in Manila, cool. There were no specific topics in earlier years, only a broad discussion about "Economic Freedom in Asia." Succeeding years have themes, which revealed the important economic issues and concerns that affect our continent on those years. Here is the list of past conferences. *1998 EFN Asia International Conference* Manila, November 5-7, 199... more »
DANIEL PELKA; BROTHEL 'RUN BY POLICE OFFICER'
"A police officer with the *West Midlands* Force is to face trial on charges of managing a brothel and conspiring to supply *Class A* drugs and misconduct in a public office." West Midlands Police brothel, May 2013 *Daniel Pelka* is from the *West Midlands.* *Daniel Pelka's mother Magdalena Luczak was a drug addicted prostitute.* Daniel Pelka, aged 4, was murdered. The drug-addict prostitute mother who murdered son, four In the UK, the* Steam And Sun* brothel raked in more than £26million a year. 'Upmarket brothel Steam & Sun club made £26m a year' *Daniel Pelka's mother Magd... more »
Paul Craig Roberts: "Washington, having turned the US into a lawless state, no longer has any conception of legal procedure. Law is whatever serves Washington. As Washington sees it, law is nothing but Washington’s will. Any person or country that interferes with Washington’s will is behaving unlawfully."
------------------------------ *Triple-Feature: “America Discredited,” “Bradley Manning Verdict Convicts Washington,” and “Hiding Economic Depression With Spin” — Paul Craig Roberts * ------------------------------ August 1, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter *America Discredited* Paul Craig Roberts As Washington loses its grip on the world, defied by Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and now Russia, the US government resorts to public temper tantrums. The constant demonstration of childis... more »
Global warming? New satellite dataset finds global temperatures decreased from 1982-2006 | Climate Depot
' A new peer-reviewed paper published in Energy & Environment analyzes 24 years of data from the European Meteosat weather satellite and finds global temperatures decreased over the period 1982-2006. According to the authors, "Our observations point to a decrease in planetary temperature over almost the entire hemisphere, most likely due to an increase of cloudiness." ' More here http://www.climatedepot.com/2013/08/02/new-satellite-dataset-finds-global-temperatures-decreased-from-1982-2006/
24 hours before...
Time for my weekly predictions... Many of this week's widely-reported religious news stories have been a gift for Radio 4's *Sunday *and its very particular outlook on the world. Take the top Catholic stories this week...I think it's safe to predict that Pope Francis's statement about not judging gay clergy for their orientation will come up. I will eat my mitre if it doesn't. Who will the programme discuss the story with? A *Tabletista* who uses the occasion to cast Pope Francis in a more favourable light than Pope Emeritus Benedict? And what about the Pope's warm personal mess... more »
Friday Baseball Post
If it were up to me, Alex Rodriguez would be playing baseball. But since he's almost certainly not going going to be for a while... There's every chance now that he may fall short of Willie Mays after all. It turns out? 660 is hard. Really hard. For a long time after Mays and Aaron, no one really threatened to reach their neighborhood. Mike Schmidt actually had a shot at it...he had 530 after his age 37 season, with a most recent three years of 33, 37, 35. Coming off a 142 OPS+. If he had averaged 25 a year through age 42, that gets him to 645...but in fact, he only had a year plus... more »
WAR ON SEX
* Rosario Dawson (left)* *ANONYMOUS writes:* "Have you seen Danny Boyles' latest pic, Trance? "...Within the MK-themed heist plot is a curious discussion of the role of pubic hair within art which culminates in Rosario Dawson catwalking her Brazilian wizzy... "What if we were to declare sex, like drugs, to have been perverted in order to function as a corruption/control mechanism? "Think 'war on drugs'. "Without drugs were illegal how would criminals make billions of dollars? "The Prohibition of the twenties and the current 'War on Drugs' were the best things that ever happ... more »
Post-Classic Cinema by John David Ebert
*Introduction to the Last Days of Celluloid (An Excerpt from Post-Classic Cinema)*. *Post-Classic Cinema by John David Ebert. Source: The John David Ebert Channel. Date Published: July 28, 2013. Description:* My new book "Post-Classic Cinema" is now out and available on Amazon or at the following link: https://www.createspace.com/4282207
Terrance Nelson: Dakota Unity Riders contacted by US Calvary
First Nation Terrance Nelson: Dakota Unity Riders contacted by Seventh Calvary By Terrance Nelson First Nation Roseau River Anishinabe Censored News August 2nd, 2013 Update Dakota Unity Riders contacted by Seventh Calvary? I spoke to Gus Higheagle this morning and the Dakota Unity Riders are in Woodstock where their ten horses are being well taken care of. Gus tells me
Sunday Classics preview: "And yet they'll say that a jealous husband is a madman" -- meet Verdi's Master Ford
*Bryn Terfel and Anthony Michaels-Moore as Falstaff and Ford in Act II, Scene 1 of Covent Garden's Falstaff, 2003* *Excerpt 1* (three performances) Is it a dream? or reality? Two enormous horns are growing from my head. Is it a dream? Master Ford! Master Ford! Are you sleeping? *Excerpt 2* (three performances) The time is fixed, the trick fullly planned; you're cheated and swindled! And yet they'll say that a jealous husband is a madman! *Excerpt 3* (three performances) I'll explode. I'll avenge the insult! Let it be praised forever from the bottom of my heart: jealousy! *by Ken... more »
Four Ex-EPA Administrators, All Republican, Call for Urgent Action to Arrest Climate Change
You'll probably recognize some of their names - Willam D. Ruckelshaus, Lee Thomas, William K. Reilly and Christine Todd Whitman. Over the past 43 years, each of them served a Republican president as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. In an op-ed to the *New York Times*, they say that their message transcends political affiliation, "*the United States must move now on substantive steps to curb climate change, at home and internationally."* They were blunt and to the point:* * *There is no longer any credible scientific debate about the basic facts: our world continues ... more »
Sometimes a Simple Graph Says It All - We're Getting More Pessimistic With Each Generation
The Brookings Institute has undertaken a survey of economic values in America. The study also revealed that progressivism is far from extinct in the Land of Free Enterprise Capitalism. * * *Despite these negative views of the economy and financial well-being, most Americans (54%) nonetheless believe that capitalism is working at least somewhat well. They don’t feel the same way about government, however. While more than 6-in-10 Americans agree that government should do more to reduce the gap between rich and poor, and that it is the responsibility of government to take care of thos... more »
Standing Up for Paul Bernardo
Yes, he did monstrous things, utterly heinous crimes. Yes he deserves to be imprisoned for the full, 25-year stretch if not for life itself. That said, why is Paul Bernardo still in solitary confinement? *For 18 years, Bernardo has been housed 23 hours a day in a Kingston cell that’s roughly 1.5 metres by 3 metres.* ** *For the other hour, he can watch television or exercise.* ** *Prisoners in solitary confinement cells can talk with prisoners in adjoining cells but they can’t see them.* I had always thought that solitary confinement was an extraordinary measure used where necess... more »
rtod
This Revolutionary Thought of the Day brought to you by my abiding hero, Clarence Darrow. Darrow dismissed many of the remedial bandages that he and the labor movement had battled for: eight-hour-day laws, women's suffrage, child labor legislation. "We are busy patching and tinkering, and doing a poor job patching and tinkering at that." The working class must seize the earth's natural resources and the means of production, he said. "There can never be any proper distribution of wealth in the world while a few own the earth - a few men own the mines, the railroads, the forests, whi... more »
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