VISTA exposes high-speed antics of young stars in the Orion Nebula (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Orion nebula map (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The Orion nebula in true colour. Français : Nébuleuse d'Orion vue par le HST. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Region of the Horsehead Nebula south of star Alnitak in Orion. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: HST Orion nebula image composited with a Spitzer image for something a little different. Français : Vue de la nébuleuse d'Orion composée à partir d'une image du télescope Spitzer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: M42 - Orion Nebula and Surrounding Nebulosity including M43 and Running Man Nebula (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Photo of Orion Belt with the stars Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. The color picture was composited from digitized black and white photographic plates recorded through red and blue astronomical filters, with a computer synthesized green channel. The plates were taken using the Samuel Oschin Telescope, a wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory, between 1987 and 1991. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Czech Wikipedia for th week, 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Does @PeterMDeWitt like macaroni and cheese?
Timothy D. Slekar at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 minutes ago
You never know what might be said on @the chalkface radio. Last night we
interviewed the PRINCIPLED PRINCIPALS’ PRINCIPAL—Peter DeWitt. How is it
possible to talk about macaroni and cheese, AC/DC, “getting off”, data,
common core, and ANGER? Listen for yourself. And if you actually learn
how to kick a little reformer butt by the […]
How Democratic Candidates Should Respond To Irresponsible GOP Threats To Throw The U.S. Into Default
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 31 minutes ago
You've probably seen a parade of Republican clowns wooing teabaggers by
insisting that the government be sent into bankruptcy unless Obama agrees
to defund the Affordable Care Act. That's all their irresponsible-- and/or
delusional playing for the cameras. Most of the noise has been coming from
far right Confederates in all white gerrymandered districts. But Wednesday
Tom McClintock was up to the same trick in California. Watch him up top.
His district is very safe-- with a PVI of R+10. Romney beat Obama there
58-40% and McClintock won reelection last year with 61% and taking 8 of... more »
Guest Post - Reducing the footprint of logistics
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 31 minutes ago
The burden of logisticsLogistics is a notoriously environmentally
unfriendly system, using heavy good vehicles and transport systems to move
goods, services and people around the world. The carbon created is
staggering and impacts the environment in a huge way. From moving
containers across the world through containerised shipping or moving people
from point to point, carbon creation is inevitable.
However there are many ways that the logistics industry is trying to reduce
its carbon footprint, as it understands the need to protect the ecological
and environmental systems around it... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 hour ago
*Harry Shearer interviews Maria Garzino on Hurricane Isaac e-mail FOIAs. Uh
oh.*
This isn’t your normal “I Quit” teacher video. #highered
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
Personally, I’ve tried to keep a pretty low profile. You must be thinking,
“You’re nuts!” But no, I have. I’ve been very careful in the last couple of
years especially to keep my name OFF of things. I do the best I can to go
as “Chalk Face,” even though anyone with two fingers can […]
R. J. Zwi Werblowsky On The Power Problem
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
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*Related: R. J. Zwi Werblowsky On Prometheus.*
*Brief Bio of Professor Raphael Jehuda Zwi Werblowsky [Source: emetprize.org]:
*
Prof. Raphael J.Z. Werblowsky was born in Frankfurt (Germany) in 1924. His
family moved to Erets Yisrael towards the end of the 1930's and he studied
at several Yeshivas. In 1945 he completed his Bachelor’s degree at the
University of London. After the war he was in charge of an orphanage in
Holland which prepared children that had survived the sho’ah for aliyah. He
received his doctorate from the University of Geneva in 1951.
After teaching for fve ... more »
Post #23,000: "A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"Cradled in cosmic dust and glowing hydrogen, stellar nurseries in Orion
the Hunter lie at the edge of a giant molecular cloud some 1,500
light-years away. Spanning nearly 25 degrees, this breath-taking vista
stretches across the well-known constellation from head to toe (top to
bottom). The Great Orion Nebula, the closest large star forming region, is
right of center. To its left are the Horsehead Nebula, M78, and Orion's
belt stars. Red giant Betelgeuse is at the hunter's shoulder, bright blue
Rigel at his foot, and the glowing Lambda Orionis (Meissa) nebula at the
far left, nea... more »
George Galloway and Respect
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 2 hours ago
A leader in crisis ... stubborn representative voicing discontent and being
"unhelpful" ... on this occasion it's not Dave or Ed who are getting it in
the neck. This time it's George Galloway and Respect that have lurched into
yet another crisis. What sparked this episode off was a bit of old news. Back
in June Galloway announced that he has "a committee" looking into the
possibility of his running for London Mayor in 2016. "I'd like to fight
Boris Johnson ..." he said (this was before Boris announced he would not be
seeking re-election). Then yesterday came the news that two Respec... more »
Why I Pulled the Post
Brian Rathbun at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
Some of you have asked why I pulled the post, “Intellectual Jailbait:
Networking at APSA,” which I put up last night. First, a lot of people were
obviously hurt by the post. Those of us who blog of course want to be read,
and I try to use humor to get my points across. I
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The Poet: David Whyte, "Sweet Darkness"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"Sweet Darkness"
"When your eyes are tired the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.
There you can be sure you are not beyond love.
The dark will be your womb tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.
You must learn one thing:
the world was made to be free in.
Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness
to learn anything or anyone that does not bring... more »
Chet Raymo, “Sodden Earth”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
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*“Sodden Earth”*
by Chet Raymo
"I grew up with the Civil War, or at least with evidences of the war on
every side, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Lookout Mountain loomed over the
town. My house was on the back slopes of Missionary Ridge. We swam in
Chickamauga Creek. We played in the Chattanooga National Cemetery (close by
my grandmother's house) where 12,000 Union dead are buried, including
raiders of "The Great Locomotive Chase." The locomotive The General was on
display downtown in Union Station. Orchard Knob not far away. Monuments and
memorial cannons were everywhere.
I... more »
Larry David's definitive statement about apologies: All that matters if if you're ACTING sincere
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*Says Nathan Flomm: "Apologies don't have to be sincere. It's just the act
of the apology itself. It's only -- all that matters is if you're actingsincere."
*
*by Ken*
In Saturday's "TV Watch preview" I was caught up by a segment of the
trailer HBO put out for its film *Clear History*, premiering that night,
starring Larry David as a marketing genius who walks away from what turns
out to be "literally a billion-dollar idea" and becomes an object of
national scorn.
*The trailer for HBO's Clear History*
*WILDLY ENHAIRIFIED LARRY DAVID CHARACTER*: I'm really sorry.
*JON HAMM CHARACT... more »
"Our Real Journey..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"It may be when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real
work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real
journey."
- Wendell Berry
“Rune Charms For Warriors And For Peace”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
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*“Rune Charms For Warriors And For Peace”*
by Sunnyway
"I've been asked numerous times by soldiers and family members for magical
charms to aid and protect our soldiers and news corps in the Middle East
and elsewhere. I've put together a collection of Galdrastafir - Viking era
"magical staves." Most of these talismans are very ancient and effective.
According to tradition, the Aegishjalmur "helm of awe" should be worn over
the forehead, perhaps scratched or drawn on the inside of one's helmet. Its
purpose is protection and "irresistibility" in battle (as in the Borg's,
"R... more »
"The Only Paradise We Need..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"But love of the wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always
beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth which
bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know,
the only paradise we ever need - if only we had eyes to see."
- Edward Abbey
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Auburn, Alabama, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Philadelphia School District drama-rama....25 days before the first day of school set for September 9 , 2013.....still waiting for clear solutions and resolution of the financial travails.......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Over jeers and shouts, SRC suspends parts of school codeSubmitted by Dale
Mezzacappa on Thu, 08/15/2013 - 21:10 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
Entering the overflowing room to a chorus of boos, struggling to be heard
above the derisive shouts of hundreds of teachers, students and parents,
the School Reform Commission voted Thursday to suspend parts of the
Pennsylvania School Code.
The move, permitted under the law under which the state took over the
School District in 2001, gives Superintendent William Hite the ability to
call back laid off teachers selectively rather than accor... more »
“Coup d'Etat: In the Grip of Tyranny”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
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*“Coup d'Etat: In the Grip of Tyranny”*
- by Paul Craig Roberts
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
- Sir John Harrington
“The American people have suffered a coup d’etat, but they are hesitant to
acknowledge it. The regime ruling in Washington today lacks constitutional
and legal legitimacy. Americans are ruled by usurpers who claim that the
executive branch is above the law and that the US Constitution is a mere
“scrap of paper.”
An unconstitutional government is an illegitimate government. The oath of
al... more »
Fukushima updates - August 15 , 2013 - with the endless stories recently and relentlessly banging the drum on Tepco and Japan's incompetence in general , the growing global lack of confidence that Tepco / Japan won't do something irreversibly horrid - and then lie for a decade until forced to admit the sad truth...Absolutely no faith that Tepco / Japan can deal appropriately or have the ability to handle the hundreds or thousands of tons of heavily contaminated ground water flowing on a daily basis into the Pacific Ocean.....Note now burying the whole in concrete for a hundred years - give or take a century or so - now floating / trial ballooning to the surface !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/08/5-parts-of-power-cable-trench-of-reactor34-found-empty-tepco-contaminated-have-already-gone-underground/
5
parts of power cable trench of reactor3&4 found empty / Tepco
“Contaminated water have already gone underground”
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were found empty from 5 locations at the moment of 8/13/2013.
The trench is located on the east side of reactor3 and 4. They... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: The ‘Who Is Spying on You Right Now?’ Edition
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
Just Who Is Spying on You Right Now? Who the hell knows. But what a
comprehensive grasp of detail on this issue the Prime Minister showed the
other night, especially when he’s otherwise managed to forget every detail
of who he’s ever met and when, and what he promised them.
*Fluency, ease of manner - and Norton Antivirus* – Russell Brown, HARD NEWS
*Key pledges to restrict spy agency's probe rights* – Audrey Young, NZ
HERALD
*All glory to the hypnotoad* – DIM POST
*GCSB Bill remains flawed despite proposed changes* – LAW SOCIETY
*Key vs Campbell: the transcript* – THE STANDARD
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How Much Value Added for Divorce?
freetoteach at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago
How about having some freakin’ Common Core Standards on how to teach kids
about surviving their parents’ divorce? Watching this HBO documentary,
“Don’t Divorce Me!” got me thinking about how utterly ridiculous and
destructive this entire high stakes accountability policy actually is in
the real world, where most of us live. How many points, data adjustments or
[…]
Drug Price Control 37: Four Years of the Policy
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago
* This is my article yesterday in thelobbyist.biz.
------------
This week, the drug price control or maximum retail price (MRP) policy has
turned four years old. The policy was laid out in late July 2009, with the
issuance of Executive Order 821 on the day former President Global Arroyo
delivered her 9th and last State of the Nation Address (SONA). With a
two-weeks additional preparation period, price control became effective in
August 16, 2009.
The main and unstated purpose of imposing the policy was electioneering.
The May 2010 election was just nine months away and the former Pre... more »
Living Within Limits
What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 4 hours ago
Garrett Hardin (1915-2003) was famous for an essay, *The Tragedy of the
Commons*, written in 1968. He thought that folks who kept their cattle on
common lands had little concern for the condition of the pasture, while
private pastures befitted from the careful stewardship of wise ranchers. In
1994, the essay evolved into *The Tragedy of the Unmanaged Commons*.
I was unsure of his message. Everyone understands that privately owned
cropland is degraded with every pass of the plow, year after year, despite
being managed by government rules and regulations. Private land is often
pe... more »
Networking is Hard-Working
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
The question of networking tends to arise as conferences approach. With
APSA less than two weeks away (which means discussants are going to be
getting papers any day now–ok, in about a week if they are lucky), I
thought I would post some thoughts about networking. There was a post
earlier today that did address
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More Papers, Please: Video Games and International Studies
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
In our conclusion to Kiersey and Neumann’s Battlestar Galatica and
International Relations, Peter Henne and I lament the relative lack of
interest among cultural-turn international-relations scholars in video
games. Our case rests on a comparison of the number of people who have
played franchises such as Halo and Mass Effect to those who have watched
the re-imagined
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Note to readers
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
My desk computer is in the shop getting a replacement video card. Blog
posts probably won't be as frequent for a while until I get it back home.
I'm working from a cheap DELL laptop that I got in a pinch in Morocco and
the keyboard drives me nuts. But it gets me by in the interim....just not
easy to use and the keyboard cursor jumps to odd positions sometimes when I
accidentally hit the mouse pad while typing...
Egyptian Law Professor: U.S. Trying to Instigate Civil War, Chaos in Egypt [Source: MEMRI TV]
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
What the Egyptian professor says in the video below is not a wild
accusation or an absurd conspiracy theory. It is backed up by proof. The
U.S. is the devil on the world stage. It created havoc and war in Syria by
funding Jihadist terrorists and aiding them via Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It
kicked up a huge storm in Libya by bringing down Gaddafi who put a lid on
the chaos that was festering in that society. It is kicking up storms
everywhere in the Muslim world. That is what the devil does.
Read: *The Syriaization of Egypt: Washington Eyes Endless Arab Civil War,
Puts Diplomatic Wei... more »
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KRandle at A Different Perspective - 6 hours ago
(*Blogger’s Note*: This was a particularly difficult post to write. I have
great respect for Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. French’s nearly three
decades of military service including fighting in two wars. The problems
arise, however, when we look into his claims of participation in UFO
investigations and his claims of educational background. I have emailed him
three times, including a draft of this article, asking for comment. He has
failed to respond. It is with great reluctance that I post the following.)
Since the Citizen Hearing in Washington, D.C., I have looking into the
back... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Flood board votes to continue oil and gas lawsuit*
*Corps closes Lake Borgne barge gate as storm organizes in Gulf ~New
Orleans Advocate*
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Still Two Miracles Short of Sainthood ~moosedenied*
sports without war: canada out of aghanistan, and military out of our sports
laura k at wmtc - 6 hours ago
I have written a bit about the use of professional sports as a vehicle for
war propaganda and militarism, such as when the Harper Government used the
Olympic torch relay to promote its war in Afghanistan. My partner Allan has
covered this ground more consistently, since he writes a sports blog. See,
for example, his "Thoughts Prompted By The By The Red Sox Foundation's
Association With "Run To Home Base"" and "The National Anthem And The Idea
Of Respect", among others. These are mostly from a US perspective, since
that's mostly where Major League Baseball is played.
Whether it's en... more »
(Control of the Internet) What Do the Actions Against Aaron Swartz, Michael Hastings, Wikileaks, Manning, Assange, and, perhaps even, Ed Snowden Portend? (Fear Mongering, Inc.)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 6 hours ago
Still think Obama a pretty innocuous choice for the POTUS? Lots of reasons
to rethink that one below. It's getting late in the hour to still be so
hopeful. From Comments at WhoWhatWhy: . . . there's an extremely common
thread running through the work, and death, of Aaron Swartz, the recent
death of journalist Michael Hastings, and the concentrated witch hunt
against WikiLeaks people and
Aggravated or moral damages in wrongful dismissal
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago
Capital Pontiac Buick Cadillac GMC Ltd v Coppola, 2013 SKCA 80 deals with
the difficult question of Keays damages in wrongful dismissal. The decision
is very helpful and worth reading in full:
*(b) Did the trial judge err in awarding $20,000 in aggravated damages?*
[25] I start by settling on a label for these types of damages. The
appropriate label is "moral damages" as this is the label implicitly
adopted by the Supreme Court of Canada in *Keays* (at para. 59): [3]
… [T]here is no reason to retain the distinction between "true aggravated
damages" resulting from a separate ca... more »
This is why we can’t have nice things. Because Klout.
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 6 hours ago
Good God Almighty, folks are seriously upset, or whatever, I don’t know,
because the guy from Fordham posted the top Klout people in education on
Twitter. It’s been analyzed and discussed. Klout. Really? A pointless
algorithm? I guess some egos have been demolished it seems. But seriously,
that Petrilli guy from Fordham who released it, not […]
“America’s New $60 Trillion Deadliest Enemy”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
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*“America’s New $60 Trillion Deadliest Enemy”*
By Paul B. Farrell
“By 2024, the end of the next president’s second term, water shortages and
pollution problems will be America’s deadliest enemy, worse than Big Oil,
killing economic growth, destroying America’s future. The decline is
already in progress, GDP is predicted to collapse below 1% in this century.
Can this disastrous trend be stopped? Maybe. Taxpayers cost? $60 trillion,
estimates a Scientific American research study. Bad news for a planet where
the total GDP of all nations is only $70 trillion.
Reuters reports the ... more »
You've Got to See This
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours ago
It's nothing if not novel. A map of the United States based on the 2010
census with every individual from the census represented by a single dot.
There are almost 308-million dots in all. Caucasian dots are blue. Blacks
are green. Hispanics are orange. Asians are red.
The maps not only reveal overall population distribution and ethnicity but,
when zoomed in, show some pretty clear patterns of segregation.
Speaking of segregation I recently got my hands on a copy of *Better Off
Without 'Em. *The book explains why it was a mistake not to let the south
go its own way during the... more »
U.S. Building Largest Windfarm Ever - For Nuclear Weapons Factory
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours ago
Talk about a letdown. The good news - the largest windfarm ever in the
U.S., capable of generating about 12-megawatts of electricity is under
construction in Texas. The not so good news - it will be used to meet the
energy needs of a nuclear bomb factory.
It's called the Pantex Renewable Energy Project. Pantex, however, happens
to be the name of the weapons plant it will serve.
Because, kids, nothing says Green quite like a warehouse full of nuclear
weapons.
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*‘Reinventing the Crescent’ reconsidered: mere gentrification or good for
us all? ~Daniel Wolff, The Lens*
*City to study landmark status for Camellia Grill, but not Xavier Prep
campus ~Uptown Messenger*
Let’s talk about sex
Laura Sjoberg at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Disclaimer: This is not an official response from the Duck collective, but
my reaction. For those of you who have spent any time with me at
conferences over the last year, I feel like I have been a little bit of a
broken record with this as an academic message – let’s talk about sex.
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Thursday Morning Linkage
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Sad turn of events in Egypt, a situation in which the U.S. is inextricably
implicated. Not sure if there was a policy course we should have followed
that would have been different. I understand the defenders of the
democratic process who would have wanted Morsi to leave via the ballot box.
I also am sympathetic
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Is Anyone Answering Right Wing Populism In Europe?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
I just spent some time in Tuscany with one of my oldest friends, Toon
Janssen, a guy I met in the '70s when I was living in Amsterdam. Toon's
from decidedly working class Amsterdam Noord and he's been working as a
school teacher in the crime-ridden Bijlmer. He doesn't have a single white
student in his classes.
Inevitably our attention turned to Dutch neo-fascist, Geert Wilders who-- post
trial-- has seen his following and his power grow immensely in the
"liberal" Netherlands. In Europe "liberal" usually means neo-liberal (i.e.-
conservative). The Dutch government is a neo-liberal... more »
Most Cyber-crime Traced to Insiders
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
We like to think that it's hackers, especially those dastardly Chinese and
Russians, who are responsible for all the cyber crime going on today.
Turns out the real culprit is corporate insiders who can't resist the
allure of vast wealth from stealing and peddling information.
*A 2013 report by Kroll Advisory Solutions suggests that more than
two-thirds of all cyber cases involving theft of data stem from corrupt
corporate insiders – but that companies’ desire to deal with incidents
quietly and internally means they rarely reach the public eye.*
**
*Coverage of cyber attacks has... more »
"Detroit, Demographics and Detonation"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Detroit, Demographics and Detonation"*
by Vern Gowdie
“Detroit’s fate is best summed up by the phrase “Demographics is destiny.”
Take a look at the following chart on Detroit’s population growth since
1840. The golden age of the U.S. car manufacturing industry (1930-1980)
maintained Detroit’s population consistently above 1.5 million.
Fifty years is more than enough time for at least two generations to
become conditioned to expect certain outcomes based on past experiences.
The social mood is one of “That’s the way it has been and that’s the way it
will stay.”
However, the... more »
Marshalling the facts
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
When it comes to providing thought-provoking insights into major Middle
Eastern events, Sky's Tim Marshall seems to me to beat the BBC's Jeremy
Bowen all hands down.
If you want proof of that, just compare Jeremy Bowen's 'stating the
blindingly obvious' analysis on events in Egypt here with Tim Marshall's
eye-opening analysis of the same story here.
The Importance of Mugabe's Victory in Zimbabwe
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 8 hours ago
*Eric Draitser joins Glen Ford on Black Agenda Radio to discuss the
significance of President Robert Mugabe’s electoral victory in Zimbabwe.
They examine the importance of Mugabe and ZANU-PF’s win both for the
people of Zimbabwe, and Africa more generally. Eric also explains why the
defeat of Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC represents a defeat for neoliberal
capitalism and the imperial powers.*
The Economy: "CPI: +0.2%"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
* "CPI: +0.2%"*
by Karl Denninger
"From the Bureau of Lies: "The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.Over the last 12 months, the
all items index increased 2.0 percent before seasonal adjustment. The rise
in the seasonally adjusted all items index was the result of increases in a
broad array of indexes including shelter, gasoline, apparel, and food.
Despite the gasoline increase, the energy index rose only 0.2 percent as
the natural gas and electrici... more »
WHO GOT THE GOLD?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
The world is losing trust in the dollar as a safe haven. A major blow came
after Germany's Bundesbank demanded the repatriation of a big chunk of its
gold being held in the US. Because as RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports, some
are concerned the assets of foreign nations in the Federal Reserve are not
secure or even there. The Germans were infuriated when the US Federal
reserve didn't even let them examine their own assets properly. Peter
Boehringer, the founder and chairman of 'German Precious Metal
Association', says that's a bad sign.
Polly put the kettle on and we'll have...the BBC
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
*The Commentator* raises an interesting line of argument, and relates it to
every right-winger's favourite bogey-woman, the BBC's former Home Affairs
editor, Polly Toynbee of the *Guardian*...
In a *Grauniad *article, Polly "nervously acknowledges" that the BBC gets
"73% of news audience", but says that's "because people choose it". She
claims: "The BBC is not an opinionator, and its size is no democratic
threat but a democratic asset in a world where moguls buy press power. It's
Murdoch who intimidates governments...". She simply cannot understand why
conservatives don't want to ... more »
The Fun of Nixon/Obama Comparisons
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
George Will trots out the lame argument today that Barack Obama is a far
more serious crook than Richard Nixon ever was. Jonathan Chait does a
takedown, and it's fine, but I get the sense that he's not really into
it...perhaps because Will puts so little effort into his own column.
I mean, really.
Will's big case is that the Obama Administration has selectively
implemented the ACA. This is picking up steam among conservatives...but
Will (as Chait notes) doesn't really argue it; he merely asserts it. Truth
is, it's at about the level of "he has czars!" All presidents, all
executive ... more »
PSA: Complain about fetal gore pr0n
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 9 hours ago
In the comments here Alison reports that the Fetal Gore Porn Gang has
struck again, this time in Brampton.
And the reaction -- again -- is predictably revulsion and outrage that
children are exposed to this crap.
The FGPG don't get it. Fetal porn does not work and simply reeks of
desperation.
Joyce Arthur advises:
If you or your family has been victimized by being forced to view CCBR's
graphic imagery, please complain to your city council and to police,
describing what happened and the resulting harms, and email a copy of your
complaints to ARCC. Even if the city or police don't r... more »
Are We Addicted to Immigration?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
There was a time that I couldn't get going in the morning without a coffee
and a cigarette. They were, to me, at that time truly indispensable.
What brought back that old memory was Mehdi Hasan's op-ed in Britain's *New
Statesman* arguing that, without immigrants, Britain wouldn't function.
It's a common refrain here in Canada and I think we have to ask ourselves
if we're not succumbing to an addiction. If we're to go to a steady-state
economy, as I and many others believe we must, we'll have to give up the
growth paradigm that fuels our dependence on immigrant labour. Here's
... more »
Chris Hayes has the latest on white people!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013*
*One of our favorite pet peeves:* It has long been one of our favorite pet
peeves.
It’s also a problem which infests the journalistic treatment of academic
studies, such as they are.
The problem doesn’t quite have a name. So let’s get started with a tease
from Tuesday night’s All In.
At one point, Chris Hayes teased an upcoming segment. This is what he said:
HAYES (8/13/13): *White people don’t like affirmative action unless they’re
getting something out of it.* I’ll explain coming up.
Could that possibly be true? That’s what you might call a sweeping ... more »
Does Debbie Wasserman Schultz Want To Poison Your Family? Of Course Not... She Just Doesn't Care One Way Or The Other
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
Sugar is deadly.
I'm so lucky. While staying at a house in the country near a tiny village
in Tuscany, Montespertoli, I immediately noticed that the gelateria in the
square, where the whole town gathers every evening, serves dozens of
flavors of ice cream, including two-- lemon and cappuccino-- that are *senza
zucchero*, sugar free. My friends kept asking me why I'm such a fanatic.
Maybe I'll send them this article from today's *Business Standard*, Sugar
at "safe" levels may be toxic to health. I'll share it with you in a second
but let me say one thing first. About 8 years ago I ... more »
Sensational Illuminations Flow from All Gaia Ascension Portals
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
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* *Sensational Illuminations Flow from All Gaia Ascension Portals*
by ÉirePort
Sensational Illuminations are flowing from all Gaia Ascension portals
after recent energetic uplifts. Such may be "sensed" by stepping into
Higher Clarity Sensories.
"Sensational" refers to the grand awakening moment of humanity, already
preceded by Hue-manity.
Prior acts of Light caregivers are manifesting results required for
complete Ascension of all beings on Gaia, along with Gaia.
The phrase, "Sparks are flying" ("Sparkles are flying"), is most applicable
at this now moment.
ÉirePort | Au... more »
Chris Hedges on "Murdering the Wretched of the Earth"
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
There's a reason the Muslim poor flock to radical Islam, several reasons in
fact. They've been discussed at length before but Chris Hedges, in light
of the massacres ongoing in Egypt, recaps:
*Radical Islam is the last refuge of the Muslim poor. The mandated five
prayers a day give the only real structure to the lives of impoverished
believers. The careful rituals of washing before prayers in the mosque, the
strict moral code that prohibits alcohol, along with the understanding that
life has an ultimate purpose and meaning, keep hundreds of millions of
destitute Muslims from desp... more »
Zapatistas: Military fly-overs as Little School begins
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee –
General Command of the EZLN, announcing fly-overs by military airplanes
in the zones of the five caracoles. [Audio Transcription]
Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee
– General Command of the EZLN, announcing fly-overs by military
airplanes in the zones of the five caracoles. [Audio
The Power of Apocalyptic Thinking
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
If you pay much attention to what's going on in the world, if you try to
stay on top of science and research, your worldview is bound to become a
bit apocalyptic. Things, just about all of 'em, are trending the wrong
way. I wish it wasn't so but it is.
That's why I found it interesting to read Hal Niedzviecki's op-ed in *The
Guardian *exploring the case for thinking apocalyptically. Here are a few
excerpts:
*The [upcoming] Uncivilisation festival is put on by Dark Mountain, a
publishing venture founded in 2009 with an annual journal and ongoing blog.
One of Dark Mountain's prim... more »
Obama cancels Egypt Military exercise but continues funding the military
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
*Flashback
at the bottom! *
*So what message shall we take away from that!*
President Obama on Thursday *canceled a joint military exercise *with
Egypt*while leaving more than a billion dollars in annual aid in place,
*in a measured response to the government’s violent repression of
opposition demonstrations.
*Obama said American “national security interests in this part of the
world
and the belief that our engagement can support a transition back to
democracy” has prompted him to maintain $1.3 billion in annual military
to
Egypt’s interim government.*
But after the violence Wednes... more »
SNC-Lavalinks in a small, small, small Con world.
Alison at Creekside - 10 hours ago
Gwyn Morgan, chairman of SNC-Lavalin for six years til this past May,
portrayed the beleaguered company in his recent July G&M article as "the
victim of embezzlement by two trusted, long-time executives."
There are several long-time execs to choose from here so I'm not sure
exactly which two he is referring to. Morgan, you will recall, was Harper's
pick to head up his 2006 ethics and accountability commission.
Helping SNC-L out during this period of victimhood is the Harper
Government, who just extended them a defence contract worth $400 million
over up to ten years to provide Ca... more »
It's Come to This
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
It's here - anti-date rape drinkware. It is a line of straws and glasses
that change colour or pattern in the presence of GHB, ketamine or Rhoypnal,
common date rape drugs.
A company called DrinkSavvy is marketing a line of cups, glasses, straws
and stirrers with the ability to detect date rape drugs.
I don't know what do you think? A stocking stuffer for the girls for
Christmas?
What to dry when the tomatoes aren't ready yet
risa bear at A Way to Live - 10 hours ago
Here we have a side leaf from a collard, or maybe a broccoli or cauliflower
(much alike for my purposes), from which the bits we recognize from the
grocery store have been harvested. It's a but chewy for use in the kitchen,
and bugs have marred its looks. One might pull up the whole plant and add
it to either the chicken yard's entertainment division or the compost heap.
Another approach would be to harvest it for the solar dehydrator.
There are many, many kinds of leaves appropriate for this -- even some
kinds of tree leaves (but we're not "that desperate" at present). Here we
ha... more »
Colville Members for Justice granted initial hearing in Colville Tribal Court
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
Colville
Members for Justice granted initial hearing in Colville Tribal Court
By Yvonne L. Swan
Yvonne Swan
Censored News
Arguments will begin in Colville Tribal Court on August 21 from 9 a.m.
to 11 a.m. regarding a Civil Complaint filed by Yvonne L. Swan on May
23, 2013 against fourteen (14) tribal members who were then seated on
the Colville Business Council—John E. Sirois; Michael O
It's NOT their fault. Abortion makes them do it.
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 11 hours ago
From the You-Can't-Make-This-Shit-Up file: Fetus fetishists want to shut
down Dr Tiller's recently reopened clinic because. . . .
it attracts noisy, violent, disruptive nutbars.
Now, anti-abortion groups in the state have come up with a new argument for
closing South Wind Women’s Center: They’re claiming it’s a disruption to
the community because it attracts too much noise. On Tuesday, several
anti-choice groups submitted a petition asking city officials to rezone the
area as “non business” so South Wind isn’t allowed to perform abortions
anymore.
According to the Wichita Eagle, a... more »
Okay Kids, We're Now Playing For The Second Half of This Century
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
A new report published in *Environmental Research Letters* focuses on
what's in store for mankind in the second half of this century if we don't
get our emissions under control.
The report claims we're already effectively locked in to more and hotter
heat waves up to 2040. There's not much we can do to change that.
If we don't start slashing our overall greenhouse gas emissions, however,
our grandkids and great-grandkids are in for a hell of a hot time.
How hellish, how hot? The researchers put it in perspective predicting
that toward the latter part of the century the coldest s... more »
Hey, Everyone: We Haven't Avoided Shutdown Yet
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago
The conversation over the last couple of days has moved on from the threat
of an imminent shutdown of the government over Obamacare to a possible debt
limit breach over Obamacare. That's thanks to reporting by Robert Costa and
others that House leaders are pitching that switch to hard-liners. Which is
all well and good, except:
1. Costa's an excellent reporter. Nevertheless, it's not entirely clear
that he's reporting Congressional leader success -- or Congressional leader
spin. It is clear that Congressional Republicans are not going to stand
solidly behind Lee and Cruz, but especi... more »
Three Centuries of Drought Brought Down the Cradle of Civilization
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
French archeologists believe they have discovered the true cause of the
collapse of societies in Egypt, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East three
thousand years ago. Until now this was attributed to the invasion and
conquest by the "Sea People." The French researchers claim it was actually
due to a 300-year drought that hit the Mediterranean. Their conclusion is
that it was climate change, not sea people, that destroyed those
civilizations. From *The Australian:*
* **Historians have blamed the simultaneous breakdown of societies in
Egypt, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East on m... more »
Get UKIP (again)
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
As someone not wholly unsympathetic to UKIP, am *I* being biased in
complaining that the BBC is making an awful lot out of the accusations of
'sexism' against UKIP treasurer Stuart Wheeler?
The accusations originated with Claire Gerada of the Royal College of
General Practitioners. For the BBC she's merely the head of the Royal
College of GPs. For me she's an avowed socialist with little (or no)
sympathy for the party. As a result, I see her accusations in a very
particular light.
The story features on the home page of the BBC News website - *UKIP man
denies sexism in debate -*... more »
News Emerges of Iraq’s Kurdistan Trucking Oil To Iran Again
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
For the last several years the media has found examples of the Kurdistan
Regional Government (KRG) smuggling oil to Iran. This adds to its conflict
with Baghdad, which wants to control the country’s energy policy, and with
Western countries that have imposed sanctions on Tehran for its nuclear
program. Since this is a longtime business that the Kurds have been
operating for at least the last two decades there is no reason for them to
stop, and the ruling parties may even have plans to expand it in the coming
years.
In August 2013, Reuters and Asharq Al-Awsat reported that the KRG ... more »
Jill Lawrence sings the guild’s memorized tales!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013*
*Carter, Dukakis and you:* Back in the day, minstrels had to memorize
Homer. They'd never *heard* of books!
Memorization plays a key role in modern punditry too. Just last week, we
looked in on Jim Lehrer as he recited some memorized tales.
All leading pundits know these tales, although they often aren’t true.
We also checked out the National Journal’s Jill Lawrence as she sang famous
old tales. We were linked to Lawrence’s songs by this Ezra Klein post.
Lawrence was musing on Martin O’Malley’s chance to win the White House.
Right out of the gate, she ... more »
Bruce Melton : Kick the Climate Deniers off the Island
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours ago
The
Greenwood Acres fishing pier on Lake Buchanan, west of Burnet, Texas.
Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.
The climate science is certain:
Time to kick the deniers off the island
In just eight years, permanent climate conditions across the North
American Southwest (including Austin) will be comparable to the worst
megadrought in 1,000 years.
By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / August 15,
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 12 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Tom
in Connecticut. Tom and I will be deconstructing the Sandy Hook "shooting"
PSYOP, and elaborating on how we can all recognize and protect ourselves
against media deception.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Main Discussion Points:
- Dealing with information
- Envelope/Letter analogy
- Human Cognition and its exploitable limitations
- 7 Components of Deception Magic and how they are used
- Analysis of Competing Hypotheses as a hedge against being ... more »
BOOKS / Ivan Koop Kuper : Vicki Ayo's 'Boys From Houston' Documents a Thriving '60s Music Scene
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours ago
Vicki
Welch Ayo's 'Boys From Houston'
describes a thriving '60s music scene
The book is a real eye-opener for those who would have never believed
that the city once known as 'Baghdad on the Bayou,' referring to its
oppressive climate and its brackish waterway, was anything but a
cultural wasteland.
By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / August 15, 2013
[Boys From Houston: The Spirit and Image
Thorne Dreyer : Houston Was an Unlikely '60s Hotbed
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours ago
The
staff of Space City!, Houston's late '60s-early '70s underground
newspaper. Cover photo -- from the paper's June 8, 1971, issue -- by
Jerry Sebesta. Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Boys From Houston:
Bayou city was unlikely '60s hotbed
Houston may not have had a center, but it certainly had a heart.
Montrose, still one of the great neighborhoods of the world, and long a
haven for artists,
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTERS IN EGYPT
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
Video footage from army helicopters show men behind palm trees firing
Kalashnikov assault rifles at police lines.
*1.* *The Egyptian police are quite capable of peacefully dispersing
demonstrators, so long as there are no mysterious provocateurs shooting at
them.*
In Egypt, on 14 August 2013, *"state television announced that a second
demonstration site at Nadha Square, near Cairo University, had been cleared
with relative ease before midday...*
"ONTV news showed firearms and rounds of ammunition allegedly seized in the
raid.
"The demonstrators fled while some skirmished with an... more »
MIXED BAG
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
- I've been going at a frenetic pace all week and today is my day to
stop. I've been like a man obsessed and I need to slow down. I type this
still in my pajamas. It's a good start.
- This morning I was greeted to many back-and-forth comments in my email
box relating to Bradley Manning's sort of apology yesterday at his trial
sentencing for spilling the beans on the US governments deception and
war-mongering. Some folks were upset with him that he didn't throw himself
on a sword and others were much more understanding and supportive,
especially afte... more »
Sexual Harassment in Political Science and International Studies
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
The last two years saw some major stories in my corner of the blogsphere
concerning sexual harassment. Colin McGinn’s resignation from the
University of Miami saw widespread discussion across the academic
interwebs, even if we didn’t say much about it. McGinn’s case seems not
terribly unique in philosophy, as the What’s it Like to be a
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Fools and Posturing Celebrities
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
I know I should be used to it by now, but I’m still shocked and taken aback
by the intensity of feeling expressed by the ‘Hitler was right’ brigade.
It’s particularly upsetting when it comes from the music world, around
which I hover on the periphery.
I often read Norman Lebrecht’s bog ‘Slipped Disc’ and a while ago I came
across an unusual guest post by pianist Peter Donahoe who had been
performing a series of concerts in Israel. His piece ‘Israel Diaries’ can
be read on his own website. He gives a positive account of his experiences,
adding that he was not especially au fait with ... more »
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Paul Coker at News Spike - 13 hours ago
*"As regards the allegations concerning The Reverend....*
*
*
*...he will have to defend himself."*
*
*
*- Jesse Jackson Jr. *
*
*
*on the 2000 Dept. of Justice report commissioned in the wake of the Guilty
verdict in King Family vs. Jowers et al. (1999)., for the purpose of
clearing "SCLC Minister" and "Memphis Minister" as accessories to Murder,
April 4th, 1968*
Mayor Rahm Emanuel of the Mossad from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
WASHINGTON – The end of the Jackson family political dynasty arrived
Wednesday as a Chicago power couple ready-made for the cameras learned the
next few yea... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
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*New Orleans, City of Living Metaphor*
One can often see more of New Orleans in the blink of an eye or casual
glance than in all of the photographs, television exposes or movies every
shown.
Hidden in plain view, bundling out of flower pots or cool, shaded courtyard
gardens behind little wrought iron doors with tiny windows in the middle of
them, she is a city of *living metaphor*, and as such, must be handled with
care.
In this city, neither Cliche’ nor Metaphor will honor what they seem in
life nor what you would wish of them in death. There is so much here to
see, hear, taste and ... more »
"Plan B" From Outer Space: The Hype Over Iran Continues
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 13 hours ago
The
following is the 79th update to my comprehensive, ongoing compendium of
constant predictions and prognostications regarding the supposed
inevitability and imminence of an alleged Iranian nuclear weapon,
hysterical allegations that have been made repeatedly for the past three
decades.
As predicted, tautologies based upon the speculative allegation that
Iran is "pursuing a parallel track
EYES WIDE SHUT: Did Elisabeth Rosenthal actually say that?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013*
*Part 3—In search of a pulse:* By all accounts, the New York Times’
Elisabeth Rosenthal is on her way to a Pulitzer Prize in April 2013.
She’s doing this without blowing cover, and without a discernible pulse.
Rosenthal has published three lengthy, front-page reports about the massive
looting which characterizes American health care. But with the exception of
Terry Gross, no one in the far-flung press corps has said a word about
this, not even the fiery, corporate-paid “progressives” on The One True
Liberal Channel.
Rosenthal’s topic lies at the heart o... more »
Elysium vs World War Z, setting the agenda and mass mind control
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Ruth Hull
Movies and literature inspire and program the masses to love, to hate, to
protect or to kill. If Dennis Kucinich made a movie, it would be *Elysium*,
a movie which teaches that all people have the right to immigrate, to have
health care and to live.
*There are no illegal humans* -- Dennis Kucinich
Movies do make a difference. In *World War Z*, genocidal slaughter of the
ill and unfortunate was made acceptable and a positive goal to be
applauded. In *Elysium*, the elitists learn there will be consequences for
mis... more »
What To Eat When You Are Broke
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Daisy Luther
The lower your income is, the more difficult it is to be particular about
what you feed your family.
This probably isn’t an earth-shattering revelation to anyone, but if you
feel like experimenting, try to buy a week’s worth of healthy food for a
family on a budget of, say, $50-75. Food manufacturers that target lower
income shoppers with more affordable products tend to include more GMOs and
toxic ingredients in their offerings.
It just isn’t possible to stick to my usual food restrictions. Generally
speaking ... more »
Child Sex Trafficking and the Oklahoma State Government
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Dave Hodges
Something is wrong in this country, terribly wrong. Many children are going
missing from Child Protective Custody supervision, all across this country,
with no record of what has happened to the thousands of missing children.
*Oklahoma Is the Latest State to Tolerate Child Sex Slavery Rings*
In Oklahoma, Seventy-eight children have gone completely missing with no
explanation. The most frightening aspect of this development is that these
children went missing while in custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human
Se... more »
How to Boycott Big Food
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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U.S. Nuclear Missile Base FAILS Key Safety Inspection!
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Staged Terror Attacks to Follow NSA Leak
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Mining 30: Some Conceptual Considerations in Mining Tax
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 14 hours ago
* This is my article today in Mining Week
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There are several proposals to amend the mining tax policy as contained in
RA 7942 or the Mining Act of 1995. The dominant proposal so far is to have
a 10 percent tax (7 percent on gross revenue + 3 percent on windfall
income) on gross profit (ie, net of operating costs) to replace the two
percent excise tax and royalties. The government says it will raise an
additional P10 billion a year on average.
Another proposal, raised by Prof. Winnie Monsod, is to have the Malampaya
gas revenue sharing where the government and Shell/private... more »
The Evolution of Non-Lethal Weapons
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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*This is an update to the ongoing look at the technological evolution of
supposedly non-lethal weapons.*
A lot of attention has been paid recently to the massive buildup of lethal weapons
purchased by DHS and the ongoing government secrecy about the stockpile.
When combined with the increasing rhetoric against anyone professing a love
of independence, there is rightful concern that this weapons hoard will be
turned inward upon the American "Patriot."
Many argue that, in the end, most military... more »
"DHS is Building a Domestic Army to Take on Citizens" Marine Corps Colonel
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Orwellian Smart Grid Exposé to air Sept. 5
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Rady Ananda
A single smart meter measuring a home’s electricity usage, by appliance,
emits radiation 100 times higher than the level internationally recognized
as “extreme concern” and 450 times higher than a cell phone.
These are but two of the facts presented in Josh del Sol’s long-awaited
documentary, *Take Back Your Power*, which will air online September 5.
Foster Gamble, creator of *Thrive*, calls it an “astoundingly great job.” *Take
Back Your Power* is a beautiful, tasteful, authoritative and touching
account of the ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Stephen Breyer, 75. Yeah, 75.
Some good stuff:
1. Sometimes, a good obliteration is exactly what you're in the mood for.
If so, Amanda Hess has one.
2. "[Milton] Friedman hasn't disappeared from policy discourse; he's
disappeared from *right-wing* policy discourse." That's Noah Smith, nailing
it.
3. And Tom Nawrocki's appreciation of Jack Germond.
Is The Democratic Party Still Alive As A National Organization?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Tuesday, conservative polemicist Byron York was worrying the Republicans
could lose the House in 2014. And if the Democratic Party was even vaguely
competent, they could.
Republicans haven't worried about losing the House because, first, having
won by a landslide in 2010, they got to control the redistricting process,
and they have used that power to draw districts that give them an
advantage. Second, Barack Obama, having won re-election, is not
particularly popular, and his ratings could slip further by November 2014.
And third, history teaches that the presidential party just d... more »
Are The Egypt Protests A Foreign Propaganda Campaign?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
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With recent reports[1] coming out of Egypt regarding the death of close to
150 people as a result of the Egyptian military’s and security forces’
crackdown on “protesters,” the temptation to react with horror and
revulsion toward the Egyptian government is justifiably real. However,
considering the recent history of African and Middle Eastern internal
politics (i.e. Libya, Egypt, Syria, etc.) and, in particular, the track
record of Western mainstream media outlets, it would be wise to hold suc... more »
Family Homestead Raided by SWAT Team for "Weeds"
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago
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*Bob Tuskin*
Arlington, Texas -- A family with a passion for gardening and conscious
living was raided by the Arlington SWAT team early Friday morning. All 8
adults present in the house were initially handcuffed at the gunpoint of
heavily armed SWAT officers, including the mother of a 22 month old and a
two week old baby who was separated from her children during the raid.
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Sorry, it’s not a ‘law of capitalism’ that you pay your employees as little as possible ... IT'S A CHOICE!
leftdog at Buckdog - 15 hours ago
*By Henry Blodget,*
*Financial Post*
"One of the big reasons the U.S. economy is so lousy is the American
companies are hoarding cash and 'maximizing profits' instead of investing
in their people and future projects.
This behavior is contributing to record income inequality in the country
and starving the primary engine of U.S. economic growth–the vast American
middle class–of purchasing power. (See charts below).
If average Americans don’t get paid living wages, they can’t spend much
money buying products and services. And when average Americans can’t buy
products and services, t... more »
The Poor Pick Up The Tab
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
The bill for Stephen Harper's Wonderful World of Austerity is coming due.
Nick Fillmore writes in *The Tyee*:
The austerity program and other government cuts have had disastrous
consequences for millions of Canadians. According to a July report by the
Canadian Medical Association, there are staggering disparities in life
expectancy based on the amount of education a person receives. Residents of
rich neighbourhoods live an average of 86.3 years, while those living in a
poor neighbourhood average only 65.5 years, a difference of 21 years.
Meanwhile, Canadians grow increasingly hun... more »
Our nuked environment
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago
*Chinese chess pieces.*
Wow. Making the rounds since last night is the news, not exactly unknown,
that the KMT government is totally despicable. The Min. of Economic Affairs
purchased internet keywords, including the names of anti-nuclear activists,
to promote its pro-nuclear propaganda:
The anti-nuclear activists from various civic groups discovered that when
they searched for their own names on Google, Yahoo and other search
engines, a pro-nuclear power Web site (anuclear-safety.twenergy.org.tw)
operated by the ministry will appear as the first suggested Web site.
As the Web sit... more »
Futurama Pimps Out Young Audience to Monsanto
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours ago
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If you wanted to reach an audience of smart, hip young people, how would
you do it? If you wanted to convince the young, energetic idealists that
something was a good idea, how would you target them?
One way to reach such a group would be through a fast-paced funny bit of
“light entertainment” geared towards a slightly geeky, intelligent, and
witty teen and young adult audience. A simple animated television program.
Take the show *Futurama*, for example.
Aired at different points on Fox, the Cartoon Network, and... more »
Feel of Poppies
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours ago
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European Refugees - why are these youngsters fleeing?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 16 hours ago
Many years ago I was working as an 'emigration contact officer' for the
Dutch government. At a time after World War II that still several skilled
workers weren't satisfied with life in Holland. I had to deal with families
that wandered out to Canada and Australia. A happy few succeeded, a part of
the expatriates returned disillusioned. For me it was important to prevent
such failures or see them land in the right places to succeed. Often
failure appeared to be caused by homesickness of the emigrant's wife. How
different the times are now!
Young, unmarried professionals (without fami... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*700-plus roosters rescued from N.O. East breeder* *~Also~ Arabi man
arrested after 32 dead dogs found stuffed in his fridge*
*South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Board Meeting today @
9:30am, *
*Meeting Room 221, *
*Franklin Administrative Complex,
6920 Franklin Avenue*
Vacation Memory Box
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 16 hours ago
This summer I took a trip with my mom and my husband to New York. It ties
with London as the best trip I have ever taken. My husband had a conference
during the day, so my mom and I spent all day being tourists in the city
and then in the evening, after my mom had turned in, my husband and I would
enjoy the night life. We saw Cinderella on Broadway, spent an entire day in
The Met and had our portraits draw in Central Park.
I don't love scrapbooking, but, I didn't want to lose any of memorabilia
from the trip, a vacation box seemed like the perfect fit. This post is
part of a pa... more »
Rising interest rates - have they slipped beyond control of the Fed , BOE , ECB ? The Slog says beware ...... And note this is occurring as the economy and major companies show objective signs of weakness !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-15/good-luck-unwinding
( Benjy in the box ? )
Good Luck Unwinding That
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/15/2013 20:08 -0400
- Across the Curve
- Ben Bernanke
- Bond
- Budget Deficit
- Gross Domestic Product
- Japan
- Reserve Currency
A few months ago, when discussing the most pertinent topic for Bernanke and
his merry central-planning men we said that "with every passing week, the
Fed's creeping takeover of the US bond market absorbs just under 0.3% of
all TSY bonds outstanding: a... more »
TURMERIC
Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
*According to articles at NaturalNews and Greenmedinfo:*
*naturalnews - turmeric curcumin - drug_alternatives. / **
http://www.greenmedinfo.com*
Literally thousands of published, peer-reviewed studies conducted and
compiled over the years lend credence to the notion that:
*Turmeric works the same as, or even better than, at least 14
pharmaceutical drugs currently on the market.*
1) *Statin drugs for cholesterol. *
Popular cholesterol drugs like Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) and Crestor
(rosuvastatin) are completely unnecessary when taking standardized doses of
curcuminoids extra... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - August 15 , 2013..... Data for Wednesday , news and views for Wednesday and early Thursday.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-14/physical-gold-supply-tightness
( for the video , go to the link... )
On Physical Gold Supply Tightness
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2013 22:25 -0400
- Backwardation
- Dubai
- NYMEX
- Precious Metals
It's been a busy few days for the precious metals... it seems the physical
demand is creeping back into paper prices...
*Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
If the physical gold market is anywhere near as tight as these two market
observers indicate, get ready for some... more »
War watch : Syria Free Army trial balloon that all fighter should unite under their direction and controlled quickly crushed - Al Qaeda aligned forces capture the FSA headquarters in Racqa and chase their fighters into Turkey ! Egypt sees death toll from the military . security force crackdown against Morsi supporters rise to an unbelievable 525 deaths ( including 4 journalists ) , 43 being security force members ( including 5 killed when a police van pushed off a bridge ! )
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/08/14/al-qaeda-ousts-free-syrian-army-from-key-city/
Al-Qaeda Ousts Free Syrian Army From Key CityFSA's Rasoul Brigade Flees to
Turkey After Losing HQ
by Jason Ditz, August 14, 2013
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Suggestions that the Syrian rebel factions unify into a “National Free
Army” seem more unlikely than ever today, after another major conflict
between two rebel factions, with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) fighters attacking
the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
The fighting took place in Raqqa, where AQI fighters overran the FSA’s
Ahfad al-Rasoul brigade, capturing the ... more »
Advanced Culture's Thoughts On Pornography ...
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 17 hours ago
Nuff said.
dimanno: let's make sochi the gay games
laura k at wmtc - 18 hours ago
When I read Stephen Fry's open letter to the IOC, and the continued calls
to boycott or move the Sochi Games because of the horrendous and
institutionalized homophobic violence within Russia, I couldn't help but
think of the Beijing Games. I absolutely understand the uproar over
Russia's anti-gay laws, and I agree, of course. But did the same people
make so much as a peep when the Olympics were in Beijing? China is one of
the worst human rights offenders on the planet, but all I heard during the
Beijing Olympics was "Go Canada".
I personally boycotted the Beijing Games (here's why),... more »
The Wisdom of St. John Of The Cross
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
Born: 1542
Born in Spain in 1542, John learned the importance of self-sacrificing love
from his parents. His father gave up wealth, status, and comfort when he
married a weaver's daughter and was disowned by his noble family. After his
father died, his mother kept the destitute family together as they wandered
homeless in search of work. These were the examples of sacrifice that John
followed with his own great love -- God.
Annals of Austerity FAIL, Eurozone Redux
Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 20 hours ago
July 31 saw the latest release of European Union unemployment numbers, and
Monday's gross domestic product figures brought no joy, especially for
Greece. As Think Progress reports, Greek unemployment hit a new record of
27.6 % in May, while Spain's June unemployment figure was 26.3%, according
to Eurostat. As the world's biggest experiment in austerity, the European
Union continues to prove a failure. Below is the Eurostat figure for
unemployment in member states for June, including new (as of July 1) member
Croatia, designated HR.
[image: File:Unemployment rates, seasonally adjus... more »
Bahrain protests: Will the House of Khalifa fall like a house of cards?
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 21 hours ago
Nile Bowie
Russia Today
Mass protests in Bahrain are by no means a sectarian conflict, though they
threaten to further entrench political polarization and serve as an ugly
thorn in the Bahraini monarchy’s side unless they hear the popular calls
for constitutional reform. Despite Bahraini PM Sheikh al-Khalifa’s warning
to pro-democracy activists that they face longer prison sentences and the
stripping of their citizenship if they take part in August 14’s scheduled
opposition rally, protesters are expected to take to the streets en masse.
The tiny island nation has seen near-daily p... more »
NEOCONSERVATIVE PROPAGANDIST SUPPORTS THE MASSACRE OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 21 hours ago
Neoconservative propagandist Jonathan Tobin writing in *Commentary* writing
about the massacre yesterday of supporters of ousted Egyptian president
Mohamed Morsi, told his readers that: “Brutal though the attack on these
encampments was, the notion that it could have been accomplished by more
pacific methods is probably absurd”.
Tobin goes on to write:
*Egypt’s current leaders understand something that President Obama and his
foreign policy advisors never have: the struggle in Egypt has always been a
zero-sum game in which the choices are reduced to the military or the
Brotherhood.... more »
Policeman charged with leaking plans to arrest Anjem Choudary to his wife who worked for George Galloway | Mail Online
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Just an average story from joyfully multicultural post Blair Britain.
'A Met Police officer leaked details of plans to arrest hate preacher Anjem
Choudary to his wife while she was working for MP George Galloway, a court
heard today.
Detective Inspector Mohammed Afiz Khan, 46, from Yorkshire, is accused of
passing confidential information to his wife Aisha Ali-Khan while he was at
the helm of the Muslim Contact Unit - part of the force's Counter Terrorism
Command.
Ali-Khan, 33, who worked as the Bradford West MP's parliamentary secretary,
is said to have asked her husband to use... more »
Kerry On Damage Control: NSA spying under fire in Latin America
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 22 hours ago
*The massive NSA snooping revelations have cast a shadow over John Kerry's
trip to Latin America - his first visit there since he assumed the position
of Secretary of State. He has already received a chilly reception in
Colombia - where officials demanded an explanation to reports that
Washington had collected vast amounts of internet data there. The next stop
on his trip is Brazil - which allegedly was the top regional target of the
surveillance program. For more perspective RT talks to geopolitical analyst
Eric Draitser.*
*Eric Draitser is an independent geopolitical analyst bas... more »
Arnold Schwarzenegger orders gas chambers for some conservatives
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
*...with his thick Austrian accent...*
The Terminator's comments at the National Clean Energy Summit were...
unfortunate.
According to the Huffington Post (via Junk Science and Climate Depot), he
has proposed a final solution to some disagreements with his opponents that
seems to be highly popular among famous Austrian-born expats (let me not
mention a former German chancellor by his name), perhaps even more popular
than their irrational opposition to peaceful nuclear energy:
Speaking of greenhouse gas deniers: "Strap some conservative-thinking
people to a tailpipe for an hour and ... more »
Confronting anti-Semitism and Israel hatred in the UK: Baroness Warsi and her strong support for Islamic extremists
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
Oh dear, was Baroness Warsi's mistake part of a pattern?
More here
http://edgar1981.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/baroness-warsi-and-her-strong-support.html?m=1
The Poet: Mary Oliver, “The Leaf and the Cloud: A Poem”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
* "Flare, Part 12"*
"When loneliness comes stalking, go into the fields,
consider the orderliness of the world.
Notice something you have never noticed before,
like the tambourine sound of the snow-cricket
whose pale green body is no longer than your thumb.
Stare hard at the hummingbird, in the summer rain,
shaking the water-sparks from its wings.
Let grief be your sister, she will whether or no.
Rise up from the stump of sorrow, and be green also,
like the diligent leaves.
A lifetime isn't long enough for the beauty of this world
and the responsibilities of your life.
Scatte... more »
Paulo Coelho, “Humans and Energy”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
Paulo Coelho, “Humans and Energy”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1hOCiwHNA&html5=1
When will they withdraw council’s “powers of general competence”?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours ago
2002 was a red letter year for ratepayers.
Before 2002, councils were constrained to only do what they were empowered
by law to do.* After *2002 however*, *councils could do whatever the hell
they liked, and send you and I the bill. It was Sandra Lee’s 2002 Local
Government Amendment Act that was the key. This was the Act that gave them
what is called, with a straight face, the power of general competence.
Overspending councils were given carte blanche by Sandra Lee’s 2002 Local
Government Amendment Act to become rabidly indebted over-spenders. And, oh
boy, they sure have.
One... more »
The myth of failing schools and the unforgiven sins of wealth and power
Timothy D. Slekar at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
There are no failed or failing schools! But there are plenty of buildings
that serve as museums to display the failed social policies and economic
disparities inflicted by politicians and their wealthy financiers. A
kindergarten class overcrowded with 35 children who lack basic healthcare,
nutrition, and access to books and safe neighborhoods is NOT an […]
Apocalyptic Chaos In Egypt: Views From Various Perspectives
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago
*Source: AP Photo/Hussein Tallal.*
*An excerpt from, "Leader of Egypt's ruling party says violent intervention
necessary" [abc.net.au, August 15]:*
It was estimated that tens of thousands of Morsi supporters were stationed
in camps throughout the city. Mohammed Abul-Ghar [the leader of the
Egyptian Social Democratic Party] said these supporters posed a threat to
other Egyptian civilians and refused to negotiate.
*
* *‘They had arms, ammunition, and strong weapons and they built bunkers as
if it was a real battlefield,’ he said of the Muslim Brotherhood. *
‘There were lots of nego... more »
Happy Birthday to You Too
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 23 hours ago
It's been my birthday only 39 minutes and I've already pulled a Brian Regan
twice. "I don't know when to say the 'you too' phrase. I can't handle it."
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and one day, when it's your
birthday, you too!
Hate Talk Radio Fading-- At Least In Terms Of Demos Advertisers Are Interested In
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Two stories this week in *Inside Radio* demonstrate, once again, why Hate
Talk Radio is doomed. In short, the format isn't reaching a demo and
advertisers-- other than adult diaper makers, the NRA and the Republican
Party-- want to reach. The key ad target demos don't want to hear bitter
old white men screaming crazy, hateful conspiracy theories at them. Only
very old, bitter white males listen to Hate Talk Radio (and Fox News). It's
not a small number, but it isn't one legitimate advertisers care about
reaching.
The chart (above) tells the story of why mainstream Hate Talk radio ... more »
Alas, Arak: Plutonium, the Press & a New Path to Propaganda
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago
Heavy-water
production plant near the central Iranian city of Arak
The following is the 77th update to my comprehensive, ongoing compendium
of constant predictions and prognostications regarding the supposed
inevitability and imminence of an alleged Iranian nuclear weapon,
hysterical allegations that have been made repeatedly for the past three
decades.One of the Wall Street Journal's
ECHELON
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
*Pilot's Eye view: Looking north west over GCHQ Bude (formerly CSOS
Morwenstow)*
Echelon - World-Wide Eavesdropping By The NSA from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*ECHELON *is the catch-all name used to refer to the signals intelligence
(SIGINT) collection and analysis network operated on behalf of the five
signatory states to the UK–USA Security Agreement (Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, known as AUSCANZUKUS).
The system has been researched and reported on in a number of public
sources. Its capabilities and political implications were investigate... more »
Intellectual Jailbait: Hunting for Underage Ideas at APSA
Brian Rathbun at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
APSA is around the corner and young academics should think about setting up
meetings with people who it would be good to know. Personal contacts are
much more important than they really should be in a business where it is
supposed to be the ideas that matter. Almost every single book blurb in
this world
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Robert Rendo: #optout graphic to share widely.
Timothy D. Slekar at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Oh, what Old Frank could teach Len Brown
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
It’s a lesson every big city planner needs to learn too:
Cities are made from the bottom up. They’re organic. They develop with each
individual decision about each individual building, letting the energy of a
city flow incrementally to the parts that are more or less highly valued,
to develop in a way that reflects the reasons for that valuation.
It’s the release of an abundant creative energy reflected in concrete form
in every great city.
Whereas all that the rules of a plan can do is to ban. And constrain. And
restrict.
And all that a monument builder can do is ride rough-shod... more »
So how’s that Australian election going?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
First, some history, and a quiz …
… and as the election moves into its fifth year…
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"9/11 Pentagon Attack– Behind the Smoke Curtain"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"9/11 Pentagon Attack– Behind the Smoke Curtain"*
By John Rolls
"Barbara Honegger’s presentation titled “Behind the Smoke Curtain” in
Seattle’s Town Hall Theater, January 12, 2013, on what happened and what
didn’t happen at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
- http://beforeitsnews.com/
•
*Links mentioned in this video:*
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: http://ae911truth.org
Patriots Question 9/11: http://patriotsquestion911.com
Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth: http://pl911truth.com
Aaron Russo’s offer from Nicholas Rockefeller: http://youtu.be/iSii-xWoyKM
Another v... more »
I Will Never Accept A Smart Meter, Even If It Means Going Off The BC Hydro Grid
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
Please clich the first below link and watch the documentary trailer.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/cybertruth/2013/08/12/crowd-sourced-documentary-exposes-smart-grid-shortfalls/2637497/
I can`t wait for the full documentary..Click the above link and watch the
trailer..
60,000 BC Homes in British Columbia stayed strong and refused the devices,
I am happy to say I am part of two of those homes that refused smart
meters....Even if it means going off the BC Hydro grid completely, we at
The Straight Goods will not capitulate...
Smart meters were never about a smart grid, we don`t hav... more »
"Economist: Obamacare Will Cost 4 Million Jobs"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* *
*"Economist: Obamacare Will Cost 4 Million Jobs"*
by Jason Farrell
“All that “affordable care” we’re about to be hit with just keeps getting
better. “Ask almost any employer and there won’t be much doubt,” says
Forbes writer and Daily Reckoning contributor John Goodman. “The Affordable
Care Act is likely to raise the cost of labor, discourage hiring and have a
negative effect on the economy.” As it turns out, that’s a bit of an
understatement.
Goodman cites the work of University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan,
an expert on labor economics. According to Mulligan’s number... more »
Neil Postman on Information (1995)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*"Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology"* by Neil Postman
(1993).
*Wikipedia:*
Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author,
media theorist and cultural critic, who is best known by the general public
for his 1985 book about television, Amusing Ourselves to Death. For more
than forty years, he was associated with New York University. Postman was a
humanist, who believed that "new technology can never substitute for human
values.", though with a much stronger preference for faith and religious
belief as evidenced by his book "Technopoly: The ... more »
WILL ISRAEL INVADE THE SINAI?
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 1 day ago
I’ve asked this question before back when the Egyptian revolution was
getting underway in late January 2011. An Israeli invasion then was
thwarted when the interim government that followed the ousting of President
Hosni Mubarak gave assurances to Israel that they would be honouring the
peace agreements made between the two countries in 1979. After the
elections of June 2012 that saw President Mohamed Morsi come to power, the
Israelis were again quickly reassured by letters from the new president
that he too would be honouring the 1979 peace agreements. However, despite
the assurance... more »
Ian Welsh says of the James Clapper appointment: "It is Obama Saying 'Kiss My Ass' "
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*He's already shown he's wiling to lie for the cause. Who better to turn to
to protect the secrets of our secrets?*
*"It's really hard for most people to understand just how much contempt our
lords and masters have for us. . . . Starting at about the Senior VP level,
people decide that they deserve everything they've got and everyone else
doesn't. If they did, they'd have it. . . .
"If you have an ideology which glorifies greed and which claims that
society is a meritocracy when there is copious evidence to the contrary,
those who win will believe they 'deserve' what they have, an... more »
Captain Bernanke skillfully piloting the US Titanic right into the iceberg........
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
The Fed’s Confession: We Can Avoid A Crash At The End Of QE If Everybody
Believes That Everybody Believes In A Mirage….
Posted on August 14, 2013 by Wolf Richter — 1 Comment ↓
What rabble-rousers, economists (those banished from the mainstream media),
and bloggers have hammered on for years, a study by the San Francisco Fed *
finally* confesses: QE didn’t do a heck of a lot of good for the real
economy. Whatever it did for Wall Street, and however it shifted wealth and
destroyed what little remained of the free markets, and whatever
distortions, misallocations, and bubbles it created,... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Lawmakers, flood authority spar over wetlands lawsuit ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Lawmakers criticize Flood Protection Authority for suing oil and gas
companies ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Dat Dog Rising On Frenchmen Street ~NOLA DEFENDER*
US Postal Service to operate with just 5 days cash on hand starting October 1 ( New Fiscal Year ) .....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Uh, oh: The Postal Service will only have five days’ worth of cash-on-hand
in October
POSTED AT 6:01 PM ON AUGUST 14, 2013 BY ERIKA JOHNSEN
The relevant unions and their progressive Congressional allies have been
steadfastly resisting the repeated attempts at substantive reform of the
U.S. Postal Service, from both within and without the longstanding
institution — never mind that the quasi- agency is has been careening
ever-deeper into debt and is approaching a potential insolvency- and/or
bailout-scenario with every passing business day. In the latest twist of
poor financial new... more »
Kurds in Iraq and PM Maliki find common cause in fighting Al Qaeda aka islamic fighters in Iraq ? Enemy of my enemy is my friend....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://news.yahoo.com/insight-iraq-kurds-reach-baghdad-fight-surging-al-121316145.html
Insight: Iraq Kurds reach out to Baghdad to fight surging al Qaeda[image:
Reuters]By Suadad al-Salhy | Reuters – 10 hrs ago
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And not just Britain…
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
To paraphrase PJ O’Rourke, why are some parts of Britain flourishing while
too many others just suck?
Allister Heath’s answer: *The rest of the UK needs to copy London's
capitalist culture*
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Egypt: Creating a false paradigm to justify death and destruction
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*This is one hell of an info packed post*. I would very much appreciate
the gift of your time to read as I gifted my time to research and write.
Thank-You in advance :)
When I began working on this post, news out of Egypt had just started
hitting the media. What was clear from those earliest reports is that this
had been a brutal operation. Starting at dawn, protest camps fogged heavily
with tear gas. Bulldozers, helicopters, snipers and live fire were all
immediately reported
Earliest casualty counts had approximately 40 dead. That seemed to low for
some of the imagery shown and t... more »
Louisiana Sinkhole Updates - More than a mouthful on Lake Fubar including recent flyover video footage and news / data for the ongoing debacle.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Louisiana sinkhole updates .. h/t Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle ..
New Fly Over, Tues. News + Siesmic Shakes at Lake FUBAR
AUGUST 13, 2013
14
*LA 12 and 14 are especially active this noon. *[image: heli_button]
This is NOT work trucks:
[image: LA14_Aug13noon]
*LA17* very affected too . . . and it’s supposedly way over east of the
butane tanks.
*UPDATE: WED.* — This activity continues and it looks obvious work trucks
have stopped dumping fill on the berm roads (they make big marks on the
helicorder graphs) so is the Parish still under a *Code 1 alert* like they
said on yesterday’s blog... more »
Where Are All the Republican Realists?
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
In light of the brouhaha between Chris Christie and Rand Paul over foreign
policy, conservative columnist Ross Douthat opined in The New York Times
that the Republican Party seems to be missing the sort of realist
pragmatists of old that might have mediated between these views. He
attributes the realist decline to them being out of
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“Fukushima News You Don’t Want to Read About: Uncontainable”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Fukushima News You Don’t Want to Read About:*
* Uncontainable”*
by Dr. Sircus
"This has to be the worst picture I have ever seen. For all of us who
thought we were safer down here in South America, a hemisphere removed from
the jet streams blowing radiation directly from Fukushima over the United
States, we can now see how false that belief is. In this graphic from NOAA
we see that La Nina is splitting the jet stream sending radiation
increasingly over Hawaii and then on to South America.
In a petition to United States Senators we read, “Although the initial
meltdown of t... more »
Paper bag time . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
MAYOR
FORD BECOMES a world-wide joke. Here's the latest on YouTube, titled
“Rob Ford's drunk Greek life, and the Toronto mayor's trip to jail”.
done by an outfit called Taiwan Animation. The people who posted have
some acerbic comments to go with it. Click on the link to read the whole
epistle.
Published on Aug 13, 2013
Toronto's walking facepalm of a mayor, Rob Ford, has made his city
SeaWorld chief is happy to have fewer people crowding his parks (and dumping cash in their coffers)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Welcome to SeaWorld Orlando -- or maybe not*
*by Ken*
First it was Speaker "Sunny John" Boehner bragging about his House not
doing any legislating and dreaming of *un*-making rather than making laws.
Now the chief executive of the newly public SeaWorld conglomeration of
theme parks seems positively giddy about the sharp drop in attendance that
occurred at the very same time prices were raised at the ll parks an
average of 9 percent over the same period (second quarter) last year. (It's
"dynamic pricing" now, so it's hard to quantity the hike precisely.)
In case you were thinking... more »
A Nuclear Deal Between America And Iran Remains Off The Table In D.C.
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Read:*
*India, China Defy US Congress’ War on Iranian Oil (Juan Cole, August 13).*
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*On Iran Negotiations, US is Untrustworthy (AntiWar.com, August 13).*
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*Washington Ready to Repeat Past Mistakes in Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran;
Tehran Thinks About a Plan B (GoingToTehran.com, August 12).*
What could possibly save Egypt?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
News overnight that Egyptians are being killed en-masse by their government
is hardly inspiring--especially since the reasons for the bloodletting this
time are not going away.
Sixty years of state brutality has suppressed violent Islamism, but not
killed it—and brutalised all of Egypt in the process. And democracy has
failed—delivering at first the radical Islamism the majority seem to want,
and now a return to the brutal suppression that has characterised too much
of “modern Egypt.”
So how to save Egypt—and the few liberals there that are the only genuine
source of hope?
A sug... more »
Geopolitical three dimension chess - focus on Russia , Azerbaijan , Jordan , China , Germany , Sudan and the role of the CIA ( ergo US ) in Syria .......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Geopolitical scrambles.....
http://www.panorama.am/en/popular/2013/08/14/az-weapon/
Azerbaijan is to suspend cooperation with U.S. and NATO to ensure energy
security
In the framework of Putin's visit to Azerbaijan, the parties coordinated
many issues in military sphere; in particular, issues of a rather
large-scaled cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia during the 22 years
of independence, the Russian military source reported this to "Doctrine",
the Military Journalistic Investigation Center, says Azerbaijani news
agency "Salamnews".
According to MJIC "Doctrine" information Az... more »
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